Mike Blanke
Michael Gordon Blanke
Born: October 17, 1988
Granby, QC CA
Primary Position: Catcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 3B, P
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 225
Draft: Round 14 (2010 June Amateur Draft, Chicago White Sox)
School: Tampa
Career: 2010-2023
Mike Blanke compiled a career batting average of .252 with 64 home runs and 327 RBI in his 714-game career with the Great Falls Voyagers, Mesa Solar Sox, Kannapolis Intimidators, Winston-Salem Dash, Birmingham Barons, Portland Sea Dogs, Long Island Ducks, Cleburne Railroaders, Vallejo Admirals, Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, Salina Stockade, Somerset Patriots, Ottawa Champions, Gateway Grizzlies and Lake Erie Crushers. He began playing during the 2010 season and last took the field during the 2023 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | R | PION | Great Falls Voyagers | 0 | 0 | 4.61 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 68 | |
| 2016 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2018 | Ind | ATLL | Somerset Patriots | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 4.02 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 77 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | R | PION | Great Falls Voyagers | 62 | 271 | 240 | 35 | 79 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 33 | .329 | .400 | .508 | .908 | 122 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | A | SALL3 | Kannapolis Intimidators | 47 | 184 | 170 | 22 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 28 | .259 | .311 | .382 | .694 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Fall | AZFL | Mesa Solar Sox | 9 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .206 | .270 | .471 | .741 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Advanced A | CARL | Winston-Salem Dash | 68 | 266 | 237 | 25 | 56 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 43 | .236 | .303 | .363 | .666 | 86 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2012 | Advanced A | CARL | Winston-Salem Dash | 91 | 373 | 338 | 46 | 81 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 66 | .240 | .303 | .399 | .702 | 135 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | AA | SOUL | Birmingham Barons | 94 | 374 | 332 | 25 | 75 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 75 | .226 | .302 | .340 | .642 | 113 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | AA | EL | Portland Sea Dogs | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .167 | .444 | .167 | .611 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | 92 | 359 | 326 | 42 | 92 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 65 | .282 | .337 | .411 | .748 | 134 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | 113 | 417 | 375 | 37 | 95 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 92 | .253 | .314 | .381 | .695 | 143 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Ind | PA | Vallejo Admirals | 40 | 180 | 155 | 25 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 34 | .290 | .378 | .406 | .784 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Ind | AA | Cleburne Railroaders | 7 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .261 | .346 | .348 | .694 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Ind | AA | Salina Stockade | 10 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .147 | .216 | .235 | .452 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Ind | ATLL | Southern Maryland Blue Crabs | 14 | 48 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .200 | .234 | .311 | .545 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Ind | ATLL | Somerset Patriots | 29 | 111 | 98 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26 | .143 | .236 | .184 | .420 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Ind | PA | Vallejo Admirals | 8 | 44 | 39 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .282 | .341 | .385 | .726 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Ind | CAMA | Ottawa Champions | 22 | 87 | 66 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | .242 | .425 | .364 | .789 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Ind | FRON | Gateway Grizzlies | 6 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Ind | FRON | Lake Erie Crushers | 9 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .167 | .286 | .292 | .577 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 714 | 2840 | 2533 | 303 | 639 | 131 | 3 | 64 | 327 | 10 | 6 | 238 | 532 | .252 | .323 | .382 | .705 | 968 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 20 | 5 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | R | PION | Great Falls Voyagers | C | 48 | 380 | 38 | 10 | 0 | .977 | 8.708 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 35.3 |
| 2011 | Fall | AZFL | Mesa Solar Sox | C | 9 | 69 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.444 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 40.0 |
