Larvell Blanks

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 167lb (173cm, 75kg)

Born: January 28, 1950 in Del Rio, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Felipe HS (Del Rio, TX).

High School: San Felipe HS (Del Rio, TX)

School: Sul Ross State University (Alpine, TX)

Debut: July 19, 1972 (Age 22-173d, 13,249th in major league history)
vs. PIT 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 3, 1980 (Age 30-188d)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Larvell Blanks

Nicknames: Sugar Bear

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

1766

446

.253

203

RBI

172

OBP

.302

SLG

.335

OPS

.637

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-44 / in Starts: 20-19
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	51 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 138 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	97 (41-39-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 138 PAs	15
Avg. Runners on Base	85 (41-28-14)

Most Driven In
J Sundberg	4
M Jorgensen	3
B Wills	2
B Sample	1
E Soderholm	1
J Ellis	1
D Roberts	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
A Oliver	4
J Grubb	2
B Bell	2
B Wills	1
P Putnam	1
Self	1
E Soderholm	1

1979 Batting Game Log

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1979 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	474	9 (8)	Apr 18	TEX	@	CLE	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	1.33	-0.039	2.23	-0.04%	-0.33	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	475	23 (13)	May 4 (2)	TEX		CHW	W,7-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1						PR SS
3	476	24	May 5	TEX		CHW	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						SS
4	477	26 (1)	May 7	TEX		KCR	L,6-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2						SS
5	478	28 (1)	May 9	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1.87	-0.048	2.81	-0.04%	-0.24	PR SS
6	479	31 (2)	May 13 (1)	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-3	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1						SS
7	480	32	May 13 (2)	TEX	@	TOR	W,7-5	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	8	1.26	0.092	1.50	0.07%	0.49	2B
8	481	33	May 14	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	8	1.58	0.087	3.19	0.11%	0.45	2B SS
9	482	34	May 15	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-8	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.364	.780	9	1.00	0.046	2.22	0.06%	0.61	SS
10	483	35	May 16	TEX	@	MIN	W,8-4	GS-6	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.467	.500	.967	9	.78	0.084	1.78	0.12%	1.93	SS
11	484	36	May 18	TEX	@	SEA	L,5-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.368	.389	.757	9	.43	-0.044	.74	-0.05%	-1.05	SS
12	485	37	May 19	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.316	.350	.368	.718	8	2.32	-0.098	3.71	-0.09%	-0.95	PH SS
13	486	38	May 20	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-4	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.348	.364	.711	9	2.33	0.225	3.52	0.20%	1.33	SS
14	487	39	May 21	TEX		MIN	L,6-7	GS-6	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.385	.375	.760	9	1.41	0.084	2.99	0.11%	0.94	SS
15	488	40	May 22	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.345	.333	.678	7	1.13	-0.090	2.21	-0.11%	-0.77	SS
16	489	41	May 23	TEX		MIN	W,7-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.323	.310	.633	9	.20	-0.010	.44	-0.01%	-0.27	SS
17	490	42	May 25 (1)	TEX		SEA	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.303	.290	.593	9	.92	-0.047	1.66	-0.05%	-0.41	SS
18	491	48 (5)	May 31	TEX		BOS	L,2-3	9-GF(12)	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.314	.333	.648	8	3.92	0.089	7.31	0.10%	0.56	PH SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	492	50 (1)	Jun 2	TEX		BAL	L,4-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.306	.324	.629	8	3.47	-0.090	6.82	-0.11%	-0.45	PH SS
20	493	52 (1)	Jun 4	TEX	@	BOS	L,5-13	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.324	.343	.667	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.28	PH
21	494	53	Jun 5	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-9	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.316	.616	9	.31	-0.025	.59	-0.03%	-0.76	SS
22	495	54	Jun 6	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.300	.316	.616	9						PR SS
23	496	55	Jun 7	TEX	@	MIL	W,7-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.293	.308	.600	4	.02	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.45	PR
24	497	56	Jun 8	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-3	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.310	.308	.617	8	.89	0.042	1.67	0.05%	0.39	PH SS
25	498	57	Jun 9	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-4	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.310	.308	.617	8						SS
26	499	58	Jun 10	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-7	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.356	.341	.697	8	1.06	0.124	1.69	0.12%	1.28	SS
27	500	59	Jun 12	TEX		MIL	W,7-6	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.302	.375	.349	.724	8	1.43	0.190	2.25	0.18%	1.21	SS
28	501	60	Jun 13	TEX		MIL	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.360	.333	.693	8	.93	-0.047	1.61	-0.05%	-0.41	SS
29	502	61	Jun 14	TEX		MIL	L,2-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.346	.319	.665	8	.89	-0.047	1.46	-0.05%	-0.61	SS
30	503	63 (1)	Jun 16	TEX		NYY	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.346	.319	.665	8						SS
