#11 Joe Blanton, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, Oakland Athletics
Tuesday, 2/22/2009 |
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| Joe Blanton
12/11/1980
28
Nashville, Tn.
6"3
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Starting Pitcher
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3.5 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 2,835,714
2009 (Arbitration eligible)
3 Year(s), 112 Days (628 total Days)
0 Day(s)
4 Year(s), 0 Days (688 total Days)
10 Year(s)
Arbitration eligible
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 7 | 7 | 10 | 91-94 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 7 | 7 | 10 | |
| Versus RHB | 7 | 7 | 10 | |
| Talent | 7 | 7 | 10 | |
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3
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Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Versus LHP | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Versus RHP | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Talent | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| Fielding Ratings
P : 9 (Range), .985 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
| Projected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0.00 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| vs. RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 8.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | .000 | OAK |
| 2005 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4.14 | 124.0 | 131 | 67 | 57 | 7 | 48 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 1.44 | .329 | TB |
| 2006 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 4.15 | 214.2 | 215 | 109 | 99 | 10 | 85 | 179 | 1 | 1 | 1.40 | .320 | TB OAK |
| 2007 | 33 | 33 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 3.12 | 228.0 | 212 | 99 | 79 | 2 | 68 | 155 | 6 | 3 | 1.23 | .298 | OAK,AL |
| 2008 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3.49 | 208.2 | 205 | 89 | 81 | 3 | 76 | 139 | 2 | 1 | 1.35 | .309 | OAK |
| Total | 121 | 118 | 49 | 33 | 0 | 3.69 | 783.1 | 769 | 369 | 321 | 22 | 279 | 586 | 10 | 6 | 1.34 | .315 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 2002, AAA | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.14 | 14.1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.91 | .000 |
| 2002, AAA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.50 | 6.0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.33 | .000 |
| 2003, AAA | 21 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2.57 | 133.0 | 110 | 47 | 38 | 0 | 19 | 144 | 2 | 2 | 0.97 | .000 |
| 2003, AA | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.26 | 35.2 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0.79 | .000 |
| 2004, A | 28 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4.19 | 176.1 | 199 | 101 | 82 | 0 | 34 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 1.32 | .000 |
| 2005, AAA | 14 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 5.25 | 82.1 | 94 | 52 | 48 | 9 | 34 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1.55 | .381 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.27 | 21.1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.59 | 28.1 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2005 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | TB |
| 2006 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | TB OAK |
| 2007 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | OAK,AL |
| 2008 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | OAK |
| Total | 118 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | |
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Drafted in 2nd round, 43rd overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 2005...
Earned first career win on 7/1/2005...
Traded from Tampa Bay to Oakland on 2/28/2006 (Going to OAK: P Joe Blanton, 3B Kevin Youkilis, RF Richard Hidalgo. Going to TB: P Jonathan Figueroa, CF Laynce Nix, SS Anderson Machado)...
Pitched NO-HITTER against Tampa Bay on 5/24/2007, striking out 9...
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game...
Injured on 9/21/2007 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season...
1/29/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,835,714 through salary arbitration...
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA
2007 - 3.12 - 2nd
2008 - 3.49 - 10th
| WHIP
2007 - 1.23 - 10th
| Wins
2007 - 18 - 2nd
2008 - 15 - 10th
| IP
2007 - 228.0 - 7th
| BB
2006 - 85 - 2nd
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CG
2007 - 6 - 2nd
2008 - 2 - 10th
| SHO
2007 - 3 - 2nd
2008 - 1 - 10th
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