Joe Saunders

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: June 16, 1981 in Fairfax, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from West Springfield HS (Springfield, VA) and the Anaheim Angels in the 1st round (12th) of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA).

High School: West Springfield HS (Springfield, VA)

School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)

Debut: August 16, 2005 (Age 24-061d, 18,742nd in major league history)
vs. TOR 7.1 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 26, 2014 (Age 33-102d)
vs. TOR 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: Greg Genske

Full Name: Joseph Francis Saunders

Nicknames: Bazooka Joe

Pronunciation: \SAWN-derz\

Twitter: @J_saundo

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.4

ERA

4.37

235

229

1387.1

792

WHIP

1.421

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-10 / in Starts: 2-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 8, Entered with runners on base: 2

2014 Pitching Game Log

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2014 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	222	4	Apr 4	TEX	@	TBR	L,1-8	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.2	6	5	4	3	4	1	1	9.82	7.77	22	89	48	15	4	7	7	0	2	0	32			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.275	1.00	-0.16%	-3.67	1b start tie	4b 1-3 2 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	223	53	May 28	TEX	@	MIN	W,1-0	GS-5		53	5.0	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	4.15	4.40	22	97	63	13	9	7	7	3	0	0	61			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.274	1.16	0.16%	2.37	1b start tie	5b 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	224	58	Jun 3	TEX		BAL	L,3-8	GS-7		5	6.0	10	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.68	4.70	28	101	57	15	3	10	15	9	1	0	45			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.066	1.22	-0.04%	-0.09	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out d1
4	225	63	Jun 8	TEX		CLE	L,2-3	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	5.1	7	3	2	4	0	0	0	3.60	4.88	25	92	54	14	3	13	8	6	2	0	40			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.44	0.077	1.29	0.04%	1.01	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out tie
5	226	68	Jun 14	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.46	4.25	25	95	60	18	6	16	6	4	0	0	51			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	2	1	1	1.43	0.032	1.35	0.02%	0.64	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
6	227	73	Jun 20	TEX	@	LAA	L,3-7	GS-5	L(0-3)	5	4.2	10	7	4	3	3	1	0	4.11	4.60	26	110	62	17	4	8	12	7	1	0	22			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.370	.64	-0.18%	-5.20	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d6
7	228	77	Jun 25	TEX		DET	L,6-8	GS-5	L(0-4)	4	4.0	7	6	6	5	2	1	0	5.19	5.12	22	84	42	8	6	3	12	5	0	0	21			0	1	0	16	4	1	0	0	1	0	.66	-0.383	.27	-0.10%	-4.07	1t start tie	5t --- 0 out d3
8	229	82	Jun 30	TEX	@	BAL	L,1-7	GS-5	L(0-5)	4	5.0	9	7	7	2	2	4	0	6.13	6.23	28	114	69	17	6	10	14	4	1	0	21			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	2	.36	-0.324	.11	-0.06%	-4.61	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
				Player went from Texas Rangers to Baltimore Orioles
9	230	140	Sep 5	BAL	@	TBR	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		66	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6.02	6.26	2	5	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.013	.07	0.00%	1.13	8b 1-3 1 out d3	8b end d 3
10	231	142	Sep 7	BAL	@	TBR	W,7-5	8-8		1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.02	6.33	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.38	0.000	.12	0.00%	-0.16	8b -23 1 out d2	8b 123 1 out d2
11	232	145	Sep 10	BAL	@	BOS	W,10-6	9-9		2	0.1	3	5	5	2	0	1	0	7.08	6.77	6	27	13	5	0	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.006	.01	0.00%	-4.77	9b --- 0 out a9	9b --- 1 out a4
12	233	156	Sep 22	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	8-GF(8)		11	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.02	6.69	1	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.10	8b --- 2 out d5	8b end d 5
13	234	159	Sep 25	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-6	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.86	6.68	4	18	7	3	1	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d3	8b 3 out d3
14	235	160	Sep 26	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.70	6.60	3	6	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
							4-10		W-L:0-5	3.2	43.0	65	37	32	24	23	9	2	6.70	6.60	215	847	57%	15%	5%	0.91		25%	4%	0	37	4	0%	1	1	0	186	13	1	1	6	3	4	.93	-1.010	.81	-0.32%	-16.39

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