Joel Zumaya
Joel Martin Zumaya
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 9, 1984 in Chula Vista, CA
High School: Bonita Vista (Chula Vista, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 11th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 2006
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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
2006 21 DET AL 6 3 .667 1.94 62 0 12 0 0 1 83.1 56 20 18 6 42 2 97 2 0 4 350 235 1.176 6.0 0.6 4.5 10.5 2.31
2007 22 DET AL 2 3 .400 4.28 28 0 7 0 0 1 33.2 23 16 16 3 17 2 27 1 0 3 142 107 1.188 6.1 0.8 4.5 7.2 1.59
2008 23 DET AL 0 2 .000 3.47 21 0 5 0 0 1 23.1 24 13 9 3 22 4 22 0 0 6 114 129 1.971 9.3 1.2 8.5 8.5 1.00
2009 24 DET AL 3 3 .500 4.94 29 0 5 0 0 1 31.0 34 18 17 5 22 3 30 1 0 1 149 93 1.806 9.9 1.5 6.4 8.7 1.36
4 Seasons 11 11 .500 3.15 140 0 29 0 0 4 171.1 137 67 60 17 103 11 176 4 0 14 755 145 1.401 7.2 0.9 5.4 9.2 1.71
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .500 3.15 68 0 14 0 0 2 83 67 33 29 8 50 5 85 2 0 7 367 145 1.401 7.2 0.9 5.4 9.2 1.71

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
2006 21 DET AL ALDS W NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
2006 21 DET AL ALCS W OAK 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 21 DET AL WS L STL 0 1 .000 3.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 1 3 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 14 1.333 3.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1 Season (3 Series) 0 1 .000 3.00 6 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 2 4 2 0 3 0 6 0 0 1 24 0.833 3.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
1 ALCS 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 1 .000 3.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 1 3 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 14 1.333 3.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00

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
2006 21 DET AL 62 350 300 20 56 3 2 6 4 1 42 97 .187 .287 .270 .557 .249 81 1 2 2 4 2
2007 22 DET AL 28 142 122 16 23 4 0 3 3 0 17 27 .189 .291 .295 .586 .215 36 2 1 1 1 2
2008 23 DET AL 21 114 91 13 24 6 1 3 1 0 22 22 .264 .404 .451 .854 .313 41 1 0 0 1 4
2009 24 DET AL 29 149 124 18 34 4 1 5 2 0 22 30 .274 .385 .444 .829 .322 55 2 1 1 1 3
4 Seasons 140 755 637 67 137 17 4 17 10 1 103 176 .215 .325 .334 .659 .266 213 6 4 4 7 11
162 Game Avg. 68 367 309 33 67 8 2 8 5 0 50 85 .215 .325 .334 .659 .266 103 3 2 2 3 5
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
2006 21 DET AL 62 62 12 6 3 6 1 5 17% 36 30 40 14 35% 7 1.601 33 17 12 44 8 10 25 37 31 15 31 7 4.0 23
2007 22 DET AL 28 28 7 2 3 5 1 4 20% 13 7 20 6 30% 7 1.735 15 4 9 21 5 2 13 15 13 6 14 4 3.6 20
2008 23 DET AL 21 21 5 0 2 5 1 4 20% 10 5 11 7 64% 8 1.895 12 3 6 15 3 3 6 15 6 3 7 1 3.3 21
2009 24 DET AL 29 29 5 3 3 7 1 6 14% 14 7 15 2 13% 8 1.605 11 7 11 20 4 5 11 18 9 7 10 6 3.2 21
4 Seasons 140 140 29 11 11 23 4 19 17% 73 49 86 29 34% 1.671 71 31 38 100 20 20 55 85 59 31 62 18 3.7 22

