11 Facts About Cy Blanton

Darrell Elijah Blanton was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies.

Cy Blanton grew up in Trousdale, Oklahoma, and was living in Shawnee, Oklahoma, playing on sandlot teams.

Cy Blanton was a pitcher for the Independence Producers in 1931.

Cy Blanton was one of the mainstays of the Pittsburgh Pirates rotation in the mid 1930s.

Cy Blanton pitched for the Albany Senators in 1934, being promoted to Pittsburgh to pitch one game.

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Cy Blanton last pitched for the Phillies in 1942, being released after a month long stay in hospital due to kidney problems.

Cy Blanton was suspended by the Hollywood Stars for failure to get in shape in March 1945.

Cy Blanton returned to Oklahoma from California where he had been living just before he died.

Cy Blanton died in Norman, Oklahoma, at the age of 37, from internal hemorrhaging as a result of cirrhosis.

Cy Blanton's body was taken to Shawnee, Oklahoma, for burial in the nearby Tecumseh Cemetery.

Cy Blanton left a wife, Marie, and four children including a son, Zane, who briefly played in the minor leagues with the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies.