Joe Blanton

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

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

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
101 97 427 252 8 3 2 1767.7 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

Pitching Career Arc

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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 0 201.3 178 79 67 116 3.53 4.29 (+18%) -678.0
2006 OAK AL 16 12 32 31 1 1 0 194.3 241 104 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 70.7 66 33 31 49 4.20 4.32 (+3%) -1244.5
2009 PHI NL 12 8 31 31 0 0 0 195.3 198 88 59 163 4.05 4.32 (+6%) -644.5
2010 PHI NL 9 6 29 28 0 0 0 175.7 206 94 43 134 4.82 4.08 (-18%) -1130.0
2011 PHI NL 1 2 11 8 0 0 0 41.3 52 23 9 35 5.01 3.94 (-27%) 325.3
2012 PHI NL 8 9 21 20 2 1 0 133.3 141 68 18 115 4.59 4.01 (-14%) 93.9
2012 LAN NL 2 4 10 10 0 0 0 57.7 66 32 16 51 4.99 4.01 (-24%) 406.0
2013 LAA AL 2 14 28 20 0 0 0 132.7 180 89 34 108 6.04 3.87 (-56%) -4163.2
2015 KCA AL 2 2 15 4 0 0 2 41.7 43 18 7 40 3.89 3.96 (+2%) 390.7
2015 PIT NL 5 0 21 0 0 0 0 34.3 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 44.3 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

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

Career Arc

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

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

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

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
3 2 17 6 0 48.3 44 25 16 41 4.66

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2016 NLCS LAN 0 2 3 0 0 3.0 7 7 2 3 21.00
2016 NLDS2 LAN 1 0 4 0 0 5.0 1 0 1 5 0.00
2011 NLDS1 PHI 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2010 NLCS PHI 0 0 1 1 0 4.7 5 3 1 3 5.79
2009 NLCS PHI 0 0 1 1 0 6.0 6 3 2 2 4.50
2009 NLDS2 PHI 0 0 2 0 0 3.7 4 2 0 1 4.91
2009 WS PHI 0 0 1 1 0 6.0 5 4 2 7 6.00
2008 NLCS PHI 0 0 1 1 0 5.0 7 3 4 4 5.40
2008 NLDS2 PHI 1 0 1 1 0 6.0 5 1 0 7 1.50
2008 WS PHI 1 0 1 1 0 6.0 4 2 2 7 3.00
2006 ALCS OAK 0 0 1 0 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

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home22210451006.096
Away20511281300.116

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home222934.29824162266894.01
Away205833.09144442415954.80

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2017-10-01 WASPIT — 0.2000000
2017-09-26 WASPHI — 1.0000000
2017-09-24 WASNYN — 1.0000100
2017-09-22 WASNYN L 1.0211010
2017-09-15 WASLAD — 1.0200010
2017-09-09 WASPHI — 1.0000020
2017-09-06 WASMIA — 1.0200010
2017-09-02 WASMIL — 0.1100010
2017-08-27 WASNYN — 0.1000000
2017-08-27 WASNYN L 1.1111011

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 427 252 115 195 15 17

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

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 427

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2005 Rookie of the Month August
2005 Rookie of the Month June

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

School Name City State Years Attended
University of Kentucky Lexington KY 2000, 2001, 2002

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2005 Rookie of the Year AL 6th 6.0 140 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Joe Blanton (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Joel Pineiro
    104-93, 4.41 ERA
  2. 95
    Denny Neagle
    124-92, 4.24 ERA
  3. 95
    Jason Vargas
    99-99, 4.29 ERA
  4. 93
    Brett Tomko
    100-103, 4.65 ERA
  5. 93
    Jeff Weaver
    104-119, 4.71 ERA
  6. 91
    Ismael Valdez
    104-105, 4.09 ERA

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.