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Joe Blanton

Joseph Matthew Blanton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 245 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
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Phillies 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 3 yrs/$24M (10-12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 7.016, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Jeff Berry) [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #773. Rip Collins… #774. Johnny Niggeling… #775. Dave Ferriss… #776. JOE BLANTON… #777. Takashi Saito… #778. Rafael Betancourt… #779. Ray Burris…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #773. Rip Collins… #774. Johnny Niggeling… #775. Dave Ferriss… #776. JOE BLANTON… #777. Takashi Saito… #778. Rafael Betancourt… #779. Ray Burris…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
2002	21	OAK-min	A-,A+	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	VAN,MOD · NORW,CALL
2003	22	OAK-min	A,AA	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	KNC,MDL · MIDW,TL
2004	23	OAK-min	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	SAC · PCL
2004	23	OAK	AL	0	0		5.63	3	0	1	0	0	0	8.0	6	5	5	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	30	84	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	124	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	108	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	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	105	1.373	8.4	1.3	3.9	6.2	1.58
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	84	1.417	10.3	0.9	2.5	4.4	1.77
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	104	1.316	9.1	1.4	2.7	7.5	2.76
2010	29	PHI-min	AA,A	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	REA,LWD · EL,SALL
2010	29	PHI	NL	9	6	.600	4.82	29	28	0	0	0	0	175.2	206	104	94	27	43	6	134	3	0	2	765	85	1.417	10.6	1.4	2.2	6.9	3.12
2011	30	PHI-min	A	0	0		0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		LWD · SALL
2011	30	PHI	NL	1	2	.333	5.01	11	8	1	0	0	0	41.1	52	23	23	5	9	0	35	1	0	0	180	78	1.476	11.3	1.1	2.0	7.6	3.89
8 Seasons				73	62	.541	4.32	206	198	2	6	2	0	1243.2	1332	634	597	141	344	24	812	30	3	21	5308	99	1.348	9.6	1.0	2.5	5.9	2.36
162 Game Avg.				12	10	.541	4.32	35	33	0	1	0	0	209	224	107	100	24	58	4	137	5	1	4	893	99	1.348	9.6	1.0	2.5	5.9	2.36

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	102	1.330	9.6	0.8	2.4	5.1	2.13
PHI (4 yrs)				26	16	.619	4.43	84	80	1	0	0	0	483.0	522	252	238	72	142	10	381	15	0	10	2087	94	1.375	9.7	1.3	2.6	7.1	2.68

AL (5 yrs)			AL	47	46	.505	4.25	122	118	1	6	2	0	760.2	810	382	359	69	202	14	431	15	3	11	3221	102	1.330	9.6	0.8	2.4	5.1	2.13
NL (4 yrs)			NL	26	16	.619	4.43	84	80	1	0	0	0	483.0	522	252	238	72	142	10	381	15	0	10	2087	94	1.375	9.7	1.3	2.6	7.1	2.68

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
2004	23	OAK	AL	8.0	0	5	5	0	.4	0	0.0	$
2005	24	OAK	AL	201.1	33	86	120	7	.9	34	3.3	$316,500	RoY-6
2006	25	OAK	AL	194.1	31	111	125	-2	1.0	14	1.4	$327,000
2007	26	OAK	AL	230.0	34	106	147	-5	1.0	41	4.1	$380,000
2008	27	OAK	AL	127.0	20	74	75	2	1.0	1	0.1	$3,700,000
2008	27	PHI	NL	70.2	13	36	41	2	1.1	5	0.6	$
2009	28	PHI	NL	195.1	31	89	116	0	1.0	27	2.7	$5,475,000
2010	29	PHI	NL	175.2	28	104	98	2	.9	-6	-0.6	$3,000,000
2011	30	PHI	NL	41.1	8	23	23	1	1.0	-0	0.0	$10,500,000
8 Seasons				1243.2	198	634	750	7	1.0	116	11.6	$23,698,500

