Nick Blackburn

Robert Nicholas Blackburn MLB 2007-2012 | 2002-2012

Control
80

K-Rating
17

Efficiency
55

vsPower
51

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Status Minnesota Twins (DL-15 Strained left quadriceps) Positions P-213 Born Feb 24, 1982 (30) Place Ada,Oklahoma Ht/Wt 6-4 / 230 Bats/Throws: Right / Right High School Del City (Oklahoma City,OK) College Seminole State College
Drafted Minnesota Twins: 2001-29-857 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: September 3,2007 box

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Pitching Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Strikeout Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	GB/FB	QS	HB	AB	Bavg	TBF	Pit/B	Bal	Str	Sw	Record	TR
2002	Elizabethton	App	Rk	37	min	20	22	3	3	4.99	13	13	0	0	0	0	66.2	70	41	37	6	21	62	1	0	1.36	9.45	0.81	2.83	8.37	0.34	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	37-30	2
2003	Quad Cities	Midw	A		min	21	35	2	9	4.86	16	10	2	1	4	1	76.0	78	44	41	13	18	40	5	0	1.26	9.24	1.54	2.13	4.74	0.45	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	59-78	7
2004	Quad Cities	Midw	A	37	min	22	57	6	4	2.77	20	13	1	1	5	1	84.1	69	37	26	3	23	66	2	0	1.09	7.36	0.32	2.45	7.04	0.35	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	68-68	6
	Fort Myers	FSL	A+	-	min	22	-	3	3	6.27	9	7	0	0	0	0	37.1	51	30	26	7	7	21	1	0	1.55	12.30	1.69	1.69	5.06	0.33	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	61-74	4
2005	Fort Myers	FSL	A+	-	min	23	76	7	5	3.36	15	15	1	0	0	0	93.2	95	43	35	5	16	55	1	0	1.19	9.13	0.48	1.54	5.29	0.29	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	74-59	3
	New Britain	East	AA	32	min	23	34	2	4	1.84	7	7	2	1	0	0	49.0	35	16	10	1	10	27	1	0	0.92	6.43	0.18	1.84	4.96	0.37	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	70-72	4
	Rochester	IL	AAA	-	min	23	-	0	0	5.14	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	20	11	8	2	3	7	0	0	1.64	12.86	1.29	1.93	4.50	0.43	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	75-69	3
2006	New Britain	East	AA		min	24	36	7	8	4.42	30	19	2	1	3	0	132.1	141	72	65	11	37	81	6	0	1.35	9.59	0.75	2.52	5.51	0.46	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	64-78	5
2007	New Britain	East	AA	-	min	25	-	3	1	3.08	8	7	0	0	0	0	38.0	36	21	13	1	7	18	1	0	1.13	8.53	0.24	1.66	4.26	0.39	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	69-72	4
	Rochester	IL	AAA	30	min	25	21	7	3	2.11	17	17	3	2	0	0	110.2	96	32	26	7	12	57	3	0	0.98	7.81	0.57	0.98	4.64	0.21	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	77-67	2
	Minnesota	AL	MLB	53	min	25	-	0	2	7.72	6	0	0	0	3	0	11.2	19	12	10	2	2	8	0	0	1.80	14.67	1.54	1.54	6.17	0.25	0.63	0	0	0	--	0	--	33.5	66.5	7.6	79-83	3
2008	Minnesota	AL	MLB	53	min	26	35	11	11	4.05	33	33	0	0	0	0	193.1	224	102	87	23	39	96	2	0	1.36	10.43	1.07	1.82	4.47	0.41	0.86	0	0	0	--	0	--	32.9	67.1	6.5	88-75	2
2009	Minnesota	AL	MLB	53	min	27	16	11	11	4.03	33	33	3	0	0	0	205.2	240	103	92	25	41	98	2	0	1.37	10.50	1.09	1.79	4.29	0.42	0.90	0	0	0	--	0	--	35.1	64.9	5.3	87-76	1
2010	Rochester	IL	AAA	53	min	28	-	1	0	2.49	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.2	19	7	6	2	6	13	2	0	1.15	7.89	0.83	2.49	5.40	0.46	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	49-95	6
	Minnesota	AL	MLB	53	min	28	71	10	12	5.42	28	26	1	0	2	0	161.0	194	101	97	25	40	68	3	1	1.45	10.84	1.40	2.24	3.80	0.59	1.08	0	0	0	--	0	--	35.3	64.7	4.2	94-68	1
2011	Minnesota	AL	MLB	53	min	29	-	7	10	4.49	26	26	1	0	0	0	148.1	183	91	74	19	54	76	5	0	1.60	11.10	1.15	3.28	4.61	0.71	1.23	0	0	0	--	0	--	37.4	62.6	5.1	63-99	5
2012	rochester	il	AAA		min	30	5/29/2012	0	0	9.82	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	4	4	4	0	3	2			1.91	9.82	0.00	7.36	4.91	1.50	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
	Minnesota	AL	MLB		min	30	5/29/2012	1	4	8.37	7	7	0	0	0	0	33.1	46	31	31	7	13	19	0	0	1.77	12.42	1.89	3.51	5.13	0.68	--				--		--	--	--	--	--	--
MLB Totals (6 years)								40	50	4.67	133	125	5	0	5	0	753	906	440	391	101	189	365	12	1	1.45	10.82	1.21	2.26	4.36	0.52	--	0	0	0	--	0	--	--	--	--	.506	--
Minor League Totals (8 years)								41	40	3.68	143	116	11	6	12	2	727	714	358	297	58	163	449	23	0	1.21	8.84	0.72	2.02	5.56	0.36	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.480	--
AAA Totals (4 years)								8	3	2.64	25	25	3	2	0	0	150	139	54	44	11	24	79	5	0	1.09	8.34	0.66	1.44	4.74	0.30	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.465	--
AA Totals (3 years)								12	13	3.61	45	33	4	2	3	0	219	212	109	88	13	54	126	8	0	1.21	8.70	0.53	2.22	5.17	0.43	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.478	--
A+ Totals (2 years)								10	8	4.19	24	22	1	0	0	0	131	146	73	61	12	23	76	2	0	1.29	10.03	0.82	1.58	5.22	0.30	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.504	--
A Totals (2 years)								8	13	3.76	36	23	3	2	9	2	160	147	81	67	16	41	106	7	0	1.17	8.25	0.90	2.30	5.95	0.39	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.465	--
Rookie Totals (1 year)								3	3	4.99	13	13	0	0	0	0	67	70	41	37	6	21	62	1	0	1.36	9.45	0.81	2.83	8.37	0.34	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.552	--

