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Joe Blanton

Athletics Career team 2004–2008
Number #56
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 45
Height 6' 3"
Weight 252 lbs
Birth Place Bowling Green, KY
Born Dec 11, 1980

Key Insights

2017
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Alex Rodriguez has hit .500/.529/1.333 against Blanton over 17 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

6 for 12 with 3 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .750 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Blanton has struck Cody Ross out 6 times in 11 plate appearances, 54.5% of everything between them.

6 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Joe Mauer squares Blanton up like nobody else: 106.4 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 87.2 across the hitters he has faced.

20 plate appearances with tracked contact.
This matchup usually ends with a free pass

Blanton has walked Jim Thome 5 times in 12 plate appearances, 41.7% of them.

5 walks in 12 plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

Blanton has faced Ichiro Suzuki more than any other hitter: 55 plate appearances, and Ichiro Suzuki has hit .346/.382/.404 in them.

18 hits, 0 home runs and 2 strikeouts across 55 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Blanton throws than Ryan Braun: 56.4% of the swings between them come up empty.

19 plate appearances between them. 99th percentile of the 139 matchups on his own record.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 11, 1980
Birth Place Bowling Green, KY
Height 6' 3"
Weight 252 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Kentucky