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

2008 Player Pitching Game Log

2008 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2008-03-25	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics		Boston Red Sox	1-6		5.2	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	45	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	94	58	13	6	11	9	3	2
2	2008-04-01	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics		Boston Red Sox	1-6	L	6.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	52	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	99	67	20	4	10	12	4	1
3	2008-04-06	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics		Cleveland Indians	1-7	L	6.2	7	2	2	4	2	0	0	50	27	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	31	107	65	23	8	11	14	3	2
4	2008-04-11	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics	@	Cleveland Indians	1-8	W	7.2	8	5	5	1	1	1	0	43	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	30	111	73	21	5	12	17	5	3
5	2008-04-16	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics		Seattle Mariners	1-8	L	8.0	12	4	4	0	2	0	0	44	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	35	101	66	17	5	18	16	7	2
6	2008-04-22	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics		Minnesota Twins	1-8	L	7.2	9	5	4	0	7	1	0	50	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	109	77	23	10	13	13	4	2
7	2008-04-27	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics	@	Seattle Mariners	1-7	W	7.0	8	2	2	2	3	1	0	54	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	30	99	63	21	2	11	14	6	2
8	2008-05-02	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics		Texas Rangers	1-7	L	7.0	7	4	2	1	1	0	0	51	26	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	29	101	60	14	1	11	15	4	1
9	2008-05-07	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics		Baltimore Orioles	1-6		5.2	8	2	2	3	3	0	0	45	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	101	61	20	5	8	12	7	0
10	2008-05-14	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics	@	Cleveland Indians	1-7	L	7.0	4	2	2	2	4	2	0	63	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	101	57	25	2	10	11	2	2
11	2008-05-19	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics		Tampa Bay Rays	1-6		6.0	6	4	4	1	5	1	0	48	24	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	100	68	18	8	8	10	3	1
12	2008-05-25	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics		Boston Red Sox	1-6	W	6.0	5	3	3	4	7	1	0	53	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	107	62	29	6	5	11	3	1
13	2008-05-31	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics	@	Texas Rangers	1-6	L	6.0	10	6	6	1	0	1	0	27	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	95	60	13	7	10	18	6	2
14	2008-06-06	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics		Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	1-7	L	7.0	7	3	2	1	3	1	0	55	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	28	105	74	19	5	17	7	4	1
15	2008-06-12	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics		New York Yankees	1-7	L	6.2	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	45	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	118	76	23	9	13	11	5	2
16	2008-06-18	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics	@	Arizona Diamondbacks	1-3	L	3.0	7	8	8	3	1	1	0	11	16	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	75	42	10	3	4	11	4	1
17	2008-06-24	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics		Philadelphia Phillies	1-7	W	7.0	4	1	1	4	5	1	0	66	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	27	119	66	24	7	14	4	0	0
18	2008-06-29	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics		San Francisco Giants	1-5	L	4.0	8	7	7	1	3	0	0	20	20	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	78	50	16	3	7	10	5	1
19	2008-07-04	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics	@	Chicago White Sox	1-7	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	64	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	119	74	20	7	9	12	5	3
20	2008-07-09	Maj-AL	Oakland Athletics		Seattle Mariners	1-6	L	6.0	9	6	6	0	2	0	1	32	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	92	57	16	4	10	14	7	1
		Player Moved from Maj-AL to Maj-NL
21	2008-07-22	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	New York Mets	1-6		6.0	8	5	5	3	1	2	1	34	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	28	109	67	17	4	9	15	3	1
22	2008-07-27	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Atlanta Braves	1-2		2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	42	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	30	17	5	1	2	6	3	0
23	2008-08-02	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	St. Louis Cardinals	1-7	W	7.0	4	1	1	2	5	1	0	68	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	106	67	27	4	3	15	5	3
24	2008-08-08	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Pittsburgh Pirates	1-7		7.0	1	0	0	2	7	0	0	80	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	105	72	26	9	8	7	0	1
25	2008-08-13	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-5		5.0	9	4	4	3	6	2	0	36	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	97	56	19	10	7	11	2	1
26	2008-08-19	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Washington Nationals	1-5		5.0	8	4	4	1	3	1	0	37	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	91	58	15	9	6	13	4	0
27	2008-08-24	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Los Angeles Dodgers	1-6		6.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	1	57	22	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	26	102	58	19	7	10	8	2	2
28	2008-08-29	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Chicago Cubs	1-6		5.2	2	2	2	5	4	0	0	56	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	24	114	64	20	11	7	8	1	3
29	2008-09-03	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Washington Nationals	1-5		4.0	6	4	4	3	2	0	0	33	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	84	50	17	2	6	10	4	1
30	2008-09-08	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Florida Marlins	1-5	W	5.0	5	4	4	3	1	1	0	39	18	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	22	97	55	20	4	9	9	4	2
31	2008-09-14	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Milwaukee Brewers	1-7		7.0	5	3	3	2	4	2	1	57	24	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	27	99	64	17	7	4	15	5	4
32	2008-09-20	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Florida Marlins	1-5	W	5.0	4	2	2	2	9	0	0	58	19	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	21	96	57	22	12	4	5	2	0
33	2008-09-26	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Washington Nationals	1-6	W	6.0	5	4	1	1	2	1	0	53	23	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	89	60	17	6	15	7	3	0

