Joe Blanton stats

Last played for the Washington Nationals, 2017

Relief Pitcher · #56

Age 45 · 6' 3"

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Joe Blanton played 13 MLB seasons, 2004 to 2017.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
427
W
101
L
97
ERA
4.38
IP
1,767.2
K
1,284
BB
467
WHIP
1.34

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
2004ATH3005.638.0621.00
2005ATH3312123.53201.1116671.22
2006ATH3216124.82194.1107581.54
2007ATH3414103.95230.0140401.22
2008ATH/PHI339124.69197.2111661.40
2009PHI311284.05195.1163591.32
2010PHI29964.82175.2134431.42
2011PHI11125.0141.13591.48
2012PHI/LAD3110134.71191.0166341.26
2013LAA282146.04132.2108341.61
2015KC/PIT36722.8476.079161.12
2016LAD75722.4880.080261.01
2017WSH51245.6844.139131.49

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
17
W
3
L
2
ERA
4.66
IP
48.1
K
41
BB
16
WHIP
1.24

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
136
CG
8
SHO
3
K/9
6.5
GB
2,579
FB
3,168
G/F
0.80
WP
41

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
2004ATH0006.89130.70
2005ATH22205.22903570.84
2006ATH16115.03053810.83
2007ATH20315.53723940.93
2008ATH/PHI14005.13073670.82
2009PHI21007.52553500.77
2010PHI16006.92503350.72
2011PHI2007.678571.40
2012PHI/LAD15217.82783250.95
2013LAA9007.32082540.89
2015KC/PIT1009.410710612
2016LAD0009.0721350.53
2017WSH0007.948940.51

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
45 yearsDec 11, 1980
Height
6' 3"
Debut
2004
Birthplace
Bowling Green, KY
Draft
2002Rd 1, Pk 24
College
Kentucky

Latest performance

Joe Blanton

Oct 01 · vs PIT · L 11-8

IP
0.2
H
0
R
0
ER
0
BB
0
K
0
HR
0
ERA
5.68

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Sun, Oct 01vsPITL 11-80.20000
Tue, Sep 26atPHIL 4-110000
Sun, Sep 24atNYMW 3-210000
Fri, Sep 22atNYML 7-612111
Fri, Sep 15vsLADL 7-012001
Sat, Sep 09vsPHIL 5-410002

What were Joe Blanton's career stats?

Joe Blanton played 13 seasons for the Athletics, the Phillies, the Angels, the Dodgers and the Nationals. He had 101 wins and 1,284 strikeouts with a 4.38 ERA over 1,767.2 innings. His best season was 2006: 16 wins, a 4.82 ERA and 107 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

13 seasons, 6 postseasons, 2004 to 2017

Joe Blanton finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

Championships ×2

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Joe Blanton

Playoff series

Joe Blanton played 17 games across 6 MLB postseasons in 11 series — 5 won, 6 lost.

Joe Blanton's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2016WSHWon 3-145.0105
2016CHCLost 1-233.0773
2011STLLost 0-111.0000
2010SFLost 0-114.2533
2009COLLost 1-123.2421
2009LADWon 1-016.0632
2009NYYLost 0-116.0547
2008MILWon 1-016.0517
2008LADWon 1-015.0734
2008TBWon 1-016.0427
2006DETLost 0-112.0002

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Joe Blanton’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.