Blanton was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 21, 2004, with the Oakland Athletics. ... Earned his first save on July 19 with the Royals at Chicago-AL, striking out two in a scoreless inning. In close and late situations, held hitters to a .168 average (23-for-137)...Started the season strong, posting a 0.87 ERA (1 ER/10.1 IP) in 10 April appearances...Offered scoreless relief in 10 of his final 11 outings (10.1 IP) from Sept. 3-Oct. 2...Earned his first Postseason victory out of the bullpen in Game 4 of the NLDS…Was his first Postseason win since Game 4 of the 2008 World Series.Combined to go 7-2 with two saves and a 2.84 ERA in 36 games (four starts) with the Royals and Pirates…established career-best marks in ERA, winning percentage (.778) and WHIP (1.12). He hit one of the Phillies’ four home runs as the team cruised to a 10-2 win over Tampa Bay at Citizens Bank Park to take a three-games-to-one lead in the series. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. The Phillies' fourth homer came off the bat off pitcher Joe Blanton, who tossed six innings of two-run ball for the win. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. In eight relief appearances, posted an 0-1 record with an 8.64 ERA (16.2 IP - 16 ER)…First three outings were scoreless (6 IP) but surrendered 16 ER in last five appearances (10.2 IP)…First relief appearance came on July 27th at Oakland and marked his first time pitching in relief since April 7, 2012 for Phillies... Did not appear in any of team's final 25 contests…Last appearance of the season came on Sept. 3rd vs. Tampa Bay, marking the longest drought of career without pitching.Allowed a .271 opponentsbatting average the first time through the lineup, .220 the secondtime through and .312 after that...was 7-5 with a 2.69 ERA and .227 opponentsbatting average in 15 starts in Oakland compared to 7-5 with a 5.11ERA and .304 opponents batting average in 19 starts on the road...had thelowest home ERA in the AL and the fourth highest road ERA...is now 22-15 with a 3.55 ERA (126 er in 319.0 ip) in 48 career appearances in Oaklandand 20-19 with a 4.66 ERA (163 er in 314.2 ip) in 54 games on theroad...was 11-6 with a 3.07 ERA in 22 starts on four days rest and 3-4 witha 5.68 ERA in his other 12 starts...his ERA on four days rest was fifth lowest in the AL...is 29-19 with a 3.39ERA (149 er in 395.1 ip) in 61 career startson four days rest and 13-15 with a 5.31ERA (134 er in 227.1 ip) in his other 37starts...was 8-5 with a 3.28 ERA and .239opponents batting average in 19 starts beforethe All-Star Break and 6-5 with a 4.89ERA and .309 opponents batting averagein 15 starts after the break...was ninth inthe AL in ERA at the break...received runsupport of three runs or fewer in 20 of his34 starts and had the ninth lowest run support in the AL with a mark of4.70...was 9-1 when receiving four or more runs of support and is now 32-2 (.941) in his career with run support of four runs or more...in his career,he averages run support of 1.82 in his losses (41 r in 203.0 ip), 4.29 in hisno decisions (62 r in 130.0 ip) and 7.05 in his wins (227 r in 289.2 ip)...was2-0 with a 1.57 ERA in three interleague starts and is now 6-3 with a 2.99ERA (26 er in 78.1 ip) in 12 career starts against the National League...went0 for 4 with three strikeouts at the plate and is now 1 for 9 (.111) with fourstrikeouts and three sacrifice hits in his career...was 3-0 with a 3.08 ERAin four starts against Los Angeles after entering the season with an 0-6record and a 3.77 ERA in his career against the Angels...the A's were 17-17 in his starting assignments and are 53-45 (.541) in his career...tossedseven or more innings in 19 of his 34 starts, allowed two runs or fewer 15times and walked two batters or fewer 30 times...had nine starts without awalk, 14 with just one and never walked more than three...walked onebatter or fewer in 10 consecutive starts from June 13 to July 30, which tiedfor the second longest such streak in Oakland history...went 19 consecutivestarts with two walks or fewer from June 13 to September 15, equalingthe third longest such streak in Oakland history...was 4-3 with a 4.28 ERAin 11 starts at the end of May and then went 3-1 with a 1.58 ERA in sixstarts in June...led the AL and ranked second in the Majors in June ERA...isnow 10-4 with a 2.39 ERA (32 er in 120.1 ip) in 17 career starts in June...thewins and ERA are his best for any month of the season...then went 1-4with a 5.49 ERA in July...that included a four-game losing streak fromJuly 8 to 30 (6.75 ERA)...then went 6-2 with a 4.26 ERA in 11 starts overthe final two months of the season.Tossed a complete game six-hitter onApril 25 against Seattle but lost 2-0 in a 1 hour and 47 minute game...itwas the A's quickest game since August 12, 1979 at Minnesota (1 hour and43 minutes)...it was his first of three complete games in 2007 but it washis third career complete game loss...is now 3-3 despite a 1.04 ERA (6 erin 52.0 ip) in six career complete games...the A's have been shut out in twoof his complete games and scored one run twice...tossed a 1-0, three-hitshutout against Minnesota on June 2 in 1 hour and 49minutes...it was the low-hit complete game of hiscareer and his second game under 1 hour and 50minutes...is the first A's pitcher to have two games under 1:50 in one season since Ken Holtzman in 1975...it was the 26thcomplete game 1-0 shutout in Oakland history but just the second since1991...was involved in two other 1-0 games in 2007, both in June...wasthe losing pitcher in the A's 1-0 loss to Boston on June 7 and had a nodecision in a 1-0 loss at New York (NL) on June 23...the last A's pitcher tobe involved in three 1-0 games in a season was Mike Norris in 1980...hasbeen the starting pitcher in three of the A's four 1-0 losses over the lastthree years...allowed an Oakland record tying six doubles in a 7-3 win at Houston on June 13...tossed a career high 122 pitches in a complete gamefour-hitter on July 3 in a 3-1 win over Toronto...allowed at least 10 hits infour straight starts from July 8 to 25, the longest such streak by an A'spitcher since Rick Langford did it from August 11-28, 1982...began thatstreak by allowing a career high 12 hits in the A's 7-3 loss to Seattle on July8...yielded a career high tying nine runs in 4.0 innings on August 10 atDetroit but ended up with a no decision in the A's 16-10 win...was thewinning pitcher in his 100th career appearance, a 7-3 A's win over Texas onSeptember 15 in Oakland...that extended his winning streak to three games,one of three three-game winning streaks he compiled in 2007.
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