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: 18-14 / in Starts: 18-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2006 Pitching Game Log

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2006 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	37	5	Apr 7	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-0	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.00	2.02	25	98	68	27	8	8	10	0	4	0	83			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.476	1.02	0.35%	4.29	1b start tie	8b 3 out a5
2	38	10	Apr 13	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-8	GS-6	L(1-1)	5	6.0	11	7	7	2	4	1	0	4.50	3.29	29	98	61	20	6	9	14	6	0	0	24			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	1	0	0	.71	-0.324	.78	-0.21%	-3.75	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d5
3	39	15	Apr 19	OAK		DET	L,4-11	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	4.1	10	8	7	3	3	0	0	6.87	3.42	27	88	59	13	6	6	15	6	1	0	13			0	0	0	23	3	0	1	0	1	1	1.10	-0.347	1.21	-0.23%	-4.77	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out d5
4	40	20	Apr 24	OAK	@	TEX	W,3-2	GS-6	W(2-2)	4	6.0	8	2	2	1	2	1	0	5.92	3.85	26	109	65	17	8	8	15	5	4	0	49			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.106	1.20	0.07%	1.35	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
5	41	24	Apr 30	OAK	@	KCR	W,13-6	GS-5	W(3-2)	5	5.0	6	5	4	5	4	1	0	6.14	4.41	26	118	66	22	8	6	11	5	1	0	36			0	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.256	1.25	-0.16%	-2.21	1b start a 2	5b 3 out tie
May				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
6	42	29	May 5	OAK		TBD	L,1-3	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	7.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	5.70	4.17	31	103	65	19	4	12	14	4	2	0	50			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	-0.005	1.15	0.00%	0.75	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
7	43	33	May 10	OAK	@	TOR	L,7-9	GS-6	L(3-4)	4	6.0	8	8	7	1	1	1	0	6.38	4.35	27	101	60	20	4	8	17	6	0	0	26			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	2	0	.77	-0.392	.92	-0.28%	-4.68	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
8	44	38	May 16	OAK		SEA	W,12-6	GS-7	W(4-4)	5	7.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	5.84	4.10	24	83	56	19	4	11	11	3	3	0	57			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	.63	0.169	.80	0.13%	1.75	1t start tie	7t 3 out a10
9	45	43	May 21	OAK		SFG	L,0-6	GS-4	L(4-5)	4	4.0	6	5	5	2	2	0	0	6.24	4.07	20	77	45	15	2	7	9	4	0	0	30			0	0	0	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.08	-0.233	1.28	-0.17%	-2.86	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
10	46	48	May 26	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-5	GS-5		4	5.0	5	2	2	5	4	0	1	6.02	4.16	26	107	60	19	7	9	7	1	1	0	48			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.41	0.048	2.17	0.04%	0.79	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
11	47	53	May 31	OAK		KCR	W,7-0	SHO	W(5-5)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	5.21	3.96	33	118	78	22	8	14	12	3	2	0	80			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.377	.62	0.19%	4.82	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
Jun				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
12	48	59	Jun 7	OAK	@	CLE	L,2-11	GS-5	L(5-6)	6	5.0	10	6	6	3	3	2	0	5.60	4.31	26	98	58	22	7	6	14	7	2	0	23			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.275	.61	-0.17%	-3.27	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
13	49	64	Jun 13	OAK		SEA	W,2-0	GS-9	W(6-6)	5	8.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.04	4.14	29	92	61	21	3	13	14	3	3	0	74			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.260	1.68	0.24%	2.79	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out a2
14	50	69	Jun 18	OAK		LAD	W,5-2	GS-9	W(7-6)	4	8.0	9	2	2	1	3	1	1	4.79	4.20	32	96	67	20	6	19	8	3	0	0	58			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.86	0.192	1.17	0.16%	1.28	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
15	51	73	Jun 23	OAK	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS-6		4	6.0	7	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.67	4.14	26	102	55	18	7	10	9	2	2	0	51			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.21	0.091	1.64	0.07%	1.24	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
16	52	77	Jun 28	OAK	@	SDP	L,1-8	GS-4	L(7-7)	4	4.0	6	5	4	2	5	1	0	4.85	4.19	20	86	53	14	5	7	6	4	0	0	35			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.314	1.57	-0.26%	-3.04	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
