How many saves did Joe Thatcher have in 2012?
12012 Regular Season
Joe Thatcher recorded 1 saves in the 2012 regular season, 88th in the MLB.
- Joe Thatcher's best regular season for saves in 9 seasons on file.
- Up 1 from 0 in 2011.
Sum of 9 regular seasons, 2007 through 2015. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  SD | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1.29 | 21.0 | 16 | 6 | 0.90 | 0 |
| 2008 | SD | 25 | 0 | 4 | 8.42 | 25.2 | 17 | 13 | 2.14 | 0 |
| 2009 | SD | 52 | 1 | 0 | 2.80 | 45.0 | 55 | 18 | 1.22 | 0 |
| 2010 | SD | 65 | 1 | 0 | 1.29 | 35.0 | 45 | 7 | 0.86 | 0 |
| 2011 | SD | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 10.0 | 9 | 7 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 2012 | SD | 55 | 1 | 4 | 3.41 | 31.2 | 39 | 14 | 1.39 | 1 |
| 2013 |  SD/ARI | 72 | 3 | 2 | 3.20 | 39.1 | 36 | 10 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 2014 |  ARI/LAA | 53 | 2 | 1 | 3.86 | 30.1 | 27 | 4 | 1.32 | 0 |
| 2015 |  HOU | 43 | 1 | 3 | 3.18 | 22.2 | 26 | 12 | 1.54 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV