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Nick Blackburn
Robert Nicholas Blackburn

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 250 lb.

Debut September 3, 2007

Born February 24, 1982 in Ada, OK

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 29th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed May 21, 2002. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2007 25 MIN AL   0   2   6   0   0   0   3  0   11.7   19   12   10   2    2    8   0   0    54   0   0  7.71  4.33   56 1.800
 2008 26 MIN AL  11  11  33  33   0   0   0  0  193.3  224  102   87  23   39   96   7   2   823   4   0  4.05  4.05  100 1.360 RoY-8
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .458  11  13  39  33   0   0   3  0  205.0  243  114   97  25   41  104   7   2   877   4   0  4.26  4.07   96 1.385
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  12  36  31   0   0   2  0  193.3  229  107   91  23   38   98   6   1   828   3   0  4.26  4.07   96 1.385
 Career High     11  11  33  33   0   0   3  0  193.3  224  102   87  23   39   96   7   2   823   4   0  4.05  4.05  100 1.360

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2008 26 MIN AL   1    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   84    1   0   0   0   0   0 RoY-8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons        1    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   84    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        486    0  162   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   84  162   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High      1    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           1   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2008 26 MIN AL    3    2    0   0.0    99| .333  .260| .333  .327| .333  .408| .666  .734|  84  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons         3    2    0   0.0    99| .333  .260| .333  .327| .333  .408| .666  .734|  84  .000  -0.1   0.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2007 25 MIN AL P 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.42 0.00 1.62 0 11.7 2008 26 MIN AL P 33 14 22 0 4 1.000 .952 1.09 0.42 1.68 1.60 33 193.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 25 MIN AL P 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.42 0.00 1.62 0 11.7 2008 26 MIN AL P 33 14 22 0 4 1.000 .952 1.09 0.42 1.68 1.60 33 193.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 39 14 22 0 4 1.000 .952 0.92 0.42 1.58 1.60 33 205.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 39 14 22 0 4 1.000 .952 0.92 0.42 1.58 1.60 33 205
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls/9IP
2008 AL-1.82-8

Games Started
2008 AL-33-5

Hits Allowed
2008 AL-224-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 2000: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 34th round of the 2000 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 29th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed May 21, 2002.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2008Minnesota Twins$390,000
Career (may be incomplete)$390,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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