Kirk Saarloos
Kirk Craig Saarloos
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 23, 1979 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Valley Christian (Cerritos, CA)
School: California State University, Fullerton
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 24, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 2002
Final Game: September 20, 2008
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2002 23 HOU NL 6 7 .462 6.01 17 17 0 1 1 0 85.1 100 59 57 12 27 5 54 6 0 1 372 72 1.488 10.5 1.3 2.8 5.7 2.00
2003 24 HOU NL 2 1 .667 4.93 36 4 11 0 0 0 49.1 55 31 27 4 17 3 43 3 0 0 218 89 1.459 10.0 0.7 3.1 7.8 2.53
2004 25 OAK AL 2 1 .667 4.44 6 5 1 0 0 0 24.1 27 13 12 4 12 0 10 2 0 0 112 102 1.603 10.0 1.5 4.4 3.7 0.83
2005 26 OAK AL 10 9 .526 4.17 29 27 0 2 1 0 159.2 170 75 74 11 54 8 53 11 0 1 682 105 1.403 9.6 0.6 3.0 3.0 0.98
2006 27 OAK AL 7 7 .500 4.75 35 16 7 0 0 2 121.1 149 70 64 19 53 3 52 3 0 3 548 93 1.665 11.1 1.4 3.9 3.9 0.98
2007 28 CIN NL 1 5 .167 7.17 34 3 7 0 0 0 42.2 54 36 34 8 19 1 27 3 0 1 201 64 1.711 11.4 1.7 4.0 5.7 1.42
2008 29 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 5.47 8 1 1 0 0 0 26.1 37 17 16 2 4 1 12 0 0 0 118 76 1.557 12.6 0.7 1.4 4.1 3.00
7 Seasons 29 30 .492 5.02 165 73 27 3 2 2 509.0 592 301 284 60 186 21 251 28 0 6 2251 87 1.528 10.5 1.1 3.3 4.4 1.35
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .492 5.02 47 21 8 1 1 1 145 169 86 81 17 53 6 72 8 0 2 643 87 1.528 10.5 1.1 3.3 4.4 1.35
OAK (4 yrs) 20 17 .541 4.50 78 49 9 2 1 2 331.2 383 175 166 36 123 12 127 16 0 4 1460 97 1.526 10.4 1.0 3.3 3.4 1.03
HOU (2 yrs) 8 8 .500 5.61 53 21 11 1 1 0 134.2 155 90 84 16 44 8 97 9 0 1 590 77 1.478 10.4 1.1 2.9 6.5 2.20
CIN (1 yr) 1 5 .167 7.17 34 3 7 0 0 0 42.2 54 36 34 8 19 1 27 3 0 1 201 64 1.711 11.4 1.7 4.0 5.7 1.42
AL (4 yrs) 20 17 .541 4.50 78 49 9 2 1 2 331.2 383 175 166 36 123 12 127 16 0 4 1460 97 1.526 10.4 1.0 3.3 3.4 1.03
NL (3 yrs) 9 13 .409 5.99 87 24 18 1 1 0 177.1 209 126 118 24 63 9 124 12 0 2 791 74 1.534 10.6 1.2 3.2 6.3 1.97

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 23 HOU NL 17 372 332 59 100 19 1 12 7 1 27 54 .301 .362 .473 .835 .328 157 14 6 5 2 5
2003 24 HOU NL 36 218 196 31 55 13 2 4 4 1 17 43 .281 .346 .429 .774 .340 84 6 3 1 1 3
2004 25 OAK AL 6 112 95 13 27 6 0 4 2 0 12 10 .284 .373 .474 .846 .280 45 2 2 2 1 0
2005 26 OAK AL 29 682 611 75 170 30 3 11 14 5 54 53 .278 .346 .391 .737 .289 239 23 11 3 3 8
2006 27 OAK AL 35 548 484 70 149 28 3 19 7 5 53 52 .308 .375 .496 .871 .310 240 17 3 2 6 3
2007 28 CIN NL 34 201 177 36 54 13 1 8 2 0 19 27 .305 .382 .525 .907 .324 93 7 3 2 0 1
2008 29 OAK AL 8 118 112 17 37 4 0 2 1 0 4 12 .330 .350 .420 .770 .354 47 3 0 1 1 1
7 Seasons 165 2251 2007 301 592 113 10 60 37 12 186 251 .295 .361 .451 .812 .311 905 72 28 16 14 21
162 Game Avg. 47 643 573 86 169 32 3 17 11 3 53 72 .295 .361 .451 .812 .311 259 21 8 5 4 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2002 23 HOU NL 17 17 6 7 4 3 0 7 10 .412 1 3 1 1 3 18% 44 81 12 19 8 0 8 5.3 5.5 5.0 78 8 7 2 0 106
2003 24 HOU NL 36 4 0 1 3 0 0 3 1 .750 0 1 0 0 0 0% 38 61 22 8 4 2 1 8.2 9.0 3.3 62 3 1 0 0 81
