What years did Joe Blanton play?

Joe Blanton played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2017.

Was Joe Blanton a pitcher?

Yes. Joe Blanton pitched in the major leagues, recording 101 wins and 1284 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Joe Blanton hit?

Joe Blanton hit 0 career home runs with 23 hits.

What was Joe Blanton's career batting average?

Joe Blanton batted .106 over his career, with 23 hits in 216 at bats.

How many RBI did Joe Blanton have?

Joe Blanton drove in 6 runs in his career.

What was Joe Blanton's career ERA?

Joe Blanton finished with a 4.38 career ERA, going 101-97 with 1,284 strikeouts.

Joe Blanton

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2004-2017)

Joe Blanton was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2017 for 7 teams, including the Athletics, a span of 14 seasons. Across 427 career appearances, he went 101-97 with a 4.38 ERA and 1,284 strikeouts. He also batted .106 with 0 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 3698.3.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 101–97

ERA 4.38

WHIP 1.34

SO 1,284

Pitcher PIV 3698.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 225 lb
Born: 12/11/1980 in Bowling Green, KY, USA
MLB Debut: 2004-09-21
Last Game: 2017-10-01

Full name: Joseph Matthew Blanton

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Career Pitching Statistics

Joe Blanton — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
101	97	427	252	8	3	2	1767.2	1,896	860	223	467	1,284	4.38	3698.3

Career ERA 4.38 vs. league average 4.22 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Joe Blanton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2004	OAK	AL	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	8.0	6	5	2	6	5.62	—	0.0
2005	OAK	AL	12	12	33	33	2	0	0	201.1	178	79	67	116	3.53	4.29 (+18%)	-678.0
2006	OAK	AL	16	12	32	31	1	1	0	194.1	241	104	58	107	4.82	4.53 (-6%)	1877.1
2007	OAK	AL	14	10	34	34	3	1	0	230.0	240	101	40	140	3.95	4.47 (+12%)	5857.2
2008	OAK	AL	5	12	20	20	0	0	0	127.0	145	70	35	62	4.96	4.32 (-15%)	291.3
2008	PHI	NL	4	0	13	13	0	0	0	70.2	66	33	31	49	4.20	4.32 (+3%)	-1244.5
2009	PHI	NL	12	8	31	31	0	0	0	195.1	198	88	59	163	4.05	4.32 (+6%)	-644.5
2010	PHI	NL	9	6	29	28	0	0	0	175.2	206	94	43	134	4.82	4.08 (-18%)	-1130.0
2011	PHI	NL	1	2	11	8	0	0	0	41.1	52	23	9	35	5.01	3.94 (-27%)	325.3
2012	PHI	NL	8	9	21	20	2	1	0	133.1	141	68	18	115	4.59	4.01 (-14%)	93.9
2012	LAN	NL	2	4	10	10	0	0	0	57.2	66	32	16	51	4.99	4.01 (-24%)	406.0
2013	LAA	AL	2	14	28	20	0	0	0	132.2	180	89	34	108	6.04	3.87 (-56%)	-4163.2
2015	KCA	AL	2	2	15	4	0	0	2	41.2	43	18	7	40	3.89	3.96 (+2%)	390.7
2015	PIT	NL	5	0	21	0	0	0	0	34.1	26	6	9	39	1.57	3.96 (+60%)	1596.8
2016	LAN	NL	7	2	75	0	0	0	0	80.0	55	22	26	80	2.48	4.19 (+41%)	1739.8
2017	WAS	NL	2	4	51	0	0	0	0	44.1	53	28	13	39	5.68	4.36 (-30%)	-1019.6
Career · 16 seasons			101	97	427	252	8	3	2	1,767.2	1,896	860	467	1,284	4.38	—	3,698

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Joe Blanton — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
427	216	13	23	0	0	0	6	0	9	92	.106	.157	.106	.263	-1,074

Career AVG .106 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 59.0% below league average.

Career OBP .157 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — 52.1% below league average.

Career SLG .106 vs. league average .414 across their career seasons — 74.3% below league average.

Career OPS .263 vs. league average .741 across their career seasons — 64.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Joe Blanton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2004	OAK	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	OAK	AL	33	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	OAK	AL	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	OAK	AL	34	4	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	OAK	AL	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	PHI	NL	13	16	0	1	1	0	10	.062	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	PHI	NL	31	55	4	7	1	4	21	.127	.262 (-52%)	.332 (-40%)	.417 (-70%)	.750 (-56%)	-500.9
2010	PHI	NL	29	59	8	7	1	1	24	.119	.257 (-54%)	.325 (-50%)	.402 (-71%)	.728 (-62%)	-573.4
2011	PHI	NL	11	11	1	2	2	0	3	.182	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	PHI	NL	21	39	0	3	1	3	20	.077	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	LAN	NL	10	16	0	1	0	0	6	.062	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	LAA	AL	28	6	0	1	0	0	2	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	KCA	AL	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	PIT	NL	21	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	LAN	NL	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	WAS	NL	51	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			427	216	13	23	6	9	92	.106	—	—	—	—	-1,074

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Joe Blanton — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
17	14	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	10	.071

