Rick Bladt

Infobox MLB retired
name=Rick Bladt
position=Outfielder


bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1946|12|9
city-state|Santa Cruz|California
debutdate=June 15
debutyear=by|1969
debutteam=Chicago Cubs
finaldate=September 28
finalyear=1975
finalteam=New York Yankees
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.215
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=1
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=12
teams=
*Chicago Cubs (1969)
*New York Yankees (1975)

Richard Alan Bladt (born December 9, 1946 in Santa Cruz, California) was a right-handed outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees.

Bladt was signed by the Cubs in by|1966 as an undrafted amateur free agent. He worked his way through the Cubs' minor league system and made his debut with the big league club on June 15, by|1969 in the first game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds, pinch-running for Hall of Famer Billy Williams. He started the second game of the doubleheader, and after lining into a double play in his first at-bat, he singled in a run off Gerry Arrigo for his first major league hit. Williams then replaced Bladt as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning. Bladt would appear in eight more games in June before being sent back to the minors.

Bladt was the player to be named later that completed a trade between the Cubs and Yankees in January by|1970. The Cubs sent minor leaguer Terry Bongiovanni and cash, along with a player to be named later, in exchange for Jimmie Hall on September 11, 1969. The transfer of Bladt completed the deal. Bladt languished in the New York minor league system until resurfacing in the majors in by|1975. He made his Yankee debut on July 19 and remained with the team through the end of the season. Bladt hit his first (and only) major league home run on August 23, 1975 off Andy Hassler of the California Angels, and he spent September as the Yankees' everyday center fielder, replacing Elliott Maddox. After another year in the minors, however, the Yankees traded Bladt along with Maddox to the Baltimore Orioles for Paul Blair. Bladt never returned to the major leagues.

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