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Joe Saunders

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

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 16, 1981 in Falls Church, VA
High School: West Springfield HS (Springfield, VA)
School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)
Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 16, 2005
Teams (by GP): Angels/Diamondbacks 2005-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$6M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.013, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Greg Genske [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2003 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2005 24 LAA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2006 25 LAA AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 26 LAA AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 27 LAA AL 31 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2009 28 LAA AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 29 TOT MLB 33 28 24 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 8 .083 .120 .083 .203 -45 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
2010 29 LAA AL 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 29 ARI NL 13 27 23 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 8 .087 .125 .087 .212 -42 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
2011 30 ARI NL 33 67 61 2 12 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 15 .197 .222 .213 .435 19 13 1 0 4 0 0 1
2012 31 ARI NL 10 24 18 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .056 .100 .056 .156 -57 1 0 0 4 1 0 1
8 Yrs 171 122 106 3 15 1 0 0 6 1 0 4 29 .142 .171 .151 .322 -12 16 1 0 11 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 116 100 3 14 1 0 0 6 1 0 4 27 .142 .171 .151 .322 -12 15 1 0 10 1 0
LAA (6 yrs) 115 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARI (3 yrs) 56 118 102 3 15 1 0 0 6 1 0 4 27 .147 .178 .157 .334 -9 16 1 0 11 1 0
AL (6 yrs) 115 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 56 118 102 3 15 1 0 0 6 1 0 4 27 .147 .178 .157 .334 -9 16 1 0 11 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2005 24 LAA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2006 25 LAA AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2007 26 LAA AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $380,000 1
2008 27 LAA AL 31 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $425,000 1 AS
2009 28 LAA AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $475,000 1
2010 29 LAA AL 20 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $3,700,000 1
2010 29 ARI NL 13 27 -4 0 0 0 4 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2011 30 ARI NL 33 67 -6 0 0 0 8 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $5,500,000 1
2012 31 ARI NL 10 24 -5 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
8 Seasons 171 122 -17 1 0 0 16 -0 0.0 3 3 0.0 .500 .500 -0.1 0.1 3 $10,480,000
LAA (6 yrs) 115 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.1 -1 $4,980,000
ARI (3 yrs) 56 118 -16 1 0 0 16 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 4 $5,500,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2008 27 LAA AL 3 3 0 0.0 107 .000 .000 .270 .000 .339 .000 .425 .000 .763 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2010 29 TOT MLB 28 25 0 0.0 106 .125 .083 .267 .120 .338 .083 .421 .203 .759 -45 .000 -5.1 -0.5 .182 .083 .000 .0
2010 29 LAA AL 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .256 .000 .323 .000 .400 .000 .723 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2010 29 ARI NL 27 24 0 0.0 106 .133 .087 .268 .125 .338 .087 .422 .212 .760 -42 .000 -4.8 -0.5 .190 .087 .000 .0
2011 30 ARI NL 67 54 3 1.5 102 .261 .197 .264 .222 .332 .213 .410 .435 .742 19 .121 -7.1 -0.7 .300 .049 .016
2012 31 ARI NL 24 22 0 0.0 105 .067 .056 .265 .100 .334 .056 .419 .156 .753 -57 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .118 .056 .000
8 Yrs 122 104 3 0.8 103 .192 .142 .265 .171 .334 .151 .415 .322 .748 -12 .038 -17.2 -1.7 .228 .057 .009 .0
162 Game Avg. 116 99 3 0.8 103 .192 .142 .265 .171 .334 .151 .415 .322 .748 -12 .038 -17.2 -1.7 .228 .057 .009
ARI (3 yrs) 118 100 3 0.8 103 .197 .147 .265 .178 .334 .157 .414 .334 .748 -9 .041 -16.0 -1.6 .239 .059 .010 .0
LAA (6 yrs) 4 4 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .267 .000 .335 .000 .418 .000 .753 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
NL (3 yrs) 118 100 3 0.8 103 .197 .147 .265 .178 .334 .157 .414 .334 .748 -9 .041 -16.0 -1.6 .239 .059 .010 .0
AL (6 yrs) 4 4 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .267 .000 .335 .000 .418 .000 .753 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 27 LAA AL ALDS BOS L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 28 LAA AL ALCS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 30 ARI NL NLDS MIL L 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 LAA AL 27

