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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2004 23 OAK AL 0 0 5.62 3 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 5 5 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 30 81 1.000 6.8 1.1 2.3 6.8 3.00
2005 24 OAK AL 12 12 .500 3.53 33 33 0 2 0 0 201.1 178 86 79 23 67 3 116 5 2 4 835 123 1.217 8.0 1.0 3.0 5.2 1.73 RoY-6
2006 25 OAK AL 16 12 .571 4.82 32 31 0 1 1 0 194.1 241 111 104 17 58 4 107 5 0 3 856 92 1.539 11.2 0.8 2.7 5.0 1.84
2007 26 OAK AL 14 10 .583 3.95 34 34 0 3 1 0 230.0 240 106 101 16 40 4 140 4 1 3 950 107 1.217 9.4 0.6 1.6 5.5 3.50
2008 27 TOT MLB 9 12 .429 4.69 33 33 0 0 0 0 197.2 211 110 103 22 66 3 111 4 0 2 855 90 1.401 9.6 1.0 3.0 5.1 1.68
2008 27 OAK AL 5 12 .294 4.96 20 20 0 0 0 0 127.0 145 74 70 12 35 3 62 1 0 1 550 83 1.417 10.3 0.9 2.5 4.4 1.77
2008 27 PHI NL 4 0 1.000 4.20 13 13 0 0 0 0 70.2 66 36 33 10 31 0 49 3 0 1 305 104 1.373 8.4 1.3 3.9 6.2 1.58
2009 28 PHI NL 12 8 .600 4.05 31 31 0 0 0 0 195.1 198 89 88 30 59 4 163 8 0 7 837 105 1.316 9.1 1.4 2.7 7.5 2.76
6 Seasons 63 54 .538 4.21 166 162 1 6 2 0 1026.2 1074 507 480 109 292 18 643 26 3 19 4363 102 1.331 9.4 1.0 2.6 5.6 2.20
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .538 4.21 34 34 0 1 0 0 213 223 105 100 23 61 4 133 5 1 4 905 102 1.331 9.4 1.0 2.6 5.6 2.20
OAK (5 yrs) 47 46 .505 4.25 122 118 1 6 2 0 760.2 810 382 359 69 202 14 431 15 3 11 3221 101 1.330 9.6 0.8 2.4 5.1 2.13
PHI (2 yrs) 16 8 .667 4.09 44 44 0 0 0 0 266.0 264 125 121 40 90 4 212 11 0 8 1142 104 1.331 8.9 1.4 3.0 7.2 2.36
AL (5 yrs) 47 46 .505 4.25 122 118 1 6 2 0 760.2 810 382 359 69 202 14 431 15 3 11 3221 101 1.330 9.6 0.8 2.4 5.1 2.13
NL (2 yrs) 16 8 .667 4.09 44 44 0 0 0 0 266.0 264 125 121 40 90 4 212 11 0 8 1142 104 1.331 8.9 1.4 3.0 7.2 2.36

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp 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
2006 25 OAK AL ALCS L DET 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2008 27 PHI NL NLDS W MIL 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 1 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 23 0.833 7.5 1.5 0.0 10.5
2008 27 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 0 0 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 3 3 0 4 2 4 0 0 0 24 2.200 12.6 0.0 7.2 7.2 1.00
2008 27 PHI NL WS W TBR 1 0 1.000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 2 2 0 7 1 0 0 25 1.000 6.0 3.0 3.0 10.5 3.50
2009 28 PHI NL NLDS W COL 0 0 4.91 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 1.091 9.8 2.5 0.0 2.5
2009 28 PHI NL NLCS W LAD 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 27 1.333 9.0 1.5 3.0 3.0 1.00
2009 28 PHI NL WS L NYY 0 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 4 4 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 26 1.167 7.5 0.0 3.0 10.5 3.50
3 Seasons (7 Series) 2 0 1.000 3.89 8 5 1 0 0 0 34.2 31 16 15 5 12 2 30 2 0 0 148 1.240 8.0 1.3 3.1 7.8 2.50
