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Joe Blanton
Joseph Matthew Blanton

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 225 lb.
School University of Kentucky

Debut September 21, 2004

Born December 11, 1980 in Bowling Green, KY

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 20, 2002. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2004 23 OAK AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    8.0    6    5    5   1    2    6   0   0    30   0   0  5.63  4.54   81 1.000
 2005 24 OAK AL  12  12  33  33   2   0   0  0  201.3  178   86   79  23   67  116   5   4   835   3   2  3.53  4.36  123 1.217 RoY-6
 2006 25 OAK AL  16  12  32  31   1   1   0  0  194.3  241  111  104  17   58  107   5   3   856   4   0  4.82  4.43   92 1.539
 2007 26 OAK AL  14  10  34  34   3   1   0  0  230.0  240  106  101  16   40  140   4   3   950   4   1  3.95  4.20  106 1.217
 2008 27 OAK AL   2   5   9   9   0   0   0  0   61.3   73   29   26   3   13   25   0   1   263   1   0  3.82  3.88  102 1.402
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .530  44  39 111 107   6   2   1  0  695.0  738  337  315  60  180  394  14  11  2934  12   3  4.08  4.29  105 1.321
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  12  34  33   1   0   0  0  216.7  230  105   98  18   56  122   4   3   915   3   0  4.08  4.29  105 1.321
 Career High     16  12  34  34   3   1   1  0  230.0  241  111  104  23   67  140   5   4   950   4   2  3.53  4.43  123 1.217

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2005 24 OAK AL  33    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   78    1   1   0   0   0   1 RoY-6
 2006 25 OAK AL  32    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 2007 26 OAK AL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons       70    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .111  .111  .111  -40    1   3   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         21    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   9  .111  .111  .111  -40    2   7   0   0   0   5
 Career High     33    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3                           1   1   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2005 24 OAK AL    4    4    0   0.0   106| .333  .269| .333  .332| .333  .427| .666  .759|  78  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
 2006 25 OAK AL    3    3    0   0.0   108| .000  .272| .000  .336| .000  .432| .000  .768|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2007 26 OAK AL    5    6    0   0.0   101| .000  .262| .000  .329| .000  .410| .000  .739|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons        12   13    0   0.0   104| .111  .267| .111  .332| .111  .421| .222  .752| -40  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 23 OAK AL P 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 0.47 1.12 1.69 0 8.0 2005 24 OAK AL P 33 13 20 1 1 .971 .954 1.00 0.46 1.48 1.69 33 201.3 2006 25 OAK AL P 32 13 14 4 0 .871 .957 0.84 0.41 1.25 1.56 31 194.3 2007 26 OAK AL P 34 15 27 0 2 1.000 .955 1.24 0.42 1.64 1.60 34 230.0 2008 27 OAK AL P 9 9 12 1 2 .955 .968 2.33 0.47 3.08 1.75 9 61.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 23 OAK AL P 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 0.47 1.12 1.69 0 8.0 2005 24 OAK AL P 33 13 20 1 1 .971 .954 1.00 0.46 1.48 1.69 33 201.3 2006 25 OAK AL P 32 13 14 4 0 .871 .957 0.84 0.41 1.25 1.56 31 194.3 2007 26 OAK AL P 34 15 27 0 2 1.000 .955 1.24 0.42 1.64 1.60 34 230.0 2008 27 OAK AL P 9 9 12 1 2 .955 .968 2.33 0.47 3.08 1.75 9 61.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 111 51 73 6 5 .954 .957 1.12 0.43 1.61 1.63 107 695.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 111 51 73 6 5 .954 .957 1.12 0.43 1.61 1.63 107 695
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2006   ALCS  OAK DET     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     0   0   2   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
2005 AL-3.53-10

Wins
2006 AL-16-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
2005 AL-1.217-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
2005 AL-7.96-4

Bases on Balls/9IP
2007 AL-1.57-4

Innings
2007 AL-230.0-2
2008 AL-61.3-2

Games Started
2005 AL-33-8
2007 AL-34-1
2008 AL-9-1

Comp. Games
2005 AL-2-10
2007 AL-3-3

Shutouts
2006 AL-1-5
2007 AL-1-5

Hits Allowed
2006 AL-241-5
2007 AL-240-1
2008 AL-73-1

SO to Walk
2007 AL-3.50-7

Losses
2008 AL-5-2

Earned Runs Allow.
2007 AL-101-4

Batters Faced
2007 AL-950-2
2008 AL-263-1

Adjusted ERA+
2005 AL-124-9

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (738) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 27 (847) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (975) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1584) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 20, 2002.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2005Oakland Athletics$316,500
2006Oakland Athletics$327,000
2007Oakland Athletics$380,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,023,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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