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)
vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
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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| Rk | Gcar | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | |||
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| 1 | 37 | 5 | Apr 7 | OAK | @ | SEA | W,5-0 | GS-8 | W(1-0) | 99 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 25 | 98 | 68 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .83 | 0.476 | 4.29 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out a5 | ||
| 2 | 38 | 10 | Apr 13 | OAK | @ | MIN | L,2-8 | GS-6 | L(1-1) | 5 | 6.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 29 | 98 | 61 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .71 | -0.324 | -3.75 | 1b start a 2 | 6b 3 out d5 | ||
| 3 | 39 | 15 | Apr 19 | OAK | DET | L,4-11 | GS-5 | L(1-2) | 5 | 4.1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.87 | 27 | 88 | 59 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.10 | -0.347 | -4.77 | 1t start tie | 5t -23 1 out d5 | |||
| 4 | 40 | 20 | Apr 24 | OAK | @ | TEX | W,3-2 | GS-6 | W(2-2) | 4 | 6.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.92 | 26 | 109 | 65 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.06 | 0.105 | 1.35 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out a1 | ||
| 5 | 41 | 24 | Apr 30 | OAK | @ | KCR | W,13-6 | GS-5 | W(3-2) | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6.14 | 26 | 118 | 66 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.19 | -0.255 | -2.21 | 1b start a 2 | 5b 3 out tie | ||
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 6 | 42 | 29 | May 5 | OAK | TBD | L,1-3 | GS-7 | L(3-3) | 4 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5.70 | 31 | 103 | 65 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | -0.005 | 0.75 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out d2 | |||
| 7 | 43 | 33 | May 10 | OAK | @ | TOR | L,7-9 | GS-6 | L(3-4) | 4 | 6.0 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.38 | 27 | 101 | 60 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .77 | -0.392 | -4.68 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d1 | ||
| 8 | 44 | 38 | May 16 | OAK | SEA | W,12-6 | GS-7 | W(4-4) | 5 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.84 | 24 | 83 | 56 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .63 | 0.169 | 1.75 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a10 | |||
| 9 | 45 | 43 | May 21 | OAK | SFG | L,0-6 | GS-4 | L(4-5) | 4 | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.24 | 20 | 77 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 | -0.233 | -2.86 | 1t start tie | 4t 3 out d5 | |||
| 10 | 46 | 48 | May 26 | OAK | @ | TEX | L,3-5 | GS-5 | 4 | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6.02 | 26 | 107 | 60 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.41 | 0.048 | 0.79 | 1b start tie | 5b 3 out tie | |||
| 11 | 47 | 53 | May 31 | OAK | KCR | W,7-0 | SHO | W(5-5) | 4 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.21 | 33 | 118 | 78 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .73 | 0.377 | 4.82 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a7 | |||
| June | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 12 | 48 | 59 | Jun 7 | OAK | @ | CLE | L,2-11 | GS-5 | L(5-6) | 6 | 5.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5.60 | 26 | 98 | 58 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .60 | -0.275 | -3.27 | 1b start tie | 5b 3 out d6 | ||
| 13 | 49 | 64 | Jun 13 | OAK | SEA | W,2-0 | GS-9 | W(6-6) | 5 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.04 | 29 | 92 | 61 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | 0.260 | 2.79 | 1t start tie | 9t -23 0 out a2 | |||
| 14 | 50 | 69 | Jun 18 | OAK | LAD | W,5-2 | GS-9 | W(7-6) | 4 | 8.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4.79 | 32 | 96 | 67 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .86 | 0.192 | 1.28 | 1t start tie | 9t 12- 0 out a3 | |||
| 15 | 51 | 73 | Jun 23 | OAK | @ | SFG | W,4-3 | GS-6 | 4 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.67 | 26 | 102 | 55 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.21 | 0.090 | 1.24 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out tie | |||
| 16 | 52 | 77 | Jun 28 | OAK | @ | SDP | L,1-8 | GS-4 | L(7-7) | 4 | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4.85 | 20 | 86 | 53 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | -0.314 | -3.04 | 1b start tie | 4b 3 out d4 | ||
