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Johnny Blatnik
John Louis Blatnik

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 21, 1948
Final Game May 14, 1950
Born March 10, 1921 in Bridgeport, OH
Died January 21, 2004 in Lansing, OH

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 27 PHI NL 121  415   56  108  27  8   6   45   3     31  77  .260  .315  .407   96  169   5           2  12
 1949 28 PHI NL   6    8    3    1   0  0   0    0   0      4   1  .125  .417  .125   54    1   0           0   0
 1950 29 TOT NL  11   24    0    4   0  0   0    1   0      5   5  .167  .310  .167   28    4   0           0   1
         PHI NL   4    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      2   3  .250  .500  .250  106    1   0           0   0
         STL NL   7   20    0    3   0  0   0    1   0      3   2  .150  .261  .150    9    3   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      138  447   59  113  27  8   6   46   3  0  40  83  .253  .317  .389   91  174   5   0   0   2  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        525   69  133  32  9   7   54   4  0  47  97  .253  .317  .389   91  204   6   0   0   2  15
 Career High    121  415   56  108  27  8   6   45   3  0  31  77  .260  .315  .407   96  169   5   0   0   2  12
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 27 PHI NL  453  324   53   4.3   100| .260  .267| .315  .340| .407  .394| .722  .735|  96  .489  -3.6  -0.4     
 1949 28 PHI NL   12    7    0   0.0   101| .125  .267| .417  .340| .125  .399| .542  .739|  54  .000  -0.2   0.0     
 1950 29 TOT NL   29   21    2   2.5   111| .167  .274| .310  .351| .167  .425| .477  .776|  28  .243  -2.4  -0.3     
         PHI NL    6    3    1   8.9   106| .250  .267| .500  .344| .250  .414| .750  .758| 106  .761   0.3   0.0     
         STL NL   23   18    1   1.5   112| .150  .275| .261  .353| .150  .427| .411  .780|   9  .107  -2.7  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       494  352   55   4.2   101| .253  .267| .317  .341| .389  .396| .706  .737|  91  .466  -6.2  -0.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1948 27 PHI NL OF 105 220 9 13 1 .946 .978 2.18 2.20 105 0 0 1949 28 PHI NL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.25 0 0 2 1950 29 TOT NL OF 8 8 1 1 0 .900 .978 1.12 2.14 3 0 7 PHI NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.10 1 0 0 STL NL OF 7 6 1 1 0 .875 .972 1.00 2.14 2 0 7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 27 PHI NL OF 105 220 9 13 1 .946 .978 2.18 2.20 105 0 0 1949 28 PHI NL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.25 0 0 2 1950 29 TOT NL OF 8 8 1 1 0 .900 .978 1.12 2.14 3 0 7 PHI NL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.10 1 0 0 STL NL OF 7 6 1 1 0 .875 .972 1.00 2.14 2 0 7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 115 231 10 14 1 .945 .978 2.10 2.20 108 0 9 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 115 231 10 14 1 .945 .978 2.10 2.20
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.

Doubles
1948 NL-27-9

Triples
1948 NL-8-8

Strikeouts
1948 NL-77-2

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1984) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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.


Transactions 

Before 1939 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

November 10, 1947: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cleveland Indians in the 1947 rule 5 draft.

April 27, 1950: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Johnson.


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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