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

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2008 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

11.8

101

ERA

4.38

427

252

1767.2

1284

WHIP

1.337

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-17 / in Starts: 17-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2007 Pitching Game Log

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2007 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	69	2	Apr 3	OAK	@	SEA	L,4-8	GS-6		99	6.0	5	4	4	0	7	1	0	6.00	3.07	23	81	54	17	8	10	6	2	1	0	53			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.142	.81	-0.10%	-0.83	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
2	70	7	Apr 8	OAK	@	LAA	W,2-1	GS-6	W(1-0)	4	5.1	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.97	3.33	24	98	58	23	3	11	9	4	2	0	54			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	0.167	1.48	0.12%	1.87	1b start tie	6b -23 1 out a2
3	71	12	Apr 14	OAK		NYY	L,3-4	GS-7		5	6.2	5	3	3	3	5	1	0	4.00	3.96	27	110	66	18	10	5	14	5	3	0	54			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.028	1.27	-0.02%	0.29	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out tie
4	72	16	Apr 20	OAK	@	TEX	W,16-4	GS-6	W(2-0)	5	6.0	7	3	3	1	7	0	0	4.13	3.32	25	94	64	23	9	9	8	3	0	0	52			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.079	.45	0.06%	0.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out a7
5	73	21	Apr 25	OAK		SEA	L,0-2	CG	L(2-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	6	2	0	3.55	3.91	32	105	71	20	11	11	13	2	5	0	71			1	1	0	29	0	0	1	2	0	0	.84	0.190	1.16	0.16%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	74	26	May 1	OAK	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS-7		5	7.0	6	4	4	2	4	0	0	3.83	3.74	29	106	70	30	3	8	15	7	2	0	51			3	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	2	0	.62	-0.108	.65	-0.07%	0.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
7	75	30	May 6	OAK	@	TBD	W,5-3	GS-8	W(3-1)	4	7.1	11	3	2	2	6	1	0	3.61	3.81	33	113	76	24	8	9	16	7	1	0	50			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.32	0.045	1.35	0.03%	0.36	1b start a 1	8b 12- 1 out a2
8	76	34	May 11	OAK		CLE	W,8-2	GS-8	W(4-1)	4	7.0	5	2	2	0	5	1	0	3.48	3.79	26	99	68	21	7	9	12	5	3	0	64			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.247	1.18	0.18%	1.23	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a4
9	77	39	May 16	OAK		KCR	L,3-4	GS-8		4	8.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.32	3.59	31	118	77	27	7	13	9	3	4	0	69			1	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	.97	0.196	1.13	0.14%	2.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
10	78	44	May 21	OAK	@	CHW	L,5-8	GS-6	L(4-2)	4	5.1	8	6	4	2	4	0	0	3.59	3.54	27	100	64	16	4	9	12	5	2	0	34			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.345	1.34	-0.24%	-2.82	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d2
11	79	49	May 27	OAK	@	BAL	L,4-8	GS-6	L(4-3)	5	6.0	10	8	8	1	2	3	0	4.28	4.03	30	110	68	17	6	12	15	3	3	0	21			5	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.413	.92	-0.26%	-4.66	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	80	54	Jun 2	OAK		MIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(5-3)	5	9.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.81	3.80	30	108	76	29	4	15	9	3	0	0	87			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.745	1.20	0.45%	4.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
13	81	59	Jun 7	OAK		BOS	L,0-1	GS-8	L(5-4)	4	7.1	4	1	1	3	2	1	0	3.60	3.95	29	117	70	20	2	12	12	4	1	0	65			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.261	1.01	0.19%	2.60	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d1
14	82	64	Jun 13	OAK	@	HOU	W,7-3	GS-7	W(6-4)	5	7.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.62	3.87	29	98	64	22	7	13	12	8	1	0	51			0	0	0	28	6	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.058	1.32	-0.04%	0.68	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
15	83	69	Jun 18	OAK		CIN	W,6-1	GS-8	W(7-4)	4	8.0	7	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.43	3.73	29	106	76	19	12	14	10	4	3	0	69			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.71	0.225	.90	0.17%	3.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out a5
16	84	73	Jun 23	OAK	@	NYM	L,0-1	GS-8		4	8.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	3.19	3.61	28	109	69	23	6	13	9	3	2	0	77			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.557	1.55	0.41%	4.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
