Joe Roa
Joseph Rodger Roa
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 194 lb.

Born: October 11, 1971 in Southfield, MI
High School: Hazel Park (Hazel Park, MI)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 18th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1995
Final Game: September 22, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1995 23 CLE AL 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 78 1.833 13.5 1.5 3.0 0.0 0.00
1996 24 CLE AL 0 0 10.80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 45 4.200 21.6 0.0 16.2 0.0 0.00
1997 25 SFG NL 2 5 .286 5.21 28 3 4 0 0 0 65.2 86 40 38 8 20 5 34 2 1 0 289 79 1.614 11.8 1.1 2.7 4.7 1.70
2002 30 PHI NL 4 4 .500 4.04 14 11 1 0 0 0 71.1 78 33 32 11 13 2 35 1 1 0 298 96 1.276 9.8 1.4 1.6 4.4 2.69
2003 31 TOT NL 1 3 .250 6.14 28 4 9 0 0 0 51.1 69 36 35 10 10 0 38 2 0 1 232 67 1.539 12.1 1.8 1.8 6.7 3.80
2003 31 PHI NL 0 2 .000 6.05 6 3 1 0 0 0 19.1 28 13 13 3 4 0 16 1 0 1 88 66 1.655 13.0 1.4 1.9 7.4 4.00
2003 31 COL NL 0 0 4.05 4 0 3 0 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 26 123 1.050 9.5 2.7 0.0 5.4
2003 31 SDP NL 1 1 .500 6.75 18 1 5 0 0 0 25.1 34 20 19 5 6 0 18 1 0 0 118 58 1.579 12.1 1.8 2.1 6.4 3.00
2004 32 MIN AL 2 3 .400 4.50 48 0 11 0 0 0 70.0 84 38 35 9 24 0 47 5 0 1 318 105 1.543 10.8 1.2 3.1 6.0 1.96
6 Seasons 9 16 .360 4.94 120 19 25 0 0 0 266.0 330 153 146 39 72 7 154 10 2 2 1176 86 1.511 11.2 1.3 2.4 5.2 2.14
162 Game Avg. 4 8 .360 4.94 59 9 12 0 0 0 130 161 75 71 19 35 3 75 5 1 1 575 86 1.511 11.2 1.3 2.4 5.2 2.14
PHI (2 yrs) 4 6 .400 4.47 20 14 2 0 0 0 90.2 106 46 45 14 17 2 51 2 1 1 386 87 1.357 10.5 1.4 1.7 5.1 3.00
CLE (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 7.04 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 13 6 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 39 67 2.348 15.3 1.2 5.9 0.0 0.00
MIN (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.50 48 0 11 0 0 0 70.0 84 38 35 9 24 0 47 5 0 1 318 105 1.543 10.8 1.2 3.1 6.0 1.96
COL (1 yr) 0 0 4.05 4 0 3 0 0 0 6.2 7 3 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 26 123 1.050 9.5 2.7 0.0 5.4
SFG (1 yr) 2 5 .286 5.21 28 3 4 0 0 0 65.2 86 40 38 8 20 5 34 2 1 0 289 79 1.614 11.8 1.1 2.7 4.7 1.70
SDP (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.75 18 1 5 0 0 0 25.1 34 20 19 5 6 0 18 1 0 0 118 58 1.579 12.1 1.8 2.1 6.4 3.00
NL (3 yrs) 7 12 .368 5.02 70 18 14 0 0 0 188.1 233 109 105 29 43 7 107 5 2 1 819 80 1.465 11.1 1.4 2.1 5.1 2.49
AL (3 yrs) 2 4 .333 4.75 50 1 11 0 0 0 77.2 97 44 41 10 29 0 47 5 0 1 357 100 1.622 11.2 1.2 3.4 5.4 1.62

