Sal Fasano

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 220lb (188cm, 99kg)

Born: August 10, 1971 in Chicago, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 37th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Evansville (Evansville, IN).

High School: Hoffman Estates HS (Hoffman Estates, IL)

School: University of Evansville (Evansville, IN)

Debut: April 3, 1996 (Age 24-237d, 16,820th in major league history)
vs. BAL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 14, 2008 (Age 37-035d)
vs. KCR 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Agents: Barry Meister

Full Name: Salvatore Frank Fasano

Pronunciation: \fa-SAH-no\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

1109

245

.221

136

RBI

140

OBP

.295

SLG

.392

OPS

.687

OPS+

Summary of 47 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 12 go ahead

7 Tms
KCR	20
BAL	11
OAK	7
PHI	4
COL	3
NYY	1
TOR	1

Platoon
vs RHP	31
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Away	30
Home	17

Outs
0	23
1	13
2	11

21 Opps
TBD	6
TEX	4
SEA	4
PIT	4
BOS	3
ARI	2
SFG	2
OAK	2
NYY	2
BAL	2
KCR	2
LAD	2
CLE	2
MIL	2
CHW	2
MIN	1
CIN	1
CAL	1
CHC	1
FLA	1
TOR	1

44 Pitchers
Rick Helling	2
Rolando Arrojo	2
David Williams	2
José Contreras	1
Juan Carlos Oviedo	1
Brandon Claussen	1
Jay Witasick	1
Jim Parque	1
Ricky Bones	1
Jimmy Haynes	1
Bryan Rekar	1
José Mercedes	1
Giovanni Carrara	1
Frankie Rodriguez	1
Enrique González	1
Andy Pettitte	1
John Halama	1
Aaron Sele	1
Chris Bosio	1
Matt Thornton	1
Mark Hendrickson	1
Casey Fossum	1
Jon Lieber	1
Kevin Jarvis	1
Charles Nagy	1
Hayden Penn	1
Kevin Tapani	1
Gil Heredia	1
Terry Burrows	1
Denny Neagle	1
Rick Krivda	1
Jake Westbrook	1
Darren Oliver	1
Brandon McCarthy	1
Pat Hentgen	1
Jimmy Anderson	1
Esteban Yan	1
Mark Gardner	1
Brett Tomko	1
Tim Corcoran	1
Scott Kazmir	1
Jason Grimsley	1
Shawn Estes	1
Ramón Martínez	1

21 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	9
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
TropicanaFld (STP)	4
Camden Yards (BAL)	3
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	3
Coors Fld (DEN)	3
County Stad (MIL)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	2
Chase Field (PHO)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	21
78	10
8	9
9	4
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	11
1	9
2	9
6	7
4	5
5	4
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	41
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	31
1--	8
12-	3
-2-	3
123	1
1-3	1

69 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	31
1 on	11
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	16

Inning
2	7
3	10
4	5
5	11
6	2
7	3
8	6
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	17
4-6	18
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	4
+2	6
+1	8
Tied	9
-1	5
-2	3
-3	3
-4..	6

Ahead	21
Tied	9
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	9
3-2	8
1-0	5
1-1	5
0-1	4
2-2	4
0-2	3
1-2	3
2-1	3
2-0	3

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	45
PH/DH	1
DH	1

OrderPos
8th	27
9th	16
7th	3
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	18

