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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 12	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-5	GF	15	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
2	4	Apr 13	ATL	@	CIN	L,0-5	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH SS
3	5	Apr 14	ATL	@	HOU	L,4-5	GF	7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
4	6	Apr 15	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH SS
5	7	Apr 17	ATL		CIN	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
6	9 (1)	Apr 19	ATL		CIN	L,1-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
7	10	Apr 20	ATL		CIN	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	2	6	2	10	1	SS
8	11	Apr 22	ATL		SDP	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
9	12	Apr 23	ATL		SDP	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
10	13	Apr 24	ATL		SDP	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
11	14	Apr 25	ATL		MON	W,8-7	CG	42	11.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
12	15	Apr 26	ATL		MON	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B SS
13	16	Apr 27	ATL		MON	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
14	17	Apr 30	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	18	May 1	ATL	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS	41	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B SS
16	19	May 2	ATL	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
17	20	May 3	ATL	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS	39	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B SS
18	21	May 4	ATL	@	PIT	L,4-13	CG	47	8.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
19	22	May 5	ATL	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
20	23	May 6	ATL	@	PHI	L,5-10	GS	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B SS
21	24	May 9	ATL		HOU	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
22	25	May 10	ATL		HOU	L,2-3	GS	47	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B SS
23	26	May 11	ATL		HOU	W,7-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
24	27	May 13	ATL		PHI	W,7-3	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
25	29 (1)	May 16	ATL		NYM	L,3-5	GS	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B SS
26	30	May 18 (1)	ATL		NYM	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
27	31	May 18 (2)	ATL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
28	32	May 19	ATL	@	MON	L,8-11	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	33	May 20	ATL	@	MON	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
30	34	May 21	ATL	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	39	8.1	0	4	0	4	0	SS
31	35	May 23	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B SS
32	36	May 24	ATL	@	NYM	L,4-5	CG	43	9.2	0	2	1	3	0	3B
33	37	May 25	ATL	@	NYM	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B SS
34	38	May 26	ATL		SFG	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B SS
35	39	May 27	ATL		SFG	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
36	40	May 28	ATL		SFG	W,3-2	GS	48	12.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B SS
37	41	May 29	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
38	42	May 30	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
39	43	May 31	ATL	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	44	Jun 1	ATL	@	LAD	W,9-5	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
41	45	Jun 2	ATL	@	SFG	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	46	Jun 3	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-3	GF	9	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	47	Jun 4	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
44	48	Jun 6	ATL		LAD	L,0-5	GS	38	9.0	1	6	2	9	0	3B SS
45	49	Jun 7	ATL		LAD	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
46	50	Jun 8	ATL		LAD	L,1-3	GS	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B SS
47	51	Jun 9	ATL		STL	L,5-8	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
48	52	Jun 10	ATL		STL	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
49	54 (1)	Jun 13	ATL	@	CHC	W,7-6	GF	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
50	55	Jun 14	ATL	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	48	8.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
51	56	Jun 15	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
52	57	Jun 16	ATL	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
53	58	Jun 17	ATL	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.1	1	7	0	8	3	SS
54	59	Jun 18 (1)	ATL		PIT	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B SS
55	60	Jun 18 (2)	ATL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
56	61	Jun 19	ATL		PIT	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
57	62	Jun 20	ATL		CHC	L,2-4	GF	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
58	63	Jun 21	ATL		CHC	W,8-0	GF	16	5.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
59	64	Jun 22	ATL		CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
60	65	Jun 24	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-8	GF	8	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
61	66	Jun 25	ATL	@	CIN	L,3-15	CG	48	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
62	67	Jun 27	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	68	Jun 28 (1)	ATL	@	SDP	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
64	69	Jun 28 (2)	ATL	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	SS
65	70	Jun 29	ATL	@	SDP	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	72 (1)	Jul 1	ATL		HOU	W,13-4	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	SS
67	73	Jul 2	ATL		HOU	W,14-0	GF	14	4.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
68	74	Jul 3	ATL		HOU	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
69	78 (3)	Jul 10	ATL		CIN	L,6-8	GF	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
70	80 (1)	Jul 12	ATL	@	HOU	L,5-9	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	1	PH SS
71	82 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	ATL	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
72	84 (1)	Jul 15	ATL		NYM	L,2-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
73	86 (1)	Jul 17	ATL		NYM	L,0-6	GF	6	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
74	87	Jul 18	ATL		PHI	L,2-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
75	89 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	ATL		PHI	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	9	1	10	1	SS
76	90	Jul 20	ATL		PHI	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
77	91	Jul 21	ATL		MON	L,6-8	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
78	92	Jul 22	ATL		MON	W,7-5	GS	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
79	93	Jul 23	ATL		MON	W,6-5	GS	25	7.0	0	5	0	5	2	SS
80	94	Jul 25 (1)	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-5	GF	16	3.2	0	1	0	1	0	SS
81	95	Jul 25 (2)	ATL	@	PHI	W,3-0	GS	33	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS 3B
82	96	Jul 26	ATL	@	PHI	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
83	97	Jul 27	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-17	CG	53	8.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	102 (4)	Aug 2	ATL	@	MON	L,1-5	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH SS
85	103	Aug 3	ATL	@	MON	L,5-6	GF	15	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
							100gm		526.1	65	189	17	271	31