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: 4-24 / in Starts: 4-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 2

2013 Pitching Game Log

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2013 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	238	3	Apr 4	LAA	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	7	5	4	1	4	3	0	7.20	9.85	23	89	63	22	7	5	13	6	1	0	38			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	.85	-0.411	.79	-0.23%	-2.76	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
2	239	8	Apr 10	LAA		OAK	L,5-11	GS-6	L(0-2)	5	5.0	10	6	6	2	0	1	0	9.00	8.35	27	90	54	14	3	13	12	6	0	0	21			2	0	0	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.363	.90	-0.20%	-3.10	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d1
3	240	13	Apr 15	LAA	@	MIN	L,2-8	GS-5	L(0-3)	4	4.2	9	4	4	1	4	2	0	8.59	8.09	24	80	56	17	6	9	10	3	0	0	33			1	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.270	.78	-0.13%	-2.15	1b start a 1	5b -23 2 out d2
4	241	18	Apr 22	LAA		TEX	L,6-7	GS-7		6	6.0	12	4	4	1	0	0	0	7.84	6.77	29	91	60	18	6	14	14	9	0	0	31			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	-0.131	1.17	-0.08%	-0.64	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a3
5	242	23	Apr 27	LAA	@	SEA	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-4)	4	6.0	9	3	3	4	5	1	0	7.09	6.50	31	109	67	18	7	9	13	7	1	0	43			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	-0.140	1.34	-0.07%	-0.29	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 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	243	28	May 2	LAA		BAL	L,1-5	GS-8	L(0-5)	4	8.0	8	3	2	2	3	0	0	5.97	5.70	34	114	73	17	9	19	10	5	1	0	57			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	.92	-0.019	.55	-0.01%	0.64	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
7	244	33	May 8	LAA	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS-7	L(0-6)	5	6.2	8	3	3	0	6	1	0	5.66	5.30	27	86	60	12	10	10	11	7	0	0	52			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	.61	-0.088	.27	-0.02%	-0.07	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d2
8	245	38	May 13	LAA		KCR	L,4-11	GS-5	L(0-7)	4	4.2	12	7	7	0	7	0	0	6.46	4.77	26	99	65	15	17	10	9	5	0	0	19			2	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.360	.39	-0.09%	-5.03	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d6
9	246	43	May 18	LAA		CHW	W,12-9	GS-5		4	4.1	11	4	4	2	6	0	2	6.62	4.62	28	96	64	15	12	6	12	5	3	0	29			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.326	.40	-0.05%	-3.24	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out d1
10	247	47	May 23	LAA	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS-7	W(1-7)	4	6.1	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	6.19	4.41	25	87	60	19	5	11	13	4	4	0	52			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.001	.62	0.00%	0.31	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 1 out a1
11	248	52	May 28	LAA	@	LAD	L,0-3	GS-7	L(1-8)	4	7.0	7	3	3	0	5	1	1	5.94	4.35	28	107	72	20	10	9	13	5	1	0	56			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.084	.43	-0.03%	-0.02	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
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	249	58	Jun 3	LAA		HOU	L,1-2	GS-8	L(1-9)	5	8.0	3	2	2	0	11	1	0	5.53	4.08	27	112	75	16	18	10	6	5	1	0	79			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	1	.86	0.096	.34	0.02%	1.64	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
13	250	63	Jun 9	LAA	@	BOS	L,5-10	GS-6	L(1-10)	5	5.0	8	7	6	1	6	3	0	5.87	4.40	25	95	63	22	9	6	12	5	3	0	30			1	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.403	.31	-0.08%	-4.51	1b start a 1	6b --- 0 out d4
14	251	71	Jun 18	LAA		SEA	L,2-3	GS-7		8	6.2	6	2	2	2	11	2	0	5.62	4.42	28	118	77	23	19	3	12	8	2	0	63			2	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	.89	0.075	.32	0.02%	0.88	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d1
15	252	76	Jun 23	LAA		PIT	L,9-10	GS-8		4	7.1	6	3	1	0	6	1	0	5.26	4.32	29	98	65	19	13	13	10	4	0	0	64			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	1	.84	0.084	.20	0.01%	0.40	1t start tie	8t --- 1 out a3
16	253	81	Jun 29	LAA	@	HOU	W,7-2	GS-7	W(2-10)	5	7.0	3	2	2	2	6	1	0	5.07	4.30	26	99	65	18	11	5	13	3	2	0	67			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.204	.21	0.04%	1.36	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
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	254	85	Jul 4	LAA		STL	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.2	9	5	4	1	7	1	0	5.14	4.25	26	87	63	13	8	9	9	4	0	0	39			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	1	1	1.11	-0.409	.46	-0.10%	-2.74	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d2
18	255	89	Jul 9	LAA	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS-6	L(2-11)	4	5.0	8	6	6	3	3	4	1	5.40	4.73	26	92	56	12	11	9	10	5	1	0	27			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.50	-0.219	.23	-0.06%	-3.74	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out d6
19	256	93	Jul 14	LAA	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-5	L(2-12)	4	4.0	5	4	4	4	2	1	0	5.53	4.86	21	94	52	12	3	5	10	5	0	0	34			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	.75	-0.280	.22	-0.05%	-3.68	1b start tie	5b -23 0 out d3
20	257	97	Jul 22	LAA		MIN	L,3-4	GS-4	L(2-13)	7	3.2	9	4	4	2	4	1	0	5.66	4.89	22	90	53	17	10	5	11	7	1	0	29			1	0	0	20	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.05	-0.352	.29	-0.06%	-2.92	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d2
21	258	102	Jul 27	LAA	@	OAK	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.62	4.88	3	9	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.04	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
22	259	103	Jul 28	LAA	@	OAK	L,6-10	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.52	4.83	7	16	11	2	1	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.008	.01	0.00%	0.95	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
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
23	260	111	Aug 5	LAA		TEX	L,2-5	7-GF		7	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.39	4.79	9	21	15	4	0	6	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.028	.01	0.00%	1.37	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 3
24	261	113	Aug 7	LAA		TEX	L,3-10	6-7		1	2.0	4	3	3	0	2	1	0	5.52	4.83	10	45	27	8	4	4	4	2	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	.22	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-2.09	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d6
25	262	118	Aug 13	LAA	@	NYY	L,7-14	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	8	6	6	1	1	1	0	5.86	4.91	15	51	31	6	2	5	8	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-5.03	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d11
26	263	121	Aug 16	LAA		HOU	L,2-8	7-GF		2	2.1	4	4	4	1	3	2	0	6.03	5.06	12	49	33	6	8	3	5	1	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	.31	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-2.68	7t 12- 2 out d3	9t end d 6
27	264	125	Aug 20	LAA		CLE	L,1-4	14-GF(14)	L(2-14)	3	1.0	3	3	2	0	1	1	0	6.12	5.13	7	31	22	8	2	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	-0.465	.00	0.00%	-2.55	14t --- 0 out tie	14t end d 3
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
28	265	137	Sep 3	LAA		TBR	L,1-7	6-GF		13	3.1	3	1	1	4	3	0	0	6.04	5.12	16	66	35	10	6	5	4	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	.10	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.78	6t 12- 2 out d5	9t end d 6
							4-24		W-L:2-14	4.3	132.2	180	96	89	34	108	29	4	6.04	5.12	611	2221	65%	17%	10%	0.82		26%	5%	0	43	4	0%	17	0	0	567	37	3	4	9	5	7	.87	-3.936	.45	-1.17%	-38.43

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