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2004 (Freshman): Freshman left-hander who made 14 pitching appearances... went 1-0 with a 6.95 ERA... all 14 appearances came out of the bullpen... inherited a bases loaded, one-out jam against Stanford (5/30) and did not allow a run to score... earned the win with three solid innings against Oklahoma State (3/17)... struck out season-high four batters in ASU debut against Florida State (2/8)... also struck out four in 4.1 shutout innings against California (3/20)... gave up one hit in three shutout innings to combine with classmate Pat Cassa on a 7-0 shutout victory over Memphis... cousin of former Wichita State All-American and current Cleveland Indian Casey Blake... transferred to Auburn following only season as a Sun Devil... played for the Hays Larks in the Jayhawk Summer League going 2-3 with a 4.95 ERA.
High School: A 2003 graduate of Blue Valley West High School in Stilwell, Kan... earned four varsity letters in baseball... coached by Bill McDonald... 2003 preseason all-state selection... recorded a career 18-6 record during his prep career... went 5-2 as a sophomore with a 3.60 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 38.1 IP... earned all-league honors... went 5-2 with two saves and a 1.08 ERA as a junior... named all-league, Sun Country Player of the Year, All-Metro first-team, All-Johnson County and all-state... named Kansas co-Player of the Year after going 6-1 with a 0.82 ERA as a senior... helped high school to state tournament during his sophomore and senior years... played in the Area Code games and Tropicana Top 100... named to the Baseball Coaches Association (BCA) All-District 5 team.
Baseball Bloodlines: Blake is the cousin of Cleveland Indians third baseman Casey Blake... Casey was a three-time All-American and two-time academic All-American at Wichita State from 1993-96... he was selected in the seventh round of the 1996 draft by the Toronto Blue Jays and has played in 201 MLB games with four different teams... he hit .257 with 17 home runs for the Cleveland Indians in 2003... father played baseball at Simpson College... brother, Jason, played at West Arkansas CC and brother, Jackson, played at Hutchinson CC and Emporia State... cousin, Pete Blake, was drafted in 1997 by the Minnesota Twins... uncle, Joe Blake, played professionally in the New York Yankees organization.
Personal: Undecided on a major at ASU... parents are Jack and Jill Blake of Overland Park, Kan... has two brothers; Jason (33) and Jackson (31) and two sisters; Jill (24) and Jaclyn (17)... favorite baseball team is the Kansas City Royals and favorite player is Tom Glavine... enjoys hanging out with friends and family... full name is Joshua Cleveland Blake... born Oct. 17, 1984 in Overland Park, Kan.
Career Stats:
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/Avg WP HBP SFA SHA
2004.... 6.95 1-0 14 0 0 0/1 1 22.0 27 20 17 16 17 2 0 1 111 .303 2 3 1 2
TOTAL... 6.95 1-0 14 0 0 0/1 1 22.0 27 20 17 16 17 2 0 1 111 .303 2 3 1 2
Career Highs:
Innings - 4.1 (Cal; 3/20)
Runs Allowed - 5 (PEP; 6/4)
ER Allowed - 5 (PEP; 6/4)
K's - 4 - 2x (Cal; 3/20)
BB - 4 (UCLA; 4/16)
Hits Allowed - 6 (UConn; 2/29)
WP - 1 (UConn; 2/29)
HBP - 1 - 2x (OKST; 3/17)
Pitches - 76 (Cal; 3/20)
#41 Josh Blake -- 2004 Game-by-Game
Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP DP IBB Score W-L SV ERA
Feb 08, 2004 Florida State 1.2 1 2 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12-6 0-0 0 0.00
Feb 21, 2004 vs Memphis 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7-0 0-0 1 0.00
Feb 27, 2004 Connecticut 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18-2 0-0 1 0.00
Feb 29, 2004 Connecticut 1.0 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18-11 0-0 1 5.40
Mar 07, 2004 East Carolina 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7-5 0-0 1 7.36
Mar 17, 2004 Oklahoma State 3.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16-6 1-0 1 6.97
Mar 20, 2004 California 4.1 2 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-20 1-0 1 4.91
Apr 08, 2004 Oral Roberts 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7-9 1-0 1 4.91
Apr 16, 2004 at UCLA 0.2 2 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12-4 1-0 1 6.46
Apr 18, 2004 at UCLA 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10-11 1-0 1 6.32
May 19, 2004 at New Mexico State 2.2 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12-5 1-0 1 5.89
May 23, 2004 at Arizona 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7-13 1-0 1 5.59
May 30, 2004 at Stanford 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15-5 1-0 1 5.40
Jun 04, 2004 vs Pepperdine 2.0 5 5 5 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5-15 1-0 1 6.95
Totals 0 22.0 27 20 17 16 17 2 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 154-112 1-0 1 6.95
Situation B/Avg AB H BF BB SO 2B 3B HR HBP WP BK SH SF GDP Fly Gnd BB/G SO/G
vs left............. .263 19 5 27 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 5 6.8 8.4
vs right............ .314 70 22 84 12 12 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 3 13 21 6.5 6.5
vs leadoff.......... .400 15 6 20 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 15.0 9.0
with runners........ .254 59 15 73 8 14 2 0 1 3 2 0 2 1 3 14 17 4.4 7.7
w/runners & 2-out... .333 27 9 32 3 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 6 4.8 7.9
rnrs in scoring pos. .375 32 12 41 6 7 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 7 6 8.1 9.4
scoring pos & 2-out. .444 18 8 22 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 9.0 6.0
bases empty......... .400 30 12 38 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 12.7 4.8
bases loaded........ .455 11 5 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 4.5 9.0
Inning ERA IP H R ER BB SO AB BF B/Avg 2B 3B HR HB WP BK SH SF GDP BB/G SO/G
2nd................. 0.00 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
3rd................. 0.00 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 4 5 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9.0 0.0
4th................. 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 9.0
5th................. 0.00 1.2 3 0 0 0 1 7 7 .429 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 5.4
6th................. 9.82 3.2 4 4 4 3 5 14 19 .286 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7.4 12.3
7th................. 0.00 4.1 1 2 0 6 5 14 21 .071 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12.5 10.4
8th................. 9.64 4.2 6 5 5 5 2 18 26 .333 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.6 3.9
9th................. 14.40 5.0 10 9 8 1 3 27 28 .370 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.8 5.4
