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: 11-7 / in Starts: 11-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2007 Pitching Game Log

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2007 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	16	4	Apr 5	LAA		OAK	L,3-4	GS-6		99	5.2	9	3	3	3	5	0	0	4.76	3.06	27	102	60	23	6	10	9	5	0	0	41			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	2	1	0	1.25	-0.083	1.62	-0.06%	-0.13	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d1
2	17	9	Apr 11	LAA	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	6.2	4	1	1	4	5	1	0	2.92	4.38	27	109	58	21	9	9	9	2	1	0	63			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.329	1.30	0.21%	2.64	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 2 out a2
3	18	16	Apr 20	LAA		SEA	W,8-4	GS-6	W(2-0)	8	6.0	7	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.96	4.22	24	92	50	14	1	6	15	8	0	0	57			0	1	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.257	.92	0.17%	3.34	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
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
4	19	57	Jun 2	LAA		BAL	W,7-4	GS-6	W(3-0)	42	6.0	4	2	2	3	0	0	1	2.22	4.47	25	99	56	16	1	10	11	6	2	0	53			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.073	.98	0.05%	1.34	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
5	20	74	Jun 22	LAA		PIT	W,5-4	GS-6		19	6.0	7	4	4	0	3	1	0	2.97	4.46	25	100	63	20	4	11	11	2	3	0	45			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.152	.73	-0.09%	-0.66	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
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
6	21	97	Jul 22	LAA	@	MIN	W,7-2	GS-7	W(4-0)	29	7.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	2.89	4.04	27	103	74	24	9	12	9	4	1	0	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.09	0.237	1.63	0.21%	1.66	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a3
7	22	102	Jul 28	LAA		DET	W,10-3	GS-6		5	5.1	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.16	4.13	24	101	61	10	14	8	11	4	2	0	43			2	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.144	1.34	-0.11%	-0.65	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d2
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
8	23	107	Aug 2	LAA	@	OAK	W,6-4	GS-7	W(5-0)	4	6.2	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.10	4.27	28	102	61	15	7	10	13	4	2	0	55			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.177	1.38	0.12%	1.51	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out a3
9	24	112	Aug 7	LAA		BOS	W,10-4	GS-6	W(6-0)	4	5.1	8	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.46	4.39	24	89	54	12	2	8	13	5	0	0	37			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.220	1.00	-0.13%	-1.39	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out a3
10	25	117	Aug 14	LAA	@	TOR	L,1-4	GS-7	L(6-1)	6	7.0	8	4	3	0	4	0	0	3.50	4.13	31	102	66	19	7	17	10	6	1	0	51			1	1	0	29	1	1	0	1	2	3	.67	-0.174	.72	-0.11%	-0.15	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
11	26	123	Aug 19	LAA	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS-8	W(7-1)	4	7.2	6	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.25	3.92	30	103	71	21	8	13	8	5	0	0	68			0	1	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.491	1.42	0.37%	4.41	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 2 out a3
12	27	129	Aug 25	LAA		TOR	L,2-9	GS-6	L(7-2)	5	5.1	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.62	3.90	27	84	58	16	6	8	15	8	2	0	30			0	0	0	24	5	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	-0.291	1.38	-0.20%	-2.39	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d3
13	28	134	Aug 31	LAA		TEX	W,7-6	GS-6		5	5.0	10	4	2	1	5	0	0	3.62	3.77	27	99	62	15	8	11	10	7	0	0	39			1	0	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.35	-0.241	.54	-0.06%	-1.62	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a1
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
14	29	139	Sep 5	LAA		OAK	L,2-6	GS-7	L(7-3)	4	6.0	7	4	4	2	4	2	0	3.78	4.01	27	102	65	17	10	5	16	5	2	0	44			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.131	.14	-0.01%	-0.66	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out d2
15	30	144	Sep 11	LAA	@	BAL	W,10-5	GS-6	W(8-3)	5	5.0	10	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.97	4.08	24	87	56	18	10	10	10	4	1	0	33			1	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.205	.13	-0.02%	-2.24	1b start tie	6b 12- 0 out a2
16	31	149	Sep 16	LAA	@	CHW	L,7-9	GS-6		4	6.0	2	1	1	5	7	0	0	3.82	4.04	24	106	59	12	14	6	6	2	0	0	66			0	1	1	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.284	.05	0.01%	2.44	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a2
17	32	154	Sep 21	LAA		SEA	L,0-6	GS-6	L(8-4)	4	5.2	9	5	5	1	3	0	0	4.05	3.96	26	90	61	16	8	11	11	3	2	0	33			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.135	.00	0.00%	-1.92	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d5
18	33	159	Sep 26	LAA	@	TEX	L,2-16	GS-6	L(8-5)	4	5.0	9	7	7	3	6	3	0	4.44	4.26	26	104	62	8	9	4	13	6	0	0	24			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.48	-0.278	.00	0.00%	-3.62	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out d4
							11-7		W-L:8-5	4.8	107.1	129	56	53	34	69	11	1	4.44	4.26	473	1774	62%	17%	7%	0.85		23%	5%	0	47		---%	7	4	2	433	27	2	1	10	5	4	1.02	-0.206	.86	0.37%	1.90

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