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Kazuhiro Sasaki
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 209 lb.

Born: February 22, 1968 in Sendai City, Japan
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 2000
Final Game: September 28, 2003
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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
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 1 265 145 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 4 261 129 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 6 249 168 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 4 150 106 1.380 8.4 0.5 4.1 7.8 1.93
4 Seasons 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

Postseason Pitching

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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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

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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
2000 32 SEA AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-1
2001 33 SEA AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,MVP-19
2002 34 SEA AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2003 35 SEA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2000 SEA AL 32 P 63 0 62.2 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.86 0.10 .950 1.62 0.46 RoY-1
2001 SEA AL 33 P 69 0 66.2 9 6 2 1 2 .889 1.08 0.12 .956 1.76 0.49 AS,MVP-19
2002 SEA AL 34 P 61 0 60.2 16 1 13 2 0 .875 2.08 0.23 .962 1.69 0.48 AS
2003 SEA AL 35 P 35 0 33.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.54 0.06 .950 1.73 0.49
4 Seasons P 228 0 223.1 33 9 21 3 2 .909 1.21 0.13 .958 1.70 0.48
4 Seasons TOT 228 0 223.1 33 9 21 3 2 .909 1.21 0.13 .867 1.70 0.48

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 (1456th)

Saves s c a p y
2000 AL--37--3rd
2001 AL--45--2nd
2002 AL--37--6th
Career--129--85th

Games Finished s c a p y
2000 AL--58--5th
2001 AL--63--3rd
2002 AL--55--5th
Career--201--221st

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 9 (1563), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (539), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

December 18, 1999: Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2000Seattle Mariners$4,000,000
2001Seattle Mariners$4,666,667
2002Seattle Mariners$5,070,000
2003Seattle Mariners$8,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$21,736,667
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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