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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/Orioles 2005-2012
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.013, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Greg Genske [*]
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Fine Details · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 4:17PM

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #886. Chien-Ming Wang… #887. Art Houtteman… #888. Jesse Crain… #889. JOE SAUNDERS… #890. Steve Hargan… #891. Chris Capuano… #892. Bill Sweeney…

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #886. Chien-Ming Wang… #887. Art Houtteman… #888. Jesse Crain… #889. JOE SAUNDERS… #890. Steve Hargan… #891. Chris Capuano… #892. Bill Sweeney…

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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
2002	21	ANA-min	Rk,A	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	PVO,CDR · PION,MIDW
2003		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2004	23	ANA-min	A+,AA	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	RCU,ARK · CALL,TL
2005	24	ANA-min	AA,AAA	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	ARK,SLK · TL,PCL
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	ANA-min	AAA	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	SLK · PCL
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	ANA-min	AAA	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	SLK · PCL
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	107	1.307	8.9	1.2	2.8	4.6	1.61
2012	31	ARI-min	Rk	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	DKS · ARIZ
2012	31	TOT	MLB	9	13	.409	4.07	28	28	0	1	1	0	174.2	195	88	79	21	39	2	112	2	0	3	745	103	1.340	10.0	1.1	2.0	5.8	2.87
2012	31	ARI	NL	6	10	.375	4.22	21	21	0	1	1	0	130.0	146	68	61	17	31	1	89	2	0	2	561	99	1.362	10.1	1.2	2.1	6.2	2.87
2012	31	BAL	AL	3	3	.500	3.63	7	7	0	0	0	0	44.2	49	20	18	4	8	1	23	0	0	1	184	117	1.276	9.9	0.8	1.6	4.6	2.88
8 Yrs				78	65	.545	4.15	189	189	0	7	3	0	1161.1	1236	592	535	145	354	13	662	24	2	26	4927	103	1.369	9.6	1.1	2.7	5.1	1.87
162 Game Avg.				14	12	.545	4.15	34	34	0	1	1	0	209	222	106	96	26	64	2	119	4	0	5	886	103	1.369	9.6	1.1	2.7	5.1	1.87

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)				21	30	.412	3.96	67	67	0	3	1	0	424.2	453	212	187	57	117	5	247	9	0	8	1793	103	1.342	9.6	1.2	2.5	5.2	2.11
BAL (1 yr)				3	3	.500	3.63	7	7	0	0	0	0	44.2	49	20	18	4	8	1	23	0	0	1	184	117	1.276	9.9	0.8	1.6	4.6	2.88

AL (7 yrs)				57	35	.620	4.25	122	122	0	4	2	0	736.2	783	380	348	88	237	8	415	15	2	18	3134	103	1.385	9.6	1.1	2.9	5.1	1.75
NL (3 yrs)				21	30	.412	3.96	67	67	0	3	1	0	424.2	453	212	187	57	117	5	247	9	0	8	1793	103	1.342	9.6	1.2	2.5	5.2	2.11

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	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	130.0	21	21	68	4.71	4.41	0.05	0.17	102.0	4.62	-3	-0.3	-0.1	0.6	10	.484	.498	$6,000,000
2012	31	BAL	AL	44.2	7	7	20	4.03	4.33	-0.14	0.17	100.9	4.68	3	0.3	-0.0	0.7	8	.547	.502	$
8 Seasons				1161.1	189	189	592	4.59	4.57	0.15	0.17	100.8	4.62	-6	-0.3	-0.7	8.6	132	.498	.500	$16,480,000

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)				424.2	67	67	212	4.49	4.25	0.21	0.16	103.2	4.33	-11	-1.1	-0.3	1.8	31	.484	.498	$11,500,000
BAL (1 yr)				44.2	7	7	20	4.03	4.33	-0.14	0.17	100.9	4.68	3	0.3	-0.0	0.7	8	.547	.502	$

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
2012	31	BAL	AL	ALWC	W	TEX	1	0	1.000	1.59	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	6	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	22	1.235	9.5	0.0	1.6	6.4	4.00
2012	31	BAL	AL	ALDS	L	NYY	0	0		1.59	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	3	1	1	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	22	1.235	4.8	0.0	6.4	7.9	1.25
4 Yrs (5 Series)							1	1	.500	4.30	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.1	32	14	14	1	17	0	17	1	0	0	130	1.670	9.8	0.3	5.2	5.2	1.00
1 ALWC							1	0	1.000	1.59	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.2	6	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	22	1.235	9.5	0.0	1.6	6.4	4.00
2 ALDS							0	0		4.35	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.1	8	5	5	0	8	0	7	1	0	0	45	1.548	7.0	0.0	7.0	6.1	0.88
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 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

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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
2002	21	ANA-min	Rk,A	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PVO,CDR · PION,MIDW
2003		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2004	23	ANA-min	AA,A+	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ARK,RCU · TL,CALL
2005	24	ANA-min	AA,AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ARK,SLK · TL,PCL
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	ANA-min	AAA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SLK · PCL
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	ANA-min	AAA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SLK · PCL
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	TOT	MLB	28	46	35	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3		.086	.154	.086	.240	-34	3	0	0	7	1	0	1
2012	31	ARI	NL	21	46	35	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.086	.154	.086	.240	-34	3	0	0	7	1	0	1
2012	31	BAL	AL	7	0																							/1
8 Yrs				189	144	123	3	17	1	0	0	6	1	0	6	25	.138	.177	.146	.323	-12	18	1	0	14	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	123	105	3	15	1	0	0	5			5		.138	.177	.146	.323	-12	15

