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Joe Blanton
Joseph Matthew Blanton

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: December 11, 1980 in Bowling Green, KY
High School: Franklin-Simpson (Franklin, KY)
School: University of Kentucky
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 20, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 2004
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2005	24	OAK	AL	2	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	78	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	RoY-6
2006	25	OAK	AL	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
2007	26	OAK	AL	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
2008	27	TOT	MLB	14	24	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.059	.056	.059	.114	-70	1	0	0	6	1	0	1
2008	27	OAK	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2008	27	PHI	NL	13	23	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.063	.059	.063	.121	-68	1	0	0	6	1	0	1
2009	28	PHI	NL	30	69	55	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	21	.127	.200	.127	.327	-12	7	0	1	9	0	0	1
6 Seasons				50	105	81	4	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	36	.111	.161	.111	.272	-27	9	2	1	18	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	340	262	13	29	0	0	0	6	0	0	13	117	.111	.161	.111	.272	-27	29	6	3	58	3	0

OAK (5 yrs)				7	13	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	-46	1	2	0	3	0	0
PHI (2 yrs)				43	92	71	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	31	.113	.169	.113	.282	-24	8	0	1	15	1	0

AL (5 yrs)				7	13	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	-46	1	2	0	3	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				43	92	71	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	31	.113	.169	.113	.282	-24	8	0	1	15	1	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
2005	24	OAK	AL	4	4	0	0.0	106	.333	.333	.269	.333	.332	.333	.427	.667	.759	78	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
2006	25	OAK	AL	3	3	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.272	.000	.336	.000	.432	.000	.768	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2007	26	OAK	AL	5	6	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.264	.000	.330	.000	.412	.000	.742	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2008	27	TOT	MLB	24	23	0	0.0	110	.143	.059	.270	.056	.342	.059	.431	.114	.773	-70	.000	-4.3	-0.4	.063	.000	.000
2008	27	OAK	AL	1	1	0	0.0	101		.000	.262	.000	.329	.000	.412	.000	.741	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
2008	27	PHI	NL	23	22	0	0.0	110	.143	.063	.271	.059	.343	.063	.432	.121	.775	-68	.000	-4.0	-0.4	.067	.000	.000
2009	28	PHI	NL	69	57	2	0.9	108	.206	.127	.268	.200	.342	.127	.426	.327	.767	-12	.048	-9.3	-0.9	.250	.073	.000
6 Seasons				105	93	2	0.6	108	.196	.111	.268	.161	.341	.111	.426	.272	.767	-27	.020	-15.4	-1.5	.189	.049	.000
162 Game Avg.				340	301	6	0.6	108	.196	.111	.268	.161	.341	.111	.426	.272	.767	-27	.020	-15.4	-1.5	.189	.049	.000

OAK (5 yrs)				13	14	0	0.0	104	.200	.100	.267	.100	.332	.100	.421	.200	.752	-46	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.091	.000	.000
PHI (2 yrs)				92	79	2	0.7	109	.195	.113	.269	.169	.342	.113	.427	.282	.769	-24	.027	-13.3	-1.3	.206	.056	.000

AL (5 yrs)				13	14	0	0.0	104	.200	.100	.267	.100	.332	.100	.421	.200	.752	-46	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.091	.000	.000
NL (2 yrs)				92	79	2	0.7	109	.195	.113	.269	.169	.342	.113	.427	.282	.769	-24	.027	-13.3	-1.3	.206	.056	.000

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
2008	27	PHI	NL	NLDS	MIL	W	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2008	27	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2008	27	PHI	NL	WS	TBR	W	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4
2009	28	PHI	NL	NLDS	COL	W	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2009	28	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2009	28	PHI	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 Seasons (6 Series)							7	13	13	1	1	1	1	9	.077	.077	.308	.385	4
2 NLDS							3	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 NLCS							2	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 WS							2	5	5	1	1	1	1	3	.200	.200	.800	1.000	4

