#61 Waylon Blassingame, Catcher, 32 yrs, Seattle Monarchs

#61 Waylon Blassingame, Catcher, 32 yrs, Seattle Monarchs
Friday, 10/11/2012

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Waylon Blassingame

11/5/1979
32
USA
6"0
215

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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 2,750,000
2012
$ 2,090,000 (2 year(s))
8 Year(s), 31 Days (1407 total Days)
172 Day(s)
8 Year(s), 37 Days (1413 total Days)
8 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	27	21	17	42
Versus LHP	45	23	19	13	47
Versus RHP	65	29	22	19	40
Talent	7	4	4	3	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
9/23	@SAS	W 11-3	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	#7
9/25	HIK	W 5-2	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	#8
9/26	HOU	W 5-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
9/27	HOU	W 4-3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#7
9/30	@BRK	W 3-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/1	@HOU	W 3-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/2	HOU	W 5-2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
10/5	@HAR	L 1-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
10/8	RIV	L 2-10	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	#8
10/9	RIV	W 6-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	#8

Batting Stats 2012

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	117	283	84	10	2	0	36	19	13	39	.297	.333	.346	.680	.551	.049
Projected	117	283	84	10	2	0	36	19	13	39	.297	.333	.346	.680	.551	.049

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	65	301	3	0	0	7	1	1	98	12	0	1	.0	32.3	4.2

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	23	4	2	0	0	3	2	0	7	0	1	0	.174	.167	.261	.428
vs. RHP	260	80	8	2	0	33	17	13	32	1	0	3	.308	.347	.354	.700
Close/Late	38	14	0	0	0	4	2	3	1	0	1	0	.368	.405	.368	.773
Scoring Position	70	27	2	0	0	34	0	5	13	1	1	0	.386	.416	.414	.830
Pinch Hitting	43	11	0	0	0	6	1	5	5	0	0	0	.256	.333	.256	.589

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	60	147	43	5	0	0	21	10	6	18	.293	.325	.327	.651
Road	57	136	41	5	2	0	15	9	7	21	.301	.340	.368	.708
This Week	2	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250
Last Week	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286
March/April	25	71	11	2	1	0	1	2	4	10	.155	.221	.211	.432
May	20	34	13	2	0	0	7	3	0	3	.382	.371	.441	.813
June	21	42	16	2	1	0	7	3	5	8	.381	.447	.476	.923
July	13	37	13	1	0	0	10	4	2	3	.351	.385	.378	.763
August	17	52	15	2	0	0	7	4	2	7	.288	.321	.327	.648
Sept/Oct	21	47	16	1	0	0	4	3	0	8	.340	.340	.362	.702
Postseason	2	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250

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
2011	134	466	163	18	4	8	73	62	24	5	6	74	0	0	.350	.383	.457	.840	SEA,AL
2012	117	283	84	10	2	0	36	19	13	3	1	39	0	1	.297	.333	.346	.680	SEA
Total	1035	3399	1095	133	13	53	432	396	212	18	16	499	6	3	.322	.364	.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	.294	.500	.794
2011	5	19	5	1	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	.263	.333	.316	.649
2012	2	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250
Total	23	79	20	2	0	1	5	5	3	15	0	0	.253	.280	.316	.597

Fielding Stats 2012

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	65	61	498	21	0	522	3	.994	543.1	8.65	0	37	14	37.8
First Base	7	4	40	3	3	43	0	1.000	38.2	10.01

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...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Denver on 4/10/2011...
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game...
Won Cecil Cup with Seattle in 2011...
Won Slick Fielder Award at Catcher in 2011...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Houston on 6/3/2012...
6/24/2012: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $2,090,000 per year, for 2 years.

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
2006 - .293 - 7th
2007 - .333 - 2nd
2009 - .304 - 9th
2011 - .350 - 1st

OBP
2007 - .390 - 8th
2011 - .383 - 6th

OPS
2011 - .840 - 8th

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

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