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Joe Blanton - Philadelphia Phillies
Birthdate:12/11/1980	Bats/Throws:R/R	Height/Weight:6-3/252	Position:P
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Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	SV	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	63 2	54 0	4.21 3.89	166 8	162 5	6 0	2 0	0 0	0 0	1026.2 34.2	4363 148	1074 31	507 16	480 15	109 5	292 12	18 2	26 2	19 0	3 0	643 30
2004	Athletics	0	0	5.63	3	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	30	6	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	6
2005	Athletics	12	12	3.53	33	33	2	0	0	0	201.1	835	178	86	79	23	67	3	5	4	2	116
2006	Athletics	16	12	4.82	32	31	1	1	0	0	194.1	856	241	111	104	17	58	4	5	3	0	107
2006	Athletics	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
2007	Athletics	14	10	3.95	34	34	3	1	0	0	230.0	950	240	106	101	16	40	4	4	3	1	140
2008	Athletics/Phillies	9	12	4.69	33	33	0	0	0	0	197.2	855	211	110	103	22	66	3	4	2	0	111
2008	Athletics	5	12	4.96	20	20	0	0	0	0	127.0	550	145	74	70	12	35	3	1	1	0	62
2008	Phillies	4	0	4.20	13	13	0	0	0	0	70.2	305	66	36	33	10	31	0	3	1	0	49
2008	Phillies	2	0	3.18	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	72	16	6	6	3	6	2	1	0	0	18
2009	Phillies	12	8	4.05	31	31	0	0	0	0	195.1	837	198	89	88	30	59	4	8	7	0	163
2009	Phillies	0	0	5.17	4	2	0	0	0	0	15.2	68	15	10	9	2	4	0	1	0	0	10
2010	Bill James	13	11	4.06	32	32			0		213.0		225			23	61		6			136

Advanced

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Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	FIP
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	5.64 7.79	2.56 3.12	2.20 2.50	0.96 1.30	.271 .241	1.33 1.24	.300 .277	71.4 % 76.3 %	4.19 4.47
2004	Athletics	6.75	2.25	3.00	1.13	.210	1.00	.232	45.5 %	3.92
2004	Average	6.60	3.36	1.96	1.13	.267	1.40	.301	71.4 %	4.46
2005	Athletics	5.19	3.00	1.73	1.03	.239	1.22	.255	75.3 %	4.43
2005	Average	6.38	3.17	2.02	1.04	.265	1.37	.299	71.6 %	4.29
2006	Athletics	4.96	2.69	1.84	0.79	.305	1.54	.337	68.9 %	4.16
2006	Athletics	9.00	9.00	1.00	0.00	.000	1.00	.000	100.0 %	4.15
2006	Average	6.59	3.30	2.00	1.12	.270	1.41	.305	70.9 %	4.53
2007	Athletics	5.48	1.57	3.50	0.63	.270	1.22	.306	68.0 %	3.50
2007	Average	6.67	3.33	2.00	1.03	.269	1.41	.307	70.7 %	4.47
2008	Athletics/Phillies	5.05	3.01	1.68	1.00	.275	1.40	.297	68.4 %	4.52
2008	Athletics	4.39	2.48	1.77	0.85	.288	1.42	.310	65.2 %	4.23
2008	Phillies	6.24	3.95	1.58	1.27	.249	1.37	.271	74.4 %	5.03
2008	Phillies	9.53	3.18	3.00	1.59	.250	1.29	.303	90.4 %	4.54
2008	Average	6.83	3.39	2.01	1.01	.265	1.39	.304	71.4 %	4.32
2009	Phillies	7.51	2.72	2.76	1.38	.264	1.32	.302	78.9 %	4.45
2009	Phillies	5.74	2.30	2.50	1.15	.253	1.21	.276	58.1 %	4.44
2009	Average	6.99	3.46	2.02	1.05	.263	1.39	.303	71.9 %	4.32
2010	Bill James	5.75	2.58	2.23	0.97	.273	1.34	.303		4.17

