Joe Saunders

Position: Starting 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)

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

2013 Player Pitching Game Log

2013 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	GSc	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2013-04-03	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Oakland Athletics	1-4	L	4.0	7	4	4	4	3	0	0	31	16	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	21	88	48	11	5	5	10	5	1
2	2013-04-08	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Houston Astros	1-7	W	6.1	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	65	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	91	57	18	8	9	10	5	3
3	2013-04-13	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Texas Rangers	1-7		7.0	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	69	22	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	25	98	59	14	7	12	8	4	1
4	2013-04-19	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Texas Rangers	1-5	L	4.2	9	7	7	3	0	1	0	15	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	95	53	18	2	12	12	9	1
5	2013-04-24	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Houston Astros	1-6	L	5.0	11	8	8	2	2	2	1	13	23	5	0	0	2	0	0	1	26	84	50	11	6	9	12	5	0
6	2013-04-29	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Baltimore Orioles	1-9	W	9.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	72	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	30	105	66	22	2	20	7	2	2
7	2013-05-05	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-5	L	5.0	9	7	7	2	0	2	0	19	22	2	0	0	0	1	4	0	26	82	44	12	0	7	16	7	1
8	2013-05-12	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Oakland Athletics	1-7	W	6.1	5	1	1	3	6	0	0	62	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	104	62	20	5	10	9	4	2
9	2013-05-18	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Cleveland Indians	1-6		5.1	11	4	4	2	2	1	0	30	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	29	120	73	21	5	15	9	6	0
10	2013-05-24	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Texas Rangers	1-5	L	5.0	8	6	6	2	7	2	0	32	21	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	24	95	56	12	11	7	7	2	0
11	2013-05-29	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	San Diego Padres	1-7		7.0	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	68	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	89	54	14	6	8	13	4	3
12	2013-06-03	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Chicago White Sox	1-7	W	6.1	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	63	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	24	102	61	24	6	7	11	5	3
13	2013-06-08	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		New York Yankees	1-7	L	6.1	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	49	26	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	106	66	23	7	11	11	6	1
14	2013-06-14	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Oakland Athletics	1-7	W	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	65	24	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	27	98	57	15	11	13	8	5	1
15	2013-06-19	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	1-8	L	8.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	67	29	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	31	100	58	10	10	14	11	6	0
16	2013-06-25	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Pittsburgh Pirates	1-2	L	1.2	6	6	6	1	1	3	0	19	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	51	30	7	4	4	6	2	0
17	2013-07-02	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Texas Rangers	1-7	W	6.2	10	2	1	1	5	0	1	52	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	30	107	67	21	8	14	8	7	0
18	2013-07-07	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-7	W	7.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	63	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	101	64	19	6	13	11	9	1
19	2013-07-12	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	1-7	W	7.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	70	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	109	68	21	8	11	9	3	2
20	2013-07-19	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Houston Astros	1-6	W	5.1	9	3	3	3	6	1	0	41	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	26	99	54	15	10	10	8	5	0
21	2013-07-24	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Cleveland Indians	1-5	L	4.2	9	6	5	3	5	0	0	26	22	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	26	104	62	22	5	7	9	8	0
22	2013-07-30	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Boston Red Sox	1-5	L	5.0	9	6	5	1	5	2	0	31	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	99	61	17	8	13	7	4	0
23	2013-08-04	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-6	W	6.0	8	2	2	2	2	1	1	48	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	28	115	69	16	8	8	14	8	2
24	2013-08-09	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Milwaukee Brewers	1-5	L	4.1	7	9	4	2	4	1	0	25	22	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	24	95	55	13	5	10	10	2	0
25	2013-08-15	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Tampa Bay Rays	1-5	L	4.1	7	5	5	3	0	1	0	26	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	98	51	14	2	10	10	1	4
26	2013-08-20	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Oakland Athletics	1-6		6.0	10	4	4	3	2	2	0	35	24	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	27	102	60	18	5	13	8	6	0
27	2013-08-26	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Texas Rangers	1-7	L	7.0	9	7	7	3	0	1	1	28	28	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	33	107	58	11	3	16	12	7	0
28	2013-08-31	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Houston Astros	1-6	W	5.1	6	1	0	3	2	0	0	53	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	24	86	50	11	3	15	4	4	0
29	2013-09-05	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Kansas City Royals	1-5		4.2	11	3	3	1	3	1	0	32	23	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	24	103	61	20	7	8	12	7	1
30	2013-09-10	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners		Houston Astros	1-3	L	3.0	7	6	6	1	5	1	0	25	16	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	17	69	42	13	7	8	4	1	0
31	2013-09-16	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Detroit Tigers	1-6	L	5.2	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	45	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	24	83	47	15	4	12	8	6	0
32	2013-09-21	Maj-AL	Seattle Mariners	@	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	1-7	L	7.0	6	6	6	2	9	1	0	48	27	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	29	125	75	20	12	9	9	6	2

