MLB / Players

Nick Blackburn

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 4 in · 240 lb
BornFebruary 24, 1982 · Ada, OK, USA
MLB debutSeptember 3, 2007
Final gameAugust 17, 2012
Seasons6 (2007–2012)

Minnesota Twins 2007–2012

Percentile snapshot

2009 season — qualified pitchers

G
33
54.5
GS
33
61
W
11
23.4
L
11
27.3
CG
3
77.9
SHO
0
0
H
240
1.3
ER
92
23.4
BB
41
92.2
SO
98
5.2
HR
25
20.8
IP
205.7
64.9
ERA
4.03
41.6
WHIP
1.366
26
K/9
4.29
1.3
FIP
4.41
22.1
FIP-
99.9
27.3
ERA+
109.7
46.8
sWAR
2.9
49.4

of 78 qualified 2009 pitchers (min 163 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
2.1
70.6

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
20076000000000000-0.3
200833330100000000.333.333.333.66779.280.5.3012.4
200933440000000200.000.000.000.000-123.6-100.0.0002.9
201028110000000000.000.000.000.000-127.8-100.0.000-0.8
201126220000000000.000.000.000.000-123.4-100.0.0000.7
201219220000000100.000.000.000.000-124.0-100.0.000-2.8

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
20076002000191028211.77.711.8006.174.68107.756.4-0.3
20083333111100022487399623193.34.051.3604.474.43104.2105.02.4
20093333111103024092419825205.74.031.3664.294.4199.9109.72.9
20102826101201019497406825161.05.421.4533.805.04122.176.1-0.8
2011262671001018374547619148.34.491.5984.614.87120.590.10.7
20121919490001438126422398.77.391.7133.836.05148.455.1-2.8

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
145
PA
12
AB
12
R
0
H
1
2B
0
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
3
SB
0
BA
.0833
OBP
.0833
SLG
.0833
OPS
.1666

Pitching

G (P)
145
GS
137
W
43
L
55
SV
0
CG
5
SHO
0
IP
819
SO (P)
388
BB allowed
202
ERA
4.848
WHIP
1.4719
K/9
4.27

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
2008-05-16MIN @ COL Gameday301000001
2009-06-24MIN @ MIL Gameday400000000
2010-06-18MIN @ PHI Gameday000000000
2010-06-24MIN @ MIL Gameday100000000
2011-06-22MIN @ SF Gameday200000000

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
2011-05-14TOR @ MIN Gameday7.2532281
2009-05-26BOS @ MIN Gameday7.0821270
2009-08-31CWS @ MIN Gameday7.0611070
2011-07-20CLE @ MIN Gameday6.0441270
2009-07-05DET @ MIN Gameday9.0721161

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.