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Jeff Blauser
Jeffrey Michael Blauser

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut July 5, 1987
  vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 3, 1999
Born November 8, 1965 in Los Gatos, CA

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed June 12, 1984. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 21 ATL NL  51  165   11   40   6  3   2   15   7  3  18  34  .242  .328  .352   78   58   1   0   1   3   4
 1988 22 ATL NL  18   67    7   16   3  1   2    7   0  1   2  11  .239  .268  .403   88   27   3   1   0   1   1
 1989 23 ATL NL 142  456   63  123  24  2  12   46   5  2  38 101  .270  .325  .410  108  187   8   4   2   1   7
 1990 24 ATL NL 115  386   46  104  24  3   8   39   3  5  35  70  .269  .338  .409  101  158   3   0   1   5   4
 1991 25 ATL NL 129  352   49   91  14  3  11   54   5  6  54  59  .259  .358  .409  111  144   4   3   4   2   4
 1992 26 ATL NL 123  343   61   90  19  3  14   46   5  5  46  82  .262  .354  .458  123  157   7   3   2   4   2
 1993 27 ATL NL 161  597  110  182  29  2  15   73  16  6  85 109  .305  .401  .436  124  260   5   7   0  16  13 MVP-16,AS
 1994 28 ATL NL  96  380   56   98  21  4   6   45   1  3  38  64  .258  .329  .382   84  145   5   6   0   5  11
 1995 29 ATL NL 115  431   60   91  16  2  12   31   8  5  57 107  .211  .319  .341   73  147   2   2   2  12   6
 1996 30 ATL NL  83  265   48   65  14  1  10   35   6  0  40  54  .245  .356  .419   99  111   0   1   3   6   7
 1997 31 ATL NL 151  519   90  160  31  4  17   70   5  1  70 101  .308  .405  .482  130  250   5   9   6  20  13 SS,MVP-21,AS
 1998 32 CHC NL 119  361   49   79  11  3   4   26   2  2  60  93  .219  .340  .299   69  108   3   3   1   8   5
 1999 33 CHC NL 104  200   41   48   5  2   9   26   2  2  26  52  .240  .347  .420   96   84   2   2   0   8   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1407 4522  691 1187 217 33 122  513  65 41 569 937  .262  .354  .406  102 1836  48  41  22  91  77
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        521   80  137  25  4  14   59   7  5  66 108  .262  .354  .406  102  211   6   5   3  10   9
 Career High    161  597  110  182  31  4  17   73  16  6  85 109  .308  .405  .482  130  260   8   9   6  20  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 21 ATL NL  187  133   19   3.8   109| .242  .274| .328  .344| .352  .426| .680  .770|  78  .403  -5.6  -0.6  70%
 1988 22 ATL NL   74   57    7   3.3    93| .239  .261| .268  .325| .403  .383| .671  .708|  88  .416  -1.5  -0.2   0%
 1989 23 ATL NL  507  354   62   4.7    92| .270  .256| .325  .324| .410  .382| .735  .705| 108  .569   4.1   0.4  71%
 1990 24 ATL NL  429  294   54   4.9   102| .269  .270| .338  .337| .409  .406| .747  .743| 101  .552   0.3   0.0  37%
 1991 25 ATL NL  415  278   54   5.2    98| .259  .264| .358  .333| .409  .396| .767  .729| 111  .599   6.2   0.6  45%
 1992 26 ATL NL  403  270   59   5.9    98| .262  .267| .354  .334| .458  .393| .812  .726| 123  .658  10.9   1.1  50%
 1993 27 ATL NL  710  446  112   6.7   104| .305  .272| .401  .338| .436  .415| .837  .752| 124  .664  25.5   2.5  72%
 1994 28 ATL NL  434  307   48   4.2   111| .258  .277| .329  .344| .382  .433| .711  .777|  84  .427  -8.8  -0.8  25%
 1995 29 ATL NL  504  355   50   3.8   109| .211  .274| .319  .344| .341  .427| .660  .771|  73  .389 -17.3  -1.7  61%
 1996 30 ATL NL  312  208   42   5.4   112| .245  .277| .356  .347| .419  .433| .775  .780|  99  .552   0.2   0.0 100%
 1997 31 ATL NL  623  387  107   7.4   110| .308  .273| .405  .345| .482  .428| .887  .773| 130  .683  27.0   2.6  83%
 1998 32 CHC NL  435  295   42   3.8   110| .219  .272| .340  .344| .299  .430| .639  .773|  69  .392 -15.3  -1.5  50%
 1999 33 CHC NL  238  158   32   5.4   113| .240  .272| .347  .347| .420  .438| .767  .785|  96  .509  -1.0  -0.1  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     5271 3542  688   5.2   105| .262  .270| .354  .339| .406  .415| .760  .754| 102  .556  24.7   2.3  61%