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)				67	140	119	3	17	1	0	0	6	1	0	6	30	.143	.183	.151	.334	-9	18	1	0	14	1	0
BAL (1 yr)				7	0

AL (7 yrs)				122	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)				67	140	119	3	17	1	0	0	6	1	0	6	30	.143	.183	.151	.334	-9	18	1	0	14	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	21	46	-8	0	0	0	6	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$6,000,000	1
2012	31	BAL	AL	7		0	0	0	0	0	0					.500	.500		0.0		$	/1
8 Seasons				189	144	-20	1	0	0	19	0	0.0	4	4	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	4	$16,480,000

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)				67	140	-19	1	0	0	19	1	0.1	4	5	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	5	$11,500,000
BAL (1 yr)				7		0	0	0	0	0	0					.500	.500		0.0		$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	OBP	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
2012	31	BAL	AL	ALWC	TEX	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	31	BAL	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs (5 Series)							6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALWC							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
2 ALDS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		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

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
2005	LAA	AL	24	P	2	2	0	9.1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.74	1.70	1	0	0%	30%	0
2006	LAA	AL	25	P	13	13	0	70.2	11	1	10	0	3	1.000	0	0	1.40	0.85	.958	1.57	1.54	1	3	75%	30%	1
2007	LAA	AL	26	P	18	18	0	107.1	17	3	14	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.43	0.94	.955	1.60	1.59	7	4	36%	27%	2
2008	LAA	AL	27	P	31	31	1	198.0	41	8	33	0	3	1.000	1	1	1.86	1.32	.952	1.60	1.59	18	7	28%	27%	3	AS
2009	LAA	AL	28	P	31	31	1	186.0	32	7	24	1	3	.969	1	1	1.50	1.00	.953	1.53	1.51	18	7	28%	26%	2
2010	TOT	MLB	29	P	33	33	3	203.4	53	6	46	1	1	.981	4	3	2.30	1.58	.953	1.67	1.65	9	10	53%	28%	8
2010	LAA	AL	29	P	20	20	2	120.2	38	2	35	1	1	.974	6	10	2.76	1.85	.953	1.63	1.61	4	6	60%	26%	5
2010	ARI	NL	29	P	13	13	1	82.2	15	4	11	0	0	1.000	-2	-5	1.63	1.15	.954	1.73	1.72	5	4	44%	29%	3
2011	ARI	NL	30	P	33	33	1	212.0	49	13	36	0	2	1.000	7	7	2.08	1.48	.955	1.80	1.79	9	12	57%	28%	4
2012	TOT	MLB	31	P	28	28	1	174.2	36	12	23	1	2	.972	4	4	1.80	1.25	.951	1.72	1.70	4	6	60%	26%	2
2012	ARI	NL	31	P	21	21	1	130.0	29	11	17	1	1	.966	3	5	1.94	1.33	.950	1.77	1.75	3	5	63%	26%	2
2012	BAL	AL	31	P	7	7	0	44.2	7	1	6	0	1	1.000	1	4	1.41	1.00	.954	1.57	1.56	1	1	50%	26%	0
	8 Seasons			P	189	189	7	1161.1	239	50	186	3	14	.987	17	2	1.83	1.25	.953	1.66	1.64	67	49	42%	27%	22
	8 Seasons			TOT	189	189	7	1161.1	239	50	186	3	14	.987	17	17	1.83	1.25	.953	1.66	1.64	67	49	42%	27%	22

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 4.15 (41st)	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 .545 (33rd)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2008 AL 1.212 (9th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y Active 2.743 (34th)	Games Started s c a p y 2011 NL 33 (4th)
Shutouts s c a p y 2009 AL 1 (7th) 2010 AL 1 (3rd) 2012 NL 1 (8th)	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 103 (47th)	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)	Assists as P s c a p y 2008 AL 33 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y Active 1.25 (19th)
Fielding % as P s c a p y 2008 AL 1.000 (1st) 2011 NL 1.000 (1st)

† 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

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 22 (1014), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 10 (974), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1035), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (861st), 8.6 career WAR/9.1 7yr-peak WAR/8.9 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

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Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 2002.
July 25, 2010: Traded by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with a player to be named later, Patrick Corbin and Rafael Rodriguez to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Dan Haren. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim sent Tyler Skaggs (August 7, 2010) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.
December 12, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
January 17, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
August 26, 2012: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with cash to the Baltimore Orioles for Matt Lindstrom and cash.
October 29, 2012: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2007	26	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	$380,000
2008	27	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	$425,000
2009	28	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	$475,000
2010	29	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	$3,700,000
2011	30	Arizona Diamondbacks	$5,500,000
2012	31	Arizona Diamondbacks	$6,000,000	contracts
2013 Status		3rd-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$16,480,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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