P Gus Blackwell #95
Age: 36 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
P GUS BLACKWELL #95 - AGE: 36 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
0 0 0-0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
PERSONALITY
Birthday:12/18/1937
Born in:Saginaw, MI
Nationality:American
Height:5' 10"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:1 Year, 77 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:3 Years, 129 Days
Pro Service:16 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1956, 13th Pick in Round 3
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1963 New York - FABL 25 5 5 3 1 0 4.46 36.1 38 20 18 1 13 31 0 0 1.40 .333 3.11 1.0 94
1965 New York - FABL 27 3 0 0 0 0 4.50 4.0 4 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 1.75 .267 5.09 -0.1 80
1966 New York - FABL 28 13 0 2 1 1 5.49 19.2 24 12 12 3 10 16 0 0 1.73 .375 4.85 -0.3 66
1970 Kansas City - FABL 32 9 1 0 2 0 6.04 22.1 26 17 15 2 10 15 0 0 1.61 .320 4.44 0.1 69
1971 Cleveland - FABL 33 14 0 1 1 0 3.41 29.0 28 11 11 1 13 21 0 0 1.41 .310 3.05 0.3 104
Total FABL 44 6 6 5 1 4.69 111.1 120 62 58 7 49 83 0 0 1.52 .328 3.74 1.0 83
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
1956 Rock Island - R 18 16 0 1 2 0 3.09 32.0 31 12 11 3 14 27 0 0 1.41 .289 3.63 0.3 134
1956 Fresno - A 18 2 2 1 1 0 1.80 15.0 18 3 3 0 1 11 1 0 1.27 .360 1.99 0.5 182
1957 Fresno - A 19 4 4 1 1 0 2.65 34.0 33 11 10 2 3 24 1 0 1.06 .292 2.72 0.7 118
1957 Albany - A 19 4 4 2 1 0 3.25 27.2 27 13 10 3 15 22 2 0 1.52 .289 4.28 0.2 115
1958 Albany - A 20 3 3 3 0 0 1.67 27.0 19 5 5 0 18 17 3 0 1.37 .241 3.24 0.4 194
1958 Reading - AA 20 21 21 8 5 0 3.90 145.1 127 67 63 12 63 102 1 0 1.31 .268 3.55 1.6 86
1959 Reading - AA 21 14 14 5 7 0 5.49 78.2 87 55 48 6 50 61 0 0 1.74 .327 4.02 0.4 62
1959 Toledo - AAA 21 44 0 1 3 14 3.32 78.2 65 31 29 3 47 49 0 0 1.42 .251 4.32 0.1 123
1960 Toledo - AAA 22 65 3 6 5 6 4.27 103.1 100 60 49 5 64 61 0 0 1.59 .276 4.77 -0.3 96
1961 Toledo - AAA 23 26 26 10 9 0 4.51 153.2 144 80 77 9 78 83 0 0 1.44 .276 4.58 1.2 91
1962 Reading - AA 24 14 14 9 1 0 2.75 85.0 62 26 26 4 40 76 0 0 1.20 .264 2.72 2.4 134
1962 Toledo - AAA 24 16 13 5 6 0 2.71 76.1 63 40 23 5 35 57 0 0 1.28 .254 4.13 1.0 151
1963 Reading - AA 25 20 14 3 6 0 4.89 99.1 102 57 54 9 56 63 3 0 1.59 .302 4.16 0.7 76
1963 Toledo - AAA 25 11 11 6 3 0 2.67 67.1 55 22 20 2 26 40 0 0 1.20 .259 3.69 1.3 153
1964 Albany - A 26 4 3 2 2 0 5.40 23.1 21 14 14 0 13 28 2 0 1.46 .356 1.92 0.9 66
1964 Reading - AA 26 14 10 2 6 1 4.20 60.0 62 33 28 4 35 57 0 0 1.62 .326 3.61 0.8 88
1964 Toledo - AAA 26 17 2 3 3 1 6.00 36.0 41 27 24 6 31 27 0 0 2.00 .318 6.45 -0.8 68
1965 New Orleans - AAA 27 25 21 5 11 0 4.21 145.1 157 70 68 16 58 90 1 0 1.48 .307 4.76 0.8 97
1966 Reading - AA 28 2 2 0 1 0 2.84 12.2 11 4 4 0 4 15 0 0 1.18 .333 2.02 0.6 150
1966 New Orleans - AAA 28 18 18 6 8 0 3.79 123.1 132 53 52 12 37 95 1 1 1.37 .322 3.90 2.0 108
1967 Reading - AA 29 30 30 17 3 0 2.84 199.1 150 69 63 14 80 156 1 0 1.15 .246 3.30 2.9 117
1968 Cedar Rapids - A 30 23 23 12 5 0 2.12 140.1 116 47 33 4 58 127 0 0 1.24 .293 2.35 3.4 140
1968 Austin - AA 30 5 5 0 4 0 4.13 28.1 27 15 13 3 17 29 0 0 1.55 .300 4.26 0.4 102
1969 Tacoma - A 31 3 3 2 1 0 1.80 20.0 12 4 4 1 7 28 0 0 0.95 .275 2.41 0.9 264
1969 Cedar Rapids - A 31 8 8 4 3 0 3.15 54.1 48 21 19 1 17 58 0 0 1.20 .333 1.87 1.8 97
1971 Wilmington - A 33 2 2 0 2 0 7.82 12.2 22 14 11 1 4 7 1 0 2.05 .404 3.22 0.2 45
Total EA 115 105 44 29 1 3.78 680.1 601 311 286 49 328 530 5 0 1.37 .280 3.49 92.3
Total HL 31 31 16 8 0 2.40 194.2 164 68 52 5 75 185 0 0 1.23 .304 2.22 124.6
Total MAL 13 12 7 5 0 3.97 90.2 89 46 40 4 50 74 8 0 1.53 .311 3.22 89.4
Total COW 9 9 4 3 0 2.22 69.0 63 18 17 3 11 63 2 0 1.07 .306 2.47 154.8
Total LSA 5 5 0 4 0 4.13 28.1 27 15 13 3 17 29 0 0 1.55 .300 4.26 102.3
Total UMVA 16 0 1 2 0 3.09 32.0 31 12 11 3 14 27 0 0 1.41 .289 3.63 134.3
Total CL 222 94 42 48 21 3.93 784.0 757 383 342 58 376 502 2 1 1.45 .285 4.47 104.1
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1956 Fresno - A P 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 15.0 1.20 -0.2 .990