2004 25 OAK AL 6 5 2 1 2 2 0 3 2 .600 1 1 0 0 1 20% 46 68 22 7 0 1 2 5.7 5.7 4.5 78 3 2 0 0 88
2005 26 OAK AL 29 27 10 8 9 2 0 16 11 .593 3 5 2 1 10 37% 47 86 20 31 11 1 15 4.4 4.5 5.8 87 6 18 2 1 127
2006 27 OAK AL 35 16 6 6 4 1 1 8 8 .500 1 3 0 0 7 44% 43 61 15 13 3 1 10 5.0 5.7 5.6 93 3 9 4 0 114
2007 28 CIN NL 34 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 34 44 18 19 7 0 2 5.7 5.0 3.1 62 3 0 0 0 78
2008 29 OAK AL 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 25 25 25 5 0 0 1 9.0 6.0 3.3 52 1 0 0 0 52
7 Seasons 165 73 24 25 24 8 1 38 35 .521 7 14 3 2 21 29% 44 86 12 102 33 5 39 5.1 5.2 5.2 83 27 37 8 1 127
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2003 24 HOU NL 36 32 11 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 18 4 22% 6 0.606 4 9 18 10 1 21 11 21 9 10 10 4 3.4 18
2004 25 OAK AL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.038 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0 29
2005 26 OAK AL 29 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 1.014 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 4.5 26
2006 27 OAK AL 35 19 7 1 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 21 6 29% 6 0.950 3 5 11 7 1 11 10 9 10 7 10 2 4.9 25
2007 28 CIN NL 34 31 7 1 3 1 0 1 0% 5 4 16 4 25% 8 1.055 14 3 13 10 9 12 9 22 8 13 10 8 3.2 17
2008 29 OAK AL 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 3 0.434 0 3 4 1 0 6 4 3 7 0 7 0 9.9 50
6 Seasons 148 92 27 5 5 4 2 2 50% 12 8 63 18 29% 0.917 21 21 48 29 12 51 35 57 37 30 40 14 4.2 22

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2002 23 HOU NL 372 44% 3.2% 14.5% 7.3% 8.6% 32% 1.12 2.37 72% 26% 10.4% 7% 76 14 18%
2003 24 HOU NL 218 38% 1.8% 19.7% 7.8% 8.7% 35% 1.22 1.76 69% 18% 6.8% 14% 39 6 15%
2004 25 OAK AL 112 54% 3.6% 8.9% 10.7% 8.9% 37% 1.24 2.32 73% 22% 11.4% 8% 20 2 10%
2005 26 OAK AL 682 53% 1.6% 7.8% 7.9% 6.5% 26% 1.30 1.90 81% 20% 4.9% 8% 126 23 18%
2006 27 OAK AL 548 49% 3.5% 9.5% 9.7% 9.1% 34% 1.19 2.00 76% 19% 10.0% 5% 109 17 16%
2007 28 CIN NL 201 38% 4.0% 13.4% 9.5% 11.0% 41% 1.21 2.32 71% 20% 13.8% 13% 41 7 17%
2008 29 OAK AL 118 48% 1.7% 10.2% 3.4% 5.1% 16% 1.20 1.68 84% 20% 4.7% 7% 22 3 14%
7 Seasons 2251 47% 2.7% 11.2% 8.3% 8.1% 31% 1.22 2.02 76% 21% 8.3% 8% 433 72 17%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2002 23 HOU NL 372 1328 3.57 849 64% 27% 15% 25% 34% 73% 4% 47% 79% 64% 4% 15 5 20% 74 42 7 20% 15 5 0 0 0
2003 24 HOU NL 218 838 3.84 519 62% 28% 14% 28% 30% 72% 3% 45% 81% 59% 5% 11 8 21% 45 24 1 30% 9 1 0 0 0
2004 25 OAK AL 112 417 3.72 247 59% 30% 13% 21% 36% 70% 0% 42% 81% 58% 4% 5 4 11% 12 6 0 10% 1 1 0 0 0
2005 26 OAK AL 682 2398 3.52 1447 60% 27% 8% 26% 39% 73% 3% 44% 89% 57% 5% 36 20 17% 113 47 9 51% 10 9 0 0 0
2006 27 OAK AL 548 1961 3.58 1190 61% 27% 9% 26% 37% 73% 1% 44% 87% 58% 5% 30 11 17% 95 42 6 33% 6 16 0 0 0
2007 28 CIN NL 201 728 3.62 454 62% 27% 10% 29% 33% 73% 1% 45% 86% 57% 5% 11 5 19% 39 18 5 41% 3 5 0 0 0
2008 29 OAK AL 118 404 3.42 257 64% 26% 9% 25% 40% 74% 1% 47% 88% 62% 3% 3 2 19% 23 12 3 33% 2 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2251 8074 3.59 4963 61% 27% 11% 26% 36% 73% 2% 45% 85% 59% 5% 111 55 18% 401 191 31 33% 46 37 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2002 23 HOU NL 372 100 7 3 12 0 7 4 8 1 11 24 11 1 46% 3 1 0 133 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0
