Paul Blackburn

Position: Starting 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)

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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

1x All-Star

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

1.0

3.4

ERA

3.00

4.69

42.0

395.0

301

WHIP

1.024

1.387

2016 Player Pitching Game Log

2016 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2016-04-08	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies		Mobile BayBears	1-5		5.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	54	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	79	46	11	4	11	6	2	0
2	2016-04-13	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies	@	Birmingham Barons	1-6	W	6.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	69	20	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	21	88	55	12	13	9	6	2	0
3	2016-04-18	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies		Montgomery Biscuits	1-7	W	7.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	73	20	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	23	86	47	12	5	8	8	1	1
4	2016-04-23	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies	@	Mobile BayBears	1-8	W	8.0	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	65	29	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	31	94	62	13	4	16	12	4	2
5	2016-04-30	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies	@	Biloxi Shuckers	1-5		5.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	62	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	69	45	10	8	9	5	1	0
6	2016-05-06	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies		Mississippi Braves	1-7		7.0	3	3	0	2	4	0	0	67	24	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	26	82	55	14	8	12	8	2	0
7	2016-05-11	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies	@	Montgomery Biscuits	1-6	L	6.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	0	45	22	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	25	80	51	12	11	10	9	5	1
8	2016-05-16	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies		Birmingham Barons	1-6		6.0	3	1	1	3	3	0	0	62	20	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	24	94	54	10	10	9	8	2	0
9	2016-05-22	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies		Biloxi Shuckers	1-6		6.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	68	22	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	82	55	10	11	5	13	6	0
10	2016-05-27	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies	@	Chattanooga Lookouts	1-5		5.0	6	5	5	3	2	1	0	34	20	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	23	94	53	10	3	10	7	4	3
11	2016-06-02	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies		Jackson Generals	1-5		4.2	6	4	4	3	7	0	0	40	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	94	57	18	11	6	6	0	0
12	2016-06-07	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies	@	Mississippi Braves	1-6	L	5.2	9	5	4	1	3	0	0	35	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	97	67	12	10	14	9	4	0
13	2016-06-12	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies		Chattanooga Lookouts	1-7	W	7.0	6	3	3	1	6	0	1	58	24	2	1	0	0	3	0	2	27	92	56	12	13	10	8	3	2
14	2016-06-26	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies		Pensacola Blue Wahoos	1-6	W	6.0	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	70	19	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	83	52	18	7	9	4	0	0
15	2016-07-01	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies	@	Jacksonville Suns	1-5	W	5.0	8	2	2	0	6	1	0	49	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	23	85	60	14	12	7	10	7	2
16	2016-07-07	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies		Jackson Generals	1-3	L	3.0	9	8	5	0	1	2	0	16	19	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	20	74	43	9	3	9	10	4	0
17	2016-07-13	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies		Chattanooga Lookouts	1-4	L	4.0	9	8	7	1	5	1	0	18	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	22	78	50	19	5	9	7	4	0
18	2016-07-18	AA-SOUL	Tennessee Smokies	@	Montgomery Biscuits	1-6		6.0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	70	20	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	23	92	58	15	10	5	7	1	0
19	2016-07-24	AA-SOUL	Jackson Generals		Chattanooga Lookouts	1-1		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	4	1	0	3	0	0	0
20	2016-07-30	AA-SOUL	Jackson Generals	@	Jacksonville Suns	1-6	L	6.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	52	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	78	53	14	6	10	11	5	1
21	2016-08-04	AA-SOUL	Jackson Generals	@	Montgomery Biscuits	1-7	W	7.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	74	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	25	88	57	15	8	12	7	3	1
22	2016-08-09	AA-SOUL	Jackson Generals		Birmingham Barons	1-5		5.0	11	7	7	1	5	1	0	21	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	91	61	10	10	10	10	5	1
23	2016-08-15	AA-SOUL	Jackson Generals		Biloxi Shuckers	3-5		2.2	3	2	2	2	0	0	0		10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	52	34	4	2	5	5	0	3
24	2016-08-20	AA-SOUL	Jackson Generals	@	Birmingham Barons	1-7	W	7.0	1	0	0	2	7	0	0	80	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	23	97	59	14	17	10	4	1	0
25	2016-08-25	AA-SOUL	Jackson Generals		Tennessee Smokies	1-4		3.2	9	4	4	3	2	1	0	26	18	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	21	86	48	14	6	9	7	2	0
26	2016-08-30	AA-SOUL	Jackson Generals	@	Biloxi Shuckers	1-9	W	8.1	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	70	31	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	31	92	65	12	6	17	9	6	0

