Larvell Blanks
Atlanta Braves 1972–1975; Cleveland Indians 1976–1978; Texas Rangers 1979; Atlanta Braves 1980
Percentile snapshot
1975 season — qualified batters
of 128 qualified 1975 batters (min 499 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 33 | 94 | 85 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .329 | .376 | .424 | .800 | 124.7 | 118.2 | .372 | 0.7 |
| 1973 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .263 | .222 | .485 | 27.7 | 31.9 | .236 | -0.1 |
| 1974 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 29.5 | 38.1 | .236 | 0.0 |
| 1975 | 141 | 517 | 471 | 49 | 110 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 38 | 43 | 4 | 3 | .234 | .292 | .293 | .585 | 60.0 | 61.1 | .282 | -0.1 |
| 1976 | 104 | 371 | 328 | 45 | 92 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | .280 | .337 | .393 | .730 | 117.1 | 115.1 | .343 | 2.4 |
| 1977 | 105 | 351 | 322 | 43 | 92 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 19 | 37 | 3 | 0 | .286 | .324 | .398 | .721 | 97.8 | 98.7 | .323 | 1.4 |
| 1978 | 70 | 212 | 193 | 19 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .254 | .285 | .337 | .622 | 71.5 | 75.4 | .285 | 0.3 |
| 1979 | 68 | 138 | 120 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .259 | .267 | .526 | 42.9 | 43.8 | .245 | -0.2 |
| 1980 | 88 | 243 | 221 | 23 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .204 | .255 | .258 | .513 | 36.8 | 41.6 | .244 | -0.7 |
Career totals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-07-08 | TOR @ CLE Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 1977-08-08 | CLE @ BAL Gameday | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1976-07-28 | CLE @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1976-05-31 | BAL @ CLE Gameday | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 1976-06-11 | CWS @ CLE Gameday | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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.