Fred Blanding
1910–1914 · bats R / throws R · Cleveland Guardians
147G
.216AVG
.258OBP
.266SLG
More career statistics
65H
1HR
24RBI
4SB
46–46W–L
814.1IP
278K
3.13ERA
86GS
3SV
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 | 301 | 300 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 22 | 57 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 330 | 327 |
| Batting · Runs | 28 | 29 |
| Batting · RBI | 24 | 26 |
| Batting · Walks | 14 | 12 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,378 | 3,456 |
| Pitching · p er | 283 | 287 |
| Pitching · p hr | 15 | 14 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,443 | 2,444 |
| Pitching · p k | 278 | 273 |
| Pitching · p r | 392 | 394 |
| Pitching · p w | 277 | 284 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | 330 | 301 | 28 | 65 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 80 | .216 | .258 | .266 | .524 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 814.3 | 144 | 86 | 57 | 46 | 46 | 3 | 859 | 392 | 283 | 15 | 277 | 278 | 0 | 0 | 3.13 | 1.395 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1911-08-30 to 1911-09-16
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1912-05-20 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1911-09-10 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1914-09-01 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 74 | 161 | 36 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 28 | .242 | .267 | .295 |
| Away | 73 | 166 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 29 | .192 | .205 | .238 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 13 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .179 | .179 | .286 |
| May | 27 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | .245 | .259 | .265 |
| June | 29 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | .262 | .288 | .286 |
| July | 21 | 52 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | .306 | .308 | .347 |
| August | 27 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | .241 | .267 | .370 |
| September | 25 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 18 | .111 | .123 | .127 |
| October | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .133 | .188 | .133 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 26 | 56 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | .280 | .304 | .360 |
| detroit-tigers | 24 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .238 | .277 | .310 |
| boston-red-sox | 23 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | .121 | .114 | .121 |
| chicago-white-sox | 22 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | .077 | .077 | .077 |
| new-york-yankees | 22 | 60 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 10 | .278 | .267 | .389 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 16 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .303 | .333 | .333 |
| st-louis-browns | 14 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .222 | .268 | .250 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 |  Cleveland Guardians | 6 | 18 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .111 | 45 | 25 |
| 1911 | Cleveland Guardians | 30 | 65 | 17 | – | 5 | 2 | .262 | 176 | 80 |
| 1912 | Cleveland Guardians | 39 | 93 | 21 | 1 | 10 | – | .226 | 262 | 75 |
| 1913 | Cleveland Guardians | 42 | 86 | 21 | – | 8 | 2 | .244 | 215 | 59 |
| 1914 | Cleveland Guardians | 30 | 38 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .105 | 116 | 34 |