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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 Pitching

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
2003 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2005 24 LAA AL 0 0 7.71 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 10 8 8 3 4 0 4 0 0 1 41 57 1.500 9.6 2.9 3.9 3.9 1.00
2006 25 LAA AL 7 3 .700 4.71 13 13 0 0 0 0 70.2 71 42 37 6 29 1 51 1 1 2 302 96 1.415 9.0 0.8 3.7 6.5 1.76
2007 26 LAA AL 8 5 .615 4.44 18 18 0 0 0 0 107.1 129 56 53 11 34 1 69 1 0 3 473 102 1.519 10.8 0.9 2.9 5.8 2.03
2008 27 LAA AL 17 7 .708 3.41 31 31 0 1 0 0 198.0 187 82 75 21 53 2 103 6 0 3 807 131 1.212 8.5 1.0 2.4 4.7 1.94 AS
2009 28 LAA AL 16 7 .696 4.60 31 31 0 1 1 0 186.0 202 102 95 29 64 2 101 6 1 5 805 95 1.430 9.8 1.4 3.1 4.9 1.58
2010 29 TOT MLB 9 17 .346 4.47 33 33 0 3 1 0 203.1 232 120 101 25 64 1 114 5 0 6 880 92 1.456 10.3 1.1 2.8 5.0 1.78
2010 29 LAA AL 6 10 .375 4.62 20 20 0 2 1 0 120.2 135 70 62 14 45 1 64 1 0 3 522 86 1.492 10.1 1.0 3.4 4.8 1.42
2010 29 ARI NL 3 7 .300 4.25 13 13 0 1 0 0 82.2 97 50 39 11 19 0 50 4 0 3 358 100 1.403 10.6 1.2 2.1 5.4 2.63
2011 30 ARI NL 12 13 .480 3.69 33 33 0 1 0 0 212.0 210 94 87 29 67 4 108 3 0 3 874 109 1.307 8.9 1.2 2.8 4.6 1.61
2012 31 ARI NL 3 3 .500 3.61 10 10 0 1 1 0 62.1 65 28 25 7 16 1 41 1 0 1 262 113 1.299 9.4 1.0 2.3 5.9 2.56
8 Yrs 72 55 .567 4.13 171 171 0 7 3 0 1049.0 1106 532 481 131 331 12 591 23 2 24 4444 104 1.370 9.5 1.1 2.8 5.1 1.79
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .567 4.13 34 34 0 1 1 0 209 220 106 96 26 66 2 118 5 0 5 884 104 1.370 9.5 1.1 2.8 5.1 1.79
LAA (6 yrs) 54 32 .628 4.29 115 115 0 4 2 0 692.0 734 360 330 84 229 7 392 15 2 17 2950 102 1.392 9.5 1.1 3.0 5.1 1.71
ARI (3 yrs) 18 23 .439 3.81 56 56 0 3 1 0 357.0 372 172 151 47 102 5 199 8 0 7 1494 107 1.328 9.4 1.2 2.6 5.0 1.95
AL (6 yrs) 54 32 .628 4.29 115 115 0 4 2 0 692.0 734 360 330 84 229 7 392 15 2 17 2950 102 1.392 9.5 1.1 3.0 5.1 1.71
NL (3 yrs) 18 23 .439 3.81 56 56 0 3 1 0 357.0 372 172 151 47 102 5 199 8 0 7 1494 107 1.328 9.4 1.2 2.6 5.0 1.95

