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

2011 Player Pitching Game Log

2011 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	2011-04-04	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Chicago Cubs	1-6	L	6.0	5	2	2	3	3	1	0	54	22	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	26	88	52	13	7	7	13	5	2
2	2011-04-10	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Cincinnati Reds	1-3		3.0	6	5	4	5	1	0	0	25	13	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	19	83	43	13	2	4	10	2	1
3	2011-04-16	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		San Francisco Giants	1-7	L	6.2	12	5	5	2	2	1	0	30	26	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	28	97	56	12	5	13	11	6	1
4	2011-04-22	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	New York Mets	1-7		6.0	2	1	1	3	4	0	0	65	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	21	104	61	23	5	3	11	4	2
5	2011-04-27	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Philadelphia Phillies	1-6	L	5.2	10	6	6	1	8	2	0	32	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	105	68	22	14	7	10	3	1
6	2011-05-03	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Colorado Rockies	1-6		6.0	6	3	3	3	2	1	0	47	21	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	25	98	54	17	3	9	9	3	0
7	2011-05-08	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Diego Padres	1-6	L	6.0	5	4	4	3	3	1	0	46	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	104	63	19	6	5	15	3	1
8	2011-05-13	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-7	L	6.2	6	4	3	4	2	1	0	46	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	106	63	14	4	12	11	4	1
9	2011-05-18	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Atlanta Braves	1-6		6.0	7	1	1	2	1	0	0	53	21	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	24	89	57	12	6	11	10	6	0
10	2011-05-24 (2)	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Colorado Rockies	1-8	W	8.0	6	2	2	1	4	2	1	65	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	30	96	63	16	11	12	12	4	1
11	2011-05-30	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Florida Marlins	1-6	W	6.0	7	4	4	2	7	1	0	47	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	93	65	19	12	7	10	4	2
12	2011-06-04	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Washington Nationals	1-7	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	1	76	22	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	26	93	55	15	6	12	4	1	1
13	2011-06-10	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Florida Marlins	1-6	L	6.0	10	5	5	1	3	3	0	34	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	28	103	61	17	6	7	15	6	3
14	2011-06-15	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		San Francisco Giants	1-7	L	7.0	8	3	3	3	4	0	0	50	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	29	116	74	14	11	8	15	6	1
15	2011-06-21	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Kansas City Royals	1-7	W	7.0	6	2	2	3	3	1	0	57	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	29	109	67	22	4	11	12	2	1
16	2011-06-26	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Detroit Tigers	1-7		7.0	4	1	1	1	8	1	0	72	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	103	63	12	8	3	13	3	2
17	2011-07-02	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Oakland Athletics	1-8	W	7.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	55	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	28	105	68	19	5	12	12	6	1
18	2011-07-07	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	St. Louis Cardinals	1-5	W	5.0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	62	14	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	18	78	46	14	4	8	5	2	0
19	2011-07-15	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Los Angeles Dodgers	1-6	L	6.0	5	4	3	1	4	2	0	51	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	84	54	17	8	9	11	4	1
20	2011-07-20	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Milwaukee Brewers	1-7		7.0	5	2	2	2	2	1	0	59	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	27	118	67	15	10	11	12	5	0
21	2011-07-26	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Diego Padres	1-9	W	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	1	0	74	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	99	67	21	4	10	18	3	3
22	2011-07-31	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-8	W	7.2	8	2	2	0	3	1	0	58	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	30	103	70	20	4	11	15	4	4
23	2011-08-06	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Los Angeles Dodgers	1-6	L	5.1	8	4	3	1	4	0	0	41	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	24	98	58	19	6	10	8	3	1
24	2011-08-11	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Houston Astros	1-7		6.0	11	5	5	2	2	0	0	30	26	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	29	89	59	13	5	7	16	8	3
25	2011-08-17	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Philadelphia Phillies	1-7	L	6.0	5	5	5	4	3	1	0	41	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	25	100	55	18	5	10	9	1	4
26	2011-08-22	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Washington Nationals	1-6	L	6.0	6	4	4	3	2	1	0	43	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	25	90	53	16	4	10	10	7	0
27	2011-08-27	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		San Diego Padres	1-7	W	7.0	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	69	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	87	55	14	7	14	7	0	1
28	2011-09-02	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Francisco Giants	1-6	L	5.1	5	4	3	4	3	1	0	43	20	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	24	90	53	18	1	6	11	5	0
29	2011-09-07	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Colorado Rockies	1-6	W	6.0	7	3	3	1	4	3	0	49	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	110	68	16	10	7	14	4	1
30	2011-09-12	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-7	W	7.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	64	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	97	63	20	4	9	12	3	2
31	2011-09-18	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Diego Padres	1-9	W	8.2	7	1	0	2	3	0	0	69	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	34	103	64	20	1	18	12	1	1
32	2011-09-23	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		San Francisco Giants	1-7		7.0	9	1	1	0	1	1	0	56	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	27	83	57	11	4	15	9	3	2
33	2011-09-28	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Los Angeles Dodgers	1-6	L	6.0	9	5	5	0	2	1	1	36	25	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	27	87	56	10	7	10	14	6	1

