| Date | News |
| 6/30/10 | Blalock was designated for assignment by the Rays. He batted .254 with one home run and seven RBI in 63 at-bats. |
| 5/15/10 | Blalock was recalled from AAA by the Rays after they designated Pat Burrell for assignment. |
| 4/05/10 | Blalock accepted assignment to AAA and will probably be the first option for the Rays should someone get hurt. |
| 4/03/10 | The Rays announced that Blalock will not make the Opening Day roster and the team is hopeful he will accept assignment to AAA. |
| 3/09/10 | Blalock signed a minor league deal with the Rays. Blalock will provide insurance at DH and first base. His contract includes an opt-out if he doesn't make the Opening Day roster. |
| 11/06/09 | Blalock filed for free agency. |
| 10/01/09 | Blalock left Wednesday's game with a head injury after getting a Derek Holland knee to his head on a bunt attempt. Consider him day-to-day. |
| 8/24/09 | Blalock has struggled in August anmd is batting just .180 this month. As a result, the team is expected to recall Chris Davis from AAA and install him as the regular first baseman down the stretch. That will move Blalock into a platton at DH. |
| 7/06/09 | Blalock has become the Texas' everyday first baseman with Chris Davis optioned to AAA. |
| 4/13/09 | Blalock was scratched from Monday's game with a stiff neck. He is considered day-to-day. |
| 3/16/09 | Blalock left after three innings of yesterday's game with tightness in his left quad. |
| 11/12/08 | The Rangers picked up their 2009 option on Blalock. Blalock was informed by manager Ron Washington that he will be the team's designated hitter next season. |
| 11/03/08 | Blalock filed for free agency last week. However, the team has an option for 2009 and the rumors indicate the team will pick up his option. |
| 8/22/08 | Blalock was activated from the DL. |
| 8/18/08 | Blalock is expected to rejoin the team Friday after a thre-game rehab stint at AA. Blalock will also play first base upon his return due to soreness in his shoulder which makes it difficult to throw. |
| 8/12/08 | Blalock will have a short rehab stint before being activated from the DL. He is currently expected to return next Monday. |
| 7/18/08 | Blalock was activated from the DL. |
| 7/18/08 | With the emergence of Chris Davis, Blalock will find himself at third base when he comes off the DL. |
| 7/17/08 | Blalock completed his rehab assignment and will join the Rangers in Minnesota and is expected to be activated in time for Friday's game. |
| 6/30/08 | Blalock's return from the DL has been pushed back again and now the team is hopeful that he will be able to return for the first game after the all-star break. |
| 6/24/08 | Blalock injured his right hand in a rehab game Sunday. He was scratched from Monday's game and will be re-evaluated on Tuesday. Blalock was expected to return from the DL on Tuesday but he may not return until Friday now. |
| 6/18/08 | Blalock has experienced soreness in his injured wrist and has delayed his rehab assignment until this weekend. The team is hopeful that Blalock will return to the lineup next Tuesday. |
| 6/13/08 | Blalock has resumed hitting and is hopeful to return to the Texas lineup next Friday. |
| 5/30/08 | Blalock underwent surgery to alleviate his Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. He is expected to be sidelined for another four weeks. |
| 5/26/08 | Blalock will likely remain on the DL at least through Friday due to carpal tunnel in his wrist. |
| 5/23/08 | Blalock won't come off the disabled list on Friday as expected. He has been diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome in his right wrist. |
| 5/19/08 | Blalock is expected to play at first base when he returns from the DL. He will go to extended spring training Monday for the three games and will likely be activated later in the week. |
| 5/17/08 | Blalock is now expected to start his rehab assignment on Monday. |
| 5/14/08 | Blalock is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday and could return to the team as soon as Friday. |
| 5/10/08 | Blalock has resumed taking batting practice as he recovers for a partial tear in his hamstring. He may not need a rehab assigment and is about two weeks away from returning. |
| 4/29/08 | Blalock was placed on the DL. |
| 4/28/08 | Blalock is expected to miss 3-4 weeks with a small tear in his left hamstring. He will be placed on the DL on Tuesday. |
