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Positions: P-228

Full Name: Joseph Matthew Blanton
Born: Dec 11,1980 in Nashville, Tennessee
Height: 6-2  Weight: 220  Bats: Right  Throws: Right
High School: Franklin-Simpson (Franklin, Kentucky)  "Wildcats"
College: University of Kentucky

Contract: Signed 1-year, $5,475,000 contract with the Philadelphia Phillies on Jan 20,2009. Avoided arbitration

Drafted: Selected by Oakland Athletics in 1st Round (24th overall) of 2002 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)  (Signing Bonus: $1,400,000)

First Round Draft Pick 2002 (#24)

Futures Game Participant USA 2004

Moneyball - The Book

Rookie of the Month 2x Jun-2005 (AL),Aug-2005 (AL)

Top Prospect 2004 MLB (#43),2003 Oak (#10),2004 Oak (#2),2005 Oak (#3),

World Series Champion PHI 2008

Signed by Scout: Rich Sparks

MLB Debut: Sep 21,2004

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Pitch Repertoire
Pitch	Pct	Spd
Changeup	29	82.6
Slider	28	82.5
Fastball	26	89
Sinker	11	88.5
Other: Curveball
Based on 87 pitches between 4/8/2009 and 4/8/2009

Scouting Report
Control:	69
K-Rating:	50
Efficiency:	64
vsPower:	55
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Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Lvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP
2000	Kentucky	NCAA	19	-	NCAA	5	0	5.58	19	1	0	0		2	50.0	56	42	31	6	27	44	10	10.1	1.1	4.9	7.9	1.66
2001	Kentucky	NCAA	20	-	NCAA	3	5	5.59	22	6	1	0		2	58.0	64	47	36	10	37	54	10	9.9	1.6	5.7	8.4	1.74
2002	Kentucky	SEC	21	-	NCAA	5	7	4.59	14	14	3	0		0	100.0	98	54	51	11	37	133	5	8.8	1.0	3.3	12.0	1.35
	Vancouver	Nwst	21	OAK	A-	1	1	3.14	4	2	0	0	0	0	14.1	11	5	5	0	2	15	0	6.9	0.0	1.3	9.4	0.91
	Modesto	Calif	21	OAK	A+	0	1	7.50	2	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	6	5	1	6	6	0	12.0	1.5	9.0	9.0	2.33
2003	Kane County	Midw	22	OAK	A	8	7	2.57	21	21	2	2	0	0	133.0	110	47	38	6	19	144	1	7.4	0.4	1.3	9.7	0.97
2004	Sacramento	PCL	23	OAK	AAA	11	8	4.19	28	26	1	0	0	0	176.1	199	101	82	13	34	143	6	10.2	0.7	1.7	7.3	1.32
	Oakland	AL	23	OAK	MLB	0	0	5.63	3	0	0	0	1	0	8.0	6	5	5	1	2	6	0	6.8	1.1	2.3	6.8	1.00
2005	Oakland	AL	24	OAK	MLB	12	12	3.53	33	33	2	0	0	0	201.1	178	86	79	23	67	116	4	8.0	1.0	3.0	5.2	1.22
2006	Oakland	AL	25	OAK	MLB	16	12	4.82	32	31	1	1	0	0	194.1	241	111	104	17	58	107	3	11.2	0.8	2.7	5.0	1.54
2007	Oakland	AL	26	OAK	MLB	14	10	3.95	34	34	3	1	0	0	230.0	240	106	101	16	40	140	3	9.4	0.6	1.6	5.5	1.22
2008	Oakland	AL	27	OAK	MLB	5	12	4.96	20	20	0	0	0	0	127.0	145	74	70	12	35	62	1	10.3	0.9	2.5	4.4	1.42
	Philadelphia	NL	27	PHI	MLB	4	0	4.20	13	13	0	0	0	0	70.2	66	36	33	10	31	49	1	8.4	1.3	3.9	6.2	1.37
2009	Philadelphia	NL	28	PHI	MLB	12	8	4.05	31	31	0	0	0	0	195.1	198	89	88	30	59	163	7	9.1	1.4	2.7	7.5	1.32

Major League Totals - 6 Season(s)						63	54	4.21	166	162	6	2	1	0	1026.2	1074	507	480	109	292	643	19	9.4	1.0	2.6	5.6	1.33
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)						20	17	3.55	55	50	3	2	0	0	329.2	328	159	130	20	61	308	7	9.0	0.5	1.7	8.4	1.18