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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2002	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A+	OAK	1	2	.333	4.43	4.87	6	3	0	0	0	0	20.1	19	11	10	1	8	0	21	0	1	0	86	1.328	8.4	0.4	3.5	9.3	2.63
2002	21	-1.8	Modesto	CALL	A+	OAK	0	1	.000	7.50	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	6	5	1	6	0	6	0	1	0	33	2.333	12.0	1.5	9.0	9.0	1.00
2002	21	-0.1	Vancouver	NORW	A-	OAK	1	1	.500	3.14	3.14	4	2	0	0	0	0	14.1	11	5	5	0	2	0	15	0	0	0	53	0.907	6.9	0.0	1.3	9.4	7.50
2003	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	OAK	11	8	.579	2.29	2.83	28	26	2	3	2	1	168.2	131	53	43	7	26	0	174	5	0	1	660	0.931	7.0	0.4	1.4	9.3	6.69
2003	22	-2.2	Midland	TL	AA	OAK	3	1	.750	1.26	1.51	7	5	2	1	0	1	35.2	21	6	5	1	7	0	30	0	0	0	129	0.785	5.3	0.3	1.8	7.6	4.29
2003	22	0.4	Kane County	MIDW	A	OAK	8	7	.533	2.57	3.18	21	21	0	2	2	0	133.0	110	47	38	6	19	0	144	5	0	1	531	0.970	7.4	0.4	1.3	9.7	7.58
2004	23	-4.2	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	OAK	11	8	.579	4.19	5.16	28	26	0	1	0	0	176.1	199	101	82	13	34	2	143	6	0	6	756	1.321	10.2	0.7	1.7	7.3	4.21
2004	23	-6.0	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	0	0		5.63	5.63	3	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	6	5	5	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	30	1.000	6.8	1.1	2.3	6.8	3.00
2005	24	-5.2	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	12	12	.500	3.53	3.84	33	33	0	2	0	0	201.1	178	86	79	23	67	3	116	5	2	4	835	1.217	8.0	1.0	3.0	5.2	1.73
2006	25	-3.4	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	16	12	.571	4.82	5.14	32	31	0	1	1	0	194.1	241	111	104	17	58	4	107	5	0	3	856	1.539	11.2	0.8	2.7	5.0	1.84
2007	26	-2.4	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	14	10	.583	3.95	4.15	34	34	0	3	1	0	230.0	240	106	101	16	40	4	140	4	1	3	950	1.217	9.4	0.6	1.6	5.5	3.50
2008	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	PHI	9	12	.429	4.69	5.01	33	33	0	0	0	0	197.2	211	110	103	22	66	3	111	4	0	2	855	1.401	9.6	1.0	3.0	5.1	1.68
2008	27	-1.3	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	5	12	.294	4.96	5.24	20	20	0	0	0	0	127.0	145	74	70	12	35	3	62	1	0	1	550	1.417	10.3	0.9	2.5	4.4	1.77
2008	27	-1.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	4	0	1.000	4.20	4.58	13	13	0	0	0	0	70.2	66	36	33	10	31	0	49	3	0	1	305	1.373	8.4	1.3	3.9	6.2	1.58
2009	28	-0.6	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	12	8	.600	4.05	4.10	31	31	0	0	0	0	195.1	198	89	88	30	59	4	163	8	0	7	837	1.316	9.1	1.4	2.7	7.5	2.76
2010	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	PHI	0	1	.000	4.50	4.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.0	9	5	5	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	41	1.100	8.1	1.8	1.8	6.3	3.50
2010	29	4.8	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	0	1	.000	5.63	5.63	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	9	5	5	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	35	1.375	10.1	2.3	2.3	5.6	2.50
2010	29	7.2	Lakewood	SALL	A	PHI	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2010	29	0.3	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	9	6	.600	4.82	5.33	29	28	0	0	0	0	175.2	206	104	94	27	43	6	134	3	0	2	765	1.417	10.6	1.4	2.2	6.9	3.12
