Grant
Blackburn
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 170
 
Born: August 12, 1978 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Hoover Award 2004    2009    2010   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 25 DKH KL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4 5 5 5
2005 26 DKH KL $ 650,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 6 6
2006 27 DKH KL $ 650,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 5 5
2007 28 PEN KL $ 3,500,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 6 6
2008 29 PEN KL $ 4,500,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 5 5
2009 30 PEN KL $ 4,500,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 5 5
2010 31 PEN KL $ 9,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hank Aaron Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 25 DKH KL 150 454 37 90 24 8 8 44 25 17 25 133 .198 .239 .339 .578 35.5 2.5
2005 26 DKH KL 95 184 23 44 10 2 5 28 11 11 10 51 .239 .277 .397 .674 18.1 1.9
2006 27 DKH KL 109 154 29 33 10 2 7 13 6 5 12 41 .214 .274 .442 .715 17.2 1.5
2007 28 PEN KL 136 337 42 93 25 5 8 36 0 6 27 81 .276 .332 .451 .783 43.6 7.2
2008 29 PEN KL 155 545 56 138 43 9 10 82 13 17 35 144 .253 .303 .420 .723 65.1 9.2
2009 30 PEN KL 155 586 66 147 40 7 13 76 2 3 34 151 .251 .295 .410 .705 64.8 12.6
2010 31 PEN KL 158 576 59 140 41 7 9 69 0 3 36 147 .243 .290 .385 .675 60.7 10.7
7 Years Sim 958 2836 312 685 193 40 60 348 57 62 179 748 .242 .289 .401 .690 305.0 45.7
162 Game Average 479 52 115 32 6 10 58 9 10 30 126 .242 .289 .401 .690 51.6  
Career Highs 158 586 66 147 43 9 13 82 25 17 36 151 .276 .332 .451 .783 65.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1980 211 453 133 29 40 241 44 46 119 564 .229 .275 .386 .661 196.1
vs LH   856 101 232 60 11 20 107 13 16 60 184 .271 .319 .437 .755 111.7
Home 469 1362 144 318 86 22 32 173 27 30 86 374 .233 .281 .399 .680 144.2
Away 489 1474 168 367 107 18 28 175 30 32 93 374 .249 .296 .403 .699 163.6
RISP   717 0 183 49 9 17 260 0 0 55 182 .255 .304 .420 .724 90.6
Pinch Hitting   126 20 30 11 3 2 19 2 1 6 33 .238 .284 .421 .704 13.8
Close/Late   393 51 87 23 5 9 38 0 2 31 104 .221 .277 .374 .651 40.2
Mar/Apr 134 412 46 98 30 8 9 45 10 9 26 112 .238 .284 .415 .699 46.0
May 173 496 66 137 40 11 17 73 12 18 31 127 .276 .321 .504 .825 71.7
June 160 488 47 114 35 7 5 52 10 13 27 126 .234 .274 .365 .639 44.1
July 154 450 50 99 21 7 9 42 10 9 37 114 .220 .280 .358 .638 44.2
August 169 528 57 130 39 6 11 81 9 8 31 150 .246 .291 .405 .696 58.6
Sep/Oct 168 462 46 107 28 1 9 55 6 5 27 119 .232 .278 .355 .633 43.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hoover Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 25 DKH KL 2B 143 138 1182.3 249 418 13 76 .981 5.08   5.5
    SS 4 0 14.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 5.79   0.1
    1B 1 0 7.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
2005 26 DKH KL 3B 33 15 176.0 14 46 3 3 .952 3.07   0.7
    2B 31 10 153.0 26 55 0 12 1.000 4.76   0.9
    SS 11 11 94.0 12 41 0 7 1.000 5.07   0.7
2006 27 DKH KL 2B 56 16 224.0 41 74 1 10 .991 4.62   1.1
    SS 10 8 79.3 14 32 3 3 .939 5.22   0.5
    3B 13 2 41.0 2 16 1 2 .947 3.95   0.3
2007 28 PEN KL 3B 54 50 440.3 22 94 7 19 .943 2.37   0.9
    SS 35 9 129.7 9 41 2 4 .962 3.47   0.6
    2B 13 11 100.3 21 41 1 8 .984 5.56   0.7
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2008 29 PEN KL SS 149 148 1292.0 168 477 34 72 .950 4.49   3.8
    2B 5 0 8.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
2009 30 PEN KL 2B 150 147 1335.0 272 472 6 86 .992 5.02   8.7
    3B 3 0 11.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
2010 31 PEN KL 2B 147 142 1280.7 265 442 7 101 .990 4.97   6.0
    SS 6 2 28.0 6 13 1 0 .950 6.11   0.1
    3B 2 0 7.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.52   0.0
  2B 545 464 4283.3 877 1503 28 293 .988 5.00   22.9
  SS 215 178 1637.0 212 610 40 87 .954 4.52   5.8
  3B 107 67 682.0 41 161 11 24 .948 2.67   1.9
  1B 1 0 7.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
  RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   870 709 6612.3 1138 2274 79 405 .977 4.64   30.6
Career Highs   155 148 1346.0 274 479 34 101 .992 5.11    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2010-2-158
At-Bats
2009-6-586
Doubles
2008-3-43
2009-5-40
2010-6-41
CAR-41-193
Triples
2004-9-8
2008-4-9
2009-6-7
2010-6-7
CAR-15-40
Caught Stealing
2008-3-17
CAR-35-62
Strikeouts
2004-9-133
2008-4-144
2009-5-151
2010-7-147
CAR-19-748
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 12
 
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  6. Jason Pitts (905)
  7. Sixto Monagas (905)
  8. Chris Pitzer (902)
  9. Paul Ryan (900)
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 94th overall pick, by DeKalb in 2004
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/5/2004, off Tito Valdejuli (CCC)
Injured on 8/30/2004 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
10/16/2004: Signed a contract extension with DeKalb, $650,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Hoover Award at Second Base in 2004
Drove in 7 runs against Orlando on 8/22/2005
Injured on 9/3/2005 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Peluca on 2/5/2007 to a 1-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Peluca on 2/8/2008 to a 2-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year
7/5/2009: Signed a contract extension with Peluca, $9,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Hoover Award at Second Base in 2009
Won Hoover Award at Second Base in 2010