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: 13-20 / in Starts: 13-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2010 Pitching Game Log

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2010 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	96	2	Apr 6	LAA		MIN	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	8	5	5	2	4	3	0	9.00	10.48	24	91	58	19	7	6	12	5	1	0	33			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	.63	-0.288	.69	-0.19%	-2.62	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
2	97	7	Apr 11	LAA		OAK	L,4-9	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	6.0	4	4	4	1	2	1	0	7.36	7.53	23	96	54	17	4	11	9	2	1	0	49			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.139	1.25	-0.10%	-0.62	1t start tie	7t -23 0 out a1
3	98	12	Apr 17	LAA	@	TOR	W,6-3	GS-8	W(1-2)	5	8.0	5	2	0	1	2	0	0	4.26	5.61	30	107	73	22	7	15	12	3	2	0	69			1	0	1	29	3	0	0	0	0	2	1.02	0.326	.91	0.17%	2.05	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a3
4	99	17	Apr 22	LAA		DET	L,4-5	GS-3	L(1-3)	4	2.2	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	5.82	5.57	16	59	29	7	2	5	9	4	1	0	24			0	0	0	12	4	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.412	1.00	-0.24%	-4.05	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out d3
5	100	22	Apr 27	LAA		CLE	L,2-9	GS-5	L(1-4)	4	5.0	9	3	3	4	2	1	0	5.74	5.89	25	104	59	16	7	10	9	6	0	0	35			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.24	-0.118	1.35	-0.08%	-0.62	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
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
6	101	27	May 3	LAA	@	BOS	L,8-17	GS-5	L(1-5)	5	4.0	9	7	7	4	3	2	1	7.04	6.67	26	107	56	20	3	9	9	3	1	0	15			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	0	0	0	.71	-0.390	.69	-0.23%	-5.28	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d4
7	102	32	May 8	LAA	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS-6		4	5.2	5	3	1	5	2	0	0	6.19	6.41	25	106	54	21	3	11	7	6	1	0	48			1	1	1	20	2	1	0	2	0	1	1.31	-0.127	1.18	-0.07%	-0.64	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out tie
8	103	37	May 14	LAA		OAK	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-5)	5	9.0	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	4.96	5.62	32	109	66	25	6	12	12	2	2	0	83			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.409	.70	0.23%	4.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	104	42	May 19	LAA	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-8	W(3-5)	4	7.2	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.42	5.21	29	106	60	17	6	9	14	0	3	0	69			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.50	0.410	1.22	0.20%	2.76	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a2
10	105	47	May 24	LAA		TOR	L,0-6	GS-7	L(3-6)	4	6.1	4	3	3	5	6	0	0	4.40	5.03	28	115	65	18	14	3	14	3	3	0	54			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	.87	0.031	.78	0.02%	0.83	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d2
11	106	52	May 30	LAA		SEA	W,9-7	GS-5		5	4.1	10	7	7	3	1	1	0	5.09	5.22	25	86	47	16	2	6	15	6	1	0	13			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.397	1.01	-0.22%	-3.78	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d3
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
12	107	57	Jun 4	LAA	@	SEA	W,7-1	GS-6	W(4-6)	4	6.0	8	1	1	2	1	0	0	4.78	5.09	25	95	57	14	3	11	11	6	0	0	51			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	3	0	0	.96	0.202	1.12	0.14%	1.77	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
13	108	62	Jun 9	LAA	@	OAK	W,7-1	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.35	4.85	33	101	59	17	5	11	19	8	3	0	70			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.71	0.348	1.20	0.36%	3.43	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
14	109	67	Jun 14	LAA		MIL	L,2-12	GS-6	L(5-7)	4	5.2	6	6	6	3	3	2	0	4.70	5.07	25	111	65	24	5	4	15	2	3	0	33			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.396	1.09	-0.32%	-3.36	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d4
15	110	72	Jun 20	LAA	@	CHC	L,1-12	GS-3	L(5-8)	5	2.2	9	8	5	2	2	1	0	5.07	5.18	21	84	53	5	6	9	8	3	3	0	14			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	1	.78	-0.353	1.06	-0.29%	-7.08	1b start tie	3b -23 2 out d8
16	111	77	Jun 26	LAA		COL	W,4-2	GS-7	W(6-8)	5	7.0	4	2	2	2	8	1	0	4.88	5.06	26	113	73	16	16	9	7	0	1	0	67			0	1	1	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.218	1.14	0.16%	1.34	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
Jul				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