2011	30	8.2	Lakewood	SALL	A	PHI	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2011	30	1.5	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	1	2	.333	5.01	5.01	11	8	1	0	0	0	41.1	52	23	23	5	9	0	35	1	0	0	180	1.476	11.3	1.1	2.0	7.6	3.89
2012	31		2 Teams	NL	Maj	LAD-PHI	10	13	.435	4.71	4.99	31	30	1	2	1	0	191.0	207	106	100	29	34	5	166	3	0	5	806	1.262	9.8	1.4	1.6	7.8	4.88
2012	31	2.5	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	8	9	.471	4.59	5.00	21	20	1	2	1	0	133.1	141	74	68	22	18	2	115	3	0	4	560	1.193	9.5	1.5	1.2	7.8	6.39
2012	31	2.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	2	4	.333	4.99	4.99	10	10	0	0	0	0	57.2	66	32	32	7	16	3	51	0	0	1	246	1.422	10.3	1.1	2.5	8.0	3.19
2013	32	3.3	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	2	14	.125	6.04	6.51	28	20	7	0	0	0	132.2	180	96	89	29	34	4	108	4	0	9	611	1.613	12.2	2.0	2.3	7.3	3.18
2014	33	6.2	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	OAK	1	0	1.000	5.06	5.91	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	13	7	6	1	3	0	10	0	0	1	46	1.500	11.0	0.8	2.5	8.4	3.33
2015	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	PIT	7	2	.778	2.84	3.08	36	4	13	0	0	2	76.0	69	26	24	7	16	5	79	1	0	2	309	1.118	8.2	0.8	1.9	9.4	4.94
2015	34	7.2	Omaha	PCL	AAA	KCR	3	2	.600	3.89	3.89	7	6	0	0	0	0	39.1	34	17	17	7	10	0	30	2	0	2	162	1.119	7.8	1.6	2.3	6.9	3.00
2015	34	5.7	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	2	2	.500	3.89	4.10	15	4	6	0	0	2	41.2	43	19	18	6	7	1	40	0	0	0	172	1.200	9.3	1.3	1.5	8.6	5.71
2015	34	5.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	5	0	1.000	1.57	1.83	21	0	7	0	0	0	34.1	26	7	6	1	9	4	39	1	0	2	137	1.019	6.8	0.3	2.4	10.2	4.33
2016	35	6.9	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	7	2	.778	2.48	2.59	75	0	15	0	0	0	80.0	55	23	22	7	26	4	80	2	0	3	315	1.013	6.2	0.8	2.9	9.0	3.08
2017	36	11.7	Harrisburg	EL	AA	WSN	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
2017	36	7.6	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	2	4	.333	5.68	5.89	51	0	13	0	0	0	44.1	53	29	28	10	13	2	39	1	0	1	195	1.489	10.8	2.0	2.6	7.9	3.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (13 seasons)					Majors		101	97	.510	4.38	4.65	427	252	51	8	3	2	1767.2	1896	914	860	223	467	44	1284	41	3	41	7544	1.337	9.7	1.1	2.4	6.5	2.75
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		27	21	.563	3.43	4.09	76	68	2	4	2	1	427.1	405	194	163	31	83	2	387	13	1	10	1757	1.142	8.5	0.7	1.7	8.2	4.66
All Levels (16 Seasons)							128	118	.520	4.19	4.54	503	320	53	12	5	3	2195.0	2301	1108	1023	254	550	46	1671	54	4	51	9301	1.299	9.4	1.0	2.3	6.9	3.04

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		15	10	.600	4.18	4.97	37	34	0	1	0	0	226.1	246	125	105	21	47	2	183	8	0	9	964	1.295	9.8	0.8	1.9	7.3	3.89
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		3	2	.600	2.01	2.22	10	8	2	1	0	1	44.2	30	11	10	3	9	0	37	0	0	0	167	0.873	6.0	0.6	1.8	7.5	4.11
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	7.50	9.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	6	5	1	6	0	6	0	1	0	33	2.333	12.0	1.5	9.0	9.0	1.00
A (3 seasons)					Minors		8	7	.533	2.51	3.11	23	23	0	2	2	0	136.0	110	47	38	6	19	0	146	5	0	1	540	0.949	7.3	0.4	1.3	9.7	7.68
A- (1 season)					Minors		1	1	.500	3.14	3.14	4	2	0	0	0	0	14.1	11	5	5	0	2	0	15	0	0	0	53	0.907	6.9	0.0	1.3	9.4	7.50