17	85	78	Jun 28	OAK	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-7		4	6.1	6	3	3	1	3	0	1	3.24	3.59	27	102	60	14	10	7	15	9	0	0	51			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.190	1.36	0.13%	1.92	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	86	83	Jul 3	OAK		TOR	W,3-1	CG	W(8-4)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.09	3.53	31	122	79	31	3	14	12	3	1	0	78			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.567	1.00	0.29%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	87	88	Jul 8	OAK		SEA	L,3-7	GS-7	L(8-5)	4	6.0	12	6	5	0	1	1	0	3.28	3.60	30	92	66	13	6	14	15	4	3	0	27			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.467	1.05	-0.23%	-2.82	1t start tie	7t --3 0 out d2
20	88	91	Jul 14	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-8	L(8-6)	5	7.2	10	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.36	3.57	34	106	71	18	7	15	16	5	4	0	44			2	1	0	32	2	1	0	0	1	1	.88	-0.110	.36	-0.03%	-0.27	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d1
21	89	96	Jul 20	OAK		BAL	L,1-6	GS-6	L(8-7)	5	5.2	10	6	5	1	3	0	0	3.53	3.54	28	108	69	21	4	8	16	7	1	0	29			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.217	.13	-0.03%	-3.23	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d6
22	90	101	Jul 25	OAK	@	LAA	L,6-7	GS-6		4	6.0	11	5	5	0	3	0	0	3.69	3.49	27	96	62	19	5	11	13	7	0	0	33			1	1	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.305	.47	-0.07%	-1.66	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
23	91	106	Jul 30	OAK		DET	L,2-5	GS-7	L(8-8)	4	6.2	9	5	5	0	5	0	0	3.82	3.41	28	110	67	17	9	9	14	5	3	0	41			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.209	.14	-0.02%	-0.71	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	92	111	Aug 4	OAK		LAA	W,2-1	GS-7	W(9-8)	4	7.0	8	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.71	3.44	29	105	68	21	4	15	12	4	2	0	55			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	2	1	0	1.10	0.292	.12	0.02%	2.62	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
25	93	116	Aug 10	OAK	@	DET	W,16-10	GS-5		5	4.0	7	9	9	1	2	2	1	4.10	3.60	21	75	52	16	6	6	11	4	1	0	13			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.471	.08	-0.03%	-6.10	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 0 out a1
26	94	121	Aug 15	OAK		CHW	W,3-2	GS-7	W(10-8)	4	7.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.94	3.53	26	100	70	27	6	16	5	2	0	0	72			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.465	.07	0.02%	3.62	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
27	95	126	Aug 20	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-4	GS-7	W(11-8)	4	7.0	6	1	1	0	6	0	0	3.84	3.46	27	104	69	28	6	13	8	4	1	0	67			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	1	.61	0.164	.03	0.01%	2.85	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a5
28	96	131	Aug 25	OAK	@	TBD	L,3-14	GS-5	L(11-9)	4	5.0	7	4	4	1	5	1	1	3.92	3.50	23	102	67	23	6	5	11	5	0	0	41			1	0	1	20	1	1	0	0	1	0	.58	-0.159	.05	-0.01%	-1.30	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
29	97	136	Aug 31	OAK		DET	W,5-4	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.88	3.44	27	96	62	15	11	11	9	3	4	0	64			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	.86	0.191	.02	0.00%	1.62	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	98	141	Sep 5	OAK	@	LAA	W,6-2	GS-8	W(12-9)	4	8.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.81	3.42	29	99	69	22	7	13	12	5	1	0	64			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	1	0	.93	0.268	.01	0.00%	2.45	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
31	99	145	Sep 10	OAK	@	SEA	W,9-3	GS-7	W(13-9)	4	7.0	8	2	2	1	1	0	1	3.77	3.43	29	95	66	18	5	15	11	6	2	0	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	.73	0.165	.00	0.00%	1.70	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
32	100	150	Sep 15	OAK		TEX	W,7-3	GS-8	W(14-9)	4	7.0	5	3	3	1	6	0	0	3.78	3.39	26	99	67	22	8	8	11	5	0	0	60			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.193	.00	0.00%	0.27	1t start tie	8t 1-3 0 out a5
33	101	155	Sep 21	OAK	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-6	L(14-10)	5	5.2	10	4	4	3	4	2	0	3.84	3.50	29	106	59	18	10	12	10	4	2	0	34			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.21	-0.140	.00	0.00%	-1.13	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d3
34	102	159	Sep 26	OAK	@	BOS	L,6-11	GS-5		4	5.0	11	5	5	3	4	0	0	3.95	3.50	27	93	55	16	10	8	12	7	2	0	26			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.37	-0.273	.00	0.00%	-2.08	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
							17-17		W-L:14-10	4.3	230.0	240	106	101	40	140	16	4	3.95	3.50	950	3482	65%	20%	7%	0.95		20%	8%	0	52		---%	19	4	1	893	42	4	4	22	8	5	.98	1.762	.68	1.25%	17.20

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