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

2012 Player Pitching Game Log

2012 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	2012-04-11	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Diego Padres	1-7		7.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	1	71	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	26	98	55	18	4	7	12	5	2
2	2012-04-16	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Pittsburgh Pirates	1-7	W	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	64	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	28	102	63	14	4	8	12	6	0
3	2012-04-21	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Atlanta Braves	1-7	L	7.0	6	3	2	1	5	1	0	59	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	90	57	15	6	13	7	2	0
4	2012-04-27	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Miami Marlins	1-9	W	9.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	83	27	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	29	116	73	26	3	17	6	1	4
5	2012-05-02	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Washington Nationals	1-7		6.1	7	3	2	2	6	0	0	53	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	26	93	59	17	10	7	12	2	1
6	2012-05-07	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		St. Louis Cardinals	1-4	L	3.1	9	7	6	1	2	3	0	17	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	67	39	7	8	4	13	3	3
7	2012-05-13	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		San Francisco Giants	1-5	L	5.0	10	6	6	1	1	1	0	23	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	73	46	7	5	10	13	3	1
8	2012-05-18	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Kansas City Royals	1-6		6.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	44	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	105	67	16	7	13	11	3	2
9	2012-05-23	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Los Angeles Dodgers	1-7	W	6.1	7	4	4	1	7	1	0	49	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	107	64	20	7	7	12	3	2
10	2012-05-29	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	San Francisco Giants	1-6		5.1	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	57	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	99	59	18	4	9	7	1	1
11	2012-06-04	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Colorado Rockies	1-7	L	6.2	11	4	3	1	3	1	0	40	28	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	31	101	59	17	5	10	16	3	1
12	2012-06-10	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Oakland Athletics	1-6	W	6.0	7	2	1	2	5	0	0	55	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	97	57	21	6	7	13	4	1
13	2012-06-16	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	1-6	L	6.0	8	2	2	2	4	1	0	50	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	115	65	17	6	7	14	4	1
		Player Moved from Maj-NL to Rk-ARIZ
14	2012-07-08	Rk-ARIZ	AZL Diamondbacks		AZL Indians	1-5	L	4.1	3	5	3	5	7	0	0	43	17	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22					7	4	1	0
		Player Moved from Rk-ARIZ to Maj-NL
15	2012-07-14	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Chicago Cubs	1-6	L	6.0	8	4	3	0	4	0	0	46	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	26	90	59	10	9	14	6	3	0
16	2012-07-19	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Cincinnati Reds	1-6		6.0	4	3	3	3	5	1	0	54	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	86	53	10	9	1	16	4	4
17	2012-07-24	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Colorado Rockies	1-7	W	7.0	3	2	2	1	9	2	0	71	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	102	65	15	17	9	7	2	0
18	2012-07-29	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		New York Mets	1-7	L	7.0	8	4	4	3	5	0	1	47	28	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33	105	61	16	8	13	10	5	1
19	2012-08-04	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Philadelphia Phillies	1-7	L	6.1	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	54	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	103	69	16	4	9	13	5	2
20	2012-08-09	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	1-7	W	7.0	7	3	2	0	3	0	0	56	28	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	29	115	77	16	9	12	14	6	3
21	2012-08-15	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks	@	St. Louis Cardinals	1-6	L	6.0	7	5	5	1	5	2	0	42	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	92	54	13	4	5	16	8	3
22	2012-08-20	Maj-NL	Arizona Diamondbacks		Miami Marlins	1-4	L	3.2	12	9	9	0	2	2	0	3	21	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	21	69	43	11	3	9	10	7	0
		Player Moved from Maj-NL to Maj-AL
23	2012-08-29	Maj-AL	Baltimore Orioles		Chicago White Sox	1-6	L	5.1	10	7	6	2	4	0	0	24	23	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	26	99	62	16	5	7	12	7	1
24	2012-09-03	Maj-AL	Baltimore Orioles	@	Toronto Blue Jays	1-7	W	6.1	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	67	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	94	56	20	2	6	13	2	2
25	2012-09-08	Maj-AL	Baltimore Orioles		New York Yankees	1-6	W	5.1	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	50	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	101	65	16	8	10	9	1	3
26	2012-09-14	Maj-AL	Baltimore Orioles	@	Oakland Athletics	1-6	L	6.0	7	3	3	2	6	1	0	50	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	101	62	18	7	7	11	6	0
27	2012-09-19	Maj-AL	Baltimore Orioles	@	Seattle Mariners	1-8		8.0	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	70	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	28	98	61	17	4	12	14	3	2
28	2012-09-25	Maj-AL	Baltimore Orioles		Toronto Blue Jays	1-7	L	6.1	11	4	3	0	2	0	0	39	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	29	94	62	16	8	13	14	9	1
29	2012-09-30	Maj-AL	Baltimore Orioles		Boston Red Sox	1-8	W	7.1	8	3	3	0	5	2	0	55	28	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	28	90	64	16	8	8	15	6	0

