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Joe Thatcher

Joseph Thatcher

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: October 4, 1981 in Indianapolis, IN
High School: Kokomo HS (Kokomo, IN)
School: Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 2007
Team: Padres 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$700k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.068, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Nick Brockmeyer [*]
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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
2007 25 SDP NL 2 2 .500 1.29 22 0 5 0 0 0 21.0 13 6 3 1 6 2 16 1 0 0 85 316 0.905 5.6 0.4 2.6 6.9 2.67
2008 26 SDP NL 0 4 .000 8.42 25 0 7 0 0 0 25.2 42 25 24 4 13 2 17 0 0 0 128 46 2.143 14.7 1.4 4.6 6.0 1.31
2009 27 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 2.80 52 0 7 0 0 0 45.0 37 14 14 2 18 7 55 4 1 2 188 136 1.222 7.4 0.4 3.6 11.0 3.06
2010 28 SDP NL 1 0 1.000 1.29 65 0 12 0 0 0 35.0 23 5 5 1 7 2 45 1 0 0 137 288 0.857 5.9 0.3 1.8 11.6 6.43
2011 29 SDP NL 0 0 4.50 18 0 5 0 0 0 10.0 8 5 5 1 7 1 9 0 0 0 44 82 1.500 7.2 0.9 6.3 8.1 1.29
2012 30 SDP NL 0 0 1.98 19 0 6 0 0 0 13.2 7 4 3 0 6 2 15 1 0 0 54 186 0.951 4.6 0.0 4.0 9.9 2.50
6 Yrs 4 6 .400 3.23 201 0 42 0 0 0 150.1 130 59 54 9 57 16 157 7 1 2 636 118 1.244 7.8 0.5 3.4 9.4 2.75
162 Game Avg. 1 2 .400 3.23 68 0 14 0 0 0 51 44 20 18 3 19 5 53 2 0 1 215 118 1.244 7.8 0.5 3.4 9.4 2.75

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
2007 25 SDP NL 21.0 22 0 6 2.57 4.74 -0.03 -0.34 94.4 4.17 4 0.4 1.2 -0.0 0.5 6 .518 .502 $
2008 26 SDP NL 25.2 25 0 25 8.77 4.53 -0.02 -0.33 88.1 3.71 -14 -1.4 1.3 -0.3 -1.4 -12 .445 .491 $393,000
2009 27 SDP NL 45.0 52 0 14 2.80 4.67 -0.07 -0.34 89.9 3.95 6 0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.9 10 .512 .504 $
2010 28 SDP NL 35.0 65 0 5 1.29 4.65 0.33 -0.35 91.2 3.62 9 1.0 1.2 -0.0 1.2 12 .515 .506 $412,700
2011 29 SDP NL 10.0 18 0 5 4.50 4.52 0.19 -0.34 96.2 3.84 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.0 0.0 0 .495 .499 $433,900
2012 30 SDP NL 13.2 19 0 4 2.63 4.36 -0.21 -0.33 90.7 3.85 2 0.2 1.5 0.0 0.3 3 .510 .501 $
6 Seasons 150.1 201 0 59 3.53 4.61 0.04 -0.34 91.0 3.85 5 0.7 1.2 -0.4 1.5 20 .503 .501 $1,239,600

