Born on December 11, 1980 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Joe Blanton (Joseph Matthew Blanton) played for the Oakland Athletics for his entire 3 year career. Blanton broke into the bigs on September 21, 2004 with the Oakland Athletics, and put up a 3.53 ERA in 201.1 innings pitched in 2005, his rookie year.
Scouting Report[]
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
2004
OAK
A
3
0
0
0
5.62
6
5
5
0
0
0
8
6
1
2
0
0
0
2005
OAK
A
33
33
12
12
3.53
116
86
79
2
0
0
201.1
178
23
67
3
4
5
2006
OAK
A
32
31
16
12
4.82
107
111
104
1
1
0
194.1
241
17
58
4
3
5
2007
OAK
A
34
34
14
10
3.95
140
106
101
3
1
0
230
240
16
40
4
3
4
Total
102
98
42
34
4.10
369
308
289
6
2
0
633.2
655
57
167
11
10
14
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
2004
OAK
A
P
3
0
8
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1.000
2005
OAK
A
P
33
33
201.1
13
20
1
1
0
0
8
1
2
.971
2006
OAK
A
P
32
31
194.1
13
14
4
0
0
2
13
5
0
.871
2007
OAK
A
P
34
34
230
15
27
0
2
0
1
19
4
1
1.000
Total
P
102
98
633.2
42
61
5
3
0
3
40
11
3
.954
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
2004
OAK
A
3
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005
OAK
A
33
3
0
1
0
0
.333
.333
.333
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2006
OAK
A
32
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2007
OAK
A
34
4
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
1
Total
68
9
0
1
0
0
.111
.111
.111
0
0
0
4
0
3
0
0
2
Transactions[]
Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (24th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 4, 2002 - signed July 20, 2002).