Joe Saunders

Joseph Francis Saunders III MLB 2005-2012 | 2002-2012

Control
66

K-Rating
37

Efficiency
56

vsPower
48

Tags: First Round Draft Pick | Major League All-Star Game | Opening Day Starts | Top Prospect

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Status Arizona Diamondbacks Positions P-228 Born Jun 16, 1981 (30) Place Fairfax,Virginia Ht/Wt 6-3 / 195 Bats/Throws: Left / Left High School West Springfield (Springfield,VA) College Virginia Tech
Drafted Anaheim Angels: 2002-1-12 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: August 16,2005 box

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Pitching Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Strikeout Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	GB/FB	QS	HB	AB	Bavg	TBF	Pit/B	Bal	Str	Sw	Record	TR
2002	Virginia Tech	BigEast	NCAA	-	-	21	2	9	2	2.88	15	14	5	2	0	0	97.0	103	42	31	5	22	102	4	0	1.29	9.56	0.46	2.04	9.46	0.22	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	33-26	2
	Provo	Pio	Rk	-	ana	21	-	2	1	3.62	8	8	0	0	0	0	32.1	40	19	13	1	11	21	3	0	1.58	11.14	0.28	3.06	5.85	0.52	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	38-38	2
	Cedar Rapids	Midw	A	35	ana	21	-	3	1	1.88	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.2	16	7	6	2	9	27	2	0	0.87	5.02	0.63	2.83	8.48	0.33	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	81-58	2
2004	Rancho Cucamonga	Calif	A+	35	ana	23	64	9	7	3.41	19	19	0	0	0	0	105.2	106	49	40	13	23	76	5	0	1.22	9.03	1.11	1.96	6.47	0.30	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	69-71	3
	Arkansas	Tex	AA	40	ana	23	-	4	3	5.77	8	8	0	0	0	0	39.0	51	26	25	5	14	25	2	0	1.67	11.77	1.15	3.23	5.77	0.56	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	59-80	4
2005	Arkansas	Tex	AA	35	laa	24	26	7	4	3.49	18	18	2	1	0	0	105.2	107	52	41	9	32	80	2	0	1.32	9.11	0.77	2.73	6.81	0.40	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	71-69	2
	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	-	laa	24	57	3	3	4.58	9	9	1	1	0	0	55.0	65	38	28	3	21	29	1	0	1.56	10.64	0.49	3.44	4.75	0.72	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	79-65	2
	LA Angels	AL	MLB	68	laa	24	-	0	0	7.72	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.1	10	8	8	3	4	4	1	0	1.50	9.65	2.89	3.86	3.86	1.00	0.74	0	0	0	--	0	--	40.0	60.0	4.5	95-67	1
2006	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA		laa	25	54	10	4	2.67	21	20	1	1	1	0	135.0	117	44	40	12	38	97	2	0	1.15	7.80	0.80	2.53	6.47	0.39	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	81-63	1
	LA Angels	AL	MLB	68	laa	25	-	7	3	4.71	13	13	0	0	0	0	70.2	71	42	37	6	29	51	2	1	1.42	9.04	0.76	3.69	6.50	0.57	0.92	0	0	0	--	0	--	39.5	60.5	9.0	89-73	2
2007	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA		laa	26	-	4	7	5.11	14	14	0	0	0	0	86.1	89	53	49	10	20	84	6	0	1.26	9.28	1.04	2.09	8.76	0.24	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	74-69	1
	LA Angels	AL	MLB	51	laa	26	-	8	5	4.44	18	18	0	0	0	0	107.1	129	56	53	11	34	69	3	0	1.52	10.82	0.92	2.85	5.79	0.49	0.85	0	0	0	--	0	--	38.4	61.6	7.5	94-68	1
2008	LA Angels	AL	MLB	51	laa	27	17	17	7	3.41	31	31	1	0	0	0	198.0	187	82	75	21	53	103	3	0	1.21	8.50	0.95	2.41	4.68	0.51	0.91	0	0	0	--	0	--	38.7	61.3	6.9	100-62	1
2009	LA Angels	AL	MLB	51	laa	28	25	16	7	4.60	31	31	1	1	0	0	186.0	202	102	95	29	64	101	5	1	1.43	9.77	1.40	3.10	4.89	0.63	0.92	0	0	0	--	0	--	39.6	60.4	6.2	97-65	1
2010	LA Angels	AL	MLB	51	laa	29	59	6	10	4.62	20	20	2	1	0	0	120.2	135	70	62	14	45	64	3	0	1.49	10.07	1.04	3.36	4.77	0.70	0.80	0	0	0	--	0	--	41.1	58.9	6.0	80-82	3
	Arizona	NL	MLB	34	ari	29	-	3	7	4.25	13	13	1	0	0	0	82.2	97	50	39	11	19	50	3	0	1.40	10.56	1.20	2.07	5.44	0.38	0.85	0	0	0	--	0	--	38.5	61.5	5.4	65-97	5
2011	Arizona	NL	MLB	34	ari	30	34	12	13	3.69	33	33	1	0	0	0	212.0	210	94	87	29	67	108	3	0	1.31	8.92	1.23	2.84	4.58	0.62	0.86	0	0	0	--	0	--	38.7	61.3	6.2	94-68	1
2012	Arizona	NL	MLB		ari	31	5/29/2012	3	3	3.61	10	10	1	1	0	0	62.1	65	28	25	7	16	41	0	1	1.30	9.39	1.01	2.31	5.92	0.39	--				--		--	--	--	--	--	--
MLB Totals (8 years)								72	55	4.13	171	171	7	3	0	0	1049	1106	532	481	131	331	591	23	3	1.37	9.49	1.12	2.84	5.07	0.56	--	0	0	0	--	0	--	--	--	--	.551	--
Minor League Totals (5 years)								42	30	3.71	102	101	4	3	1	0	588	591	288	242	55	168	439	23	0	1.29	9.05	0.84	2.57	6.72	0.38	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.518	--
College Totals (1 year)								9	2	2.88	15	14	5	2	0	0	97	103	42	31	5	22	102	4	0	1.29	9.56	0.46	2.04	9.46	0.22	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.559	--
AAA Totals (3 years)								17	14	3.81	44	43	2	2	1	0	276	271	135	117	25	79	210	9	0	1.27	8.83	0.81	2.57	6.84	0.38	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.543	--
AA Totals (2 years)								11	7	4.11	26	26	2	1	0	0	145	158	78	66	14	46	105	4	0	1.41	9.83	0.87	2.86	6.53	0.44	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.466	--
A+ Totals (1 year)								9	7	3.41	19	19	0	0	0	0	106	106	49	40	13	23	76	5	0	1.22	9.03	1.11	1.96	6.47	0.30	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.493	--
A Totals (1 year)								3	1	1.88	5	5	0	0	0	0	29	16	7	6	2	9	27	2	0	0.87	5.02	0.63	2.83	8.48	0.33	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.583	--
Rookie Totals (1 year)								2	1	3.62	8	8	0	0	0	0	32	40	19	13	1	11	21	3	0	1.58	11.14	0.28	3.06	5.85	0.52	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.500	--