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2005 24 LAA AL 9.1 2 2 8 7.71 4.78 0.30 0.18 93.4 4.34 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .345 .498 $
2006 25 LAA AL 70.2 13 13 42 5.35 5.22 0.00 0.20 99.0 5.37 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.5 9 .496 .500 $
2007 26 LAA AL 107.1 18 18 56 4.70 4.92 0.03 0.19 99.9 5.08 4 0.4 -0.1 1.2 18 .520 .502 $380,000
2008 27 LAA AL 198.0 31 31 82 3.73 4.82 0.06 0.19 102.6 5.08 26 2.8 -0.1 4.4 54 .591 .517 $425,000 AS
2009 28 LAA AL 186.0 31 31 102 4.94 4.78 0.47 0.19 97.3 4.37 -13 -1.2 -0.1 0.3 11 .460 .492 $475,000
2010 29 LAA AL 120.2 20 20 70 5.22 4.31 -0.11 0.16 97.1 4.44 -11 -1.1 -0.1 -0.1 3 .443 .493 $3,700,000
2010 29 ARI NL 82.2 13 13 50 5.44 4.42 0.17 0.17 105.3 4.65 -7 -0.8 -0.1 -0.2 0 .442 .495 $
2011 30 ARI NL 212.0 33 33 94 3.99 4.09 0.33 0.15 103.2 4.04 -0 -0.0 -0.1 1.4 20 .500 .500 $5,500,000
2012 31 ARI NL 62.1 10 10 28 4.04 4.16 0.21 0.15 103.1 4.24 1 0.1 -0.1 0.5 7 .508 .500 $
8 Seasons 1049.0 171 171 532 4.56 4.57 0.18 0.17 100.8 4.60 -5 -0.2 -0.7 7.8 120 .499 .500 $10,480,000
LAA (6 yrs) 692.0 115 115 360 4.68 4.78 0.13 0.18 99.3 4.80 2 0.4 -0.5 6.1 93 .504 .500 $4,980,000
ARI (3 yrs) 357.0 56 56 172 4.34 4.18 0.27 0.16 103.7 4.22 -7 -0.7 -0.2 1.7 27 .488 .499 $5,500,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp 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
2008 27 LAA AL ALDS L BOS 0 0 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 4 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 23 1.929 9.6 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50
2009 28 LAA AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 4.35 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 13 5 5 1 6 0 5 0 0 0 48 1.839 11.3 0.9 5.2 4.4 0.83
2011 30 ARI NL NLDS L MIL 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 2.333 15.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 1 .000 6.00 4 4 0 0 0 0 18.0 23 12 12 1 12 0 8 1 0 0 86 1.944 11.5 0.5 6.0 4.0 0.67
1 NLDS 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 2.333 15.0 0.0 6.0 3.0 0.50
1 ALDS 0 0 7.71 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 5 4 4 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 23 1.929 9.6 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 4.35 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 13 5 5 1 6 0 5 0 0 0 48 1.839 11.3 0.9 5.2 4.4 0.83

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
2008 LAA AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
2005 24 LAA AL 2 41 37 8 10 2 0 3 1 0 4 4 .270 .341 .568 .909 .233 21 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 25 LAA AL 13 302 269 42 71 13 0 6 1 3 29 51 .264 .336 .379 .715 .304 102 10 1 1 2 1 6
2007 26 LAA AL 18 473 433 56 129 27 2 11 7 4 34 69 .298 .347 .446 .792 .330 193 10 1 0 5 1 4
2008 27 LAA AL 31 807 740 82 187 32 1 21 18 7 53 103 .253 .307 .384 .691 .269 284 28 6 5 2 2 11
2009 28 LAA AL 31 805 725 102 202 32 4 29 18 7 64 101 .279 .340 .454 .794 .289 329 27 6 6 4 2 9
2010 29 TOT MLB 33 880 797 120 232 47 5 25 9 10 64 114 .291 .344 .457 .801 .311 364 23 5 6 8 1 10
2010 29 ARI NL 13 358 331 50 97 15 3 11 5 4 19 50 .293 .336 .456 .792 .315 151 10 4 1 3 0 6
2010 29 LAA AL 20 522 466 70 135 32 2 14 4 6 45 64 .290 .350 .457 .807 .308 213 13 1 5 5 1 4
2011 30 ARI NL 33 874 790 94 210 35 7 29 9 12 67 108 .266 .324 .438 .762 .275 346 28 3 9 5 4 7
2012 31 ARI NL 10 262 244 28 65 12 0 7 2 5 16 41 .266 .314 .402 .716 .296 98 3 1 1 0 1 2
8 Yrs 171 4444 4035 532 1106 200 19 131 65 48 331 591 .274 .331 .430 .761 .292 1737 130 23 28 26 12 49
162 Game Avg. 34 884 802 106 220 40 4 26 13 10 66 118 .274 .331 .430 .761 .292 345 26 5 6 5 2 10
MLB Averages .262 .330 .415 .745 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2005 24 LAA AL -3.2 -0.3 42 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 1.03 -0.2 0.0 -3.8 -0.3 1.03 -2.3 0 0 0
2006 25 LAA AL -1.9 -0.2 309 0.7 5.6 -4.9 .96 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.96 5.3 0 0 0
2007 26 LAA AL 1.6 0.2 485 -0.2 8.7 -8.9 1.02 -0.0 -0.2 1.9 0.2 1.02 -0.2 0 0 0
2008 27 LAA AL 22.2 2.2 832 3.5 16.9 -13.4 1.05 2.3 1.0 27.8 2.8 1.05 27.6 0 0 0
2009 28 LAA AL -4.3 -0.4 836 -0.4 14.7 -15.1 1.01 -0.7 0.3 -4.6 -0.4 1.01 -6.6 0 0 0
2010 29 TOT MLB -13.6 -1.3 910 -0.9 14.6 -15.5 .92 -1.7 0.7 -16.6 -1.6 0.92 -16.8 0 0 0
2010 29 LAA AL -10.4 -1.0 537 -0.3 9.4 -9.7 1.00 -0.9 0.6 -9.7 -1.0 1.00 -9.6 0 0 0
2010 29 ARI NL -3.2 -0.3 373 -0.6 5.2 -5.8 .81 -0.8 0.0 -7.0 -0.7 0.81 -7.1 0 0 0
2011 30 ARI NL 6.1 0.6 900 1.2 15.4 -14.2 .95 0.1 1.2 9.0 0.9 0.95 -1.7 0 0 0
2012 31 ARI NL 3.0 0.3 270 0.4 4.6 -4.3 .97 0.2 0.2 -0.3 -0.0 0.97 1.9 0 0 0
8 Yrs 9.8 1.1 4584 4.0 81.2 -77.2 .98 0.4 3.7 14.1 1.6 0.98 7.1 0 0 0