2011 Player Pitching Splits

2011 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	33	874	790	94	210	35	7	29	9	12	67	108	.266	.324	.438	.762	.275	346	28	3	9	5	4

Home	15	390	351	49	109	15	4	10	7	9	27	48	.311	.359	.462	.821	.333	162	13	2	6	4	2
Away	18	484	439	45	101	20	3	19	2	3	40	60	.230	.295	.419	.714	.227	184	15	1	3	1	2

April	5	121	105	19	35	10	0	4	1	3	14	18	.333	.405	.543	.948	.365	57	6	0	0	2	2
May	6	161	142	18	37	4	1	6	2	0	15	19	.261	.331	.430	.761	.261	61	4	1	1	2	1
June	5	137	123	11	30	7	2	5	2	2	10	23	.244	.306	.455	.761	.263	56	2	1	3	0	0
July	6	161	151	11	33	4	1	5	1	1	9	17	.219	.263	.358	.620	.217	54	6	0	1	0	0
August	5	129	115	19	34	6	1	2	1	4	11	14	.296	.357	.417	.775	.323	48	5	0	3	0	1
September	6	165	154	16	41	4	2	7	2	2	8	17	.266	.305	.455	.759	.260	70	5	1	1	1	0

As Starter	33	874	790	94	210	35	7	29	9	12	67	108	.266	.324	.438	.762	.275	346	28	3	9	5	4

vs RHB as LHP	33	693	620		174	33	6	23			61	68	.281	.346	.465	.810	.284	288	23	2	7	3	4
vs LHB as LHP	28	181	170		36	2	1	6			6	40	.212	.240	.341	.581	.238	58	5	1	2	2	0

Bases Empty	33	551	513		136	22	3	20			37	78	.265	.316	.437	.752	.280	224	0	1	0	0	0
Runners On	33	323	277		74	13	4	9			30	30	.267	.338	.440	.778	.268	122	28	2	9	5	4

vs. Younger Batters	33	495	447		124	17	4	16			41	63	.277	.339	.441	.780	.293	197	13	1	5	1	0
vs. Older Batters	33	379	343		86	18	3	13			26	45	.251	.304	.434	.738	.253	149	15	2	4	4	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	12	13	.480	3.69	33	33	0	212.0	210	94	87	29	67	4	108	3	0	0	874	1.307	4.6	1.61

Home	3	6	.333	4.42	15	15	0	91.2	109	49	45	10	27	2	48	2	0	0	390	1.484	4.7	1.78
Away	9	7	.563	3.14	18	18	0	120.1	101	45	42	19	40	2	60	1	0	0	484	1.172	4.5	1.50

April	0	3	.000	5.93	5	5	0	27.1	35	19	18	4	14	2	18	0	0	0	121	1.793	5.9	1.29
May	2	2	.500	3.96	6	6	0	38.2	37	18	17	6	15	1	19	1	0	0	161	1.345	4.4	1.27
June	2	2	.500	2.91	5	5	0	34.0	30	11	11	5	10	0	23	1	0	0	137	1.177	6.1	2.30
July	4	1	.800	2.16	6	6	0	41.2	33	11	10	5	9	0	17	0	0	0	161	1.008	3.7	1.89
August	1	3	.250	5.04	5	5	0	30.1	34	19	17	2	11	1	14	0	0	0	129	1.484	4.2	1.27
September	3	2	.600	3.15	6	6	0	40.0	41	16	14	7	8	0	17	1	0	0	165	1.225	3.8	2.13

As Starter	12	13	.480	3.69	33	33	0	212.0	210	94	87	29	67	4	108	3	0	0	874	1.307	4.6	1.61

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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