Joe Thatcher

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 230lb (188cm, 104kg)

Born: October 4, 1981 in Indianapolis, IN us

High School: Kokomo HS (Kokomo, IN)

School: Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN)

Debut: July 26, 2007 (Age 25-295d, 16,759th in MLB history)
vs. HOU 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 2, 2015 (Age 33-363d)
vs. ARI 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2008 season

Agents: Platinum Sports (Nick Brockmeyer)

Full Name: Joseph Thatcher

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.6

W

L

ERA

3.38

G

405

GS

SV

IP

260.2

SO

270

WHIP

1.316

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2005	23	MIL-min	A+,Rk	2	0	1.000	1.62	13	0	10	0	0	4	16.2	14	3	3	1	1	0	24	1	0	3	65			0.900	7.6	0.5	0.5	13.0	24.00	BRE,HEL FLOR,PION
2006	24	MIL-min	A+,A,AA	5	4	.556	1.37	46	0	38	0	0	12	65.2	42	21	10	3	17	1	80	7	0	1	261			0.898	5.8	0.4	2.3	11.0	4.71	BRE,CHL,HVL FLOR,SALL,SOUL
2007	25	MIL-SDP-min	AAA,AA	4	1	.800	1.35	46	0	9	0	0	1	46.2	40	10	7	0	10	1	64	3	1	5	193			1.071	7.7	0.0	1.9	12.3	6.40	NVL,HVL,POR PCL,SOUL
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	3.34	0.905	5.6	0.4	2.6	6.9	2.67
2008	26	SDP-min	AAA	5	2	.714	2.77	37	0	10	0	0	3	39.0	38	17	12	2	11	1	44	2	0	4	168			1.256	8.8	0.5	2.5	10.2	4.00	POR PCL
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	5.35	2.143	14.7	1.4	4.6	6.0	1.31
2009	27	SDP-min	AAA	1	2	.333	1.89	19	0	5	0	0	1	19.0	18	7	4	1	5	1	22	1	0	1	81			1.211	8.5	0.5	2.4	10.4	4.40	POR PCL
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	2.70	1.222	7.4	0.4	3.6	11.0	3.06
2010	28	SDP-min	AAA	0	1	.000	3.60	6	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	6	2	2	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	24			1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00	POR PCL
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	1.56	0.857	5.9	0.3	1.8	11.6	6.43
2011	29	SDP-min	AAA,A+	0	0		1.08	9	0	0	0	0	0	8.1	3	1	1	0	3	0	12	1	0	0	32			0.720	3.2	0.0	3.2	13.0	4.00	TUC,LEL PCL,CALL
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	4.63	1.500	7.2	0.9	6.3	8.1	1.29
2012	30	SDP-min	A+	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		LEL CALL
2012	30	SDP	NL	1	4	.200	3.41	55	0	13	0	0	1	31.2	30	13	12	2	14	3	39	3	1	0	141	107	3.06	1.389	8.5	0.6	4.0	11.1	2.79
2013	31	TOT	NL	3	2	.600	3.20	72	0	16	0	0	0	39.1	40	14	14	4	10	0	36	1	0	3	164	112	3.38	1.271	9.2	0.9	2.3	8.2	3.60
2013	31	SDP	NL	3	1	.750	2.10	50	0	13	0	0	0	30.0	28	7	7	3	4	0	29	1	0	2	121	164	2.91	1.067	8.4	0.9	1.2	8.7	7.25
2013	31	ARI	NL	0	1	.000	6.75	22	0	3	0	0	0	9.1	12	7	7	1	6	0	7	0	0	1	43	59	4.87	1.929	11.6	1.0	5.8	6.8	1.17
2014	32	TOT	MLB	2	1	.667	3.86	53	0	9	0	0	0	30.1	36	16	13	3	4	1	27	4	0	1	135	99	3.43	1.319	10.7	0.9	1.2	8.0	6.75
2014	32	ARI	NL	1	0	1.000	2.63	37	0	7	0	0	0	24.0	23	10	7	3	3	1	25	2	0	1	100	145	3.30	1.083	8.6	1.1	1.1	9.4	8.33
2014	32	LAA	AL	1	1	.500	8.53	16	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	13	6	6	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	35	45	3.92	2.211	18.5	0.0	1.4	2.8	2.00
2015	33	HOU-min	AAA	0	0		1.04	9	0	3	0	0	0	8.2	4	1	1	0	4	0	10	1	0	1	34			0.923	4.2	0.0	4.2	10.4	2.50	FRE PCL
2015	33	HOU	AL	1	3	.250	3.18	43	0	3	0	0	0	22.2	23	8	8	1	12	0	26	0	0	0	100	125	3.00	1.544	9.1	0.4	4.8	10.3	2.17
2016	34	LAD-CHC-min	AAA	0	0		4.43	27	1	2	0	0	0	22.1	24	11	11	0	8	1	32	0	2	0	98			1.433	9.7	0.0	3.2	12.9	4.00	OKC,IWA PCL
9 Yrs				11	16	.407	3.38	405	0	77	0	0	1	260.2	252	106	98	19	91	18	270	14	2	6	1122	112	3.19	1.316	8.7	0.7	3.1	9.3	2.97
162 Game Avg.				2	3	.407	3.38	68	0	13	0	0	0	44	42	18	16	3	15	3	45	2	0	1	188	112	3.19	1.316	8.7	0.7	3.1	9.3	2.97

SDP (7 yrs)				8	11	.421	3.18	287	0	62	0	0	1	198.1	181	75	70	14	69	17	210	10	2	4	844	118	3.10	1.261	8.2	0.6	3.1	9.5	3.04
ARI (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	3.78	59	0	10	0	0	0	33.1	35	17	14	4	9	1	32	2	0	2	143	102	3.74	1.320	9.5	1.1	2.4	8.6	3.56
LAA (1 yr)				1	1	.500	8.53	16	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	13	6	6	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	35	45	3.92	2.211	18.5	0.0	1.4	2.8	2.00
HOU (1 yr)				1	3	.250	3.18	43	0	3	0	0	0	22.2	23	8	8	1	12	0	26	0	0	0	100	125	3.00	1.544	9.1	0.4	4.8	10.3	2.17

NL (8 yrs)				9	12	.429	3.26	346	0	72	0	0	1	231.2	216	92	84	18	78	18	242	12	2	6	987	115	3.19	1.269	8.4	0.7	3.0	9.4	3.10
AL (2 yrs)				2	4	.333	4.34	59	0	5	0	0	0	29.0	36	14	14	1	13	0	28	2	0	0	135	90	3.20	1.690	11.2	0.3	4.0	8.7	2.15

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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