Ossie Blanco
Oswaldo Carlos (Diaz) Blanco
Born: September 8, 1945
Caracas, Distrito Federal VE
Primary Position: First base
All Position(s) Played: 2B, 3B, OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 185
Career: 1963-1979
Major League Statistics
Ossie (Diaz) Blanco compiled a career batting average of .284 with 134 home runs and 817 RBI in his 1544-game career with the Lexington Giants, Decatur Commodores, Lewiston Broncs, Modesto Reds, Vancouver Mounties, Leesburg Athletics, Birmingham A's, Evansville White Sox, Tucson Toros, Syracuse Chiefs, Mobile White Sox, Tacoma Cubs, Wichita Aeros, Oklahoma City 89ers, Cordoba Cafeteros, Puebla Pericos, Ciudad Juarez Indios, Mexico City Diablos Rojos, Denver Bears and Caracas Metropolitanos. He began playing during the 1963 season and last took the field during the 1979 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1963 | A | SALL3 | Lexington Giants | 72 | 267 | 242 | 35 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 57 | .281 | .345 | .376 | .721 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
1963 | A | MIDW | Decatur Commodores | 23 | 60 | 53 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .113 | .203 | .151 | .354 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1964 | A | SALL3 | Lexington Giants | 125 | 500 | 444 | 66 | 108 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 47 | 75 | .243 | .319 | .356 | .674 | 158 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
1965 | A | SALL3 | Lexington Giants | 115 | 490 | 434 | 60 | 141 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 90 | 18 | 2 | 49 | 80 | .325 | .396 | .493 | .889 | 214 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
1966 | A | CALL | Modesto Reds | 58 | 235 | 212 | 38 | 59 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 32 | .278 | .345 | .443 | .788 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
1966 | Short Season A | NORW | Lewiston Broncs | 67 | 284 | 228 | 38 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 53 | 35 | .294 | .433 | .482 | .916 | 110 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
1966 | AAA | PCL | Vancouver Mounties | 11 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .231 | .244 | .308 | .552 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1967 | AA | SOUL | Birmingham A's | 13 | 38 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .083 | .132 | .111 | .243 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
1967 | A | FLOR | Leesburg Athletics | 29 | 122 | 104 | 13 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | .298 | .385 | .423 | .808 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
1968 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | 132 | 531 | 467 | 72 | 135 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 56 | 12 | 5 | 51 | 78 | .289 | .362 | .443 | .805 | 207 | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||
1969 | AAA | IL | Syracuse Chiefs | 94 | 372 | 318 | 63 | 108 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 51 | .340 | .424 | .516 | .940 | 164 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
1969 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Toros | 39 | 154 | 140 | 21 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 18 | .286 | .340 | .371 | .711 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
1970 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Toros | 45 | 204 | 176 | 33 | 66 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 23 | .375 | .451 | .636 | 1.087 | 112 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
1970 | AA | SOUL | Mobile White Sox | 54 | 210 | 184 | 21 | 55 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 36 | .299 | .380 | .462 | .842 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
1971 | AAA | PCL | Tacoma Cubs | 128 | 555 | 466 | 79 | 142 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 85 | 7 | 1 | 79 | 83 | .305 | .405 | .479 | .884 | 223 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
1972 | AAA | AA2 | Wichita Aeros | 107 | 411 | 350 | 61 | 89 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 72 | .254 | .360 | .400 | .760 | 140 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
1973 | AAA | AA2 | Oklahoma City 89ers | 130 | 547 | 477 | 71 | 125 | 28 | 3 | 17 | 76 | 7 | 3 | 57 | 98 | .262 | .339 | .440 | .779 | 210 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||
