Al
Bluhm
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: August 10, 1949 in Canada
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1975    1983   
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
1973 23 BIR FL   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2
1974 24 BIR FL   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2
1975 25 SLC FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1976 26 SLC FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1977 27 SLC FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
1978 28 SLC FL $ 2,415,714 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
1979 29 BAL JL $ 2,415,714 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
1980 30 BAL JL $ 3,000,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
                                             
  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 31 BAL JL $ 3,000,000   16 16 16 12 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10
1982 32 BAL JL $ 3,000,000   14 14 14 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 9 9 9
1983 33 BAL JL $ 5,100,000   14 14 14 11 11 11 11 11 11 9 9 9 10 10 10
1984 34 BAL JL $ 5,100,000   14 14 14 12 12 12 11 11 11 9 9 9 10 10 10
1985 35 BAL JL $ 5,100,000   15 15 15 12 12 12 12 12 12 9 9 9 10 10 10
1986 36 PHX JL $ 3,120,000   15 15 15 13 13 13 11 11 11 9 9 9 10 10 10
1987 37 MAD JL $ 3,500,000   14 14 14 12 12 12 10 10 10 8 8 8 10 10 10
1988 38 MAD JL $ 650,000   14 14 14 12 12 12 10 10 10 8 8 8 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 650,000   14 14 14 11 11 11 10 10 10 8 8 8 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,100,000   16 16 16 13 13 13 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10
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
1973 23 AAA   117 439 49 118 15 1 11 47 3 5 25 98 .269 .308 .383 .691 49.8  
    AA   44 169 27 53 8 1 8 24 1 1 22 32 .314 .393 .515 .907 32.5  
1974 24 AAA   138 542 68 146 29 3 17 96 4 12 60 136 .269 .342 .428 .770 76.2  
1975 25 BIR FL 101 372 52 115 20 5 8 49 2 1 20 75 .309 .346 .454 .800 55.8 11.4
  SLC FL 52 189 26 49 6 0 5 19 1 0 13 25 .259 .311 .370 .681 22.6 3.5
  TOT   153 561 78 164 26 5 13 68 3 1 33 100 .292 .334 .426 .760 78.4 15.0
1976 26 SLC FL 158 578 68 167 18 10 10 64 2 2 36 83 .289 .338 .407 .744 72.4 13.8
1977 27 SLC FL 154 614 88 165 25 1 15 67 4 5 43 98 .269 .321 .386 .707 76.1 15.5
1978 28 SLC FL 154 547 58 136 20 1 16 70 0 0 37 74 .249 .301 .377 .677 60.9 8.1
1979 29 SLC FL 104 357 36 83 9 3 10 42 1 0 24 64 .232 .285 .359 .644 36.7 5.5
  BAL JL 35 126 17 35 5 1 2 17 0 0 13 21 .278 .348 .381 .728 17.1 3.6
  TOT   139 483 53 118 14 4 12 59 1 0 37 85 .244 .302 .364 .666 53.8 9.1
    AAA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1980 30 BAL JL 155 558 79 153 32 4 9 75 0 2 46 82 .274 .338 .394 .732 70.7 10.7
1981 31 BAL JL 152 530 78 157 28 5 17 90 1 1 58 91 .296 .370 .464 .834 91.4 16.4
1982 32 BAL JL 156 570 75 196 39 3 18 129 4 0 52 110 .344 .398 .518 .916 111.6 24.6
1983 33 BAL JL 157 571 66 174 23 5 15 104 0 0 43 82 .305 .358 .441 .799 83.2 15.0
1984 34 BAL JL 153 552 58 154 22 4 12 88 1 1 40 102 .279 .331 .399 .729 73.5 11.3
1985 35 BAL JL 125 343 43 103 17 1 8 55 1 0 29 63 .300 .362 .426 .788 50.7 9.2
1986 36 PHX JL 145 536 70 154 23 7 22 89 1 1 33 129 .287 .338 .479 .817 82.9 10.8
