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Cy Blanton
Darrell Elijah Blanton

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 23, 1934
Final Game May 6, 1942
Born July 6, 1908 in Waurika, OK
Died September 13, 1945 in Norman, OK

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Pitching Glossary /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1934 25 PIT NL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    8.0    5    3    3   1    4    5   1   1    36       0  3.38  4.10  122 1.125
 1935 26 PIT NL  18  13  35  31  23   4   3  1  254.3  220   93   73   3   55  142   2   7  1041       0  2.58  4.10  159 1.081 MVP-15
 1936 27 PIT NL  13  15  44  32  15   4   9  3  235.7  235  114   92   9   55  127   3   8   992       0  3.51  4.06  115 1.231
 1937 28 PIT NL  14  12  36  34  14   4   0  0  242.7  250  115   89  13   76  143   5   3  1034       0  3.30  3.87  117 1.343 AS
 1938 29 PIT NL  11   7  29  25  10   1   1  0  172.7  190   84   71  13   46   80   2   2   729       0  3.70  3.78  102 1.367
 1939 30 PIT NL   2   3  10   6   1   0   3  0   42.0   45   23   20   4   10   11   0   1   182       0  4.29  3.84   90 1.310
 1940 31 PHI NL   4   3  13  10   5   0   2  0   77.0   82   43   37   7   21   24   1   5   330       0  4.32  3.89   90 1.338
 1941 32 PHI NL   6  13  28  25   7   1   2  0  163.7  186   98   82  11   57   64   3   6   726       0  4.51  3.71   82 1.485 AS
 1942 33 PHI NL   0   4   6   3   0   0   2  0   22.3   30   15   14   3   13   15   1   0   103       0  5.64  3.31   59 1.925
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .489  68  71 202 167  75  14  22  4 1218.3 1243  588  481  64  337  611  18  33  5173       0  3.55  3.91  110 1.297
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  13  37  30  13   2   4  0  224.3  229  108   88  11   62  112   3   6   953   0   0  3.55  3.91  110 1.297
 Career High     18  15  44  34  23   4   9  3  254.3  250  115   92  13   76  143   5   8  1041   0   0  2.58  4.10  159 1.081

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

Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1934 25 PIT NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .000  .500  .000   45    0   0           0   1
 1935 26 PIT NL  35   97    3   13   1  0   0    6   0      4  19  .134  .168  .144  -16   14   3           0   6 MVP-15
 1936 27 PIT NL  44   84    6   13   2  0   0    5   0      3  17  .155  .184  .179   -3   15   5           0   3
 1937 28 PIT NL  36   85    4   14   0  0   0    3   0      9  20  .165  .245  .165   13   14   4           0   1 AS
 1938 29 PIT NL  29   64    4   13   0  0   0    7   0      1  17  .203  .215  .203   15   13   4           0   3
 1939 30 PIT NL  10   14    2    4   1  0   0    3   0      0   3  .286  .286  .357   73    5   0           0   0
 1940 31 PHI NL  13   24    3    2   0  0   0    0   0      2   6  .083  .154  .083  -32    2   2           0   1
 1941 32 PHI NL  28   51    0    6   0  0   0    2   0      3  15  .118  .167  .118  -18    6   4           0   2 AS
 1942 33 PHI NL   6    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .125  .125  .125  -25    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      202  428   22   66   4  0   0   26   0  0  23  98  .154  .197  .164   -1   70  22   0   0   0  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        343   18   53   3  0   0   21   0  0  18  79  .154  .197  .164   -1   56  18   0   0   0  14
 Career High     44   97    6   14   2  0   0    7   0  0   9  20                          15   5   0   0   0   6

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1934 25 PIT NL    2    2    0   0.0   106| .000  .290| .500  .345| .000  .412| .500  .757|  45  .000   0.0   0.0     
 1935 26 PIT NL  104   93    2   0.6   106| .134  .289| .168  .345| .144  .412| .312  .757| -16  .021 -16.3  -1.6     
 1936 27 PIT NL   92   79    3   1.0   105| .155  .288| .184  .348| .179  .403| .363  .751|  -3  .058 -12.5  -1.2     
 1937 28 PIT NL   98   76    3   1.0   101| .165  .280| .245  .342| .165  .397| .410  .739|  13  .065 -10.3  -1.0     
 1938 29 PIT NL   69   58    3   1.4   100| .203  .276| .215  .340| .203  .393| .418  .733|  15  .108  -7.7  -0.8     
 1939 30 PIT NL   14   10    1   2.7   102| .286  .278| .286  .343| .357  .397| .643  .740|  73  .273  -0.6  -0.1     
 1940 31 PHI NL   28   25    0   0.0    95| .083  .267| .154  .331| .083  .384| .237  .715| -32  .000  -4.3  -0.4     
 1941 32 PHI NL   58   51    1   0.5    91| .118  .261| .167  .331| .118  .368| .285  .699| -18  .023  -8.0  -0.8     
 1942 33 PHI NL    8    7    0   0.0    83| .125  .250| .125  .321| .125  .348| .250  .669| -25  .000  -1.3  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       473  401   13   0.9   101| .154  .279| .197  .341| .164  .396| .361  .737|  -1  .047 -60.8  -6.0     