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 23 CLE AL 1 28 25 4 9 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 .360 .407 .560 .967 .333 14 1 0 1 0 0
1996 24 CLE AL 1 11 8 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 .500 .636 .750 1.386 .500 6 0 0 0 0 0
1997 25 SFG NL 28 289 258 40 86 10 1 8 5 3 20 34 .333 .380 .473 .853 .355 122 11 2 5 4 5
2002 30 PHI NL 14 298 280 33 78 12 4 11 3 1 13 35 .279 .310 .468 .778 .283 131 8 1 1 3 2
2003 31 TOT NL 28 232 216 36 69 13 3 10 6 0 10 38 .319 .354 .546 .900 .349 118 3 2 3 1 0
2003 31 COL NL 4 26 26 3 7 3 0 2 0 0 0 4 .269 .269 .615 .885 .250 16 0 0 0 0 0
2003 31 PHI NL 6 88 82 13 28 6 1 3 4 0 4 16 .341 .379 .549 .928 .397 45 3 1 1 0 0
2003 31 SDP NL 18 118 108 20 34 4 2 5 2 0 6 18 .315 .353 .528 .881 .337 57 0 1 2 1 0
2004 32 MIN AL 48 318 283 38 84 15 3 9 9 0 24 47 .297 .360 .466 .826 .328 132 7 5 4 2 0
6 Seasons 120 1176 1070 153 330 54 11 39 23 4 72 154 .308 .355 .489 .843 .328 523 30 10 14 10 7
162 Game Avg. 59 575 523 75 161 26 5 19 11 2 35 75 .308 .355 .489 .843 .328 256 15 5 7 5 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1995 23 CLE AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 36 36 0 0 0 1 3.0 4.5 6.0 83 0 1 0 0 83
1997 25 SFG NL 28 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 46 28 17 3 2 1 5.7 11.1 4.8 73 2 1 0 0 87
2002 30 PHI NL 14 11 4 4 3 0 1 4 7 .364 2 0 0 0 6 55% 49 71 32 4 0 0 7 4.4 5.2 5.8 88 5 3 2 1 125
2003 31 TOT NL 28 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0% 61 21 6 4 1 2 2.8 2.8 3.8 63 4 0 0 0 78
2003 31 PHI NL 6 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0% 41 61 21 0 0 0 2 2.4 1.0 4.0 62 3 0 0 0 78
2003 31 SDP NL 18 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 28 28 6 4 1 0 4.0 6.8 3.3 66 1 0 0 0 66
4 Seasons 67 19 5 10 4 1 1 6 13 .316 3 0 0 0 6 32% 44 71 21 27 7 3 11 4.2 5.6 5.2 80 11 5 2 1 125
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1996 24 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0.339 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0 49
1997 25 SFG NL 28 25 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 23 6 26% 8 0.927 7 7 11 4 4 17 11 14 17 3 18 3 6.2 29
2002 30 PHI NL 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 3 0.798 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 7.3 38
2003 31 TOT NL 28 24 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 7 44% 0.465 1 1 21 3 0 21 10 14 11 6 11 5 4.5 22
2003 31 PHI NL 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 2 0.645 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 7.3 36
2003 31 COL NL 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0.187 0 0 4 1 0 3 1 3 3 0 3 1 5.0 21
2003 31 SDP NL 18 17 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 8 0.392 1 1 14 2 0 15 6 11 6 6 6 4 3.9 20
2004 32 MIN AL 48 48 11 2 3 1 0 1 0% 3 2 31 13 42% 8 0.713 11 6 30 9 8 31 15 33 23 13 24 8 4.4 23
5 Seasons 119 101 25 4 6 1 0 1 0% 5 4 76 30 39% 0.735 19 14 66 16 12 73 39 62 54 22 56 16 4.9 25