2008 Player Pitching Splits

2008 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	33	855	779	110	211	47	5	22	4	1	66	111	.271	.329	.429	.758	.291	334	19	4	2	4	3

Home	21	545	501	68	135	31	4	11	1	1	37	70	.270	.321	.413	.734	.293	207	13	3	0	4	2
Away	12	310	278	42	76	16	1	11	3	0	29	41	.273	.344	.457	.801	.288	127	6	1	2	0	1

March	1	24	23	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.304	.333	.391	.725	.350	9	1	0	0	0	0
April	6	184	176	20	51	11	1	3	0	1	8	18	.290	.321	.415	.736	.310	73	3	0	0	0	1
May	6	162	148	21	40	10	1	5	0	0	12	20	.270	.321	.453	.774	.280	67	3	0	0	2	1
June	5	124	112	23	32	8	1	4	0	0	12	14	.286	.355	.482	.837	.298	54	4	0	0	0	1
July	4	94	85	14	26	6	0	2	0	0	6	9	.306	.366	.447	.813	.324	38	2	2	1	0	0
August	6	151	133	12	30	3	1	4	3	0	16	29	.226	.313	.353	.667	.260	47	2	1	1	0	0
September	5	116	102	17	25	7	1	4	1	0	11	18	.245	.319	.451	.770	.256	46	4	1	0	2	0

As Starter	33	855	779	110	211	47	5	22	4	1	66	111	.271	.329	.429	.758	.291	334	19	4	2	4	3

vs RHB as RHP	33	430	385		110	23	4	10			38	59	.286	.355	.444	.799	.316	171	8	4	2	1	0
vs LHB as RHP	33	425	394		101	24	1	12			28	52	.256	.304	.414	.717	.267	163	11	0	0	3	3

Bases Empty	33	468	437		117	25	4	13			28	61	.268	.316	.433	.749	.287	189	0	3	0	0	0
Runners On	33	387	342		94	22	1	9			38	50	.275	.346	.424	.770	.296	145	19	1	2	4	3

vs. Younger Batters	32	336	309		76	19	2	8			24	45	.246	.298	.398	.696	.263	123	10	0	0	3	0
vs. Older Batters	33	519	470		135	28	3	14			42	66	.287	.350	.449	.799	.310	211	9	4	2	1	3

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	9	12	.429	4.69	33	33	0	197.2	211	110	103	22	66	3	111	4	0	0	855	1.401	5.1	1.68

Home	4	9	.308	4.31	21	21	0	127.1	135	68	61	11	37	2	70	3	0	0	545	1.351	4.9	1.89
Away	5	3	.625	5.37	12	12	0	70.1	76	42	42	11	29	1	41	1	0	0	310	1.493	5.2	1.41

March	0	0		4.76	1	1	0	5.2	7	3	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	24	1.412	4.8	3.00
April	2	4	.333	3.98	6	6	0	43.0	51	20	19	3	8	1	18	0	0	0	184	1.372	3.8	2.25
May	1	3	.250	4.54	6	6	0	37.2	40	21	19	5	12	1	20	0	0	0	162	1.381	4.8	1.67
June	1	4	.200	7.16	5	5	0	27.2	32	23	22	4	12	1	14	0	0	0	124	1.590	4.6	1.17
July	1	1	.500	6.00	4	4	0	21.0	26	14	14	2	6	0	9	2	0	0	94	1.524	3.9	1.50
August	1	0	1.000	3.03	6	6	0	35.2	30	12	12	4	16	0	29	1	0	0	151	1.290	7.3	1.81
September	3	0	1.000	4.67	5	5	0	27.0	25	17	14	4	11	0	18	1	0	0	116	1.333	6.0	1.64

As Starter	9	12	.429	4.69	33	33	0	197.2	211	110	103	22	66	3	111	4	0	0	855	1.401	5.1	1.68

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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