1956 Rock Island - R P 16 0 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 32.0 0.84 +0.7 1.898
1957 Albany - A P 4 4 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 27.2 0.98 +0.3 .977
1957 Fresno - A P 4 4 0 5 1 5 0 1.000 34.0 1.32 +1.1 1.990
1958 Reading - AA P 21 21 9 9 2 19 1 .947 145.1 1.11 +0.4 1.136
1958 Albany - A P 3 3 0 5 0 5 0 1.000 27.0 1.67 +0.5 1.222
1959 Toledo - AAA P 44 0 0 6 0 6 0 1.000 78.2 0.69 +0.5 1.250
1959 Reading - AA P 14 14 3 5 0 8 0 1.000 78.2 0.92 +0.5 1.968
1960 Toledo - AAA P 65 3 3 6 1 13 4 .692 103.1 0.78 -0.0 .571
1961 Toledo - AAA P 26 26 6 16 0 22 0 1.000 153.2 1.29 +1.5 1.067
1962 Toledo - AAA P 16 13 3 7 0 11 1 .909 76.1 1.18 +0.4 .857
1962 Reading - AA P 14 14 6 10 0 17 1 .941 85.0 1.69 +0.4 1.183
1963 New York - MLB P 5 5 1 4 1 5 0 1.000 36.1 1.24 -0.4 1.308
1963 Toledo - AAA P 11 11 2 7 0 9 0 1.000 67.1 1.20 +1.3 1.000
1963 Reading - AA P 20 14 2 10 1 12 0 1.000 99.1 1.09 +1.2 .977
1963 Reading - AA CF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 9.0 3.00 -0.8 .743
1964 Toledo - AAA P 17 2 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 36.0 0.50 +0.5 1.000
1964 Reading - AA P 14 10 1 8 0 10 1 .900 60.0 1.35 +0.3 .930
1964 Albany - A P 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 23.1 0.39 +0.1 1.043
1965 New York - MLB P 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.0 1.048
1965 New Orleans - AAA P 25 21 5 10 0 15 0 1.000 145.1 0.93 +1.2 .909
1966 New York - MLB P 13 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 19.2 0.46 +0.7 1.036
1966 New Orleans - AAA P 18 18 5 7 0 13 1 .923 123.1 0.88 +0.6 .818
1966 Reading - AA P 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 12.2 2.13 -0.2 1.019
1967 Reading - AA P 30 30 10 18 1 29 1 .966 199.1 1.26 -1.0 1.019
1968 Austin - AA P 5 5 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 28.1 0.64 +0.1 .519
1968 Cedar Rapids - A P 23 23 13 11 0 27 3 .889 140.1 1.54 -1.3 .810
1969 Cedar Rapids - A P 8 8 3 2 0 5 0 1.000 54.1 0.83 +1.5 1.047
1969 Tacoma - A P 3 3 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 20.0 1.80 +0.1 1.047
1970 Kansas City - MLB P 9 1 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 22.1 0.81 -0.4 .994
1971 Cleveland - MLB P 14 0 2 1 0 4 1 .750 29.0 0.93 +0.1 .994
1971 Wilmington - A P 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 12.2 0.00 -0.3 .000
TOTAL P 455 262 85 160 7 259 14 .946 1990.1 1.11 +10.0 1.003
TOTAL CF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 9.0 3.00 -0.8 .743
PLAYER HISTORY
06/19/1956 Drafted in the 1956 first-year player draft out of high school (Walled Lake; Walled Lake, MI) by the New York Gothams. (Round 3, Pick 13, 45th overall pick).
07/08/1957 Injured (surgery to remove bone chips (elbow)),out for 7-8 months.
04/14/1960 Injured (flu-like symptoms),day-to-day for 1 day.
06/14/1962 Injured (strained oblique),day-to-day for 3 weeks.
09/01/1962 Wins the EA Pitcher of the Month Award.
09/24/1962 Wins the 1962 Championship with the Reading Coal Barons!
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Stuff: 3; Movement: 3; Control: 2.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Stuff: 3; Movement: 3; Control: 2.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Stuff: 4; Movement: 3; Control: 2.
09/02/1964 Designated for assignment and placed on waivers by the New York Gothams.
05/17/1966 Pitches a 9-hit shutout against the Denver Bruins with 5 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
06/01/1967 Wins the EA Pitcher of the Month Award.
04/22/1968 Was claimed off waivers by Chicago while with New York.
06/13/1968 Was selected to the 1968 Heartland League All-Star Game.
05/06/1969 Injured (mild calf strain),day-to-day for one week.
06/18/1969 Released by the Chicago organization.
08/03/1970 Signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Mavericks organization.
12/01/1970 Was traded by the Kansas City Mavericks to the Cleveland Foresters in exchange for 1B Bill Campbell.
07/05/1971 Released by the Cleveland organization.
10/14/1973 Retired from professional baseball.
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