Starting Pitching*

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
2005 24 LAA AL 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 1 1 0 0 1 50% 41.0 60 22 2 0 0 2 6.0 3.0 4.7 76 1 1 0 0 95
2006 25 LAA AL 13 13 7 3 3 0 0 10 3 .769 2 1 0 0 8 62% 48.6 75 11 9 6 0 7 5.8 5.6 5.4 89 4 4 5 0 115
2007 26 LAA AL 18 18 8 5 5 2 1 11 7 .611 2 3 0 0 8 44% 46.8 68 24 12 2 0 11 5.3 5.1 6.0 99 0 7 11 0 109
2008 27 LAA AL 31 31 17 7 7 3 2 23 8 .742 3 3 1 0 22 71% 53.2 78 14 13 6 0 19 4.5 4.3 6.4 97 1 15 15 0 112
2009 28 LAA AL 31 31 16 7 8 4 1 20 11 .645 2 5 1 1 13 42% 47.3 82 14 17 2 0 16 6.5 6.5 6.0 97 2 12 17 0 114
2010 29 TOT MLB 33 33 9 17 7 0 3 13 20 .394 4 3 3 1 15 45% 0.0 83 13 22 10 0 16 3.9 3.9 6.2 100 2 10 20 1 126
2010 29 LAA AL 20 20 6 10 4 0 2 9 11 .450 3 1 2 1 9 45% 46.4 83 13 16 6 0 10 3.9 4.0 6.0 100 1 7 11 1 126
2010 29 ARI NL 13 13 3 7 3 0 1 4 9 .308 1 2 1 0 6 46% 47.8 76 14 6 4 0 6 3.9 3.6 6.4 101 1 3 9 0 116
2011 30 ARI NL 33 33 12 13 8 2 4 17 16 .515 3 4 1 0 20 61% 51.5 76 25 17 9 0 16 4.4 3.3 6.4 97 1 18 13 1 120
2012 31 ARI NL 10 10 3 3 4 1 1 4 6 .400 3 0 1 1 6 60% 52.0 83 17 8 2 0 4 4.5 5.3 6.2 96 2 3 5 0 116
8 Yrs 171 171 72 55 44 12 12 98 73 .573 20 20 7 3 93 54% 49 83 11 100 37 0 91 4.9 4.6 6.1 97 13 70 86 2 126
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -13 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2005 24 LAA AL 41 34% 7.3% 9.8% 9.8% 12.2% 50% 0.74 1.00 73% 24% 15.8% 0% 6 1 17%
2006 25 LAA AL 302 18% 2.0% 16.9% 9.6% 6.3% 27% 0.92 1.39 71% 19% 5.5% 4% 61 10 16%
2007 26 LAA AL 473 18% 2.3% 14.6% 7.2% 8.5% 31% 0.84 1.24 76% 23% 5.9% 7% 95 10 11%
2008 27 LAA AL 807 23% 2.6% 12.8% 6.6% 6.7% 29% 0.88 1.15 77% 15% 7.1% 12% 144 28 19%
2009 28 LAA AL 805 26% 3.6% 12.6% 8.0% 8.1% 32% 0.90 1.32 74% 16% 10.3% 15% 164 27 16%
2010 29 TOT MLB 880 24% 2.8% 13.0% 7.3% 8.8% 33% 0.78 1.07 76% 20% 7.3% 11% 165 23 14%
2010 29 LAA AL 522 26% 2.7% 12.3% 8.6% 9.2% 36% 0.76 1.02 75% 19% 7.1% 14% 100 13 13%
2010 29 ARI NL 358 22% 3.1% 14.0% 5.3% 8.1% 30% 0.80 1.14 76% 22% 7.6% 6% 65 10 15%
2011 30 ARI NL 874 21% 3.3% 12.4% 7.7% 8.1% 34% 0.81 1.20 75% 18% 8.8% 12% 136 28 21%
2012 31 ARI NL 262 25% 2.7% 15.7% 6.1% 7.3% 29% 0.90 1.14 75% 14% 7.7% 13% 38 3 8%
8 Yrs 4444 23% 3.0% 13.3% 7.5% 7.9% 32% 0.85 1.19 75% 18% 7.9% 11% 809 130 16%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.6% 12% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
2005 24 LAA AL 41 152 3.71 93 61% 24% 8% 33% 35% 76% 0% 47% 90% 56% 7% 3 2 20% 8 2 0 25% 0 1 0 0 0
2006 25 LAA AL 304 1160 3.82 708 61% 26% 16% 27% 31% 74% 1% 45% 78% 56% 7% 21 14 23% 69 38 5 22% 5 6 -2 0 0
2007 26 LAA AL 476 1774 3.73 1097 62% 27% 13% 26% 34% 73% 1% 45% 82% 58% 5% 23 14 20% 95 38 5 26% 6 8 -3 0 0
2008 27 LAA AL 809 3003 3.71 1855 62% 27% 12% 26% 35% 73% 1% 45% 83% 59% 4% 29 20 19% 152 58 2 22% 16 7 -2 0 0
