Paul Blackburn

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 196lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: December 4, 1993 in Antioch, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (56th) of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Heritage HS (Brentwood, CA).

High School: Heritage HS (Brentwood, CA)

Debut: July 1, 2017 (Age 23-209d, 21,447th in major league history)
vs. ATL 6.0 IP, 3 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$3.45M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 4.018 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2026

Agents: Sosnick Cobbe & Karon

Full Name: Paul Cady Blackburn

Nicknames: Blackie

Twitter: @PaulyB_34

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

1.3

3.6

ERA

1.08

4.64

25.0

378.0

288

WHIP

1.000

1.402

Summary of 44 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 15 go ahead

1 Tm
OAK	44

Platoon
vs RHB	26
vs LHB	18

Home/Road
Away	26
Home	18

Outs
0	18
1	17
2	9

16 Opps
HOU	12
TEX	4
LAA	4
SEA	4
KCR	4
NYY	3
TOR	3
TBR	2
MIN	1
BAL	1
NYM	1
BOS	1
CLE	1
WSN	1
MIA	1
CHW	1

37 Batters
Yordan Alvarez	4
Alex Bregman	3
Corey Seager	2
Mitch Haniger	2
Cal Raleigh	1
Anthony Rizzo	1
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	1
Shohei Ohtani	1
Adolis García	1
Yuli Gurriel	1
Giancarlo Stanton	1
Jesse Winker	1
Robinson Chirinos	1
Salvador Perez	1
Nomar Mazara	1
Kurt Suzuki	1
Keibert Ruiz	1
Jason Castro	1
Daniel Palka	1
Martín Maldonado	1
Adam Duvall	1
Adam Jones	1
Michael Conforto	1
Josh Donaldson	1
Taylor Ward	1
Manuel Margot	1
Danny Jansen	1
Edwin Encarnación	1
Jose Altuve	1
Bobby Witt Jr.	1
Jo Adell	1
Brett Phillips	1
Garrett Cooper	1
Matt Wallner	1
Alcides Escobar	1
Breyvic Valera	1
Lorenzo Cain	1

15 Parks
RingCentral Col (OAK)	18
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	7
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
GlbLifeField (ARL)	1

Where Hit
78	13
7	10
8	8
9	7
89	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	12
2	9
5	9
4	5
1	4
6	3
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	20
2·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	2
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	25
1--	10
12-	5
-2-	3
123	1

70 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	25
1 on	13
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	19

Inning
1	7
2	7
3	8
4	8
5	8
6	5
7	1

1-3	22
4-6	21
7-end	1

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	5
+2	3
+1	8
Tied	10
-1	4
-2	5
-3	1
-4..	5

Ahead	19
Tied	10
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	6
3-1	6
0-1	5
0-0	4
1-0	4
2-1	4
0-2	3
3-2	3
1-2	3
2-2	3
2-0	3

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
DH	8
C	7
LF	7
RF	6
3B	5
CF	4
SS	4
1B	2
2B	1

