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Dennis Blair
Dennis Herman Blair

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 182 lb.

Debut May 26, 1974
  vs. PHI 8.0 IP, 4 H, 6 SO, 6 BB, 1 ER, W
Final Game July 4, 1980
Born June 5, 1954 in Middletown, OH

Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 5th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1974 20 MON NL  11   7  22  22   4   1   0  0  146.0  113   61   53   7   72   76   5   4   623   4   2  3.27  3.85  118 1.267
 1975 21 MON NL   8  15  30  27   1   0   2  0  163.3  150   77   69  14  106   82   3  12   718   3   1  3.80  3.85  101 1.567
 1976 22 MON NL   0   2   5   4   1   0   0  0   15.7   21   11    7   1   11    9   2   1    84   0   0  4.02  3.75   93 2.043
 1980 26 SDP NL   0   1   5   1   0   0   0  0   14.0   18   10   10   3    3   11   0   1    61   0   0  6.43  3.43   53 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .432  19  25  62  54   6   1   2  0  339.0  302  159  139  25  192  178  10  18  1486   7   3  3.69  3.83  104 1.457
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  14  36  31   3   0   1  0  198.7  177   93   81  14  112  104   5  10   871   4   1  3.69  3.83  104 1.457
 Career High     11  15  30  27   4   1   2  0  163.3  150   77   69  14  106   82   5  12   718   4   2  3.27  3.85  118 1.267

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 20 MON NL  22   51    5    6   1  0   0    2   0  0   3  25  .118  .164  .137  -17    7   6   1   0   0   0
 1975 21 MON NL  30   49    0    7   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  22  .143  .176  .143  -12    7   2   0   0   0   0
 1976 22 MON NL   5    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
 1980 26 SDP NL   5    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .200  .200  .200   15    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       62  109    5   14   1  0   0    3   0  0   5  51  .128  .165  .138  -16   15   8   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        285   13   37   3  0   0    8   0  0  13 133  .128  .165  .138  -16   39  21   3   0   0   3
 Career High     30   51    5    7   1  0   0    2   0  0   3  25                           7   6   1   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1974 20 MON NL   61   52    2   1.0    99| .118  .268| .164  .341| .137  .387| .301  .728| -17  .070  -8.3  -0.9   0%
 1975 21 MON NL   53   44    1   0.6    99| .143  .270| .176  .342| .143  .390| .319  .732| -12  .027  -7.7  -0.8   0%
 1976 22 MON NL    4    5    0   0.0    96| .000  .268| .000  .336| .000  .382| .000  .718|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1980 26 SDP NL    5    4    0   0.0    90| .200  .260| .200  .321| .200  .377| .400  .698|  15  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       123  105    3   0.8    99| .128  .268| .165  .340| .138  .388| .303  .728| -16  .042 -17.7  -1.9   0%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1974 20 MON NL P 22 10 34 4 3 .917 .944 2.00 0.71 2.71 1.88 22 146.0 1975 21 MON NL P 30 8 21 1 2 .967 .945 0.97 0.72 1.60 1.86 27 163.3 1976 22 MON NL P 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.60 0.72 1.72 1.89 4 15.7 1980 26 SDP NL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.68 0.00 1.93 1 14.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 20 MON NL P 22 10 34 4 3 .917 .944 2.00 0.71 2.71 1.88 22 146.0 1975 21 MON NL P 30 8 21 1 2 .967 .945 0.97 0.72 1.60 1.86 27 163.3 1976 22 MON NL P 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 0.60 0.72 1.72 1.89 4 15.7 1980 26 SDP NL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.68 0.00 1.93 1 14.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 62 19 57 5 5 .938 .944 1.23 0.71 2.02 1.87 54 339.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 62 19 57 5 5 .938 .944 1.23 0.71 2.02 1.87 54 339
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.

Won-Loss %
1974 NL-.611-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1975 NL-106-4

Losses
1975 NL-15-4

Wild Pitches
1975 NL-12-5

Youngest Player
1974 NL-20-2
1975 NL-21-8

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 6, 1972: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 5th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

September 6, 1977: Sent by the Montreal Expos to the Baltimore Orioles to complete an earlier deal made on July 14, 1977. The Montreal Expos sent a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for Fred Holdsworth. The Montreal Expos sent Dennis Blair (September 6, 1977) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

June 6, 1979: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the San Diego Padres for Randy Fierbaugh (minors).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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