Blair
Payton
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: March 5, 1992 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2014    2019    2020    2022    2023    2024    2026   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2011 19 NV GE     5 5 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
2012 20 NV GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6
2013 21 NV GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6
2014 22 NV GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 5 4 6 6 6
2015 23 NV GE $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 6
2016 24 NV GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7
2017 25 NV GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 7 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7
2018 26 NV GE $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7
2019 27 NV GE $ 300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 7 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7
2020 28 NV GE $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 6
2021 29 NV GE $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
2022 30 NV GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
2023 31 NV GE $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
2024 32 NV GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
2025 33 NV GE $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
2026 34 NV GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
2027 35 NV GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2028 36 NV GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2029 37 NV GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2011 19 AA   138 559 63 149 27 6 17 62 26 2 39 91 .267 .314 .428 .742 77.6  
2012 20 NV GE 116 342 40 72 14 2 3 39 19 5 17 54 .211 .246 .289 .535 24.6 0.7
    AAA   15 59 10 19 6 0 0 6 4 1 9 10 .322 .412 .424 .835 10.4  
2013 21 NV GE 151 521 63 139 38 3 5 81 31 8 36 62 .267 .313 .380 .693 62.0 10.6
2014 22 NV GE 151 539 86 159 29 8 10 71 31 3 24 75 .295 .327 .434 .761 73.7 18.8
2015 23 NV GE 160 584 79 163 36 2 5 70 49 9 41 81 .279 .329 .373 .702 72.8 16.3
2016 24 NV GE 158 597 84 164 43 5 10 58 35 13 46 67 .275 .329 .414 .742 80.3 24.5
2017 25 NV GE 157 591 82 176 29 3 8 50 40 6 59 66 .298 .362 .398 .760 87.1 21.7
2018 26 NV GE 156 592 92 177 45 1 5 65 48 5 55 69 .299 .361 .404 .765 86.8 18.6
2019 27 NV GE 157 628 91 219 57 4 11 93 52 8 45 61 .349 .396 .505 .900 117.9 30.0
2020 28 NV GE 157 614 100 180 27 6 14 69 54 12 46 63 .293 .348 .425 .773 90.3 21.7
2021 29 NV GE 157 604 84 191 35 2 15 80 55 6 51 53 .316 .369 .455 .824 102.9 24.5
2022 30 NV GE 160 636 86 196 30 5 8 86 57 7 48 73 .308 .361 .409 .770 96.1 20.4
2023 31 NV GE 155 618 106 192 28 5 20 94 51 16 60 67 .311 .375 .469 .844 106.1 25.4
2024 32 NV GE 155 650 124 235 41 6 19 118 59 11 47 68 .362 .404 .531 .935 133.1 37.2
2025 33 NV GE 156 606 87 162 29 5 16 77 34 4 39 80 .267 .315 .411 .726 80.3 13.5
2026 34 NV GE 156 627 109 175 25 3 24 90 44 9 49 79 .279 .334 .443 .778 96.3 20.5
2027 35 NV GE 122 515 74 152 12 0 15 67 32 8 21 59 .295 .328 .406 .734 69.1 16.2
2028 36 NV GE 103 219 18 50 3 2 1 28 0 0 3 39 .228 .233 .274 .507 13.0 0.0
2029 37 NV GE 20 39 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .077 .122 .077 .199 -1.5 0.0
18 Years Sim 2547 9522 1408 2805 521 62 189 1238 691 130 689 1127 .295 .344 .422 .766 1391.0 320.6
1 Years AAA 15 59 10 19 6 0 0 6 4 1 9 10 .322 .412 .424 .835 10.4  
1 Years AA 138 559 63 149 27 6 17 62 26 2 39 91 .267 .317 .428 .745 77.6  
2 Years Minors 153 618 73 168 33 6 17 68 30 3 48 101 .272 .327 .427 .754 88.0  
