Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2007
- College
- Indiana State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 2007
- College
- Indiana State
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 405
- W
- 11
- L
- 16
- ERA
- 3.38
- IP
- 260.2
- K
- 270
- BB
- 91
- WHIP
- 1.32
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | SD | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1.29 | 21.0 | 16 | 6 | 0.90 |
| 2008 | SD | 25 | 0 | 4 | 8.42 | 25.2 | 17 | 13 | 2.14 |
| 2009 | SD | 52 | 1 | 0 | 2.80 | 45.0 | 55 | 18 | 1.22 |
| 2010 | SD | 65 | 1 | 0 | 1.29 | 35.0 | 45 | 7 | 0.86 |
| 2011 | SD | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 10.0 | 9 | 7 | 1.50 |
| 2012 | SD | 55 | 1 | 4 | 3.41 | 31.2 | 39 | 14 | 1.39 |
| 2013 |  SD/ARI | 72 | 3 | 2 | 3.20 | 39.1 | 36 | 10 | 1.27 |
| 2014 |  ARI/LAA | 53 | 2 | 1 | 3.86 | 30.1 | 27 | 4 | 1.32 |
| 2015 | HOU | 43 | 1 | 3 | 3.18 | 22.2 | 26 | 12 | 1.54 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 9.3
- GB
- 324
- FB
- 420
- G/F
- 0.80
- WP
- 6
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 34 | 28 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2008 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 44 | 54 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2009 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 49 | 61 | 0.8 | 2 |
| 2010 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.6 | 37 | 47 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2011 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 12 | 16 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2012 | SD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 37 | 47 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2013 | SD/ARI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 45 | 72 | 0.6 | 3 |
| 2014 | ARI/LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 37 | 62 | 0.6 | 1 |
| 2015 | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 29 | 33 | 0.9 | 0 |
What were Joe Thatcher's career stats?
Joe Thatcher played 9 seasons for the Padres and the Astros. He had 11 wins and 270 strikeouts with a 3.38 ERA over 260.2 innings. His best season was 2013: 3 wins, a 3.20 ERA and 36 strikeouts.
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