Joe Blanton
2004–2017 · bats R / throws R · Los Angeles Angels, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals
427G
.106AVG
.157OBP
.106SLG
More career statistics
23H
0HR
6RBI
0SB
101–97W–L
1,767.2IP
1,284K
4.38ERA
252GS
2SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 427 | 261 | 216 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 23 | .106 | .157 | .106 | .263 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,767.7 | 427 | 252 | 8 | 101 | 97 | 2 | 1,896 | 914 | 860 | 223 | 467 | 1,284 | 0 | 0 | 4.38 | 1.337 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 2009-09-10 to 2009-09-16
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 2012-05-19 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 2017-04-25 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 30 | 11 strikeouts | 2009-05-26 | 1 in 218 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 222 | 124 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 33 | .096 | .121 | .096 |
| Away | 205 | 137 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59 | .116 | .124 | .116 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| April | 60 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .118 | .192 | .118 |
| May | 68 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .116 | .163 | .116 |
| June | 70 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .057 | .114 | .057 |
| July | 70 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .128 | .122 | .128 |
| August | 78 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | .119 | .100 | .119 |
| September | 73 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .103 | .082 | .103 |
| October | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-mets | 25 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .125 | .143 | .125 |
| atlanta-braves | 22 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .211 | .190 | .211 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| colorado-rockies | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| san-francisco-giants | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .111 | .125 |
| texas-rangers | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| los-angeles-angels | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| seattle-mariners | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 |  Athletics | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 6 |
| 2005 | Athletics | 33 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | .333 | 201 | 116 |
| 2006 | Athletics | 32 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 194 | 107 |
| 2007 | Athletics | 34 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 230 | 140 |
| 2008 | Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies | 33 | 17 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .059 | 197 | 111 |
| 2009 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 31 | 55 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .127 | 195 | 163 |
| 2010 | Philadelphia Phillies | 29 | 59 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .119 | 175 | 134 |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Phillies | 11 | 11 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .182 | 41 | 35 |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies | 31 | 55 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .073 | 191 | 166 |
| 2013 |  Los Angeles Angels | 28 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 132 | 108 |
| 2015 | Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 76 | 79 |
| 2016 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 80 | 80 |
| 2017 |  Washington Nationals | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 44 | 39 |