David
Blecha
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 220
 
Born: February 15, 1975 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 29 JBZ KL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 3 4 3 4 5 5
2005 30 DDR KL $ 808,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 3 4 4 4 5 5
2006 31 PEN KL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 3 3 3 4 5 5
2007 32 PEN KL $ 2,500,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 3 4 3 4 5 5
2008 33 NAZ KL $ 2,320,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 3 3 3 4 5 4
2009 34 NAZ KL $ 2,320,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 2 3 3 4 5 4
2010 35 SCS HL $ 4,500,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 2 3 3 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 2 3 3 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 3 4 4 4 5 5
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 29 JBZ KL 105 126 21 27 10 1 3 10 14 1 7 34 .214 .261 .381 .642 14.4 3.1
2005 30 DDR KL 108 317 38 85 25 2 8 40 18 3 20 91 .268 .317 .435 .752 46.4 8.4
2006 31 PEN KL 150 521 57 119 23 5 18 68 25 5 32 142 .228 .276 .395 .672 59.2 7.1
2007 32 PEN KL 136 435 61 114 27 2 16 69 35 7 20 114 .262 .309 .444 .752 59.8 9.0
2008 33 NAZ KL 131 422 52 115 30 3 10 52 20 4 19 107 .273 .306 .429 .735 54.3 10.5
2009 34 NAZ KL 132 388 55 112 34 3 13 63 21 6 23 103 .289 .335 .492 .827 63.3 14.0
2010 35 SCS HL 109 202 32 39 13 0 5 27 5 2 11 63 .193 .236 .332 .568 15.5 0.6
7 Years Sim 871 2411 316 611 162 16 73 329 138 28 132 654 .253 .298 .425 .723 313.0 52.8
162 Game Average 448 58 113 30 2 13 61 25 5 24 121 .253 .298 .425 .723 58.2  
Career Highs 150 521 61 119 34 5 18 69 35 7 32 142 .289 .335 .492 .827 63.3  
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   1896 252 501 127 12 65 289 109 21 111 506 .264 .311 .447 .758 262.7
vs LH   515 64 110 35 4 8 40 29 7 21 148 .214 .249 .344 .593 43.6
Home 425 1120 145 277 68 8 34 150 71 14 65 317 .247 .297 .413 .711 139.2
Away 446 1291 171 334 94 8 39 179 67 14 67 337 .259 .299 .435 .733 167.1
RISP   652 0 157 45 4 18 245 0 0 40 195 .241 .289 .405 .694 73.6
Pinch Hitting   193 18 36 10 0 3 17 5 1 15 58 .187 .255 .285 .540 13.6
Close/Late   359 54 83 29 0 7 40 0 0 20 109 .231 .276 .370 .647 34.8
Mar/Apr 110 245 38 56 11 1 9 42 15 2 16 60 .229 .280 .392 .672 28.8
May 129 296 31 67 20 1 6 37 16 5 16 85 .226 .274 .361 .635 28.8
June 157 441 65 114 33 4 13 55 28 7 30 121 .259 .310 .440 .750 60.2
July 134 405 58 101 27 2 12 52 24 3 28 113 .249 .302 .415 .716 52.5
August 158 457 48 118 28 2 11 65 33 4 16 125 .258 .297 .400 .698 54.1
Sep/Oct 183 567 76 155 43 6 22 78 22 7 26 150 .273 .308 .487 .794 81.9
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 29 JBZ KL CF 26 14 149.0 38 1 0 0 1.000 2.36   0.4
    RF 4 0 9.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
2005 30 DDR KL CF 95 81 766.0 214 4 2 2 .991 2.56   2.4
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
2006 31 PEN KL CF 139 136 1207.3 339 5 5 2 .986 2.56   3.4
2007 32 PEN KL CF 126 102 949.0 290 3 2 2 .993 2.78   3.3
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
2008 33 NAZ KL CF 117 101 931.7 251 2 5 1 .981 2.44   4.3
    1B 1 0 9.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
2009 34 NAZ KL CF 103 98 855.0 214 3 2 1 .991 2.28   3.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
2010 35 SCS HL CF 58 41 397.7 102 3 1 1 .991 2.38   0.8
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 664 573 5255.7 1448 21 17 9 .989 2.52   18.0
  RF 6 0 12.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.92    
  1B 1 0 9.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
  LF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   675 573 5283.0 1463 21 17 10 .989 2.53   18.0
Career Highs   139 136 1207.3 339 5 5 2 1.000 2.79    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2008 33 NAZ KL 4 16 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 .188 .235 .438 .673
2009 34 NAZ KL 10 39 2 7 0 0 1 4 1 1 1 11 .179 .190 .256 .447
Career Post-Season Batting 14 55 4 10 1 0 2 5 1 1 1 17 .182 .203 .309 .512
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.
Stolen Bases
2007-9-35
CAR-31-138
Strikeouts
2006-4-142
CAR-48-654
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 2
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20
 
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  1. Edward Russel (960)
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  4. Jose Cordero (950)
  5. Gary Fairbanks (948)
  6. Bill Whitney (940)
  7. Arturo Nuņez (940)
  8. Jessie Littrell (937)
  9. Phillip Russell (930)
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History
Drafted in 22nd round, 431st overall pick, by Jacksonville in 2004
Had first career hit on 4/23/2004, off Peter Bowers (CCC)
Hit first career homerun on 8/23/2004, off Dennis Riccio (FCO)
Hit first career homerun on 9/1/2004, off Justin Hines (NYE)
Signed as a free agent by Dyersville on 5/5/2005 to a 1-year deal worth $808,000 per year
Injured on 7/2/2007 with a Sprained Wrist, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Nazareth on 2/16/2008 to a 2-year deal worth $2,320,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 8/31/2009, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Signed as a free agent by South Carolina on 2/17/2010 to a 2-year deal worth $4,500,000 per year