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

2009 Player Pitching Game Log

2009 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	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2009-04-06	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		Oakland Athletics	1-7	W	6.2	3	0	0	2	2	0	1	68	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	25	93	56	15	6	10	10	1	4
2	2009-04-11	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		Boston Red Sox	1-7	L	7.0	7	4	4	3	2	2	0	46	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	28	91	53	17	2	9	14	2	1
3	2009-04-16	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Seattle Mariners	1-7	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	1	69	23	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	25	91	53	10	9	13	6	0	4
4	2009-04-22	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		Detroit Tigers	1-5		5.0	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	32	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	23	84	49	9	4	7	12	2	2
5	2009-04-28	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Baltimore Orioles	1-6	W	6.0	10	4	2	1	1	0	0	40	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	89	56	18	1	11	17	7	1
6	2009-05-04	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Oakland Athletics	1-7	W	6.2	6	2	2	1	7	1	1	60	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	110	70	18	9	9	10	2	3
7	2009-05-09	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		Kansas City Royals	1-9	W	9.0	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	82	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	32	101	68	12	13	15	9	0	2
8	2009-05-15	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Texas Rangers	1-6	L	5.1	8	7	7	2	4	3	0	26	25	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	28	84	53	15	7	11	11	2	1
9	2009-05-21	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Seattle Mariners	1-7	W	7.0	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	69	23	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	26	100	60	18	6	9	11	4	6
10	2009-05-26	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		Chicago White Sox	1-7	L	6.2	7	3	3	3	4	2	0	49	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	28	114	68	20	9	8	13	1	0
11	2009-06-02	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-6	L	5.1	9	6	6	0	4	1	0	30	26	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	92	64	19	7	9	14	9	2
12	2009-06-07	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Detroit Tigers	1-6		6.0	7	4	4	5	5	0	0	42	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	112	67	19	10	7	13	8	2
13	2009-06-13	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		San Diego Padres	1-9	W	8.1	7	1	1	1	5	1	0	69	32	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	33	113	73	21	10	12	15	1	1
14	2009-06-19	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		Los Angeles Dodgers	1-7		6.1	6	4	4	3	4	2	1	46	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	28	102	63	19	9	10	9	2	2
15	2009-06-24	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		Colorado Rockies	1-7	W	6.0	4	1	1	1	6	1	0	65	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	103	68	13	10	7	9	3	0
16	2009-06-30	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Texas Rangers	1-4	L	3.2	6	8	8	5	2	4	1	14	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	22	97	59	12	3	5	9	4	0
17	2009-07-05	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		Baltimore Orioles	1-6		5.1	7	6	5	3	2	2	0	31	23	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	27	111	64	16	3	10	12	2	2
18	2009-07-10	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		New York Yankees	1-5		5.0	9	5	5	2	3	1	0	30	24	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	106	60	18	5	10	11	4	1
19	2009-07-17	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Oakland Athletics	1-7	L	6.0	6	5	4	6	2	1	0	38	23	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	29	95	52	17	5	8	13	6	2
20	2009-07-22	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Kansas City Royals	1-6		5.2	9	6	6	2	2	0	0	27	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	109	68	13	6	15	8	5	1
21	2009-07-27	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		Cleveland Indians	1-5		5.0	10	4	4	2	2	0	0	31	22	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	24	76	41	8	4	11	9	4	1
22	2009-08-01	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Minnesota Twins	1-6	W	6.0	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	39	27	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	28	103	62	19	2	15	9	4	2
23	2009-08-07	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		Texas Rangers	1-2	L	1.2	5	5	5	1	0	2	1	24	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	48	25	7	3	2	7	3	1
24	2009-08-26	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		Detroit Tigers	1-5	W	5.0	4	2	2	2	6	1	0	55	17	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	19	89	52	12	11	3	8	2	0
25	2009-08-31	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Seattle Mariners	1-7	W	7.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	72	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	98	57	20	7	9	10	3	1
26	2009-09-06	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Kansas City Royals	1-6	W	5.1	10	2	2	1	2	1	0	41	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	25	103	69	19	1	12	10	6	1
27	2009-09-11	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		Chicago White Sox	1-7	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	69	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	24	101	60	17	6	6	14	1	3
28	2009-09-16	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Boston Red Sox	1-6		5.2	8	5	2	3	5	0	0	41	23	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	27	106	58	23	4	12	6	3	2
29	2009-09-21	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		New York Yankees	1-9	W	8.1	7	2	2	0	3	2	0	64	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	31	108	70	19	7	14	14	4	2
30	2009-09-27	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim		Oakland Athletics	1-7	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	48	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	25	89	52	16	4	10	11	3	0
31	2009-10-04	Maj-AL	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	@	Oakland Athletics	1-5	W	5.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	48	17	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	20	84	54	14	4	7	8	4	0

