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Kazuhiro Sasaki

Kazuhiro Sasaki

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 209 lb.

Born: February 22, 1968 in Tokyo, Japan
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 2000
Team: Mariners 2000-2003

Final Game: September 28, 2003
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

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
2000 32 SEA AL 2 5 .286 3.16 63 0 58 0 0 37 62.2 42 25 22 10 31 5 78 2 0 1 265 146 1.165 6.0 1.4 4.5 11.2 2.52 RoY-1
2001 33 SEA AL 0 4 .000 3.24 69 0 63 0 0 45 66.2 48 24 24 6 11 2 62 4 0 4 261 128 0.885 6.5 0.8 1.5 8.4 5.64 AS,MVP-19
2002 34 SEA AL 4 5 .444 2.52 61 0 55 0 0 37 60.2 44 24 17 6 20 4 73 2 0 6 249 169 1.055 6.5 0.9 3.0 10.8 3.65 AS
2003 35 SEA AL 1 2 .333 4.05 35 0 25 0 0 10 33.1 31 17 15 2 15 2 29 1 0 4 150 107 1.380 8.4 0.5 4.1 7.8 1.93
4 Yrs 7 16 .304 3.14 228 0 201 0 0 129 223.1 165 90 78 24 77 13 242 9 0 15 925 138 1.084 6.6 1.0 3.1 9.8 3.14
162 Game Avg. 2 5 .304 3.14 68 0 60 0 0 38 67 49 27 23 7 23 4 72 3 0 4 276 138 1.084 6.6 1.0 3.1 9.8 3.14

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2000 32 SEA AL 62.2 63 0 25 3.59 5.37 0.14 -0.39 93.0 4.50 6 0.5 1.8 0.1 1.2 15 .509 .503 $4,000,000 RoY-1
2001 33 SEA AL 66.2 69 0 24 3.24 4.96 0.57 -0.37 93.8 3.77 4 0.4 1.8 0.0 1.0 12 .505 .502 $4,666,667 AS,MVP-19
2002 34 SEA AL 60.2 61 0 24 3.56 4.91 0.03 -0.37 95.6 4.31 5 0.5 1.9 0.1 1.1 13 .508 .503 $5,070,000 AS
2003 35 SEA AL 33.1 35 0 17 4.59 4.92 0.22 -0.37 96.1 4.16 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.1 3 .496 .499 $8,000,000
4 Seasons 223.1 228 0 90 3.63 5.05 0.25 -0.38 94.4 4.18 13 1.2 1.7 0.1 3.4 42 .505 .502 $21,736,667

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2000 32 SEA AL ALDS W CHW 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 2 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 22.5
2000 32 SEA AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 2.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 13 1.500 10.1 0.0 3.4 10.1 3.00
2001 33 SEA AL ALDS W CLE 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 15.0
2001 33 SEA AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 54.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.000 54.0 27.0 0.0 0.0
2 Yrs (4 Series) 0 1 .000 2.25 8 0 8 0 0 4 8.0 7 2 2 1 1 0 13 1 0 1 33 1.000 7.9 1.1 1.1 14.6 13.00
2 ALDS 0 0 0.00 5 0 5 0 0 3 5.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 17 0.400 3.6 0.0 0.0 18.0
2 ALCS 0 1 .000 6.00 3 0 3 0 0 1 3.0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 16 2.000 15.0 3.0 3.0 9.0 3.00

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2001 SEA AL 33 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
2002 SEA AL 34 0 0 0 18.00 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 4.000 27.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
2 Yrs (2 GP) 0 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 10 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 13.5 3.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
2000 32 SEA AL 63 265 228 25 42 8 1 10 8 0 31 78 .184 .285 .360 .645 .225 82 1 2 2 2 5 3
2001 33 SEA AL 69 261 246 24 48 16 1 6 3 0 11 62 .195 .241 .341 .583 .236 84 4 4 0 0 2 2
2002 34 SEA AL 61 249 219 24 44 7 1 6 2 1 20 73 .201 .268 .324 .592 .262 71 3 2 3 5 4 5
2003 35 SEA AL 35 150 130 17 31 6 0 2 4 0 15 29 .238 .318 .331 .648 .287 43 0 1 2 2 2 2
4 Yrs 228 925 823 90 165 37 3 24 17 1 77 242 .200 .273 .340 .614 .249 280 8 9 7 9 13 12
162 Game Avg. 68 276 245 27 49 11 1 7 5 0 23 72 .200 .273 .340 .614 .249 84 2 3 2 3 4 4
MLB Averages .265 .335 .426 .761 .296

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2000 32 SEA AL 10.2 1.0 277 2.2 9.5 -7.3 1.96 1.3 -0.2 13.4 1.3 1.96 11.9 33 15 11
2001 33 SEA AL 8.7 0.8 270 2.1 10.0 -7.8 2.01 1.7 -0.7 15.8 1.6 2.01 20.4 39 16 13
2002 34 SEA AL 9.7 0.9 260 -0.3 8.0 -8.4 2.01 0.6 -0.8 6.9 0.7 2.01 10.3 36 14 11
2003 35 SEA AL 0.8 0.1 157 -0.4 3.8 -4.2 1.78 0.2 -0.5 1.1 0.1 1.78 2.4 12 5 16
4 Yrs 29.4 2.8 964 3.5 31.3 -27.8 1.96 3.9 -2.1 37.2 3.7 1.96 44.9 120 50 51

