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 | 207 | 2 | Apr 7 | PHI | @ | PIT | L,1-2 | 10-GF(10) | L(0-1) | 99 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.03 | -0.375 | -0.96 | 10b --- 0 out tie | 10b end d 1 | |
| 2 | 208 | 6 | Apr 12 | PHI | MIA | W,3-1 | GS-7 | W(1-1) | 4 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.35 | 26 | 85 | 57 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.21 | 0.338 | 2.40 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a1 | |||
| 3 | 209 | 11 | Apr 17 | PHI | @ | SFG | L,2-4 | GS-5 | L(1-2) | 4 | 5.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 25 | 100 | 65 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .86 | -0.243 | -1.91 | 1b start tie | 5b 3 out d3 | ||
| 4 | 210 | 16 | Apr 22 | PHI | @ | SDP | L,1-6 | GS-6 | L(1-3) | 4 | 6.0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.34 | 27 | 78 | 51 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .53 | -0.330 | -3.38 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d5 | ||
| 5 | 211 | 21 | Apr 28 | PHI | CHC | W,5-2 | GS-8 | W(2-3) | 5 | 7.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3.81 | 29 | 106 | 78 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .75 | 0.169 | 1.71 | 1t start tie | 8t 1-3 1 out a4 | |||
| 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 | 212 | 26 | May 3 | PHI | @ | ATL | W,4-0 | SHO | W(3-3) | 4 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.83 | 29 | 88 | 67 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .87 | 0.571 | 4.37 | 1b start a 1 | 9b 3 out a4 | ||
| 7 | 213 | 31 | May 8 | PHI | NYM | L,4-7 | GS-7 | 4 | 6.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3.24 | 29 | 108 | 63 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.04 | 0.132 | 0.97 | 1t start tie | 7t 12- 2 out a2 | ||||
| 8 | 214 | 36 | May 14 | PHI | HOU | W,5-1 | GS-8 | W(4-3) | 5 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2.96 | 28 | 106 | 70 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .94 | 0.270 | 2.02 | 1t start tie | 8t 1-- 0 out a2 | |||
| 9 | 215 | 41 | May 19 | PHI | BOS | L,5-7 | GS-5 | L(4-4) | 4 | 4.1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3.74 | 23 | 102 | 72 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .70 | -0.509 | -5.08 | 1t start tie | 5t 1-- 1 out d3 | |||
| 10 | 216 | 46 | May 24 | PHI | @ | STL | W,10-9 | GS-5 | 4 | 4.1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4.55 | 24 | 84 | 56 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .81 | -0.444 | -4.92 | 1b start a 4 | 5b --- 1 out tie | |||
| 11 | 217 | 51 | May 29 | PHI | @ | NYM | L,3-6 | GS-6 | L(4-5) | 4 | 5.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5.05 | 27 | 89 | 53 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.05 | -0.421 | -3.72 | 1b start a 1 | 6b --- 0 out d3 | ||
| 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 | 218 | 55 | Jun 3 | PHI | MIA | L,1-5 | GS-7 | L(4-6) | 4 | 6.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5.27 | 28 | 88 | 64 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .73 | -0.119 | -2.57 | 1t start tie | 7t -23 0 out d4 | |||
| 13 | 219 | 60 | Jun 8 | PHI | @ | BAL | W,9-6 | GS-7 | W(5-6) | 4 | 6.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 28 | 115 | 69 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .59 | 0.063 | -0.69 | 1b start a 1 | 7b 1-- 2 out a5 | ||
| 14 | 220 | 65 | Jun 14 | PHI | @ | MIN | W,6-1 | CG | W(6-6) | 5 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4.93 | 34 | 111 | 78 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .71 | 0.269 | 3.33 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a5 | ||
| 15 | 221 | 70 | Jun 20 | PHI | COL | W,7-6 | GS-7 | 5 | 7.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5.04 | 27 | 83 | 57 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .86 | -0.142 | -1.60 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out tie | ||||
| 16 | 222 | 75 | Jun 25 | PHI | PIT | W,8-3 | GS-7 | W(7-6) | 4 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4.87 | 30 | 114 | 79 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .73 | 0.095 | 0.40 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out a4 | |||
