Fred Blanding
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Born on February 8, 1888 in Redlands, California, Fred Blanding (Frederick James Blanding) played for the Cleveland Naps for his entire 5 year career. Blanding broke into the bigs on September 15, 1910 with the Cleveland Naps, and put up a 3.68 ERA in 176 innings pitched in 1911, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Fred Blanding's best season was 1912, when he posted a 2.92 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 75 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1910
| CLE
| A
| 6
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 2.78
| 25
| 18
| 14
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 45.1
| 43
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| 1911
| CLE
| A
| 29
| 16
| 7
| 11
| 3.68
| 80
| 95
| 72
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 176
| 190
| 5
| 60
| 0
| 5
| 6
|
| 1912
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 31
| 18
| 14
| 2.92
| 75
| 117
| 85
| 23
| 1
| 1
| 262
| 259
| 4
| 79
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1913
| CLE
| A
| 41
| 22
| 15
| 10
| 2.55
| 63
| 82
| 61
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 215
| 234
| 6
| 72
| 0
| 5
| 2
|
| 1914
| CLE
| A
| 29
| 12
| 3
| 9
| 3.96
| 35
| 82
| 51
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 116
| 133
| 0
| 54
| 0
| 7
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 144
| 86
| 45
| 46
| 3.13
| 278
| 394
| 283
| 57
| 5
| 4
| 814.1
| 859
| 15
| 277
| 0
| 21
| 16
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1910
| CLE
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1911
| CLE
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 49
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .934
|
| 1912
| CLE
| A
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 77
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1913
| CLE
| A
| P
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 58
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1914
| CLE
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 43
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 144
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 239
| 18
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1910
| CLE
| A
| 6
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .111
| .111
| .167
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 65
| 8
| 17
| 0
| 5
| .262
| .304
| .277
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1912
| CLE
| A
| 39
| 93
| 13
| 21
| 1
| 9
| .226
| .280
| .280
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1913
| CLE
| A
| 42
| 86
| 4
| 21
| 0
| 8
| .244
| .293
| .314
| 2
| 2
| 5
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 39
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .103
| .103
| .154
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 147
| 301
| 28
| 65
| 1
| 24
| .216
| .258
| .266
| 6
| 3
| 14
| 22
| 3
| 12
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
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