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Steve Blackburn	Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6' 2'' Weight: 195   Born: January 30, 1958 in Usa

Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award	1986

Ratings - Batting     Help
					AVG			2B			3B			HR			BB			SO
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1977	19	DM	FL		0	1	1	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
1978	20	NO	FL		2	3	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
1979	21	NO	FL		4	5	5	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
1980	22	NO	FL		6	7	6	4	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	5	5	5
OOTP5 Min Ratings					0	1	1	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
OOTP5 Max Ratings					6	7	6	4	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	5	5	5
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1981	23	NO	FL	$ 300,000				16	16	16	6	6	6	10	11	11	7	8	8	13	13	13
1982	24	NO	FL	$ 300,000				18	18	17	6	6	6	10	11	11	8	9	9	13	13	13
1983	25	NO	FL	$ 300,000				18	18	18	6	6	6	11	12	11	8	9	9	13	13	13
1984	26	NO	FL	$ 2,257,143				18	18	18	6	6	6	11	11	11	9	9	9	13	13	13
1985	27	NO	FL	$ 2,257,143				17	17	17	4	5	5	10	10	10	8	9	9	13	13	13
1986	28	NO	FL	$ 4,000,000				17	17	17	6	6	6	10	10	10	8	9	9	13	13	13
1987	29	NO	FL	$ 4,000,000				18	18	18	6	6	6	9	10	10	7	8	8	13	13	13
1988	30	NO	FL	$ 4,000,000				18	18	18	5	6	5	10	10	10	6	7	7	14	14	14
1989	31	NO	FL	$ 4,000,000				17	17	17	5	6	5	10	10	10	5	6	6	14	14	14
1990	32	NO	FL	$ 1,940,000				17	17	17	5	6	5	9	10	10	5	6	6	13	13	13
1991	33	NO	FL	$ 1,940,000				16	16	16	2	2	2	7	8	8	4	5	5	11	11	11
1992	34	NO	FL					11	11	11	1	1	1	5	6	5	5	5	5	7	7	7
OOTP6 Min Ratings								11	11	11	1	1	1	5	6	5	4	5	5	7	7	7
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 4,000,000				18	18	18	6	6	6	11	12	11	9	9	9	14	14	14

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1977	19	A		85	253	38	66	12	1	1	17	8	4	26	68	.261	.330	.328	.658	28.2
1978	20	AAA		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1
		A		126	484	59	158	37	2	4	54	21	15	37	102	.326	.374	.436	.810	72.2
1979	21	AAA		48	197	16	56	10	1	1	14	5	5	9	44	.284	.316	.360	.676	20.5
		AA		79	307	28	80	17	0	3	42	6	6	24	67	.261	.314	.345	.659	32.1
		A		10	40	6	11	1	0	4	6	1	2	5	10	.275	.356	.600	.956	7.9
1980	22	AAA		138	536	83	180	24	2	9	59	18	23	57	90	.336	.400	.438	.838	85.9
1981	23	NO	FL	153	565	60	160	21	11	3	74	15	18	34	116	.283	.327	.375	.703	60.5	7.6
1982	24	NO	FL	138	471	54	110	17	9	4	47	9	17	24	96	.234	.275	.333	.608	33.8	0.0
		AAA		8	27	4	10	3	0	1	7	1	2	4	0	.370	.452	.593	1.044	5.9
1983	25	NO	FL	144	539	71	182	32	8	3	50	8	15	17	87	.338	.358	.443	.802	72.9	14.3
1984	26	NO	FL	151	564	95	167	30	11	9	89	3	7	40	99	.296	.349	.436	.785	79.3	13.8
1985	27	NO	FL	151	547	67	171	30	3	6	75	7	10	39	85	.313	.360	.411	.772	73.9	12.6
1986	28	NO	FL	152	581	80	164	25	1	9	63	7	10	40	132	.282	.335	.375	.711	69.3	6.3
1987	29	NO	FL	154	593	92	185	22	5	15	86	9	13	47	95	.312	.367	.442	.809	85.4	12.3
1988	30	NO	FL	146	554	67	175	26	9	3	78	10	9	29	101	.316	.353	.412	.765	74.9	13.4
1989	31	NO	FL	139	528	58	158	23	4	3	55	10	16	34	96	.299	.349	.375	.724	62.2	7.5
1990	32	NO	FL	144	603	87	204	30	13	6	79	3	8	15	85	.338	.361	.461	.822	87.1	16.1
1991	33	NO	FL	151	598	54	159	15	10	3	56	8	11	29	114	.266	.306	.339	.645	57.3	3.5
1992	34	NO	FL	89	356	45	113	9	7	1	36	1	3	12	78	.317	.340	.390	.730	43.9	6.4
12 Years Sim				1712	6499	830	1948	280	91	65	788	90	137	360	1184	.300	.341	.401	.742	800.5	113.9
4 Years AAA				195	761	103	246	37	3	11	80	24	30	70	135	.323	.385	.423	.808	112.2
1 Years AA				79	307	28	80	17	0	3	42	6	6	24	67	.261	.318	.345	.664	32.1
3 Years A				221	777	103	235	50	3	9	77	30	21	68	180	.302	.365	.409	.774	108.3
8 Years Minors				495	1845	234	561	104	6	23	199	60	57	162	382	.304	.365	.404	.770	252.6
162 Game Average					614	78	184	26	8	6	74	8	12	34	112	.300	.341	.401	.742	75.8
Career Highs				154	603	95	204	32	13	15	89	15	18	47	132	.338	.367	.461	.822	87.1