2012 Player Pitching Splits

2012 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	29	767	711	93	198	39	3	21	5	6	44	119	.279	.321	.430	.752	.308	306	11	2	7	3	2

Home	15	395	365	63	116	25	1	13	4	3	22	64	.318	.356	.499	.855	.355	182	6	1	5	2	1
Away	14	372	346	30	82	14	2	8	1	3	22	55	.237	.284	.358	.642	.261	124	5	1	2	1	1

April	4	111	102	4	19	1	0	1	1	3	7	18	.186	.246	.226	.471	.217	23	3	1	1	0	0
May	6	151	142	24	46	11	0	6	1	2	9	23	.324	.364	.528	.892	.354	75	0	0	0	0	1
June	3	85	77	8	26	7	1	2	0	0	5	12	.338	.374	.533	.906	.375	41	1	0	2	1	0
July	5	132	117	18	26	6	0	3	2	0	12	30	.222	.300	.350	.650	.274	41	1	1	2	0	0
August	5	130	123	26	42	7	2	5	1	0	5	17	.342	.364	.553	.917	.363	68	3	0	1	1	0
September	6	158	150	13	39	7	0	4	0	1	6	19	.260	.287	.387	.673	.273	58	3	0	1	1	1

As Starter	29	767	711	93	198	39	3	21	5	6	44	119	.279	.321	.430	.752	.308	306	11	2	7	3	2

vs RHB as LHP	29	592	542		165	34	3	21			40	78	.304	.352	.495	.846	.323	268	8	1	6	3	1
vs LHB as LHP	27	175	169		33	5	0	0			4	41	.195	.218	.225	.443	.258	38	3	1	1	0	1

Bases Empty	29	461	437		112	19	2	14			23	68	.256	.295	.405	.700	.276	177	0	1	0	0	0
Runners On	29	306	274		86	20	1	7			21	51	.314	.361	.471	.832	.361	129	11	1	7	3	2

vs. Younger Batters	29	559	522		142	26	2	12			30	89	.272	.314	.399	.712	.308	208	5	2	4	1	2
vs. Older Batters	28	208	189		56	13	1	9			14	30	.296	.342	.519	.860	.309	98	6	0	3	2	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	9	14	.391	4.12	29	29	0	179.0	198	93	82	21	44	2	119	2	0	0	767	1.352	6.0	2.70

Home	6	9	.400	5.65	15	15	0	87.2	116	63	55	13	22	1	64	1	0	0	395	1.574	6.6	2.91
Away	3	5	.375	2.66	14	14	0	91.1	82	30	27	8	22	1	55	1	0	0	372	1.139	5.4	2.50

April	2	1	.667	0.90	4	4	0	30.0	19	4	3	1	7	0	18	1	0	0	111	0.867	5.4	2.57
May	1	2	.333	6.12	6	6	0	32.1	46	24	22	6	9	1	23	0	0	0	151	1.701	6.4	2.56
June	1	2	.333	2.89	3	3	0	18.2	26	8	6	2	5	0	12	0	0	0	85	1.661	5.8	2.40
July	1	3	.250	4.45	5	5	0	30.1	26	18	15	3	12	0	30	1	0	0	132	1.253	8.9	2.50
August	1	4	.200	7.62	5	5	0	28.1	42	26	24	5	5	0	17	0	0	0	130	1.659	5.4	3.40
September	3	2	.600	2.75	6	6	0	39.1	39	13	12	4	6	1	19	0	0	0	158	1.144	4.3	3.17

As Starter	9	14	.391	4.12	29	29	0	179.0	198	93	82	21	44	2	119	2	0	0	767	1.352	6.0	2.70

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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