Joel Zumaya

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: November 9, 1984 in Chula Vista, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 11th round of the 2002 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bonita Vista HS (Chula Vista, CA).

High School: Bonita Vista HS (Chula Vista, CA)

Debut: April 3, 2006 (Age 21-145d, 18,814th in major league history)
vs. KCR 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 28, 2010 (Age 25-231d)
vs. MIN 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: Don Mitchell

Full Name: Joel Martin Zumaya

Nicknames: Zoom Zoom

Pronunciation: \Zoo-MY-ah\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.2

ERA

3.05

171

209.2

210

WHIP

1.350

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
2002	17	DET-min	Rk	2	1	.667	1.93	9	8	0	0	0	0	37.1	21	9	8	2	11	0	46	1	0	3	143			0.857	5.1	0.5	2.7	11.1	4.18	LAT GULF
2003	18	DET-min	A	7	5	.583	2.79	19	19	0	0	0	0	90.1	69	35	28	3	38	0	126	3	0	4	376			1.185	6.9	0.3	3.8	12.6	3.32	WMI MIDW
2004	19	DET-min	A+,AA	9	9	.500	4.64	24	24	0	1	1	0	135.2	109	80	70	16	68	0	137	11	1	7	569			1.305	7.2	1.1	4.5	9.1	2.01	LAK,ERI FLOR,EL
2005	20	DET-min	AA,AAA	9	5	.643	2.74	26	26	0	1	0	0	151.1	101	53	46	10	76	1	199	7	4	6	624			1.170	6.0	0.6	4.5	11.8	2.62	ERI,TOL EL,IL
2006	21	DET	AL	6	3	.667	1.94	62	0	12	0	0	1	83.1	56	20	18	6	42	2	97	2	0	4	350	233	3.34	1.176	6.0	0.6	4.5	10.5	2.31
2007	22	DET-min	AAA	0	0		6.75	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	13			1.875	10.1	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00	TOL IL
2007	22	DET	AL	2	3	.400	4.28	28	0	7	0	0	1	33.2	23	16	16	3	17	2	27	1	0	3	142	108	4.40	1.188	6.1	0.8	4.5	7.2	1.59
2008	23	DET-min	AAA,A+	0	0		1.29	6	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	6	3	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	31			1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	7.7	2.00	TOL,LAK IL,FLOR
2008	23	DET	AL	0	2	.000	3.47	21	0	5	0	0	1	23.1	24	13	9	3	22	4	22	0	0	6	114	130	5.75	1.971	9.3	1.2	8.5	8.5	1.00
2009	24	DET-min	AAA,A+	0	1	.000	4.26	5	2	0	0	0	0	6.1	6	5	3	1	5	0	9	0	0	1	31			1.737	8.5	1.4	7.1	12.8	1.80	TOL,LAK IL,FLOR
2009	24	DET	AL	3	3	.500	4.94	29	0	5	0	0	1	31.0	34	18	17	5	22	3	30	1	0	1	149	92	5.48	1.806	9.9	1.5	6.4	8.7	1.36
2010	25	DET	AL	2	1	.667	2.58	31	0	6	0	0	1	38.1	32	13	11	1	11	0	34	0	0	2	156	164	2.51	1.122	7.5	0.2	2.6	8.0	3.09
5 Yrs				13	12	.520	3.05	171	0	35	0	0	5	209.2	169	80	71	18	114	11	210	4	0	16	911	147	3.94	1.350	7.3	0.8	4.9	9.0	1.84
162 Game Avg.				5	5	.520	3.05	68	0	14	0	0	2	83	67	32	28	7	45	4	84	2	0	6	362	147	3.94	1.350	7.3	0.8	4.9	9.0	1.84

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