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
2007 25 SDP NL 22 85 78 6 13 4 0 1 3 0 6 16 .167 .235 .256 .492 .197 20 1 1 0 0 2 3
2008 26 SDP NL 25 128 110 25 42 8 1 4 1 0 13 17 .382 .437 .582 1.018 .413 64 3 0 2 3 2 1
2009 27 SDP NL 52 188 163 14 37 8 0 2 5 1 18 55 .227 .316 .313 .628 .324 51 4 4 1 2 7 0
2010 28 SDP NL 65 137 124 5 23 3 0 1 3 0 7 45 .185 .231 .234 .465 .275 29 0 1 3 2 2 1
2011 29 SDP NL 18 44 37 5 8 1 0 1 1 1 7 9 .216 .341 .324 .665 .259 12 0 0 0 0 1 0
2012 30 SDP NL 19 54 46 4 7 2 1 0 1 2 6 15 .152 .264 .239 .503 .226 11 0 1 1 0 2 1
6 Yrs 201 636 558 59 130 26 2 9 14 4 57 157 .233 .308 .335 .644 .303 187 8 7 7 7 16 6
162 Game Avg. 68 215 189 20 44 9 1 3 5 1 19 53 .233 .308 .335 .644 .303 63 3 2 2 2 5 2
MLB Averages .261 .329 .411 .740 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2007 25 SDP NL 5.8 0.6 87 0.0 1.3 -1.3 .86 0.3 -0.3 4.3 0.4 0.86 4.7 8 3 11
2008 26 SDP NL -14.3 -1.4 130 -1.7 1.8 -3.5 1.18 -1.0 -0.4 -15.2 -1.5 1.18 -11.3 12 6 6
2009 27 SDP NL 6.2 0.6 197 0.6 2.2 -1.6 .65 0.7 0.2 8.3 0.9 0.65 7.7 16 4 29
2010 28 SDP NL 10.6 1.1 140 0.0 1.7 -1.7 .88 0.9 -0.9 5.2 0.6 0.88 10.2 23 11 29
2011 29 SDP NL -0.7 -0.1 46 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 .64 0.2 -0.4 0.4 0.0 0.64 0.6 4 1 12
2012 30 SDP NL 2.4 0.2 57 0.2 0.8 -0.7 .92 0.3 -0.1 3.6 0.4 0.92 3.4 8 4 7
6 Yrs 10.0 1.1 657 -1.0 8.3 -9.3 .86 1.4 -2.6 6.7 0.8 0.86 15.3 71 29 94

Reliever Pitching*

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
2007 25 SDP NL 22 22 5 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 20 4 20% 7 .856 8 3 11 8 3 11 9 13 7 10 7 5 2.9 16
2008 26 SDP NL 25 25 7 0 4 3 0 3 0% 8 5 16 9 56% 7 1.180 12 6 6 10 5 10 7 18 6 9 8 5 3.1 20
2009 27 SDP NL 52 52 7 1 0 1 0 1 0% 11 9 43 7 16% 7 .654 16 4 29 14 6 32 24 28 12 25 15 15 2.6 16
2010 28 SDP NL 65 65 12 1 0 0 0 0 15 12 67 13 19% 7 .880 23 11 29 26 8 31 38 27 2 43 5 22 1.6 9
2011 29 SDP NL 18 18 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16 3 19% 8 .644 4 1 12 5 3 10 9 9 0 13 2 2 1.7 10
2012 30 SDP NL 19 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 17 2 12% 6 .921 8 4 7 5 5 9 9 10 2 10 3 3 2.2 11
6 Yrs 201 201 42 4 6 4 0 4 0% 42 33 179 38 21% .858 71 29 94 68 30 103 96 105 29 110 40 52 2.2 13

