Blaine Neal | Major Leaguer 2001-2005

Full Name: Blaine Neal
Born: April 6,1978 in Marlton, New Jersey
Height: 6-5 Weight: 205 Bats: Left Throws: Right
High School: Bishop Eustace (Pennsauken,NJ)
College:

Son of Joseph Neal

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Prospect Rankings*
2001 - 7th ranked organizational prospect for Florida Marlins
2002 - 8th ranked organizational prospect for Florida Marlins
2003 - 9th ranked organizational prospect for Florida Marlins

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Florida Marlins in 4th Round (104th overall) of 1996 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jul 13,1996] - signed [Apr 3,2004] - Traded by Marlins to Padres for Ben Howard. [Mar 22,2005] - Traded by Padres to Red Sox for Adam Hyzdu [May 11,2005] - Claimed off waivers by Rockies from Red Sox [Jan 9,2006] - Signed by Cardinals (minor) [Nov 10,2006] - Signed by Blue Jays (minor)

Signed by: Will George

Disabled List: [Jun 17,2005] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right elbow inflammation) [Jul 23,2005] - Transferred to 60 day DL. [Sep 8,2005] - Activated

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1996	GCL Marlns	GCL	18	Fla	Rk	1	1	4.60	7	5	0	0	1	1	29.1	32	18	15	1	6	15	3	3	9.82	0.31	1.84	4.60	1.30	--
1997	GCL Marlns	GCL	19	Fla	Rk	4	1	3.63	10	0	0	0	5	1	22.1	24	11	9	1	11	19	2	0	9.67	0.40	4.43	7.66	1.57	--
1999	Kane Cty	Midw	21	Fla	A	4	2	2.32	26	0	0	0	18	6	31.0	21	8	8	2	10	31	1	0	6.10	0.58	2.90	9.00	1.00	--
2000	Brevard Ct	FSL	22	Fla	A+	2	2	2.15	41	0	0	0	34	11	54.1	40	27	13	1	24	65	1	0	6.63	0.17	3.98	10.77	1.18	--
2001	Portland	East	23	Fla	AA	2	3	2.36	54	0	0	0	44	21	53.1	43	17	14	1	21	45	2	0	7.26	0.17	3.54	7.59	1.20	--
	Florida	NL	23	Fla	MLB	0	0	6.75	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	7	4	4	0	5	3	1	0	11.82	0.00	8.44	5.07	2.25	39%
2002	Calgary	PCL	24	Fla	AAA	3	1	2.90	29	0	0	0	25	11	31.0	27	11	10	2	15	26	1	0	7.84	0.58	4.35	7.55	1.35	--
	Florida	NL	24	Fla	MLB	3	0	2.73	32	0	0	0	6	0	33.0	32	12	10	1	14	33	4	0	8.73	0.27	3.82	9.00	1.39	51%
2003	Albuqurque	PCL	25	Fla	AAA	3	2	2.33	40	0	0	0	30	21	46.1	55	22	12	1	16	32	3		10.68	0.19	3.11	6.22	1.53	--
	Florida	NL	25	Fla	MLB	0	0	8.14	18	0	0	0	6	0	21.0	38	20	19	2	9	10	1	0	16.29	0.86	3.86	4.29	2.24	46%
2004	Portland	PCL	26	Sd	AAA	4	2	1.86	27	0	0	0	4	1	38.2	32	10	8	0	12	38	1		7.45	0.00	2.79	8.85	1.14	--
	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	1	1	4.07	40	0	0	0	8	0	42.0	49	19	19	6	11	36	0	0	10.50	1.29	2.36	7.71	1.43	48%
2005	Tulsa	Tex	27	Col	AA	0	1	9.00	4	1	0	0		0	3.0	4	4	3	1	1	2	1	0	12.00	3.00	3.00	6.00	1.67	--
	Colo Spr	PCL	27	Col	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	--
	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	0	1	9.00	8	0	0	0	4	0	8.0	15	9	8	2	3	3	0	0	16.88	2.25	3.38	3.38	2.25	27%
	Colorado	NL	27	Col	MLB	1	2	6.14	11	0	0	0	3	0	14.2	20	10	10	2	9	8	1	0	12.28	1.23	5.53	4.91	1.98	59%
2006	Altoona	East	28	Pit	AA	2	0	1.99	29	0	0	0	8	2	40.2	34	13	9	2	10	46	2	0	7.53	0.44	2.21	10.18	1.08	--
2007	Syracuse	IL	29	Tor	AAA	5	7	4.15	47	0	0	0	39	11	56.1	58	29	26	8	27	50	9	0	9.27	1.28	4.31	7.99	1.51	--
2008	Toledo	IL	30	Det	AAA	1	0	1.21	38	0	0	0	36	26	37.1	29	8	5	3	12	39	4	0	6.99	0.72	2.89	9.40	1.10	--

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)						5	4	5.08	113	0	0	0	27	0	124.0	161	74	70	13	51	93	7	0	11.69	0.94	3.70	6.75	1.71	47%
Minor League Totals - 12 Season(s)						31	22	2.67	353	6	0	0		112	444.2	400	178	132	23	165	408	30		8.10	0.47	3.34	8.27	1.27	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1998	Utica	NYPL	20	Fla	A-	1b		53	121	13	23	4	0	0	13	2	1	23	32	2	0	0	0	7	.190	.329	.223	552	--
2001	Florida	NL	23	Fla	MLB	p	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2002	Florida	NL	24	Fla	MLB	p	9	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2003	Florida	NL	25	Fla	MLB	p	9	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2004	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	p	9	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2005	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	p	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Colorado	NL	27	Col	MLB	p	9	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)								108	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)								53	121	13	23	4	0	0	13	2	1	23	32	2	0	0	0	7	.190	.329	.223	552	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1996	GCL Marlns	GCL	18	Fla	Rk	P	7			1	3	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1997	GCL Marlns	GCL	19	Fla	Rk	P	10			1	0	3	4	0	-	-	-	.250	--

1998	Utica	NYPL	20	Fla	A-	1B	33			252	16	5	273	17	-	-	-	.982	--
1998	Utica	NYPL	20	Fla	A-	OF	1			2	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1999	Kane Cty	Midw	21	Fla	A	P	26			2	4	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

2000	Brevard Ct	FSL	22	Fla	A+	P	41			5	3	0	8	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

2001	Portland	East	23	Fla	AA	P	54			6	9	1	16	0	-	-	-	.938	--
2001	Florida	NL	23	Fla	MLB	P	4		5.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

2002	Calgary	PCL	24	Fla	AAA	P	29			2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Florida	NL	24	Fla	MLB	P	32		33	3	1	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.09

2003	Albuqurque	PCL	25	Fla	AAA	P	40			2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2003	Florida	NL	25	Fla	MLB	P	18	-	21	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	.86

2004	Portland	PCL	26	Sd	AAA	P	27			2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2004	San Diego	NL	26	Sd	MLB	P	40	-	42	7	7	0	14	2	-	-	-	1.000	3.00

2005	Tulsa	Tex	27	Col	AA	P	4			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2005	Colo Spr	PCL	27	Col	AAA	P	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2005	Boston	AL	27	Bos	MLB	P	8	-	8	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.25
2005	Colorado	NL	27	Col	MLB	P	11	-	14.2	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.84

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	78
2002	*200,000		1,654,088	80
2003	300,000		1,773,364	80
2004	*300,000		1,716,303	80
2005	321,000		1,825,756	60

Career:	$1,321,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Neal throws a 94 mph fastball, with a good slider and a sinker.