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| Player Report for #27 Coleman Blade | | Wednesday, October 5th, 1977 | 
| AB | 520 | | HR | 7 | | RBI | 57 | | AVG | .262 | | OPS | .655 |
| | Name: | Coleman Blade | Contract: | Major League Contract | | Nickname: | | Salary: | $300,000 | | Birthday: | 03-14-1950 | Signed Through: | 1977 Season | | Age: | 27 | Years of Major League Service: | 3 Years, 142 Days | | Born in: | Brooklyn (New York) | Major League Service Days this Year: | 183 Days | | Nationality: | American | | | | Height: | 5' 8" | Years on 40-Man Roster: | 3 Years, 142 Days | | Weight: | 167 lbs | Years of Pro Service: | 4 Years | | | | Arbitration Eligibility: | Arbitration eligible in offseason | | Position: | C | Minor League Option Years: | 3 option years left | | Bats: | Right | | | | Throws: | Right | Contract Extension | - | | Status: | Completely Rested | Drafted | - | | Morale: | Very Good | Local Popularity (National) | Unknown (Unknown) |
| | | Batting Ratings (OSA) | | Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's | | | Overall | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | | | Versus LHP | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | | | Versus RHP | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | | | Talent | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | |
| Running & Bunting Ratings | | | Fielding Ratings | | Running Speed: | 3 | | Catcher 4 (Arm: 4) | | Stealing Ability: | 2 | | First Base 3 | | Baserunning Instincts: | 2 | | | | Sacrifice Bunt: | 7 | | | | Bunt for Hit: | 3 | | | | Hitter Type: | Normal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Game Log, Last 10 Games | | Date | Opponent | Result | AB | R | H | BI | HR | BB | K | SB | | | | | | | | | | | 10-04-1977 | @ LAT | Loss, 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 10-02-1977 | LAT | Loss, 2-5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 10-01-1977 | LAT | Loss, 0-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-29-1977 | BOS | Win, 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-28-1977 | BOS | Win, 10-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-27-1977 | BOS | Win, 6-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-26-1977 | @ CHT | Win, 8-5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-25-1977 | @ CHT | Loss, 5-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-24-1977 | @ CHT | Loss, 6-7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 09-23-1977 | @ CHT | Win, 3-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | Backyard Baseball League 1977 Batting Stats | | Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO | VORP | | Overall | 148 | 520 | 136 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 57 | 43 | 32 | 96 | .262 | .301 | .354 | .655 | .542 | .092 | -2.6 | | Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 | | | | Overall | 139 | 567 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 184 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 55.6 | 3.65 | | | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Versus Left | | 170 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .306 | .357 | .406 | .763 | | Versus Right | | 350 | 84 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 19 | 70 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .240 | .274 | .329 | .603 | | Batting | | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | | Last Week | | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .190 | .200 | .390 | | April | | 88 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .318 | .390 | .432 | .822 | | May | | 82 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .220 | .272 | .341 | .613 | | June | | 82 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .305 | .344 | .427 | .771 | | July | | 80 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .294 | .275 | .569 | | August | | 95 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .232 | .245 | .337 | .582 | | September | | 93 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .260 | .312 | .572 | | Spring Training | | 65 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .290 | .292 | .582 | | Playoffs | | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .700 | .900 | | Last Year | | 509 | 161 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 77 | 69 | 36 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 7 | .316 | .368 | .472 | .840 | | 2 Years Ago | | 505 | 141 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 67 | 63 | 27 | 107 | 5 | 14 | 6 | .279 | .320 | .444 | .764 | | Career | | 1859 | 520 | 90 | 7 | 44 | 238 | 208 | 113 | 363 | 19 | 25 | 15 | .280 | .323 | .407 | .730 | | Home | | 261 | 66 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .253 | .295 | .368 | .663 | | Road | | 259 | 70 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 27 | 16 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .270 | .307 | .340 | .647 | | Grass | | 520 | 136 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 57 | 43 | 32 | 96 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .262 | .301 | .354 | .655 | | Day | | 55 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 | .263 | .255 | .518 | | Night | | 465 | 123 