| 2011 | Advanced A | CARL | Winston-Salem Dash | C | 67 | 432 | 45 | 12 | 6 | .975 | 7.119 | 5 | 40 | 28 | 41.2 |
| 2011 | A | SALL3 | Kannapolis Intimidators | C | 36 | 280 | 40 | 6 | 3 | .982 | 8.889 | 2 | 48 | 23 | 32.4 |
| 2012 | Advanced A | CARL | Winston-Salem Dash | C | 76 | 611 | 53 | 9 | 5 | .987 | 8.737 | 4 | 64 | 29 | 31.2 |
| 2013 | AA | SOUL | Birmingham Barons | C | 93 | 675 | 51 | 7 | 8 | .990 | 7.806 | 8 | 70 | 29 | 29.3 |
| 2014 | R | PION | Great Falls Voyagers | P | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| 2015 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | C | 78 | 614 | 35 | 3 | 4 | .995 | 8.321 | 8 | 60 | 11 | 15.5 |
| 2015 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | 1B | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| 2015 | AA | EL | Portland Sea Dogs | C | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 8.000 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | C | 56 | 435 | 22 | 6 | 4 | .987 | 8.161 | 9 | 45 | 6 | 11.8 |
| 2016 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | 3B | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| 2016 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | 1B | 25 | 202 | 7 | 4 | 15 | .981 | 8.360 | ||||
| 2016 | Ind | ATLL | Long Island Ducks | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| 2017 | Ind | PA | Vallejo Admirals | 1B | 9 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.889 | ||||
| 2017 | Ind | AA | Cleburne Railroaders | C | 5 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 7.000 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11.1 |
| 2017 | Ind | AA | Salina Stockade | C | 4 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.000 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 7.7 |
| 2017 | Ind | PA | Vallejo Admirals | C | 29 | 248 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .992 | 8.655 | 9 | 33 | 3 | 8.3 |
| 2017 | Ind | AA | Salina Stockade | 3B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| 2017 | Ind | ATLL | Southern Maryland Blue Crabs | C | 13 | 96 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 8.000 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 6.2 |
| 2017 | Ind | AA | Cleburne Railroaders | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| 2018 | Ind | ATLL | Somerset Patriots | 1B | 5 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 9.400 | ||||
| 2018 | Ind | PA | Vallejo Admirals | C | 3 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.000 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 28.6 |
| 2018 | Ind | ATLL | Somerset Patriots | C | 22 | 166 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .989 | 8.364 | 4 | 33 | 7 | 17.5 |
| 2018 | Ind | PA | Vallejo Admirals | 1B | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| 2018 | Ind | CAMA | Ottawa Champions | 1B | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| 2018 | Ind | CAMA | Ottawa Champions | C | 14 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 5.857 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 2018 | Ind | ATLL | Somerset Patriots | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 622 | 4559 | 358 | 70 | 65 | .986 | 7.905 | 63 | 517 | 167 | 24.4 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | R | Pioneer League | Great Falls Voyagers | CHA | June 22, 2010 | September 8, 2010 |
| 2011 | A | South Atlantic League | Kannapolis Intimidators | CHA | April 7, 2011 | June 2, 2011 |
| 2011 | Advanced A | Carolina League | Winston-Salem Dash | CHA | June 4, 2011 | September 5, 2011 |
| 2011 | Fall | Arizona Fall League | Mesa Solar Sox | October 5, 2011 | November 2, 2011 | |
| 2012 | Advanced A | Carolina League | Winston-Salem Dash | CHA | April 6, 2012 | September 3, 2012 |
| 2013 | AA | Southern League | Birmingham Barons | CHA | April 4, 2013 | September 2, 2013 |
| 2014 | R | Pioneer League | Great Falls Voyagers | CHA | June 20, 2014 | September 3, 2014 |
| 2015 | Ind | Atlantic League | Long Island Ducks | April 26, 2015 | September 20, 2015 | |
| 2015 | AA | Eastern League | Portland Sea Dogs | BOS | May 8, 2015 | May 13, 2015 |
| 2016 | Ind | Atlantic League | Long Island Ducks | April 21, 2016 | September 18, 2016 | |
| 2017 | Ind | Atlantic League | Southern Maryland Blue Crabs | April 20, 2017 | May 17, 2017 | |
| 2017 | Ind | American Association | Cleburne Railroaders | May 24, 2017 | June 4, 2017 | |
| 2017 | Ind | American Association | Salina Stockade | June 12, 2017 | June 21, 2017 | |
| 2017 | Ind | Pacific Association | Vallejo Admirals | July 12, 2017 | August 31, 2017 | |
| 2018 | Ind | Canadian-American Association | Ottawa Champions | May 20, 2018 | June 17, 2018 | |
| 2018 | Ind | Pacific Association | Vallejo Admirals | June 22, 2018 | July 1, 2018 | |
| 2018 | Ind | Atlantic League | Somerset Patriots | July 18, 2018 | September 6, 2018 | |
| 2022 | Ind | Frontier League | Gateway Grizzlies | |||
| 2023 | Ind | Frontier League | Lake Erie Crushers |
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