Buddy Blair
HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 186 lb
BornSeptember 10, 1910 · Columbia, MS, USA
MLB debutApril 14, 1942
Final gameSeptember 20, 1942
Seasons1 (1942–1942)
Philadelphia Athletics 1942
Percentile snapshot
1942 season — qualified batters
of 147 qualified 1942 batters (min 477 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 137 | 523 | 484 | 48 | 135 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 66 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 6 | .279 | .325 | .397 | .722 | 97.1 | 100.5 | .339 | 1.8 |
Career totals
G
137
PA
523
AB
484
R
48
H
135
2B
26
3B
8
HR
5
RBI
66
BB
30
SO
30
SB
1
BA
.2789
OBP
.3250
SLG
.3967
OPS
.7217
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942-05-21 | ATH @ DET Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 1942-07-09 | CLE @ ATH Gameday | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1942-09-20 | MIN @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1942-05-23 | ATH @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1942-05-13 | ATH @ BAL Gameday | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942-04-14 | ATH @ BOS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942-04-15 | ATH @ BOS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942-04-16 | ATH @ BOS Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942-04-17 | MIN @ ATH Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942-04-18 | MIN @ ATH Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.