Cliff Blankenship
1905–1909 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, Washington Senators (1901-60)
101G
.225AVG
.249OBP
.252SLG
More career statistics
49H
0HR
22RBI
6SB
1Rare feat
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 | 101 | 102 |
| Batting · Hits | 49 | 50 |
| Batting · RBI | 22 | 19 |
| Batting · Walks | 7 | 5 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 230 | 218 | 16 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | .225 | .249 | .252 | .501 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1907-04-30 to 1907-05-29
6longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1905-05-08 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 60 | 151 | 36 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | .254 | .272 | .282 |
| Away | 42 | 79 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | .184 | .177 | .211 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .262 | .295 | .310 |
| May | 28 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .175 | .176 | .206 |
| June | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .364 |
| July | 16 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .211 | .211 | .211 |
| August | 16 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .278 | .293 | .306 |
| September | 9 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .115 | .115 | .115 |
| October | 5 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .381 | .381 | .381 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 15 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .136 | .136 | .136 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 13 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .316 | .389 |
| new-york-yankees | 12 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .185 | .185 | .185 |
| st-louis-browns | 12 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .286 | .290 | .321 |
| chicago-white-sox | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
| detroit-tigers | 11 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .387 | .400 |
| cleveland-guardians | 8 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .174 | .190 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .273 | .375 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 |  Cincinnati Reds | 19 | 56 | 11 | – | 4 | 1 | .196 | – | – |
| 1907 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 40 | 102 | 24 | – | 7 | 3 | .235 | – | – |
| 1909 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 43 | 60 | 15 | – | 8 | 2 | .250 | – | – |