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Hank
Blalock		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 212
 
Born: November 21, 1980 in Usa, CA, SAN DIEGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2014   
All-Star Selections 2005    2013   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 23 NYA AL $ 2,100,000   7 7 6 4 8 7 3 9 7 3 6 5 3 3 3
2005 24 NYA AL $ 2,100,000   8 8 7 4 8 7 3 8 7 3 6 5 3 3 3
2006 25 NYA AL $ 2,100,000   8 8 7 5 8 7 3 9 7 3 6 5 3 3 3
2007 26 NYA AL $ 2,100,000   8 8 7 4 8 7 3 8 7 3 6 5 3 3 3
2008 27 NYA AL $ 3,000,000   8 8 7 4 8 7 2 8 6 3 6 5 4 4 4
2009 28 NYA AL $ 3,000,000   9 9 7 5 8 7 2 8 6 3 6 5 4 4 4
2010 29 NYA AL $ 3,000,000   9 9 8 4 8 7 3 8 7 3 6 5 4 4 4
2011 30 SEA AL $ 5,420,000   9 9 8 5 8 7 2 8 6 3 6 5 4 4 4
2012 31 SEA AL $ 5,420,000   9 9 8 4 8 7 2 8 6 3 6 5 4 4 4
2013 32 SEA AL $ 5,420,000   9 9 7 4 8 7 2 8 6 3 6 5 4 4 4
2014 33 SEA AL $ 5,630,000   9 9 8 5 8 7 2 8 6 3 6 5 5 5 5
2015 34 SEA AL $ 5,630,000   9 9 8 5 8 7 2 8 6 3 6 5 4 4 4
2016 35 ATL NL $ 5,630,000   9 9 8 5 8 7 2 8 6 3 6 5 4 4 4
2017 36 ATL NL $ 2,260,000   8 8 7 5 8 7 2 8 6 3 6 5 5 5 5
2018 37 ATL NL $ 2,260,000   7 7 6 4 8 7 2 8 6 4 6 5 4 4 4
2019 38 CIN NL     6 6 5 3 7 6 2 8 6 3 6 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 5 3 7 6 2 8 6 3 6 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,630,000   9 9 8 5 8 7 3 9 7 4 6 5 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 23 NYA AL 5 21 5 7 2 0 4 9 0 0 1 3 .333 .364 1.000 1.364 6.7 1.7
2005 24 NYA AL 153 548 90 166 36 5 32 112 4 0 72 148 .303 .384 .562 .946 110.4 24.3
2006 25 NYA AL 149 515 83 150 34 0 22 85 0 1 64 144 .291 .369 .485 .855 87.7 15.9
2007 26 NYA AL 149 529 98 134 28 0 26 92 2 0 61 156 .253 .329 .454 .783 80.5 13.6
2008 27 NYA AL 136 451 81 143 38 3 23 101 1 1 49 108 .317 .382 .568 .950 86.9 17.9
2009 28 NYA AL 135 459 80 145 32 3 23 97 0 0 58 141 .316 .393 .549 .942 91.8 16.9
2010 29 NYA AL 146 508 78 139 30 3 19 67 0 0 64 161 .274 .356 .457 .812 82.0 12.1
2011 30 SEA AL 139 482 75 140 27 0 27 83 0 0 50 145 .290 .354 .515 .869 84.9 15.9
2012 31 SEA AL 142 503 73 141 32 1 11 80 0 0 59 157 .280 .354 .414 .767 71.9 12.1
2013 32 SEA AL 140 476 74 133 33 2 25 96 0 0 60 134 .279 .357 .515 .871 84.3 15.8
2014 33 SEA AL 141 476 67 138 28 4 16 83 0 0 39 137 .290 .342 .466 .809 74.8 13.0
2015 34 SEA AL 137 493 71 119 22 2 20 88 0 1 51 155 .241 .313 .416 .729 64.6 7.7
2016 35 SEA AL 78 289 35 66 12 0 12 39 0 1 32 88 .228 .306 .394 .700 34.6 3.6
  ATL NL 53 171 23 49 10 0 7 15 0 0 22 52 .287 .369 .468 .837 28.5 6.0
  TOT   131 460 58 115 22 0 19 54 0 1 54 140 .250 .329 .422 .751 63.2 9.6
2017 36 ATL NL 148 499 85 137 21 0 23 77 1 0 55 139 .275 .346 .455 .801 78.5 13.5
2018 37 ATL NL 140 374 49 98 17 1 14 61 0 0 37 96 .262 .327 .425 .752 48.9 7.0
2019 38 CIN NL 144 301 37 82 20 1 11 40 0 0 22 83 .272 .322 .455 .777 41.0 6.7
16 Years Sim 2135 7095 1104 1987 422 25 315 1225 8 4 796 2047 .280 .352 .480 .832 1157.9 203.6
162 Game Average 538 83 150 32 1 23 92 0 0 60 155 .280 .352 .480 .832 87.9  
Career Highs 153 548 98 166 38 5 32 112 4 1 72 161 .333 .393 1.000 1.364 110.4  
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   6264 1010 1851 408 22 302 1159 8 3 730 1822 .295 .368 .512 .880 1136.1
vs LH   831 94 136 14 3 13 66 0 1 66 225 .164 .227 .235 .461 40.3
Home 1057 3424 519 917 197 10 156 585 4 2 389 1025 .268 .342 .468 .809 545.5
Away 1078 3671 585 1070 225 15 159 640 4 2 407 1022 .291 .362 .491 .852 630.8
RISP   1991 0 563 123 11 87 874 0 0 267 573 .283 .362 .487 .848 350.0
Pinch Hitting   294 52 87 19 2 14 54 0 0 29 77 .296 .357 .517 .874 51.9
