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

2012 Player Pitching Game Log

2012 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	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2012-04-07	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	10-10	L	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	8	3	0	1	2	0	1
2	2012-04-12	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Miami Marlins	1-7	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	69	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	85	57	24	5	10	12	2	3
3	2012-04-17	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	San Francisco Giants	1-5	L	5.0	11	4	4	0	2	0	0	31	24	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	25	97	64	18	9	11	11	5	2
4	2012-04-22	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	San Diego Padres	1-6	L	6.0	7	6	3	2	2	1	0	40	24	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	27	78	51	16	4	11	11	5	0
5	2012-04-28	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Chicago Cubs	1-8	W	7.1	8	2	2	0	8	0	0	62	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	29	106	78	22	15	12	9	5	1
6	2012-05-03	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Atlanta Braves	1-9	W	9.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	87	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	88	67	17	7	10	13	6	0
7	2012-05-08	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		New York Mets	1-7		6.2	5	4	4	3	7	0	1	52	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	108	63	23	11	4	13	4	1
8	2012-05-14	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Houston Astros	1-8	W	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	1	0	67	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	106	70	21	12	9	10	4	0
9	2012-05-19	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Boston Red Sox	1-5	L	4.1	9	7	6	0	4	4	0	23	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	102	72	17	11	7	11	5	0
10	2012-05-24	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	St. Louis Cardinals	1-5		4.1	10	7	7	1	5	2	0	19	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	84	56	16	12	6	13	6	0
11	2012-05-29	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	New York Mets	1-6	L	5.0	9	6	6	2	4	2	1	27	23	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	27	89	53	17	11	8	11	5	1
12	2012-06-03	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Miami Marlins	1-7	L	6.0	9	5	5	1	6	2	0	39	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	88	64	17	8	11	9	4	0
13	2012-06-08	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-7	W	6.2	7	5	5	1	7	1	0	46	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	28	115	69	22	9	9	11	7	1
14	2012-06-14	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Minnesota Twins	1-9	W	9.0	7	1	1	0	7	1	0	76	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	34	111	78	25	10	12	15	3	2
15	2012-06-20	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Colorado Rockies	1-7		7.0	6	5	5	0	6	3	0	51	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	83	57	21	9	4	17	4	4
16	2012-06-25	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Pittsburgh Pirates	1-7	W	7.0	7	3	2	1	8	1	0	60	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	30	114	79	22	13	11	10	4	1
17	2012-07-01	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Miami Marlins	1-6	L	6.0	6	3	3	2	7	1	0	53	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	24	103	61	20	11	4	12	6	0
18	2012-07-07	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		Atlanta Braves	1-7	L	6.1	9	6	5	1	6	1	0	38	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	29	115	72	22	11	6	16	7	3
19	2012-07-16	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-8	W	8.0	6	2	2	0	7	0	0	69	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	30	110	80	27	10	9	14	8	1
20	2012-07-22	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies		San Francisco Giants	1-8		8.0	7	3	3	1	6	2	0	61	30	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	31	102	68	22	11	12	12	1	0
21	2012-07-28	Maj-NL	Philadelphia Phillies	@	Atlanta Braves	1-7	L	7.0	4	2	2	1	7	0	0	67	25	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	27	94	63	20	15	13	7	2	0
22	2012-08-05	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Chicago Cubs	1-6		6.0	5	2	2	3	5	1	0	56	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	103	68	17	13	6	11	4	1
23	2012-08-11	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Miami Marlins	1-5	L	5.0	6	4	4	0	3	0	0	42	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	77	49	16	8	8	8	2	0
24	2012-08-16	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	1-5	L	4.1	7	8	8	4	4	3	0	17	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	99	62	20	7	8	8	3	1
25	2012-08-21	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		San Francisco Giants	1-6	L	5.2	10	4	4	2	6	0	0	37	24	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	27	80	55	18	8	11	7	3	0
26	2012-08-29	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Colorado Rockies	1-8	W	7.1	10	3	3	1	5	0	0	50	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	32	96	67	20	9	12	14	10	1
27	2012-09-03	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		San Diego Padres	1-7		6.2	7	3	3	2	6	1	0	52	26	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	28	109	75	21	12	11	8	4	0
28	2012-09-09	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	San Francisco Giants	1-6	L	5.1	6	4	4	2	4	1	0	42	20	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	23	92	65	23	3	4	13	7	0
29	2012-09-15	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		St. Louis Cardinals	1-6		5.2	4	3	3	1	6	1	0	54	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	91	60	24	8	9	6	3	0
30	2012-09-21	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-6		5.2	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	62	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	22	95	62	18	7	6	9	5	2
31	2012-09-29	Maj-NL	Los Angeles Dodgers		Colorado Rockies	1-7	W	6.0	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	64	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	23	84	59	19	12	9	7	4	0

