Joe Thatcher
Joseph Thatcher
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 230 lb.

Born: October 4, 1981 in Indianapolis, IN
High School: Kokomo (Kokomo, IN)
School: Indiana State University (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 2007
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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
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 85 311 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 45 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 2 188 132 1.222 7.4 0.4 3.6 11.0 3.06
3 Seasons 3 6 .333 4.03 99 0 19 0 0 0 91.2 92 45 41 7 37 11 88 5 1 2 401 94 1.407 9.0 0.7 3.6 8.6 2.38
162 Game Avg. 2 4 .333 4.03 68 0 13 0 0 0 63 63 31 28 5 25 8 60 3 1 1 275 94 1.407 9.0 0.7 3.6 8.6 2.38

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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 99 401 351 45 92 20 1 7 9 1 37 88 .262 .337 .385 .721 .326 135 8 5 3 5 11
162 Game Avg. 68 275 241 31 63 14 1 5 6 1 25 60 .262 .337 .385 .721 .326 93 5 3 2 3 8
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.870 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 1.198 12 7 5 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 0.686 17 3 30 14 6 32 24 28 12 25 15 15 2.6 16
3 Seasons 99 99 19 3 6 4 0 4 0% 22 16 79 20 25% 0.888 37 13 46 32 14 53 40 59 25 44 30 25 2.8 17

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%
2007 25 SDP NL 85 66% 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 73% 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 53% 1.1% 29.3% 9.6% 5.3% 27% 0.76 0.98 57% 20% 4.0% 19% 35 4 11%
3 Seasons 401 62% 1.8% 22.0% 9.2% 7.0% 30% 0.83 1.18 65% 20% 6.0% 19% 80 8 10%
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
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 128 504 3.94 327 65% 25% 9% 36% 30% 75% 5% 49% 88% 56% 4% 5 1 30% 38 19 2 35% 3 2 0 0 0
2009 27 SDP NL 188 818 4.35 506 62% 33% 17% 27% 22% 67% 8% 41% 74% 57% 10% 18 10 24% 46 10 1 27% 3 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons 401 1678 4.18 1066 64% 30% 14% 31% 25% 70% 7% 45% 80% 59% 6% 25 11 28% 111 38 3 28% 7 3 0 0 0
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
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 1 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
3 Seasons 401 92 13 3 7 1 28 2 5 3 4 45 22 4 49% 4 2 1 143 9 1 90% 7 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 11 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+
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 85 311 0.905 5.6 0.4 2.6 6.9 2.67 311
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 74 1.586 10.6 1.0 3.7 6.4 1.74 74
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 94 1.407 9.0 0.7 3.6 8.6 2.38 94

Neutralized Pitching

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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 1.23 22.0 13 3 3 1 6 17 1 0.864 5.3 2.5 7.0 2.83 0.4 22
2008 26 0 2 .000 10.57 23.0 44 30 27 4 14 15 0 2.522 17.2 5.5 5.9 1.07 1.6 25
2009 27 2 2 .500 3.43 42.0 39 18 16 2 19 51 4 1.381 8.4 4.1 10.9 2.68 0.4 52
3 Seasons 4 4 .500 4.76 87.0 96 51 46 7 39 83 5 1.552 9.9 8.6 2.13 0.7 99

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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