#61 Waylon Blassingame, Catcher, 28 yrs, Seattle Monarchs

#61 Waylon Blassingame, Catcher, 28 yrs, Seattle Monarchs
Monday, 10/14/2008

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Waylon Blassingame

11/5/1979
28
USA
6"0
205

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3.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 2,957,143
2008 (Arbitration eligible)
4 Year(s), 31 Days (719 total Days)
172 Day(s)
4 Year(s), 37 Days (725 total Days)
4 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Arbitration eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	70	36	30	28	55
Versus LHP	54	32	28	23	60
Versus RHP	77	38	31	30	53
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
9/28	@SAS	L 4-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
9/30	@DEN	W 4-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#3
10/1	@HOU	L 5-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/2	HOU	W 6-4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
10/4	DEN	L 1-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
10/5	@BRK	W 10-3	5	1	2	2	0	0	5	0	0	#2	PoG
10/8	RIV	W 10-3	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	#6
10/11	@RIV	L 6-7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
10/12	@RIV	L 4-8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
10/13	@RIV	L 0-3	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	#6

Batting Stats 2008

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	145	459	158	20	2	6	58	65	19	67	.344	.369	.436	.805	.731	.092
Projected	145	459	158	20	2	6	58	65	19	67	.344	.369	.436	.805	.731	.092

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	100	489	2	0	0	4	4	5	200	28	2	0	100.0	76.0	6.5

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	70	21	1	0	2	7	8	3	12	1	3	1	.300	.321	.400	.721
vs. RHP	389	137	19	2	4	51	57	16	55	4	1	1	.352	.376	.442	.818
Close/Late	64	21	3	0	1	8	9	5	7	1	3	0	.328	.356	.422	.778
Scoring Position	104	39	6	0	0	48	0	3	19	5	1	0	.375	.372	.433	.804
Pinch Hitting	42	14	2	0	1	4	3	1	8	0	1	0	.333	.341	.452	.793

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	72	234	77	8	1	3	22	29	12	30	.329	.357	.410	.768
Road	73	225	81	12	1	3	36	36	7	37	.360	.375	.462	.837
Last Week	4	17	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.235	.235	.235	.471
March/April	25	73	23	2	1	1	6	13	4	13	.315	.351	.411	.762
May	20	65	19	3	0	0	9	11	4	6	.292	.329	.338	.667
June	26	75	33	6	0	1	18	9	4	12	.440	.464	.560	1.024
July	23	65	19	2	0	0	3	4	2	11	.292	.304	.323	.627
August	25	85	30	3	1	1	7	10	3	13	.353	.367	.447	.814
Sept/Oct	26	96	34	4	0	3	15	18	2	12	.354	.364	.490	.853
Postseason	4	17	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.235	.235	.235	.471

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
Total	516	1741	561	70	5	27	207	208	134	2	5	261	6	0	.322	.370	.415	.785

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
Total	4	17	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.235	.235	.235	.471

Fielding Stats 2008

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	120	100	871	26	0	903	6	.993	930.0	8.74	0	63	14	22.2
First Base	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	4.0	4.50

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...

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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