162 Game Average 605 89 178 33 3 12 78 43 8 43 71 .295 .344 .422 .766 88.5  
Career Highs 160 650 124 235 57 8 24 118 59 16 60 81 .362 .404 .531 .935 133.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6835 1015 2041 374 40 136 906 527 92 524 782 .299 .350 .425 .775 1035.6
vs LH   2687 393 764 147 22 53 332 164 38 165 345 .284 .329 .415 .743 364.9
Home 1269 4614 674 1376 251 34 89 593 324 62 334 521 .298 .348 .425 .773 686.4
Away 1278 4908 734 1429 270 28 100 645 367 68 355 606 .291 .341 .419 .760 714.0
RISP   2276 0 711 147 12 48 991 0 0 231 264 .312 .371 .451 .822 367.7
Pinch Hitting   167 24 42 6 3 3 20 5 1 9 20 .251 .288 .377 .665 18.4
Close/Late   1090 154 318 57 1 28 141 0 0 96 133 .292 .352 .423 .775 156.9
Mar/Apr 359 1385 236 441 88 7 24 209 97 22 106 174 .318 .368 .444 .812 222.0
May 434 1594 236 496 88 12 31 218 114 28 113 173 .311 .360 .440 .800 247.6
June 440 1677 241 478 85 12 37 221 131 18 118 216 .285 .332 .416 .748 241.8
July 403 1535 236 456 78 13 40 193 125 16 99 180 .297 .341 .443 .784 237.2
August 418 1554 219 423 78 16 30 211 97 21 109 192 .272 .323 .401 .724 204.7
Sep/Oct 492 1777 240 511 104 2 27 186 127 25 144 192 .288 .344 .394 .738 247.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2012 20 NV GE LF 96 92 774.3 207 4 4 1 .981 2.45   2.2
    CF 12 8 75.0 38 0 0 0 1.000 4.56    
2013 21 NV GE LF 125 125 1076.7 265 4 7 1 .975 2.25   5.0
    CF 18 12 108.0 42 0 0 0 1.000 3.50    
2014 22 NV GE CF 108 99 927.7 320 6 2 4 .994 3.16   4.8
    LF 36 30 269.0 63 3 0 2 1.000 2.21    
2015 23 NV GE LF 112 111 994.7 259 1 7 1 .974 2.35   2.9
    CF 40 33 300.3 112 1 0 1 1.000 3.39    
    2B 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.0
2016 24 NV GE CF 95 89 791.7 291 4 3 2 .990 3.35   1.5
    LF 60 59 507.3 160 1 3 1 .982 2.86    
2017 25 NV GE LF 118 115 1002.3 272 4 6 1 .979 2.48   3.3
    CF 36 35 321.0 97 2 3 1 .971 2.78    
2018 26 NV GE CF 140 138 1201.7 389 4 12 2 .970 2.94   0.8
    LF 14 12 108.7 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.90    
2019 27 NV GE CF 152 148 1319.3 412 8 6 6 .986 2.87   2.5
    RF 1 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.80    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
2020 28 NV GE CF 139 137 1211.0 425 6 6 5 .986 3.20   1.8
    LF 16 11 110.7 35 1 1 0 .973 2.93    
2021 29 NV GE CF 150 148 1328.7 424 4 8 1 .982 2.90   3.5
    LF 5 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
2022 30 NV GE CF 156 152 1364.7 448 3 5 3 .989 2.97   5.7
    LF 2 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50    
2023 31 NV GE CF 153 149 1356.7 465 4 5 2 .989 3.11   4.6
2024 32 NV GE CF 154 149 1350.0 429 6 12 4 .973 2.90   4.5
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
2025 33 NV GE CF 152 150 1354.7 405 2 8 1 .981 2.70   3.6
    LF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
2026 34 NV GE CF 154 150 1344.7 449 3 5 1 .989 3.03   4.2
2027 35 NV GE CF 120 119 1053.7 361 3 12 3 .968 3.11   3.4
2028 36 NV GE CF 27 26 224.7 86 1 1 1 .989 3.49   1.3
    LF 15 11 102.3 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.55    
    RF 4 3 28.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    1B 2 2 17.0 19 0 1 1 .950 10.06   0.0
2029 37 NV GE CF 6 6 53.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 3.57   0.4
    LF 5 2 25.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    RF 2 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42    
  CF 1812 1748 15686.3 5214 57 88 37 .984 3.02   42.6
  LF 609 568 4999.0 1335 19 28 7 .980 2.44   13.4
  RF 7 3 34.7 8 0 1 0 .889 2.08    
