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Joe Saunders

Joseph Francis Saunders (Bazooka Joe) (twitter: @J_saundo)

Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 16, 1981 in Fairfax, Virginia, US
High School: West Springfield HS (Springfield, VA)
School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)

Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from West Springfield HS (Springfield, VA) and the Anaheim Angels in the 1st round (12th) of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA).

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Pitching: 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008
Batting: 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2008

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Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2002	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A	ANA	5	2	.714	2.80	13	13	0	0	0	0	61.0	56	26	19	3	20	0	48	3	0	5	253	1.246	8.3	0.4	3.0	7.1	2.40
2002	21	Provo	PION	Rk	ANA	2	1	.667	3.62	8	8	0	0	0	0	32.1	40	19	13	1	11	0	21	1	0	3	146	1.577	11.1	0.3	3.1	5.8	1.91
2002	21	Cedar Rapids	MIDW	A	ANA	3	1	.750	1.88	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.2	16	7	6	2	9	0	27	2	0	2	107	0.872	5.0	0.6	2.8	8.5	3.00

2004	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	ANA	13	10	.565	4.04	27	27	0	0	0	0	144.2	157	75	65	18	37	0	101	10	1	7	615	1.341	9.8	1.1	2.3	6.3	2.73
2004	23	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	ANA	9	7	.563	3.41	19	19	0	0	0	0	105.2	106	49	40	13	23	0	76	5	1	5	433	1.221	9.0	1.1	2.0	6.5	3.30
2004	23	Arkansas	TL	AA	ANA	4	3	.571	5.77	8	8	0	0	0	0	39.0	51	26	25	5	14	0	25	5	0	2	182	1.667	11.8	1.2	3.2	5.8	1.79
2005	24	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	LAA	10	7	.588	3.87	27	27	0	3	2	0	160.2	172	90	69	12	53	0	109	4	0	3	689	1.400	9.6	0.7	3.0	6.1	2.06
2005	24	Arkansas	TL	AA	LAA	7	4	.636	3.49	18	18	0	2	1	0	105.2	107	52	41	9	32	0	80	3	0	2	445	1.315	9.1	0.8	2.7	6.8	2.50
2005	24	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	3	3	.500	4.58	9	9	0	1	1	0	55.0	65	38	28	3	21	0	29	1	0	1	244	1.564	10.6	0.5	3.4	4.7	1.38
2006	25	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	10	4	.714	2.67	21	20	1	1	1	0	135.0	117	44	40	12	38	0	97	3	0	2	545	1.148	7.8	0.8	2.5	6.5	2.55
2007	26	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	4	7	.364	5.11	14	14	0	0	0	0	86.1	89	53	49	10	20	0	84	1	0	6	367	1.263	9.3	1.0	2.1	8.8	4.20

2012	31	Diamondbacks	ARIZ	Rk	ARI	0	1	.000	6.23	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	3	5	3	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	22	1.846	6.2	0.0	10.4	14.5	1.40
6 Seasons						42	31	.575	3.72	103	102	1	4	3	0	592.0	594	293	245	55	173	0	446	21	1	23	2491	1.296	9.0	0.8	2.6	6.8	2.58
AAA (3 seasons)				AAA		17	14	.548	3.81	44	43	1	2	2	0	276.1	271	135	117	25	79	0	210	5	0	9	1156	1.267	8.8	0.8	2.6	6.8	2.66
AA (2 seasons)				AA		11	7	.611	4.11	26	26	0	2	1	0	144.2	158	78	66	14	46	0	105	8	0	4	627	1.410	9.8	0.9	2.9	6.5	2.28
Rk (2 seasons)				Rk		2	2	.500	3.93	9	9	0	0	0	0	36.2	43	24	16	1	16	0	28	1	0	3	168	1.609	10.6	0.2	3.9	6.9	1.75
A (1 season)				A		3	1	.750	1.88	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.2	16	7	6	2	9	0	27	2	0	2	107	0.872	5.0	0.6	2.8	8.5	3.00
A+ (1 season)				A+		9	7	.563	3.41	19	19	0	0	0	0	105.2	106	49	40	13	23	0	76	5	1	5	433	1.221	9.0	1.1	2.0	6.5	3.30