2016 Player Pitching Splits

2016 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	26	587	540	63	138	29	1	8	24	3	35	99	.256	.300	.357	.657	.297	193	9	1	6	5	0

Home	14	290	262	41	72	16	1	5	14	2	22	46	.275	.331	.401	.732	.315	105	4	1	3	2	0
Away	12	297	278	22	66	13	0	3	10	1	13	53	.237	.269	.317	.585	.280	88	5	0	3	3	0

April	5	114	105	3	22	5	0	0	5	1	5	15	.210	.243	.257	.500	.242	27	2	0	3	1	0
May	5	120	108	13	23	4	0	2	7	1	9	17	.213	.271	.306	.577	.233	33	3	0	2	1	0
June	4	99	87	12	23	7	1	0	5	0	8	21	.264	.327	.368	.694	.338	32	0	1	1	2	0
July	6	116	110	21	35	7	0	4	3	0	5	22	.318	.345	.491	.836	.365	54	2	0	0	1	0
August	6	138	130	14	35	6	0	2	4	1	8	24	.269	.312	.362	.673	.317	47	2	0	0	0	0

As Starter	25	575	530	61	135	29	1	8	24	2	33	99	.255	.297	.359	.656	.297	190	9	1	6	5	0
As Reliever	1	12	10	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.300	.417	.300	.717	.300	3	0	0	0	0	0

vs RHB as RHP	25	299	274		69	18	1	5			20	53	.252	.300	.380	.679	.292	104	6	0	2	3	0
vs LHB as RHP	26	288	266		69	11	0	3			15	46	.259	.299	.335	.634	.301	89	3	1	4	2	0

Bases Empty	26	335	311		82	16	0	3			23	54	.264	.316	.344	.661	.311	107	0	1	0	0	0
Runners On	25	252	229		56	13	1	5			12	45	.245	.276	.376	.652	.277	86	9	0	6	5	0

vs. Younger Batters	21	124	116		25	5	0	1			6	20	.216	.254	.285	.539	.253	33	1	0	2	0	0
vs. Older Batters	26	463	424		113	24	1	7			29	79	.267	.312	.377	.689	.309	160	8	1	4	5	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	9	5	.643	3.27	26	25	0	143.0	138	63	52	8	35	0	99	1	0	0	587	1.210	6.2	2.83

Home	3	2	.600	4.50	14	13	0	68.0	72	41	34	5	22	0	46	1	0	0	290	1.382	6.1	2.09
Away	6	3	.667	2.16	12	12	0	75.0	66	22	18	3	13	0	53	0	0	0	297	1.053	6.4	4.08

April	3	0	1.000	0.29	5	5	0	31.0	22	3	1	0	5	0	15	0	0	0	114	0.871	4.4	3.00
May	0	1	.000	3.00	5	5	0	30.0	23	13	10	2	9	0	17	0	0	0	120	1.067	5.1	1.89
June	2	1	.667	4.24	4	4	0	23.1	23	12	11	0	8	0	21	1	0	0	99	1.329	8.1	2.63
July	1	3	.250	5.76	6	6	0	25.0	35	21	16	4	5	0	22	0	0	0	116	1.600	7.9	4.40
August	3	0	1.000	3.74	6	5	0	33.2	35	14	14	2	8	0	24	0	0	0	138	1.277	6.4	3.00

As Starter	9	5	.643	3.21	25	25	0	140.1	135	61	50	8	33	0	99	1	0	0	575	1.197	6.3	3.00
As Reliever	0	0		6.75	1	0	0	2.2	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	1.875	0.0	0.00

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

More Blackburn Pages

Paul Blackburn Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Pitching Splits

Batting Splits

Pitching Game Logs

Batting Game Logs

2017
2018

Fielding Game Logs

Pitching Finders & Advanced Stats

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

Minor League Batting Game Logs & Splits (s.2008)

Minor League Pitching Game Logs & Splits (s.2008)

More Paul Blackburn Pages at Baseball Reference

Paul Blackburn

2016 Player Pitching Game Log

2016 Player Pitching Splits

More Blackburn Pages

Full Site Menu

FAQs, Tip & Tricks