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Joe Blanton

Joseph Matthew Blanton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: December 11, 1980 in Bowling Green, KY
High School: Franklin-Simpson HS (Franklin, KY)
School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Phillies/Dodgers/Angels 2004-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 2 yrs/$15M (13-14) & 15 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 8.016, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Jeff Berry) [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 15, 2013 1:17AM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #1018. Ramiro Mendoza… #1019. Craig Swan… #1020. Ricky Romero… #1021. JOE BLANTON… #1022. Johnny Klippstein… #1023. Orlando Pena… #1024. Lee Richmond… 

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
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 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 7 837 104 1.316 9.1 1.4 2.7 7.5 2.76
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 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 77 1.476 11.3 1.1 2.0 7.6 3.89
2012 31 TOT NL 10 13 .435 4.71 31 30 1 2 1 0 191.0 207 106 100 29 34 5 166 3 0 5 806 85 1.262 9.8 1.4 1.6 7.8 4.88
2012 31 PHI NL 8 9 .471 4.59 21 20 1 2 1 0 133.1 141 74 68 22 18 2 115 3 0 4 560 89 1.193 9.5 1.5 1.2 7.8 6.39
2012 31 LAD NL 2 4 .333 4.99 10 10 0 0 0 0 57.2 66 32 32 7 16 3 51 0 0 1 246 76 1.422 10.3 1.1 2.5 8.0 3.19
2013 32 LAA AL 0 7 .000 6.46 8 8 0 0 0 0 46.0 75 35 33 8 11 1 29 0 0 2 221 59 1.870 14.7 1.6 2.2 5.7 2.64
10 Yrs 83 82 .503 4.44 245 236 3 8 3 0 1480.2 1614 775 730 178 389 30 1007 33 3 28 6335 95 1.353 9.8 1.1 2.4 6.1 2.59
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .503 4.44 35 33 0 1 0 0 209 228 110 103 25 55 4 142 5 0 4 896 95 1.353 9.8 1.1 2.4 6.1 2.59
PHI (5 yrs) 34 25 .576 4.47 105 100 2 2 1 0 616.1 663 326 306 94 160 12 496 18 0 14 2647 93 1.335 9.7 1.4 2.3 7.2 3.10
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
LAD (1 yr) 2 4 .333 4.99 10 10 0 0 0 0 57.2 66 32 32 7 16 3 51 0 0 1 246 76 1.422 10.3 1.1 2.5 8.0 3.19
LAA (1 yr) 0 7 .000 6.46 8 8 0 0 0 0 46.0 75 35 33 8 11 1 29 0 0 2 221 59 1.870 14.7 1.6 2.2 5.7 2.64
NL (5 yrs) 36 29 .554 4.51 115 110 2 2 1 0 674.0 729 358 338 101 176 15 547 18 0 15 2893 91 1.343 9.7 1.3 2.4 7.3 3.11
AL (6 yrs) 47 53 .470 4.37 130 126 1 6 2 0 806.2 885 417 392 77 213 15 460 15 3 13 3442 98 1.361 9.9 0.9 2.4 5.1 2.16

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2004 23 OAK AL 8.0 3 0 5 5.63 5.36 -0.10 -0.40 97.5 4.93 -1 -0.1 .4 0.0 0.0 0 .477 .500
2005 24 OAK AL 201.1 33 33 86 3.84 4.76 0.25 0.18 100.6 4.71 18 1.8 -0.1 3.8 41 .556 .511 $316,500 RoY-6
2006 25 OAK AL 194.1 32 31 111 5.14 4.93 0.01 0.18 96.7 4.93 -7 -0.7 .2 -0.1 1.2 17 .479 .496 $327,000
2007 26 OAK AL 230.0 34 34 106 4.15 4.97 0.13 0.19 94.7 4.76 14 1.4 -0.1 3.6 42 .541 .509 $380,000
2008 27 OAK AL 127.0 20 20 74 5.24 4.88 0.31 0.19 93.5 4.45 -14 -1.3 -0.1 -0.1 3 .435 .492 $3,700,000
2008 27 PHI NL 70.2 13 13 36 4.58 4.60 0.46 0.18 102.2 4.42 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.5 5 .493 .499
2009 28 PHI NL 195.1 31 31 89 4.10 4.56 0.10 0.18 98.6 4.57 10 1.0 -0.1 2.6 27 .534 .506 $5,475,000
2010 29 PHI NL 175.2 29 28 104 5.33 4.38 -0.04 0.16 100.8 4.62 -14 -1.5 .3 -0.1 -0.1 1 .449 .491 $3,000,000
2011 30 PHI NL 41.1 11 8 23 5.01 4.11 -0.39 0.12 98.2 4.54 -2 -0.3 .4 -0.0 0.1 1 .476 .498 $10,500,000
2012 31 PHI NL 133.1 21 20 74 5.00 4.26 0.00 0.16 98.3 4.35 -11 -1.1 2.2 -0.1 -0.0 1 .448 .493 $8,500,000
2012 31 LAD NL 57.2 10 10 32 4.99 4.34 -0.03 0.16 98.7 4.48 -4 -0.4 -0.0 0.1 1 .461 .498
2013 32 LAA AL 46.0 8 8 35 6.85 4.27 -0.81 0.17 91.4 4.80 -11 -1.0 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .369 .494 $6,500,000
10 Seasons 1480.2 245 236 775 4.71 4.66 0.08 0.17 97.7 4.64 -24 -2.1 .6 -1.0 10.9 133 .491 .499 $38,698,500
PHI (5 yrs) 616.1 105 100 326 4.76 4.42 0.05 0.17 99.5 4.52 -19 -1.9 .7 -0.4 3.0 35 .482 .498 $27,475,000
OAK (5 yrs) 760.2 122 118 382 4.52 4.89 0.16 0.18 96.6 4.74 10 1.2 .4 -0.5 8.5 103 .510 .501 $4,723,500
LAD (1 yr) 57.2 10 10 32 4.99 4.34 -0.03 0.16 98.7 4.48 -4 -0.4 -0.0 0.1 1 .461 .498
LAA (1 yr) 46.0 8 8 35 6.85 4.27 -0.81 0.17 91.4 4.80 -11 -1.0 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .369 .494 $6,500,000