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2002	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	ANA	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	21	Provo	PION	Rk	ANA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	21	Cedar Rapids	MIDW	A	ANA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2004	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A+	ANA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	23	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	ANA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	23	Arkansas	TL	AA	ANA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	24	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	LAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	24	Arkansas	TL	AA	LAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	24	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	25	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	26	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2012	31	Diamondbacks	ARIZ	Rk	ARI	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Seasons						103	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AAA (3 seasons)				AAA		44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AA (2 seasons)				AA		26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk (2 seasons)				Rk		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A (1 season)				A		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A+ (1 season)				A+		19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%
2002	21	2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A	ANA	P	13	14	2	12	0	0	1.000	1.08	4	10	71%
2002	21	Provo	PION	Rk	ANA	P	8	9	2	7	0	0	1.000	1.13	2	6	75%
2002	21	Cedar Rapids	MIDW	A	ANA	P	5	5	0	5	0	0	1.000	1.00	2	4	67%

2004	23	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	ANA	P	27	24	2	20	2	0	.917	0.81
2004	23	Rancho Cucamonga	CALL	A+	ANA	P	19	16	1	13	2	0	.875	0.74
2004	23	Arkansas	TL	AA	ANA	P	8	8	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.00
2005	24	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	LAA	P	27	41	6	33	2	2	.951	1.44	10	14	58%
2005	24	Arkansas	TL	AA	LAA	P	18	23	4	18	1	0	.957	1.22	8	10	56%
2005	24	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	P	9	18	2	15	1	2	.944	1.89	2	4	67%
2006	25	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	P	21	27	4	23	0	1	1.000	1.29	7	6	46%
2007	26	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	P	14	12	2	10	0	0	1.000	0.86	3	1	25%

2012	31	Diamondbacks	ARIZ	Rk	ARI	P	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	1	0	0%
6 Seasons							103	118	16	98	4	3	.966	1.11	25	31	55%

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
2002	21	Provo Angels	Pioneer League	Rk	ANA
2002	21	Cedar Rapids Kernels	Midwest League	A	ANA
2003	22	Injured
2004	23	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	California League	A+	ANA		2004-04-10	2004-07-19
2004	23	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	AA	ANA		2004-07-24	2004-09-02
2005	24	Arkansas Travelers	Texas League	AA	LAA		2005-04-08	2005-07-12
2005	24	Salt Lake Stingers	Pacific Coast League	AAA	LAA		2005-07-18	2005-09-01
2005	24	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	American League	MLB	LAA	1	2005-08-16	2005-09-14
2006	25	Salt Lake Bees	Pacific Coast League	AAA	LAA		2006-04-06	2006-07-28
2006	25	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	American League	MLB	LAA	1	2006-07-18	2006-09-30
2007	26	Salt Lake Bees	Pacific Coast League	AAA	LAA		2007-04-26	2007-07-15
2007	26	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	American League	MLB	LAA	1	2007-04-05	2007-09-26
2008	27	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	American League	MLB	LAA	1	2008-04-02	2008-09-28
2009	28	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	American League	MLB	LAA	1	2009-04-06	2009-10-04
2010	29	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	American League	MLB	LAA	1	2010-04-06	2010-07-23
2010	29	Arizona Diamondbacks	National League	MLB	ARI	2	2010-07-29	2010-10-02
2011	30	Arizona Diamondbacks	National League	MLB	ARI	1	2011-04-04	2011-09-28
2012	31	AZL Diamondbacks	Arizona League	Rk	ARI		2012-07-08	2012-07-08
2012	31	Arizona Diamondbacks	National League	MLB	ARI	1	2012-04-11	2012-08-20
2012	31	Baltimore Orioles	American League	MLB	BAL	2	2012-08-29	2012-09-30
2013	32	Seattle Mariners	American League	MLB	SEA	1	2013-04-03	2013-06-14

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