Batting Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Home Run Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
2008	Minnesota	AL	MLB	53	min	26	p	-	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	667	1	100	1	3	2	0	5.1	.333	.000	.000	--	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	--	2.0	6	100.0	0.0	16.7	88-75	2	2008	Minnesota
2009	Minnesota	AL	MLB	53	min	27	p	-	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	100	0	4	4	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	2.00	2.8	11	81.8	18.2	18.2	87-76	1	2009	Minnesota
2010	Minnesota	AL	MLB	53	min	28	p	-	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	50	0	1	1	--	--	.000	.000	.000	--	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	--	2.0	2	100.0	0.0	50.0	94-68	1	2010	Minnesota
2011	Minnesota	AL	MLB	53	min	29	p	-	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	100	0	2	2	--	--	.000	.000	.000	--	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	--	3.5	7	85.7	14.3	14.3	63-99	5	2011	Minnesota
MLB Totals (4 years)									5	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	200	4	80	1	10	9	-1	-1.7	.125	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0	8.00	2.60	--	88.5	11.5	19.2	.511	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
2002	Elizabethton	App	Rk	min	20	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.929	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	11	1
2003	Quad Cities	Midw	A	min	21	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	9	12	0
2004	Quad Cities	Midw	A	min	22	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	9	10	0
2004	Fort Myers	FSL	A+	min	22	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4	4	0
2005	Rochester	IL	AAA	min	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	2	0
2005	New Britain	East	AA	min	23	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4	4	1
2005	Fort Myers	FSL	A+	min	23	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.900	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	8	10	2
2007	Minnesota	AL	MLB	min	25	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0
2008	Minnesota	AL	MLB	min	26	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	14	22	0
2009	Minnesota	AL	MLB	min	27	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.980	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	25	23	1
2010	Minnesota	AL	MLB	min	28	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.947	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	11	25	2
2010	Rochester	IL	AAA	min	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4	3	1
2011	Minnesota	AL	MLB	min	29	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.952	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	10	30	2
MLB Totals						126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.970	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	60	100	5
Minor League Totals						87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.950	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	40	56	5

Transactions

Drafted: Selected by Tampa Bay Rays in 34th round (1006th overall) of 2000 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase) *Did not sign* ... Selected by Minnesota Twins in 29th round (857th overall) of 2001 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)

2002-05-21 - signed

Awards

2007 - Triple-A All-Star SP; 2008 - AL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #8);

Contracts

2007-2007 - Signed by MIN to 1-year contract worth $0.38m (9/2/2007) -- Contract purchased from minors
2008-2008 - Signed by MIN to 1-year contract worth $0.39m (2/27/2008)
2009-2009 - Signed by MIN to 1-year contract worth $0.44m (3/8/2009)
2010-2013 - Signed by MIN to 4-year contract worth $14m (3/7/2010) -- Club option for 2014

Disabled List

2011-08-22 - Disabled (Right Lateral Forearm Strain); 2011-09-04 - Transferred; 2011-10-14 - Activated;

Salaries

$390,000

$440,000

$750,000

$3,000,000

$4,750,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

Feats

2007 - ERA Below 2.30 IL --- 2.11
2007 - WHIP below 1 IL --- 0.98

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Other Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2010	Minnesota Twins	MLB-ST	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0

Other Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	League	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
2007	Phoenix Desert Dogs	Az Fall	4	0	1.64	6	6	0	0	0	22	13	4	4	2	2	20	0.68	5.32	0.82	0.82	8.18
2010	Minnesota Twins	MLB-ST	0	0	3.38	5	3	0	0	0	16	14	6	6	1	4	6	1.13	7.88	0.56	2.25	3.38
2011	Minnesota Twins	MLB-ST	3	1	1.73	7	6	0	0	0	26	25	7	5	3	3	11	1.08	8.65	1.04	1.04	3.81
2012	Minnesota Twins	MLB-ST	0	1	2.12	4	0	0	0	0	17	11	4	4	2	4	12	0.88	5.82	1.06	2.12	6.35

Playoff Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	League	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
2009	Minnesota	AL	0	0	1.59	1	1	0	0	0	5.2	3	1	1	0	2	3	0.88	4.80	0.00	3.20	4.80
Playoff Totals			0	0	1.59	1	1	0	0	0	6	3	1	1	0	2	3	0.88	4.76	0.00	3.18	4.76

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

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Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
BB9	2x	2008-8 2009-3
GS	2x	2008-7	2002-6
CG	4x	2009-7	2005-7 2006-10 2007-3
SHO	4x		2004-9 2005-9 2006-10 2007-1
IP	1x		2002-8
H	3x	2008-4 2009-1	2002-9
R	2x	2009-5	2002-10
ER	1x		2002-7
HR	2x	2010-9	2003-4
SO	1x		2002-10

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