Ron Blomberg

Positions: Designated Hitter, First Baseman and Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: August 23, 1948 in Atlanta, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (1st) of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Druid Hills HS (Atlanta, GA).

High School: Druid Hills HS (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: September 10, 1969 (Age 21-018d, 12,918th in major league history)
vs. WSA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1978 (Age 30-039d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Ronald Mark Blomberg

Nicknames: Boomer

Pronunciation: \BLOOM-berg\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.4

1333

391

.293

184

RBI

224

OBP

.360

SLG

.473

OPS

.832

OPS+

140

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

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	29	6.1	9	0	0	9	2	1B
2	3 (1)	Apr 18	NYY		MIL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	17	0	0	17	0	1B
3	5 (1)	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	25	6.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
4	6	Apr 22	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-11	GS	16	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
5	11 (4)	Apr 30 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,5-4	GS	40	8.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	15 (3)	May 6	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
7	16	May 7	NYY	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
8	17	May 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
9	19 (1)	May 10	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
10	20	May 12	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-3	GS	35	8.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
11	23 (2)	May 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
12	24	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
13	25	May 19	NYY		BOS	W,6-0	GS	27	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
14	26	May 21 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
15	28 (1)	May 23	NYY		CLE	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	13	1	1	15	0	1B
16	29	May 24	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	GS	26	7.0	8	0	1	9	2	1B
17	30	May 25	NYY		CLE	W,2-0	GS	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
18	31	May 26	NYY		DET	L,2-8	GS	25	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
19	32	May 27	NYY		DET	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
20	35 (2)	May 29 (2)	NYY		DET	W,4-2	GS	26	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
21	36	May 30	NYY	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	38 (1)	Jun 1	NYY	@	MIL	L,8-9	GS	30	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
23	40 (1)	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,18-10	CG	61	13.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
24	41	Jun 4 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
25	43 (1)	Jun 6	NYY	@	TEX	L,3-6	GS	32	7.0	8	1	1	10	2	1B
26	44	Jun 7	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-5	GF	17	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
27	45	Jun 8	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
28	47 (1)	Jun 10	NYY	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
29	48	Jun 11	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	15	0	0	15	2	1B
30	50 (1)	Jun 14	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	2	1B
31	51	Jun 15	NYY		CHW	W,8-1	GS	17	5.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
32	52	Jun 17 (1)	NYY		TEX	W,2-0	GS	23	7.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
33	54 (1)	Jun 20	NYY		KCR	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
34	55	Jun 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	29	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
35	56	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
36	58 (1)	Jun 26	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
37	61 (2)	Jun 29	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
38	62	Jun 30	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	64 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,6-1	GS	24	6.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
40	65	Jul 2 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	GS	30	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
41	66	Jul 4	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
42	69 (2)	Jul 7	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS	23	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
43	70	Jul 8	NYY	@	MIN	W,1-0	CG	41	11.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
44	71	Jul 9	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
45	74 (2)	Jul 12	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
46	75	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		OAK	L,3-9	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
47	76	Jul 14 (2)	NYY		OAK	L,0-1	GS	31	8.0	11	0	1	12	2	1B
48	79 (2)	Jul 18	NYY		MIN	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
49	80	Jul 19	NYY		MIN	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
50	81	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
51	84 (2)	Jul 22 (2)	NYY		CAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
52	86 (1)	Jul 27	NYY		BOS	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
53	88 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
54	89	Jul 29	NYY		BOS	W,8-1	GF	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
55	91 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
56	92	Jul 31 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	93	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-4	GS	21	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
58	96 (2)	Aug 3	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	13	1	0	14	2	1B
59	98 (1)	Aug 5	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
60	100 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	NYY	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	38	10.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
61	101	Aug 8	NYY		DET	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
62	103 (1)	Aug 9 (2)	NYY		DET	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	15	0	1	16	0	1B
63	104	Aug 10	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
64	105	Aug 11	NYY		MIL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	14	0	1	15	1	1B
65	106	Aug 12	NYY		MIL	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
66	107	Aug 13 (1)	NYY		MIL	W,5-3	GF	20	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
67	110 (2)	Aug 15	NYY	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS	29	7.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
68	111	Aug 16	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
69	112	Aug 18	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
70	113	Aug 19	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-2	GS	25	7.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
71	114	Aug 20	NYY	@	TEX	W,2-0	GS	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
72	115	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS	19	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
73	119 (3)	Aug 26	NYY		KCR	L,3-6	GS	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
74	120	Aug 27 (1)	NYY		KCR	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
75	121	Aug 27 (2)	NYY		KCR	W,9-8	GS	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
76	122	Aug 29 (1)	NYY		TEX	W,7-6	GF	13	4.0	5	0	0	5	2	PH 1B
77	123	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		TEX	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
78	124	Aug 30	NYY		TEX	W,3-1	GS	29	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
79	125	Aug 31	NYY		TEX	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	127 (1)	Sep 2	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	GS	15	3.0	3	1	1	5	0	1B
81	133 (5)	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
82	138 (4)	Sep 12	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	GS	20	6.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
83	139	Sep 13	NYY		BOS	L,2-7	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
84	140	Sep 15	NYY		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	11	1	1	13	2	1B
85	143 (2)	Sep 19	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
86	144	Sep 21	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
87	145	Sep 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
88	146	Sep 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
89	147	Sep 24 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	23	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
90	148	Sep 24 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	GS	18	5.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
91	149	Sep 27	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
92	151 (1)	Oct 1 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,1-2	CG	40	11.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
93	152	Oct 1 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	GS	33	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
94	154 (1)	Oct 3	NYY		MIL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
95	155	Oct 4	NYY		MIL	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
							95gm		715.1	813	32	13	858	88