Kyle Blanks

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 265lb (198cm, 120kg)

Born: September 11, 1986 in Souderton, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 42nd round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Moriarty HS (Moriarty, NM).

High School: Moriarty HS (Moriarty, NM)

School: Yavapai College (Prescott, AZ)

Debut: June 19, 2009 (Age 22-281d, 19,581st in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 16, 2015 (Age 28-278d)
vs. LAD 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: Sosnick Cobbe & Karon

Full Name: Kyle Nathaniel Blanks

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

827

199

.241

110

RBI

111

OBP

.322

SLG

.416

OPS

.738

OPS+

107

Summary of 33 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 6 go ahead

3 Tms
SDP	28
TEX	3
OAK	2

Platoon
vs RHP	19
vs LHP	14

Home/Road
Home	17
Away	16

Outs
0	13
1	10
2	10

18 Opps
FLA	4
ARI	3
LAD	3
COL	2
OAK	2
CIN	2
CHC	2
PIT	2
ATL	2
WSN	2
MIL	2
SFG	1
STL	1
LAA	1
DET	1
BAL	1
PHI	1
HOU	1

32 Pitchers
Chris Volstad	2
Ted Lilly	1
David Hernandez	1
Wade Miley	1
Joel Piñeiro	1
Kevin Chapman	1
Jeff Francis	1
Jorge De La Rosa	1
Clayton Kershaw	1
Juan Carlos Oviedo	1
Chris Resop	1
Drew Smyly	1
Tyler Skaggs	1
Bob Howry	1
Kenshin Kawakami	1
Tony Watson	1
Clay Hensley	1
Braden Looper	1
Randy Wolf	1
Jo-Jo Reyes	1
Matt Cain	1
Ángel Guzmán	1
Aaron Harang	1
Kevin Gregg	1
Homer Bailey	1
Drew Pomeranz	1
Scott Kazmir	1
Hiroki Kuroda	1
Dan Haren	1
Cole Hamels	1
Freddy García	1
Mike MacDougal	1

14 Parks
Petco Pk (SAN)	13
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
7	25
78	4
8	2
89	2

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	8
3	7
2	6
5	6
4	4
6	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	18
1--	5
12-	4
-2-	4
123	1
-23	1

55 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	18
1 on	9
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	15

Inning
1	2
2	8
4	5
5	6
6	4
7	2
8	2
9	4

1-3	10
4-6	15
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	4
+2	2
+1	6
Tied	5
-1	3
-2	3
-3	2
-4..	4

Ahead	16
Tied	5
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	8
1-2	4
1-0	4
2-0	4
2-1	3
2-2	3
1-1	2
0-1	2
0-2	1
3-2	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	12
1B	11
RF	10

