#79 Frederick Blair, Reliever, 38 yrs, Oakland Athletics

#79 Frederick Blair, Reliever, 38 yrs, Oakland Athletics
Monday, 10/23/1940

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Frederick Blair

9/23/1902
38
USA
6"2
210

Reliever
R
R

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1 / 6 (Insignificant)
0 / 6 (Unknown)
Average
Suffers
Prone
2.5 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 1,108,000
1941
14 Year(s), 27 Days (2435 total Days)
93 Day(s)
15 Year(s), 111 Days (2691 total Days)
16 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
Last Option Year

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	18	53	54	87-90 Mph
Versus LHB	15	50	52
Versus RHB	20	56	55
Talent	3	5	5

Pitching Ratings
Endurance :
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Holding Runners :

2
52
5

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	10	40	3	20	11
Versus LHP	10	40	3	20	11
Versus RHP	10	40	3	20	11
Talent	2	4	2	3	2

Running & Bunting Ratings
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1
1
1
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 3 (Range), .940 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/28	SLA	W 14-4		1.1	0	0	0	1	1
4/29	@WS1	L 10-16		1	4	3	3	0	0
5/2	CHA	L 3-10		2.2	4	3	2	4	2
5/23	LAA	L 0-13		0.2	4	5	5	3	0
5/28	CHA	L 4-9		3.1	3	1	1	3	1
5/30	@WS1	W 4-2		0.1	2	2	2	0	0
6/1	@WS1	L 3-7		1.1	2	1	1	0	0
9/13	@LAA	W 6-5		1.1	1	1	1	2	1	W
9/14	@LAA	W 18-5		3.1	4	4	0	0	2
9/23	KCA	W 16-8		3	5	2	2	1	1

Pitching Stats 1940

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	17	0	2	0	0	6.69	35.0	55	32	26	19	19	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	17	0	2	0	0	6.69	35.0	55	32	26	19	19

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	17	7	19.0	14.1	4.9	4.9	10	0	.0	20	9	45.0	8.85

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	71	31	6	0	5	25	23	15	7	0	0	0	.437	.511	.732	1.244
vs. RHB	82	24	5	0	2	10	9	4	12	0	0	0	.293	.322	.427	.749

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	10	0	1	0	0	6.86	21.0	31	18	16	16	12
Road	7	0	1	0	0	6.43	14.0	24	14	10	3	7
Postseason	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	9	0	1	0	0	5.68	19.0	30	13	12	6	12
May	4	0	0	0	0	12.86	7.0	13	11	10	10	3
June	1	0	0	0	0	6.75	1.1	2	1	1	0	0
July	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
August	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sept./Oct.	3	0	1	0	0	3.52	7.2	10	7	3	3	4

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1927	37	0	6	9	10	7.60	45.0	59	44	38	11	25	27	0	0	1.87	.314	SFN
1928	63	0	7	8	8	5.43	63.0	65	41	38	13	35	24	0	0	1.59	.250	SFN
1929	65	0	2	5	6	5.40	61.2	67	47	37	15	43	35	0	0	1.78	.268	SFN
1930	70	0	1	6	15	6.10	59.0	73	41	40	13	18	29	0	0	1.54	.305	SFN
1931	49	0	3	5	11	5.12	51.0	62	33	29	11	21	24	0	0	1.63	.305	SFN
1932	41	0	2	5	26	3.83	42.1	53	18	18	2	16	20	0	0	1.63	.357	LAN
1933	39	0	1	8	21	5.10	47.2	41	28	27	7	23	33	0	0	1.34	.250	LAN,NL
1934	56	0	8	5	20	4.20	55.2	70	28	26	3	25	20	0	0	1.71	.344	BSN,NL
1935	27	0	1	5	2	8.31	39.0	51	40	36	10	18	12	0	0	1.77	.297	BSN
1936	32	0	2	5	2	3.98	31.2	34	17	14	2	13	17	0	0	1.48	.302	LAN
1937	13	0	2	1	4	3.07	14.2	10	5	5	2	3	8	0	0	0.89	.190	NYA
1938	48	0	10	6	13	4.06	75.1	76	41	34	11	29	27	0	0	1.39	.266	NYA
1939	37	0	2	3	5	4.18	51.2	57	26	24	8	23	18	0	0	1.55	.274	NYA
1940	17	0	2	0	0	6.69	35.0	55	32	26	7	19	19	0	0	2.11	.378	PHA
Total	594	0	49	71	143	5.24	672.2	773	441	392	115	311	313	0	0	1.61	.295

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1940, AAA	15	0	2	1	0	4.78	26.1	31	15	14	6	13	13	0	0	1.67	.294

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1938	2	0	0	1	1	10.80	1.2	2	2	2	0	1	0	0
1939	1	0	0	0	0	16.88	2.2	4	5	5	2	2	0	0
Total	3	0	0	1	1	14.54	4.1	6	7	7	2	3	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1927	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	SFN
1928	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	SFN
1929	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	SFN
1930	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	SFN
1931	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	SFN
1932	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	LAN
1933	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	LAN,NL
1934	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BSN,NL
1935	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BSN
1936	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	LAN
1937	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYA
1938	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYA
1939	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	NYA
Total	577	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 1940

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

35.0

3.09

Player History

Earned first career win on 5/24/1927...
1/26/1929: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...
1/26/1930: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...
1/26/1931: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 7/26/1931 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks...
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles (N) on 2/10/1932 to a 2-year deal worth $651,600 per year...
Was selected to the 1933 Allstar game...
Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 2/25/1934 to a 2-year deal worth $3,235,500 per year...
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game...
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles (N) on 3/1/1936 to a minor league contract.
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/16/1937 to a 3-year deal worth $2,051,200 per year...
Injured on 5/28/1937 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season...
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/6/1940 to a 2-year deal worth $1,108,000 per year...
Injured on 5/2/1940 with a Sore Back, out for one week...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
1930 - 15 - 10th
1932 - 26 - 1st
1933 - 21 - 2nd
1934 - 20 - 4th