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| Name | Team | Age |
| Bill Blankenship | Retired (1971, Age 36) | Died (2012, Age 77) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 4, Pick 50 (1957) |
RP | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Walter Johnson League | 0 | 9 years (145 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor Value
|
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 5/10/1935 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Energy | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Batting | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Endurance | Velocity | Control | Total |
| 1957 | Minors | 7.00 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 8 |
| 1957 | Majors | 5.90 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 2 / 3 | 3 / 5 |
| 1958 | Minors | 4.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 5 |
| 1958 | Majors | 31.82 | 1 / 3 | 4 / 11 | 2 / 17 | 7 / 31 |
| 1959 | Minors | 1.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 |
| 1959 | Majors | 22.62 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 11 | 4 / 11 | 6 / 22 |
| 1960 | Majors | 30.14 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 19 | 1 / 10 | 3 / 30 |
| 1961 | Minors | 8.00 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 9 |
| 1962 | Minors | 7.00 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 8 |
| 1963 | Minors | 14.00 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 8 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 14 |
| 1964 | Minors | 3.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 |
| 1964 | Majors | 43.28 | 1 / 10 | 0 / 16 | 2 / 17 | 3 / 43 |
| 1965 | Majors | 48.46 | 1 / 11 | 1 / 20 | 2 / 17 | 4 / 48 |
| 1966 | Majors | 37.79 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 14 | 1 / 19 | 1 / 37 |
| 1967 | Majors | 35.98 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 16 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 35 |
| 1968 | Majors | 46.76 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 18 | 0 / 46 |
| 1969 | Majors | 44.76 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 17 | 0 / 17 | 0 / 44 |
| 1970 | Majors | 48.33 | 0 / 10 | 0 / 19 | 0 / 19 | 0 / 48 |
| 1971 | Majors | 25.30 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 14 | 0 / 11 | 0 / 25 |
| Total | 4 / 75 | 13 / 200 | 15 / 188 | 32 / 463 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1971-11-01 | Bill Blankenship has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1971-08-17 | The Baltimore Orioles have waived Bill Blankenship. |
| 1971-07-12 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Garrett Spahn to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Bill Blankenship for assignment. |
| 1964-05-13 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Bill Blankenship to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have sent Dave Tyrone to the minors. |
| 1964-04-15 | The Baltimore Orioles have acquired Bill Blankenship from the waiver wire. |
| 1964-04-01 | The Chicago Black Sox have waived Bill Blankenship. |
| 1961-04-01 | The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Russ Javier to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Dave Johnstone to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Jerry Hughes to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have designated Miah Beers for assignment. The Chicago Black Sox have sent Bill Blankenship to the minors. The Chicago Black Sox have designated Jim Belardi for assignment. |
| 1960-08-06 | The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Bill Blankenship to the major league team. |
| 1960-07-11 | The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Harry Washington to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have sent Bill Blankenship to the minors. |
| 1960-05-20 | A trade has been completed between the Chicago Black Sox and the Baltimore Orioles. The Baltimore Orioles receive Chris Jones, Al Grimsley, Nick Hendon from the Chicago Black Sox in exchange for Bill Moose, Bill Blankenship, John Frohwirth, Draft Pick - 1961 Round 1 (BAL). |
| 1960-03-26 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Bill Blankenship to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have sent Rusty Harmon to the minors. |
| 1959-08-19 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Al Harrison to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have sent Bill Blankenship to the minors. |
| 1959-06-04 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Bill Blankenship to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Dixie Brewer for assignment. |
| 1959-05-27 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Dixie Brewer to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have sent Bill Blankenship to the minors. |
| 1958-05-06 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Bill Blankenship to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have sent Van Lingo Mungo to the minors. |
| 1958-04-01 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Steve Robello to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have sent Bill Blankenship to the minors. |
| 1958-03-25 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Bill Blankenship to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Al Harrison to the major league team. |
| 1957-10-03 | The Baltimore Orioles have sent Bill Donnelly to the minors. The Baltimore Orioles have sent Bill Blankenship to the minors. |
| 1957-09-01 | The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Bill Blankenship to the major league team. |