| 4/28/08 | Blalock has missed the last two games with a strained hamstring. He will undergo an MRI Monday and the team will know the results prior to Tuesday's game to determine if he will need to go on the DL. |
| 4/17/08 | Blalock was out of the starting lineup Thursday after leaving Wednesday's game early with a sore back. He is not expected to land on the DL and should be considered day-to-day. |
| 3/09/08 | Blalock returned to the Rangers' lineup Saturday after missing the previous eight spring games. He served as the DH and will likely do so on Sunday. He could return to the field as soon as Monday. |
| 3/05/08 | Blalock suffered a neck injury in a car accident Monday and was out of the Rangers' lineup Tuesday. He could miss a few more days as he recovers. |
| 9/24/07 | Blalock will not play at third base for the rest of this year and will be limited to DH duties due to some inflammation in his flexor tendon muscle in his right elbow. |
| 9/15/07 | Blalock was unable to test out his throwing arm yesterday due to a stomach virus. |
| 9/14/07 | Blalock is planning to play catch later today. If all goes well, he has a chance of returning to third base rather than spend the rest of the season as a DH. |
| 9/06/07 | Blalock thinks he can go back to playing third base on the next road trip as the soreness in his shoulder is gone. |
| 9/01/07 | The Rangers activated Blalock from the disabled list today. The team plans on using him as the DH on Sunday. |
| 8/24/07 | Blalock is backing off his throwing program for a couple of weeks and will not return on September 1 as origianlly hoped. |
| 8/19/07 | Blalock is not happy with the way he is throwing the ball. "I want the ball to carry better," Blalock said. "It wasn't doing that. I'm a perfectionist and I've worked hard on my mechanics and I want to put it all together instead of it happening half the time. It's frustrating to me." Manager Ron Washington said Blalock is being too hard on himself and added, "Hank is going to be fine. That's me talking from my experience as a teacher of infield defense. We're going to put it all together the next few days when we're in Baltimore." |
| 8/17/07 | Blalock is currently targeting August 31 for his return. He did not throw Thursday after fielding 25 grounders on Wednesday and throwing from third base to about 10 feet short of first base. "My body isn't sore, but there's no reason to overdo it," Blalock said. |
| 8/13/07 | Blalock will begin to make throws from third to first base this week and, if all goes well, begin a minor-league rehab assignment. |
| 8/07/07 | Blalock has made "significant progress" recovering from shoulder surgery and should be back later this month. |
| 7/29/07 | Blalock (DL: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome) has been working with manager Ron Washington on his defense while he has been out, but he has not regained full feeling in his right hand. Washington said, "His legs are strong and his hands work well. We just have to get his arm right. I think he'll be better because of all the extra work."
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| 7/20/07 | Blalock (DL: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome) will not return to the team by August 1, following his shoulder surgery. During fielding drills yesterday, he could throw only halfway to first base. He will need more time to build up arm strength. |
| 7/05/07 | Blalock resumed taking batting practice and is trying to regain his strength. He hopes to go on a medical rehabilitation assignment toward the end of July and then to be activated at the beginning of August. |
| 6/23/07 | Blalock (Thoracic Outlet Syndrome) threw for the first time Friday since having a rib removed. |
| 5/19/07 | The Texas Rangers placed Blalock (Thoracic Outlet Syndrome) on the 60-day disabled list, retroactive to May 17. |
| 5/18/07 | The Dallas Morning News reports that Blalock has Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS), a nerve compression that requires him to have surgery on Monday in Dallas. TOS consists of a group of distinct disorders that affect the nerves that pass into the arms from the neck and various nerves and blood vessels between the base of the neck and armpit. He will be lost for 10-12 weeks. |
| 5/17/07 | Blalock has a knot behind his right shoulder, and did not start Thursday night's game against Tampa Bay. |
| 5/09/07 | Blalock has nine hits, including five doubles, in his last 16 at-bats. He had three doubles yesterday. |
