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Wade Blasingame

b. 1943

American baseball player

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Born 1943. Wade Blasingame is an American baseball player.

Wade Allen Blasingame (born November 22, 1943) is an American former professional baseball player and left-handed pitcher who appeared in 222 games in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros and New York Yankees from through . Born in Deming, New Mexico, he was listed as tall and .

Blasingame was a pitching star at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Fresno, California, prior to his professional career, compiling a perfect, 26–0 won–lost record over the course of his schoolboy career. He signed with the Braves in 1961 for a $125,000 bonus. After beginning his career at the Class C level, he rose through the Milwaukee organization, spending parts of both 1963 and with the Braves before sticking with the edition, the team's last year in Milwaukee before relocating to Atlanta. In 38 games, including 36 starts, Blasingame set personal bests in games won (16), complete games (10), innings pitched (224) and strikeouts (117). He also was the top-fielding pitcher in the National League, handling 62 chances without an error.

But Blasingame was beset by finger and shoulder woes in ,

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Theodore Roosevelt High School
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American baseball player

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Wade Blasingame was born on 22 November 1943 in Deming.

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· Wikipedia: Wade Blasingame

· Wikidata: Q7959022

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