Joe Blanton

PITCHER · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 2004–2017 BORN: BOWLING GREEN, USA

Career

101 W · 4.38 ERA · 1284 K

1767.2 IP · 1.34 WHIP · 427 G

2017 Season

2-4 · 5.68 ERA

44.1 IP · 39 K · 1.49 WHIP

Salary / Contract

2017: $4M

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Joe Blanton was a pitcher in MLB. Across 427 career appearances, with a 4.38 ERA and 1284 strikeouts. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
2004	OAK	0	0	5.63	3	0	0	8.0	6	5	2	6	1.00
2005	OAK	12	12	3.53	33	33	0	201.1	178	79	67	116	1.22
2006	OAK	16	12	4.82	32	31	0	194.1	241	104	58	107	1.54
2007	OAK	14	10	3.95	34	34	0	230.0	240	101	40	140	1.22
2008	OAK	5	12	4.96	20	20	0	127.0	145	70	35	62	1.42
2008	PHI	4	0	4.20	13	13	0	70.2	66	33	31	49	1.37
2009	PHI	12	8	4.05	31	31	0	195.1	198	88	59	163	1.32
2010	PHI	9	6	4.82	29	28	0	175.2	206	94	43	134	1.42
2011	PHI	1	2	5.01	11	8	0	41.1	52	23	9	35	1.48
2012	LAD	2	4	4.99	10	10	0	57.2	66	32	16	51	1.42
2012	PHI	8	9	4.59	21	20	0	133.1	141	68	18	115	1.19
2013	LAA	2	14	6.04	28	20	0	132.2	180	89	34	108	1.61
2015	KC	2	2	3.89	15	4	2	41.2	43	18	7	40	1.20
2015	PIT	5	0	1.57	21	0	0	34.1	26	6	9	39	1.02
2016	LAD	7	2	2.48	75	0	0	80.0	55	22	26	80	1.01
2017	WSH	2	4	5.68	51	0	0	44.1	53	28	13	39	1.49
Career Totals	—	101	97	4.38	427	252	2	1767.2	1896	860	467	1284	1.34

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2004	OAK	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	OAK	33	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667
2006	OAK	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2007	OAK	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
2008	OAK	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2008	PHI	13	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	.063	.059	.063	.121
2009	PHI	31	55	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	4	21	.127	.200	.127	.327
2010	PHI	29	59	8	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	24	.119	.161	.119	.280
2011	PHI	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364
2012	LAD	10	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.063	.063	.063	.125
2012	PHI	21	39	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	20	.077	.163	.077	.240
2013	LAA	28	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333
2015	KC	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2015	PIT	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
2016	LAD	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	WSH	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0
Career Totals	—	427	216	13	23	0	0	0	6	0	9	92	.106	.157	.106	.263

Awards & Achievements

Rookie of the Month (2): 2005, 2005

Salary & Contract

Year	Salary
2005	$316,500
2006	$327,000
2007	$380,000
2008	$3,700,000
2009	$5,475,000
2010	$3,000,000
2011	$10,500,000
2012	$10,500,000
2013	$6,500,000
2016	$4,000,000
2017	$4,000,000

Career Total: $48,698,500 (11 seasons)

Average: $4,427,136

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.