Kirk Saarloos

Kirk Craig Saarloos

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 23, 1979 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Valley Christian HS (Cerritos, CA)
School: California State University Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 2002
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Astros/Reds 2002-2008

Final Game: September 20, 2008
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2001	22	HOU-min	A	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		LEX · SALL
2002	23	HOU-min	AA,AAA	19	18	15	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.267	.267	.267	.533		4	0	0	3	0	0		RRK,NOR · TL,PCL
2002	23	HOU	NL	17	35	30	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	.067	.067	.100	.167	-58	3	0	0	5	0	0	1
2003	24	HOU-min	AAA	14	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.154	.154	.154	.308		2	0	0	2	0	0		NOR · PCL
2003	24	HOU	NL	36	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	-52	0	0	0	3	0	0	1
2004	25	OAK-HOU-min	AAA	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		SAC,NOR · PCL
2004	25	OAK	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2005	26	OAK	AL	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	27	OAK	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2007	28	CIN-min	AAA	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		LOU · IL
2007	28	CIN	NL	34	6	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	48	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
2008	29	OAK-min	AAA	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAC · PCL
2008	29	OAK	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2009	30	CLE-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
7 Yrs				165	51	41	1	3	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	12	.073	.095	.122	.217	-45	5	0	0	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	50	40	1	3	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	12	.073	.095	.122	.217	-45	5	0	0	9	0	0

OAK (4 yrs)				78	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (2 yrs)				53	44	35	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	.057	.083	.086	.169	-56	3	0	0	8	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				34	6	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	48	2	0	0	1	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				78	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				87	50	40	1	3	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	12	.075	.098	.125	.223	-43	5	0	0	9	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2002	23	HOU	NL	17	35	-8	-0	0	0	5	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.479	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
2003	24	HOU	NL	36	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
2004	25	OAK	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2005	26	OAK	AL	29	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
2006	27	OAK	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$354,000	1
2007	28	CIN	NL	34	6	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$1,200,000	1
2008	29	OAK	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
7 Seasons				165	51	-11	0	0	0	7	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.1	-2	$1,554,000

OAK (4 yrs)				78	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$354,000
HOU (2 yrs)				53	44	-10	-0	0	0	6	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.493	.499	-0.3	0.0	-2	$
CIN (1 yr)				34	6	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$1,200,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
2002	23	HOU	NL	35	33	0	0.0	112	.105	.067	.273	.067	.348	.100	.434	.167	.782	-58	.000	-7.1	-0.7	.107	.033	.033
2003	24	HOU	NL	9	8	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.272	.167	.344	.000	.436	.167	.781	-52	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.200	.200	.000

2005	26	OAK	AL	1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.268	.000	.331	.000	.425	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

2007	28	CIN	NL	6	5	0	0.0	115	.250	.200	.278	.200	.347	.400	.444	.600	.791	48	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.200	.200
7 Yrs				51	47	0	0.0	112	.103	.073	.273	.095	.347	.122	.435	.217	.782	-45	.000	-9.0	-0.9	.158	.073	.049
162 Game Avg.				50	46	0	0.0	112	.103	.073	.273	.095	.347	.122	.435	.217	.782	-45	.000	-9.0	-0.9	.158	.073	.049

HOU (2 yrs)				44	41	0	0.0	112	.083	.057	.273	.083	.347	.086	.434	.169	.782	-56	.000	-8.3	-0.8	.121	.057	.029
OAK (4 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.268	.000	.331	.000	.425	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
CIN (1 yr)				6	5	0	0.0	115	.250	.200	.278	.200	.347	.400	.444	.600	.791	48	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.200	.200

NL (3 yrs)				50	46	0	0.0	113	.107	.075	.273	.098	.347	.125	.436	.223	.783	-43	.000	-8.7	-0.8	.162	.075	.050
AL (4 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.268	.000	.331	.000	.425	.000	.756	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2002	23	HOU	NL	35	0.0%	31.4%	0.0%	2.9%	50%		2.7		15.0	1.13	1.44	54%	4%	0.0%	13%
2003	24	HOU	NL	9	0.0%	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%		0.00			5.0	0.67	1.67	56%	0%	0.0%	0%

2005	26	OAK	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%

2007	28	CIN	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	16.7%	100%		5.0		2.5	1.00	3.00	67%	20%	0.0%	0%
7 Yrs				51	0.0%	23.5%	2.0%	3.9%	67%	12.00	3.4		8.2	0.93	1.50	57%	5%	0.0%	7%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.9%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	1.98	5.3	32.5	7.6	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.8%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
2002	23	HOU	NL	-7.1	-0.7	35	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.82	-0.6	-0.0	-6.9	-0.7	1.00	-7.5	0
2003	24	HOU	NL	-1.2	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.60	-0.1	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.96	-1.5	0
2004	25	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
2005	26	OAK	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.72	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	0
2006	27	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
2007	28	CIN	NL	-0.4	-0.0	6	0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.25	-0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.98	-0.4	0
2008	29	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
7 Yrs				-9.0	-0.9	51	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	.83	-0.7	0.1	-8.6	-0.8	0.98	-9.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2002	23	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
2003	24	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2005	26	OAK	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2007	28	CIN	NL	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
7 Yrs				0	0	25%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2002	23	HOU	NL	35	17%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	5	0	0%	9	2	22%	29	2	7%	2	0	0%	4	2	50%	0
2003	24	HOU	NL	9	44%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	2	0	0%	4	1	25%	8	1	13%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

2005	26	OAK	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

2007	28	CIN	NL	6	33%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	2	40%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
7 Yrs				51	24%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	9	82%	9	0	0%	14	4	29%	42	5	12%	4	2	50%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			33%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2002	23	HOU	NL	35	113	3.23	82	73%	29%	27%	15%	29%	71%	0%	51%	62%	49%	0%	0	0	6%	2	0	3%	1	0	36%	0	0	0
2003	24	HOU	NL	9	32	3.56	22	69%	18%	14%	32%	36%	82%	0%	56%	83%	44%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	11%	1	0		0	0	0

2005	26	OAK	AL	1	1	1.00	1	100%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0

2007	28	CIN	NL	6	17	2.83	14	82%	29%	7%	29%	36%	71%	0%	59%	90%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				51	163	3.20	119	73%	27%	22%	19%	32%	73%	0%	53%	70%	49%	0%	0	0	4%	2	0	4%	2	0	42%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	28%	5%			15%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
2002	23	17	35	30	0	2	1	2	0	11	.067	.067	.100	.167	-58	3	5
2003	24	53	44	35	0	2	1	3	1	11	.057	.083	.086	.169	-56	3	8
2004	25	59	44	35	0	2	1	3	1	11	.057	.083	.086	.169	-56	3	8
2005	26	88	45	36	0	2	1	3	1	11	.056	.081	.083	.164	-57	3	8
2006	27	123	45	36	0	2	1	3	1	11	.056	.081	.083	.164	-57	3	8
2007	28	157	51	41	1	3	2	5	1	12	.073	.095	.122	.217	-45	5	9
2008	29	165	51	41	1	3	2	5	1	12	.073	.095	.122	.217	-45	5	9

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2002	23	17	35	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	17
2003	24	36	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	36

2005	26	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	29

2007	28	34	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	34
4 Yrs		116	51	41	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	12	.000	.024	.000	.024	0	116
162 Game Avg.		162	71	57	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17	.000	.024	.000	.024	0	116

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