| 5/02/07 | Blalock broke up the New York Yankee team effort no-hit bid with a leadoff double in the eighth inning against reliever Mike Myers. The Yankees won 10-1. |
| 4/15/07 | Manager Ron Washington gave Blalock his first day off of the season today when the Rangers faced left-hander Horacio Ramirez of the Seattle Mariners. Blalock went into Sunday's game with one hit and five strikeouts in his last 12 at-bats and he was leading the team with 13 strikeouts. |
| 3/26/07 | The Rangers told Blalock not to take the trip to Tucson for a game because of a twisted right ankle. Blalock fell rounding first base on a base hit in his final at-bat on Saturday. |
| 3/13/07 | Blalock returned to action today and went 1-for-2 in three ABs after missing two games with a calf strain. |
| 3/12/07 | Blalock's sore calf kept him out of action on Monday. |
| 3/04/07 | Manager Ron Washington is mentoring and re-energizing Blalock. Washington has been showing Blalock different defensive techniques and stressing footwork around the hot corner. "Hank has bought into what we're trying to get him to do,” said Washington. Washington helped 3B Eric Chavez win six straight gold gloves in Oakland. |
| 3/01/07 | Manager Ron Washington will make "no special fuss over Blalock facing lefties." Last year Blalock often sat against lefthanders. Washington seems content with letting him hit away against all comers. Blalock has a career mark of .221 against lefties. |
| 2/18/07 | Blalock had shoulder surgery on October 2. "I feel fine," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, (the shoulder) is a non-issue, but if I have to pace myself, I will." |
| 1/29/07 | Blalock began swinging for the first time this winter since undergoing shoulder surgery at the end of last season. "The shoulder feels 100 percent," Blalock said. "I'm sticking to my throwing program, throwing from 120 feet every day and it feels good. I should go into the season without any question marks or anything." |
| 10/01/06 | Blalock will undergo shoulder surgery on his right shoulder tomorrow. He should be back to full strength by the time spring training rolls around. |
| 9/10/06 | Blalock will have an MRI on his sore shoulder when the team returns to Texas. "I've been getting treatment since the end of August, but it seems like it's kind of staying the same," Blalock said. |
| 9/06/06 | Blalock has a sore shoulder that has limited him to DH duties in 10 of the past 30 games. |
| 5/18/06 | Blalock was not in today's starting lineup due to flu-like symptoms. He should return shortly. |
| 4/12/06 | The Rangers need Blalock to stop the career slide he's suffered through the last two seasons and go back to being the All-Star he was in 2003 and 2004. Blalock has already shown signs of turning things around this season with a couple of key hits off left-handers, including a line shot to center off Kenny Rogers on Sunday. It's important that Blalock hit lefties and righties so that opposing pitchers don't simply pitch around Teixeira. When they do, Hank has to make them pay.
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| 3/28/06 | Blalock was scratched from the starting lineup with a sore back. |
| 3/14/06 | Blalock (arm) got the day off Monday to rest his sore right arm. |
| 8/20/05 | Blalock has no RBIs in his last nine games. |
| 6/30/05 | Alfonso Soriano, Blalock and David Dellucci also connected for the Rangers, who matched their record for homers in a game. |
| 6/20/05 | Blalock has committed one error while maintaining a .300-30 homer-100 RBI pace. |
| 4/28/05 | Blalock led off the Texas fourth with his fourth homer, a 415-foot shot that landed in the second of deck of stands in right. |
| 4/24/05 | Blalock was given a day off, his first of the season. |
| 10/29/04 | His 17 errors did not harm his seasons production of 32 homers and 110 RBIs. |
| 8/24/04 | Blalock was back in the lineup Sunday after missing two games with a sore wrist.
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| 6/26/04 | Blalock has 4 hits today scoring 3 times and hitting his 18th home run. |
| 4/17/04 | Blalock leads the Rangers, so far, in runs batted in with eleven. |
| 9/06/03 | Blalock is in the batting race because he went into Friday's game hitting .354 against right-handers, tops in the American League and 16 points better than anybody else. He was hitting .205 (24-for-117) against left-handers.