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2008 27 LAA AL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 0.00 0.00 33% 0% 0.0% 0%
2010 29 TOT MLB 28 0.0% 28.6% 3.6% 0.0% 0% 8.00 3.0 24.0 1.50 1.67 57% 11% 0.0% 0%
2010 29 LAA AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 0.00 100% 0% 0.0% 0%
2010 29 ARI NL 27 0.0% 29.6% 3.7% 0.0% 0% 8.00 2.9 23.0 1.80 2.00 56% 11% 0.0% 0%
2011 30 ARI NL 67 0.0% 22.4% 3.0% 1.5% 8% 7.50 4.1 15.3 2.58 3.22 69% 12% 0.0% 8%
2012 31 ARI NL 24 0.0% 16.7% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 4.00 4.5 18.0 1.50 2.60 63% 16% 0.0% 17%
8 Yrs 122 0.0% 23.8% 3.3% 0.8% 7% 7.25 3.7 17.7 1.96 2.48 64% 12% 0.0% 8%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.08 5.0 33.9 7.8 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 24 LAA AL 0.0 0.0
2006 25 LAA AL 0.0 0.0
2007 26 LAA AL 0.0 0.0
2008 27 LAA AL -0.9 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .64 -0.1 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.54 -0.8 0
2009 28 LAA AL 0.0 0.0
2010 29 TOT MLB -5.1 -0.5 29 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .75 -0.5 0.1 -3.5 -0.3 0.87 -4.8 0
2010 29 LAA AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .26 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.38 -0.3 0
2010 29 ARI NL -4.8 -0.5 28 -0.3 0.2 -0.4 .77 -0.4 0.1 -3.4 -0.3 0.88 -4.5 0
2011 30 ARI NL -7.0 -0.7 69 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .98 -0.6 0.1 -4.9 -0.5 0.99 -5.4 0
2012 31 ARI NL -4.1 -0.4 25 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 .96 -0.4 -0.2 -5.3 -0.5 1.11 -4.2 0
8 Yrs -17.1 -1.7 126 -1.3 1.0 -2.3 .92 -1.5 0.1 -14.1 -1.4 0.97 -15.3 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2008 27 LAA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 29 TOT MLB 1 0 0% 5 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 29 LAA AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 29 ARI NL 1 0 0% 5 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 30 ARI NL 1 0 14% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2012 31 ARI NL 0 0 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
8 Yrs 2 0 16% 38 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2008 27 LAA AL 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 29 TOT MLB 28 54% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 0 0% 5 1 20% 16 1 6% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
2010 29 LAA AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 29 ARI NL 27 52% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 0 0% 5 1 20% 16 1 6% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
2011 30 ARI NL 67 69% 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 13 1 8% 14 3 21% 35 4 11% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2012 31 ARI NL 24 67% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 7 0 0% 7 1 14% 20 1 5% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
8 Yrs 122 66% 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 11 73% 26 1 4% 26 5 19% 71 6 8% 4 2 50% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2008 27 LAA AL 3 11 3.67 8 73% 63% 13% 13% 13% 38% 0% 27% 67% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2010 29 TOT MLB 28 86 3.07 64 74% 28% 20% 22% 30% 72% 0% 53% 72% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 38% 0 0 0
2010 29 LAA AL 1 4 4.00 3 75% 33% 33% 0% 33% 67% 0% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 29 ARI NL 27 82 3.04 61 74% 28% 20% 23% 30% 72% 0% 54% 73% 52% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 38% 0 0 0
2011 30 ARI NL 67 214 3.19 146 68% 35% 12% 18% 34% 65% 0% 44% 81% 22% 6% 4 0 9% 6 1 6% 4 2 27% 0 0 0
2012 31 ARI NL 24 80 3.33 56 70% 43% 7% 16% 34% 57% 0% 40% 88% 17% 0% 0 0 13% 3 0 8% 2 0 50% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 122 391 3.20 274 70% 36% 13% 19% 32% 64% 0% 45% 80% 27% 3% 4 0 7% 9 1 5% 6 2 34% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 27 64 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 28 95 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 29 128 31 27 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 10 .074 .107 .074 .181 -51 2 0 0 3 0 0
2011 30 161 98 88 2 14 1 0 0 5 1 0 3 25 .159 .187 .170 .357 -3 15 1 0 7 0 0
2012 31 171 122 106 3 15 1 0 0 6 1 0 4 29 .142 .171 .151 .322 -12 16 1 0 11 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2008 27 31 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
2010 29 33 28 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 .000 .040 .000 .040 0 33
2011 30 33 67 61 2 12 1 0 0 4 0 2 15 .197 .222 .213 .435 3 33
2012 31 10 24 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .050 .000 .050 0 10
4 Yrs 107 122 106 2 12 1 0 0 4 1 4 29 .113 .144 .123 .267 3 107
162 Game Avg. 162 185 160 3 18 2 0 0 6 2 6 44 .113 .144 .123 .267 5 107

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 *

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2012 NL  4 (9th)

                           

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