Cy Blanton

Full Name: Darrell Elijah Blanton	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11.5"/180	First Game: September 23, 1934
Birthdate: July 6, 1908	Final Game: May 6, 1942
Birthplace: Waurika, Oklahoma	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: September 13, 1945
Deathplace: Norman, Oklahoma
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Born on July 6, 1908 in Waurika, Oklahoma, Cy Blanton (Darrell Elijah Blanton) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 9 year career. Blanton broke into the bigs on September 23, 1934 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 2.58 ERA in 254.1 innings pitched in 1935, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Cy Blanton's best season was 1935, when he posted a 2.58 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 142 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1934	PIT	N	1	1	0	1	3.38	5	3	3	0	0	0	8	5	1	4	1	1
1935	PIT	N	35	30	18	13	2.58	142	93	73	23	4	1	254.1	220	3	55	7	2
1936	PIT	N	44	32	13	15	3.51	127	114	92	15	4	3	235.2	235	9	55	8	3
1937	PIT	N	36	34	14	12	3.30	143	115	89	14	4	0	242.2	250	13	76	3	5
1938	PIT	N	29	26	11	7	3.70	80	84	71	10	1	0	172.2	190	13	46	2	2
1939	PIT	N	10	6	2	3	4.29	11	23	20	1	0	0	42	45	4	10	1	0
1940	PHI	N	13	10	4	3	4.32	24	43	37	5	0	0	77	82	7	21	5	1
1941	PHI	N	28	25	6	13	4.51	64	98	82	7	1	0	163.2	186	11	57	6	3
1942	PHI	N	6	3	0	4	5.64	15	15	14	0	0	0	22.1	30	3	13	0	1
Total			202	167	68	71	3.55	611	588	481	75	14	4	1218.1	1243	64	337	33	18

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1934	PIT	N	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000
1935	PIT	N	P	35	10	60	2	1	.972
1936	PIT	N	P	44	16	50	3	0	.957
1937	PIT	N	P	36	9	48	5	5	.919
1938	PIT	N	P	29	7	42	2	7	.961
1939	PIT	N	P	10	1	9	1	0	.909
1940	PHI	N	P	13	4	16	0	0	1.000
1941	PHI	N	P	28	3	22	2	0	.926
1942	PHI	N	P	6	1	4	0	0	1.000
Total			P	202	51	253	15	13	.953

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1934	PIT	N	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	1	0	0	1
1935	PIT	N	35	97	3	13	6	.134	.168	.144	1	4	19	3	6
1936	PIT	N	44	84	6	13	5	.155	.184	.179	2	3	17	5	3
1937	PIT	N	36	85	4	14	3	.165	.245	.165	0	9	20	4	1
1938	PIT	N	29	64	4	13	7	.203	.215	.203	0	1	17	4	3
1939	PIT	N	10	14	2	4	3	.286	.286	.357	1	0	3	0	0
1940	PHI	N	13	24	3	2	0	.083	.154	.083	0	2	6	2	1
1941	PHI	N	28	51	0	6	2	.118	.167	.118	0	3	15	4	2
1942	PHI	N	6	8	0	1	0	.125	.125	.125	0	0	1	0	0
Total			202	428	22	66	26	.154	.197	.164	4	23	98	22	17

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Granted free agency (May 21, 1940).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (May 21, 1940).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (June 12, 1942).

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