Paul Blackburn - The Baseball Cube

PositionsP-122Position when DraftedPPlayer Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NamePaul Blackburn
Height6-2Weight185BatsRightThrowsRight
Born DateDecember 4,1993 [25.077]PlaceOakley,California
High SchoolHeritage (Brentwood,CA)

DraftedSelected by the Chicago Cubs [Team Picks] in the 1st round (56th overall) of the 2012 Amateur Entry Draft [Signed]
Signing Bonus$911,700Signing ScoutsScott FairbanksService Time0.093 (2017)
Prospect Rankings[PIPE] 2017-OAK-#26
MLB DebutJuly 1,2017 [23.209]
OrganizationsCHN [5] OAK [2] SEA [1] Awards0
TBC Player ID171196Retrosheet IDblacp001MLBAM ID621112
Pitch Repertoire 2-Seam Fastball (39.03%) -- Slider (28.92%) -- Fastball (12.21%) -- Curveball (9.96%) -- Changeup (9.45%) -- Cutter (0.44%)
Fastball Velocity [2018] - 89.44 - [2017] - 89.96
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Pitching Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
2012	Arizona Cubs	Ariz	Rk	chn	34	S/R	18	2	0	3.48	9	6	3	0	0	0	0	20.2	23	11	8	2	7	13	1	0	0	1.45	10.02	0.87	3.05	5.66	1.86	1.000	-
2013	Boise Hawks	Nwst	A-	chn	34	ST	19	2	3	3.33	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	46.0	41	26	17	3	29	38	3	0	0	1.52	8.02	0.59	5.67	7.43	1.31	.400	-
2014	Kane County Cougars	Midw	A	chn	34	ST	20	9	4	3.23	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	117.0	108	48	42	6	31	75	6	0	0	1.19	8.31	0.46	2.38	5.77	2.42	.692	-
2015	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Caro	A+	chn	33	ST	21	7	5	3.11	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	89.2	89	36	31	3	22	63	6	0	0	1.24	8.93	0.30	2.21	6.32	2.86	.583	-
2016	Tennessee Smokies	Sou	AA	chn	34	ST	22	6	4	3.17	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	102.0	96	47	36	6	26	72	4	0	0	1.19	8.44	0.53	2.29	6.33	2.77	.600	-
2016	Jackson Generals	Sou	AA	sea	33	ST	22	3	1	3.54	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	40.2	42	16	16	2	9	27	1	0	0	1.25	9.30	0.44	1.99	5.98	3.00	.750	-
2016	Minor Totals (2 teams)	Minor	AA	-	-	ST	0	9	5	3.27	26	25	1	0	0	0	0	142.1	138	63	52	8	35	99	5	0	0	1.21	8.69	0.50	2.20	6.23	2.83	.643	-
2017	Nashville Sounds	PCL	AAA	oak	33	ST	23	5	6	3.05	15	14	1	0	0	0	0	79.2	69	34	27	6	26	56	1	0	0	1.19	7.79	0.68	2.94	6.33	2.15	.455	-
2017	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	58	ST	23	3	1	3.22	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	58.2	58	22	21	5	16	22	1	0	0	1.26	8.90	0.77	2.45	3.37	1.38	.750	4.33
2018	Stockton Ports	Calif	A+	oak		ST	24	0	0	7.36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2.45	19.64	--	2.45	2.45	1.00	-	-
2018	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	58	ST	24	2	3	7.16	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	27.2	33	23	22	2	6	19	1	0	0	1.41	10.73	0.65	1.95	6.18	3.17	.400	0.22
MLB Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								5	4	4.48	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	85.0	91	45	43	7	22	41	2	0	0	1.31	9.49	0.73	2.29	4.27	1.86	.556	0.87
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)Filter								34	23	3.24	106	100	6	0	0	0	0	497.2	476	221	180	28	151	345	22	0	0	1.25	8.57	0.50	2.72	6.21	2.28	.596	-
AAA Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								5	6	3.05	15	14	1	0	0	0	0	79.2	69	34	27	6	26	56	1	0	0	1.19	7.79	0.68	2.94	6.33	2.15	.455	-
AA Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								9	5	3.27	26	25	1	0	0	0	0	142.1	138	63	52	8	35	99	5	0	0	1.21	8.69	0.50	2.20	6.23	2.83	.643	-
A+ Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								7	5	3.28	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	92.0	97	39	34	3	23	64	6	0	0	1.29	9.35	0.29	2.22	6.17	2.78	.583	-
A Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								9	4	3.23	24	24	0	0	0	0	0	117.0	108	48	42	6	31	75	6	0	0	1.19	8.31	0.46	2.38	5.77	2.42	.692	-
A- Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								2	3	3.33	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	46.0	41	26	17	3	29	38	3	0	0	1.52	8.02	0.59	5.67	7.43	1.31	.400	-
Rk Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								2	0	3.48	9	6	3	0	0	0	0	20.2	23	11	8	2	7	13	1	0	0	1.45	10.02	0.87	3.05	5.66	1.86	1.000	-
Oakland Athletics Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								5	4	4.48	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	85.0	91	45	43	7	22	41	2	0	0	1.31	9.49	0.73	2.29	4.27	1.86	.556	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								13	10	4.48	41	41	0	0	0	0	0	220.0	232	115	110	18	56	104	5	0	0	1.31	9.49	0.73	2.29	4.27	1.86	.565	0.87
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								15	10	3.24	47	44	3	0	0	0	0	220.0	210	97	79	12	66	152	10	0	0	1.25	8.57	0.50	2.72	6.21	2.28	.600	-