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 51 | 41 | 30 | 85 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .265 | .306 | .366 | .671 | | Pinch Hitting | | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | | Close/Late | | 106 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .283 | .333 | .377 | .711 | | Inning 1-3 | | 162 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .265 | .301 | .309 | .609 | | Inning 4-6 | | 197 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .244 | .278 | .345 | .623 | | Inning 7-9 | | 151 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .265 | .315 | .391 | .706 | | Extra Innings | | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .545 | .700 | 1.245 | | 0 Outs | | 173 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .260 | .295 | .370 | .665 | | 1 Outs | | 173 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .266 | .306 | .329 | .635 | | 2 Outs | | 174 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 | .303 | .362 | .665 | | Scoring Position | | 142 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .218 | .265 | .289 | .554 | | Bases Empty | | 282 | 75 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 | .305 | .372 | .678 | | Runner on 1st | | 96 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .313 | .347 | .396 | .742 | | Runner on 2nd | | 45 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .208 | .244 | .453 | | Runner on 3rd | | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .318 | .269 | .364 | .633 | | Runner on 1st & 2nd | | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .194 | .286 | .194 | .479 | | Runner on 1st & 3rd | | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .091 | .150 | .241 | | Runner on 2nd & 3rd | | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .500 | .571 | 1.071 | | Bases Loaded | | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .364 | .500 | .864 | | Two Strikes | | 225 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .261 | .307 | .567 | | First Pitch | | 80 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .237 | .241 | .313 | .553 | | Count 0-1 | | 52 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .288 | .288 | .365 | .654 | | Count 0-2 | | 34 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .324 | .559 | | Count 1-0 | | 55 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .268 | .455 | .722 | | Count 1-1 | | 51 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .275 | .275 | .314 | .588 | | Count 1-2 | | 76 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .231 | .329 | .560 | | Count 2-0 | | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .438 | .412 | .625 | 1.037 | | Count 2-1 | | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .346 | .346 | .423 | .769 | | Count 2-2 | | 66 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .224 | .288 | .512 | | Count 3-0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .929 | .000 | .929 | | Count 3-1 | | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .357 | .583 | .643 | 1.226 | | Full Count | | 49 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .356 | .286 | .642 | | Behind in Count | | 162 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .253 | .250 | .340 | .590 | | Ahead in Count | | 112 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .321 | .423 | .491 | .914 |
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| Career Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 1974 New York - BBL | 24 | 107 | 325 | 82 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 33 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 2 | 0 | .252 | .290 | .332 | .623 | -0.4 | | 1975 New York - BBL | 25 | 137 | 505 | 141 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 67 | 63 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 107 | 1 | 0 | .279 | .320 | .444 | .764 | 20.0 | | 1976 New York - BBL | 26 | 140 | 509 | 161 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 77 | 69 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 93 | 1 | 1 | .316 | .368 | .472 | .840 | 34.5 | | 1977 New York - BBL | 27 | 148 | 520 | 136 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 57 | 43 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 96 | 0 | 2 | .262 | .301 | .354 | .655 | -2.6 | | Total BBL | | 532 | 1859 | 520 | 90 | 7 | 44 | 238 | 208 | 113 | 15 | 19 | 363 | 4 | 3 | .280 | .323 | .407 | .730 | 51.5 |
| | Career Minor League Batting Stats | | Year/Team/League | Age | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | VORP | | 1974 Bayside - AAA | 24 | 24 | 99 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .291 | .313 | .604 | 0.5 | | Total BBLAAA | | 24 | 99 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .291 | .313 | .604 | 0.5 |
| | Career Postseason Batting Stats | | | Player History | | 05-18-1973 | Drafted in 3rd round, 69th overall pick, by New York in 1973. | | 10-24-1976 | Won the 1976 Backyard Baseball League World Series with the New York Empire! | | 11-17-1976 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $300,000 through automatic renewal. | | 01-01-1977 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 5 (6); Eye: 7 (8). | | Leader Boards Appearances | | |
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