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2005	24	OAK	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%							75%	0%
2006	25	OAK	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					33%	0%
2007	26	OAK	AL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3				3.00	20%	0%
2008	27	TOT	MLB	24	0.0%	45.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.5		17.0	1.33	2.67	29%	15%	0.0%	33%
2008	27	OAK	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
2008	27	PHI	NL	23	0.0%	43.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.6		16.0	1.33	2.67	30%	15%	0.0%	33%
2009	28	PHI	NL	69	0.0%	30.4%	5.8%	0.0%	0%	5.25	2.6		55.0	1.62	2.70	49%	19%	0.0%	15%
6 Seasons				105	0.0%	34.3%	3.8%	0.0%	0%	9.00	2.3		40.5	1.75	3.14	44%	16%	0.0%	19%
MLB Averages					2.7%	18.0%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	2.02	4.9	32.9	7.8	0.78	1.06	69%	19%	7.8%	13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	24	OAK	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	25	OAK	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	26	OAK	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	27	TOT	MLB	1	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	27	OAK	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	27	PHI	NL	1	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	28	PHI	NL	0	0	33%	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18%	7	7	0	1	1	0	3	1	2
6 Seasons				1	0	29%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17%	8	8	0	1	1	0	3	1	2
MLB Averages						31%				72%											39%

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2005	24	OAK	AL	4	50%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2006	25	OAK	AL	3	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2007	26	OAK	AL	5	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2008	27	TOT	MLB	24	29%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	6	0	0%	7	3	43%	16	1	6%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
2008	27	OAK	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2008	27	PHI	NL	23	30%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	6	0	0%	7	3	43%	16	1	6%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
2009	28	PHI	NL	69	23%	7	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	100%	13	0	0%	17	4	24%	46	1	2%	5	1	20%	6	2	33%	0
6 Seasons				105	24%	9	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	21	18	86%	26	2	8%	30	10	33%	74	2	3%	7	2	29%	8	3	38%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			11%			32%			14%			51%			43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2005	24	OAK	AL	4	11	2.75	7	64%	29%	0%	14%	57%	71%	0%	45%	100%	25%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2006	25	OAK	AL	3	8	2.67	6	75%	50%	0%	17%	33%	50%	0%	38%	100%	33%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2007	26	OAK	AL	5	17	3.40	13	76%	8%	23%	54%	15%	92%	0%	71%	75%	60%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2008	27	TOT	MLB	24	81	3.38	62	77%	39%	27%	13%	21%	61%	0%	47%	55%	21%	0%	0	0	17%	4	1	0%	0	0	18%	0	0	0
2008	27	OAK	AL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2008	27	PHI	NL	23	77	3.35	59	77%	36%	29%	14%	22%	64%	0%	49%	55%	22%	0%	0	0	17%	4	1	0%	0	0	10%	0	0	0
2009	28	PHI	NL	69	244	3.54	168	69%	38%	21%	15%	26%	63%	0%	43%	66%	16%	6%	4	0	14%	10	0	12%	8	4	29%	0	0	0
5 Seasons				105	361	3.44	256	71%	36%	22%	17%	25%	64%	0%	45%	66%	20%	4%	4	0	13%	14	1	8%	8	4	25%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.83		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
2005	24	2	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	78	1	1	0	1	0
2006	25	4	7	5	0	1	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	1	1	0	2	0
2007	26	6	12	9	0	1	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	-40	1	2	0	3	0
2008	27	20	36	26	0	2	1	0	15	.077	.074	.077	.151	-60	2	2	0	9	1
2009	28	50	105	81	4	9	2	4	36	.111	.161	.111	.272	-27	9	2	1	18	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2005	24	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
2006	25	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
2007	26	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
2008	27	14	18	17	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14
2009	28	30	63	57	4	9	1	5	21	.158	.238	.158	.396	2	30
5 Seasons		50	90	83	4	9	1	5	36	.108	.167	.108	.275	2	50
162 Game Avg.		162	292	269	13	29	3	16	117	.108	.167	.108	.275	6	50

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