Wade Blasingame

Full Name: Wade Allen Blasingame	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: September 17, 1963
Birthdate: November 22, 1943	Final Game: September 22, 1972
Birthplace: Deming, New Mexico	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on November 22, 1943 in Deming, New Mexico, Wade Blasingame (Wade Allen Blasingame) played for the Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros and New York Yankees over the course of his 10 year career. Blasingame broke into the bigs on September 17, 1963 with the Milwaukee Braves, and put up a 4.24 ERA in 116.2 innings pitched in 1964, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Wade Blasingame's best season was 1965, when he posted a 3.77 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 117 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1963	MIL	N	2	0	0	0	12.00	6	4	4	0	0	0	3	7	0	2	0	1	0
1964	MIL	N	28	13	9	5	4.24	70	58	55	3	1	2	116.2	113	15	51	2	6	0
1965	MIL	N	38	36	16	10	3.77	117	103	94	10	1	1	224.2	200	17	116	10	8	5
1966	ATL	N	16	12	3	7	5.32	34	42	40	0	0	0	67.2	71	5	25	2	9	2
1967	HOU	N	15	14	4	7	5.96	46	57	51	0	0	0	77	91	9	27	2	5	2
1967	ATL	N	10	4	1	0	4.62	20	13	13	0	0	0	25.1	27	1	21	1	4	1
1967	TOT	N	25	18	5	7	5.63	66	70	64	0	0	0	102.1	118	10	48	3	9	3
1968	HOU	N	22	2	1	2	4.75	22	21	19	0	0	1	36	45	3	10	1	3	0
1969	HOU	N	26	5	0	5	5.37	33	47	31	0	0	1	52	66	4	33	7	9	2
1970	HOU	N	13	13	3	3	3.48	55	34	30	1	0	0	77.2	76	4	23	3	4	2
1971	HOU	N	30	28	9	11	4.60	93	90	81	2	0	0	158.1	177	11	45	3	10	13
1972	NY	A	12	1	0	1	4.24	7	8	8	0	0	0	17	14	5	11	1	2	1
1972	HOU	N	10	0	0	0	8.64	9	9	8	0	0	0	8.1	4	1	8	0	1	2
1972	Total		22	1	0	1	5.68	16	17	16	0	0	0	25.1	18	6	19	1	3	3
Total	NL		210	127	46	50	4.53	505	478	426	16	2	5	846.2	877	70	361	31	60	29
Total	AL		12	1	0	1	4.24	7	8	8	0	0	0	17	14	5	11	1	2	1
Total			222	128	46	51	4.52	512	486	434	16	2	5	863.2	891	75	372	32	62	30

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1963	MIL	N	P	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1964	MIL	N	P	28	13	116.2	5	23	0	2	1	6	3	1	1.000
1965	MIL	N	P	38	36	224.2	21	41	0	3	2	10	6	5	1.000
1966	ATL	N	P	16	12	67.2	4	10	1	1	0	3	2	1	.933
1967	HOU	N	P	15	14	77	7	10	0	0	1	4	5	1	1.000
1967	ATL	N	P	10	4	25.1	1	6	0	0	0	2	2	0	1.000
1967	TOT	N	P	25	18	102.1	8	16	0	0	1	6	7	1	1.000
1968	HOU	N	P	22	2	36	1	10	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.000
1969	HOU	N	P	26	5	52	5	9	3	0	0	1	1	1	.824
1970	HOU	N	P	13	13	77.2	2	15	1	0	0	1	4	2	.944
1971	HOU	N	P	30	28	158.1	8	29	1	1	2	6	6	3	.974
1972	NY	A	P	12	1	17	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.000
1972	HOU	N	P	10	0	8.1	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1.000
1972	Total		P	22	1	25.1	6	6	0	0	1	2	2	1	1.000
Total			P	222	128	863.2	60	160	6	8	8	38	31	15	.973

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1963	MIL	N	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	MIL	N	29	40	5	7	1	3	.175	.283	.300	2	6	13	0	0	0
1965	MIL	N	38	81	5	15	1	3	.185	.205	.284	5	1	25	1	3	1
1966	ATL	N	18	23	1	5	0	2	.217	.280	.261	1	2	3	0	0	0
1967	HOU	N	16	22	2	4	0	0	.182	.308	.227	1	4	10	0	2	1
1967	ATL	N	10	7	0	1	0	1	.143	.333	.143	0	2	6	0	0	0
1967	TOT	N	26	29	2	5	0	1	.172	.314	.207	1	6	16	0	2	1
1968	HOU	N	22	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.375	.000	0	3	2	0	0	0
1969	HOU	N	27	12	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	0	0	0
1970	HOU	N	13	24	0	2	0	2	.083	.214	.083	0	4	10	0	0	1
1971	HOU	N	30	49	5	10	1	9	.204	.298	.327	3	7	18	0	2	0
1972	NY	A	12	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	1	2	0	1	0
1972	HOU	N	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	Total		22	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	1	2	0	1	0
Total	NL		215	263	18	44	3	20	.167	.252	.247	12	29	92	1	7	3
Total	AL		12	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	1	2	0	1	0
Total			227	265	18	44	3	20	.166	.253	.245	12	30	94	1	8	3

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Milwaukee Braves (June 9, 1961).
Traded by Atlanta Braves to Houston Astros in exchange for Claude Raymond (June 15, 1967).
Sent to New York Yankees by Houston Astros for future considerations (June 7, 1972).
Sent to St. Louis Cardinals by New York Yankees for future considerations (March 30, 1973).

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