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
2016	Tennessee Smokies	Sou	AA	chn	34	p	22	8	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	.067	.067	.067	.134	1	0	16	.077	.000	.000	.059	0.00	12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2017	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	58	p	23	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2018	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	58		24	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Minor League Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								8	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	.067	.067	.067	.134	1	0	16	.077	.000	.000	.000	0.00	12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
AA Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								8	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	.067	.067	.067	.134	1	0	16	.077	.000	.000	.000	0.00	12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Oakland Athletics Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	405	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	162	0	0	0	0	81	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	405	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average Minor - Per 162 games								162	304	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	0	20	0	0	20	.067	.067	.067	.134	20	0	324	.077	.000	.000	.000	0.00	12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
2012	Arizona Cubs	Ariz	Rk	chn	18	P	9	-	-	1	5	1	-	7	6	.857	0.67	-	-	-	--	-	9	100.0	16.1
2013	Boise Hawks	Nwst	A-	chn	19	P	13	-	-	2	7	2	-	11	9	.818	0.69	-	-	-	--	-	13	100.0	17.1
2014	Kane County Cougars	Midw	A	chn	20	P	24	-	-	19	13	4	-	36	32	.889	1.33	-	-	-	--	-	24	100.0	17.1
2015	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Caro	A+	chn	21	P	18	-	-	10	21	1	-	32	31	.969	1.72	-	-	-	--	-	18	100.0	13.0
2016	Tennessee Smokies	Sou	AA	chn	22	P	18	-	-	7	21	3	-	31	28	.903	1.56	-	-	-	--	-	18	100.0	12.9
2016	Jackson Generals	Sou	AA	sea	22	P	8	-	-	2	7	-	-	9	9	1.000	1.13	-	-	-	--	-	8	100.0	5.8
2017	Nashville Sounds	PCL	AAA	oak	23	P	15	-	-	8	16	1	1	25	24	.960	1.60	-	-	-	--	-	15	100.0	10.8
2017	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	23	P	10	10	58	1	8	-	-	9	9	1.000	0.90	0.16	1	3	25.0	-	10	100.0	6.2
2018	Stockton Ports	Calif	A+	oak	24	P	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	1	100.0	0.7
2018	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	24	P	6	6	27	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	3	2	60.0	-	6	100.0	3.7
MLB Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	16	16	85	1	8	-	-	9	9	1.000	0.56	0.11	4	5	44.4	-	16	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	15	-	-	8	16	1	1	25	24	.960	1.60	-	-	-	--	-	15	0.0	0.0
AA Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	26	-	-	9	28	3	-	40	37	.925	1.42	-	-	-	--	-	26	0.0	0.0
A+ Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	19	-	-	10	21	1	-	32	31	.969	1.63	-	-	-	--	-	19	0.0	0.0
A Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	24	-	-	19	13	4	-	36	32	.889	1.33	-	-	-	--	-	24	0.0	0.0
A- Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	13	-	-	2	7	2	-	11	9	.818	0.69	-	-	-	--	-	13	0.0	0.0
Rk Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	9	-	-	1	5	1	-	7	6	.857	0.67	-	-	-	--	-	9	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
2012	Arizona Cubs	Ariz	Rk	chn	18	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Boise Hawks	Nwst	A-	chn	19	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Kane County Cougars	Midw	A	chn	20	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Caro	A+	chn	21	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	Tennessee Smokies	Sou	AA	chn	22	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	Jackson Generals	Sou	AA	sea	22	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Nashville Sounds	PCL	AAA	oak	23	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	23	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	Stockton Ports	Calif	A+	oak	24	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	Oakland Athletics	AL	MLB	oak	24	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	RA9	WPct
2017	Oakland Athletics	MLB Spring Training	MLB	23	0	0	11.57	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	4.2	8	6	6	2	3	4	0	0		2.62	15.43	3.86	5.79	7.71	1.33	11.57	.000
2018	Oakland Athletics	MLB Spring Training	MLB	24	0	3	6.75	6	3	3	0	0	1	0	17.1	15	13	13	3	10	17	0	0		1.46	7.79	1.56	5.19	8.83	1.70	6.75	.000
MLB Spring Training Totals - 2 yrs					0	3	7.77	9	3	6	0	0	1	0	22.0	23	19	19	5	13	21	0	0		1.64	9.41	2.05	5.32	8.59	1.62	7.77	.000