Batted Ball

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Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tRA
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	1.22 0.86	19.8 % 23.5 %	44.1 % 35.3 %	36.1 % 41.2 %	9.8 % 14.3 %	9.0 % 11.9 %	5.7 % 5.6 %	22.2 % 100.0 %	4.80 5.60
2004	Athletics	1.29	27.3 %	40.9 %	31.8 %	28.6 %	14.3 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	5.43
2005	Athletics	1.20	18.0 %	44.7 %	37.3 %	8.8 %	9.6 %	4.5 %	28.6 %	4.89
2006	Athletics	1.16	19.8 %	43.1 %	37.1 %	10.0 %	6.8 %	5.8 %	25.0 %	4.65
2006	Athletics	0.50	25.0 %	25.0 %	50.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	0.0 %	5.31
2007	Athletics	1.44	20.6 %	46.9 %	32.5 %	10.6 %	6.5 %	5.9 %	16.7 %	4.02
2008	Athletics/Phillies	1.26	20.4 %	44.3 %	35.3 %	7.2 %	9.4 %	7.1 %	50.0 %	5.30
2008	Athletics	1.38	20.3 %	46.2 %	33.5 %	8.0 %	8.0 %	6.3 %	75.0 %	4.89
2008	Phillies	1.04	20.6 %	40.4 %	39.0 %	5.9 %	11.8 %	9.1 %	25.0 %	6.08
2008	Phillies	0.78	30.4 %	30.4 %	39.1 %	27.8 %	16.7 %	0.0 %	100.0 %	6.31
2009	Phillies	1.03	20.1 %	40.6 %	39.3 %	11.7 %	13.0 %	5.0 %	10.5 %	5.25
2009	Phillies	0.95	17.3 %	40.4 %	42.3 %	4.5 %	9.1 %	9.5 %	100.0 %	4.93

More Batted Ball

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Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	1475 36	1208 42	664 24	118 6	84 2	54 2	12 2	528 24	6069 215	10276 365	16345 580
2004	Athletics	9	7	6	2	0	0	0	1	53	75	128
2005	Athletics	286	239	115	21	13	7	2	88	1176	1895	3071
2006	Athletics	292	251	134	25	17	8	2	122	1191	1973	3164
2006	Athletics	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	15	16	31
2007	Athletics	354	245	155	26	21	12	2	120	1212	2269	3481
2008	Athletics/Phillies	295	235	136	17	21	8	4	94	1229	2021	3250
2008	Athletics	207	150	91	12	13	4	3	57	755	1276	2031
2008	Phillies	88	85	45	5	8	4	1	37	474	745	1219
2008	Phillies	14	18	14	5	0	1	1	14	111	186	297
2009	Phillies	239	231	118	27	12	19	2	103	1208	2043	3251
2009	Phillies	21	22	9	1	2	1	1	9	89	163	252

Win Probability

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Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	Games	WPA/LI	Clutch
Total Postseason	- - - - - -	0.55 -0.29	-74.57 -2.58	75.12 2.29	21.47 0.52	2.21 0.05	0.97 0.96	0.90 0.85	0.86 0.75	1.12 1.16	159 7	166 8	1.93 -0.10	-1.37 -0.20
2004	Athletics	0.09	-0.17	0.26	-0.02	-0.01	0.37	0.36	0.44	0.16	2	3	0.31	-0.08
2005	Athletics	1.70	-12.32	14.02	17.98	1.83	0.92	0.88	0.88	1.15	31	33	1.57	0.27
2006	Athletics	-1.13	-15.68	14.55	-7.84	-0.85	0.97	0.88	0.85	0.95	31	32	-1.09	-0.07
2006	Athletics	0.01	0.00	0.01	1.00	0.10	0.07	0.06	0.06		0	1	0.08	0.02
2007	Athletics	1.21	-15.79	17.00	11.58	1.39	0.98	0.95	0.88	1.23	31	34	1.91	-0.67
2008	Athletics/Phillies	-1.91	-16.51	14.60	-10.70	-1.19	1.03	0.89	0.87	1.38	33	33	-0.75	-1.10
2008	Athletics	-2.28	-11.04	8.76	-11.40	-1.22	1.00	0.86	0.87	1.13	20	20	-0.68	-1.60
2008	Phillies	0.37	-5.47	5.84	0.70	0.03	1.09	0.95	0.86	1.75	13	13	-0.07	0.40
2008	Phillies	0.07	-1.04	1.12	1.36	0.13	0.90	0.83	0.90	1.23	3	3	-0.04	0.13
2009	Phillies	0.58	-14.10	14.68	10.48	1.05	0.97	0.90	0.88	0.94	31	31	-0.03	0.63
2009	Phillies	-0.37	-1.53	1.16	-1.83	-0.18	1.12	0.98	0.80	1.11	4	4	-0.13	-0.19