| July | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 17 | 53 | 82 | Jul 3 | OAK | DET | W,5-3 | GS-7 | W(8-7) | 4 | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.78 | 29 | 98 | 67 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | 0.020 | 0.75 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a2 | |||
| 18 | 54 | 87 | Jul 8 | OAK | LAA | L,4-6 | GS-6 | L(8-8) | 4 | 5.2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4.95 | 29 | 109 | 63 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .69 | -0.183 | -2.24 | 1t start tie | 6t 12- 2 out d5 | |||
| 19 | 55 | 92 | Jul 16 | OAK | @ | BOS | W,8-1 | GS-7 | W(9-8) | 7 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.73 | 27 | 104 | 67 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .77 | 0.310 | 3.06 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out a4 | ||
| 20 | 56 | 97 | Jul 22 | OAK | @ | DET | W,9-5 | GS-5 | W(10-8) | 5 | 5.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.90 | 22 | 83 | 54 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.14 | -0.083 | -2.24 | 1b start tie | 5b 3 out a1 | ||
| 21 | 57 | 102 | Jul 27 | OAK | TOR | W,5-2 | GS-7 | W(11-8) | 4 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4.78 | 26 | 87 | 57 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.16 | 0.136 | 1.75 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a2 | |||
| August | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 22 | 58 | 107 | Aug 1 | OAK | @ | LAA | L,2-3 | GS-7 | L(11-9) | 4 | 6.2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.61 | 31 | 109 | 66 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | -0.140 | 0.40 | 1b start tie | 7b 12- 2 out d1 | ||
| 23 | 59 | 111 | Aug 6 | OAK | @ | SEA | W,7-6 | GS-6 | W(12-9) | 4 | 6.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.61 | 28 | 109 | 74 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 0.058 | 0.22 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out a3 | ||
| 24 | 60 | 116 | Aug 12 | OAK | TBD | W,6-3 | GS-7 | W(13-9) | 5 | 6.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.53 | 29 | 104 | 63 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .77 | 0.180 | 2.20 | 1t start tie | 7t 1-- 1 out a4 | |||
| 25 | 61 | 121 | Aug 18(1) | OAK | @ | KCR | L,1-7 | GS-6 | L(13-10) | 5 | 6.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4.47 | 28 | 112 | 65 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.39 | 0.083 | 1.35 | 1b start a 1 | 6b 3 out d1 | ||
| 26 | 62 | 129 | Aug 26 | OAK | @ | TEX | W,5-3 | GS-7 | W(14-10) | 7 | 6.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.45 | 28 | 112 | 74 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.02 | 0.255 | 2.44 | 1b start tie | 7b 12- 2 out a3 | ||
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 27 | 63 | 134 | Sep 1 | OAK | BAL | W,5-4 | GS-6 | 5 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.51 | 27 | 97 | 60 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.06 | -0.183 | -0.79 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d2 | ||||
| 28 | 64 | 139 | Sep 6 | OAK | TEX | W,9-6 | GS-6 | W(15-10) | 4 | 6.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.66 | 28 | 109 | 66 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .77 | -0.293 | -2.79 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d3 | |||
| 29 | 65 | 143 | Sep 11 | OAK | @ | MIN | L,4-9 | GS-6 | L(15-11) | 4 | 5.1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.78 | 27 | 108 | 61 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | -0.207 | -1.98 | 1b start tie | 6b 1-3 1 out d3 | ||
| 30 | 66 | 148 | Sep 17 | OAK | CHW | W,5-4 | GS-5 | W(16-11) | 5 | 5.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4.74 | 24 | 95 | 58 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.32 | 0.050 | 0.68 | 1t start tie | 5t 3 out a1 | |||
| 31 | 67 | 154 | Sep 23 | OAK | LAA | L,2-6 | GS-8 | L(16-12) | 5 | 7.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.84 | 32 | 104 | 66 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.04 | -0.334 | -1.93 | 1t start tie | 8t 1-3 1 out d3 | |||
| 32 | 68 | 160 | Sep 29 | OAK | @ | LAA | L,0-6 | 5-7 | 5 | 3.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.82 | 14 | 48 | 35 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .21 | -0.011 | 0.66 | 5b --- 0 out d4 | 7b 3 out d5 | ||
| OAK | 194.1 | 241 | 111 | 104 | 58 | 107 | 17 | 5 | 4.82 | 856 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.95 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 and 13 runs |
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