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Willie Blair

Birthdate:

12/18/1965

Height / Weight:

6' 1" / 185 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Paintsville, KY, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A well-traveled veteran major leaguer, right-hander Willie Blair played for nine teams in his 12-year major league career. He debuted with Toronto on April 11 1990 in two innings of relief and after his first 5 games, had a stingy 1.17 earned run average, and held opponents to a .192 batting average. For the year Willie Blair posted a 3-5 record with a 4.06 ERA. He was traded to Cleveland in November for Alex Sanchez.

Highlights:

Pitching for the Colorado Rockies on August 12 1993 Willie Blair pitched his first complete game, a 4-1 win in Dodger Stadium defeating Orel Hershiser.

In May of 1997 pitching for Detroit Willie Blair was 3-2 with a high 5.08 ERA and was hit in the face by a batted line drive. After spending a month on the disabled list he returned to the Tigers and went 14-6 with a 3.99 for the rest of the season. Baseball Historian

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1990	TOR (AL)	27	6	3	5	0	0	0	68.2	66	33	31	4	28	4	43	3	1	0	4.06
1991	CLE (AL)	11	5	2	3	0	0	0	36.0	58	27	27	7	10	0	13	1	1	0	6.75
1992	HOU (NL)	29	8	5	7	0	0	0	78.2	74	47	35	5	25	2	48	2	2	0	4.00
1993	COL (NL)	46	18	6	10	0	1	0	146.0	184	90	77	20	42	4	84	6	3	1	4.75
1994	COL (NL)	47	1	0	5	3	0	0	77.2	98	57	50	9	39	3	68	4	4	0	5.79
1995	SDP (NL)	40	12	7	5	0	0	0	114.0	112	60	55	11	45	3	83	4	2	0	4.34
1996	SDP (NL)	60	0	2	6	1	0	0	88.0	80	52	45	13	29	5	67	2	7	0	4.60
1997	DET (AL)	29	27	16	8	0	2	0	175.0	186	85	81	18	46	2	90	6	3	1	4.17
1998	ARI (NL)	23	23	4	15	0	0	0	146.2	165	91	87	27	51	2	71	5	3	0	5.34
1998	NYM (NL)	11	2	1	1	0	0	0	28.2	23	10	10	4	10	0	21	1	1	0	3.14
1999	DET (AL)	39	16	3	11	0	0	0	134.0	169	107	102	29	44	0	82	5	4	0	6.85
2000	DET (AL)	47	17	10	6	0	0	0	156.2	185	89	85	20	35	0	74	2	2	0	4.88
2001	DET (AL)	9	4	1	4	0	0	0	24.0	38	30	28	3	11	3	15	0	3	1	10.50
13 years		418	139	60	86	4	3	0	1274.0	1438	778	713	170	415	28	759	41	36	3	5.04

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1990	TOR (AL)	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1991	CLE (AL)	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1992	HOU (NL)	29	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	.59	.111	SLG
1993	COL (NL)	46	36	1	4	1	0	0	4	1	19	0	0	0	0	3	0	.111	.135	SLG
1994	COL (NL)	47	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1995	SDP (NL)	40	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	17	0	0	0	0	4	0	.0	.40	SLG
1996	SDP (NL)	60	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1997	DET (AL)	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1998	NYM (NL)	11	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.500	SLG
1998	ARI (NL)	23	48	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	26	0	0	0	0	4	0	.83	.102	SLG
1999	DET (AL)	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
2000	DET (AL)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	SLG
2001	DET (AL)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
13 years		306	148	6	11	1	0	0	5	6	89	0	0	0	0	12	0	.74	.110	.SLG

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