Joe Blanton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 225lb (190cm, 102kg)

Born: December 11, 1980 in Bowling Green, KY us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (24th) of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY).

High School: Franklin-Simpson HS (Franklin, KY)

School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)

Debut: September 21, 2004 (Age 23-285d, 18,592nd in major league history)
vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 1, 2017 (Age 36-294d)
vs. PIT 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: CAA Sports

Full Name: Joseph Matthew Blanton

Nicknames: Joe B

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

2008 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.8

101

ERA

4.38

427

252

1767.2

1284

WHIP

1.337

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2017 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2017 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 5	WSN		MIA	W,6-4		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
2	3	Apr 6	WSN		MIA	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5 (1)	Apr 8	WSN	@	PHI	L,3-17		9	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	8 (2)	Apr 11	WSN		STL	W,8-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	9	Apr 12	WSN		STL	L,1-6	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
6	11 (1)	Apr 15	WSN		PHI	L,2-4		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	16 (4)	Apr 21	WSN	@	NYM	W,4-3		5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	20 (3)	Apr 25	WSN	@	COL	W,15-12		4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	22 (1)	Apr 27	WSN	@	COL	W,16-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	25 (2)	Apr 30	WSN		NYM	W,23-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	26	May 2	WSN		ARI	L,3-6	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	28 (1)	May 4	WSN		ARI	W,4-2		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	32 (3)	May 8	WSN	@	BAL	L,4-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	35 (2)	May 13	WSN		PHI	W,6-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	62 (26)	Jun 11	WSN		TEX	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	65 (2)	Jun 14	WSN		ATL	L,2-13		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	66	Jun 15	WSN	@	NYM	W,8-3	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
18	68 (1)	Jun 17	WSN	@	NYM	W,7-4		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
19	74 (5)	Jun 24	WSN		CIN	W,18-3		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	75	Jun 25	WSN		CIN	L,2-6		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
21	79 (3)	Jun 29	WSN		CHC	L,4-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
22	80	Jun 30	WSN	@	STL	L,1-8	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	83 (2)	Jul 3	WSN		NYM	W,3-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
24	85 (1)	Jul 6	WSN		ATL	L,2-5		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
25	87 (1)	Jul 8	WSN		ATL	L,0-13	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
26	88	Jul 9	WSN		ATL	W,10-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	91 (2)	Jul 16	WSN	@	CIN	W,14-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	92	Jul 17	WSN	@	CIN	W,6-1		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	94 (1)	Jul 19	WSN	@	LAA	L,0-7		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
30	95	Jul 21	WSN	@	ARI	L,5-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	97 (1)	Jul 23	WSN	@	ARI	W,6-2		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
32	98	Jul 25	WSN		MIL	L,0-8	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	102 (3)	Jul 30 (1)	WSN		COL	L,6-10		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	105 (2)	Aug 1	WSN	@	MIA	L,6-7	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	111 (5)	Aug 8	WSN		MIA	L,3-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
36	112	Aug 9	WSN		MIA	W,10-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	118 (5)	Aug 16	WSN		LAA	L,2-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
38	120 (1)	Aug 18	WSN	@	SDP	W,7-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	122 (1)	Aug 20	WSN	@	SDP	W,4-1		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
40	123	Aug 22	WSN	@	HOU	W,4-3		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
41	126 (2)	Aug 25	WSN		NYM	L,2-4	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
42	128 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	WSN		NYM	L,5-6		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
43	129	Aug 27 (2)	WSN		NYM	W,5-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	135 (5)	Sep 2	WSN	@	MIL	W,3-2		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
45	139 (3)	Sep 6	WSN	@	MIA	W,8-1		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	142 (2)	Sep 9	WSN		PHI	L,4-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	147 (4)	Sep 15	WSN		LAD	L,0-7		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	153 (5)	Sep 22	WSN	@	NYM	L,6-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	155 (1)	Sep 24	WSN	@	NYM	W,3-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	157 (1)	Sep 26	WSN	@	PHI	L,1-4		3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	162 (4)	Oct 1	WSN		PIT	L,8-11		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
							51gm		44.1	3	3	0	6	0