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Larvell Blanks

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 167lb (173cm, 75kg)

Born: January 28, 1950 in Del Rio, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Felipe HS (Del Rio, TX).

High School: San Felipe HS (Del Rio, TX)

School: Sul Ross State University (Alpine, TX)

Debut: July 19, 1972 (Age 22-173d, 13,249th in major league history)
vs. PIT 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 3, 1980 (Age 30-188d)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Larvell Blanks

Nicknames: Sugar Bear

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

1766

446

.253

203

RBI

172

OBP

.302

SLG

.335

OPS

.637

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	23 (22)	May 4 (2)	TEX		CHW	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
2	24	May 5	TEX		CHW	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
3	26 (1)	May 7	TEX		KCR	L,6-10	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
4	28 (1)	May 9	TEX		KCR	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
5	31 (2)	May 13 (1)	TEX	@	TOR	L,1-3		4	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
6	32	May 13 (2)	TEX	@	TOR	W,7-5	GS	26	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
7	33	May 14	TEX	@	MIN	W,7-5	GS	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B SS
8	34	May 15	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-8	GS	26	5.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
9	35	May 16	TEX	@	MIN	W,8-4	GS	20	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
10	36	May 18	TEX	@	SEA	L,5-13	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
11	37	May 19	TEX	@	SEA	L,0-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
12	38	May 20	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-4	GS	24	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
13	39	May 21	TEX		MIN	L,6-7	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
14	40	May 22	TEX		MIN	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	3	3	0	6	3	SS
15	41	May 23	TEX		MIN	W,7-2	GS	23	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
16	42	May 25 (1)	TEX		SEA	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
17	48 (5)	May 31	TEX		BOS	L,2-3	GF	11	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	50 (1)	Jun 2	TEX		BAL	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH SS
19	53 (2)	Jun 5	TEX	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
20	54	Jun 6	TEX	@	MIL	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
21	56 (1)	Jun 8	TEX	@	BAL	L,0-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
22	57	Jun 9	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
23	58	Jun 10	TEX	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	23	6.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
24	59	Jun 12	TEX		MIL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
25	60	Jun 13	TEX		MIL	L,4-5	GS	22	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
26	61	Jun 14	TEX		MIL	L,2-6	GS	26	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
27	63 (1)	Jun 16	TEX		NYY	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
28	65 (1)	Jun 18	TEX	@	CAL	L,0-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
29	66	Jun 19	TEX	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS	22	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
30	67	Jun 20	TEX	@	CAL	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
31	68	Jun 21	TEX	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS	24	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
32	69	Jun 22	TEX	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
33	70	Jun 23	TEX	@	OAK	W,8-5	GF	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
34	71	Jun 24 (1)	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-1	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
35	73 (1)	Jun 26	TEX		CAL	W,2-1	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
36	74	Jun 27	TEX		CAL	W,4-2	GS	25	6.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
37	76 (1)	Jun 29	TEX		OAK	W,5-3	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
38	77	Jun 30	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	78	Jul 1	TEX		OAK	L,12-13	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
40	79	Jul 2	TEX		BAL	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
41	81 (1)	Jul 4	TEX		BAL	W,9-5	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
42	82	Jul 6	TEX		TOR	L,1-5	GS	32	8.0	1	3	2	6	1	SS
43	86 (3)	Jul 10	TEX	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
44	91 (4)	Jul 15	TEX	@	KCR	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
45	92	Jul 19 (1)	TEX		CHW	L,6-9	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
46	94 (1)	Jul 20	TEX		CHW	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
47	96 (1)	Jul 22	TEX		KCR	L,6-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
48	97	Jul 23	TEX		KCR	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
49	100 (2)	Jul 27	TEX		BOS	W,11-2	GS	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS 2B
50	101	Jul 28	TEX		BOS	L,0-1	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
51	102	Jul 29	TEX		BOS	L,2-3	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
52	103	Jul 30	TEX		DET	L,4-6	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	109 (5)	Aug 5 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	W,14-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
54	110	Aug 7 (1)	TEX	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
55	111	Aug 7 (2)	TEX	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
56	112	Aug 8 (1)	TEX	@	DET	W,16-9	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
57	113	Aug 8 (2)	TEX	@	DET	L,4-10	GS	32	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
58	114	Aug 9	TEX	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
59	115	Aug 10	TEX		CLE	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
60	116	Aug 11	TEX		CLE	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
61	122 (5)	Aug 17	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-5	GS	21	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
62	128 (5)	Aug 24	TEX		MIL	L,6-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	162 (33)	Sep 30	TEX		CAL	L,5-11	GF	21	4.0	3	1	0	4	1	PH 2B
							65gm		308.0	65	90	3	158	22