1987 37 MAD JL 147 493 54 131 18 2 12 65 3 0 40 100 .266 .328 .383 .711 63.5 6.6
1988 38 MAD JL 64 118 15 42 5 1 4 19 0 0 5 10 .356 .382 .517 .899 19.6 4.4
    AAA   52 199 42 77 8 0 18 45 3 3 25 33 .387 .455 .698 1.154 53.5  
14 Years Sim 2012 7054 883 2014 310 53 183 1042 21 13 532 1209 .286 .341 .422 .763 988.7 170.6
4 Years AAA 308 1181 159 341 52 4 46 188 10 20 110 267 .289 .356 .456 .813 179.5  
1 Years AA 44 169 27 53 8 1 8 24 1 1 22 32 .314 .400 .515 .915 32.5  
5 Years Minors 352 1350 186 394 60 5 54 212 11 21 132 299 .292 .362 .464 .826 212.0  
162 Game Average 567 71 162 24 4 14 83 1 1 42 97 .286 .341 .422 .763 79.6  
Career Highs 158 614 88 196 39 10 22 129 4 5 58 129 .356 .398 .518 .916 111.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4888 610 1395 226 40 121 706 14 12 386 842 .285 .342 .422 .764 677.2
vs LH   2166 273 619 84 13 62 336 7 1 146 367 .286 .337 .422 .759 295.3
Home 1002 3461 421 969 152 23 91 504 10 6 255 605 .280 .335 .416 .751 463.2
Away 1010 3593 462 1045 158 30 92 538 11 7 277 604 .291 .346 .428 .774 509.3
RISP   1968 0 613 97 21 57 836 0 0 177 319 .311 .365 .469 .834 322.9
Pinch Hitting   154 13 43 9 1 3 26 0 0 11 26 .279 .337 .409 .746 19.9
Close/Late   814 81 226 31 4 28 121 0 0 85 141 .278 .357 .429 .786 120.8
Mar/Apr 336 1274 162 377 56 9 32 180 2 5 91 216 .296 .351 .429 .780 179.3
May 337 1226 146 323 41 9 27 153 6 1 91 218 .263 .317 .378 .695 145.8
June 327 1100 131 327 45 8 32 188 3 0 93 186 .297 .353 .440 .793 165.8
July 339 1188 145 342 57 11 24 158 3 1 83 210 .288 .342 .415 .757 159.3
August 338 1143 155 332 53 11 38 198 2 5 90 194 .290 .344 .456 .800 170.8
Sep/Oct 335 1123 144 313 58 5 30 165 5 1 84 185 .279 .336 .419 .756 151.5
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
1975 25 BIR FL 3B 71 68 595.0 37 159 12 11 .942 2.96   1.0
    2B 28 26 237.9 45 88 2 17 .985 5.03   1.3
    SS 1 0 5.3 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.09   0.0
  SLC FL 3B 37 35 307.2 19 82 6 6 .944 2.96   2.1
    2B 15 13 122.8 23 46 1 9 .986 5.06   0.8
    SS 0 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.67   0.0
  TOT   3B 108 103 902.2 56 241 18 17 .943 2.96   3.1
      2B 43 39 360.7 68 134 3 26 .985 5.04   2.1
      SS 1 0 8.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.63   0.1
1976 26 SLC FL 2B 149 146 1283.3 251 395 21 85 .969 4.53   4.6
    3B 9 0 21.7 3 9 0 2 1.000 4.99   0.3
1977 27 SLC FL 2B 150 148 1318.7 258 435 25 100 .965 4.73   3.9
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1978 28 SLC FL 2B 79 76 668.3 140 257 11 66 .973 5.35   3.0
    3B 71 60 568.0 36 135 5 10 .972 2.71   1.4
1979 29 SLC FL 2B 103 102 857.7 180 315 13 63 .974 5.19   3.7
    3B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BAL JL 2B 35 34 313.3 66 115 5 23 .973 5.20   0.8
    3B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 138 136 1171.0 246 430 18 86 .974 5.20   4.5
      3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1980 30 BAL JL 2B 148 143 1247.7 251 422 31 88 .956 4.85   2.6
    SS 1 0 7.7 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.70   0.1
    3B 3 0 4.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 8.31   0.1
1981 31 BAL JL 2B 147 143 1233.0 275 430 20 98 .972 5.15   5.7
    SS 1 0 4.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.1
