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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 2004-2010
2011 Contract Status: Signed thru 2012, 3 yrs/$24M (10-12) (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 5.016, Free Agent: 2013 [?], Agents: Jeff Barry [?]
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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 5.63 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 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
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
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
2010 29 PHI NL 4 6 .400 5.85 16 16 0 0 0 0 100.0 121 70 65 17 25 3 64 2 0 1 441 71 1.460 10.9 1.5 2.3 5.8 2.56
7 Seasons 67 60 .528 4.35 182 178 1 6 2 0 1126.2 1195 577 545 126 317 21 707 28 3 20 4804 99 1.342 9.5 1.0 2.5 5.6 2.23
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .528 4.35 34 34 0 1 0 0 213 226 109 103 24 60 4 134 5 1 4 907 99 1.342 9.5 1.0 2.5 5.6 2.23
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 (3 yrs) 20 14 .588 4.57 60 60 0 0 0 0 366.0 385 195 186 57 115 7 276 13 0 9 1583 93 1.366 9.5 1.4 2.8 6.8 2.40
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 102 1.330 9.6 0.8 2.4 5.1 2.13
NL (3 yrs) 20 14 .588 4.57 60 60 0 0 0 0 366.0 385 195 186 57 115 7 276 13 0 9 1583 93 1.366 9.5 1.4 2.8 6.8 2.40

Player Value--Pitchers

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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 100.0 16 70 58 2 .9 -12 -1.2 $3,000,000
7 Seasons 1126.2 178 577 687 6 1.0 110 11.0 $13,198,500
OAK (5 yrs) 760.2 118 382 472 2 1.0 90 8.9 $4,723,500
PHI (3 yrs) 366.0 60 195 215 4 1.0 20 2.1 $8,475,000

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
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 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
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

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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
2010 29 PHI NL 15 38 34 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .147 .194 .147 .342 -7 5 3 1 2 0 0 1
7 Seasons 65 143 115 9 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 49 .122 .171 .122 .292 -21 14 5 2 20 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 356 287 22 35 0 0 0 5 0 0 12 122 .122 .171 .122 .292 -21 35 12 5 50 2 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 (3 yrs) 58 130 105 9 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 44 .124 .177 .124 .301 -19 13 3 2 17 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 (3 yrs) 58 130 105 9 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 44 .124 .177 .124 .301 -19 13 3 2 17 1 0

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 24 OAK AL 4 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 $327,000 1
2007 26 OAK AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 $380,000 1
2008 27 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $3,700,000 1
2008 27 PHI NL 23 -4 0 1 0 0 2 0 -1 -0.1 1
2009 28 PHI NL 69 -9 0 -1 0 0 7 2 -1 -0.2 $5,475,000 1
2010 29 PHI NL 38 -5 0 0 0 0 4 1 -0 -0.1 $3,000,000 1
6 Seasons 143 -20 0 0 0 0 13 3 -4 -0.6 $13,198,500
OAK (4 yrs) 13 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 $4,723,500
PHI (3 yrs) 130 -18 0 0 0 0 13 3 -2 -0.4 $8,475,000

Postseason Batting

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 OAK AL 23 P 3 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.12 0.33 .900 1.69 1.63
2005 OAK AL 24 P 33 33 201.1 34 13 20 1 1 .971 -1 -6 1.48 1.00 .953 1.70 1.68 RoY-6
2006 OAK AL 25 P 32 31 194.1 31 13 14 4 0 .871 -2 -12 1.25 0.84 .961 1.56 1.54
2007 OAK AL 26 P 34 34 230.0 42 15 27 0 2 1.000 -3 -16 1.64 1.24 .952 1.60 1.59
2008 TOT MLB 27 P 33 33 197.2 42 16 25 1 4 .976 2 12 1.87 1.24 .950 1.65 1.64
2008 OAK AL 27 P 20 20 127.0 36 14 21 1 4 .972 3 28 2.48 1.75 .950 1.60 1.59
2008 PHI NL 27 P 13 13 70.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -17 0.76 0.46 .950 1.73 1.72
2009 PHI NL 28 P 31 31 195.1 35 12 23 0 2 1.000 0 0 1.61 1.13 .954 1.72 1.70
2010 PHI NL 29 P 16 16 100.0 14 3 10 1 0 .929 -3 -36 1.17 0.81 .950 1.77 1.75
7 Seasons P 182 178 1126.2 199 73 119 7 9 .965 -7 -7 1.53 1.05 .953 1.66 1.64
7 Seasons TOT 182 178 1126.2 199 73 119 7 9 .965 -7 -7 1.53 1.05 .953 1.66 1.64

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  4.35 (42nd)

Wins s c a p y
2006 AL  16 (8th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
Active  .528 (45th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2005 AL  1.217 (10th)
Active  1.342 (40th)

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  2.532 (17th)

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  2.230 (32nd)
Career  2.230 (165th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 AL  .787 (7th)
2007 AL  .626 (4th)
Active  1.006 (35th)

Losses s c a p y
2008 AL  12 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  101 (4th)
2010 NL  65 (8th)

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)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 1 (825), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 23 (967), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (984), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1095), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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.

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200524Oakland Athletics$316,500
200625Oakland Athletics$327,000
200726Oakland Athletics$380,000
200827Oakland Athletics$3,700,000
200928Philadelphia Phillies$5,475,000
201029Philadelphia Phillies$3,000,000
201130Philadelphia Phillies$8,500,000
201231Philadelphia Phillies$8,500,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$13,198,500Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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