Cy Blanton
1934–1942 · bats L / throws R · NLS, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates
202G
.154AVG
.197OBP
.164SLG
More career statistics
66H
0HR
26RBI
0SB
68–71W–L
1,218.1IP
611K
3.55ERA
167GS
4SV
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 · At bats | 428 | 429 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 98 | 100 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 473 | 474 |
| Batting · Runs | 22 | 23 |
| Batting · RBI | 26 | 25 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,173 | 5,171 |
| Pitching · p er | 481 | 486 |
| Pitching · p hr | 64 | 61 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,655 | 3,656 |
| Pitching · p k | 611 | 612 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202 | 473 | 428 | 22 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 23 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | .154 | .197 | .164 | .361 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,218.3 | 202 | 167 | 75 | 68 | 71 | 4 | 1,243 | 588 | 481 | 64 | 337 | 611 | 0 | 0 | 3.55 | 1.297 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1936-05-31 to 1936-06-13
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1935-06-04 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1935-04-19 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1937-06-26 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 94 | 231 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 44 | .159 | .199 | .163 |
| Away | 108 | 243 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 56 | .149 | .177 | .163 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 24 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | .082 | .113 | .082 |
| May | 33 | 72 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | .113 | .153 | .145 |
| June | 34 | 94 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | .153 | .181 | .165 |
| July | 39 | 93 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 | .134 | .194 | .134 |
| August | 38 | 82 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 18 | .237 | .256 | .250 |
| September | 33 | 79 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 | .171 | .203 | .171 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 31 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .135 | .203 | .154 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 30 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | .125 | .161 | .125 |
| cincinnati-reds | 28 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 20 | .203 | .217 | .203 |
| new-york-giants | 28 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | .125 | .145 | .125 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 27 | 73 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 11 | .222 | .288 | .254 |
| boston-braves | 27 | 68 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | .143 | .147 | .159 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 20 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | .085 | .118 | .085 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 11 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .217 | .200 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 8 | 5 |
| 1935 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 97 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .134 | 254 | 142 |
| 1936 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 44 | 84 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .155 | 235 | 127 |
| 1937 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 85 | 14 | – | 3 | – | .165 | 242 | 143 |
| 1938 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 29 | 64 | 13 | – | 7 | – | .203 | 173 | 80 |
| 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | 14 | 4 | – | 3 | – | .286 | 42 | 11 |
| 1940 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 13 | 24 | 2 | – | – | – | .083 | 77 | 25 |
| 1941 | Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 51 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .118 | 163 | 64 |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | .111 | 22 | 15 |