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Ralph Kiner League
5-30-2064
Claude Blankenship Relief Pitcher
Retired (1976, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.80 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
W-L 13-20 Status Deceased (2022) Option Years 0  
SV 11 Age at Death 81 Date of Birth 04-10-1941
K 192 Drafted Round 3, Pick 41
(1960)		 Majors Svc Time 4 years
(96 games)
IP 285.1
WHIP 1.72
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R D- Contact vs. L D- Endurance D+   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R D+ Power vs. L D- Velocity B    Mentor Val A-
Speed C  Bunt D+ Control B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range F  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A  WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health A+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1967 MIL
1
 1
68
0
0
0
0
 2
74.0
 107 68 59 3 34
51
1.91
7.18
1968 MIL
3
 6
72
0
0
0
1
 2
78.2
 100 53 48 3 28
52
1.63
5.49
1969 MIL-KC-CHA
0
 1
9
0
0
0
0
 1
7.2
 17 10 10 0 7
2
3.13
11.74
1970 CHA
0
 1
10
0
0
0
0
 0
14.0
 19 10 10 0 8
8
1.93
6.43
1972 CHA
0
 1
13
0
0
0
0
 0
19.2
 23 12 12 0 5
14
1.42
5.49
1973 CLE
1
 3
19
0
0
0
5
 4
17.1
 23 10 6 0 6
12
1.67
3.12
1974 NYA
7
 4
43
0
0
0
5
 4
50.1
 62 26 25 0 16
37
1.55
4.47
1975 NYA-MIL
1
 3
22
0
0
0
0
 0
23.2
 26 15 14 0 11
16
1.56
5.32
2064
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
13
 20
256
0
0
0
11
 13
285.1
 377 204 184 6 115
192
1.72
5.80
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Claude Blankenship has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1975-10-03The Milwaukee Brewers have waived Claude Blankenship.
1975-09-04The Milwaukee Brewers have acquired Claude Blankenship from the waiver wire.
1975-07-25The New York Bronx Bombers have acquired Kevin Wanninger from the waiver wire. The New York Bronx Bombers have waived Claude Blankenship.
1975-05-29The New York Bronx Bombers have promoted Jim Couchee to the major league team. The New York Bronx Bombers have designated Claude Blankenship for assignment.
1974-04-05The New York Bronx Bombers have acquired Claude Blankenship from the waiver wire.
1974-03-05The Cleveland Spiders have promoted George Nagelsen to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Claude Blankenship for assignment.
1973-06-19The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Claude Blankenship to the major league team.
1973-06-19The Cleveland Spiders have acquired Claude Blankenship from the waiver wire.
1973-05-12The Chicago Fire have waived Claude Blankenship.
1972-10-03The Chicago Fire have designated Claude Blankenship for assignment.
1972-09-29The Chicago Fire have promoted Claude Blankenship to the major league team. The Chicago Fire have promoted Matt Lampard to the major league team. The Chicago Fire have promoted Jim Buchanan to the major league team.
1972-06-23The Chicago Fire have designated Claude Blankenship for assignment.
1972-05-26The Chicago Fire have promoted Claude Blankenship to the major league team. The Chicago Fire have designated Charlie Brown for assignment.
1970-06-04The Chicago Fire have designated Claude Blankenship for assignment.
1970-04-11The Chicago Fire have promoted Claude Blankenship to the major league team. The Chicago Fire have promoted George Schuler to the major league team.
1969-09-13The Chicago Fire have acquired Claude Blankenship from the waiver wire.
1969-07-26The Kansas City Eggmen have waived Claude Blankenship.
1969-07-24The Kansas City Eggmen have acquired Claude Blankenship from the waiver wire.
1969-04-29The Milwaukee Brewers waive Claude Blankenship.
1967-03-01The Milwaukee Brewers have promoted Dave Schaeffer to the major league team. The Milwaukee Brewers have promoted Claude Blankenship to the major league team. The Milwaukee Brewers have promoted Manuel Donovan to the major league team.
1967-03-01The Milwaukee Brewers have acquired Claude Blankenship from the waiver wire.
1966-04-01The Boston Scribes have waived Claude Blankenship.
1964-04-10The Boston Scribes have acquired Claude Blankenship from the waiver wire.
1964-04-06The Kansas City Eggmen have waived Claude Blankenship.
1963-07-03The Kansas City Eggmen have acquired Claude Blankenship from the waiver wire.
1963-05-05The Chicago Fire have waived Claude Blankenship.