OAK (5 yrs)				760.2	118	382	472	2	1.0	90	8.9	$4,723,500
PHI (4 yrs)				483.0	80	252	278	5	1.0	26	2.7	$18,975,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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
2010	29	PHI	NL	NLCS	L	SFG	0	0		5.79	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	5	3	3	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	21	1.286	9.6	0.0	1.9	5.8	3.00
2011	30	PHI	NL	NLDS	L	STL	0	0		0.00	1	0	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 (9 Series)							2	0	1.000	4.02	10	6	1	0	0	0	40.1	36	19	18	5	13	2	33	3	0	2	172	1.215	8.0	1.1	2.9	7.4	2.54
3 NLDS							1	0	1.000	2.53	4	1	0	0	0	0	10.2	9	3	3	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	41	0.844	7.6	1.7	0.0	6.8
3 NLCS							0	0		5.17	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.2	18	10	9	1	7	2	9	1	0	2	72	1.596	10.3	0.6	4.0	5.2	1.29
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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
2002	21	OAK-min	A-,A+	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	VAN,MOD · NORW,CALL
2003	22	OAK-min	AA,A	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MDL,KNC · TL,MIDW
2004	23	OAK-min	AAA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SAC · PCL
2004	23	OAK	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2005	24	OAK	AL	33	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	32	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	34	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	33	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	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	11
2008	27	OAK	AL	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
2009	28	PHI	NL	31	69	55	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	21	.127	.200	.127	.327	-11	7	0	1	9	0	0	1
2010	29	PHI-min	AA,A	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0	REA,LWD · EL,SALL
2010	29	PHI	NL	29	67	59	8	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	24	.119	.161	.119	.280	-23	7	3	2	5	0	0	1
2011	30	PHI-min	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	LWD · SALL
2011	30	PHI	NL	11	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	-0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
8 Seasons				206	184	151	13	18	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	63	.119	.163	.119	.282	-23	18	5	3	24	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	145	119	10	14	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	50	.119	.163	.119	.282	-23	14	4	2	19	1	0

OAK (5 yrs)				122	13	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	-46	1	2	0	3	0	0
PHI (4 yrs)				84	171	141	13	17	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	58	.121	.167	.121	.287	-22	17	3	3	21	1	0

AL (5 yrs)				122	13	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	-46	1	2	0	3	0	0
NL (4 yrs)				84	171	141	13	17	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	58	.121	.167	.121	.287	-22	17	3	3	21	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
2005	24	OAK	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$316,500	1	RoY-6
2006	25	OAK	AL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$327,000	1
2007	26	OAK	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$380,000	1
2008	27	OAK	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$3,700,000	11
2008	27	PHI	NL	23	-4	0	1	0	0	2	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	11
2009	28	PHI	NL	69	-9	-0	-1	0	0	7	2	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$5,475,000	1
2010	29	PHI	NL	67	-10	-1	0	-0	0	7	2	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.3	0.0	$3,000,000	1
2011	30	PHI	NL	12	-2	-1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$10,500,000	1
7 Seasons				184	-27	-2	1	0	0	17	4	-6	-0.7	-6	-0.7	0.0	$23,698,500

