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Name	Team	Age
Nick Blanding	Retired (1965, Age 37)	Died (2015, Age 87)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 5, Pick 76 (1950)	RP	R/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Kevin Brown League	0	12 years (70 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B-	D
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D-	F	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D-	D	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
C	B+	B+
Leadership	Mentor Value
D+	B
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A-	0	1/13/1928
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	3	7
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1950	Minors	48.00	0 / 4	4 / 19	4 / 25	8 / 48
1951	Minors	51.00	0 / 1	9 / 27	7 / 23	16 / 51
1952	Minors	69.00	1 / 3	6 / 32	5 / 34	12 / 69
1953	Minors	16.00	3 / 3	1 / 4	2 / 9	6 / 16
1953	Majors	24.25	0 / 0	3 / 9	4 / 15	7 / 24
1954	Majors	39.97	3 / 5	0 / 17	0 / 17	3 / 39
1955	Majors	42.90	2 / 10	1 / 13	0 / 19	3 / 42
1956	Majors	38.78	0 / 4	2 / 16	4 / 18	6 / 38
1957	Majors	46.36	2 / 7	2 / 19	1 / 20	5 / 46
1958	Majors	49.79	2 / 13	0 / 13	0 / 23	2 / 49
1959	Majors	48.26	0 / 11	1 / 23	0 / 14	1 / 48
1960	Majors	47.64	3 / 12	1 / 15	0 / 20	4 / 47
1961	Majors	50.75	2 / 10	0 / 19	0 / 21	2 / 50
1962	Majors	45.49	-1 / 7	-1 / 25	-5 / 13	-7 / 45
1963	Majors	44.53	-3 / 10	-4 / 5	0 / 29	-7 / 44
1964	Majors	45.39	-4 / 9	-5 / 15	0 / 21	-9 / 45
1965	Minors	18.00	0 / 1	0 / 10	1 / 7	1 / 18
1965	Majors	28.98	-1 / 0	-3 / 20	0 / 8	-4 / 28
Total			9 / 110	17 / 301	23 / 336	49 / 747

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1965-11-01	Nick Blanding has retired from the Los Angeles Lebowskis
1965-06-10	The Los Angeles Lebowskis have promoted Nick Blanding to the major league team. The Los Angeles Lebowskis have designated Buddy Theis for assignment.
1965-04-01	The Los Angeles Lebowskis have acquired Nick Blanding from the waiver wire.
1957-03-30	The Oakland Athletics have promoted Nick Blanding to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have sent Ed Venable to the minors.
1957-03-30	Nick Blanding has signed with the Oakland Athletics for $2.51M per year for 8 years.
1953-05-30	The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Nick Blanding to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have sent Sam Grote to the minors.
1953-03-31	The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted George Grater to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have sent Nick Blanding to the minors.
1953-03-28	The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Nick Blanding to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Tim Snyder to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Randy Myers to the major league team.
1952-03-30	The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Scott Good to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Sam Shotton to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Ramon Addy to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have sent Nick Blanding to the minors.
1952-03-28	The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Dave Curd to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Sam Grote to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Ron Schneider to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Nick Blanding to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Patrick DeVormer to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Mike King to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Tom Easter to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pounders have promoted Dale Raney to the major league team.