Willie Blair

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Full Name: William Allen Blair	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: April 11, 1990
Birthdate: December 18, 1965	Final Game: July 26, 2001
Birthplace: Paintsville, Kentucky	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on December 18, 1965 in Paintsville, Kentucky, Willie Blair (William Allen Blair) played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, Houston Astros, Colorado Rockies, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, New York Mets and Arizona Diamondbacks over the course of his 12 year career. Blair broke into the bigs on April 11, 1990 with the Toronto Blue Jays, and put up a 4.06 ERA in 68.2 innings pitched in 1990, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Willie Blair's best season was 1997, when he posted a 4.17 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 90 batters.

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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
1990	TOR	A	27	6	3	5	4.06	43	33	31	0	0	0	68.2	66	4	28	4	3	1
1991	CLE	A	11	5	2	3	6.75	13	27	27	0	0	0	36	58	7	10	0	1	1
1992	HOU	N	29	8	5	7	4.00	48	47	35	0	0	0	78.2	74	5	25	2	2	2
1993	COL	N	46	18	6	10	4.75	84	90	77	1	0	0	146	184	20	42	4	6	3
1994	COL	N	47	1	0	5	5.79	68	57	50	0	0	3	77.2	98	9	39	3	4	4
1995	SD	N	40	12	7	5	4.34	83	60	55	0	0	0	114	112	11	45	3	4	2
1996	SD	N	60	0	2	6	4.60	67	52	45	0	0	1	88	80	13	29	5	2	7
1997	DET	A	29	27	16	8	4.17	90	85	81	2	0	0	175	186	18	46	2	6	3
1998	NY	N	11	2	1	1	3.14	21	10	10	0	0	0	28.2	23	4	10	0	1	1
1998	ARI	N	23	23	4	15	5.34	71	91	87	0	0	0	146.2	165	27	51	2	5	3
1998	TOT	N	34	25	5	16	4.98	92	101	97	0	0	0	175.1	188	31	61	2	6	4
1999	DET	A	39	16	3	11	6.85	82	107	102	0	0	0	134	169	29	44	0	5	4
2000	DET	A	47	17	10	6	4.88	74	89	85	0	0	0	156.2	185	20	35	0	2	2
2001	DET	A	9	4	1	4	1.50	15	30	28	0	0	0	24	38	3	11	3	0	3
Total	NL		256	64	25	49	4.75	442	407	359	1	0	4	679.2	736	89	241	19	24	22
Total	AL		162	75	35	37	5.36	317	371	354	2	0	0	594.1	702	81	174	9	17	14
Total			418	139	60	86	5.04	759	778	713	3	0	4	1274	1438	170	415	28	41	36

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1990	TOR	A	P	27	6	68.2	3	6	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	1.000
1991	CLE	A	P	11	5	36	2	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
1992	HOU	N	P	29	8	78.2	4	7	2	0	0	0	6	4	1	.846
1993	COL	N	P	46	18	146	9	16	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	1.000
1994	COL	N	P	47	1	77.2	3	7	1	0	0	4	3	5	0	.909
1995	SD	N	P	40	12	114	6	13	2	1	0	1	6	8	1	.905
1996	SD	N	P	60	0	88	6	6	2	0	0	0	9	2	0	.857
1997	DET	A	P	29	27	175	9	14	1	2	0	0	12	5	2	.958
1998	NY	N	P	11	2	28.2	0	6	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	1.000
1998	ARI	N	P	23	23	146.2	10	29	1	3	0	0	14	10	0	.975
1998	TOT	N	P	34	25	175.1	10	35	1	3	0	1	17	11	1	.978
1999	DET	A	P	39	16	134	6	15	0	0	0	2	7	6	0	1.000
2000	DET	A	P	47	17	156.2	4	13	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.000
2001	DET	A	P	9	4	24	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
Total			P	418	139	1274	65	140	9	8	0	8	79	49	5	.958

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1990	TOR	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	CLE	A	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	HOU	N	29	17	0	1	0	0	.059	.111	.059	0	0	1	14	0	1	0	0	0
1993	COL	N	46	36	1	4	0	4	.111	.135	.139	1	0	1	19	0	3	0	0	0
1994	COL	N	47	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
1995	SD	N	40	24	2	0	0	1	.000	.040	.000	0	0	1	17	0	4	0	0	0
1996	SD	N	60	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1997	DET	A	29	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1998	NY	N	11	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.500	.250	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1998	ARI	N	23	48	3	4	0	0	.083	.102	.083	0	0	1	26	0	4	0	0	0
1998	TOT	N	34	52	3	5	0	0	.096	.145	.096	0	0	3	27	0	4	0	0	0
1999	DET	A	39	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	DET	A	47	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2001	DET	A	9	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		256	138	6	10	0	5	.072	.111	.080	1	0	6	83	0	12	0	0	0
Total	AL		162	10	0	1	0	0	.100	.100	.100	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
Total			418	148	6	11	0	5	.074	.110	.081	1	0	6	89	0	12	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 11th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1986 - signed June 5, 1986).
Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Alex Sanchez (November 6, 1990).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Ed Taubensee to Houston Astros in exchange for Kenny Lofton and Dave Rohde (December 10, 1991).
Selected by Colorado Rockies from Houston Astros (21st pick overall) in the expansion draft (November 17, 1992).
Granted free agency (December 20, 1994).
Signed by San Diego Padres (April 10, 1995).
Granted free agency (December 21, 1995).
Signed by San Diego Padres (December 27, 1995).
Traded by San Diego Padres with Brian Johnson to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Joey Eischen and Cam Smith (December 16, 1996).
Granted free agency (October 27, 1997).
Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (December 6, 1997).
Traded by Arizona Diamondbacks with Jorge Fabregas and cash to New York Mets in exchange for Nelson Figueroa, Bernard Gilkey and cash (July 31, 1998).
Traded by New York Mets to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Joe Randa (December 4, 1998).
Granted free agency (November 3, 2000).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (February 8, 2001).
Released by Cleveland Indians (March 31, 2001).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (April 10, 2001).
Released by Cleveland Indians (June 14, 2001).
Signed by Detroit Tigers (June 15, 2001).
Granted free agency (October 22, 2001).

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