Joe Saunders
Joseph Francis Saunders
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 16, 1981 in Falls Church, VA
High School: West Springfield (Springfield, VA)
School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
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
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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
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 55 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 97 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 3 807 130 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 98 1.430 9.8 1.4 3.1 4.9 1.58
5 Seasons 48 22 .686 4.22 95 95 0 2 1 0 571.1 599 290 268 70 184 6 328 14 2 14 2428 106 1.370 9.4 1.1 2.9 5.2 1.78
162 Game Avg. 17 8 .686 4.22 34 34 0 1 0 0 204 214 104 96 25 66 2 117 5 1 5 869 106 1.370 9.4 1.1 2.9 5.2 1.78

Postseason Pitching

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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
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 5.40 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.0 18 9 9 1 10 0 7 1 0 0 71 1.867 10.8 0.6 6.0 4.2 0.70
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

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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 LAA AL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 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*

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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
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
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
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
2008 27 LAA AL 31 806 740 82 187 32 1 21 18 7 53 103 .253 .307 .384 .691 .269 284 28 6 5 2 2
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
5 Seasons 95 2427 2204 290 599 106 7 70 45 21 184 328 .272 .330 .422 .752 .291 929 76 14 12 13 6
162 Game Avg. 34 869 789 104 214 38 3 25 16 8 66 117 .272 .330 .422 .752 .291 332 27 5 4 5 2
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2005 24 LAA AL 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .000 1 1 0 0 1 50% 41 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% 49 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% 47 68 24 12 2 0 11 5.3 5.1 6.0 98 0 7 11 0 109
2008 27 LAA AL 31 31 17 7 7 3 2 23 8 .742 2 3 1 0 22 71% 54 78 16 13 6 0 19 4.5 4.3 6.4 97 2 14 15 0 112
2009 28 LAA AL 31 31 16 7 8 4 1 20 11 .645 0 5 1 1 13 42% 47 82 14 17 2 0 16 6.5 6.5 6.0 97 2 12 17 0 114
5 Seasons 95 95 48 22 25 9 4 64 31 .674 7 13 2 1 52 55% 49 82 11 53 16 0 55 5.5 5.3 6.0 96 9 38 48 0 115
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

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%
2005 24 LAA AL 41 66% 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 82% 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 82% 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 77% 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 74% 3.6% 12.6% 8.0% 8.1% 32% 0.90 1.32 74% 16% 10.3% 15% 164 27 16%
5 Seasons 2428 77% 2.9% 13.5% 7.6% 7.5% 31% 0.88 1.25 75% 18% 7.8% 11% 470 76 16%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

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
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 302 1157 3.83 708 61% 26% 16% 27% 31% 74% 1% 45% 78% 56% 7% 21 14 23% 69 38 5 22% 5 6 0 0 0
2007 26 LAA AL 473 1769 3.74 1093 62% 27% 13% 26% 34% 73% 1% 45% 82% 57% 5% 23 14 20% 95 38 5 26% 6 8 0 0 0
2008 27 LAA AL 807 3000 3.72 1853 62% 27% 12% 26% 35% 73% 1% 45% 83% 59% 4% 29 20 19% 152 58 2 22% 16 7 0 0 1
2009 28 LAA AL 805 3002 3.73 1824 61% 27% 11% 27% 35% 73% 1% 44% 85% 58% 5% 37 23 16% 132 54 5 24% 9 12 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2428 9080 3.74 5571 61% 27% 12% 27% 34% 73% 1% 45% 83% 58% 5% 113 73 19% 456 190 17 23% 36 34 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
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% 11 5 2 287 18 7 72% 14 3 4 3 0 1 3 2 19 0
5 Seasons 2428 599 55 5 70 0 49 62 8 42 28 116 58 17 50% 32 14 4 867 45 21 68% 34 15 11 5 0 1 9 8 44 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
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 55 1.500 9.6 2.9 3.9 3.9 1.00 55
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 106 1.370 9.4 1.1 2.9 5.2 1.78 106

Neutralized Pitching

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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 0 8.00 9.0 11 9 8 3 4 4 0 1.667 11.0 4.0 4.0 1.00 3.0 2
2006 25 3 4 .429 4.76 68.0 69 40 36 6 28 49 1 1.426 9.1 3.7 6.5 1.75 0.8 13
2007 26 5 6 .455 4.41 104.0 126 57 51 11 33 67 1 1.529 10.9 2.9 5.8 2.03 1.0 18
2008 27 11 9 .550 3.43 189.0 183 80 72 21 52 98 6 1.243 8.7 2.5 4.7 1.88 1.0 31
2009 28 8 11 .421 4.63 179.0 200 102 92 29 63 97 6 1.469 10.1 3.2 4.9 1.54 1.5 31
5 Seasons 27 30 .474 4.25 549.0 589 288 259 70 180 315 14 1.401 9.7 5.2 1.75 1.1 95

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2008 *

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2008 AL  3.409 (7th)

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

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2008 AL  .708 (4th)
2009 AL  .696 (4th)

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

Shutouts s c a p y
2009 AL  1 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  29 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
2009 AL  202 (8th)

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

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2008 AL  130 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 19 (1084), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (981), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Scott Baker (949)
  7. Jack Bentley (947)
  8. John Maine (945)
  9. Johnny Broaca (945)
  10. Tommy Greene (942)
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  6. Emil Yde (947)
  7. Chien-Ming Wang (946)
  8. John Maine (945)
  9. Tommy Greene (942)
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