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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 16	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
2	9 (4)	Apr 24	CLE		OAK	L,7-8	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
3	13 (3)	Apr 30	CLE		CAL	W,5-2	GS	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16 (2)	May 2 (2)	CLE		CAL	L,4-5	GS	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
5	24 (7)	May 12	CLE		BOS	L,4-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
6	29 (4)	May 18	CLE		NYY	L,6-11	GF	32	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
7	30	May 19	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
8	31	May 21	CLE		MIL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
9	34 (2)	May 23 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
10	38 (3)	May 27	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
11	39	May 29	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
12	40	May 30	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
13	41	May 31 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
14	42	May 31 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	43	Jun 2	CLE		BAL	L,0-2	GF	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH SS
16	45 (1)	Jun 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	10.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
17	46	Jun 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	SS
18	47	Jun 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
19	49 (1)	Jun 8	CLE		MIN	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
20	50	Jun 9	CLE		MIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
21	51	Jun 11	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	50	13.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
22	54 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-7	GS	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS 2B
23	62 (7)	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
24	63	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	46	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS 2B
25	64	Jun 25	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
26	65	Jun 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
27	66	Jun 27 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
28	67	Jun 27 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
29	69 (1)	Jun 29	CLE		MIL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	70	Jul 1	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
31	72 (1)	Jul 3	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	4	5	1	10	2	2B
32	73	Jul 4	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
33	74	Jul 5	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-8	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
34	75	Jul 6	CLE	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
35	76	Jul 7	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
36	77	Jul 9	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
37	78	Jul 10	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
38	80 (1)	Jul 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
39	84 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		OAK	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
40	88 (3)	Jul 22	CLE		CAL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
41	89	Jul 23	CLE		DET	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
42	90	Jul 24	CLE		DET	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 2B
43	92 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		DET	L,4-5	GS	30	6.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
44	94 (1)	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 2B
45	95	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B SS
46	96	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
47	97	Jul 30	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
48	98	Jul 31 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
49	99	Jul 31 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	47	11.1	3	7	1	11	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	100	Aug 1	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	2	5	1	8	0	2B
51	101	Aug 2	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	GS	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B SS
52	105 (3)	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
53	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
54	107	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
55	108	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-15	CG	47	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
56	109	Aug 9	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	7	0	10	1	2B
57	110	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
58	111	Aug 12	CLE		TEX	W,5-4	GS	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	SS 2B
59	112	Aug 13	CLE		TEX	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
60	114 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
61	117 (2)	Aug 17	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-4	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
62	118	Aug 18	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-1	GS	23	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
63	119	Aug 19	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
64	120	Aug 20	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
65	121	Aug 21	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
66	123 (1)	Aug 23	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
67	125 (1)	Aug 25	CLE		KCR	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
68	126	Aug 27	CLE		MIN	W,7-3	GS	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
69	127	Aug 28	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	CG	67	17.0	6	3	0	9	1	SS
70	128	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	W,7-4	GS	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B SS
71	129	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	42	10.0	5	1	0	6	2	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	133 (3)	Sep 4 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
73	134	Sep 5	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
74	136 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
75	137	Sep 7	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-17	GS	32	5.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
76	138	Sep 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
77	139	Sep 9	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
78	140	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	2B
79	141	Sep 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
80	142	Sep 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-11	GS	28	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
81	143	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
82	144	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
83	145	Sep 15	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
84	146	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	2	SS
85	147	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
86	148	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
87	149	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GS	24	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
88	150	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
89	151	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	W,3-0	GS	20	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
90	152	Sep 24	CLE		MIL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
91	153	Sep 25	CLE		MIL	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
92	154	Sep 28 (1)	CLE		DET	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	10	0	10	0	SS
93	155	Sep 28 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
94	156	Sep 29	CLE		DET	W,3-2	GS	31	7.0	2	5	2	9	3	2B
95	157	Sep 30	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GS	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B SS
96	159 (1)	Oct 2 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
							104gm		713.2	152	214	11	377	53