Batting Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Home Run Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
2008	LA Angels	AL	MLB	51	laa	27	p	-	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	2	10	0	3	3	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	66.7	0.00	3.7	11	72.7	27.3	9.1	100-62	1	2008	LA Angels
2010	LA Angels	AL	MLB	51	laa	29	p	-	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	100	0	1	1	--	--	.000	.000	.000	--	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	4.0	4	75.0	25.0	25.0	80-82	3	2010	LA Angels
	Arizona	NL	MLB	34	ari	29	p	-	13	23	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	8	0	0	3	0	0	.087	.125	.087	212	13	100	2	27	24	-1	-1.5	.133	.087	.000	0.13	0.0	0.0	3.7	29.6	2.60	3.0	80	73.8	26.3	12.5	65-97	5		Arizona
2011	Arizona	NL	MLB	34	ari	30	p	-	30	61	2	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	15	0	0	4	0	1	.197	.222	.213	435	30	100	13	67	54	1	0.5	.261	.049	.016	0.13	0.0	8.3	3.0	22.4	2.06	3.2	213	68.1	31.9	8.0	94-68	1	2011	Arizona
2012	Arizona	NL	MLB		ari	31	5/29/2012		10	18	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	4	1	0	.056	.100	.056	156	-	-	1	24	22	-1	-1.4	.067	.056	.000	0.25	0.0	0.0	4.2	16.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2012	Arizona
MLB Totals (4 years)									74	106	3	15	1	0	0	6	1	0	4	29	0	0	11	1	1	.142	.171	.151	322	46	62	16	122	104	-2	-0.5	.192	.057	.009	0.14	0.0	6.7	3.3	23.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	.523	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
2002	Provo	Pio	Rk	ana	21	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	7	0
2002	Cedar Rapids	Midw	A	ana	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	5	0
2004	Rancho Cucamonga	Calif	A+	ana	23	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	13	2
2004	Arkansas	Tex	AA	ana	23	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	7	0
2005	Arkansas	Tex	AA	laa	24	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.957	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4	18	1
2005	LA Angels	AL	MLB	laa	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0
2005	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	laa	24	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.944	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	15	1
2006	LA Angels	AL	MLB	laa	25	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	10	0
2007	LA Angels	AL	MLB	laa	26	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	3	14	0
2008	LA Angels	AL	MLB	laa	27	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	8	33	0
2009	LA Angels	AL	MLB	laa	28	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.969	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	7	24	1
2010	Arizona	NL	MLB	ari	29	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4	11	0
2010	LA Angels	AL	MLB	laa	29	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.974	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	35	1
2011	Arizona	NL	MLB	ari	30	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	13	36	0
MLB Totals						161	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.990	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	38	163	2
Minor League Totals						67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.949	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	10	65	4