2009 Player Pitching Splits

2009 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	31	805	725	102	202	32	4	29	18	6	64	101	.279	.340	.454	.794	.289	329	27	6	6	4	2

Home	16	408	372	46	98	17	1	18	5	4	28	52	.263	.319	.460	.779	.264	171	18	3	4	1	1
Away	15	397	353	56	104	15	3	11	13	2	36	49	.295	.362	.448	.810	.314	158	9	3	2	3	1

April	5	130	117	14	30	5	0	3	1	2	9	9	.256	.318	.376	.694	.255	44	5	2	1	1	1
May	5	142	129	12	30	3	1	6	4	1	10	24	.233	.291	.411	.702	.240	53	5	1	1	1	0
June	6	162	144	24	39	4	2	9	3	2	15	26	.271	.348	.514	.862	.275	74	2	2	1	0	0
July	5	134	117	26	41	10	0	4	6	1	15	11	.350	.421	.539	.960	.359	63	3	0	1	1	1
August	4	85	76	11	21	5	1	3	2	0	7	12	.276	.345	.487	.832	.295	37	2	1	1	0	0
September	5	132	125	13	35	4	0	4	1	0	6	16	.280	.313	.408	.721	.295	51	8	0	1	0	0
October	1	20	17	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	.353	.400	.412	.812	.400	7	2	0	0	1	0

As Starter	31	805	725	102	202	32	4	29	18	6	64	101	.279	.340	.454	.794	.289	329	27	6	6	4	2

vs RHB as LHP	31	593	534		153	29	2	24			48	66	.287	.346	.483	.829	.288	258	21	3	4	4	2
vs LHB as LHP	31	212	191		49	3	2	5			16	35	.257	.324	.372	.696	.291	71	6	3	2	0	0

Bases Empty	31	457	418		117	21	1	19			37	57	.280	.341	.471	.813	.287	197	0	2	0	0	0
Runners On	31	348	307		85	11	3	10			27	44	.277	.339	.430	.769	.292	132	27	4	6	4	2

vs. Younger Batters	31	307	278		70	9	2	10			23	41	.252	.308	.407	.715	.261	113	14	1	2	3	2
vs. Older Batters	31	498	447		132	23	2	19			41	60	.295	.360	.483	.844	.306	216	13	5	4	1	0

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	16	7	.696	4.60	31	31	0	186.0	202	102	95	29	64	2	101	6	1	0	805	1.430	4.9	1.58

Home	8	3	.727	4.12	16	16	0	98.1	98	46	45	18	28	1	52	3	0	0	408	1.281	4.8	1.86
Away	8	4	.667	5.13	15	15	0	87.2	104	56	50	11	36	1	49	3	1	0	397	1.597	5.0	1.36

April	3	1	.750	3.41	5	5	0	31.2	30	14	12	3	9	1	9	2	0	0	130	1.232	2.6	1.00
May	3	2	.600	3.12	5	5	0	34.2	30	12	12	6	10	0	24	1	1	0	142	1.154	6.2	2.40
June	2	2	.500	6.06	6	6	0	35.2	39	24	24	9	15	0	26	2	0	0	162	1.514	6.6	1.73
July	0	1	.000	8.00	5	5	0	27.0	41	26	24	4	15	1	11	0	0	0	134	2.074	3.7	0.73
August	3	1	.750	5.03	4	4	0	19.2	21	11	11	3	7	0	12	1	0	0	85	1.424	5.5	1.71
September	4	0	1.000	2.78	5	5	0	32.1	35	13	10	4	6	0	16	0	0	0	132	1.268	4.5	2.67
October	1	0	1.000	3.60	1	1	0	5.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	20	1.600	5.4	1.50

As Starter	16	7	.696	4.60	31	31	0	186.0	202	102	95	29	64	2	101	6	1	0	805	1.430	4.9	1.58

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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