How Joe Saunders's Fielding Percentage Compares to Similar Players

Joe Saunders posted a career Fielding Percentage of 98.29, near the league average of 97.79 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Fielding Percentage season came in 2006, posting 100.0, near the league average of 98.36 that year. The lowest point came in 2014 at 88.89, near the league average of 98.45 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 97.22 in 2012 to 97.73 in 2013 and 88.89 in 2014. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Fielding Percentage producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 10 seasons.

Joe Saunders Lifetime Fielding Percentage

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Joe Saunders
Fielding Percentage
Career98.29
Season Avg.98.29
162 Game Avg.98.29
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Joe Saunders Fielding Percentage Per Season

Joe Saunders's Fielding Percentage for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Saunders Fielding Percentage per season line chart

Joe Saunders Fielding Percentage by Team

Joe Saunders's career Fielding Percentage totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Saunders career Fielding Percentage by team bar chart

Joe Saunders Fielding Percentage Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Saunders's career Fielding Percentage shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Joe Saunders Fielding Percentage year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Saunders Fielding Percentage Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Saunders's seasonal Fielding Percentage alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Joe Saunders Fielding Percentage distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Saunders Fielding Percentage — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Saunders's MLB career with Fielding Percentage alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Joe Saunders Fielding Percentage season-by-season breakdown table