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%
2006 21 DET AL 350 38% 1.7% 27.7% 12.0% 3.1% 20% 0.51 0.50 57% 19% 5.6% 21% 91 1 1%
2007 22 DET AL 142 40% 2.1% 19.0% 12.0% 4.9% 30% 0.57 0.72 65% 21% 5.9% 16% 24 2 8%
2008 23 DET AL 114 39% 2.6% 19.3% 19.3% 8.8% 42% 0.67 0.71 59% 21% 8.6% 17% 22 1 5%
2009 24 DET AL 148 51% 3.4% 20.1% 14.8% 6.7% 29% 0.52 0.70 60% 21% 9.6% 15% 34 2 6%
4 Seasons 754 41% 2.3% 23.3% 13.6% 5.0% 28% 0.55 0.61 60% 20% 6.9% 18% 171 6 4%
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
2006 21 DET AL 350 1424 4.07 901 63% 23% 22% 31% 23% 77% 2% 48% 71% 55% 5% 17 10 27% 94 64 4 24% 21 5 0 0 0
2007 22 DET AL 142 551 3.88 341 62% 27% 13% 31% 28% 73% 4% 45% 82% 57% 8% 12 5 25% 36 18 0 52% 4 5 0 0 0
2008 23 DET AL 114 450 3.95 258 57% 18% 17% 38% 27% 82% 7% 47% 79% 52% 8% 9 2 20% 23 17 1 9% 3 4 0 0 0
2009 24 DET AL 148 585 3.95 371 63% 25% 21% 29% 26% 75% 5% 48% 72% 59% 9% 13 8 33% 49 34 4 27% 7 2 0 0 0
4 Seasons 754 3010 3.99 1871 62% 24% 20% 32% 25% 76% 3% 47% 74% 56% 7% 51 25 27% 202 133 9 27% 35 16 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
2006 21 DET AL 350 56 6 0 6 1 23 4 2 3 3 24 10 8 42% 3 4 2 154 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2007 22 DET AL 142 23 1 0 3 0 9 1 2 0 3 9 3 2 33% 2 3 0 53 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2008 23 DET AL 114 24 2 0 3 0 4 2 1 0 3 10 4 3 40% 1 6 1 45 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2009 24 DET AL 148 34 2 0 5 0 12 1 4 2 3 11 5 2 45% 1 1 2 61 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 Seasons 754 137 11 0 17 1 48 8 9 5 12 54 22 15 41% 7 14 5 313 10 1 91% 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 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+
2006 21 6 3 .667 1.94 62 0 12 0 0 1 83.1 56 20 18 6 42 2 97 2 0 4 350 235 1.176 6.0 0.6 4.5 10.5 2.31 235
2007 22 8 6 .571 2.62 90 0 19 0 0 2 117.0 79 36 34 9 59 4 124 3 0 7 492 174 1.179 6.1 0.7 4.5 9.5 2.10 174
2008 23 8 8 .500 2.76 111 0 24 0 0 3 140.1 103 49 43 12 81 8 146 3 0 13 606 165 1.311 6.6 0.8 5.2 9.4 1.80 165
2009 24 11 11 .500 3.15 140 0 29 0 0 4 171.1 137 67 60 17 103 11 176 4 0 14 755 145 1.401 7.2 0.9 5.4 9.2 1.71 145

Neutralized Pitching

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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
2006 21 7 2 .778 1.84 83.0 56 19 17 6 42 97 2 1.181 6.1 4.6 10.5 2.31 0.7 62
2007 22 1 2 .333 3.97 34.0 22 17 15 3 16 27 1 1.118 5.8 4.2 7.1 1.69 0.8 28
2008 23 1 1 .500 3.13 23.0 23 9 8 3 21 22 0 1.913 9.0 8.2 8.6 1.05 1.2 21
2009 24 1 2 .333 4.65 31.0 34 18 16 5 22 30 1 1.806 9.9 6.4 8.7 1.36 1.5 29
4 Seasons 10 7 .588 2.95 171.0 135 63 56 17 101 176 4 1.380 7.1 9.3 1.74 0.9 140

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
2006 AL--born 1984-11-09--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 7 (1101), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  5. Bob Reynolds (978)
  6. John Costello (978)
  7. Jose Alvarez (976)
  8. Jim Umbricht (976)
  9. Stew Cliburn (975)
  10. Phil Paine (975)
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  8. Al Gould (974)
  9. Cla Meredith (973)
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