Joe Blanton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 225lb (190cm, 102kg)

Born: December 11, 1980 in Bowling Green, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (24th) of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY).

High School: Franklin-Simpson HS (Franklin, KY)

School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)

Debut: September 21, 2004 (Age 23-285d, 18,592nd in major league history)
vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 1, 2017 (Age 36-294d)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Joseph Matthew Blanton

Nicknames: Joe B

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2008 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.8

101

ERA

4.38

427

252

1767.2

1284

WHIP

1.337

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-8 / in Starts: 4-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	2006	ALCS g1	Oct 10	OAK		DET	L,1-5	8-GF		10	2.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	4.15	8	31	16	4	4	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.009	2.29	0.14%	1.07	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 4
2008 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2008	NLDS g4	Oct 5	PHI	@	MIL	W,6-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	8	6.0	5	1	1	0	7	1	0	1.50	2.97	23	107	72	22	8	2	14	5	4	0	65			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	0.150	11.01	1.86%	1.62	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out a4
3	2008	NLCS g4	Oct 13	PHI	@	LAD	W,7-5	GS-5		7	5.0	7	3	3	4	4	0	0	3.27	3.40	24	91	53	16	8	7	9	5	1	0	41			0	1	0	20	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.36	-0.118	41.33	-1.81%	-0.50	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d1
4	2008	WS g4	Oct 26	PHI		TBR	W,10-2	GS-7	W(2-0)	12	6.0	4	2	2	2	7	2	1	3.18	4.54	25	99	61	22	9	6	9	2	1	0	61			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.110	45.08	3.91%	0.73	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a4
2009 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	2009	NLDS g2	Oct 8	PHI		COL	L,4-5	6-7		5	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.00	1.10	5	19	13	5	2	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.118	9.08	-1.23%	-0.85	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 1-3 0 out d1
6	2009	NLDS g3	Oct 11	PHI	@	COL	W,6-5	4-6		2	2.2	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.91	6.10	10	34	23	5	3	3	7	4	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.056	24.10	0.61%	0.42	4b --- 0 out a1	6b 1-- 2 out a1
7	2009	NLCS g4	Oct 19	PHI		LAD	W,5-4	GS-6		7	6.0	6	4	3	2	2	1	0	4.66	5.79	27	105	69	23	8	11	12	3	1	0	46			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.193	40.20	-3.97%	-0.99	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
8	2009	WS g4	Nov 1	PHI		NYY	L,4-7	GS-6		12	6.0	5	4	4	2	7	0	1	5.17	4.44	26	94	58	23	7	8	9	1	0	0	51			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	-0.185	66.10	-7.29%	-0.99	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
2010 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	2010	NLCS g4	Oct 20	PHI	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS-5		16	4.2	5	3	3	1	3	0	1	5.79	3.08	21	63	45	17	9	11	5	5	0	0	44			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.147	31.51	-2.92%	-0.85	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out a1
2011 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	2011	NLDS g4	Oct 5	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	7-7		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.03	3	8	7	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.010	2.55	0.11%	0.45	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
2016 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	2016	NLDS g1	Oct 7	LAD	@	WSN	W,4-3	6-6	H(1)	4	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	7.65	3	13	5	2	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.046	18.13	0.47%	0.28	6b --- 0 out a1	6b 1-- 2 out a1
12	2016	NLDS g3	Oct 10	LAD		WSN	L,3-8	7-8		2	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	1.86	6	35	23	9	5	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.079	14.16	1.05%	0.74	7t --- 1 out d1	8t 3 out d1
13	2016	NLDS g4	Oct 11	LAD		WSN	W,6-5	7-8	W(1-0)	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.24	4	19	15	2	6	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.192	35.80	2.08%	0.97	7t 1-3 2 out tie	8t 3 out tie
14	2016	NLDS g5	Oct 13	LAD	@	WSN	W,4-3	3-4		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.75	4	18	12	2	2	2	2	1	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.093	44.33	2.18%	1.02	3b 1-3 2 out d1	4b 3 out d1
15	2016	NLCS g1	Oct 15	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-8	8-8	L(1-1)	1	0.2	4	5	5	2	0	2	0	7.94	7.56	8	28	13	3	2	1	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.36	-0.388	61.67	-5.67%	-4.82	8b --- 0 out tie	8b -2- 2 out d5
16	2016	NLCS g3	Oct 18	LAD		CHC	W,6-0	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.75	6.60	3	13	10	4	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.027	11.29	0.48%	0.48	7t --- 0 out a4	7t 3 out a4
17	2016	NLCS g5	Oct 20	LAD		CHC	L,4-8	6-7	L(1-2)	1	1.1	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	7.88	7.15	7	19	15	3	5	1	4	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.238	52.20	-6.33%	-1.29	6t --- 0 out tie	7t --- 1 out d2
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