Close/Late   813 95 228 59 1 33 127 0 0 119 237 .280 .371 .477 .848 142.8
Mar/Apr 332 1136 172 312 58 0 57 212 2 1 122 324 .275 .342 .476 .819 184.8
May 359 1178 181 307 60 5 48 196 2 1 137 343 .261 .335 .442 .777 177.5
June 353 1161 148 313 62 4 42 176 1 1 125 346 .270 .340 .438 .778 172.7
July 333 1115 167 327 78 3 46 206 0 1 126 314 .293 .366 .492 .858 192.4
August 372 1238 230 356 86 6 58 212 0 0 141 358 .288 .361 .507 .869 217.9
Sep/Oct 386 1267 206 372 78 7 64 223 3 0 145 362 .294 .365 .518 .883 231.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 23 NYA AL 3B 5 5 41.0 0 8 0 0 1.000 1.76   0.1
2005 24 NYA AL 3B 148 147 1260.7 82 305 19 21 .953 2.76   3.8
    2B 5 0 11.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
2006 25 NYA AL 3B 143 131 1170.0 78 273 28 27 .926 2.70   3.9
    2B 4 0 13.3 4 6 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.1
2007 26 NYA AL 3B 143 133 1196.3 72 249 10 25 .970 2.41   4.5
    2B 4 0 7.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
2008 27 NYA AL 3B 130 113 1005.3 66 189 11 13 .959 2.28   3.0
    2B 4 0 11.0 3 6 1 1 .900 7.36   0.1
2009 28 NYA AL 3B 117 108 965.7 67 184 16 21 .940 2.34   3.8
    1B 7 4 46.3 38 6 0 9 1.000 8.55   0.1
    2B 5 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
2010 29 NYA AL 3B 132 124 1114.7 68 213 10 16 .966 2.27   4.3
    2B 8 0 15.3 4 3 1 1 .875 4.11   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2011 30 SEA AL 3B 127 123 1076.3 67 245 15 27 .954 2.61   4.2
    2B 10 0 22.0 1 11 0 1 1.000 4.91   0.1
2012 31 SEA AL 3B 136 128 1133.0 83 212 10 15 .967 2.34   3.5
    2B 3 0 6.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.1
2013 32 SEA AL 3B 126 118 1047.0 54 224 12 15 .959 2.39   3.7
    2B 5 0 16.0 2 6 1 2 .889 4.50   0.1
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
2014 33 SEA AL 3B 119 116 1025.0 65 225 15 17 .951 2.55   3.6
    2B 17 1 42.3 9 11 0 1 1.000 4.25   0.2
2015 34 SEA AL 3B 126 125 1098.7 57 210 14 19 .950 2.19   3.2
    2B 10 7 69.0 18 22 1 6 .976 5.22   0.3
2016 35 SEA AL 3B 61 58 544.8 38 105 6 9 .960 2.36   0.5
    1B 4 4 35.6 31 0 0 2 1.000 7.84   0.0
    2B 5 1 21.8 5 7 1 2 .923 4.95   0.1
  ATL NL 3B 42 40 327.9 23 63 4 5 .956 2.36   0.7
    1B 2 2 21.4 18 0 0 2 1.000 7.57   0.0
    2B 4 0 13.2 3 4 0 1 1.000 4.77   0.0
  TOT   3B 103 98 872.7 61 168 10 14 .958 2.36   1.2
      1B 6 6 57.0 49 0 0 4 1.000 7.74   0.1
      2B 9 1 35.0 8 11 1 3 .950 4.89   0.1
2017 36 ATL NL 3B 139 121 1096.7 70 223 17 15 .945 2.40   2.9
    1B 1 1 9.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 13.00   0.0
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 2 1 0 .667 4.50   0.0
2018 37 ATL NL 1B 58 56 489.3 508 32 4 45 .993 9.93   1.0
    3B 37 27 260.3 12 52 2 4 .970 2.21   0.6
    2B 3 0 2.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 7.73   0.0
2019 38 CIN NL 3B 43 33 313.0 23 69 3 3 .968 2.65   1.7
    2B 30 10 129.7 24 44 4 16 .944 4.72   0.4
    SS 11 11 97.0 21 24 2 10 .957 4.18   0.5
    1B 9 0 26.7 26 3 0 1 1.000 9.79   0.1
  3B 1774 1650 14676.3 925 3049 192 252 .954 2.44   48.0
  1B 81 67 628.3 634 41 4 59 .994 9.67   1.3
  2B 119 19 389.6 77 132 10 33 .954 4.83   1.5
  SS 12 11 98.0 21 24 2 10 .957 4.13   0.5
  CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
Career Totals   1987 1748 15801.3 1658 3246 208 354 .959 2.79   51.2
Career Highs   153 147 1272.3 521 308 28 49 1.000 7.25    
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
2007 26 NYA AL 6 23 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 13 .130 .200 .304 .504