Transactions

Drafted: Selected by Philadelphia Phillies in 5th round (156th overall) of 1999 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase) *Did not sign* ... Selected by Anaheim Angels in 1st round (12th overall) of 2002 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)

2002-06-10 - signed 2003-09-18 - On disabled list 2010-07-25 - Traded by Angels with Rafael Rodriguez and Patrick Corbin to Diamondbacks for Dan Haren 2011-12-12 - Granted free agency 2012-01-17 - Signed by Diamondbacks

Awards

2000 - Atlantic 10 Conference All-Star SP; Freshman 2nd team All-America SP; 2002 - Big East Conference All-Star P; 2008 - Played in MLB All-Star Game (AL);

Contracts

2005-2005 - Signed by LAA to 1-year contract worth $0.3m (2/5/2005)
2006-2006 - Signed by LAA to 1-year contract worth $0.327m (2/11/2006)
2007-2007 - Signed by LAA to 1-year contract worth $0.38m (3/2/2007)
2008-2008 - Signed by LAA to 1-year contract worth $0.425m (3/2/2008)
2009-2009 - Signed by LAA to 1-year contract worth $0.475m (2/26/2009)
2010-2010 - Signed by LAA to 1-year contract worth $3.7m (1/29/2010) -- Avoided arbitration
2011-2011 - Signed by ARI to 1-year contract worth $5.5m (1/18/2011) -- Avoided arbitration

Disabled List

2009-08-08 - Disabled (Left shoulder tightness); 2009-08-26 - Activated;

Salaries

$300,000

$327,000

$380,000

$425,000

$475,000

$3,700,000

$5,500,000

$6,000,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

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Other Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2010	Los Angeles Angels	MLB-ST	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2011	Arizona Diamondbacks	MLB-ST	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400
2012	Arizona Diamondbacks	MLB-ST	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000

Other Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	League	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
2001	Harwich Mariners	CapeCod	4	3	1.02	8	8	0	0	0	53	32	14	6	0	11	61	0.81	5.43	0.00	1.87	10.36
2010	Los Angeles Angels	MLB-ST	1	2	5.40	5	5	0	0	0	20	25	12	12	0	7	13	1.60	11.25	0.00	3.15	5.85
2011	Arizona Diamondbacks	MLB-ST	1	3	12.46	6	6	0	0	0	17.1	31	27	24	3	9	10	2.31	16.10	1.56	4.67	5.19
2012	Arizona Diamondbacks	MLB-ST	1	2	7.98	5	1	0	0	0	14.2	25	13	13	2	6	11	2.11	15.34	1.23	3.68	6.75

Playoff Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	Arizona	NL	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1000
Playoff Totals:				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-

Playoff Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	League	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
2008	LA Angels	AL	0	0	7.71	1	1	0	0	0	4.2	5	4	4	0	4	2	1.93	9.60	0.00	7.70	3.90
2009	LA Angels	AL	0	1	4.35	2	2	0	0	0	10.1	13	5	5	1	6	5	1.84	11.30	0.90	5.20	4.40
2011	Arizona	NL	0	0	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	3	5	3	3	0	2	1	2.33	15.00	0.00	6.00	3.00
Playoff Totals			0	1	6.00	4	4	0	0	0	18	23	12	12	1	12	8	1.94	11.50	0.50	6.00	4.00

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

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Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
ERA	2x	2008-7		2002-7
WHIP	1x	2008-9
BB9	1x			2002-9
SO9	1x			2002-4
BBSO	1x			2002-1
WPCT	3x	2008-5 2009-4		2002-6
W	3x	2008-6 2009-8		2002-3
GS	1x			2002-4
CG	2x		2005-7	2002-2
SHO	4x	2010-10	2005-8 2005-5	2002-1
IP	1x			2002-3
H	3x	2009-8 2011-10		2002-4
R	1x	2009-6
ER	1x	2009-6
HR	2x	2009-2 2011-3
SO	1x			2002-1

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