Joe Saunders stats

Starting Pitcher · #35

Age 45 · 6' 3"

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Joe Saunders played 10 MLB seasons, 2005 to 2014.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
235
W
89
L
86
ERA
4.37
IP
1,387.1
K
792
BB
439
WHIP
1.42

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
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.
2005LAA2007.719.1441.50
2006LAA13734.7170.251291.42
2007LAA18854.44107.169341.52
2008LAA311773.41198.0103531.21
2009LAA311674.60186.0101641.43
2010LAA/ARI339174.47203.1114641.46
2011ARI3312133.69212.0108671.31
2012ARI/BAL289134.07174.2112391.34
2013SEA3211165.26183.0107611.60
2014TEX/BAL14056.7043.023242.07

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
6
W
1
L
1
ERA
4.30
IP
29.1
K
17
BB
17
WHIP
1.67

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
121
CG
9
SHO
3
K/9
5.1
GB
2,228
FB
2,469
G/F
0.90
WP
31

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
2005LAA1003.914190.71
2006LAA8006.51061150.92
2007LAA8005.81692000.83
2008LAA22104.73063370.93
2009LAA13114.93043300.95
2010LAA/ARI15315.03153820.86
2011ARI20104.63233720.93
2012ARI/BAL19115.82633280.83
2013SEA13205.33492991.25
2014TEX/BAL2004.879870.90

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
45 yearsJun 16, 1981
Height
6' 3"
Debut
2005
Birthplace
Springfield, VA
Draft
2002Rd 1, Pk 12
College
Virginia Tech

Latest performance

Joe Saunders

Sep 26 · @ TOR · L 4-2

IP
1.0
H
0
R
0
ER
0
BB
0
K
0
HR
0
ERA
6.70

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Fri, Sep 26atTORL 4-210000
Thu, Sep 25atNYYL 6-510000
Mon, Sep 22atNYYL 5-00.10001
Wed, Sep 10atBOSW 10-60.13550
Sun, Sep 07atTBW 7-5 F/1100000
Fri, Sep 05atTBL 3-00.20000

What were Joe Saunders's career stats?

Joe Saunders played 10 seasons for the Angels, the Diamondbacks and the Mariners. He had 89 wins and 792 strikeouts with a 4.37 ERA over 1,387.1 innings. His best season was 2008: 17 wins, a 3.41 ERA and 103 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

10 seasons, 4 postseasons, 2005 to 2014

Joe Saunders finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Joe Saunders

Playoff series

Joe Saunders played 5 games across 4 MLB postseasons in 4 series — 3 won, 1 lost.

Joe Saunders's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2012TEXWon 1-015.2614
2011MILWon 1-013.0531
2009NYYLost 0-2210.11355
2008BOSWon 1-014.2542

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Joe Saunders’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.