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1995 23 CLE AL 28 68% 3.6% 0.0% 7.1% 10.7% 33% 1.08 1.57 86% 19% 10.0% 17% 4 1 25%
1996 24 CLE AL 11 64% 0.0% 0.0% 27.3% 18.2% 50% 0.00 0.00 73% 63% 0.0% 0% 1 0 0%
1997 25 SFG NL 289 47% 2.8% 11.8% 6.9% 6.6% 22% 1.04 1.52 76% 21% 8.5% 14% 62 11 18%
2002 30 PHI NL 298 42% 3.7% 11.7% 4.4% 9.1% 35% 0.66 0.90 80% 20% 9.5% 18% 51 8 16%
2003 31 TOT NL 232 37% 4.3% 16.4% 4.3% 11.2% 38% 0.69 1.23 73% 23% 11.0% 13% 38 3 8%
2003 31 PHI NL 88 41% 3.4% 18.2% 4.6% 11.4% 36% 0.94 2.23 72% 28% 10.0% 12% 18 3 17%
2003 31 COL NL 26 35% 7.7% 15.4% 0.0% 19.2% 71% 0.69 1.29 77% 18% 20.0% 23% 0 0
2003 31 SDP NL 118 35% 4.2% 15.3% 5.1% 9.3% 32% 0.53 0.81 73% 20% 9.8% 12% 20 0 0%
2004 32 MIN AL 318 44% 2.8% 14.8% 7.6% 8.5% 32% 0.79 1.12 72% 18% 7.8% 12% 62 7 11%
6 Seasons 1176 44% 3.3% 13.1% 6.1% 8.8% 32% 0.78 1.15 75% 21% 9.0% 14% 218 30 14%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1995 23 CLE AL 28 83 2.96 48 58% 21% 6% 19% 54% 79% 0% 46% 92% 39% 7% 2 1 4% 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1996 24 CLE AL 11 49 4.45 29 59% 17% 10% 45% 28% 83% 0% 49% 88% 55% 9% 1 1 9% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 25 SFG NL 265 882 3.33 581 66% 29% 13% 21% 38% 71% 4% 47% 82% 66% 6% 15 9 17% 45 24 5 34% 5 3 24 0 0
2002 30 PHI NL 298 1081 3.63 701 65% 28% 12% 25% 36% 72% 2% 47% 84% 59% 4% 13 11 21% 62 31 5 14% 4 0 0 0 0
2003 31 TOT NL 232 778 3.35 507 65% 29% 14% 21% 36% 71% 0% 46% 81% 62% 5% 11 7 19% 45 24 2 26% 7 4 0 0 0
2003 31 PHI NL 88 296 3.36 190 64% 28% 15% 22% 35% 72% 0% 46% 80% 61% 8% 7 5 19% 17 11 0 31% 4 2 0 0 0
2003 31 COL NL 26 82 3.15 56 68% 32% 16% 13% 39% 68% 0% 46% 76% 58% 0% 0 0 15% 4 4 1 0% 2 0 0 0 0
2003 31 SDP NL 118 400 3.39 261 65% 29% 12% 23% 36% 71% 0% 46% 83% 63% 3% 4 2 20% 24 9 1 28% 1 2 0 0 0
2004 32 MIN AL 318 1125 3.54 709 63% 28% 13% 25% 34% 72% 0% 46% 82% 60% 6% 20 10 21% 67 38 6 26% 8 10 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1152 3998 3.47 2575 64% 28% 13% 23% 36% 72% 1% 46% 83% 61% 5% 62 39 19% 221 118 18 25% 24 18 24 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1995 23 CLE AL 28 9 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 24 CLE AL 11 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 25 SFG NL 289 86 11 0 8 0 10 3 5 3 5 21 18 0 86% 2 0 0 108 5 3 63% 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
2002 30 PHI NL 298 78 8 1 11 0 8 4 7 5 6 16 7 2 44% 3 0 1 96 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2003 31 TOT NL 232 69 8 0 10 1 4 7 3 9 1 18 8 2 44% 2 1 0 96 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2003 31 PHI NL 88 28 4 0 3 1 4 2 1 2 1 9 4 1 44% 1 1 0 39 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2003 31 COL NL 26 7 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 31 SDP NL 118 34 4 0 5 0 0 3 2 5 0 9 4 1 44% 1 0 0 51 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 32 MIN AL 318 84 11 4 9 1 9 5 4 4 5 23 15 2 65% 4 1 0 115 9 0 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Seasons 1176 330 40 5 39 2 32 20 19 21 18 79 49 6 62% 11 2 1 432 23 4 85% 21 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 17 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1995 23 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 78 1.833 13.5 1.5 3.0 0.0 0.00 78
1996 24 0 1 .000 7.04 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 13 6 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 39 67 2.348 15.3 1.2 5.9 0.0 0.00 67
1997 25 2 6 .250 5.40 30 4 4 0 0 0 73.1 99 46 44 9 25 5 34 2 1 0 328 78 1.691 12.2 1.1 3.1 4.2 1.36 78
1998 26 2 6 .250 5.40 30 4 4 0 0 0 73.1 99 46 44 9 25 5 34 2 1 0 328 78 1.691 12.2 1.1 3.1 4.2 1.36 78
1999 27 2 6 .250 5.40 30 4 4 0 0 0 73.1 99 46 44 9 25 5 34 2 1 0 328 78 1.691 12.2 1.1 3.1 4.2 1.36 78
2000 28 2 6 .250 5.40 30 4 4 0 0 0 73.1 99 46 44 9 25 5 34 2 1 0 328 78 1.691 12.2 1.1 3.1 4.2 1.36 78
2001 29 2 6 .250 5.40 30 4 4 0 0 0 73.1 99 46 44 9 25 5 34 2 1 0 328 78 1.691 12.2 1.1 3.1 4.2 1.36 78
2002 30 6 10 .375 4.73 44 15 5 0 0 0 144.2 177 79 76 20 38 7 69 3 2 0 626 85 1.486 11.0 1.2 2.4 4.3 1.82 85
2003 31 7 13 .350 5.10 72 19 14 0 0 0 196.0 246 115 111 30 48 7 107 5 2 1 858 79 1.500 11.3 1.4 2.2 4.9 2.23 79
2004 32 9 16 .360 4.94 120 19 25 0 0 0 266.0 330 153 146 39 72 7 154 10 2 2 1176 86 1.511 11.2 1.3 2.4 5.2 2.14 86

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1995 23 0 0 6.43 7.0 10 6 5 1 2 0 0 1.714 12.9 2.6 0.0 0.00 1.3 1
1996 24 0 0 9.00 2.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 2.500 13.5 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1997 25 2 4 .333 5.46 61.0 84 41 37 8 20 32 2 1.705 12.4 3.0 4.7 1.60 1.2 28
2002 30 3 4 .429 4.57 67.0 81 38 34 11 14 33 1 1.418 10.9 1.9 4.4 2.36 1.5 14
2003 31 1 4 .200 6.30 50.0 71 39 35 10 10 37 2 1.620 12.8 1.8 6.7 3.70 1.8 28
2004 32 3 4 .429 4.30 69.0 82 37 33 9 23 46 5 1.522 10.7 3.0 6.0 2.00 1.2 48
6 Seasons 9 16 .360 5.13 256.0 331 163 146 39 71 148 10 1.570 11.6 5.2 2.08 1.4 120

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