Ron Blackburn

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Full Name: Ronald Hamilton Blackburn	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0.5"/160	First Game: April 15, 1958
Birthdate: April 23, 1935	Final Game: July 28, 1959
Birthplace: Mount Airy, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 2 years
Died: April 29, 1998
Deathplace: Morganton, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
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4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Born on April 23, 1935 in Mount Airy, North Carolina, Ron Blackburn (Ronald Hamilton Blackburn) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates for his entire 2 year career. Blackburn broke into the bigs on April 15, 1958 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.39 ERA in 63.2 innings pitched in 1958, his rookie year.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1958	PIT	N	38	2	2	1	3.39	31	33	24	0	0	3	63.2	61	7	27	5	1	3
1959	PIT	N	26	0	1	1	3.65	19	21	18	0	0	1	44.1	50	5	15	4	0	2
Total			64	2	3	2	3.50	50	54	42	0	0	4	108	111	12	42	9	1	5

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1958	PIT	N	P	38	2	63.2	3	14	1	3	0	1	7	3	0	.944
1959	PIT	N	P	26	0	44.1	2	5	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	.778
Total			P	64	2	108	5	19	3	3	0	1	10	4	0	.889

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1958	PIT	N	38	7	0	2	0	0	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
1959	PIT	N	26	5	1	1	1	1	.200	.200	.800	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total			64	12	1	3	1	1	.250	.250	.667	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1953).

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