2009 28 LAA AL 808 3009 3.72 1828 61% 27% 11% 27% 35% 73% 1% 44% 85% 58% 5% 37 23 16% 133 54 5 24% 9 12 -3 0 0
2010 29 TOT MLB 883 3315 3.75 1997 60% 29% 10% 26% 35% 71% 0% 43% 86% 60% 6% 49 37 19% 170 56 12 24% 17 11 -3 0 0
2010 29 LAA AL 523 2008 3.84 1190 59% 29% 11% 26% 35% 71% 0% 42% 85% 60% 7% 34 24 21% 112 32 8 20% 12 9 -1 0 0
2010 29 ARI NL 360 1307 3.63 807 62% 29% 9% 26% 35% 71% 0% 44% 87% 61% 4% 15 13 16% 58 24 4 28% 5 2 -2 0 0
2011 30 ARI NL 878 3217 3.66 1983 62% 27% 11% 26% 35% 73% 1% 45% 85% 60% 5% 41 23 19% 163 60 16 32% 13 13 -4 0 0
2012 31 ARI NL 265 957 3.61 584 61% 27% 12% 26% 35% 73% 1% 44% 84% 57% 5% 13 7 18% 47 20 2 34% 7 5 -3 0 0
8 Yrs 4464 16587 3.72 10145 61% 27% 12% 27% 34% 73% 1% 44% 84% 59% 5% 216 140 19% 837 326 47 26% 73 63 -20 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
2005 24 LAA AL 41 10 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 25 LAA AL 302 71 9 0 6 0 11 6 0 5 1 18 7 3 39% 6 2 0 105 1 3 25% 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
2007 26 LAA AL 473 129 12 1 11 0 8 11 0 5 6 25 14 5 56% 4 3 0 186 7 4 64% 5 3 2 1 0 0 2 2 8 0
2008 27 LAA AL 807 187 21 2 21 0 10 19 2 13 8 24 12 4 50% 11 3 2 279 18 7 72% 14 6 4 1 0 0 3 3 10 0
2009 28 LAA AL 805 202 13 2 29 0 20 24 5 18 11 47 24 5 51% 9 5 2 287 18 7 72% 14 3 4 3 0 1 2 2 19 0
2010 29 TOT MLB 880 232 29 3 25 1 15 20 5 15 10 44 22 5 50% 10 6 1 326 9 10 47% 8 9 1 1 0 0 9 7 20 0
2010 29 LAA AL 522 135 18 1 14 1 9 12 2 10 4 24 11 1 46% 4 3 0 198 4 6 40% 4 5 0 1 0 0 6 4 10 0
2010 29 ARI NL 358 97 11 2 11 0 6 8 3 5 6 20 11 4 55% 6 3 1 128 5 4 56% 4 4 1 0 0 0 3 3 10 0
2011 30 ARI NL 874 210 24 3 29 0 15 23 6 10 19 45 21 5 47% 7 3 0 267 9 12 43% 9 9 0 2 0 1 5 5 10 0
2012 31 ARI NL 262 65 12 2 7 0 8 7 0 6 1 7 3 1 43% 2 1 0 82 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
8 Yrs 4444 1106 120 13 131 1 87 112 19 73 58 212 104 28 49% 49 24 5 1542 65 48 58% 53 38 12 8 0 2 24 22 76 0
MLB Averages 53% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2005 24 0 0 7.71 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.1 10 8 8 3 4 0 4 0 0 1 41 57 1.500 9.6 2.9 3.9 3.9 1.00 57
2006 25 7 3 .700 5.06 15 15 0 0 0 0 80.0 81 50 45 9 33 1 55 1 1 3 343 89 1.425 9.1 1.0 3.7 6.2 1.67 89
2007 26 15 8 .652 4.71 33 33 0 0 0 0 187.1 210 106 98 20 67 2 124 2 1 6 816 96 1.479 10.1 1.0 3.2 6.0 1.85 96
2008 27 32 15 .681 4.04 64 64 0 1 0 0 385.1 397 188 173 41 120 4 227 8 1 9 1623 111 1.342 9.3 1.0 2.8 5.3 1.89 111
2009 28 48 22 .686 4.22 95 95 0 2 1 0 571.1 599 290 268 70 184 6 328 14 2 14 2428 105 1.370 9.4 1.1 2.9 5.2 1.78 105
2010 29 57 39 .594 4.29 128 128 0 5 2 0 774.2 831 410 369 95 248 7 442 19 2 20 3308 102 1.393 9.7 1.1 2.9 5.1 1.78 102
2011 30 69 52 .570 4.16 161 161 0 6 2 0 986.2 1041 504 456 124 315 11 550 22 2 23 4182 103 1.374 9.5 1.1 2.9 5.0 1.75 103
2012 31 72 55 .567 4.13 171 171 0 7 3 0 1049.0 1106 532 481 131 331 12 591 23 2 24 4444 104 1.370 9.5 1.1 2.8 5.1 1.79 104