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
2018-10-29	SP	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Activated from DL	24.329	Team Roster on 2018-10-29
2018-08-31	SP	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	-	DL-60	Injured	DL60 Transferred to 60-day DL	24.270	Team Roster on 2018-08-31
2018-07-08	SP	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Y	DL-10	Injured	DL10 Right elbow lateral epicondylitis	24.216	Team Roster on 2018-07-08
2018-06-07	SP	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Activated from DL	24.185	Team Roster on 2018-06-07
2018-05-31	SP	Oakland Athletics	Stockton (A+)	-	DL-60	Injured	Assigned to Stockton (A+) for rehab	24.178	Team Roster on 2018-05-31
2018-04-05	SP	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	-	DL-60	Injured	DL60 Transferred to 60-day DL	24.122	Team Roster on 2018-04-05
2018-03-28	SP	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Y	DL-10	Injured	DL10 Strained right forearm	24.114	Team Roster on 2018-03-28
2017-11-06	SP	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Activated from DL	23.337	Team Roster on 2017-11-06
2017-09-05	SP	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	-	DL-60	Injured	DL60 Transferred to 60-day DL	23.275	Team Roster on 2017-09-05
2017-08-25	SP	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Y	DL-10	Injured	DL10 Bruised right forearm	23.264	Team Roster on 2017-08-25
2017-07-01	SP	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Recalled from Nashville (AAA)	23.209	Team Roster on 2017-07-01
2017-04-06	P	Oakland Athletics	Nashville (AAA)	Y	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Assigned to Nashville (AAA)	23.123	Team Roster on 2017-04-06
2016-12-01	P	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	Y	Active	MLB Active	Contract purchased from minors	22.362	Team Roster on 2016-12-01
2016-11-11	P	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Athletics (MLB)	-	Minors	Traded	Traded from Mariners to Athletics for Danny Valencia	22.342	Team Roster on 2016-11-11
2016-07-21	P	Seattle Mariners	Jackson (AA)	-	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Assigned to Jackson (AA)	22.229	Team Roster on 2016-07-21
2016-07-21	P	Seattle Mariners	Seattle Mariners (MLB)	-	Minors	Traded	Traded from Cubs with Dan Vogelbach to Mariners for Mike Montgomery and Jordan Pries	22.229	Team Roster on 2016-07-21
2016-04-07	P	Chicago Cubs	Tennessee (AA)	-	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Assigned to Tennessee (AA)	22.124	Team Roster on 2016-04-07
2015-07-13	P	Chicago Cubs	Myrtle Beach (A+)	-	Minors	Activated Minors	Activated from disabled list	21.221	Team Roster on 2015-07-13
2015-06-18	P	Chicago Cubs	Myrtle Beach (A+)	-	DL-7	Injured	DL7 Injured	21.196	Team Roster on 2015-06-18
2015-04-09	P	Chicago Cubs	Myrtle Beach (A+)	-	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Assigned to Myrtle Beach (A+)	21.126	Team Roster on 2015-04-09
2014-04-12	P	Chicago Cubs	Kane County (A)	-	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Assigned to Kane County (A)	20.129	Team Roster on 2014-04-12
2013-06-15	P	Chicago Cubs	Boise (A-)	-	Minors	Reassigned Minors	Assigned to Boise (A-)	19.193	Team Roster on 2013-06-15
2012-07-14	P	Chicago Cubs	Arizona Cubs (Rk)	-	Minors	--		18.222	Team Roster on 2012-07-14

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Year	Team Name	Payroll	Age	Salary	Serv	MLB Rk	Tm Rk	Centile	Above	League Avg	League Min	Career*	Contracts
2012	Chicago Cubs	-	18	911,700	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	911,700	Signing Bonus out of 2012 Draft (1st round - 56th overall)
2017	Oakland Athletics	Team Payroll	23	535,000	0.093	819	49	-		3,651,709	535,000	1,446,700

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