Joe Saunders
2005–2014 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Los Angeles Angels, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers
215G
.133AVG
.170OBP
.141SLG
More career statistics
17H
0HR
6RBI
1SB
89–86W–L
1,387.1IP
792K
4.37ERA
229GS
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 215 | 236 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 215 | 150 | 128 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .133 | .170 | .141 | .311 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,387.3 | 235 | 229 | 9 | 89 | 86 | 0 | 1,533 | 746 | 674 | 179 | 439 | 792 | 0 | 0 | 4.37 | 1.421 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 2011-08-17 to 2011-08-27
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 2009-06-30 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 12 hits allowed | 2008-05-04 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 18 | 6 walks allowed | 2009-07-17 | 1 in 74 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 |  Los Angeles Angels | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 4 |
| 2006 | Los Angeles Angels | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 70 | 51 |
| 2007 | Los Angeles Angels | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 107 | 69 |
| 2008 | Los Angeles Angels | 31 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 198 | 103 |
| 2009 | Los Angeles Angels | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 186 | 101 |
| 2010 | Los Angeles Angels, Arizona Diamondbacks | 33 | 24 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | .083 | 203 | 114 |
| 2011 |  Arizona Diamondbacks | 33 | 61 | 12 | – | 4 | – | .197 | 212 | 108 |
| 2012 | Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles | 28 | 35 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .086 | 174 | 112 |
| 2013 |  Seattle Mariners | 33 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 183 | 107 |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 43 | 23 |