Andrés Blanco Notable

b. April 11, 1984 · Kansas City Royals 2004–2006, Chicago Cubs 2009, Texas Rangers 2010–2011, Philadelphia Phillies 2014–2017

Andrés Blanco played for four clubs across 14 seasons as a third baseman, opening with the Kansas City Royals in 2004 and closing with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2017.

Across 536 games he batted .256, with 305 hits and 137 runs. He finished with 18 home runs, 73 doubles and 5 stolen bases. He went 0 and 0 with a 27.00 earned run average, pitching 0.3 innings in 1 game.

He played 178 games at second base, with 379 assists and 13 errors. He turned 91 double plays. He also played 135 games at shortstop.

He was born in Urama, Carabobo, Venezuela on April 11, 1984. He batted both ways and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
2004	KCR	19	60	9	19	2	2	0	5	5	6	1	.317
2005	KCR	26	79	6	17	0	1	0	5	0	5	0	.215
2006	KCR	33	87	9	21	4	1	0	9	5	14	0	.241
2009	CHC	53	123	15	31	8	0	1	12	8	14	0	.252
2010	TEX	68	166	17	46	10	1	0	13	11	24	0	.277
2011	TEX	36	76	9	17	3	0	2	3	4	14	0	.224
2014	PHI	25	47	4	13	5	0	1	3	2	6	0	.277
2015	PHI	106	233	32	68	22	3	7	25	21	44	1	.292
2016	PHI	90	190	26	48	15	1	4	21	11	41	2	.253
2017	PHI	80	130	10	25	4	0	3	13	12	34	1	.192
Career	—	536	1191	137	305	73	9	18	109	79	202	5	.256

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2017	PHI	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	1	1	0	0	27.00
Career	—	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	1	1	0	0	27.00

On this day & linked events

1984

Born April 11, 1984

Urama, Carabobo, Venezuela

2004

Major-league debut: Andrés Blanco

Andrés Blanco made a major-league debut on April 17, 2004.

2017

Final major-league game: Andrés Blanco

Andrés Blanco played a final major-league game on September 12, 2017.

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