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Wade Allen Blasingame
Milwaukee Braves
Pitcher
Born: November 22, 1943, Deming, NM
Signed: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent, June 9, 1961
Major League Teams: Milwaukee Braves 1963-1965; Atlanta Braves 1966-1967; Houston Astros 1967-1972; New York Yankees 1972
Wade Blasingame pitched in parts of 10 seasons in the major leagues, spending most of his career with the Braves and Astros, and last appearing in a dozen games with the Yankees. His best season came in 1965 when he won 16 games and had a 3.77 ERA over 38 appearances. In 222 career games, Blasingame went 46-51 with a 4.52 ERA and 512 strikeouts. His final two seasons in professional baseball were spent with the farm teams of the Cardinals, Cubs and Padres in 1973 and 1974.
December 25, 2020 from Marco Island, FL - Card #182
This is one of 32 cards (mostly commons) I received from Jenna and our sons on Christmas morning, as I was asked to do some surrogate shopping on their behalf and I gladly obliged. Hunting specifically for first series cards, this is one of 5 cards I added from eBay seller Super Bowl Auctions from Marco Island, Florida. This Blasingame card was $2, and he's apparently no relation to Don Blasingame (#21), whose card was also added on Christmas morning.
The Card / Braves Team Set
This is Blasingame's rookie card and he'd go on to appear in six more Topps flagship sets. As mentioned on the back of the card, he made his big league debut at 19 years old on September 17, 1963. Also mentioned is his first (of only two) major league shutouts, thrown on September 3, 1964 against the Cardinals. Blasingame allowed seven hits and struck out seven Cardinals in that game, including Lou Brock (#540), Bill White (#190) twice and Ken Boyer (#100).
1965 Season
As mentioned above, this was probably Blasingame's best year as he went 16-10 over 38 games (36 starts) with a 3.77 ERA. He was the number two pitcher in a Braves rotation consisting of Tony Cloninger (#520) at the top and with Ken Johnson (#359) and Denny Lemaster (#441) rounding things out. Blasingame's 224 2/3 innings pitched were second on the staff behind Cloninger's 279.
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First Mainstream Card: 1965 Topps #44
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (7): 1965-1969, 1971-1972
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1972 Topps #581
31 - Blasingame non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 12/27/20.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database
Previous Card: #43 Mike Shannon - St. Louis Cardinals
Next Card: #45 Roy McMillan - New York Mets
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