Reliever Pitching*

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
2000 32 SEA AL 63 63 58 2 5 40 37 3 93% 40 0 25 5 20% 9 1.963 33 15 11 51 8 4 13 50 6 8 9 9 3.0 17
2001 33 SEA AL 69 69 63 0 4 52 45 7 87% 52 0 24 3 13% 9 2.012 39 16 13 64 2 3 11 58 7 10 7 15 2.9 14
2002 34 SEA AL 61 61 55 4 5 45 37 8 82% 45 0 9 3 33% 9 2.007 36 14 11 53 6 2 8 53 7 8 7 16 3.0 16
2003 35 SEA AL 35 35 25 1 2 14 10 4 71% 14 0 7 5 71% 9 1.779 12 5 16 22 3 10 3 32 3 6 3 8 2.9 17
4 Yrs 228 228 201 7 16 151 129 22 85% 151 0 65 16 25% 1.959 120 50 51 190 19 19 35 193 23 32 26 48 2.9 16

Ratio Pitching*

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%
2000 32 SEA AL 265 49% 3.8% 29.4% 11.7% 7.2% 45% 0.67 0.83 54% 20% 14.5% 18% 45 1 2%
2001 33 SEA AL 261 47% 2.3% 23.8% 4.2% 8.8% 48% 0.54 0.70 68% 23% 6.3% 17% 37 4 11%
2002 34 SEA AL 249 47% 2.4% 29.3% 8.0% 5.6% 32% 0.63 0.80 58% 23% 7.7% 12% 41 3 7%
2003 35 SEA AL 150 47% 1.3% 19.3% 10.0% 5.3% 26% 0.47 0.44 67% 15% 3.3% 10% 39 0 0%
4 Yrs 925 48% 2.6% 26.2% 8.3% 6.9% 39% 0.58 0.70 61% 21% 7.9% 15% 162 8 5%
MLB Averages 47% 2.9% 16.8% 8.8% 8.0% 34% 0.76 1.07 70% 23% 8.3% 14% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
2000 32 SEA AL 265 1046 3.95 660 63% 25% 23% 28% 23% 75% 5% 47% 69% 59% 4% 11 4 24% 63 39 1 22% 18 2 0 0 0
2001 33 SEA AL 261 987 3.78 669 68% 24% 20% 29% 28% 76% 3% 51% 74% 64% 3% 9 7 33% 85 43 3 16% 16 0 0 0 0
2002 34 SEA AL 250 969 3.88 646 67% 20% 26% 30% 24% 80% 5% 53% 67% 66% 4% 10 6 34% 84 45 5 10% 15 0 -1 0 0
2003 35 SEA AL 150 600 4.00 378 63% 25% 17% 30% 28% 75% 3% 47% 77% 58% 5% 7 3 25% 37 17 2 17% 2 2 0 0 0
4 Yrs 926 3602 3.89 2353 65% 24% 22% 29% 25% 76% 4% 50% 71% 62% 4% 37 20 29% 269 144 11 16% 51 4 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
2000 32 SEA AL 265 42 5 1 10 0 11 2 8 3 7 14 5 5 36% 3 1 1 97 8 0 100% 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2001 33 SEA AL 261 48 3 0 6 0 13 2 4 3 3 16 5 6 31% 2 4 0 75 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2002 34 SEA AL 249 44 6 0 6 0 7 4 2 3 3 17 12 1 71% 5 6 0 81 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
2003 35 SEA AL 150 31 0 0 2 1 6 1 1 1 1 11 6 2 55% 2 4 1 63 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
4 Yrs 925 165 14 1 24 1 37 9 15 10 14 58 28 14 48% 12 15 2 316 17 1 94% 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
2000 32 2 5 .286 3.16 63 0 58 0 0 37 62.2 42 25 22 10 31 5 78 2 0 1 265 146 1.165 6.0 1.4 4.5 11.2 2.52 146
2001 33 2 9 .182 3.20 132 0 121 0 0 82 129.1 90 49 46 16 42 7 140 6 0 5 526 136 1.021 6.3 1.1 2.9 9.7 3.33 136
2002 34 6 14 .300 2.98 193 0 176 0 0 119 190.0 134 73 63 22 62 11 213 8 0 11 775 145 1.032 6.3 1.0 2.9 10.1 3.44 145
2003 35 7 16 .304 3.14 228 0 201 0 0 129 223.1 165 90 78 24 77 13 242 9 0 15 925 138 1.084 6.6 1.0 3.1 9.8 3.14 138

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
2000 32 5 2 .714 2.95 64.0 41 23 21 10 30 80 2 1.109 5.8 4.2 11.3 2.67 1.4 63
2001 33 4 3 .571 3.41 66.0 49 28 25 6 11 61 4 0.909 6.7 1.5 8.3 5.55 0.8 69
2002 34 4 2 .667 2.66 61.0 45 20 18 6 20 73 2 1.066 6.6 3.0 10.8 3.65 0.9 61
2003 35 1 2 .333 3.97 34.0 31 17 15 2 15 30 1 1.353 8.2 4.0 7.9 2.00 0.5 35
4 Yrs 14 9 .609 3.16 225.0 166 88 79 24 76 244 9 1.076 6.6 9.8 3.21 1.0 228

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2001 *
2002 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2000 AL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2001 AL (19, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Saves s c a p y
2000 AL  37 (3rd)
2001 AL  45 (2nd)
2002 AL  37 (6th)
Career  129 (92nd)

Games Finished s c a p y
2000 AL  58 (5th)
2001 AL  63 (3rd)
2002 AL  55 (5th)
Career  201 (232nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 9 (1547), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (552), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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