2012 Player Pitching Splits

2012 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	31	806	757	106	207	37	6	29	8	7	34	166	.273	.306	.453	.759	.315	343	10	3	8	4	5

Home	15	405	382	49	102	14	0	17	3	2	17	90	.267	.299	.437	.737	.308	167	7	1	4	1	3
Away	16	401	375	57	105	23	6	12	5	5	17	76	.280	.312	.469	.782	.321	176	3	2	4	3	2

April	5	112	105	14	31	6	4	1	2	2	3	15	.295	.318	.457	.775	.333	48	1	1	2	1	0
May	6	160	148	25	42	10	0	9	0	0	7	33	.284	.325	.534	.859	.311	79	1	2	3	0	1
June	5	147	144	19	36	5	0	8	1	0	3	34	.250	.265	.451	.717	.275	65	2	0	0	0	0
July	5	141	133	16	32	7	0	4	2	2	5	33	.241	.264	.384	.648	.286	51	1	0	1	2	1
August	5	128	116	21	38	6	1	4	0	2	10	23	.328	.381	.500	.881	.382	58	2	0	2	0	1
September	5	118	111	11	28	3	1	3	3	1	6	28	.252	.288	.378	.667	.309	42	3	0	0	1	2

As Starter	30	801	754	105	205	36	6	29	8	7	34	166	.272	.304	.451	.754	.313	340	10	2	7	4	5
As Reliever	1	5	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	.667	3	0	1	1	0	0

vs RHB as RHP	31	400	378		96	16	2	17			11	88	.254	.277	.442	.718	.286	167	5	2	6	3	2
vs LHB as RHP	31	406	379		111	21	4	12			23	78	.293	.334	.464	.799	.341	176	5	1	2	1	3

Bases Empty	31	501	483		131	20	3	20			16	101	.271	.297	.449	.747	.307	217	0	2	0	0	0
Runners On	31	305	274		76	17	3	9			18	65	.277	.320	.460	.780	.328	126	10	1	8	4	5

vs. Younger Batters	31	631	591		159	28	4	25			29	133	.269	.306	.457	.763	.308	270	9	3	6	2	4
vs. Older Batters	30	175	166		48	9	2	4			5	33	.289	.306	.440	.746	.336	73	1	0	2	2	1

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	10	13	.435	4.71	31	30	0	191.0	207	106	100	29	34	5	166	3	0	0	806	1.262	7.8	4.88

Home	5	4	.556	4.28	15	15	0	96.2	102	49	46	17	17	3	90	1	0	0	405	1.231	8.4	5.29
Away	5	9	.357	5.15	16	15	0	94.1	105	57	54	12	17	2	76	2	0	0	401	1.293	7.3	4.47

April	2	3	.400	3.81	5	4	0	26.0	31	14	11	1	3	0	15	1	0	0	112	1.308	5.2	5.00
May	2	2	.500	5.94	6	6	0	36.1	42	25	24	9	7	1	33	2	0	0	160	1.349	8.2	4.71
June	3	1	.750	4.54	5	5	0	35.2	36	19	18	8	3	0	34	0	0	0	147	1.094	8.6	11.33
July	1	3	.250	3.82	5	5	0	35.1	32	16	15	4	5	1	33	0	0	0	141	1.047	8.4	6.60
August	1	3	.250	6.67	5	5	0	28.1	38	21	21	4	10	1	23	0	0	0	128	1.694	7.3	2.30
September	1	1	.500	3.38	5	5	0	29.1	28	11	11	3	6	2	28	0	0	0	118	1.159	8.6	4.67

As Starter	10	12	.455	4.68	30	30	0	190.1	205	105	99	29	34	5	166	2	0	0	801	1.256	7.8	4.88
As Reliever	0	1	.000	13.50	1	0	0	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	3.000	0.0

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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