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%
2007 25 SDP NL 85 34% 1.2% 18.8% 7.1% 5.9% 39% 1.21 1.35 72% 11% 4.2% 14% 14 1 7%
2008 26 SDP NL 128 27% 3.1% 13.3% 10.2% 10.2% 31% 0.72 1.36 72% 27% 9.3% 20% 31 3 10%
2009 27 SDP NL 188 47% 1.1% 29.3% 9.6% 5.3% 27% 0.76 0.98 57% 20% 4.0% 19% 35 4 11%
2010 28 SDP NL 137 52% 0.7% 32.9% 5.1% 2.9% 17% 0.70 1.00 58% 19% 2.4% 13% 25 0 0%
2011 29 SDP NL 44 50% 2.3% 20.5% 15.9% 4.6% 25% 0.63 0.67 61% 18% 8.3% 25% 8 0 0%
2012 30 SDP NL 54 37% 0.0% 27.8% 11.1% 5.6% 43% 0.67 0.85 57% 6% 0.0% 17% 5 0 0%
6 Yrs 636 42% 1.4% 24.7% 9.0% 5.8% 29% 0.78 1.06 63% 19% 4.9% 18% 118 8 7%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 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
2007 25 SDP NL 85 356 4.19 233 65% 30% 13% 30% 27% 70% 7% 46% 82% 69% 2% 2 0 32% 27 9 0 25% 1 0 0 0 0
2008 26 SDP NL 129 506 3.92 328 65% 25% 9% 36% 30% 75% 4% 49% 88% 57% 4% 5 1 29% 38 19 2 35% 3 2 -1 0 0
2009 27 SDP NL 189 820 4.34 508 62% 33% 18% 28% 22% 67% 8% 41% 74% 57% 10% 18 10 24% 46 10 1 27% 3 1 -1 0 0
2010 28 SDP NL 137 559 4.08 374 67% 28% 19% 31% 22% 72% 3% 48% 74% 64% 3% 4 3 27% 37 18 0 18% 8 0 0 0 0
2011 29 SDP NL 45 184 4.09 115 63% 23% 16% 37% 24% 77% 6% 48% 80% 73% 7% 3 0 24% 11 5 0 11% 3 2 -1 0 0
2012 30 SDP NL 54 202 3.74 129 64% 25% 18% 33% 25% 75% 11% 48% 76% 65% 9% 5 2 31% 17 11 1 7% 4 1 0 0 0
6 Yrs 639 2627 4.11 1687 64% 29% 15% 31% 25% 71% 6% 46% 78% 62% 6% 37 16 28% 176 72 4 22% 22 6 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 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
2007 25 SDP NL 85 13 1 0 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 12 3 2 25% 3 0 0 23 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 26 SDP NL 128 42 5 2 4 1 10 1 3 1 3 17 11 0 65% 1 0 0 49 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 27 SDP NL 188 37 7 1 2 0 12 1 1 1 1 16 8 2 50% 0 2 1 71 5 1 83% 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
2010 28 SDP NL 137 23 4 1 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 9 6 1 67% 1 0 0 49 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2011 29 SDP NL 44 8 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 50% 0 0 0 18 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
2012 30 SDP NL 54 7 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0% 1 0 0 17 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
6 Yrs 636 130 20 4 9 1 42 3 6 3 6 58 29 7 50% 6 2 1 227 14 4 78% 10 3 4 0 0 1 3 3 13 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2007 25 2 2 .500 1.29 22 0 5 0 0 0 21.0 13 6 3 1 6 2 16 1 0 0 85 316 0.905 5.6 0.4 2.6 6.9 2.67 316
2008 26 2 6 .250 5.21 47 0 12 0 0 0 46.2 55 31 27 5 19 4 33 1 0 0 213 76 1.586 10.6 1.0 3.7 6.4 1.74 76
2009 27 3 6 .333 4.03 99 0 19 0 0 0 91.2 92 45 41 7 37 11 88 5 1 2 401 96 1.407 9.0 0.7 3.6 8.6 2.38 96
2010 28 4 6 .400 3.27 164 0 31 0 0 0 126.2 115 50 46 8 44 13 133 6 1 2 538 117 1.255 8.2 0.6 3.1 9.5 3.02 117
2011 29 4 6 .400 3.36 182 0 36 0 0 0 136.2 123 55 51 9 51 14 142 6 1 2 582 114 1.273 8.1 0.6 3.4 9.4 2.78 114
2012 30 4 6 .400 3.23 201 0 42 0 0 0 150.1 130 59 54 9 57 16 157 7 1 2 636 118 1.244 7.8 0.5 3.4 9.4 2.75 118

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
2007 25 2 0 1.000 1.29 21.0 14 3 3 1 6 16 1 0.952 6.0 2.6 6.9 2.67 0.4 22
2008 26 0 2 .000 10.17 23.0 44 29 26 4 14 15 0 2.522 17.2 5.5 5.9 1.07 1.6 25
2009 27 2 2 .500 3.21 42.0 39 17 15 2 19 51 4 1.381 8.4 4.1 10.9 2.68 0.4 52
2010 28 3 0 1.000 1.54 35.0 24 7 6 1 7 45 1 0.886 6.2 1.8 11.6 6.43 0.3 65
2011 29 0 1 .000 6.00 9.0 9 7 6 1 8 8 0 1.889 9.0 8.0 8.0 1.00 1.0 18
2012 30 1 0 1.000 2.77 13.0 8 4 4 0 7 14 1 1.154 5.5 4.8 9.7 2.00 0.0 19
6 Yrs 8 5 .615 3.78 143.0 138 67 60 9 61 149 7 1.392 8.7 9.4 2.44 0.6 201

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1307), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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