| 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 | 223 | 81 | Jul 1 | PHI | @ | MIA | L,2-5 | GS-6 | L(7-7) | 5 | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4.85 | 24 | 107 | 63 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .79 | -0.092 | -0.15 | 1b start a 1 | 6b 3 out d1 | ||
| 18 | 224 | 86 | Jul 7 | PHI | ATL | L,3-6 | GS-7 | L(7-8) | 5 | 6.1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4.98 | 29 | 115 | 72 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.11 | -0.311 | -2.50 | 1t start tie | 7t 12- 1 out d2 | |||
| 19 | 225 | 91 | Jul 16 | PHI | @ | LAD | W,3-2 | GS-8 | W(8-8) | 8 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4.79 | 30 | 110 | 80 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.49 | 0.316 | 1.65 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out a1 | ||
| 20 | 226 | 96 | Jul 22 | PHI | SFG | W,4-3 | GS-8 | 5 | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4.70 | 31 | 102 | 68 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 | 0.047 | 0.88 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out tie | ||||
| 21 | 227 | 101 | Jul 28 | PHI | @ | ATL | L,1-2 | GS-7 | L(8-9) | 5 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4.59 | 27 | 94 | 63 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .84 | 0.098 | 1.40 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d1 | ||
| 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 | ||||||
| Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to Los Angeles Dodgers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 228 | 109 | Aug 5 | LAD | CHC | W,7-6 | GS-6 | 7 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4.52 | 25 | 103 | 68 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .95 | 0.000 | 0.74 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d1 | ||||
| 23 | 229 | 114 | Aug 11 | LAD | @ | MIA | L,3-7 | GS-5 | L(8-10) | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.61 | 20 | 78 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 | -0.300 | -1.62 | 1b start tie | 5b 3 out d2 | ||
| 24 | 230 | 119 | Aug 16 | LAD | @ | PIT | L,6-10 | GS-5 | L(8-11) | 4 | 4.1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4.96 | 24 | 99 | 62 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | -0.657 | -6.02 | 1b start tie | 5b --- 1 out d4 | ||
| 25 | 231 | 124 | Aug 21 | LAD | SFG | L,1-4 | GS-6 | L(8-12) | 4 | 5.2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.02 | 27 | 80 | 55 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .78 | -0.202 | -1.47 | 1t start tie | 6t 1-- 2 out d4 | |||
| 26 | 232 | 131 | Aug 29 | LAD | @ | COL | W,10-8 | GS-8 | W(9-12) | 7 | 7.1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.95 | 32 | 96 | 67 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .44 | 0.199 | 2.32 | 1b start tie | 8b 1-3 1 out a9 | ||
| 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 | 233 | 136 | Sep 3 | LAD | SDP | W,4-3 | GS-7 | 4 | 6.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4.92 | 28 | 109 | 75 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .96 | 0.072 | 0.98 | 1t start tie | 7t 1-- 2 out tie | ||||
| 28 | 234 | 141 | Sep 9 | LAD | @ | SFG | L,0-4 | GS-6 | L(9-13) | 5 | 5.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.98 | 23 | 92 | 65 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .73 | -0.178 | -1.71 | 1b start tie | 6b --- 1 out d4 | ||
| 29 | 235 | 146 | Sep 15 | LAD | STL | W,4-3 | GS-6 | 5 | 5.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4.97 | 22 | 91 | 60 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.07 | -0.122 | -0.67 | 1t start tie | 6t 12- 2 out d1 | ||||
| 30 | 236 | 151 | Sep 21 | LAD | @ | CIN | W,3-1 | GS-6 | 5 | 5.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.86 | 22 | 95 | 62 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.01 | 0.183 | 1.82 | 1b start tie | 6b 1-- 2 out tie | |||
| 31 | 237 | 158 | Sep 29 | LAD | COL | W,3-0 | GS-7 | W(10-13) | 7 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4.71 | 23 | 84 | 59 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.06 | 0.265 | 2.37 | 1t start tie | 7t 1-- 0 out a2 | |||
| TOT | 191.0 | 207 | 106 | 100 | 34 | 166 | 29 | 3 | 4.71 | 806 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 12 | 3 | 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.25 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 and 10 runs |
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