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 Yrs (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
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 79 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 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 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 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 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 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
2012 31 TOT NL 31 66 55 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 26 .073 .136 .073 .208 -41 4 0 1 7 0 0 1
2012 31 PHI NL 21 45 39 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 20 .077 .163 .077 .240 -33 3 0 1 2 0 0 1
2012 31 LAD NL 10 21 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .063 .063 .063 .125 -65 1 0 0 5 0 0 1
2013 32 LAA AL 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
10 Yrs 245 252 208 13 22 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 90 .106 .154 .106 .260 -29 22 5 4 31 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 167 138 9 15 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 60 .106 .154 .106 .260 -29 15 3 3 20 1 0
PHI (5 yrs) 105 216 180 13 20 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 78 .111 .166 .111 .277 -24 20 3 4 23 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
LAD (1 yr) 10 21 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .063 .063 .063 .125 -65 1 0 0 5 0 0
LAA (1 yr) 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 115 237 196 13 21 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 84 .107 .158 .107 .265 -27 21 3 4 28 1 0
AL (6 yrs) 130 15 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .083 .083 .083 .167 -55 1 2 0 3 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 23 OAK AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
2005 24 OAK AL 33 4 -0 0 -0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $316,500 1 RoY-6
2006 25 OAK AL 32 3 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $327,000 1
2007 26 OAK AL 34 5 -1 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $380,000 1
2008 27 OAK AL 20 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.0 0 0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 0 $3,700,000 1
2008 27 PHI NL 13 23 -5 -0 0 0 3 -1 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .489 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1
2009 28 PHI NL 31 69 -10 -0 0 0 10 -0 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 2 $5,475,000 1
2010 29 PHI NL 29 67 -10 -1 -0 0 9 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $3,000,000 1
2011 30 PHI NL 11 12 -1 -1 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $10,500,000 1
2012 31 PHI NL 21 45 -8 -1 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .490 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $8,500,000 1
2012 31 LAD NL 10 21 -4 -0 0 0 3 -0 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 1
2013 32 LAA AL 1 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .475 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $6,500,000 /1
10 Seasons 238 252 -40 -3 -0 0 36 -6 -0.7 8 1 -0.7 .497 .500 -0.7 0.1 1 $38,698,500
PHI (5 yrs) 105 216 -33 -3 -0 0 30 -5 -0.6 7 1 -0.6 .495 .499 -0.6 0.0 2 $27,475,000
OAK (5 yrs) 122 13 -3 0 -0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 -0 $4,723,500
LAD (1 yr) 10 21 -4 -0 0 0 3 -0 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 0
LAA (1 yr) 1 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .475 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $6,500,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2006 25 OAK AL ALCS DET L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
2010 29 PHI NL NLCS SFG L 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2011 30 PHI NL NLDS STL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (9 Series) 10 15 14 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 .071 .071 .286 .357 4 0 0 1 0 0
3 NLDS 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