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| 7/30/03 | Blalock shifted to second base during Tuesday's game, his third appearance of the season there. |
| 7/29/03 | Blalock went 4-for-5 with a two-run home run. He scored three runs.
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| 6/18/03 | Rangers manager Buck Showalter said he may give Hank Blalock today off, as they face left-hander Barry Zito, |
| 5/30/03 | Blalock was 3-for-3 with a couple of walks and he is back in the AL lead with a .359 average.
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| 5/21/03 | He began the game with a league-best .432 home average that climbed to .449 with his three hits.
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| 5/20/03 | Blalock has been an early-season surprise as he leads the American League in hitting (.354) to go with his seven home runs and 28 runs batted in. |
| 5/17/03 | Blalock had a three-run double off Clemens that helped stake the Rangers to their early lead and, despite four strikeouts, finished with a career-high six runs batted in. He also has a ten-game hitting streak. |
| 4/22/03 | The left-handed hitting third baseman leads the American League with a .421 batting average in 15 games.
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| 4/20/03 | Blalock continues to see his playing limited when the Rangers face left-handers. He sat out Friday against Oakland's Zito and yesterday when Mulder started for the A's. "If it wasn't Barry Zito and Mark Mulder, it might be different," Rangers manager Buck Showalter said. "I want to keep him in a good frame of mind." |
| 4/07/03 | Despite a hot bat this season Blalock likely will sit two of the three games between the Rangers and A's. The A's start three left-handers. Blalock is hitting .500 (12-for-24), he was only 2-for-30 in limited action against lefties last year. |
| 4/03/03 | Blalock started at second with Teixeira playing third base leaving Young stuck to the bench. |
| 3/27/03 | Both Blalock and Mark Teixeira have made the Opening Day roster for the Rangers. It is not clear yet how much playing time they will see. |
| 3/16/03 | He was ranked the Rangers' No. 1 minor-league prospect by Baseball America in 2001, and he's still regarded as a star-to-be.
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| 3/02/03 | With the injuries to Perry it means more time for Blalock at thirdbase to impress. |
| 2/09/03 | Rangers Dream: Hank Blalock and Mark Teixeira, two of the best young position players in baseball, will compete at third base. If Teixeira shows promise, he could play third and Blalock may move Mike Young off second base. - Cleveland Plain Dealer
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| 12/13/02 | Blalock will be the Rangers' third baseman heading into spring training. |
| 11/09/02 | The Rangers have not committed to giving Blalock a shot at the second base job, but they are thinking about it. If Carl Everett is unable to play center field, current second baseman Michael Young may be moved to center, opening up second base for Blalock. |
| 9/30/02 | Blalock underwent arthroscopic surgery on his elbow today. He'll be fully healed in time for spring training. |
| 9/08/02 | He is back on the Ranger's but he would need to get hot to replace the already hot Perry. |
| 6/23/02 | The Rangers are considering recalling Blalock from Triple-A Oklahoma and placing third baseman Herbert Perry on the disabled list because of a hamstring injury that's worse than originally thought. |
| 6/18/02 | Blalock will be activated from the disabled list at Triple-A Oklahoma Tuesday, according to The Dallas Morning News . He had been sidelined for more than a week because of pain in his elbow. The minor setback from the injury will likely dash any hopes of Blalock returning to the major leagues before the All-Star break.
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| 6/12/02 | After a series of tests, the Rangers' medical staff has determined third baseman Hank Blalock's elbow injury is an old stress fracture aggravated by a bone chip. The Rangers expect him to undergo treatment and rehabilitation for another week then start playing again. |
| 6/09/02 | X-rays showed he has a fractured olecranon tip in his right elbow. He is scheduled to have an MRI on Monday to determine if it's an old fracture.
