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Mike Blyzka
Michael John Blyzka
born Michael John Bliska

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 21, 1953
Final Game September 25, 1954
Born December 25, 1928 in Hamtramck, MI
Died October 13, 2004 in Cheyenne, WY

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1953 24 SLB AL   2   6  33   9   2   0   8  0   94.3  110   78   67   6   56   23   0   7   440       0  6.39  4.20   66 1.760
 1954 25 BAL AL   1   5  37   0   0   0  17  1   86.3   83   48   45   2   51   35   0   1   386       0  4.69  3.57   76 1.552
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .214   3  11  70   9   2   0  25  1  180.7  193  126  112   8  107   58   0   8   826       0  5.58  3.90   70 1.661
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     2   9  60   7   1   0  21  0  155.3  166  108   96   6   92   49   0   6   710   0   0  5.58  3.90   70 1.661
 Career High      2   6  37   9   2   0  17  1   94.3  110   78   67   6   56   35   0   7   440   0   0  4.69  4.20   76 1.552

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 24 SLB AL  33   23    1    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   9  .000  .042  .000  -88    0   2           0   0
 1954 25 BAL AL  37   15    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .133  .133  .133  -24    2   1   0       0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       70   38    2    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  15  .053  .077  .053  -64    2   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         88    5    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   2  35  .053  .077  .053  -64    5   7   0   0   0   0
 Career High     37   23    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   9                           2   2   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 24 SLB AL   26   25    0   0.0   104| .000  .272| .042  .348| .000  .400| .042  .749| -88  .000  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 1954 25 BAL AL   16   14    0   0.0    93| .133  .257| .133  .331| .133  .376| .266  .707| -24  .000  -2.5  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        42   39    0   0.0   100| .053  .266| .077  .342| .053  .391| .130  .732| -64  .000  -8.8  -0.9   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 ------+
1953 24 SLB AL P 33 6 13 0 1 1.000 .955 0.58 0.88 1.81 1.95 9 94.3 1954 25 BAL AL P 37 4 17 1 0 .955 .959 0.57 0.93 2.19 2.01 0 86.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1953 24 SLB AL P 33 6 13 0 1 1.000 .955 0.58 0.88 1.81 1.95 9 94.3 1954 25 BAL AL P 37 4 17 1 0 .955 .959 0.57 0.93 2.19 2.01 0 86.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 70 10 30 1 1 .976 .957 0.57 0.91 1.99 1.98 9 180.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 70 10 30 1 1 .976 .957 0.57 0.91 1.99 1.97 9 181
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.

Wild Pitches
1953 AL-7-3

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

Before 1948 Season: Sent from the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis Browns in an unknown transaction.

December 1, 1954: Sent by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on November 17, 1954. The Baltimore Orioles sent players to be named later, Bob Turley, Don Larsen, and Billy Hunter to the New York Yankees for players to be named later, Gene Woodling, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, and Willy Miranda. The New York Yankees sent Bill Miller (December 1, 1954), Kal Segrist (December 1, 1954), Don Leppert (December 1, 1954), and Ted Del Guercio (minors) (December 1, 1954) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mike Blyzka (December 1, 1954), Darrell Johnson (December 1, 1954), Jim Fridley (December 1, 1954), and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.


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