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

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Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 21 ATL NL SS 50 65 166 9 28 .963 .965 4.62 3.89 4.93 4.72 50 422.0 1988 22 ATL NL 2B 9 20 38 2 4 .967 .980 6.44 4.58 6.61 5.22 9 79.0 SS 8 15 21 2 4 .947 .968 4.50 3.99 4.22 4.63 8 76.7 1989 23 ATL NL 3B 78 42 128 13 9 .929 .943 2.18 2.25 2.60 2.71 65 588.3 2B 39 58 71 4 14 .970 .981 3.31 4.43 4.58 5.12 26 253.7 SS 30 37 55 4 5 .958 .966 3.07 3.88 3.78 4.51 22 219.0 CF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.35 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1990 24 ATL NL SS 93 141 257 16 47 .961 .967 4.28 4.00 4.60 4.59 89 778.7 2B 14 23 25 0 6 1.000 .984 3.43 4.28 4.25 5.01 12 101.7 3B 9 5 6 0 1 1.000 .948 1.22 2.31 2.54 2.72 4 39.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.67 0 2.7 1991 25 ATL NL SS 85 75 125 11 21 .948 .966 2.35 3.88 4.14 4.67 51 435.0 2B 32 48 66 2 15 .983 .982 3.56 4.28 4.71 5.14 27 218.0 3B 18 13 28 4 1 .911 .949 2.28 2.31 2.94 2.74 12 125.3 1992 26 ATL NL SS 106 87 182 9 26 .968 .969 2.54 3.86 4.12 4.59 72 587.7 2B 21 32 42 5 8 .937 .981 3.52 4.27 4.90 5.18 18 136.0 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.30 1.80 2.70 0 5.0 1993 27 ATL NL SS 161 189 426 19 86 .970 .965 3.82 4.04 4.18 4.69 159 1323.7 AS 1994 28 ATL NL SS 96 126 290 13 47 .970 .966 4.33 4.05 4.46 4.53 96 838.7 1995 29 ATL NL SS 115 151 337 15 62 .970 .968 4.24 3.97 4.41 4.51 114 997.0 1996 30 ATL NL SS 79 83 206 23 40 .926 .967 3.66 3.99 3.96 4.60 78 656.3 1997 31 ATL NL SS 149 204 372 16 79 .973 .973 3.87 3.85 4.20 4.58 147 1235.0 AS DH 1 AS 1998 32 CHC NL SS 106 129 255 14 36 .965 .968 3.62 3.88 3.87 4.52 100 892.3 1999 33 CHC NL 2B 25 41 32 3 9 .961 .981 2.92 4.19 5.07 5.05 14 129.7 SS 22 21 43 1 7 .985 .967 2.91 3.80 4.66 4.42 14 123.7 3B 18 7 19 3 0 .897 .952 1.44 2.30 2.07 2.68 12 113.3 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.50 9.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1988 22 ATL NL 2B 9 20 38 2 4 .967 .980 6.44 4.58 6.61 5.22 9 79.0 1989 23 ATL NL 2B 39 58 71 4 14 .970 .981 3.31 4.43 4.58 5.12 26 253.7 1990 24 ATL NL 2B 14 23 25 0 6 1.000 .984 3.43 4.28 4.25 5.01 12 101.7 1991 25 ATL NL 2B 32 48 66 2 15 .983 .982 3.56 4.28 4.71 5.14 27 218.0 1992 26 ATL NL 2B 21 32 42 5 8 .937 .981 3.52 4.27 4.90 5.18 18 136.0 1999 33 CHC NL 2B 25 41 32 3 9 .961 .981 2.92 4.19 5.07 5.05 14 129.7 1989 23 ATL NL 3B 78 42 128 13 9 .929 .943 2.18 2.25 2.60 2.71 65 588.3 1990 24 ATL NL 3B 9 5 6 0 1 1.000 .948 1.22 2.31 2.54 2.72 4 39.0 1991 25 ATL NL 3B 18 13 28 4 1 .911 .949 2.28 2.31 2.94 2.74 12 125.3 1992 26 ATL NL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.30 1.80 2.70 0 5.0 1999 33 CHC NL 3B 18 7 19 3 0 .897 .952 1.44 2.30 2.07 2.68 12 113.3 1989 23 ATL NL CF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.35 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1990 24 ATL NL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.40 0.00 2.67 0 2.7 1997 31 ATL NL DH 1 1999 33 CHC NL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.50 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1989 23 ATL NL OF 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.95 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1990 24 ATL NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.33 0 2.7 1999 33 CHC NL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1987 21 ATL NL SS 50 65 166 9 28 .963 .965 4.62 3.89 4.93 4.72 50 422.0 1988 22 ATL NL SS 8 15 21 2 4 .947 .968 4.50 3.99 4.22 4.63 8 76.7 1989 23 ATL NL SS 30 37 55 4 5 .958 .966 3.07 3.88 3.78 4.51 22 219.0 1990 24 ATL NL SS 93 141 257 16 47 .961 .967 4.28 4.00 4.60 4.59 89 778.7 1991 25 ATL NL SS 85 75 125 11 21 .948 .966 2.35 3.88 4.14 4.67 51 435.0 1992 26 ATL NL SS 106 87 182 9 26 .968 .969 2.54 3.86 4.12 4.59 72 587.7 1993 27 ATL NL SS 161 189 426 19 86 .970 .965 3.82 4.04 4.18 4.69 159 1323.7 1994 28 ATL NL SS 96 126 290 13 47 .970 .966 4.33 4.05 4.46 4.53 96 838.7 1995 29 ATL NL SS 115 151 337 15 62 .970 .968 4.24 3.97 4.41 4.51 114 997.0 1996 30 ATL NL SS 79 83 206 23 40 .926 .967 3.66 3.99 3.96 4.60 78 656.3 1997 31 ATL NL SS 149 204 372 16 79 .973 .973 3.87 3.85 4.20 4.58 147 1235.0 1998 32 CHC NL SS 106 129 255 14 36 .965 .968 3.62 3.88 3.87 4.52 100 892.3 1999 33 CHC NL SS 22 21 43 1 7 .985 .967 2.91 3.80 4.66 4.42 14 123.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS*1100 1323 2735 152 488 .964 .968 3.69 3.94 4.25 4.59 1000 8585.7 2B* 140 222 274 16 56 .969 .981 3.54 4.32 4.86 5.12 106 918.0 3B* 124 67 182 20 11 .926 .945 2.01 2.27 2.57 2.71 93 871.0 OF* 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 1.95 1.58 2.37 0 5.7 1 3 0# CF* 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.37 0.00 2.68 0 4.7 LF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.50 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1368 1613 3191 188 555 .962 .968 3.51 3.82 4.17 4.48 1199 10380
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1991   NLCS  ATL PIT     W   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL MIN     L   5   6   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   1  .167  .286  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
 1992   NLCS  ATL PIT     W   7  25   4   5  0  1  1   4   4   2  .200  .310  .400   0  0   1   0   0 
        WS    ATL TOR     L   6  24   2   6  0  0  0   0   1   9  .250  .280  .250   2  1   0   0   0 
 1993   NLCS  ATL PHI     L   6  25   5   7  1  0  2   4   4   7  .280  .379  .560   0  0   0   0   0 
 1995   NLDS  ATL COL     W   3   6   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   3  .000  .250  .000   0  0   0   0   1 
        NLCS  ATL CIN     W   1   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   2  .000  .200  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1996   NLDS  ATL LAD     W   3   9   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   3  .111  .273  .111   0  1   0   0   1 
        NLCS  ATL STL     W   7  17   5   3  0  1  0   2   4   6  .176  .391  .294   0  0   0   0   2 
        WS    ATL NYY     L   6  18   2   3  1  0  0   1   1   4  .167  .211  .222   0  0   0   0   0 
 1997   NLDS  ATL HOU     W   3  10   2   3  0  0  1   4   2   2  .300  .417  .600   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ATL FLA     L   6  20   5   6  0  0  1   1   3   6  .300  .417  .450   0  0   0   0   1 
 1998   NLDS  CHC ATL     L   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Div Series       3-1  11  27   2   4  0  0  1   4   4   9  .148  .303  .259   0  1   0   0   2 
  6 Lg Champ Series     4-2  29  93  19  21  1  2  4  11  16  23  .226  .357  .409   0  0   1   0   3 
  3 World Series        0-3  17  48   4  10  1  0  0   1   3  14  .208  .255  .229   2  1   0   0   0 
 13 Postseason Series   7-6  57 168  25  35  2  2  5  16  23  46  .208  .321  .333   2  2   1   0   5 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1993   ATL NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1997   ATL NL   *   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting SS 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      1   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1993 *
1997 (SS)

