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

1.2

3.5

ERA

2.03

4.66

31.0

384.0

293

WHIP

0.968

1.393

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Team Record in Appearances: 10-11 / in Starts: 10-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2023 Pitching Game Log

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2023 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
1	52	56	May 29	OAK		ATL	W,7-2	GS-4		99	4.0	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.25	1.76	18	81	51	12	10	4	6	3	1	0	54			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.078	.00	0.00%	0.88	15.40	27.00	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
2	53	61	Jun 4	OAK	@	MIA	L,5-7	GS-5		5	5.0	7	5	5	2	3	1	0	6.00	4.03	24	85	59	24	2	8	11	5	1	0	34			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.286	.00	0.00%	-2.32	1.85	9.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
3	54	66	Jun 10	OAK	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS-6		5	6.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.60	3.26	22	95	64	19	10	5	11	4	3	0	68			0	1	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.381	.00	0.00%	3.11	20.50	37.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
4	55	71	Jun 15	OAK		TBR	L,3-4	GS-6		4	5.2	7	3	2	1	9	1	1	3.48	3.30	27	104	69	12	17	6	10	4	1	0	53			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	1	.90	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.40	21.35	38.00	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out tie
5	56	76	Jun 21	OAK	@	CLE	L,6-7	GS-5		5	5.0	9	4	4	1	7	0	1	4.21	2.98	26	90	58	16	7	8	9	6	0	0	39			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.48	-0.142	.00	0.00%	-1.52	10.65	24.00	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
6	57	81	Jun 27	OAK		NYY	W,2-1	GS-6	W(1-0)	5	5.1	4	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.77	3.22	21	90	55	15	12	5	10	5	3	0	60			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.157	.00	0.00%	1.32	21.00	34.00	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
7	58	86	Jul 2	OAK		CHW	L,7-8	GS-5	L(1-1)	4	5.0	6	5	5	4	5	0	1	4.50	3.37	25	97	58	16	8	9	6	5	0	0	36			2	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.04	-0.256	.00	0.00%	-2.65	4.65	15.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
8	59	92	Jul 9	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-4	6-6	BS(1)	6	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	4.86	3.74	7	39	23	3	2	0	5	2	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	-0.230	.00	0.00%	-1.46	-2.15	0.00	6b --- 0 out a2	6b 3 out tie
9	60	96	Jul 17	OAK		BOS	L,0-7	GS-6	L(1-2)	7	5.2	9	6	6	2	3	0	0	5.48	3.68	27	97	64	15	6	6	16	11	0	0	28			1	0	0	23	5	0	0	1	2	0	.84	-0.198	.00	0.00%	-3.53	0.15	8.00	1t start tie	6t --3 2 out d6
10	61	101	Jul 22	OAK		HOU	W,4-1	GS-6		4	5.1	5	1	1	3	5	1	0	5.06	3.88	24	99	55	16	8	10	6	3	0	0	56			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.13	0.065	.00	0.00%	0.94	15.20	28.00	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d1
11	62	106	Jul 29	OAK	@	COL	W,11-3	GS-6	W(2-2)	6	6.0	9	2	2	0	7	0	0	4.83	3.55	25	106	64	11	15	8	10	6	0	0	53			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	.64	0.139	.00	0.00%	1.59	22.10	43.00	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a8
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
12	63	111	Aug 5	OAK		SFG	W,2-1	GS-6		6	6.0	2	0	0	3	7	0	0	4.35	3.44	24	105	63	18	13	6	7	3	1	0	72			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.351	.00	0.00%	2.82	24.50	43.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
13	64	116	Aug 11	OAK	@	WSN	L,2-8	GS-6	L(2-3)	5	5.2	8	4	4	4	3	1	0	4.52	3.71	27	103	60	17	4	10	10	4	0	0	36			0	2	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.10	-0.201	.00	0.00%	-1.39	3.55	14.00	1b start a 2	6b 12- 2 out d2
14	65	121	Aug 16	OAK	@	STL	W,8-0	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	7.0	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	4.09	3.49	26	86	57	23	10	4	13	8	0	0	72			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.186	.00	0.00%	3.67	31.55	55.00	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a7
15	66	125	Aug 21	OAK		KCR	W,6-4	GS-6		4	6.0	4	2	2	1	6	1	0	4.00	3.52	22	82	56	14	10	9	6	3	0	0	61			1	0	0	20	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.05	0.119	.00	0.00%	0.82	18.50	34.00	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
16	67	131	Aug 27	OAK	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-6	L(3-4)	5	6.0	8	4	2	2	6	0	0	3.93	3.43	27	104	64	12	10	6	13	6	2	0	48			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	1	.71	-0.151	.00	0.00%	-0.84	15.50	34.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Entered	Exited
17	68	136	Sep 2	OAK		LAA	W,2-1	GS-5	W(4-4)	5	5.0	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.81	3.43	21	86	51	9	13	8	6	3	2	0	56			2	0	0	17	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.38	0.146	.00	0.00%	1.35	17.05	30.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
18	69	141	Sep 8	OAK	@	TEX	W,6-3	GS-3		5	3.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.88	3.56	18	87	43	9	8	2	8	4	0	0	41			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.41	7.35	18.00	1b start a 1	3b 3 out tie
19	70	146	Sep 13	OAK	@	HOU	L,2-6	GS-3	L(4-5)	4	3.0	4	4	4	3	2	2	0	4.14	3.87	16	69	36	11	4	4	7	3	1	0	34			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.223	.00	0.00%	-2.47	-1.45	3.00	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
20	71	151	Sep 19	OAK		SEA	L,2-7	GS-5	L(4-6)	5	5.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	0	4.11	3.79	20	93	60	12	11	7	8	3	1	0	54			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.35	12.25	21.00	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
21	72	157	Sep 26	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-11	GS-3	L(4-7)	6	3.0	4	5	5	4	3	1	0	4.43	3.96	17	77	39	8	9	5	5	1	0	0	30			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.317	.00	0.00%	-3.45	-2.05	3.00	1b start tie	3b 3 out d5
							10-11		W-L:4-7,BSv:1	5.0	103.2	117	54	51	43	104	11	3	4.43	3.96	464	1875	61%	16%	10%	0.71		29%	5%	0	49	0	---%	10	3	1	409	22	3	1	7	8	3	1.02	-0.520	.00	0.00%	-3.57	257.45	518.00

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