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Joe Blanton

Joseph Matthew Blanton

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: December 11, 1980 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, US
High School: Franklin-Simpson HS (Franklin, KY)
School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)

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

Prospect Ratings by Baseball America:
Pre-2004: Rated #43 Prospect

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Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2002	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A+	OAK	1	2	.333	4.43	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	Vancouver	NORW	A-	OAK	1	1	.500	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
2002	21	Modesto	CALL	A+	OAK	0	1	.000	7.50	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
2003	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	OAK	11	8	.579	2.29	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	Kane County	MIDW	A	OAK	8	7	.533	2.57	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
2003	22	Midland	TL	AA	OAK	3	1	.750	1.26	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
2004	23	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	OAK	11	8	.579	4.19	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

2010	29	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	PHI	0	1	.000	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	Lakewood	SALL	A	PHI	0	0		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	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	0	1	.000	5.62	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	9	5	5	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	35	1.375	10.1	2.2	2.2	5.6	2.50
2011	30	Lakewood	SALL	A	PHI	0	0		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
5 Seasons						23	19	.548	3.35	66	59	2	4	2	1	376.1	358	170	140	23	70	2	345	11	1	7	1546	1.137	8.6	0.6	1.7	8.3	4.93
A (3 seasons)				A		8	7	.533	2.51	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
AA (2 seasons)				AA		3	2	.600	2.06	9	7	2	1	0	1	43.2	30	11	10	3	9	0	35	0	0	0	164	0.893	6.2	0.6	1.9	7.2	3.89
A- (1 season)				A-		1	1	.500	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
AAA (1 season)				AAA		11	8	.579	4.19	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
A+ (1 season)				A+		0	1	.000	7.50	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

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2002	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-A-	OAK	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	21	Vancouver	NORW	A-	OAK	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	21	Modesto	CALL	A+	OAK	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	OAK	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	22	Kane County	MIDW	A	OAK	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	22	Midland	TL	AA	OAK	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	23	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	OAK	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

2010	29	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	PHI	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2010	29	Lakewood	SALL	A	PHI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	29	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2011	30	Lakewood	SALL	A	PHI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Seasons						66	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
A (3 seasons)				A		23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
AA (2 seasons)				AA		9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
A- (1 season)				A-		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
AAA (1 season)				AAA		28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
A+ (1 season)				A+		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%
2002	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--A+	OAK	P	6	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.50	1	1	50%
2002	21	Vancouver	NORW	A-	OAK	P	4	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.50	1	1	50%
2002	21	Modesto	CALL	A+	OAK	P	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50	0	0
2003	22	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	OAK	P	28	24	4	18	2	0	.917	0.79	21	6	22%
2003	22	Kane County	MIDW	A	OAK	P	21	21	4	15	2	0	.905	0.90	18	3	14%
2003	22	Midland	TL	AA	OAK	P	7	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.43	3	3	50%
2004	23	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	OAK	P	28	34	10	22	2	1	.941	1.14

2010	29	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	PHI	P	3	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.67	0	0
2010	29	Lakewood	SALL	A	PHI	P	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0	0
2010	29	Reading	EL	AA	PHI	P	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	0	0
2011	30	Lakewood	SALL	A	PHI	P	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0	0
5 Seasons							66	63	15	44	4	1	.937	0.89	22	7	24%

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
2002	21	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	A-	OAK
2002	21	Modesto A's	California League	A+	OAK
2003	22	Midland RockHounds	Texas League	AA	OAK
2003	22	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	A	OAK
2004	23	Sacramento River Cats	Pacific Coast League	AAA	OAK		2004-04-09	2004-09-01
2004	23	Oakland Athletics	American League	MLB	OAK	1	2004-09-21	2004-10-01
2005	24	Oakland Athletics	American League	MLB	OAK	1	2005-04-08	2005-10-01
2006	25	Oakland Athletics	American League	MLB	OAK	1	2006-04-07	2006-09-29
2007	26	Oakland Athletics	American League	MLB	OAK	1	2007-04-03	2007-09-26
2008	27	Oakland Athletics	American League	MLB	OAK	1	2008-03-25	2008-07-09
2008	27	Philadelphia Phillies	National League	MLB	PHI	2	2008-07-22	2008-09-26
2009	28	Philadelphia Phillies	National League	MLB	PHI	1	2009-04-08	2009-10-02
2010	29	Lakewood Blue Claws	South Atlantic League	A	PHI		2010-04-20	2010-04-20
2010	29	Reading Phillies	Eastern League	AA	PHI		2010-04-23	2010-04-28
2010	29	Philadelphia Phillies	National League	MLB	PHI	1	2010-05-03	2010-10-03
2011	30	Lakewood Blue Claws	South Atlantic League	A	PHI		2011-09-02	2011-09-02
2011	30	Philadelphia Phillies	National League	MLB	PHI	1	2011-04-06	2011-09-28
2012	31	Philadelphia Phillies	National League	MLB	PHI	1	2012-04-07	2012-07-28
2012	31	Los Angeles Dodgers	National League	MLB	LAD	2	2012-08-05	2012-09-29
2013	32	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	American League	MLB	LAA	1	2013-04-04	2013-05-23

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