    3B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1982 32 BAL JL 2B 146 145 1290.7 225 476 22 78 .970 4.89   5.4
    3B 6 0 11.7 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.1
1983 33 BAL JL 2B 149 144 1275.0 235 411 25 93 .963 4.56   3.9
    3B 3 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1984 34 BAL JL 2B 148 146 1267.7 232 357 21 70 .966 4.18   3.1
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 35 BAL JL 2B 59 58 483.3 86 153 10 29 .960 4.45   1.4
    1B 27 27 218.0 241 13 0 17 1.000 10.49   0.5
    3B 12 8 77.0 4 12 1 0 .941 1.87   0.2
1986 36 PHX JL 2B 137 136 1203.3 226 405 28 63 .958 4.72   4.5
    3B 2 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 37 MAD JL 2B 137 127 1111.7 214 348 19 80 .967 4.55   4.0
    3B 1 1 9.0 0 1 1 1 .500 1.00   0.0
1988 38 MAD JL 2B 18 15 143.0 23 44 2 8 .971 4.22   0.4
    3B 13 5 55.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.96   0.1
  2B 1648 1602 14057.3 2730 4697 256 970 .967 4.76   49.0
  3B 235 177 1668.5 106 417 25 32 .954 2.82   5.3
  1B 27 27 218.0 241 13 0 17 1.000 10.49   0.5
  SS 3 0 19.7 7 6 0 3 1.000 5.95   0.2
Career Totals   1913 1806 15963.5 3084 5133 281 1022 .967 4.63   55.1
Career Highs   158 148 1323.7 331 480 31 100 .979 5.89    
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
1975 25 SLC FL 12 49 6 16 2 0 1 2 1 0 4 7 .327 .377 .429 .806
1976 26 SLC FL 8 28 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .286 .355 .321 .676
1977 27 SLC FL 3 13 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .154 .267 .231 .497
1982 32 BAL JL 11 43 6 13 2 1 1 4 0 0 1 8 .302 .318 .465 .783
1983 33 BAL JL 10 42 6 19 7 1 1 11 0 0 0 5 .452 .452 .738 1.190
1984 34 BAL JL 19 70 7 23 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 14 .329 .373 .400 .773
1985 35 BAL JL 16 27 5 11 0 0 2 7 0 0 3 9 .407 .452 .630 1.081
1986 36 PHX JL 4 14 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .357 .400 .357 .757
1988 38 MAD JL 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 86 289 33 98 18 2 5 37 1 0 19 46 .339 .379 .467 .846
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
1982-3-.344
On-Base Pct
1982-3-.398
Slugging Pct
1982-10-.518
OPS
1982-4-.916
XR
1982-3-111.6
CAR-48-988.7
Games
1976-3-158
1982-7-156
1983-4-157
CAR-29-2012
At-Bats
1977-4-614
CAR-32-7054
Runs
1977-7-88
Hits
1982-4-196
1983-10-174
CAR-28-2014
Total Bases
CAR-44-2979
Singles
1975-9-120
1976-6-129
1982-4-136
1983-6-131
CAR-19-1468
Triples
1976-7-10
RBIs
1982-1-129
1983-9-104
CAR-36-1042
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Injured on 4/1/1973 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1975, off Rudy Ramirez (LEX)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1975, off Snicker Doane (LEX)
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Traded from Birmingham to Salt Lake City on 7/31/1975 (Going to BIR: P J. Williams, 3B M. Holejoe. Going to SLC: 3B A. Bluhm)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/13/1976, hitting .625 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Salt Lake City to Baltimore on 7/31/1979 (Going to SLC: 1B K. Inglis, P A. Pompeii. Going to BAL: SS D. Money, 3B A. Bluhm)
Injured on 8/1/1979 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Hit 3 homeruns against Valencia, driving in 4 runs on 4/21/1981