OrderPos
4th	14
2nd	6
8th	6
5th	4
3rd	3
7th	3
1st	3
9th	3
6th	2

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	17

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2017-07-06	Mitch Haniger	SEA		OAK	behind 0-7	b 5	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	7	9	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	2017-07-15	Edwin Encarnación	CLE	@	OAK	behind 0-1	t 4	0	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	4	DH	20%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Brantley Scores
3	3	3	1	2017-07-21	Michael Conforto	NYM		OAK	behind 0-1	b 3	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	8	24%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); S. Matz Scores
4	4	4	1	2017-08-11	Adam Jones	BAL	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(1-2) CBFFX	1	4	8	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	2017-08-16	Lorenzo Cain	KCR	@	OAK	tied 2-2	t 4	2	1--	5,(3-1) BCBBX	2	2	8	23%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Butera Scores
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	2018-06-07	Alcides Escobar	KCR	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	6	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
7	7	2	1	2018-06-24	Daniel Palka	CHW		OAK	ahead 5-2	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	DH	4%	95%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	2019-06-08 (1)	Nomar Mazara	TEX		OAK	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	1--	3,(0-2) 1FFX	2	4	9	8%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); E. Andrus Scores
9	9	2	1	2019-09-09	Yordan Alvarez	HOU		OAK	ahead 9-0	b 2	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
10	10	3	2	2019-09-09	Robinson Chirinos	HOU		OAK	ahead 12-0	b 7	0	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); A. Díaz Scores/unER; A. Toro Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2021-08-23	Mitch Haniger	SEA	@	OAK	behind 0-2	t 6	0	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	2	DH	23%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Crawford Scores
12	12	2	1	2021-09-04	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	TOR		OAK	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	7	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	3	2	2021-09-04	Danny Jansen	TOR		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	2	9%	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
14	14	4	3	2021-09-04	Breyvic Valera	TOR		OAK	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	1--	2,(0-1) 1CX	2	8	5	12%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Gurriel Scores
15	15	5	1	2021-09-16	Salvador Perez	KCR		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	3	DH	16%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); N. Lopez Scores
16	16	6	1	2021-10-02	Yordan Alvarez	HOU		OAK	behind 0-2	b 1	1	12-	3,(0-2) SFX	3	4	7	23%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Altuve Scores; A. Bregman Scores
17	17	7	2	2021-10-02	Jason Castro	HOU		OAK	ahead 3-2	b 2	1	---	5,(2-2) BBCFX	1	8	2	9%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
18	18	8	3	2021-10-02	Yuli Gurriel	HOU		OAK	ahead 5-2	b 3	0	---	7,(2-2) CBSFBFX	1	5	3	6%	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2022-05-03	Brett Phillips	TBR	@	OAK	behind 1-5	t 2	1	-2-	3,(1-1) TBX	2	8	9	11%	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); K. Kiermaier Scores
20	20	2	1	2022-05-30	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	4	7	14%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
21	21	3	2	2022-05-30	Jose Altuve	HOU	@	OAK	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	4	13%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Maldonado Scores
22	22	4	1	2022-06-22	Cal Raleigh	SEA	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	5,(3-1) BSBBX	1	9	2	11%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
23	23	5	2	2022-06-22	Jesse Winker	SEA	@	OAK	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	1--	4,(2-1) 1C1BBX	2	4	7	8%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Rodríguez Scores
24	24	6	1	2022-06-27	Anthony Rizzo	NYY		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	3	3	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
25	25	7	2	2022-06-27	Giancarlo Stanton	NYY		OAK	behind 1-5	b 4	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	4	DH	7%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
26	26	8	1	2022-07-08	Alex Bregman	HOU	@	OAK	behind 1-2	t 4	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	4	5	22%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Y. Álvarez Scores
27	27	9	2	2022-07-08	Martín Maldonado	HOU	@	OAK	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	12-	4,(1-2) FCBX	3	9	2	17%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Meyers Scores; M. Dubón Scores
28	28	10	1	2022-07-24	Adolis García	TEX	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	5	9	17%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Heim Scores
29	29	11	2	2022-07-24	Corey Seager	TEX	@	OAK	ahead 4-0	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	6	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
30	30	12	1	2022-08-04	Shohei Ohtani	LAA		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	2	DH	10%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
31	31	13	2	2022-08-04	Kurt Suzuki	LAA		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	10%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
32	32	14	3	2022-08-04	Taylor Ward	LAA		OAK	behind 2-6	b 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	9	7%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
33	33	15	4	2022-08-04	Jo Adell	LAA		OAK	behind 3-8	b 4	0	---	3,(0-2) CSX	1	5	7	5%	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	2023-06-04	Garrett Cooper	MIA		OAK	behind 2-5	b 5	1	12-	5,(1-2) CBCFX	3	4	DH	29%	54%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); L. Arráez Scores; B. De La Cruz Scores
35	35	2	1	2023-06-15	Manuel Margot	TBR	@	OAK	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	8	9%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
36	36	3	1	2023-06-27	Josh Donaldson	NYY	@	OAK	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	5	12%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37	37	4	1	2023-07-09	Adam Duvall	BOS		OAK	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	5,(3-1) .BBBFX	1	4	9	14%	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
38	38	5	1	2023-07-22	Alex Bregman	HOU	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 6	1	---	6,(2-2) CBF.FBX	1	4	5	18%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
39	39	6	1	2023-08-11	Keibert Ruiz	WSN		OAK	ahead 3-2	b 5	2	---	6,(3-2) BBFBF.X	1	4	2	12%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	7	1	2023-08-21	Bobby Witt Jr.	KCR	@	OAK	behind 1-3	t 6	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	6	12%	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
41	41	8	1	2023-09-08	Corey Seager	TEX		OAK	behind 0-1	b 1	0	1--	6,(3-2) FBFBBX	2	2	6	16%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Semien Scores
42	42	9	1	2023-09-13	Yordan Alvarez	HOU		OAK	tied 0-0	b 3	1	12-	5,(3-1) FBBBX	3	3	7	23%	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); J. Altuve Scores; J. Peña Scores
43	43	10	2	2023-09-13	Alex Bregman	HOU		OAK	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	---	7,(3-2) CBBFFB.X	1	4	5	6%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	11	1	2023-09-26	Matt Wallner	MIN		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	123	5,(3-1) BSBBX	4	7	7	23%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Kepler Scores; A. Kirilloff Scores; K. Farmer Scores