2 NLDS 1 0 1.000 2.79 3 1 0 0 0 0 9.2 9 3 3 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 38 0.931 8.4 1.9 0.0 7.4
2 NLCS 0 0 4.91 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 13 7 6 1 6 2 6 0 0 0 51 1.727 10.6 0.8 4.9 4.9 1.00
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 8 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2 WS 1 0 1.000 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 9 6 6 2 4 0 14 2 0 0 51 1.083 6.8 1.5 3.0 10.5 3.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 23 OAK AL 3 30 28 5 6 2 0 1 0 1 2 6 .214 .267 .393 .660 .238 11 0 0 0 0 0
2005 24 OAK AL 33 835 754 86 178 42 4 23 8 1 67 116 .236 .300 .394 .694 .249 297 15 5 2 7 3
2006 25 OAK AL 32 856 781 111 241 50 4 17 13 5 58 107 .309 .356 .448 .805 .336 350 20 5 3 9 4
2007 26 OAK AL 34 950 893 106 240 42 4 16 19 4 40 140 .269 .301 .378 .679 .301 338 22 4 5 8 4
2008 27 OAK AL 20 550 511 74 145 35 3 12 0 1 35 62 .284 .330 .434 .764 .303 222 12 1 1 2 3
2008 27 PHI NL 13 305 268 36 66 12 2 10 4 0 31 49 .246 .329 .418 .747 .265 112 7 3 1 2 0
2008 27 TOT MLB 33 855 779 110 211 47 5 22 4 1 66 111 .271 .329 .429 .758 .291 334 19 4 2 4 3
2009 28 PHI NL 31 837 756 89 198 37 3 30 8 4 59 163 .262 .321 .438 .759 .297 331 11 8 11 3 4
6 Seasons 166 4363 3991 507 1074 220 20 109 52 16 292 643 .269 .321 .416 .737 .295 1661 87 26 23 31 18
162 Game Avg. 34 905 827 105 223 46 4 23 11 3 61 133 .269 .321 .416 .737 .295 344 18 5 5 6 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2005 24 OAK AL 33 33 12 12 9 1 7 18 15 .545 1 7 2 0 22 67% 53 75 5 17 5 0 10 4.3 3.2 6.1 93 3 17 13 0 116
2006 25 OAK AL 32 31 16 12 3 4 3 18 13 .581 0 2 1 1 16 52% 45 83 13 17 8 0 15 5.0 5.1 6.2 100 1 13 17 0 118
2007 26 OAK AL 34 34 14 10 10 1 2 17 17 .500 2 4 3 1 20 59% 52 87 13 22 9 0 12 4.6 4.4 6.8 102 1 12 20 1 122
2008 27 TOT MLB 33 33 9 12 12 3 5 15 18 .455 3 7 0 0 14 42% 48 80 11 19 8 0 17 4.3 3.9 6.0 98 3 12 18 0 119
2008 27 OAK AL 20 20 5 12 3 1 5 6 14 .300 1 4 0 0 9 45% 46 66 11 13 5 0 10 3.5 3.6 6.4 102 2 5 13 0 119
2008 27 PHI NL 13 13 4 0 9 2 0 9 4 .692 2 3 0 0 5 38% 50 80 33 6 3 0 7 5.6 4.6 5.4 94 1 7 5 0 114
2009 28 PHI NL 31 31 12 8 11 2 5 17 14 .548 1 8 0 0 21 68% 52 80 18 11 2 0 19 5.1 4.1 6.3 105 0 8 21 2 124
5 Seasons 163 162 63 54 45 11 22 85 77 .525 7 28 6 2 93 57% 50 87 5 86 32 0 73 4.6 4.2 6.3 100 8 62 89 3 124
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2004 23 OAK AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0.391 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 8.0 43
2006 25 OAK AL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.973 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 48
2 Seasons 35 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0.953 0 1 3 0 0 4 1 3 3 0 3 0 8.3 44

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2004 23 OAK AL 30 47% 3.3% 20.0% 6.7% 10.0% 50% 0.69 0.89 70% 36% 9.1% 15% 3 0 0%