Jul				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
17	53	82	Jul 3	OAK		DET	W,5-3	GS-7	W(8-7)	4	7.0	9	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.78	4.23	29	98	67	20	6	11	17	7	4	0	48			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.020	1.41	0.02%	0.75	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
18	54	87	Jul 8	OAK		LAA	L,4-6	GS-6	L(8-8)	4	5.2	9	5	5	3	5	1	0	4.95	4.28	29	109	63	17	14	12	9	4	0	0	33			1	0	0	25	1	2	0	0	1	0	.69	-0.183	1.21	-0.19%	-2.24	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d5
19	55	92	Jul 16	OAK	@	BOS	W,8-1	GS-7	W(9-8)	7	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	1	0	4.73	4.31	27	104	67	18	7	7	14	3	2	0	65			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.77	0.310	1.07	0.26%	3.06	1b start tie	7b 3 out a4
20	56	97	Jul 22	OAK	@	DET	W,9-5	GS-5	W(10-8)	5	5.0	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.90	4.26	22	83	54	15	3	10	12	5	2	0	29			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.14	-0.083	1.71	-0.08%	-2.24	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
21	57	102	Jul 27	OAK		TOR	W,5-2	GS-7	W(11-8)	4	7.0	5	2	2	1	4	0	1	4.78	4.19	26	87	57	20	5	12	8	3	2	0	62			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	0.136	1.68	0.12%	1.75	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
Aug				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
22	58	107	Aug 1	OAK	@	LAA	L,2-3	GS-7	L(11-9)	4	6.2	9	3	1	3	4	0	0	4.61	4.14	31	109	66	17	9	12	12	1	1	0	49			1	0	0	28	3	0	1	1	0	0	1.04	-0.140	2.60	-0.21%	0.40	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
23	59	111	Aug 6	OAK	@	SEA	W,7-6	GS-6	W(12-9)	4	6.0	10	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.61	4.08	28	109	74	23	6	11	13	9	2	0	42			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.058	2.26	0.07%	0.22	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
24	60	116	Aug 12	OAK		TBD	W,6-3	GS-7	W(13-9)	5	6.1	8	2	2	4	5	0	0	4.53	4.05	29	104	63	18	11	9	11	2	0	0	50			2	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	.77	0.180	1.32	0.19%	2.20	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a4
25	61	121	Aug 18(1)	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-7	GS-6	L(13-10)	5	6.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	2	4.47	4.02	28	112	65	18	7	9	14	3	2	0	51			1	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.39	0.083	1.65	0.06%	1.35	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
26	62	129	Aug 26	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-3	GS-7	W(14-10)	7	6.2	7	3	3	1	6	0	0	4.45	3.93	28	112	74	21	12	9	12	4	1	0	53			0	1	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	0.255	1.25	0.19%	2.44	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a3
Sept				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
27	63	134	Sep 1	OAK		BAL	W,5-4	GS-6		5	6.0	7	4	4	2	2	1	0	4.51	3.99	27	97	60	18	2	7	16	5	6	0	42			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.183	.55	-0.06%	-0.79	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
28	64	139	Sep 6	OAK		TEX	W,9-6	GS-6	W(15-10)	4	6.0	11	6	6	0	4	2	0	4.66	4.06	28	109	66	21	5	10	14	8	1	0	30			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.293	.83	-0.19%	-2.79	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
29	65	143	Sep 11	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-9	GS-6	L(15-11)	4	5.1	9	6	5	3	1	2	0	4.78	4.22	27	108	61	20	5	15	8	3	2	0	26			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	-0.207	.79	-0.10%	-1.98	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d3
30	66	148	Sep 17	OAK		CHW	W,5-4	GS-5	W(16-11)	5	5.0	8	2	2	3	5	1	0	4.74	4.26	24	95	58	15	11	4	12	5	2	0	45			3	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.050	.67	0.02%	0.68	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
31	67	154	Sep 23	OAK		LAA	L,2-6	GS-8	L(16-12)	5	7.1	9	6	6	2	2	0	0	4.84	4.22	32	104	66	12	9	12	16	1	2	0	36			0	0	0	29	4	0	1	1	1	0	1.05	-0.334	.08	-0.02%	-1.93	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d3
32	68	160	Sep 29	OAK	@	LAA	L,0-6	5-7		5	3.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	4.82	4.16	14	48	35	6	10	4	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.66	5b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d5
							18-14		W-L:16-12	4.6	194.1	241	111	104	58	107	17	5	4.82	4.16	856	3162	62%	19%	7%	0.81		19%	8%	0	45	0	---%	13	5	0	781	50	4	4	20	9	5	.97	-0.769	1.20	-0.16%	-3.97

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