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Name	Team	Age
John Blatnik	Retired (1960, Age 34)	Died (2007, Age 81)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 8, Pick 124 (1950)	SP	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ralph Kiner League	0	0 years (12 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C	C+	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D-	D-	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D+	D-	C+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C+	C
Leadership	Mentor Value
D	F
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	3/10/1926
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Energy  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Batting   |  Fielding   |  Game Log

Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1950	Minors	9.00	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 9
1951	Minors	13.00	2 / 2	0 / 8	1 / 3	3 / 13
1951	Majors	0.41	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0
1952	Minors	12.00	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 8	0 / 12
1952	Majors	2.99	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 2
1958	Majors	5.00	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 5
1959	Majors	14.00	0 / 0	0 / 5	1 / 9	1 / 14
1960	Majors	18.00	0 / 0	0 / 7	0 / 11	0 / 18
Total			2 / 3	0 / 32	2 / 38	4 / 73

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1960-11-01	John Blatnik has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1952-09-26	The St. Louis Browns have waived John Blatnik.
1952-05-03	The St. Louis Browns have sent John Blatnik to the minors.
1952-04-22	The St. Louis Browns have promoted John Blatnik to the major league team.
1951-09-25	The St. Louis Browns have promoted Glenn Watson to the major league team. The St. Louis Browns have sent John Blatnik to the minors.
1951-09-23	The St. Louis Browns have promoted Ken Martinez to the major league team. The St. Louis Browns have promoted John Blatnik to the major league team. The St. Louis Browns have sent El Moriarty to the minors. The St. Louis Browns have sent Bill Hearn to the minors.
1950-05-03	The St. Louis Browns have acquired John Blatnik from the waiver wire.
1950-04-29	The Pittsburgh Creepy-Crawlers have waived John Blatnik.