2005 24 OAK AL 835 53% 2.8% 13.9% 8.0% 8.3% 39% 0.79 1.00 74% 18% 7.1% 10% 126 15 12%
2006 25 OAK AL 856 46% 2.0% 12.5% 6.8% 8.3% 30% 0.78 1.05 78% 19% 5.0% 11% 173 20 12%
2007 26 OAK AL 950 48% 1.7% 14.7% 4.2% 6.5% 26% 0.91 1.28 78% 20% 4.7% 14% 161 22 14%
2008 27 TOT MLB 855 50% 2.6% 13.0% 7.7% 8.7% 35% 0.82 1.10 76% 18% 6.7% 11% 175 19 11%
2008 27 OAK AL 550 54% 2.2% 11.3% 6.4% 9.1% 35% 0.88 1.27 80% 19% 5.6% 11% 103 12 12%
2008 27 PHI NL 305 43% 3.3% 16.1% 10.2% 7.9% 36% 0.70 0.83 69% 17% 8.8% 12% 72 7 10%
2009 28 PHI NL 837 46% 3.6% 19.5% 7.1% 8.4% 35% 0.68 0.90 68% 19% 10.1% 15% 146 11 8%
6 Seasons 4363 48% 2.5% 14.7% 6.7% 8.0% 33% 0.80 1.07 75% 19% 6.7% 12% 784 87 11%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2004 23 OAK AL 30 129 4.30 76 59% 33% 13% 25% 29% 67% 0% 40% 80% 47% 7% 2 2 27% 8 5 0 17% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 24 OAK AL 835 3065 3.67 1892 62% 32% 11% 23% 34% 68% 1% 42% 84% 59% 6% 47 26 19% 158 83 8 37% 23 17 0 0 0
2006 25 OAK AL 856 3161 3.69 1973 62% 30% 12% 24% 35% 70% 1% 44% 84% 56% 6% 49 36 19% 164 82 12 33% 15 9 0 0 0
2007 26 OAK AL 950 3481 3.66 2268 65% 31% 11% 24% 34% 69% 1% 45% 84% 60% 3% 28 22 21% 200 105 13 30% 28 3 0 0 0
2008 27 TOT MLB 855 3250 3.80 2021 62% 31% 10% 25% 33% 69% 1% 43% 85% 58% 5% 43 27 17% 147 75 10 51% 11 13 0 0 0
2008 27 OAK AL 550 2031 3.69 1276 63% 30% 9% 25% 35% 70% 1% 44% 87% 58% 5% 29 19 16% 90 46 5 50% 8 7 0 0 0
2008 27 PHI NL 305 1219 4.00 745 61% 32% 13% 24% 30% 68% 0% 41% 80% 57% 5% 14 8 19% 57 29 5 53% 3 6 0 0 0
2009 28 PHI NL 837 3249 3.88 2041 63% 30% 14% 26% 30% 70% 1% 44% 80% 60% 4% 33 23 21% 176 70 8 32% 32 6 0 0 0
6 Seasons 4363 16335 3.74 10271 63% 31% 11% 25% 33% 69% 1% 43% 83% 59% 5% 202 136 20% 853 420 51 36% 109 48 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2004 23 OAK AL 30 6 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 5 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 24 OAK AL 835 178 14 2 23 0 19 15 8 14 9 45 21 7 47% 6 4 0 257 8 1 89% 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 18 0
2006 25 OAK AL 856 241 24 2 17 1 19 10 7 7 10 46 27 3 59% 5 3 2 335 13 5 72% 13 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 17 0
2007 26 OAK AL 950 240 30 2 16 1 8 14 2 6 10 48 28 5 58% 5 3 1 343 19 4 83% 16 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 13 0
2008 27 TOT MLB 855 211 28 4 22 1 18 10 12 11 11 43 24 2 56% 6 2 2 332 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2008 27 OAK AL 550 145 20 3 12 1 11 6 6 6 6 25 15 0 60% 4 1 1 212 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2008 27 PHI NL 305 66 8 1 10 0 7 4 6 5 5 18 9 2 50% 2 1 1 120 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2009 28 PHI NL 837 198 18 2 30 0 15 18 12 16 14 32 15 8 47% 6 7 1 300 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
