Cliff Blackmon
1937–1941 · bats R / throws R · ATN, Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, Homestead Grays, Memphis Red Sox, NAS, New York Cubans, SNO
34G
.123AVG
.219OBP
.175SLG
More career statistics
7H
0HR
3RBI
0SB
5–13W–L
156.1IP
85K
6.28ERA
20GS
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 34 | 43 |
| Batting · At bats | 57 | 55 |
| Batting · Hits | 7 | 6 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 66 | 63 |
| Batting · Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Walks | 6 | 3 |
| Pitching · Games | 31 | 41 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 745 | 708 |
| Pitching · p cg | 10 | 15 |
| Pitching · p er | 109 | 74 |
| Pitching · p gs | 20 | 29 |
| Pitching · p h | 197 | 218 |
| Pitching · p hr | 6 | 8 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 469 | 568 |
| Pitching · p k | 85 | 69 |
| Pitching · p r | 136 | 153 |
| Pitching · p w | 84 | 87 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 66 | 57 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .123 | .219 | .175 | .394 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156.3 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 197 | 136 | 109 | 6 | 84 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 6.28 | 1.797 |
Streaks
1longest hitting streak · 1937-07-18 to 1937-07-18
1longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1938-07-08 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1938-08-20 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | CGChicago American Giants | 13 | 13 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .077 | 51 | 19 |
| 1938 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 19 | 32 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .156 | 103 | 39 |
| 1939 | ATN, Memphis Red Sox | 8 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 25 | 5 |
| 1941 | New York Cubans, SNO | 3 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 10 | 6 |