Kazuhiro Sasaki

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 209lb (193cm, 94kg)

Born: February 22, 1968 in Sendai, Japan jp

High School: Tohoku HS (Japan)

School: Tohoku Fukushi University (Japan)

Debut: April 5, 2000 (Age 32-043d, 17,614th in major league history)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 28, 2003 (Age 35-218d)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Full Name: Kazuhiro Sasaki

Pronunciation: \kah-zu-hero Suh-sock-ey\

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Rookie of the Year
2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.7

ERA

3.14

228

129

223.1

242

WHIP

1.084

Summary of 24 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 4 walk-off, 3 tying, 6 go ahead

1 Tm
SEA	24

Platoon
vs LHB	15
vs RHB	9

Home/Road
Away	14
Home	10

Outs
1	10
0	8
2	6

8 Opps
KCR	5
OAK	5
TEX	3
SDP	3
TOR	3
ANA	2
NYY	2
BOS	1

21 Batters
Dave McCarty	2
Eric Chavez	2
Jorge Posada	2
Chris Woodward	1
Tony Batista	1
Tim Salmon	1
Dave Magadan	1
Miguel Tejada	1
Rafael Palmeiro	1
Jason Varitek	1
David Segui	1
José Cruz	1
Garret Anderson	1
Iván Rodríguez	1
Raúl Ibañez	1
Brent Mayne	1
Matt Stairs	1
Ben Davis	1
Al Martin	1
Mike Sweeney	1
Mark Ellis	1

8 Parks
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	10
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1

Where Hit
9	13
7	5
8	3
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	9
4	5
1	4
2	3
7+	2
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	20
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	14
1--	4
12-	2
--3	2
123	1
1-3	1

39 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	14
1 on	6
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	10

Inning
5	1
8	1
9	22

4-6	1
7-end	23

RelScore
+4..	1
+1	1
Tied	2
-1	7
-2	2
-3	5
-4..	6

Ahead	2
Tied	2
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	6
0-0	4
2-1	4
3-2	2
0-1	2
2-0	2
0-2	1
1-2	1
1-0	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	5
1B	4
LF	3
3B	3
PH	2
CF	2
RF	2
SS	2
2B	1

OrderPos
7th	6
4th	5
2nd	3
3rd	2
5th	2
8th	2
6th	2
1st	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	2
Low Lev	9

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2000-04-14	Tony Batista	TOR		SEA	behind 7-11	b 9	1	---	11,(3-2) FBCBFFFFBFX	1	5	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	2	2000-04-14	José Cruz	TOR		SEA	behind 8-11	b 9	2	---	5,(2-2) BFFBX	1	7	8	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
3	3	3	1	2000-04-22	Dave McCarty	KCR	@	SEA	behind 1-4	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	1	7	4%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	2000-05-10	David Segui	TEX		SEA	behind 5-6	b 9	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	3	76%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Evans Scores
5	5	5	1	2000-05-12	Matt Stairs	OAK		SEA	behind 6-7	b 9	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	4	9	64%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Long Scores; F. Menechino Scores
6	6	6	1	2000-06-04	Al Martin	SDP	@	SEA	behind 2-6	t 9	1	--3	3,(1-1) CBX	2	2	7	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Owens Scores
7	7	7	1	2000-07-14	Dave Magadan	SDP		SEA	behind 4-7	b 9	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	PH	5%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	2000-07-31	Jason Varitek	BOS	@	SEA	tied 5-5	t 8	2	1-3	2,(0-1) CX	3	2	2	41%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Lansing Scores; T. Nixon Scores
9	9	9	1	2000-08-05	Jorge Posada	NYY		SEA	behind 3-6	b 9	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	13%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Martinez Scores
10	10	10	1	2000-08-07	Jorge Posada	NYY		SEA	behind 4-8	b 9	2	---	7,(3-2) BFSBFBX	1	2	2	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	2001-04-13	Garret Anderson	ANA		SEA	behind 2-3	b 9	0	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	5	8	65%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Glaus Scores
12	12	2	1	2001-04-16	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX	@	SEA	behind 5-9	t 9	2	--3	3,(1-1) CBX	2	4	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Greer Scores
13	13	3	1	2001-04-19	Tim Salmon	ANA	@	SEA	behind 1-3	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	9	9%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	4	1	2001-05-27	Dave McCarty	KCR		SEA	behind 3-4	b 9	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	3	46%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	5	1	2001-06-10	Ben Davis	SDP	@	SEA	behind 0-8	t 9	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	7	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	6	1	2001-06-20	Eric Chavez	OAK		SEA	behind 3-4	b 9	2	12-	4,(2-1) BBSX	3	7	5	82%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Bellhorn Scores; T. Long Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	2002-07-02	Mike Sweeney	KCR	@	SEA	tied 5-5	t 9	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	3	38%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	2	2	2002-07-02	Raúl Ibañez	KCR	@	SEA	ahead 6-5	t 9	2	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	6	7	11%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
19	19	3	1	2002-07-17	Iván Rodríguez	TEX		SEA	behind 2-6	b 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	2	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
20	20	4	1	2002-08-07	Chris Woodward	TOR		SEA	behind 3-4	b 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	6	46%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	5	1	2002-09-08	Brent Mayne	KCR		SEA	behind 5-8	b 9	0	1--	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	8	PH	13%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); N. Pérez Scores
22	22	6	1	2002-09-26	Miguel Tejada	OAK	@	SEA	behind 1-2	t 9	1	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	3	6	35%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2003-04-17	Eric Chavez	OAK	@	SEA	behind 1-3	t 9	0	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	4	5	9%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
24	24	2	1	2003-09-21	Mark Ellis	OAK		SEA	ahead 6-0	b 5	1	123	3,(0-2) .CCX	4	8	4	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Chavez Scores; R. Hernández Scores; J. Dye Scores