1974 | AAA | AA2 | Oklahoma City 89ers | 82 | 330 | 282 | 43 | 80 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 72 | .284 | .367 | .429 | .796 | 121 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
1976 | AAA | MEX | Ciudad Juarez Indios | 134 | 537 | 448 | 78 | 130 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 62 | 13 | 14 | 77 | 92 | .290 | .392 | .404 | .796 | 181 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
1978 | AAA | AA2 | Denver Bears | 28 | 123 | 103 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 28 | .223 | .341 | .350 | .691 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
1979 | AAA | IAML | Caracas Metropolitanos | 58 | 194 | 194 | 26 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .371 | .608 | 72 | ||||||||
Totals | 1544 | 6205 | 5397 | 842 | 1531 | 287 | 59 | 134 | 817 | 100 | 42 | 684 | 970 | .284 | .367 | .433 | .800 | 2338 | 0 | 53 | 20 | 51 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
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1963 | A | SALL3 | Lexington Giants | 1B | 72 | 496 | 25 | 14 | 37 | .974 | 7.236 |
1963 | A | MIDW | Decatur Commodores | OF | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .909 |
1964 | A | SALL3 | Lexington Giants | 1B | 125 | 927 | 55 | 26 | 63 | .974 | 7.856 |
1965 | A | SALL3 | Lexington Giants | 1B | 115 | 866 | 39 | 25 | 82 | .973 | 7.870 |
1966 | Short Season A | NORW | Lewiston Broncs | 1B | 67 | 496 | 27 | 14 | 51 | .974 | 7.806 |
1966 | A | CALL | Modesto Reds | 1B | 52 | 403 | 28 | 9 | 29 | .980 | 8.288 |
1967 | A | FLOR | Leesburg Athletics | 1B | 17 | 150 | 13 | 1 | 10 | .994 | 9.588 |
1967 | A | FLOR | Leesburg Athletics | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.364 |
1967 | AA | SOUL | Birmingham A's | 1B | 10 | 73 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 8.400 |
1967 | A | FLOR | Leesburg Athletics | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2.000 |
1968 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | 1B | 68 | 451 | 23 | 6 | 42 | .988 | 6.971 |
1968 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | OF | 50 | 57 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .896 | 1.200 |
1968 | AA | SOUL | Evansville White Sox | 3B | 26 | 20 | 37 | 13 | 3 | .814 | 2.192 |
1969 | AAA | IL | Syracuse Chiefs | 1B | 37 | 276 | 17 | 7 | 33 | .977 | 7.919 |
1969 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Toros | OF | 21 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.524 |
1969 | AAA | IL | Syracuse Chiefs | OF | 20 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.600 |
1969 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Toros | 1B | 18 | 184 | 8 | 2 | 15 | .990 | 1.667 |
1970 | AA | SOUL | Mobile White Sox | 1B | 8 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 7.500 |
1970 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Toros | OF | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.833 |
1970 | AA | SOUL | Mobile White Sox | OF | 47 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 1.723 |
1970 | AAA | PCL | Tucson Toros | 1B | 40 | 407 | 24 | 5 | 48 | .989 | 1.775 |
1971 | AAA | PCL | Tacoma Cubs | OF | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .941 |
1971 | AAA | PCL | Tacoma Cubs | 1B | 111 | 825 | 54 | 16 | 79 | .982 | 7.919 |
1972 | AAA | AA2 | Wichita Aeros | OF | 65 | 80 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .894 | 1.292 |
1972 | AAA | AA2 | Wichita Aeros | 1B | 20 | 176 | 7 | 2 | 15 | .989 | 9.150 |
1972 | AAA | AA2 | Wichita Aeros | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
1973 | AAA | AA2 | Oklahoma City 89ers | OF | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 |
1973 | AAA | AA2 | Oklahoma City 89ers | 1B | 127 | 935 | 55 | 16 | 90 | .984 | 7.795 |
1973 | AAA | AA2 | Oklahoma City 89ers | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 |
1973 | AAA | AA2 | Oklahoma City 89ers | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
1974 | AAA | AA2 | Oklahoma City 89ers | 1B | 57 | 416 | 27 | 7 | 42 | .984 | 7.772 |
1976 | AAA | MEX | Ciudad Juarez Indios | 1B | 125 | 1061 | 57 | 8 | 91 | .993 | 8.944 |
1978 | AAA | AA2 | Denver Bears | 1B | 5 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .965 | 11.000 |
1978 | AAA | AA2 | Denver Bears | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Totals | 1362 | 8614 | 538 | 202 | 753 | .978 | 6.720 |
Minor League Service:
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