Ted Blankenship

{{Short description|American baseball player (1901–1945)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Ted Blankenship |image=Ted Blankenship newspaper.png |position=Pitcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date|1901|5|10}} |birth_place=Bonham, Texas, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1945|1|14|1901|5|10}} |death_place=Atoka, Oklahoma, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 2 |debutyear=1922 |debutteam=Chicago White Sox |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 24 |finalyear=1930 |finalteam=Chicago White Sox |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=77–79 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=4.29 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=378 |teams= *Chicago White Sox ({{baseball year|1922}}–{{baseball year|1930}}) }} '''Theodore Blankenship''' (May 10, 1901 – January 14, 1945) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox from 1922 to 1930.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/blankte01.shtml "Ted Blankenship Statistics and History"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2011-02-05.</ref> His key pitch was the fastball.<ref>Neyer, Rob and James, Bill. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=7FfRLE6I5EEC The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers]'' (Simon & Schuster, 2004), p. 136.</ref>

Ted's best season came in 1925 when he won 17 games and lost only eight, posting a 3.03 earned run average. He was also a fairly good hitting pitcher in his major league career, posting a .196 batting average (93-for-475) with 49 runs, 9 home runs and 55 RBI over a nine-year, 242 game career. He was a year older than his brother Homer Blankenship, who pitched briefly in the major leagues in 1922, 1923, and 1928.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

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