Playoff Batting by Year

Joe Blanton — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SO	AVG
2016	NLCS	LAN	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2016	NLDS2	LAN	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2011	NLDS1	PHI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2010	NLCS	PHI	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2009	NLCS	PHI	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2009	NLDS2	PHI	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2009	WS	PHI	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000
2008	NLCS	PHI	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000
2008	NLDS2	PHI	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000
2008	WS	PHI	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	.333
2006	ALCS	OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Joe Blanton — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	2	17	6	0	48.1	44	25	16	41	4.66

Playoff Pitching by Year

Joe Blanton — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2016	NLCS	LAN	0	2	3	0	3.0	7	7	2	3	21.00
2016	NLDS2	LAN	1	0	4	0	5.0	1	0	1	5	0.00
2011	NLDS1	PHI	0	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00
2010	NLCS	PHI	0	0	1	1	4.2	5	3	1	3	5.79
2009	NLCS	PHI	0	0	1	1	6.0	6	3	2	2	4.50
2009	NLDS2	PHI	0	0	2	0	3.2	4	2	0	1	4.91
2009	WS	PHI	0	0	1	1	6.0	5	4	2	7	6.00
2008	NLCS	PHI	0	0	1	1	5.0	7	3	4	4	5.40
2008	NLDS2	PHI	1	0	1	1	6.0	5	1	0	7	1.50
2008	WS	PHI	1	0	1	1	6.0	4	2	2	7	3.00
2006	ALCS	OAK	0	0	1	0	2.0	0	0	2	2	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Joe Blanton — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	222	104	5	10	0	6	.096
Away	205	112	8	13	0	0	.116

Pitching — Home / Away

Joe Blanton — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	222	934.2	982	416	226	689	4.01
Away	205	833.0	914	444	241	595	4.80

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Joe Blanton — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2017-10-01	WAS	PIT	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-09-26	WAS	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-09-24	WAS	NYN	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2017-09-22	WAS	NYN	L	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0
2017-09-15	WAS	LAD	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0
2017-09-09	WAS	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2017-09-06	WAS	MIA	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0
2017-09-02	WAS	MIL	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0
2017-08-27	WAS	NYN	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-08-27	WAS	NYN	L	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Joe Blanton — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	427	252	115	195	15	17

Season-by-Season Fielding

Joe Blanton — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2004	OAK	P	3	0	1	0	0	0
2005	OAK	P	33	33	13	20	1	1
2006	OAK	P	32	31	13	14	4	0
2007	OAK	P	34	34	15	27	0	2
2008	OAK	P	20	20	14	21	1	4
2008	PHI	P	13	13	2	4	0	0
2009	PHI	P	31	31	12	23	0	2
2010	PHI	P	29	28	6	25	2	0
2011	PHI	P	11	8	1	8	0	2
2012	PHI	P	21	20	11	16	3	1
2012	LAN	P	10	10	3	9	1	2
2013	LAA	P	28	20	12	10	2	2
2015	KCA	P	15	4	4	6	0	0
2015	PIT	P	21	0	3	2	1	0
2016	LAN	P	75	0	2	7	0	1
2017	WAS	P	51	0	3	3	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Joe Blanton Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	427

Awards & Honors

Joe Blanton — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2005	Rookie of the Month	August
2005	Rookie of the Month	June

Salary History

Joe Blanton — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	LAN	NL	$4,000,000
2013	LAA	AL	$6,500,000
2012	PHI	NL	$10,500,000
2011	PHI	NL	$10,500,000
2010	PHI	NL	$3,000,000
2009	PHI	NL	$5,475,000
2008	OAK	AL	$3,700,000
2007	OAK	AL	$380,000
2006	OAK	AL	$327,000
2005	OAK	AL	$316,500
Total Career Earnings			$44,698,500

College History

Joe Blanton — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Kentucky	Lexington	KY	2000, 2001, 2002

Award Voting History

Joe Blanton — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2005	Rookie of the Year	AL	6th	6.0	140	0

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Joe Blanton: the record in brief

Joe Blanton played a first major league game on September 21, 2004 and a last one on October 1, 2017. The team column moves through the Oakland Athletics (2004 through 2008), the Philadelphia Phillies (2008 through 2012), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2012 through 2016), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2013), the Kansas City Royals (2015), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2015), and the Washington Nationals (2017). The bio lists Blanton as a pitcher who batted and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 6'3" and 225 pounds. Blanton was born on December 11, 1980, in Bowling Green, KY, USA. Blanton's full given name, per the bio, is Joseph Matthew Blanton.

The pitching table credits Blanton with a 101-97 record and a 4.38 ERA in 427 games. Also on Blanton's record: 1,284 strikeouts. Blanton's 4.38 ERA was close to the 4.22 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 16 wins of 2006. Blanton struck out 163 batters in 2009, a career high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Joe Blanton

What years did Joe Blanton play?: Joe Blanton played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2017.
Was Joe Blanton a pitcher?: Yes. Joe Blanton pitched in the major leagues, recording 101 wins and 1284 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Joe Blanton hit?: Joe Blanton hit 0 career home runs with 23 hits.
What was Joe Blanton's career batting average?: Joe Blanton batted .106 over his career, with 23 hits in 216 at bats.
How many RBI did Joe Blanton have?: Joe Blanton drove in 6 runs in his career.
What was Joe Blanton's career ERA?: Joe Blanton finished with a 4.38 career ERA, going 101-97 with 1,284 strikeouts.