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: 12-20 / in Starts: 12-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

2013 Pitching Game Log

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2013 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	190	3	Apr 3	SEA	@	OAK	L,2-6	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	7	4	4	4	3	0	0	9.00	4.55	21	88	48	11	5	5	9	4	1	0	31			0	0	0	16	5	0	0	1	1	0	1.58	-0.281	1.86	-0.20%	-2.10	1b start a 2	4b 3 out d2
2	191	8	Apr 8	SEA		HOU	W,3-0	GS-7	W(1-1)	4	6.1	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.48	2.95	25	91	57	18	8	9	10	5	3	0	65			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.298	.92	0.18%	2.64	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a3
3	192	13	Apr 13	SEA		TEX	L,1-3	GS-7		4	7.0	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	2.08	3.11	25	98	59	14	7	13	8	4	1	0	69			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	2	0	1	1.31	0.246	1.26	0.14%	2.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
4	193	18	Apr 19	SEA	@	TEX	L,0-7	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	4.2	9	7	7	3	0	1	0	4.50	4.09	27	95	53	18	2	12	12	9	1	0	15			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	1	.93	-0.191	.85	-0.11%	-3.87	1b start tie	5b --3 2 out d6
5	194	23	Apr 24	SEA	@	HOU	L,3-10	GS-6	L(1-3)	4	5.0	11	8	8	2	2	2	1	6.33	5.05	26	84	50	11	6	9	12	5	0	0	13			0	1	0	23	5	0	0	2	0	0	.68	-0.247	.45	-0.10%	-5.22	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out d6
6	195	28	Apr 29	SEA		BAL	W,6-2	CG	W(2-3)	4	9.0	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	5.25	4.88	30	105	66	22	2	20	7	2	2	0	72			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	0	.73	0.125	.53	0.05%	2.01	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
May				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
7	196	33	May 5	SEA	@	TOR	L,2-10	GS-5	L(2-4)	5	5.0	9	7	7	2	0	2	0	6.15	5.44	26	82	44	12	0	8	16	7	1	0	19			4	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	.73	-0.398	.65	-0.21%	-4.53	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
8	197	38	May 12	SEA		OAK	W,6-1	GS-7	W(3-4)	6	6.1	5	1	1	3	6	0	0	5.51	5.06	28	104	62	20	5	10	9	4	2	0	62			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.179	.94	0.10%	1.64	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a4
9	198	43	May 18	SEA	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-6		5	5.1	11	4	4	2	2	1	0	5.64	5.14	29	120	73	21	5	16	9	6	0	0	30			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.122	.78	-0.06%	-2.11	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d4
10	199	48	May 24	SEA		TEX	L,5-9	GS-5	L(3-5)	5	5.0	8	6	6	2	7	2	0	6.09	5.27	24	95	56	12	11	8	7	2	0	0	32			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	1	1	0	.92	-0.467	.63	-0.19%	-3.78	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
11	200	53	May 29	SEA	@	SDP	L,2-3	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	5.57	5.14	24	89	54	14	6	8	13	4	3	0	68			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.261	.43	0.06%	1.82	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
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
12	201	58	Jun 3	SEA		CHW	W,4-2	GS-7	W(4-5)	4	6.1	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	5.20	4.85	24	102	61	24	6	7	11	5	3	0	63			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.150	.26	0.03%	1.64	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a3
13	202	63	Jun 8	SEA		NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	L(4-6)	4	6.1	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	5.12	4.68	28	106	66	23	7	11	11	6	1	0	49			1	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.008	.35	0.00%	0.48	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d1
14	203	68	Jun 14	SEA	@	OAK	W,3-2	GS-7	W(5-6)	5	7.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.80	4.52	27	98	57	15	11	14	7	4	1	0	65			0	0	0	24	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.37	0.307	.41	0.05%	2.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
15	204	73	Jun 19	SEA	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(5-7)	4	8.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.48	4.39	31	100	58	10	10	15	11	6	0	0	67			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	2	0	1	1.06	0.201	.39	0.04%	2.64	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
16	205	78	Jun 25	SEA		PIT	L,4-9	GS-2	L(5-8)	5	1.2	6	6	6	1	1	3	0	4.98	4.79	12	51	30	7	4	4	6	2	0	0	19			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.391	.15	-0.06%	-5.41	1t start tie	2t -2- 2 out d6