17	112	82	Jul 2	LAA		KCR	L,1-2	GS-9		5	8.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.59	4.88	31	111	69	25	5	11	14	7	2	0	68			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.453	2.32	0.40%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
18	113	87	Jul 7	LAA	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-6	L(6-9)	4	5.2	10	5	5	1	3	0	0	4.76	4.76	26	95	56	10	4	9	13	5	1	0	31			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.197	1.29	-0.15%	-2.17	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d4
19	114	94	Jul 17	LAA		SEA	W,7-6	GS-6		9	6.0	10	5	4	0	3	1	0	4.83	4.73	25	86	59	20	4	10	12	4	1	0	37			0	1	1	25	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	-0.094	1.26	-0.07%	-2.14	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
20	115	99	Jul 23	LAA	@	TEX	L,0-1	GS-7	L(6-10)	5	7.0	7	1	1	1	6	1	0	4.62	4.67	27	126	78	13	13	12	8	2	1	0	64			0	1	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.240	1.49	0.24%	2.79	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
				Player went from Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to Arizona Diamondbacks
21	116	102	Jul 29	ARI	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS-7		5	7.0	9	2	2	0	4	1	0	4.51	4.62	28	109	71	20	7	9	15	6	1	0	55			2	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.082	.00	0.00%	1.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Aug				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
22	117	107	Aug 3	ARI		WSN	W,6-1	CG	W(7-10)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	1	1	4.28	4.61	33	116	73	25	5	12	13	3	2	0	76			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	3	0	1	.77	0.247	.00	0.00%	3.61	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
23	118	112	Aug 8	ARI		SDP	L,1-10	GS-6	L(7-11)	4	6.0	8	6	5	1	2	1	1	4.42	4.65	27	102	63	19	5	11	12	5	0	0	35			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	1	0	.62	-0.228	.00	0.00%	-2.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out d6
24	119	117	Aug 13	ARI	@	WSN	L,2-4	GS-7	L(7-12)	4	6.0	10	4	4	1	4	1	1	4.48	4.66	30	103	63	15	7	8	16	6	0	0	39			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.226	.00	0.00%	-2.09	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d2
25	120	122	Aug 19	ARI		CIN	L,5-9	GS-6	L(7-13)	5	6.0	8	4	4	3	5	2	0	4.54	4.76	28	114	64	19	6	7	13	5	1	0	42			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.158	.00	0.00%	-0.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
26	121	127	Aug 25	ARI	@	SDP	L,3-9	GS-4	L(7-14)	5	4.0	8	9	6	3	1	2	0	4.76	4.93	24	84	47	12	3	7	13	6	0	0	14			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	1	.76	-0.456	.00	0.00%	-7.23	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d7
27	122	132	Aug 30	ARI		SDP	W,7-2	GS-8	W(8-14)	4	8.0	10	2	2	0	2	1	0	4.64	4.89	31	101	63	20	3	16	13	9	1	0	56			0	1	1	31	1	1	0	2	0	0	.72	0.110	.00	0.00%	2.10	1t start tie	8t 3 out a4
Sep/Oct				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
28	123	136	Sep 4	ARI		HOU	L,5-6	GS-7		4	7.0	3	2	2	2	4	0	0	4.56	4.81	25	92	55	17	5	7	12	5	2	0	65			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.230	.00	0.00%	1.59	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
29	124	141	Sep 10	ARI	@	COL	L,4-13	GS-3	L(8-15)	5	2.1	5	7	4	4	1	0	0	4.70	4.84	16	70	37	13	4	8	3	3	0	0	22			0	1	1	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.304	.00	0.00%	-3.96	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d3
30	125	146	Sep 15	ARI	@	CIN	L,5-7	GS-8	L(8-16)	4	7.1	9	7	4	1	4	1	0	4.71	4.81	31	110	73	20	6	16	10	2	0	0	41			1	1	1	30	3	1	0	1	0	1	.58	-0.227	.00	0.00%	-2.54	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d2
31	126	151	Sep 21	ARI		COL	W,3-1	GS-8	W(9-16)	5	8.0	6	1	1	0	7	0	1	4.56	4.68	30	113	74	25	6	12	10	5	1	0	73			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.356	.00	0.00%	3.10	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
32	127	156	Sep 26	ARI		LAD	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	6	2	2	2	6	0	0	4.54	4.61	24	90	54	13	7	6	10	2	2	0	51			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
33	128	161	Oct 2	ARI	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-7	L(9-17)	5	7.0	10	3	2	0	5	1	0	4.47	4.57	31	103	70	20	6	12	14	7	1	0	52			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	1	1	.87	-0.058	.00	0.00%	0.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
							13-20		W-L:9-17	4.6	203.1	232	120	101	64	114	25	5	4.47	4.57	880	3315	60%	17%	6%	0.82		20%	6%	0	47		---%	9	10	8	797	47	5	1	23	8	10	.92	-0.902	.68	-0.03%	-16.62

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