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
2005 24 0 1 .000 8.00 9.0 10 9 8 3 4 4 0 1.556 10.0 4.0 4.0 1.00 3.0 2
2006 25 3 4 .429 4.84 67.0 70 40 36 6 29 49 1 1.478 9.4 3.9 6.6 1.69 0.8 13
2007 26 5 6 .455 4.41 104.0 127 57 51 11 33 67 1 1.538 11.0 2.9 5.8 2.03 1.0 18
2008 27 11 9 .550 3.49 188.0 184 81 73 21 52 98 6 1.255 8.8 2.5 4.7 1.88 1.0 31
2009 28 8 11 .421 4.80 178.0 202 106 95 29 64 96 6 1.494 10.2 3.2 4.9 1.50 1.5 31
2010 29 8 13 .381 5.02 190.0 238 118 106 26 66 107 5 1.600 11.3 3.1 5.1 1.62 1.2 33
2011 30 10 11 .476 4.07 197.0 212 99 89 29 68 100 3 1.421 9.7 3.1 4.6 1.47 1.3 33
2012 31 3 3 .500 3.75 60.0 66 28 25 7 16 39 1 1.367 9.9 2.4 5.9 2.44 1.1 10
8 Yrs 48 58 .453 4.38 993.0 1109 538 483 132 332 560 23 1.451 10.1 5.1 1.69 1.2 171

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 *

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2008 AL  4.4 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL  3.41 (7th)
Active  4.13 (33rd)

Wins s c a p y
2008 AL  17 (6th)
2009 AL  16 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2008 AL  .708 (5th)
2009 AL  .696 (4th)
Active  .567 (23rd)
Career  .567 (239th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2008 AL  1.212 (9th)
Active  1.370 (49th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
Active  2.840 (35th)

Games Started s c a p y
2011 NL  33 (4th)

Complete Games s c a p y
2012 NL  1 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
2009 AL  1 (7th)
2010 AL  1 (3rd)
2012 NL  1 (1st)
Active  3 (46th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  29 (2nd)
2011 NL  29 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  202 (8th)
2011 NL  210 (10th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  95 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL  131 (7th)
Active  104 (38th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2008 AL  22 (9th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2008 AL  2.3 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2008 AL  27.83 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2008 AL  3.5 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2008 AL  2.8 (8th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 24 (957), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (959), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (929), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  10. George Stone (942)
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