2008 27 NYA AL 13 39 7 15 5 0 1 6 0 0 5 9 .385 .444 .590 1.034
2009 28 NYA AL 10 31 1 8 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 4 .258 .324 .323 .646
2010 29 NYA AL 8 27 3 7 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 10 .259 .300 .444 .744
2012 31 SEA AL 7 20 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .150 .190 .150 .340
2013 32 SEA AL 6 14 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .429 .714
2014 33 SEA AL 14 45 8 10 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 17 .222 .280 .333 .613
Career Post-Season Batting 64 199 24 50 14 0 4 25 0 0 16 66 .251 .306 .382 .688
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.
Slugging Pct
2005-5-.562
2008-1-.568
2009-7-.549
2011-8-.515
2013-9-.515
 OPS
2005-5-.946
2008-3-.950
2009-8-.942
 XR
2005-10-110.4
CAR-38-1157.9
 Games
CAR-24-2135
 At-Bats
CAR-45-7095
 Runs
CAR-42-1104
Hits
CAR-48-1987
 Total Bases
2005-8-308
CAR-32-3404
 Doubles
2005-3-36
CAR-38-422
 Homeruns
2005-10-32
CAR-30-315
 RBIs
2005-6-112
CAR-24-1225
 Walks
CAR-48-796
Strikeouts
2005-9-148
2006-9-144
2007-8-156
2015-8-155
2017-7-139
CAR-5-2047
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  1. Aubrey Huff (914)
  2. Lizahio Baez (894)
  3. Jai Miller (884)
  4. Delmon Young (883)
  5. Toshiichirou Toshitsugu (882)
  6. Joshua Lundy (879)
  7. Cruz Peralta (870)
  8. Andy Marte (866)
  9. Corey Patterson (858)
  10. Austin Kearns (854)
History
Traded from Texas to New York (A) on 4/5/2004 (Going to TEX: 3B Alex Rodriguez, P Mike Mussina, CF Kenny Lofton. Going to NYA: 3B Hank Blalock, P Joaquin Benoit, LF Rusty Greer)
Had first career hit on 4/5/2004, off Jamie Moyer (SEA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/2004, off Joel Pineiro (SEA)
Injured on 4/10/2004 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for full season
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 7/20/2005
8/24/2007: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 8 runs against Toronto on 4/19/2008
Won Player of the Week award on 7/11/2008, hitting .550 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/1/2009, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Toronto on 8/27/2009
5/30/2010: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $5,420,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/29/2010, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from New York (A) to Seattle on 2/2/2011 (Going to SEA: 3B Hank Blalock, LF Juan Preciado. Going to NYA: P Clint Nageotte, P Brandon Marron, P Pedro Limones, CF Jeromy Summers)
Drove in 7 runs against Texas on 5/15/2011
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 8/12/2011
Won Player of the Week award on 9/5/2011, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2011, hitting .318 with 8 HR, 22 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston on 6/5/2012
5/14/2013: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $5,630,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/25/2013, hitting .481 with 6 HR, 18 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 7/23/2014
Won World Championship with Seattle in 2014
Injured on 5/21/2016 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Traded from Seattle to Atlanta on 8/2/2016 (Going to SEA: SS Martin Barreras, P Joe Langham, P Jeff Casner. Going to ATL: SS Valentin Tavares, 3B Hank Blalock, 2B Manuel Santora)
10/6/2016: Signed a contract extension with Atlanta, $2,260,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/15/2019 to a 1-year deal worth $2,007,001 per year
Released by Cincinnati on 10/26/2019
 
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