P · 2017
Joe Blanton
- Age
- 37
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Weight
- 225 lb
- Number
- #56
- Born
- December 11, 1980 in Nashville, TN, USA
- MLB debut
- September 21, 2004
- dbWAR
- 2.3 5 season(s)
- PA
- 1
- AVG
- —
- OBP
- 1.000
- SLG
- —
- wRC+
- 358 100 = avg
Joe Blanton is a pitcher for the Washington Nationals. In 2017 he hit 0 home runs and knocked in 0 RBIs, notching 0 hits across 1 plate appearances in 1 game. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his 358 wRC+ puts his offence 258% above average. That comes to 0.0 dbWAR — +0.3 runs with the bat, -0.0 on the bases, +0.0 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2017.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2017. These four terms sum to +0.4 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | — | — | 100.0% | 0.0% | .710 | +0.3 | 358 | 0.0 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0% | 25.0% | .000 | -1.0 | -125 | -0.1 |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 51 | 0 | 44.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 28 | 39 | 13 | 5.68 | 5.28 | 1.49 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 130 | 121 | -0.2 | |
| 2016 | 75 | 0 | 80.0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 22 | 80 | 26 | 2.48 | 3.33 | 1.01 | 9.0 | 2.9 | 59 | 80 | 1.2 | |
| 2015 | 36 | 4 | 76.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 24 | 79 | 16 | 2.84 | 2.92 | 1.12 | 9.4 | 1.9 | 72 | 74 | 1.4 |
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .710 | 0.0% |
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 72 | 65 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 13 | .323 | .389 | .600 | .416 | 18.1% |
| vs RHB | 123 | 114 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 26 | .281 | .320 | .500 | .344 | 21.1% |
Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2017.
Situational hitting
How Joe Blanton hits by base state, outs, score and late-game pressure — each read against his own season line.
| Situation | PA | AB | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.000 | — | .710 |
| Bases empty · thin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .710 |
Runners on includes runners in scoring position, which is the convention every reference uses. Rows under 25 plate appearances are marked thin — at that size a rate moves several dozen points on one hit. Counted from play-by-play, 2017.
Pitch sequencing
What Joe Blanton throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2017.
| Slider | 261 | 86.1 | 2,351 | 42.9% | 28.9% | |
| Four-Seam Fastball | 216 | 90.2 | 2,151 | 51.4% | 20.3% | |
| Changeup | 118 | 85.4 | 1,805 | 39.0% | 43.3% | |
| Curveball | 91 | 79.4 | 2,479 | 44.0% | 8.3% | |
| Sinker | 79 | 90.4 | 2,176 | 57.0% | 38.1% |
Head to head
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.