Pitch Type

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Season	Team	FB	SL	CT	CB	CH	XX	PO
Total *	- - -	56.2% (89.3)	14.9% (81.6)	0.0% (83.0)	13.9% (73.6)	14.9% (82.0)	4.0%	0.2%
2004	Athletics	61.7% (90.6)	21.9% (82.0)	0.8% (77.0)	6.3% (77.1)	9.4% (83.2)
2005	Athletics	57.3% (89.0)	12.2% (81.1)	0.0% (89.0)	17.0% (73.5)	13.6% (81.4)	7.5%	0.3%
2006	Athletics	56.7% (89.2)	13.4% (80.1)	0.0% (00.0)	17.6% (72.2)	12.3% (81.3)	2.3%	0.3%
2007	Athletics	54.2% (89.3)	16.3% (80.9)		14.4% (72.9)	15.1% (82.1)	5.8%	0.3%
2008	Athletics/Phillies	56.4% (89.3)	15.1% (82.1)		12.3% (74.5)	16.1% (82.4)	2.9%	0.2%
2008	Athletics	58.7% (89.3)	11.2% (82.3)		14.4% (75.0)	15.7% (82.4)	1.9%	0.2%
2008	Phillies	52.6% (89.2)	21.9% (82.0)		8.8% (73.1)	16.7% (82.4)	4.7%	0.1%
2009	Phillies	56.4% (89.5)	16.9% (82.9)		9.1% (75.3)	17.6% (82.3)	1.4%

Pitch Type Values

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Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
Total *	- - -	-9.1	13.8	-0.2	-4.2	25.5	-0.10	0.59	-6.86	-0.19	1.09
2004	Athletics	0.1	0.7	0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.10	2.56	30.48	-1.41	-0.47
2005	Athletics	5.4	-0.1	-0.5	4.1	5.3	0.33	-0.04	-46.90	0.86	1.37
2006	Athletics	-10.1	-0.5	0.0	-2.6	-1.8	-0.58	-0.12	-4.16	-0.47	-0.48
2007	Athletics	7.3	11.5		-1.3	7.7	0.41	2.17		-0.28	1.57
2008	Athletics/Phillies	2.7	-4.4		-1.0	3.4	0.15	-0.93		-0.25	0.67
2008	Athletics	1.3	-3.8		0.0	2.2	0.11	-1.70		-0.02	0.71
2008	Phillies	1.4	-0.6		-0.9	1.2	0.23	-0.25		-0.92	0.60
2009	Phillies	-14.5	6.6		-3.4	11.0	-0.80	1.22		-1.15	1.95

