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Name	Team	Age
Bourbon Blankenship	Retired (1963, Age 34)	Died (2009, Age 80)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 8 (1950)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ted Williams League	0	13 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	A+	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A-	B
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	D+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C	A	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	1/26/1929
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
7	7	11
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (CF)
A+ (98.3 %)	B  (60.5 %)	C+ (50.9 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1950

Minors

22.00

0 / 3

1 / 1

1 / 4

3 / 5

2 / 2

0 / 4

1 / 3

8 / 22

1950

Majors

25.77

90

79

0

0 / 2

1 / 3

1 / 6

2 / 4

4 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 3

9 / 25

1951

Majors

48.22

162

77

0

2 / 4

5 / 7

4 / 4

1 / 4

7 / 7

2 / 9

3 / 13

24 / 48

1952

Majors

50.76

162

74

0

5 / 7

6 / 7

3 / 6

5 / 6

8 / 9

1 / 7

2 / 8

30 / 50

1953

Majors

61.30

162

96

0

4 / 7

7 / 14

3 / 11

2 / 7

3 / 5

0 / 9

2 / 8

21 / 61

1954

Majors

59.22

162

88

0

3 / 10

0 / 5

1 / 8

4 / 10

6 / 12

0 / 7

2 / 7

16 / 59

1955

Majors

56.40

162

103

0

1 / 3

3 / 9

1 / 6

2 / 13

1 / 3

0 / 12

0 / 10

8 / 56

1956

Majors

43.24

133

44

29

0 / 5

0 / 2

1 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 9

0 / 8

1 / 43

1957

Majors

56.53

162

74

0

0 / 8

1 / 14

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 13

1 / 56

1958

Majors

41.10

133

45

24

1 / 5

0 / 3

1 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 4

2 / 41

1959

Majors

41.11

162

36

0

0 / 5

1 / 9

0 / 3

0 / 6

1 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 7

2 / 41

1960

Majors

49.01

162

58

0

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 12

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 49

1961

Majors

52.28

144

105

13

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 11

0 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 52

1962

Majors

43.88

124

77

38

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 10

0 / 3

0 / 43

1963

Majors

44.25

162

66

0

0 / 12

1 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 6

1 / 44

Total

2082

1022

104

16 / 91

26 / 102

16 / 92

19 / 99

32 / 96

4 / 107

10 / 103

123 / 690

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1963-11-01	Bourbon Blankenship has retired from the New York Manhattans
1962-06-04	Bourbon Blankenship of the New York Manhattans is injured and is expected to be out 45 days.
1961-08-27	Bourbon Blankenship of the New York Manhattans is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1958-08-06	Bourbon Blankenship of the New York Manhattans is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1956-08-29	Bourbon Blankenship of the New York Manhattans is injured and is expected to be out 43 days.
1955-04-01	The New York Manhattans have renamed George "Bourbon" Blankenship to Bourbon Blankenship.
1951-04-01	The New York Manhattans have renamed George Blankenship to George "Bourbon" Blankenship.
1950-10-03	The New York Manhattans have promoted George Blankenship to the major league team. The New York Manhattans have designated Lou Hogan for assignment.
1950-07-15	The New York Manhattans have promoted Forrest Lesley to the major league team. The New York Manhattans have sent George Blankenship to the minors.