Dennis James Saunders (born January 4, 1949) is a retired American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who worked in eight Major League games for the 1970 Detroit Tigers, strictly in relief. He stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg) as an active player.

Saunders allowed 16 hits, five bases on balls and one home run — with eight strikeouts — in 14 innings pitched for Detroit. In his finest performance, his second Major League game on May 24, he relieved starter Mickey Lolich in the third inning and hurled 5⅔ innings of scoreless ball, allowing only three hits, against the Washington Senators.^[1] He earned his only Major League save (on May 29) and victory (on June 10) against the Milwaukee Brewers.^[2]

His professional career concluded after the 1972 season, his sixth year in minor league baseball, where he appeared in 142 games, 63 as a starting pitcher.^[3]