Plate Discipline

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Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%
Total *	- - -	21.8 %	63.1 %	43.6 %	62.5 %	90.8 %	84.1 %	52.8 %	58.6 %
2004	Athletics	20.6 %	61.7 %	39.8 %	35.7 %	97.3 %	80.4 %	46.9 %	46.7 %
2004	Average	16.6 %	69.6 %	45.8 %	53.7 %	85.1 %	80.0 %	55.1 %	58.4 %
2005	Athletics	17.2 %	63.8 %	42.0 %	55.2 %	91.3 %	84.4 %	53.2 %	58.9 %
2005	Average	20.3 %	68.0 %	46.0 %	51.8 %	88.3 %	80.8 %	53.8 %	59.1 %
2006	Athletics	20.4 %	64.9 %	44.3 %	65.2 %	89.7 %	84.5 %	53.8 %	56.0 %
2006	Average	23.5 %	66.6 %	46.1 %	57.4 %	88.5 %	81.0 %	52.6 %	58.8 %
2007	Athletics	24.7 %	62.2 %	44.9 %	62.9 %	92.0 %	84.6 %	53.9 %	60.1 %
2007	Average	25.0 %	66.6 %	45.9 %	60.8 %	88.2 %	80.8 %	50.3 %	58.7 %
2008	Athletics	22.5 %	61.9 %	43.2 %	71.0 %	90.9 %	86.0 %	52.5 %	57.9 %
2008	Athletics	21.5 %	64.0 %	44.6 %	74.4 %	91.5 %	87.7 %	54.3 %	58.4 %
2008	Average	25.4 %	65.4 %	45.9 %	61.7 %	87.8 %	80.8 %	51.1 %	58.6 %
2008	Phillies	24.1 %	58.1 %	40.9 %	66.4 %	89.9 %	82.9 %	49.5 %	57.1 %
2009	Phillies	23.5 %	63.1 %	43.6 %	57.6 %	90.0 %	81.3 %	50.6 %	60.6 %
2009	Average	25.1 %	65.9 %	45.2 %	61.8 %	87.8 %	80.5 %	49.3 %	58.2 %

Fielding

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Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	FP	RF/G	RF/9
Total	- - -	P	166	162	1026.2	70	109	6	8	.968	1.1	0.0
2004	Athletics	P	3	0	8.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.3	1.1
2005	Athletics	P	33	33	201.1	13	20	1	1	.971	1.0	1.5
2006	Athletics	P	32	31	194.1	13	14	4	0	.871	0.8	1.3
2007	Athletics	P	34	34	230.0	15	27	0	2	1.000	1.2	1.6
2008	Athletics/Phillies	P	33	33	197.2	16	25	1	4	.976	1.2	1.9
2008	Athletics	P	20	20	127.0	14	21	1	4	.972	1.8	2.5
2008	Phillies	P	13	13	70.2	2	4	0	0	1.000	0.5	0.8
2009	Phillies	P	31	31	195.1	12	23	0	1	1.000	1.1	1.6

Value

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Season	Team	Starting	Start-IP	Relieving	Relief-IP	RAR	WAR	Dollars	Salary
Total *	- - -	158.4	1015.2	1.7	11.0	160.1	15.9	$63.8	$4.7
2004	Athletics			0.7	8.0	0.7	0.1	$0.2
2005	Athletics	25.3	201.1			25.3	2.5	$8.4	$0.3
2006	Athletics	33.4	191.1	1.0	3.0	34.5	3.3	$12.3	$0.3
2007	Athletics	55.7	230.0			55.7	5.6	$23.1	$0.4
2008	Athletics/Phillies	22.8	197.2			22.8	2.2	$10.1	$3.7
2008	Athletics	18.8	127.0			18.8	1.8	$8.3	$3.7
2008	Phillies	4.1	70.2			4.1	0.4	$1.8	$3.7
2009	Phillies	21.2	195.1			21.2	2.2	$9.7

Friday, October 30, 2009

News: Blanton will start Game 4 of the World Series, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Analysis: The Phillies could have pitched Game 1 winner Cliff Lee on three days' rest, but opted for Blanton instead. Lee will pitch Game 5 Monday on regular rest.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

News: Manager Charlie Manuel announced Blanton will start Game 4 of the National League Championship Series on Monday, the Phillies' official site reports.

Analysis: Blanton will face Dodgers left-hander Randy Wolf. Blanton is 1-0 with a 2.88 ERA in four career starts against the Dodgers. He allowed one run and five hits in six innings in a no-decision against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on June 6. He allowed three runs in five innings last year in Game 4 of the NLCS against the Dodgers.

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