Cy Blanton
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Darrell Elijah (Cy) Blanton (July 6, 1908 – September 13, 1945) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies. Blanton batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Blanton was a screwball pitcher.[1]
Pitching career
Blanton grew up in Trousdale, Oklahoma, and was living in Shawnee, Oklahoma, playing on sandlot teams. In 1929 he joined the Shawnee Robins, a C Class team in the Western Association. Blanton was a pitcher for the Independence Producers in 1931. The Independence Producers were a Class C minor league team located in Independence, Kansas. Blanton had twelve wins and eight losses for the season.[2]
Blanton was one of the mainstays of the Pittsburgh Pirates rotation in the mid-1930s. He pitched for the Albany Senators in 1934, being promoted to Pittsburgh to pitch one game. Earlier he pitched in the Piedmont League and the Western Association.[3]
In his 1935
In a nine-season career, Blanton posted a 68–71 record with a 3.55 ERA and 611 strikeouts.
Death
He was suspended by the Hollywood Stars for failure to get in shape in March 1945.[6] He returned to Oklahoma from California where he had been living just before he died. Blanton died in Norman, Oklahoma, at the age of 37, from internal hemorrhaging as a result of cirrhosis.[4][7] His body was taken to Shawnee, Oklahoma, for burial in the nearby Tecumseh Cemetery.[3] He left a wife, Marie, and four children including a son, Zane, who briefly played in the minor leagues with the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies.
See also
References
- ^ "Blanton, Pirates, Stops Dodgers, 8-2". The New York Times. May 19, 1935. p. S5.
- ^ "1931 Independence Producers". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Darrell (Cy) Blanton". The New York Times. September 14, 1945. p. 23.
- ^ a b Jackson, Frank. "Holding 'Em Hitless and Going the Distance … When It Doesn't Count". tht.fangraphs.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^ "Cy Blanton Reported To Be Seriously Ill". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. Associated Press (AP). June 18, 1942. p. 16. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ Blanton Suspended By Hollywood Club; Hurler Fails to Get Into Condition, Los Angeles Times, March 28, 1945, pg. A8.
- ^ Wolf, Gregory H. "Cy Blanton". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- The Deadball Era