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% lgCS% PO Awards
2004 OAK AL 23 P 3 0 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.12 0.33 .950 1.69 1.63 0 1 100% 32% 0
2005 OAK AL 24 P 33 33 2 201.1 34 13 20 1 1 .971 -1 -1 1.48 1.00 .954 1.70 1.68 8 1 11% 30% 2 RoY-6
2006 OAK AL 25 P 32 31 1 194.1 31 13 14 4 0 .871 -2 -2 1.25 0.84 .958 1.56 1.54 13 5 28% 30% 0
2007 OAK AL 26 P 34 34 3 230.0 42 15 27 0 2 1.000 -2 -2 1.64 1.24 .955 1.60 1.59 19 4 17% 27% 1
2008 TOT MLB 27 P 33 33 0 197.2 42 16 25 1 4 .976 1 1 1.87 1.24 .953 1.65 1.64 4 1 20% 27% 0
2008 OAK AL 27 P 20 20 0 127.0 36 14 21 1 4 .972 2 3 2.48 1.75 .952 1.60 1.59 0 1 100% 27% 0
2008 PHI NL 27 P 13 13 0 70.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 -1 -3 0.76 0.46 .958 1.73 1.72 4 0 0% 27% 0
2009 PHI NL 28 P 31 31 0 195.1 35 12 23 0 2 1.000 -1 -1 1.61 1.13 .955 1.72 1.70 8 4 33% 29% 0
2010 PHI NL 29 P 29 28 0 175.2 33 6 25 2 0 .939 -3 -3 1.59 1.07 .954 1.73 1.72 11 2 15% 29% 2
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% 28% 0
2012 TOT NL 31 P 31 30 2 191.0 43 14 25 4 3 .907 -1 -1 1.84 1.26 .950 1.77 1.75 8 7 47% 27% 0
2012 PHI NL 31 P 21 20 2 133.1 30 11 16 3 1 .900 -1 -2 1.82 1.29 .950 1.77 1.75 5 4 44% 27% 0
2012 LAD NL 31 P 10 10 0 57.2 13 3 9 1 2 .923 0 0 1.87 1.20 .950 1.76 1.75 3 3 50% 26% 0
2013 LAA AL 32 P 8 8 0 46.0 12 5 6 1 1 .917 -1 -4 2.15 1.38 .970 1.55 1.52 6 0 0% 24% 0
10 Seasons P 245 236 8 1480.2 282 96 173 13 15 .954 -11 -1 1.64 1.10 .955 1.67 1.66 81 25 24% 28% 5
10 Seasons TOT 245 236 8 1480.2 282 96 173 13 15 .954 -11 -7 1.64 1.10 .955 1.67 1.66 81 25 24% 28% 5
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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)

Wins s c a p y
2006 AL  16 (8th)
Active  83 (44th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2005 AL  1.217 (10th)
Active  1.353 (43rd)

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)
2012 NL  1.602 (3rd)
Active  2.365 (11th)
Career  2.365 (222nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Active  6.121 (48th)
Career  6.121 (222nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2007 AL  230.0 (2nd)
Active  1,480.7 (38th)

Games Started s c a p y
2005 AL  33 (8th)
2007 AL  34 (1st)
2013 AL  8 (3rd)
Active  236 (35th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2005 AL  2 (10th)
2007 AL  3 (3rd)
2012 NL  2 (4th)
Active  8 (44th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2006 AL  1 (5th)
2007 AL  1 (5th)
2012 NL  1 (8th)
Active  3 (47th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 NL  30 (3rd)
2010 NL  27 (6th)
2012 NL  29 (2nd)
2013 AL  8 (7th)
Active  178 (35th)

Hits s c a p y
2006 AL  241 (5th)
2007 AL  240 (1st)
2012 NL  207 (5th)
2013 AL  75 (1st)
Active  1,614 (31st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2007 AL  3.500 (7th)
2010 NL  3.116 (9th)
2012 NL  4.882 (2nd)
Active  2.589 (22nd)
Career  2.589 (76th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2006 AL  0.787 (7th)
2007 AL  0.626 (4th)
Active  1.082 (46th)

Losses s c a p y
2008 AL  12 (10th)
2012 NL  13 (5th)
2013 AL  7 (2nd)
Active  82 (36th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2007 AL  101 (4th)
2010 NL  94 (7th)
2012 NL  100 (2nd)
2013 AL  33 (2nd)
Active  730 (30th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2007 AL  950 (2nd)
2013 AL  221 (6th)
Active  6,335 (36th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2005 AL  124 (9th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2006 AL  4 (3rd)
2013 AL  1 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2007 AL  1.000 (1st)
2009 NL  1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (857), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 31 (778), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1033), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1408), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (813th), 10.6 career WAR/11.4 7yr-peak WAR/11.0 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Bobby Jones (973)
  2. Cory Lidle (966)
  3. Gil Meche (954)
  4. Joey Hamilton (954)
  5. Oil Can Boyd (952)
  6. Ervin Santana (952)
  7. Larry Christenson (951)
  8. Bill Wegman (950)
  9. Mark Clark (949)
  10. Edwin Jackson (947)
Similar Pitchers through 31 
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  1. Bobby Jones (983)
  2. Jon Lieber (968)
  3. Esteban Loaiza (966)
  4. Joey Hamilton (957)
  5. Erik Hanson (955)
  6. Aaron Harang (954)
  7. Gil Meche (954)
  8. Bronson Arroyo (954)
  9. Joel Pineiro (953)
  10. Oil Can Boyd (952)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Russ Meyer (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jeff D'Amico (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Scott Bankhead (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Todd Stottlemyre (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Joey Hamilton (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Vicente Padilla (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Joey Hamilton (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bobby Jones (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
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$10,500,000
201231Philadelphia Phillies$8,500,000contracts
201332Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$6,500,000
201433Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$7,500,000
201534Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim*$8,000,000$8M Team Option, $1M Buyout
Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)$38,698,500Does not include future salaries
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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