#61 Waylon Blassingame, Catcher, 29 yrs, Seattle Monarchs

#61 Waylon Blassingame, Catcher, 29 yrs, Seattle Monarchs
Thursday, 10/17/2009

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Waylon Blassingame

11/5/1979
29
USA
6"0
210

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3.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 2,957,143
2009
$ 2,750,000 (3 year(s))
5 Year(s), 31 Days (891 total Days)
172 Day(s)
5 Year(s), 37 Days (897 total Days)
5 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
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3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	66	36	30	26	54
Versus LHP	51	32	28	21	60
Versus RHP	73	38	31	28	52
Talent	7	4	4	4	6

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4
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Fielding Ratings
C : 4 (Range), .976 (Fielding Pct.)
1B : 5 (Range), .990 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 4
Infield Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
10/1	HIK	W 5-0	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	#7
10/2	@HIK	W 5-2	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	#7
10/5	@BRK	W 11-3	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	#7
10/8	RIV	L 4-6	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
10/9	RIV	L 4-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#9
10/11	@RIV	W 3-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
10/12	@RIV	W 5-4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#7
10/13	@RIV	W 4-3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
10/15	RIV	L 2-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/16	RIV	W 4-0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7

Batting Stats 2009

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	141	470	143	11	1	9	68	50	24	66	.304	.341	.389	.731	.615	.085
Projected	141	470	143	11	1	9	68	50	24	66	.304	.341	.389	.731	.615	.085

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	115	502	4	3	0	15	1	3	183	21	0	1	.0	60.3	4.7

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	57	19	2	0	3	10	9	1	6	0	0	0	.333	.345	.526	.871
vs. RHP	413	124	9	1	6	58	41	23	60	3	1	4	.300	.341	.370	.711
Close/Late	57	16	1	0	3	16	8	5	8	0	1	1	.281	.344	.456	.800
Scoring Position	142	46	4	0	3	57	0	10	21	3	0	2	.324	.369	.415	.785
Pinch Hitting	21	7	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.333	.348	.429	.776

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	71	223	69	5	1	2	22	27	7	36	.309	.336	.368	.704
Road	70	247	74	6	0	7	46	23	17	30	.300	.345	.409	.753
This Week	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800
Last Week	5	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.313	.286	.598
March/April	24	95	25	0	0	2	11	11	3	11	.263	.286	.326	.612
May	22	75	25	3	0	1	10	9	3	9	.333	.362	.413	.776
June	23	71	22	2	0	0	9	5	7	12	.310	.380	.338	.718
July	23	69	22	0	0	0	8	6	2	7	.319	.342	.319	.661
August	22	71	26	4	1	4	17	11	5	10	.366	.410	.620	1.030
Sept/Oct	27	89	23	2	0	2	13	8	4	17	.258	.287	.348	.636
Postseason	7	19	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.316	.333	.316	.649

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2005	65	215	70	5	0	3	33	20	15	0	0	31	1	0	.326	.370	.391	.760	CAL
2006	158	547	160	19	3	12	67	68	51	0	0	76	2	0	.293	.353	.404	.757	CAL
2007	148	520	173	26	0	6	49	55	49	0	0	87	1	0	.333	.390	.417	.807	CAL
2008	145	459	158	20	2	6	58	65	19	2	5	67	2	0	.344	.369	.436	.805	DAN SEA,AL
2009	141	470	143	11	1	9	68	50	24	4	3	66	0	1	.304	.341	.389	.731	SEA
Total	657	2211	704	81	6	36	275	258	158	6	8	327	6	1	.318	.364	.409	.774

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2003, AA	25	88	30	6	0	0	8	5	7	19	0	1	.341	.389	.409	.799
2003, AAA	110	306	106	16	2	5	44	47	30	67	2	1	.346	.394	.461	.855
2004, AAA	134	534	207	28	5	5	51	72	52	94	9	5	.388	.438	.487	.924
2005, AAA	94	404	135	15	2	4	40	55	36	84	5	6	.334	.384	.411	.795

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2008	4	17	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.235	.235	.235	.471
2009	7	19	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.316	.333	.316	.649
Total	11	36	10	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	.278	.278	.278	.556

Fielding Stats 2009

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	121	115	935	50	1	996	11	.989	1041.1	8.61	4	100	29	29.0
First Base	1	0	6	1	0	7	0	1.000	4.0	15.75

Player History

Injured on 7/26/2004 with a Bruised Finger, out for 5 days...
Traded from Stockholm to California on 7/29/2004 (Going to CAL: SS L. Rossetti, P J. Calles, C W. Blassingame. Going to STO: P J. Marquez, SS M. Galindo, SS R. Peppers, C B. Zellner)...
Had first career hit on 7/22/2005, off William Augustin (STO)...
Hit first career homerun on 7/29/2005, off Emmanuel Sevilla (RIV)...
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/13/2006...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/2006, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 7 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2006, hitting .412 with 4 HR, 19 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York on 5/11/2007...
1/26/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,957,143 through salary arbitration...
Traded from Danville to Seattle on 1/26/2008 (Going to DAN: P Roberto Olivas. Going to SEA: C Waylon Blassingame)...
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game...
Hit for the cycle against Hickory on 8/19/2008...
1/26/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,957,143 through salary arbitration...
5/27/2009: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $2,750,000 per year, for 3 years.
Won Cecil Cup with Seattle in 2009...
Won Slick Fielder Award at Catcher in 2009...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
2006 - .293 - 7th
2007 - .333 - 2nd

OBP
2007 - .390 - 8th

Hits
2006 - 160 - 10th
2007 - 173 - 8th

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