2013 Player Pitching Splits

2013 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	32	820	746	117	232	61	5	25	16	5	61	107	.311	.365	.507	.872	.336	378	26	4	6	3	5

Home	13	323	294	48	81	25	1	9	7	2	24	51	.276	.331	.459	.791	.306	135	8	1	3	1	4
Away	19	497	452	69	151	36	4	16	9	3	37	56	.334	.387	.538	.924	.353	243	18	3	3	2	1

April	6	154	138	22	40	12	1	4	0	1	13	14	.290	.353	.478	.831	.298	66	8	1	1	1	1
May	5	131	118	19	37	9	0	6	6	1	9	18	.314	.357	.542	.899	.323	64	1	0	2	2	1
June	5	122	113	12	29	13	1	3	2	0	8	17	.257	.306	.469	.775	.280	53	4	0	1	0	1
July	6	160	148	18	48	12	1	3	1	1	10	28	.324	.371	.480	.851	.385	71	5	1	1	0	0
August	6	159	140	28	47	7	1	6	3	2	16	10	.336	.411	.529	.940	.331	74	4	2	1	0	2
September	4	94	89	18	31	8	1	3	4	0	5	20	.348	.383	.562	.945	.424	50	4	0	0	0	0

As Starter	32	820	746	117	232	61	5	25	16	5	61	107	.311	.365	.507	.872	.336	378	26	4	6	3	5

vs RHB as LHP	32	651	587		198	54	5	22			53	69	.337	.394	.559	.953	.353	328	18	4	4	3	5
vs LHB as LHP	30	169	159		34	7	0	3			8	38	.214	.252	.315	.566	.263	50	8	0	2	0	0

Bases Empty	32	447	414		128	39	3	12			30	48	.309	.360	.505	.865	.328	209	0	3	0	0	0
Runners On	32	373	332		104	22	2	13			31	59	.313	.371	.509	.880	.346	169	26	1	6	3	5

vs. Younger Batters	32	663	607		192	48	5	21			44	86	.316	.365	.516	.881	.341	313	19	4	6	2	1
vs. Older Batters	22	157	139		40	13	0	4			17	21	.288	.363	.468	.831	.313	65	7	0	0	1	4

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	11	16	.407	5.26	32	32	0	183.0	232	117	107	25	61	5	107	4	0	0	820	1.601	5.3	1.75

Home	5	7	.417	4.99	13	13	0	74.0	81	48	41	9	24	4	51	1	0	0	323	1.419	6.2	2.13
Away	6	9	.400	5.45	19	19	0	109.0	151	69	66	16	37	1	56	3	0	0	497	1.725	4.6	1.51

April	2	3	.400	5.25	6	6	0	36.0	40	22	21	4	13	1	14	1	0	0	154	1.472	3.5	1.08
May	1	2	.333	5.97	5	5	0	28.2	37	19	19	6	9	1	18	0	0	0	131	1.605	5.7	2.00
June	2	3	.400	3.68	5	5	0	29.1	29	12	12	3	8	1	17	0	0	0	122	1.261	5.2	2.13
July	4	2	.667	3.79	6	6	0	35.2	48	18	15	3	10	0	28	1	0	0	160	1.626	7.1	2.80
August	2	3	.400	6.00	6	6	0	33.0	47	28	22	6	16	2	10	2	0	0	159	1.909	2.7	0.63
September	0	3	.000	7.97	4	4	0	20.1	31	18	18	3	5	0	20	0	0	0	94	1.771	8.9	4.00

As Starter	11	16	.407	5.26	32	32	0	183.0	232	117	107	25	61	5	107	4	0	0	820	1.601	5.3	1.75

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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