  1B 2 2 17.0 19 0 1 1 .950 10.06   0.0
  2B 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.0
Career Totals   2431 2322 20745.9 6579 78 118 46 .983 2.89   56.1
Career Highs   158 152 1370.7 465 9 12 6 1.000 3.41    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2013 21 NV GE 4 16 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 .250 .250 .313 .563
2014 22 NV GE 4 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .176 .263 .176 .440
2023 31 NV GE 6 28 1 6 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 .214 .214 .286 .500
2024 32 NV GE 14 59 9 11 2 1 2 6 5 0 5 6 .186 .254 .356 .610
2026 34 NV GE 7 28 2 9 1 0 1 3 1 2 4 6 .321 .406 .464 .871
2027 35 NV GE 13 51 3 16 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 13 .314 .352 .314 .666
2028 36 NV GE 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .400 .500 .900
Career Post-Season Batting 53 203 18 50 7 1 3 15 16 2 14 39 .246 .299 .335 .634
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2014-10-.295
2017-10-.298
2019-2-.349
2021-7-.316
2024-2-.362
On-Base Pct
2019-8-.396
2024-5-.404
Slugging Pct
2019-10-.505
2024-8-.531
OPS
2019-7-.900
2024-6-.935
XR
2019-3-117.9
2021-6-102.9
2023-9-106.1
2024-2-133.1
CAR-22-1391.0
Games
2015-1-160
2016-3-158
2018-10-156
2021-8-157
2022-1-160
2026-9-156
CAR-18-2547
At-Bats
2015-7-584
2016-5-597
2019-1-628
2020-3-614
2021-8-604
2022-2-636
2023-5-618
2024-1-650
2025-7-606
2026-2-627
CAR-14-9522
Runs
2020-5-100
2023-5-106
2024-4-124
2026-3-109
CAR-19-1408
Hits
2016-10-164
2017-4-176
2019-1-219
2021-7-191
2022-5-196
2023-3-192
2024-1-235
2026-7-175
CAR-13-2805
Total Bases
2019-3-317
2021-10-275
2023-7-290
2024-3-345
CAR-21-4017
Singles
2017-3-136
2019-8-147
2022-7-153
2023-8-139
2024-1-169
CAR-15-2033
Doubles
2013-5-38
2015-6-36
2016-1-43
2018-4-45
2019-1-57
2021-8-35
2024-2-41
CAR-7-521
Triples
2014-1-8
2020-9-6
CAR-48-62
Homeruns
2026-10-24
RBIs
2024-5-118
CAR-24-1238
Stolen Bases
2015-8-49
2017-7-40
2018-5-48
2019-2-52
2020-2-54
2021-1-55
2022-2-57
2023-5-51
2024-5-59
2026-8-44
CAR-11-691
Caught Stealing
CAR-47-130
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 122    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 58    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Nevada in 2011
Had first career hit on 5/12/2012, off Edgar Barger (Was)
Hit first career homerun on 5/23/2012, off Alfred Marenco (Min)
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game
Named Nevada Dragons team MVP for the 2016 season
Named Nevada Dragons team MVP for the 2017 season
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Texas on 5/17/2019
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Texas on 5/17/2019
Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 7/24/2019
Won Player of the Week award on 4/26/2020, hitting .542 with 0 HR, 2 RBI
Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 10/4/2021, hitting .571 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game
Named Nevada Jacks co-team MVP (with Roderigo Pequero) for the 2022 season
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2023, hitting .372 with 5 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 2023 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 9/11/2023, off Ralph Pritchard (TX)
Drove in 6 runs against New Jersey on 4/27/2024
Was selected to the 2024 Allstar game
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 8/14/2024
Won Player of the Week award on 8/30/2025, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game
Injured on 7/24/2027 with a Fractured Ulna, out for 5-6 weeks