#61 Waylon Blassingame, Catcher, 30 yrs, Seattle Monarchs

#61 Waylon Blassingame, Catcher, 30 yrs, Seattle Monarchs
Monday, 10/14/2010

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Waylon Blassingame

11/5/1979
30
USA
6"0
210

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3.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 2,750,000
2012
6 Year(s), 31 Days (1063 total Days)
172 Day(s)
6 Year(s), 37 Days (1069 total Days)
6 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	59	34	33	26	58
Versus LHP	45	30	31	21	63
Versus RHP	65	36	34	28	56
Talent	7	4	4	4	6

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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
9/30	SAS	W 6-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#6
10/1	@HOU	W 11-3	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	#6
10/2	HOU	W 5-0	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	#6
10/4	@HIK	W 5-1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
10/5	BRK	W 7-1	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	#6
10/8	@RIV	W 5-4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	#7	PoG
10/9	@RIV	W 8-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#7
10/11	RIV	L 3-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/12	RIV	W 8-5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	#7
10/13	RIV	W 3-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#7

Batting Stats 2010

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	127	439	144	24	1	9	48	57	17	59	.328	.358	.449	.807	.708	.121
Projected	127	439	144	24	1	9	48	57	17	59	.328	.358	.449	.807	.708	.121

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	106	463	4	0	0	12	2	1	197	34	0	1	.0	68.0	5.9

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	53	12	2	0	0	2	6	1	9	0	0	0	.226	.241	.264	.505
vs. RHP	386	132	22	1	9	46	51	16	50	1	2	4	.342	.373	.474	.848
Close/Late	61	15	4	0	1	2	7	1	6	0	1	0	.246	.254	.361	.615
Scoring Position	104	26	3	0	2	34	0	8	7	1	2	1	.250	.302	.337	.638
Pinch Hitting	19	6	0	0	1	5	2	2	5	0	0	0	.316	.381	.474	.855

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	64	212	71	10	0	4	20	32	8	34	.335	.365	.439	.804
Road	63	227	73	14	1	5	28	25	9	25	.322	.349	.458	.807
Last Week	5	16	4	1	0	1	2	2	1	2	.250	.333	.500	.833
March/April	22	72	16	2	0	1	7	6	2	12	.222	.250	.292	.542
May	18	57	21	2	0	2	10	10	4	6	.368	.419	.509	.928
June	19	59	21	6	0	1	7	9	1	7	.356	.367	.508	.875
July	20	70	23	2	0	2	6	10	3	15	.329	.356	.443	.799
August	23	79	30	7	0	0	7	8	5	8	.380	.420	.468	.889
Sept/Oct	25	102	33	5	1	3	11	14	2	11	.324	.337	.480	.817
Postseason	5	16	4	1	0	1	2	2	1	2	.250	.333	.500	.833

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
2010	127	439	144	24	1	9	48	57	17	4	1	59	0	1	.328	.358	.449	.807	SEA
Total	784	2650	848	105	7	45	323	315	175	10	9	386	6	2	.320	.363	.416	.779

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	.316	.316	.632
2010	5	16	4	1	0	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	.250	.333	.500	.833
Total	16	52	14	1	0	1	4	3	1	6	0	0	.269	.283	.346	.629

Fielding Stats 2010

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	106	101	775	32	2	814	7	.991	918.0	7.98	0	79	23	29.1
First Base	5	5	38	0	1	39	1	.974	39.0	9.00

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...
Won Cecil Cup with Seattle in 2010...
Won Slick Fielder Award at Catcher in 2010...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
2006 - .293 - 7th
2007 - .333 - 2nd
2009 - .304 - 9th

OBP
2007 - .390 - 8th

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

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