Silver Sluggers
1997-NL--SS

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1993-NL-16-0.02
1997-NL-21-0.01
Car-1221-0.03 shares

On-base %
1993 NL-.401-7

Games
1993 NL-161-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1993 NL-710-3

Runs
1993 NL-110-5

Hits
1993 NL-182-6

Bases on Balls
1993 NL-85-6

Singles
1993 NL-136-5

Runs Created
1993 NL-112-6

Times on Base
1993 NL-283-3

Offensive Win%
1997 NL-.683-10

Hit By Pitch
1993 NL-16-1
1995 NL-12-4
1997 NL-20-4
Car-91-89

Sac. Flies
1994 NL-6-9
1997 NL-9-5

Youngest Player
1987 NL-21-8

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 19.9 (640) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 34.0 (533) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 

January 17, 1984: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed June 12, 1984.

October 15, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 12, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

November 2, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 28, 1999: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1987Atlanta Braves$62,500
1988Atlanta Braves$67,000
1989Atlanta Braves$82,000
1990Atlanta Braves$180,000
1991Atlanta Braves$280,000
1992Atlanta Braves$940,000
1993Atlanta Braves$2,000,000
1994Atlanta Braves$3,750,000
1995Atlanta Braves$3,420,000
1996Atlanta Braves$3,500,000
1997Atlanta Braves$4,020,000
1998Chicago Cubs$4,000,000
1999Chicago Cubs$4,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$26,501,500

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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