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		4433	589	1374	200	64	47	529	65	101	269	780	.310	.355	.416	.771	586.9
vs LH		2066	241	574	80	27	18	259	25	36	91	404	.278	.310	.369	.678	216.8
Home	848	3150	431	971	139	38	28	393	49	71	173	580	.308	.349	.403	.752	398.7
Away	864	3349	399	977	141	53	37	395	41	66	187	604	.292	.334	.399	.732	405.0
RISP		1696	0	522	84	26	20	681	0	0	90	303	.308	.342	.423	.765	230.2
Pinch Hitting		39	3	10	3	2	0	9	0	0	1	7	.256	.275	.436	.711	4.3
Close/Late		673	86	216	26	13	6	100	0	0	40	133	.321	.364	.425	.789	96.1
Mar/Apr	294	1110	143	325	64	15	11	134	19	30	60	205	.293	.332	.407	.739	133.9
May	306	1155	163	349	46	16	16	144	17	28	84	217	.302	.353	.411	.764	153.6
June	292	1135	140	347	32	12	15	129	13	21	53	210	.306	.337	.395	.731	139.1
July	281	1062	131	305	47	15	5	110	8	16	57	205	.287	.330	.374	.703	118.7
August	272	1053	132	332	54	20	8	159	16	18	44	180	.315	.351	.427	.778	139.1
Sep/Oct	267	984	121	290	37	13	10	112	17	24	62	167	.295	.343	.389	.732	119.4

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1981	23	NO	FL	RF	106	104	930.3	198	8	7	3	.967	1.99					4.0
				CF	41	40	330.0	79	4	2	0	.976	2.26
				LF	7	0	12.7	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.42
				SS	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
1982	24	NO	FL	LF	128	126	964.7	181	4	2	1	.989	1.73					2.6
				RF	13	10	84.0	21	1	0	0	1.000	2.36
				SS	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
				CF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1983	25	NO	FL	LF	141	139	1116.7	231	8	8	1	.968	1.93					2.7
				1B	1	0	5.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
				RF	2	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
				CF	2	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
1984	26	NO	FL	LF	77	76	635.3	132	7	3	3	.979	1.97					3.0
				RF	73	69	596.7	130	6	5	3	.965	2.05
1985	27	NO	FL	RF	146	144	1207.0	283	12	8	2	.974	2.20					3.8
				CF	1	1	9.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
				LF	3	0	6.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
1986	28	NO	FL	RF	147	147	1256.0	300	7	2	2	.994	2.20					4.8
				LF	7	0	14.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.57
				CF	1	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1987	29	NO	FL	RF	149	147	1279.7	274	8	8	3	.972	1.98					3.1
				LF	2	0	6.7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
				CF	3	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1988	30	NO	FL	RF	146	143	1264.0	284	5	1	1	.997	2.06					3.7
				CF	2	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
1989	31	NO	FL	RF	134	129	1110.0	219	6	1	0	.996	1.82					2.4
				LF	2	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.60
1990	32	NO	FL	RF	137	137	1176.3	290	11	7	1	.977	2.30					4.5
				CF	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
				1B	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50					0.0
				LF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1991	33	NO	FL	RF	149	148	1290.3	283	16	12	3	.961	2.09					4.0
				CF	4	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
1992	34	NO	FL	RF	86	86	678.7	133	5	4	0	.972	1.83					1.1
				CF	2	1	9.7	3	0	0	0	1.000	2.80
				LF	1	1	8.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
				RF	1288	1264	10877.0	2416	85	55	18	.978	2.07					31.4
				LF	369	342	2770.0	555	19	13	5	.978	1.87					8.3
				CF	59	42	372.7	89	4	2	0	.979	2.25
				1B	2	0	7.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	7.71					0.0
				SS	3	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.25					0.0
Career Totals					1721	1648	14030.6	3067	108	70	23	.978	2.04					39.7
Career Highs					155	148	1296.3	304	16	12	6	.997	2.30

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1983	25	NO	FL	9	34	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	.147	.171	.176	.348
1984	26	NO	FL	16	63	13	23	6	3	0	10	1	0	5	10	.365	.412	.556	.967
1985	27	NO	FL	17	65	8	17	0	0	1	7	1	1	1	15	.262	.275	.308	.583
1986	28	NO	FL	3	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200	.333	.300	.633
1987	29	NO	FL	18	71	6	19	1	0	0	11	5	0	6	10	.268	.325	.282	.606
1988	30	NO	FL	14	54	6	17	2	1	0	2	1	0	3	8	.315	.362	.389	.751
Career Post-Season Batting				77	297	35	83	11	4	1	32	8	1	18	56	.279	.323	.354	.676

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Batting Average 1983-1-.338 1985-6-.313 1988-10-.316 1990-3-.338 At-Bats 1990-9-603 1991-9-598 CAR-41-6499 Runs 1984-8-95 Hits 1983-7-182 1985-10-171 1987-8-185 1988-10-175 1990-3-204 CAR-33-1948 Singles 1983-4-139 1985-5-132 1986-7-129 1987-2-143 1988-4-137 1989-8-128 1990-2-155 CAR-16-1512 Triples 1981-8-11 1982-8-9 1984-4-11 1990-7-13 CAR-34-91 Caught Stealing 1981-10-18 1989-8-16 CAR-43-137

Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)    Gray Ink Test: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)    Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)

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History

Drafted in 2nd round, 42nd overall pick, by Buffalo in 1977

Traded from Buffalo to Des Moines on 7/1/1977 (Going to BUF: P H. Belanger. Going to DM: LF S. Blackburn)

Injured on 4/10/1978 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week

Traded from Des Moines to New Orleans on 7/31/1978 (Going to NO: LF S. Blackburn, LF M. Cepeda. Going to DM: LF T. Reckley)

Had first career hit on 4/3/1981, off Scott Blanton (BIR)

Hit first career homerun on 5/15/1981, off Miguel Benites (DM)

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