OrderPos
6th	12
7th	8
4th	7
5th	5
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2009-07-21	SDP		FLA	Juan Carlos Oviedo	behind 1-3	b 9	0	---	1,(0-0) ...X	1	6	9	0.103	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2009-07-23	SDP	@	PHI	Cole Hamels	behind 1-4	t 4	2	-2-	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	6	9	0.161	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); C. Headley Scores
3	3	3	1	2009-07-26	SDP	@	WSN	Mike MacDougal	behind 1-2	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	0.361	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
4	4	4	1	2009-07-29	SDP	@	CIN	Aaron Harang	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	6	9	0.157	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); K. Kouzmanoff Scores; C. Headley Scores
5	5	5	1	2009-07-31	SDP		MIL	Braden Looper	behind 5-7	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	0.133	40%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	2009-08-03	SDP		ATL	Kenshin Kawakami	behind 1-2	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	3	0.119	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
7	7	7	1	2009-08-17	SDP		CHC	Kevin Gregg	tied 1-1	b 9	2	12-	3,(1-1) CBX	3	6	9	0.394	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Headley Scores; K. Kouzmanoff Scores
8	8	8	1	2009-08-18	SDP		CHC	Ángel Guzmán	ahead 4-3	b 8	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	7	9	0.082	98%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); W. Venable Scores
9	9	9	1	2009-08-20	SDP		STL	Joel Piñeiro	behind 0-4	b 2	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	0.065	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	2009-08-28	SDP	@	FLA	Chris Volstad	tied 1-1	t 2	0	-2-	8,(3-2) B11S1>F1B>F>B.FX	2	6	7	0.137	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); W. Venable Scores
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2010-04-05	SDP	@	ARI	Bob Howry	behind 2-6	t 9	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	4	7	0.003	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
12	12	2	1	2010-04-12	SDP		ATL	Jo-Jo Reyes	ahead 11-0	b 5	1	12-	5,(1-2) SBCFX	3	4	7	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Eckstein Scores; A. González Scores
13	13	3	1	2010-05-02	SDP		MIL	Randy Wolf	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	0.047	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2011-08-05	SDP	@	PIT	Tony Watson	ahead 9-4	t 5	1	---	5,(1-2) CBSFX	1	7	7	0.023	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
15	15	2	1	2011-08-06	SDP	@	PIT	Chris Resop	ahead 7-1	t 7	2	123	4,(2-1) BBCX	4	7	7	0.010	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Guzmán Scores; O. Hudson Scores; W. Venable Scores
16	16	3	1	2011-08-13	SDP	@	CIN	Homer Bailey	behind 0-9	t 4	0	---	5,(2-2) CFBBX	1	4	3	0.006	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
17	17	4	1	2011-08-19	SDP		FLA	Chris Volstad	behind 1-2	b 4	2	1--	2,(1-0) B1X	2	6	7	0.294	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Guzmán Scores
18	18	5	1	2011-08-20	SDP		FLA	Clay Hensley	ahead 3-0	b 1	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	7	0.062	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
19	19	6	1	2011-08-23	SDP	@	SFG	Matt Cain	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--	3,(0-2) 1S1FX	2	6	7	0.155	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); O. Hudson Scores/unER
20	20	7	1	2011-08-30	SDP	@	LAD	Hiroki Kuroda	behind 0-8	t 6	1	-23	2,(0-1) FX	3	4	7	0.016	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Bartlett Scores; J. Guzmán Scores
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2013-04-17	SDP	@	LAD	Clayton Kershaw	ahead 4-1	t 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	7	0.053	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
22	22	2	1	2013-05-15	SDP	@	BAL	Freddy García	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	0.113	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	3	1	2013-05-19	SDP		WSN	Dan Haren	ahead 5-2	b 5	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	7	9	0.065	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Gyorko Scores
24	24	4	1	2013-06-04	SDP	@	LAD	Ted Lilly	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--	4,(1-2) BCSX	2	7	9	0.154	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Y. Grandal Scores
25	25	5	1	2013-06-07	SDP	@	COL	Jorge De La Rosa	behind 0-3	t 2	1	1--	5,(3-1) BB*BCX	2	6	3	0.147	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Gyorko Scores
26	26	6	1	2013-06-08	SDP	@	COL	Jeff Francis	tied 1-1	t 4	0	-2-	5,(2-2) FSB*BX	2	6	3	0.155	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Gyorko Scores
27	27	7	1	2013-06-15	SDP		ARI	Wade Miley	ahead 5-3	b 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	9	0.061	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
28	28	8	1	2013-06-16	SDP		ARI	David Hernandez	tied 1-1	b 8	2	12-	5,(1-2) BCSFX	3	4	3	0.393	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Cabrera Scores; C. Headley Scores
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2014-05-26	OAK		DET	Drew Smyly	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	8	3	0.101	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
30	30	2	1	2014-05-31	OAK		LAA	Tyler Skaggs	behind 1-3	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	3	0.145	34%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2015-05-01	TEX		OAK	Scott Kazmir	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	6,(2-2) BCBFFX	1	5	3	0.105	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
32	32	2	1	2015-05-02	TEX		OAK	Drew Pomeranz	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	0.105	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
33	33	3	1	2015-05-05	TEX	@	HOU	Kevin Chapman	ahead 6-1	t 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	3	0.025	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)