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
17	206	83	Jul 2	SEA	@	TEX	W,9-2	GS-7	W(6-8)	6	6.2	10	2	1	1	5	0	1	4.74	4.64	30	107	67	21	8	15	8	7	0	0	52			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	0.147	.14	0.01%	1.99	1b start a 2	7b 1-3 2 out a8
18	207	88	Jul 7	SEA	@	CIN	W,3-1	GS-7	W(7-8)	4	7.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.51	4.50	27	101	64	19	6	14	11	9	1	0	63			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	1	.97	0.276	.09	0.02%	2.13	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a2
19	208	93	Jul 12	SEA		LAA	W,8-3	GS-7	W(8-8)	4	7.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	4.24	4.37	27	109	68	21	8	11	9	3	2	0	70			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.227	.03	0.01%	3.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out a6
20	209	96	Jul 19	SEA	@	HOU	W,10-7	GS-6	W(9-8)	6	5.1	9	3	3	3	6	1	0	4.28	4.40	26	99	54	15	10	9	8	5	0	0	41			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.047	.08	0.00%	-0.67	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out a4
21	210	101	Jul 24	SEA		CLE	L,1-10	GS-5	L(9-9)	4	4.2	9	6	5	3	5	0	0	4.48	4.34	26	104	62	22	5	9	9	8	0	0	26			0	0	0	22	4	0	0	1	0	1	.85	-0.263	.20	-0.04%	-2.18	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d3
22	211	106	Jul 30	SEA	@	BOS	L,2-8	GS-5	L(9-10)	5	5.0	9	6	5	1	5	2	0	4.65	4.44	24	99	61	17	8	12	6	3	0	0	31			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.66	-0.366	.09	-0.03%	-3.51	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d5
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
23	212	111	Aug 4	SEA	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-6	W(10-10)	4	6.0	8	2	2	2	2	1	1	4.58	4.51	28	115	69	16	8	9	14	8	2	0	48			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.59	-0.002	.09	0.00%	0.99	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
24	213	115	Aug 9	SEA		MIL	L,5-10	GS-5	L(10-11)	4	4.1	7	9	4	2	4	1	0	4.69	4.54	24	95	55	13	5	8	10	2	0	0	25			2	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.03	-0.537	.05	-0.01%	-7.01	1t start tie	5t --- 1 out d7
25	214	120	Aug 15	SEA	@	TBR	L,1-7	GS-5	L(10-12)	5	4.1	7	5	5	3	0	1	0	4.86	4.65	23	98	51	14	2	10	10	1	4	0	26			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.289	.02	0.00%	-3.15	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d4
26	215	125	Aug 20	SEA	@	OAK	W,7-4	GS-6		4	6.0	10	4	4	3	2	2	0	4.91	4.79	27	102	60	18	5	14	8	6	0	0	35			0	0	1	24	0	1	0	2	0	0	.59	-0.167	.00	0.00%	-1.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
27	216	130	Aug 26	SEA		TEX	L,3-8	GS-7	L(10-13)	5	7.0	9	7	7	3	0	1	1	5.09	4.87	33	107	58	11	3	17	12	7	0	0	28			0	1	0	28	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.12	-0.447	.00	0.00%	-3.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
28	217	135	Aug 31	SEA	@	HOU	W,3-1	GS-6	W(11-13)	4	5.1	6	1	0	3	2	0	0	4.92	4.84	24	86	50	11	3	15	4	4	0	0	53			1	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.099	.00	0.00%	0.99	1b start a 3	6b 12- 1 out a2
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
29	218	140	Sep 5	SEA	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS-5		4	4.2	11	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.95	4.85	24	103	61	20	7	8	12	7	1	0	32			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-1.28	1b start a 3	5b 123 2 out a2
30	219	145	Sep 10	SEA		HOU	L,2-13	GS-3	L(11-14)	4	3.0	7	6	6	1	5	1	0	5.18	4.86	17	69	42	13	7	7	4	1	0	0	25			3	0	0	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.419	.00	0.00%	-4.67	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
31	220	150	Sep 16	SEA	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-6	L(11-15)	5	5.2	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	5.16	4.78	24	83	47	15	4	12	8	6	0	0	45			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.17	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-0.42	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d2
32	221	155	Sep 21	SEA	@	LAA	L,5-6	GS-7	L(11-16)	4	7.0	6	6	6	2	9	1	0	5.26	4.72	29	125	75	20	12	9	9	6	2	0	48			1	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.297	.00	0.00%	-2.81	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
							12-20		W-L:11-16	4.5	183.0	232	117	107	61	107	25	4	5.26	4.72	820	3110	59%	17%	6%	1.16		24%	5%	0	43		---%	16	5	1	746	61	5	5	26	3	11	.99	-2.616	.36	-0.32%	-31.20

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