6 Seasons 4363 1074 114 12 109 4 81 67 42 55 54 215 115 25 53% 28 19 6 1572 52 16 76% 46 14 5 1 1 1 7 2 69 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2004 23 0 0 5.62 3 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 6 5 5 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 30 81 1.000 6.8 1.1 2.3 6.8 3.00 81
2005 24 12 12 .500 3.61 36 33 1 2 0 0 209.1 184 91 84 24 69 3 122 5 2 4 865 121 1.209 7.9 1.0 3.0 5.2 1.77 121
2006 25 28 24 .538 4.19 68 64 1 3 1 0 403.2 425 202 188 41 127 7 229 10 2 7 1721 105 1.367 9.5 0.9 2.8 5.1 1.80 105
2007 26 42 34 .553 4.10 102 98 1 6 2 0 633.2 665 308 289 57 167 11 369 14 3 10 2671 106 1.313 9.4 0.8 2.4 5.2 2.21 106
2008 27 51 46 .526 4.24 135 131 1 6 2 0 831.1 876 418 392 79 233 14 480 18 3 12 3526 102 1.334 9.5 0.9 2.5 5.2 2.06 102
2009 28 63 54 .538 4.21 166 162 1 6 2 0 1026.2 1074 507 480 109 292 18 643 26 3 19 4363 102 1.331 9.4 1.0 2.6 5.6 2.20 102

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2004 23 0 0 4.50 8.0 5 4 4 1 2 6 0 0.875 5.6 2.3 6.8 3.00 1.1 3
2005 24 11 10 .524 3.60 195.0 179 87 78 23 67 112 5 1.262 8.3 3.1 5.2 1.67 1.1 33
2006 25 8 12 .400 4.94 186.0 237 113 102 17 57 102 5 1.581 11.5 2.8 4.9 1.79 0.8 32
2007 26 11 13 .458 4.24 221.0 243 116 104 16 40 135 4 1.281 9.9 1.6 5.5 3.38 0.7 34
2008 27 8 13 .381 4.93 190.0 213 116 104 22 67 107 4 1.474 10.1 3.2 5.1 1.60 1.0 33
2009 28 11 10 .524 3.96 191.0 197 93 84 30 59 159 8 1.340 9.3 2.8 7.5 2.69 1.4 31
6 Seasons 49 58 .458 4.32 991.0 1074 529 476 109 292 621 26 1.378 9.8 5.6 2.13 1.0 166

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2005 AL  3.531 (10th)
Active  4.208 (44th)

Wins s c a p y
2006 AL  16 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2009 NL  .600 (10th)
Active  .538 (45th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2005 AL  1.217 (10th)
Active  1.331 (38th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL  7.957 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2007 AL  1.565 (4th)
Active  2.560 (20th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2007 AL  230.0 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
2005 AL  33 (8th)
2007 AL  34 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
2005 AL  2 (10th)
2007 AL  3 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 AL  1 (5th)
2007 AL  1 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  30 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
2006 AL  241 (5th)
2007 AL  240 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2007 AL  3.500 (7th)
Active  2.202 (45th)
Career  2.202 (172nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 AL  .787 (7th)
2007 AL  .626 (4th)
Active  .956 (37th)

Losses s c a p y
2008 AL  12 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  101 (4th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2007 AL  950 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2005 AL  123 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 26 (882), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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