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Buddy Blattner
Robert Garnett Blattner

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 18, 1942
Final Game October 2, 1949
Born February 8, 1920 in St. Louis, MO

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1942 22 STL NL  19   23    3    1   0  0   0    1   0      3   6  .043  .185  .043  -33    1   0           1   1
 1946 26 NYG NL 126  420   63  107  18  6  11   49  12     56  52  .255  .351  .405  113  170   6           6   6
 1947 27 NYG NL  55  153   28   40   9  2   0   13   4     21  19  .261  .351  .346   85   53   1           0   1
 1948 28 NYG NL   8   20    3    4   1  0   0    0   2      3   2  .200  .304  .250   51    5   1           0   0
 1949 29 PHI NL  64   97   15   24   6  0   5   21   0     19  17  .247  .371  .464  125   45   2           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      272  713  112  176  34  8  16   84  18  0 102  96  .247  .347  .384  102  274  10   0   0   7  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        425   67  105  20  5  10   50  11  0  61  57  .247  .347  .384  102  163   6   0   0   4   6
 Career High    126  420   63  107  18  6  11   49  12  0  56  52  .255  .351  .405  113  170   6   0   0   6   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1942 22 STL NL   27   23    0   0.0    93| .043  .265| .185  .338| .043  .368| .228  .706| -33  .000  -4.0  -0.4     
 1946 26 NYG NL  488  325   58   4.8    93| .255  .264| .351  .339| .405  .369| .756  .708| 113  .576   7.5   0.8     
 1947 27 NYG NL  175  115   19   4.4   107| .261  .275| .351  .351| .346  .408| .697  .759|  85  .475  -2.7  -0.3     
 1948 28 NYG NL   24   17    2   3.1   103| .200  .270| .304  .345| .250  .400| .554  .744|  51  .343  -1.3  -0.1     
 1949 29 PHI NL  118   77   17   5.9   101| .247  .267| .371  .340| .464  .399| .835  .739| 125  .615   4.1   0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       832  557   96   4.6    98| .247  .267| .347  .342| .384  .382| .731  .724| 102  .537   3.6   0.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1942 22 STL NL SS 13 11 16 3 2 .900 .954 2.08 4.87 2B 3 3 2 0 1 1.000 .962 1.67 5.20 1946 26 NYG NL 2B 114 285 315 15 62 .976 .970 5.26 5.09 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.30 1947 27 NYG NL 2B 34 79 100 10 14 .947 .975 5.26 5.19 3B 11 7 6 1 1 .929 .949 1.18 2.80 1948 28 NYG NL 2B 7 8 22 0 4 1.000 .971 4.29 4.83 1949 29 PHI NL 2B 15 24 27 1 5 .981 .975 3.40 5.07 3B 12 11 11 1 2 .957 .952 1.83 2.98 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1946 26 NYG NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.30 1942 22 STL NL 2B 3 3 2 0 1 1.000 .962 1.67 5.20 1946 26 NYG NL 2B 114 285 315 15 62 .976 .970 5.26 5.09 1947 27 NYG NL 2B 34 79 100 10 14 .947 .975 5.26 5.19 1948 28 NYG NL 2B 7 8 22 0 4 1.000 .971 4.29 4.83 1949 29 PHI NL 2B 15 24 27 1 5 .981 .975 3.40 5.07 1947 27 NYG NL 3B 11 7 6 1 1 .929 .949 1.18 2.80 1949 29 PHI NL 3B 12 11 11 1 2 .957 .952 1.83 2.98 1942 22 STL NL SS 13 11 16 3 2 .900 .954 2.08 4.87 1949 29 PHI NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 173 399 466 26 86 .971 .971 5.00 5.10 3B 23 18 17 2 3 .946 .951 1.52 2.90 SS 14 11 16 3 2 .900 .954 1.93 4.86 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.30 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 211 429 499 31 91 .968 .970 4.40 4.86
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.

Stolen Bases
1946 NL-12-6

Hit By Pitch
1946 NL-6-1

Power/Speed Number
1946 NL-11.5-3

At Bats per Home Run
1946 NL-38.2-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

November 10, 1948: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the New York Giants in the 1948 rule 5 draft.


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