PHI (4 yrs)				171	-25	-2	1	0	0	17	4	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.5	0.0	$18,975,000
OAK (4 yrs)				13	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$4,723,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
2008	27	PHI	NL	NLDS	MIL	W	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2008	27	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2008	27	PHI	NL	WS	TBR	W	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0
2009	28	PHI	NL	NLDS	COL	W	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2009	28	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2009	28	PHI	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2010	29	PHI	NL	NLCS	SFG	L	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
2011	30	PHI	NL	NLDS	STL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
4 Seasons (8 Series)							9	15	14	1	1	1	1	10	.071	.071	.286	.357	4	1
3 NLDS							4	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
3 NLCS							3	6	5	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
2 WS							2	5	5	1	1	1	1	3	.200	.200	.800	1.000	4	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
2004	OAK	AL	23	P	3			8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.12	0.33	.950	1.69	1.63
2005	OAK	AL	24	P	33			201.1	34	13	20	1	1	.971	-1	-1	1.48	1.00	.954	1.70	1.68					RoY-6
2006	OAK	AL	25	P	32			194.1	31	13	14	4	0	.871	-2	-2	1.25	0.84	.958	1.56	1.54
2007	OAK	AL	26	P	34			230.0	42	15	27	0	2	1.000	-3	-3	1.64	1.24	.955	1.60	1.59
2008	TOT	MLB	27	P	33			197.2	42	16	25	1	4	.976	2	2	1.87	1.24	.953	1.65	1.64
2008	OAK	AL	27	P	20			127.0	36	14	21	1	4	.972	3	5	2.48	1.75	.952	1.60	1.59
2008	PHI	NL	27	P	13			70.2	6	2	4	0	0	1.000	-1	-3	0.76	0.46	.958	1.73	1.72
2009	PHI	NL	28	P	31			195.1	35	12	23	0	2	1.000	0	0	1.61	1.13	.955	1.72	1.70
2010	PHI	NL	29	P	29			175.2	33	6	25	2	0	.939	-1	-1	1.59	1.07	.954	1.73	1.72
2011	PHI	NL	30	P	11	8	0	41.1	9	1	8	0	2	1.000	-1	-5	1.96	0.82	.956	1.81	1.79	4	0	0%	0
	8 Seasons			P	206	8	0	1243.2	227	77	142	8	11	.965	-6	0	1.58	1.06	.955	1.66	1.65	4	0	0%	0
	8 Seasons			TOT	206	8	0	1243.2	227	77	142	8	11	.965	-6	-5	1.58	1.06	.955	1.66	1.65	4	0	0%	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 2005 AL 3.53 (10th) Active 4.32 (47th)	Wins s c a p y 2006 AL 16 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y Active .541 (35th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2005 AL 1.217 (10th) Active 1.348 (44th)
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) 2010 NL 2.203 (6th) Active 2.489 (16th)	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) 2010 NL 27 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 2006 AL 241 (5th) 2007 AL 240 (1st) Active 1,332 (49th)
Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2007 AL 3.500 (7th) 2010 NL 3.116 (9th) Active 2.361 (31st) Career 2.361 (127th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 2006 AL 0.787 (7th) 2007 AL 0.626 (4th) Active 1.020 (45th)	Losses s c a p y 2008 AL 12 (10th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 2007 AL 101 (4th) 2010 NL 94 (7th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 2007 AL 950 (2nd)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2005 AL 124 (9th)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 2006 AL 4 (3rd)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 2007 AL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (829), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 25 (930), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 9 (1013), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Similar Pitchers through 30

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Joey Hamilton (976)
Bobby Jones (973)
Mark Clark (968)
Aaron Harang (968)
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Erik Hanson (957)
Len Barker (953)
Aaron Cook (953)
Jake Westbrook (952)
Randy Wolf (952)

Most Similar by Ages

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Russ Meyer (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff D'Amico (991) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Scott Bankhead (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Todd Stottlemyre (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joey Hamilton (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Vicente Padilla (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joey Hamilton (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 20, 2002.
July 17, 2008: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Philadelphia Phillies for Adrian Cardenas (minors), Matt Spencer (minors) and Josh Outman.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2005	24	Oakland Athletics	$316,500
2006	25	Oakland Athletics	$327,000
2007	26	Oakland Athletics	$380,000
2008	27	Oakland Athletics	$3,700,000
2009	28	Philadelphia Phillies	$5,475,000
2010	29	Philadelphia Phillies	$3,000,000
2011	30	Philadelphia Phillies	$10,500,000

2012	31	Philadelphia Phillies	$8,500,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$23,698,500	Does not include future salaries

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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