2003 24 HOU NL 218 55 9 0 4 0 8 3 1 2 2 14 8 2 57% 2 0 0 83 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2004 25 OAK AL 112 27 1 0 4 0 1 2 2 2 2 5 3 0 60% 1 0 0 46 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 26 OAK AL 682 170 14 0 11 0 13 7 4 6 5 34 16 3 47% 2 1 1 249 14 5 74% 13 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
2006 27 OAK AL 548 149 8 0 19 0 18 12 7 7 12 39 21 3 54% 4 3 0 216 7 5 58% 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 13 0
2007 28 CIN NL 201 54 5 0 8 0 6 5 3 6 2 15 12 1 80% 4 1 0 79 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
2008 29 OAK AL 118 37 8 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 10 7 0 70% 0 0 0 43 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Seasons 2251 592 52 3 60 0 55 34 26 25 35 141 78 10 55% 16 6 1 849 37 12 76% 34 10 3 1 0 1 6 0 29 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2002 23 6 7 .462 6.01 17 17 0 1 1 0 85.1 100 59 57 12 27 5 54 6 0 1 372 72 1.488 10.5 1.3 2.8 5.7 2.00 72
2003 24 8 8 .500 5.61 53 21 11 1 1 0 134.2 155 90 84 16 44 8 97 9 0 1 590 77 1.478 10.4 1.1 2.9 6.5 2.20 77
2004 25 10 9 .526 5.43 59 26 12 1 1 0 159.0 182 103 96 20 56 8 107 11 0 1 702 80 1.497 10.3 1.1 3.2 6.1 1.91 80
2005 26 20 18 .526 4.80 88 53 12 3 2 0 318.2 352 178 170 31 110 16 160 22 0 2 1384 91 1.450 9.9 0.9 3.1 4.5 1.45 91
2006 27 27 25 .519 4.79 123 69 19 3 2 2 440.0 501 248 234 50 163 19 212 25 0 5 1932 92 1.509 10.2 1.0 3.3 4.3 1.30 92
2007 28 28 30 .483 5.00 157 72 26 3 2 2 482.2 555 284 268 58 182 20 239 28 0 6 2133 88 1.527 10.3 1.1 3.4 4.5 1.31 88
2008 29 29 30 .492 5.02 165 73 27 3 2 2 509.0 592 301 284 60 186 21 251 28 0 6 2251 87 1.528 10.5 1.1 3.3 4.4 1.35 87

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2002 23 3 6 .333 6.00 81.0 97 60 54 12 26 51 6 1.519 10.8 2.9 5.7 1.96 1.3 17
2003 24 2 3 .400 4.59 49.0 53 28 25 4 16 43 3 1.408 9.7 2.9 7.9 2.69 0.7 36
2004 25 1 1 .500 4.12 24.0 26 12 11 4 12 10 2 1.583 9.8 4.5 3.8 0.83 1.5 6
2005 26 7 9 .438 4.38 150.0 167 81 73 11 53 50 11 1.467 10.0 3.2 3.0 0.94 0.7 29
2006 27 5 7 .417 4.93 115.0 147 70 63 19 52 49 3 1.730 11.5 4.1 3.8 0.94 1.5 35
2007 28 1 3 .250 6.49 43.0 52 34 31 8 18 27 3 1.628 10.9 3.8 5.7 1.50 1.7 34
2008 29 1 1 .500 6.12 25.0 38 19 17 2 4 11 0 1.680 13.7 1.4 4.0 2.75 0.7 8
7 Seasons 20 30 .400 5.06 487.0 580 304 274 60 181 241 28 1.563 10.7 4.5 1.33 1.1 165

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Complete Games s c a p y
2005 AL--2--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
2002 NL--1--10th
2005 AL--1--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2005 AL--11--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1673), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Chad Kimsey (970)
  8. Amaury Telemaco (968)
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  10. Todd Wellemeyer (965)
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  6. Amaury Telemaco (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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