31	504	65 (1)	Jun 18	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.346	.319	.665	8						SS
32	505	66	Jun 19	TEX	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS-7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.364	.347	.711	9	.99	0.098	1.95	0.12%	1.02	SS
33	506	67	Jun 20	TEX	@	CAL	L,4-5	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.275	.362	.333	.695	9	.73	0.047	1.75	0.07%	0.35	SS
34	507	68	Jun 21	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.344	.315	.659	8	2.14	-0.170	4.61	-0.22%	-1.64	SS
35	508	69	Jun 22	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.338	.310	.649	9	1.28	0.010	2.16	0.01%	0.18	SS
36	509	70	Jun 23	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-5	7-GF(10)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.333	.305	.638	9	1.31	-0.033	2.08	-0.03%	-0.10	PR SS
37	510	71	Jun 24 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-1	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.333	.306	.640	9	1.34	-0.046	2.39	-0.05%	-0.67	SS
38	511	73 (1)	Jun 26	TEX		CAL	W,2-1	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.338	.313	.651	9	1.77	0.043	5.08	0.07%	0.30	SS
39	512	74	Jun 27	TEX		CAL	W,4-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.329	.303	.632	9	.92	-0.047	2.66	-0.08%	-0.48	SS
40	513	76 (1)	Jun 29	TEX		OAK	W,5-3	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.254	.316	.299	.614	8	1.18	0.007	2.78	0.01%	-0.38	SS
41	514	77	Jun 30	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.312	.294	.606	9	3.58	-0.082	8.97	-0.12%	-0.48	PH SS
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	515	78	Jul 1	TEX		OAK	L,12-13	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.243	.304	.286	.590	9	.63	-0.001	1.68	0.00%	0.12	SS
43	516	79	Jul 2	TEX		BAL	W,2-0	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.296	.278	.574	9	.80	-0.052	1.95	-0.08%	-0.81	SS
44	517	81 (1)	Jul 4	TEX		BAL	W,9-5	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.286	.267	.552	8	.55	-0.045	1.40	-0.07%	-0.93	SS
45	518	82	Jul 6	TEX		TOR	L,1-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.287	.269	.557	8	.55	0.003	1.48	0.01%	-0.14	SS
46	519	85 (2)	Jul 9	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.284	.266	.550	9	3.78	-0.135	10.65	-0.23%	-0.45	PH
47	520	86	Jul 10	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.286	.259	.545	9	.77	-0.044	2.14	-0.07%	-0.48	SS
48	521	87	Jul 11	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.283	.256	.539	9	1.54	-0.040	4.04	-0.06%	-0.25	PH
49	522	91 (3)	Jul 15	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.280	.253	.533	9	1.59	-0.041	4.66	-0.07%	-0.17	PH SS
50	523	92	Jul 19 (1)	TEX		CHW	L,6-9	6-GF	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.271	.244	.515	9	2.12	-0.163	5.52	-0.26%	-1.53	PH SS
51	524	94 (1)	Jul 20	TEX		CHW	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.271	.244	.515	9						SS
52	525	96 (1)	Jul 22	TEX		KCR	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.271	.244	.515	9						SS
53	526	97	Jul 23	TEX		KCR	L,4-5	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.271	.244	.515	9						SS
54	527	100 (2)	Jul 27	TEX		BOS	W,11-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.270	.244	.514	9	.10	0.012	.20	0.01%	-0.96	SS 2B
55	528	101	Jul 28	TEX		BOS	L,0-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.207	.265	.239	.504	7	1.19	-0.011	2.70	-0.01%	-0.12	2B
56	529	102	Jul 29	TEX		BOS	L,2-3	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.265	.239	.504	8						2B
57	530	103	Jul 30	TEX		DET	L,4-6	7-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.269	.245	.514	9	3.89	-0.038	6.85	-0.04%	0.11	PH 2B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
58	531	109 (5)	Aug 5 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,14-3	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.216	.266	.258	.524	9	.44	-0.003	.89	0.00%	0.47	2B
59	532	110	Aug 7 (1)	TEX	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.268	.270	.538	9	1.32	-0.046	2.79	-0.06%	-0.55	2B
60	533	111	Aug 7 (2)	TEX	@	DET	L,2-8	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.270	.265	.534	9	1.41	-0.044	2.67	-0.05%	-0.48	2B
61	534	112	Aug 8 (1)	TEX	@	DET	W,16-9	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.275	.264	.539	9	.20	-0.021	.38	-0.02%	0.89	2B
62	535	113	Aug 8 (2)	TEX	@	DET	L,4-10	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.279	.262	.540	9	.41	0.027	.82	0.03%	0.16	2B
63	536	114	Aug 9	TEX	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.272	.255	.527	9	2.02	-0.147	3.27	-0.14%	-1.03	2B
64	537	115	Aug 10	TEX		CLE	L,1-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.266	.248	.513	9	.95	-0.076	1.34	-0.06%	-0.79	2B
65	538	116	Aug 11	TEX		CLE	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.267	.276	.543	9	.48	0.080	.61	0.06%	0.65	2B
66	539	122 (5)	Aug 17	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.265	.274	.539	8	.73	-0.019	.50	-0.01%	-0.17	2B
67	540	128 (5)	Aug 24	TEX		MIL	L,6-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.265	.274	.539	9						SS
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
68	541	162 (33)	Sep 30	TEX		CAL	L,5-11	5-GF	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.259	.267	.526	1	.18	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH 2B
							24-44		138	120	13	24	5	0	1	15	11	0	9	0	3	4	5	1	0	0	.200	.259	.267	.526		1.15	-0.511	2.29	-0.88%	-5.88

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