Joseph
Spikes
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 195
 
Born: November 5, 1984 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2008   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 21 AMA HL $ 300,000 7 9 9 9 7 7 7 9 9 9
2007 22 AMA HL $ 300,000 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 9 9 9
2008 23 SEA HL $ 300,000 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 9 9 9
2009 24 SEA HL $ 300,000 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 9 9 9
2010 25 SEA HL $ 2,800,000 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 9 9 9 7 7 7 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,800,000 7 10 10 10 7 7 7 9 9 9
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 21 AMA HL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2007 22 AMA HL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2008 23 SEA HL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2009 24 SEA HL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 25 SEA HL $ 2,800,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,800,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Nolan Ryan Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2006 21 AMA HL 1 2 .333 5 5 0 0 0 29.3 34 15 0 8 24 4.60 .296 .344 .374 .718 1.1
    AAA   11 11 .500 30 30 3 1 0 197.0 177 78 11 67 205 3.56 .239 .302 .332 .633  
2007 22 AMA HL 11 11 .500 35 35 2 2 0 216.3 186 87 14 99 224 3.62 .230 .335 .319 .655 17.0
2008 23 SEA HL 17 8 .680 33 33 5 3 0 207.7 158 69 11 77 203 2.99 .212 .306 .305 .611 17.2
2009 24 SEA HL 10 8 .556 28 28 1 0 0 183.0 145 72 8 60 211 3.54 .220 .309 .296 .605 11.6
2010 25 SEA HL 13 12 .520 33 33 2 1 0 222.7 156 69 14 62 214 2.79 .199 .285 .287 .572 20.6
5 Years Sim 52 41 .559 134 134 10 6 0 859.0 679 312 47 306 876 3.27 .218 .311 .305 .616 67.5
1 Years AAA 11 11 .500 30 30 3 1 0 197.0 177 78 11 67 205 3.56 .239 .302 .332 .633  
Season Average 10 8 .556 26 26 2 1 0 171.8 135 62 9 61 175 3.27 .218 .311 .305 .616  
Career Highs 17 12 .680 35 35 5 3 0 222.7 186 87 14 99 224 4.60 .296 .344 .374 .718  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   405 188 32 182 524   .220 .290 .312 .602
vs LH   274 124 15 124 352   .216 .286 .295 .581
Home 31 20 .608 68 68 6 4 0 441.7 342 156 20 161 437 3.18 .214 .286 .301 .586
Away 21 21 .500 66 66 4 2 0 417.3 337 156 27 145 439 3.36 .223 .291 .310 .601
Mar/Apr 4 6 .400 19 19 0 0 0 118.0 99 46 9 46 113 3.51 .228 .301 .313 .614
May 8 9 .471 21 21 3 2 0 131.3 99 49 6 46 144 3.36 .209 .279 .281 .559
June 8 5 .615 21 21 3 1 0 139.7 114 51 6 54 135 3.29 .227 .302 .301 .603
July 11 4 .733 20 20 2 1 0 133.7 91 39 7 43 133 2.63 .192 .260 .268 .528
August 13 5 .722 23 23 1 1 0 154.3 118 51 7 54 173 2.97 .211 .280 .295 .575
Sep/Oct 8 12 .400 30 30 1 1 0 182.0 158 76 12 63 178 3.76 .237 .303 .355 .658
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hank Aaron Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2006 21 AMA HL 5 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.2 0.0
2007 22 AMA HL 35 68 6 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 26 .191 .203 .221 .423 2.0 0.0
2008 23 SEA HL 33 59 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 27 .220 .258 .220 .478 3.6 0.0
2009 24 SEA HL 28 56 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 26 .071 .103 .107 .211 -1.6 0.0
2010 25 SEA HL 33 66 4 12 2 0 1 8 0 0 2 24 .182 .206 .258 .463 2.9 0.0
5 Years Sim 134 258 17 43 6 0 1 10 0 0 8 105 .167 .192 .202 .393 6.8 0.0
162 Game Average 311 20 51 7 0 1 12 0 0 9 126 .167 .192 .202 .393 8.2  
Career Highs 35 68 6 13 2 0 1 8 0 0 3 27 .220 .258 .258 .478 3.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   166 14 28 2 0 1 7 0 0 5 66 .169 .193 .199 .392 3.8
vs LH   92 3 15 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 39 .163 .189 .207 .396 2.0
Home 68 118 12 21 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 47 .178 .205 .203 .408 3.2
Away 66 140 5 22 3 0 1 4 0 0 4 58 .157 .181 .200 .381 2.6
RISP   52 0 8 2 0 0 9 0 0 1 22 .154 .170 .192 .362 0.6
Close/Late   4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
Mar/Apr 19 36 4 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 14 .167 .189 .250 .439 1.4
May 21 36 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .250 .270 .250 .520 2.2
June 21 42 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .119 .140 .143 .282 -0.5
July 20 41 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 23 .146 .186 .171 .357 0.5
August 23 52 4 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 22 .192 .222 .231 .453 2.1
Sep/Oct 30 51 4 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 20 .137 .154 .176 .330 0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hoover Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2006 21 AMA HL P 5 5 29.3 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.76    
2007 22 AMA HL P 35 35 216.3 13 26 0 3 1.000 1.62    
2008 23 SEA HL P 33 33 207.7 11 33 0 4 1.000 1.91    
2009 24 SEA HL P 28 28 183.0 8 14 0 2 1.000 1.08    
2010 25 SEA HL P 33 33 222.7 15 39 0 7 1.000 2.18    
Career Totals   134 134 859.0 51 117 0 16 1.000 1.76    
Career Highs   35 35 222.7 15 39 0 7 1.000 2.76    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2008 23 SEA HL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.3 6 6 1 3 6 12.47 .333 .429 .556 .984
2009 24 SEA HL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 1 2 0 8 5 3.00 .059 .360 .059 .419
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 10.3 7 8 1 11 11 6.97 .200 .391 .314 .706
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2008 23 SEA HL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2009 24 SEA HL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2007-10-3.62
2008-8-2.99
Wins
2008-3-17
Winning Pct
2008-5-.680
Shutouts
2007-7-2
2008-4-3
CAR-25-6
Strikeouts
2007-8-224
Walks Allowed
2007-3-99
2008-7-77
CAR-39-306
Hits per 9IP
2007-10-7.7
2008-4-6.8
2009-7-7.1
2010-4-6.3
Strikeouts per 9IP
2007-7-9.3
2009-4-10.4
WHiP
2010-8-0.98
OAVG
2007-10-.230
2008-5-.212
2009-8-.220
2010-5-.199
OSLG
2007-6-.319
2008-4-.305
2009-4-.296
2010-3-.287
OOPS
2007-9-.655
2008-8-.611
2009-9-.605
2010-9-.572
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 33
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Amarillo in 2006
Injured on 6/13/2006 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Earned first career win on 9/14/2006
Had first career hit on 10/2/2006, off Christopher Gagliano (IH)
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game
Injured on 5/9/2009 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Struck out 15 batters against Xiang Nan on 8/26/2009
2/5/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,800,000 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/2010, off Allen Vandusen (NJP)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/2010, going 4-1, 0.94