Don Blasingame

Second Base

1955—1966

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Second Base RANK
NR

Player Detail

Don Lee
GIVEN NAME
Blasingame
SURNAME
March 16, 1932, in Corinth, MS
BORN
April 13, 2005, in Fountain Hills, AZ, USA
DIED
1955—1966
Playing Career
Played from 23-34
PLAYING AGE
St. Louis Cardinals
San Francisco Giants
Cincinnati Reds
Washington Senators
Teams Played For
Second Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Cincinnati Reds
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Blazer
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
#1 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 160
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 20, 1955
Major League Debut
August 27, 1966
FINAL GAME

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After his MLB career, Don spent three seasons in Japan playing with the Nankai Hawks, then coached in that country for several years.
  • Don Blasingame Scouting Report

30

HITTING

30

POWER

30

RUNNING

50

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1444
1366
21
308
.258
1 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
18.1
58.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.656
.661
99.3

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.258
.329
.327

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Jim Gilliam
Bill Mazeroski
Charlie Neal
Felix Mantilla

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Don Blasingame Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Blasingame
535
138
74
18
6
2
31
56
47
11
175
195
.258
.329
.327
656
AVG 2B
538
135
66
21
4
8
47
68
8
187
185
.251
.313
.348
.661

Don Blasingame Rankings

AT Second Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
120
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Second Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
97
94
99
77
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Don Blasingame PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
18.4
17.9
13.3
12.7
2.06
70.8
45.6
33.2
22.8
5.19
BLUE = Don Blasingame
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
137.5
112.2
83.8
57.7
15.4
352.5
203.1
147.5
97.5
26.2
BLUE = Don Blasingame
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B