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1996-05-09	KCR	@	CAL	Jason Grimsley	ahead 2-0	t 5	0	12-	3,(0-2) LFX	3	9	2	0.120	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Offerman Scores; D. Howard Scores
2	2	2	1	1996-05-10	KCR	@	SEA	Chris Bosio	ahead 8-7	t 5	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	2	0.117	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
3	3	3	1	1996-05-23	KCR		TEX	Darren Oliver	ahead 3-1	b 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.068	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1996-06-17	KCR	@	MIL	Terry Burrows	behind 0-6	t 6	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	2	0.042	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Randa Scores
5	5	5	1	1996-06-19	KCR	@	MIL	José Mercedes	tied 4-4	t 10	0	---	5,(2-2) SLBBX	1	8	2	0.312	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
6	6	6	1	1996-06-23	KCR	@	BAL	Rick Krivda	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	1--	5,(2-2) BF1BS1X	2	7	2	0.132	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Tucker Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1997-06-14	KCR	@	PIT	Jon Lieber	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	8	2	0.113	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); S. Fasano Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1998-05-30	KCR		OAK	Jimmy Haynes	ahead 3-2	b 7	0	---	6,(3-2) BCBCBX	1	8	2	0.098	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
9	9	2	1	1998-06-27	KCR		CHC	Kevin Tapani	behind 0-3	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	9	2	0.097	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	3	1	1998-07-04	KCR		CLE	Charles Nagy	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	0.140	87%		Home Run (Line Drive); J. Conine Scores
11	11	4	1	1998-07-12	KCR	@	CHW	Jim Parque	behind 1-2	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.118	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
12	12	5	1	1998-08-05	KCR	@	MIN	Frankie Rodriguez	behind 0-2	t 5	2	12-	7,(3-2) FBBFFBX	3	8	2	0.331	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. King Scores; L. Sutton Scores
13	13	6	1	1998-08-16	KCR		TBD	Esteban Yan	behind 2-8	b 9	0	---	6,(3-2) BBCFBX	1	8	2	0.006	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	7	1	1998-08-23	KCR	@	TBD	Bryan Rekar	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	8	2	0.095	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
15	15	8	1	1998-08-24	KCR	@	TOR	Pat Hentgen	tied 1-1	t 4	2	---	5,(1-2) CCFBX	1	8	2	0.123	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1999-09-02	KCR	@	BOS	Ramón Martínez	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	1--	6,(2-2) BSSBFX	2	8	2	0.117	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Vitiello Scores/unER
17	17	2	1	1999-09-11	KCR		TEX	Rick Helling	tied 0-0	b 2	2	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	8	2	0.170	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Randa Scores
18	18	3	2	1999-09-11	KCR		TEX	Rick Helling	ahead 6-5	b 5	1	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	8	2	0.159	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Giambi Scores
19	19	4	1	1999-09-19	KCR	@	OAK	Gil Heredia	behind 0-1	t 3	0	1--	4,(1-2) FFBX	2	8	2	0.172	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Giambi Scores
20	20	5	1	1999-09-22	KCR	@	SEA	John Halama	tied 0-0	t 3	1	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	9	2	0.173	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Quinn Scores
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	2000-06-04	OAK		SFG	Shawn Estes	behind 0-12	b 5	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
22	22	2	1	2000-06-17	OAK	@	KCR	Jay Witasick	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	6,(3-2) BSCBBX	1	9	2	0.079	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	3	1	2000-07-14	OAK	@	SFG	Mark Gardner	behind 0-1	t 3	0	-2-	4,(1-2) CCBX	2	8	2	0.153	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); E. Chavez Scores
24	24	4	1	2000-07-30	OAK		BOS	Rolando Arrojo	tied 0-0	b 2	2	123	2,(0-1) CX	4	9	2	0.274	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); B. Grieve Scores; M. Tejada Scores; J. Giambi Scores
25	25	5	2	2000-07-30	OAK		BOS	Rolando Arrojo	ahead 4-2	b 7	1	---	7,(3-2) BCBCFBX	1	9	2	0.062	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	6	1	2000-08-09	OAK	@	NYY	Andy Pettitte	behind 0-11	t 8	0	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	9	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	7	1	2000-08-27	OAK		NYY	Denny Neagle	ahead 3-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	2	0.060	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2001-08-03	COL		PIT	Jimmy Anderson	ahead 7-4	b 2	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	8	2	0.124	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Ochoa Scores; J. Uribe Scores
29	29	2	1	2001-08-17	COL		FLA	Ricky Bones	ahead 10-5	b 8	0	---	6,(3-2) BCBBFX	1	8	2	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
30	30	3	1	2001-09-06	COL		LAD	Giovanni Carrara	behind 4-7	b 8	0	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	8	2	0.091	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2005-05-15	BAL	@	CHW	José Contreras	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	8	2	0.108	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
32	32	2	1	2005-05-17	BAL	@	KCR	Juan Carlos Oviedo	ahead 11-8	t 9	1	---	6,(3-2) .FBBSBX	1	7	PH/DH	0.022	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	3	1	2005-06-07	BAL	@	PIT	David Williams	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.101	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
34	34	4	2	2005-06-07	BAL	@	PIT	David Williams	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	0.060	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	5	1	2005-06-11	BAL	@	CIN	Brandon Claussen	behind 0-10	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	8	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
36	36	6	1	2005-06-30	BAL		CLE	Jake Westbrook	behind 2-5	b 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	9	2	0.092	26%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
37	37	7	1	2005-07-14	BAL	@	SEA	Aaron Sele	behind 2-3	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	2	0.141	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
38	38	8	1	2005-07-15	BAL	@	SEA	Matt Thornton	ahead 5-3	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	9	2	0.065	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	9	1	2005-07-24	BAL	@	TBD	Casey Fossum	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	2	0.115	59%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
40	40	10	1	2005-10-01	BAL	@	TBD	Mark Hendrickson	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	6	DH	0.115	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41	41	11	1	2005-10-02	BAL	@	TBD	Tim Corcoran	behind 0-2	t 5	1	-2-	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	9	2	0.199	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); L. Matos Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	2006-04-07	PHI		LAD	Brett Tomko	behind 1-5	b 4	1	1--	3,(1-1) SBX	2	8	2	0.135	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Howard Scores
43	43	2	1	2006-06-06	PHI	@	ARI	Kevin Jarvis	ahead 6-1	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.011	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
44	44	3	1	2006-06-07	PHI	@	ARI	Enrique González	ahead 6-1	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	8	2	0.023	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
45	45	4	1	2006-06-17	PHI		TBD	Scott Kazmir	behind 1-2	b 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.104	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	5	1	2006-09-10	NYY	@	BAL	Hayden Penn	tied 0-0	t 2	1	12-	6,(3-2) FBBFBX	3	8	2	0.217	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Canó Scores; A. Guiel Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	2007-05-04	TOR	@	TEX	Brandon McCarthy	behind 0-2	t 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	0.095	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)