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Hank Blalock
Hank Joe Blalock

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 192 lb.

Debut April 1, 2002

Born November 21, 1980 in San Diego, CA

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1999. (All Transactions)

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        Hank suffered through a tough 2006 with a shoulder injury that required off season surgery. This season look for him to re-establish himself as an All-Star.

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2002 21 TEX AL  49  147   16   31   8  0   3   17   0  0  20  43  .211  .306  .327   65   48   2   2   1   1   2
 2003 22 TEX AL 143  567   89  170  33  3  29   90   2  3  44  97  .300  .350  .522  117  296   0   3   1   1  16 AS
 2004 23 TEX AL 159  624  107  172  38  3  32  110   2  2  75 149  .276  .355  .500  113  312   0   8   7   6  13 MVP-18,AS
 2005 24 TEX AL 161  647   80  170  34  0  25   92   1  0  51 132  .263  .318  .431   93  279   0   4   1   3  16
 2006 25 TEX AL 152  591   76  157  26  3  16   89   1  0  51  98  .266  .325  .401   86  237   0   2   6   2  15
 2007 26 TEX AL  58  208   32   61  16  3  10   33   4  1  21  38  .293  .358  .543  134  113   0   2   1   1   8
 2008 27 TEX AL  37  145   16   37   6  1   4   15   1  0  12  20  .255  .314  .393   87   57   0   1   1   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      759 2929  416  798 161 13 119  446  11  6 274 577  .272  .335  .458  102 1342   2  22  18  15  74
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        625   89  170  34  3  25   95   2  1  58 123  .272  .335  .458  102  286   0   5   4   3  16
 Career High    161  647  107  172  38  3  32  110   4  3  75 149  .300  .355  .522  117  312   2   8   7   6  16
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2002 21 TEX AL  172  122   16   3.5   110| .211  .271| .306  .339| .327  .436| .633  .776|  65  .347  -7.4  -0.7   0%
 2003 22 TEX AL  615  419   99   6.3   116| .300  .280| .350  .348| .522  .449| .872  .797| 117  .603  12.4   1.2  40%
 2004 23 TEX AL  713  475  112   6.3   116| .276  .280| .355  .349| .500  .449| .855  .798| 113  .589  12.2   1.1  50%
 2005 24 TEX AL  705  497   87   4.7   110| .263  .275| .318  .339| .431  .436| .749  .775|  93  .478  -8.3  -0.8 100%
 2006 25 TEX AL  646  451   76   4.5   112| .266  .277| .325  .341| .401  .440| .726  .781|  86  .432 -13.2  -1.2 100%
 2007 26 TEX AL  232  158   39   6.6   107| .293  .271| .358  .338| .543  .424| .901  .762| 134  .619  10.0   0.9  80%
 2008 27 TEX AL  159  113   18   4.3   105| .255  .268| .314  .336| .393  .420| .707  .756|  87  .433  -3.0  -0.3 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      3242 2235  447   5.3   113| .272  .277| .335  .343| .458  .440| .793  .783| 102  .524   2.6   0.2  64%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2002 21 TEX AL 3B 46 28 72 6 7 .943 .951 2.17 2.40 2.35 2.68 42 383.7 2003 22 TEX AL 3B 141 110 238 15 32 .959 .955 2.47 2.35 2.68 2.67 131 1167.0 AS 2B 4 2 7 1 1 .900 .978 2.25 4.38 6.75 4.95 1 12.0 AS 2004 23 TEX AL 3B 159 103 279 17 33 .957 .951 2.40 2.34 2.50 2.64 154 1377.7 AS 2005 24 TEX AL 3B 158 96 304 11 23 .973 .957 2.53 2.49 2.62 2.76 156 1374.0 DH 2 2006 25 TEX AL 3B 122 72 237 12 20 .963 .960 2.53 2.54 2.62 2.84 120 1062.7 DH 29 2007 26 TEX AL 3B 39 18 69 6 9 .935 .957 2.23 2.34 2.31 2.63 39 339.3 DH 17 2008 27 TEX AL 3B 31 24 54 4 6 .951 .958 2.52 2.43 2.67 2.76 31 263.0 1B 6 49 2 0 8 1.000 .994 8.50 8.17 8.50 9.32 6 54.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2008 27 TEX AL 1B 6 49 2 0 8 1.000 .994 8.50 8.17 8.50 9.32 6 54.0 2003 22 TEX AL 2B 4 2 7 1 1 .900 .978 2.25 4.38 6.75 4.95 1 12.0 2002 21 TEX AL 3B 46 28 72 6 7 .943 .951 2.17 2.40 2.35 2.68 42 383.7 2003 22 TEX AL 3B 141 110 238 15 32 .959 .955 2.47 2.35 2.68 2.67 131 1167.0 2004 23 TEX AL 3B 159 103 279 17 33 .957 .951 2.40 2.34 2.50 2.64 154 1377.7 2005 24 TEX AL 3B 158 96 304 11 23 .973 .957 2.53 2.49 2.62 2.76 156 1374.0 2006 25 TEX AL 3B 122 72 237 12 20 .963 .960 2.53 2.54 2.62 2.84 120 1062.7 2007 26 TEX AL 3B 39 18 69 6 9 .935 .957 2.23 2.34 2.31 2.63 39 339.3 2008 27 TEX AL 3B 31 24 54 4 6 .951 .958 2.52 2.43 2.67 2.76 31 263.0 2005 24 TEX AL DH 2 2006 25 TEX AL DH 29 2007 26 TEX AL DH 17
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 696 451 1253 71 130 .960 .955 2.45 2.42 2.57 2.72 673 5967.3 DH 48 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 6 49 2 0 8 1.000 .994 8.50 8.17 8.50 9.32 6 54.0 2B* 4 2 7 1 1 .900 .978 2.25 4.38 6.75 4.95 1 12.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 706 502 1262 72 139 .961 .957 2.50 2.48 2.63 2.78 680 6033
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2003   TEX AL       1   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2004   TEX AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   3   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333 1.333 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2003 *
2004 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2004-AL-18-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Games
2004 AL-159-5
2005 AL-161-7

At Bats
2004 AL-624-8
2005 AL-647-5

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2004 AL-713-6
2005 AL-705-9

Total Bases
2004 AL-312-7

Home Runs
2004 AL-32-9

RBI
2004 AL-110-8

Strikeouts
2004 AL-149-2
2005 AL-132-4

Extra-Base Hits
2004 AL-73-6

Sac. Flies
2004 AL-8-4

Outs
2004 AL-475-6
2005 AL-497-1

Youngest Player
2002 AL-21-6

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 12 (1261) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1333) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 17.5 (850) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1999.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2002Texas Rangers$200,000
2003Texas Rangers$302,500
2004Texas Rangers$550,000
2005Texas Rangers$850,000
2006Texas Rangers$3,050,000
2007Texas Rangers$4,800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$9,752,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Hank Blalock's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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