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

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1934 25 PIT NL   P    1      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  1.10  2.25  2.25    1    8.0
 1935 26 PIT NL   P   35     10   60    2    1  .972  .959  2.00  1.18  2.48  2.31   31  254.3
 1936 27 PIT NL   P   44     16   50    3    0  .957  .950  1.50  1.16  2.52  2.32   32  235.7
 1937 28 PIT NL   P   36      9   48    5    5  .919  .958  1.58  1.20  2.11  2.39   34  242.7 AS
 1938 29 PIT NL   P   29      7   42    2    7  .961  .965  1.69  1.13  2.55  2.21   25  172.7
 1939 30 PIT NL   P   10      1    9    1    0  .909  .962  1.00  1.09  2.14  2.19    6   42.0
 1940 31 PHI NL   P   13      4   16    0    0 1.000  .962  1.54  1.10  2.34  2.22   10   77.0
 1941 32 PHI NL   P   28      3   22    2    0  .926  .965  0.89  1.09  1.37  2.23   25  163.7 AS
 1942 33 PHI NL   P    6      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  0.83  1.17  2.02  2.34    3   22.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1934 25 PIT NL   P    1      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  2.00  1.10  2.25  2.25    1    8.0
 1935 26 PIT NL   P   35     10   60    2    1  .972  .959  2.00  1.18  2.48  2.31   31  254.3
 1936 27 PIT NL   P   44     16   50    3    0  .957  .950  1.50  1.16  2.52  2.32   32  235.7
 1937 28 PIT NL   P   36      9   48    5    5  .919  .958  1.58  1.20  2.11  2.39   34  242.7
 1938 29 PIT NL   P   29      7   42    2    7  .961  .965  1.69  1.13  2.55  2.21   25  172.7
 1939 30 PIT NL   P   10      1    9    1    0  .909  .962  1.00  1.09  2.14  2.19    6   42.0
 1940 31 PHI NL   P   13      4   16    0    0 1.000  .962  1.54  1.10  2.34  2.22   10   77.0
 1941 32 PHI NL   P   28      3   22    2    0  .926  .965  0.89  1.09  1.37  2.23   25  163.7
 1942 33 PHI NL   P    6      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  0.83  1.17  2.02  2.34    3   22.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 202     51  253   15   13  .953  .958  1.50  1.15  2.25  2.29  167 1218.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       202     51  253   15   13  .953  .958  1.50  1.15  2.25  2.30  167   1218

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1937   PIT NL      0  0  0   0.1   0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1941   PHI NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1937   PIT NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1941   PHI NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

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.

All-Star
1937 *
1941

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1935-NL-15-0.06
Car-1033-0.06 shares

ERA
1935 NL-2.58-1

Wins
1935 NL-18-8
1937 NL-14-10

Won-Loss %
1938 NL-.611-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1935 NL-1.081-1
1936 NL-1.231-4

Hits Allowed/9IP
1935 NL-7.79-1
1936 NL-8.97-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1936 NL-2.10-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1935 NL-5.02-3
1936 NL-4.85-3
1937 NL-5.30-8
1938 NL-4.17-8

Games
1936 NL-44-7

Saves
1936 NL-3-9

Innings
1935 NL-254.3-7
1937 NL-242.7-10

Strikeouts
1935 NL-142-5
1936 NL-127-3
1937 NL-143-3

Games Started
1935 NL-31-7
1936 NL-32-7
1937 NL-34-1

Comp. Games
1935 NL-23-3
1936 NL-15-8

Shutouts
1935 NL-4-1
1936 NL-4-1
1937 NL-4-4

Hits Allowed
1937 NL-250-10

SO to Walk
1935 NL-2.58-4
1936 NL-2.31-3
1937 NL-1.88-9
1938 NL-1.74-6

Losses
1935 NL-13-9
1936 NL-15-6

Wild Pitches
1935 NL-7-5
1936 NL-8-4
1940 NL-5-6
1941 NL-6-6

Hit Batsmen
1937 NL-5-5

Batters Faced
1935 NL-1041-9
1937 NL-1034-8

Adjusted ERA+
1935 NL-159-1

Black Ink: Pitching - 9 (253) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 53 (469) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 9.0 (887) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 15.0 (727) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
May 21, 1940: Granted Free Agency.
May 21, 1940: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.
June 12, 1942: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Cy Blanton's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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All-Star 1937 * 1941	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1935-NL-15-0.06 Car-1033-0.06 shares	ERA 1935 NL-2.58-1	Wins 1935 NL-18-8 1937 NL-14-10	Won-Loss % 1938 NL-.611-8	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1935 NL-1.081-1 1936 NL-1.231-4
Hits Allowed/9IP 1935 NL-7.79-1 1936 NL-8.97-5	Bases on Balls/9IP 1936 NL-2.10-7	Strikeouts/9IP 1935 NL-5.02-3 1936 NL-4.85-3 1937 NL-5.30-8 1938 NL-4.17-8	Games 1936 NL-44-7	Saves 1936 NL-3-9	Innings 1935 NL-254.3-7 1937 NL-242.7-10
Strikeouts 1935 NL-142-5 1936 NL-127-3 1937 NL-143-3	Games Started 1935 NL-31-7 1936 NL-32-7 1937 NL-34-1	Comp. Games 1935 NL-23-3 1936 NL-15-8	Shutouts 1935 NL-4-1 1936 NL-4-1 1937 NL-4-4	Hits Allowed 1937 NL-250-10	SO to Walk 1935 NL-2.58-4 1936 NL-2.31-3 1937 NL-1.88-9 1938 NL-1.74-6
Losses 1935 NL-13-9 1936 NL-15-6	Wild Pitches 1935 NL-7-5 1936 NL-8-4 1940 NL-5-6 1941 NL-6-6	Hit Batsmen 1937 NL-5-5	Batters Faced 1935 NL-1041-9 1937 NL-1034-8	Adjusted ERA+ 1935 NL-159-1