Ted Blankenship
1922–1930 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox
242G
.196AVG
.231OBP
.320SLG
More career statistics
93H
9HR
55RBI
0SB
77–79W–L
1,330.2IP
378K
4.29ERA
156GS
4SV
7Rare 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 | 475 | 474 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 519 | 518 |
| Batting · RBI | 55 | 54 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 5,778 | 5,798 |
| Pitching · p er | 634 | 620 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,462 | 1,457 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,992 | 3,990 |
| Pitching · p k | 378 | 384 |
| Pitching · p r | 719 | 718 |
| Pitching · p w | 489 | 492 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 242 | 519 | 475 | 49 | 93 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 21 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 152 | .196 | .231 | .320 | .551 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,330.7 | 241 | 156 | 73 | 77 | 79 | 4 | 1,462 | 719 | 634 | 63 | 489 | 378 | 0 | 0 | 4.29 | 1.466 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1924-09-23 to 1925-04-28
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1928-07-07 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1927-05-20 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1922-07-03 | 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 | 122 | 244 | 45 | 5 | 22 | 8 | 51 | .197 | .217 | .298 |
| Away | 120 | 274 | 48 | 4 | 32 | 13 | 58 | .195 | .223 | .341 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 22 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .270 | .293 | .486 |
| May | 50 | 92 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | .155 | .163 | .333 |
| June | 35 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 20 | .188 | .188 | .219 |
| July | 54 | 121 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 22 | .223 | .256 | .339 |
| August | 31 | 85 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | .182 | .212 | .312 |
| September | 46 | 101 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 23 | .185 | .228 | .272 |
| October | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .222 | .625 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 43 | 99 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 18 | .233 | .242 | .349 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 40 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | .149 | .179 | .257 |
| detroit-tigers | 36 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | .170 | .190 | .321 |
| st-louis-browns | 35 | 84 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 15 | .178 | .226 | .288 |
| new-york-yankees | 32 | 66 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 21 | .217 | .258 | .367 |
| boston-red-sox | 31 | 80 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 21 | .240 | .250 | .360 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 25 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | .170 | .170 | .302 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 |  Chicago White Sox | 24 | 41 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .171 | 127 | 43 |
| 1923 | Chicago White Sox | 44 | 74 | 16 | 3 | 9 | – | .216 | 204 | 59 |
| 1924 | Chicago White Sox | 25 | 47 | 15 | 1 | 5 | – | .319 | 129 | 36 |
| 1925 | Chicago White Sox | 40 | 89 | 18 | 2 | 14 | – | .202 | 232 | 81 |
| 1926 | Chicago White Sox | 29 | 76 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .132 | 208 | 69 |
| 1927 | Chicago White Sox | 38 | 80 | 15 | 3 | 14 | – | .188 | 236 | 51 |
| 1928 | Chicago White Sox | 27 | 58 | 10 | – | 7 | – | .172 | 157 | 36 |
| 1929 | Chicago White Sox | 8 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | .250 | 18 | 7 |
| 1930 | Chicago White Sox | 7 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | 14 | 2 |