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| 5/30/02 | Third baseman Hank Blalock is a hit at Triple-A Oklahoma. He was 3-for-4 with a double Wednesday in the RedHawks' 11-10 loss to the Iowa Cubs. He has an 11-game hitting streak. |
| 5/16/02 | Blalock joined the Oklahoma RedHawks on Wednesday and went 1-for-4 in his first game. Of his demotion, Blalock told `The Daily Oklahoman,' "I guess I was probably trying to do too much when I got [to the majors] and that probably resulted in me struggling. |
| 5/14/02 | Third baseman Hank Blalock did not report to Triple-A Oklahoma on Monday, and the RedHawks said they do not expect him before Wednesday. Blalock, who was demoted to the minor leagues Sunday morning, has 72 hours from the time the roster move was made to report.
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| 5/13/02 | Blalock was in an 0-for-11 stretch and had made no progress against left-handed pitching. After a single in his first at-bat against a lefty this year, Blalock went hitless in his next 22. The Rangers were concerned he was starting to backslide. "He had just gotten into a rut with his swing, where it always looked the same," manager Jerry Narron said. "It was long, and he wasn't using the entire field like he has throughout the minors and like he did during spring training when he won the job.
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| 5/12/02 | In odrer to make room for Park, the Rangers optioned rookie third baseman Hank Blalock to Triple-A Oklahoma on Sunday.
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| 5/10/02 | Has accumulated 2 hits in the last 15 at bats .. 5 games. Both hits were in the same game. |
| 5/06/02 | He doesn't have a hit against a lefty in 20 at-bats. He is now hitting .048 against them. He is batting a more acceptable .246 with seven extra-base hits in 65 at-bats against right-handed pitching.
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| 5/05/02 | The day off was not a big deal considering Blalock started the previous six games. But given that the Indians started right-hander Bartolo Colon and Perry was hitting .167 against righties, it's a bit odd. And it's likely Perry will start again today when the Indians start left-hander C.C. Sabathia. Rangers manager Jerry Narron said April 26, "We're going to try to get Hank as many at-bats as possible, but Perry has definitely earned the right to play."
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| 5/01/02 | Blalock connected for his first major-league home run in the ninth inning to put the finishing touches on the game. |
| 4/29/02 | Blalock, who is batting .182 with six doubles, no home runs and three RBI with 25 strikeouts in 66 at-bats, has been working before batting practice with Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo on timing and pitch recognition. Jerry Narron said that Blalock will continue to get plenty of plate appearances but that Herbert Perry will see increased playing time at third base.
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| 4/27/02 | Reserve third baseman, Herbert Perry, has outproduced starting third baseman Hank Blalock. Perry is hitting .304 with one home run and five RBI in 23 at-bats. Blalock, a 21-year-old rookie in his first major-league season, is batting .183 with no home runs and three RBI in 60 at-bats.
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| 4/11/02 | Blalock broke-out from an 0-for-16 slump with a pair of hits that illustrated why he made the team as a 21-year-old. |
| 4/07/02 | Blalock, who began Saturday hitless in 12 at-bats since singling in his major league debut, was the youngest player on any opening day roster. At 21 years and four months. Rangers manager Jerry Narron had a brief discussion with rookie third baseman Hank Blalock on Saturday before the game to tell him that Herbert Perry will be starting the next few games beginning today. |
| 4/06/02 | Third baseman Hank Blalock is outhitting Alex Rodriguez after five games. That's nothing to get excited about though. Blalock has started his major-league career with only one hit in 13 at-bats. He has struck out seven times and walked once.
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| 4/05/02 | Blalock has struggled this first week of the season, going 1-for-12 with seven strikeouts. |
| 3/24/02 | Blalock has officially won the third base job in Texas. |
| 3/10/02 | Blalock has played well so far this spring and looks to have the upper hand at winning the third base job in Texas. |
| 2/02/02 | The Rangers will give Blalock some time at third base during spring training, but he will likely begin the year at AAA. |
| 10/23/01 | Blalock is leading the Arizona Fall League in homers and has posted very good numbers across the board so far. A good spring training could win him a job in Texas in 2002. |
| 6/27/01 | Blalock was hitting .380 in the Florida State League earlier in the year before being promoted to AA. At age 20, he is good enough to make an impact on major league roster in 2002. A definite name to keep in mind. |
Hank Blalock
