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Barry Zito

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: May 13, 1978 in Las Vegas, NV us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 59th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from University HS (San Diego, CA), the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA) and the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (9th) of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: University HS (San Diego, CA)

Schools: Los Angeles Pierce College (Woodland Hills, CA), University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: July 22, 2000 (Age 22-070d, 17,729th in major league history)
vs. ANA 5.0 IP, 2 H, 6 SO, 6 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 30, 2015 (Age 37-140d)
vs. LAA 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Barry William Zito

Pronunciation: \ZEE-toe\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.9

165

143

ERA

4.04

433

421

2576.2

1885

WHIP

1.337

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1999	21	OAK-min	A+,AA,AAA	6	1	.857	3.16	13	13	0	0	0	0	68.1	48	29	24	4	35	0	97	1	0	7	280			1.215	6.3	0.5	4.6	12.8	2.77	VIS,MDL,VAN CALL,TL,PCL
2000	22	OAK-min	AAA	8	5	.615	3.19	18	18	0	0	0	0	101.2	88	44	36	4	45	0	91	2	0	5	437			1.308	7.8	0.4	4.0	8.1	2.02	SAC PCL
2000	22	OAK	AL	7	4	.636	2.72	14	14	0	1	1	0	92.2	64	30	28	6	45	2	78	2	0	2	376	173	3.81	1.176	6.2	0.6	4.4	7.6	1.73	RoY-6
2001	23	OAK	AL	17	8	.680	3.49	35	35	0	3	2	0	214.1	184	92	83	18	80	0	205	13	1	6	902	125	3.53	1.232	7.7	0.8	3.4	8.6	2.56	MVP-21
2002	24	OAK	AL	23	5	.821	2.75	35	35	0	1	0	0	229.1	182	79	70	24	78	2	182	9	1	2	939	158	3.87	1.134	7.1	0.9	3.1	7.1	2.33	AS,CYA-1,MVP-13
2003	25	OAK	AL	14	12	.538	3.30	35	35	0	4	1	0	231.2	186	98	85	19	88	3	146	6	0	4	957	135	4.05	1.183	7.2	0.7	3.4	5.7	1.66	AS
2004	26	OAK	AL	11	11	.500	4.48	34	34	0	0	0	0	213.0	216	116	106	28	81	2	163	9	1	4	926	102	4.50	1.394	9.1	1.2	3.4	6.9	2.01
2005	27	OAK	AL	14	13	.519	3.86	35	35	0	0	0	0	228.1	185	106	98	26	89	0	171	13	0	4	953	113	4.34	1.200	7.3	1.0	3.5	6.7	1.92
2006	28	OAK	AL	16	10	.615	3.83	34	34	0	0	0	0	221.0	211	99	94	27	99	5	151	13	2	4	945	116	4.89	1.403	8.6	1.1	4.0	6.1	1.53	AS
2007	29	SFG	NL	11	13	.458	4.53	34	33	0	0	0	0	196.2	182	105	99	24	83	4	131	4	0	5	850	99	4.82	1.347	8.3	1.1	3.8	6.0	1.58
2008	30	SFG	NL	10	17	.370	5.15	32	32	0	0	0	0	180.0	186	115	103	16	102	10	120	4	0	3	818	85	4.72	1.600	9.3	0.8	5.1	6.0	1.18
2009	31	SFG	NL	10	13	.435	4.03	33	33	0	1	0	0	192.0	179	89	86	21	81	8	154	8	2	2	818	105	4.31	1.354	8.4	1.0	3.8	7.2	1.90
2010	32	SFG	NL	9	14	.391	4.15	34	33	1	1	0	0	199.1	184	97	92	20	84	7	150	7	0	7	848	94	4.25	1.344	8.3	0.9	3.8	6.8	1.79
2011	33	SFG-min	A+,AAA	4	1	.800	2.54	6	6	0	1	1	0	39.0	25	12	11	3	10	0	36	2	0	0	148			0.897	5.8	0.7	2.3	8.3	3.60	SJO,FRE CALL,PCL
2011	33	SFG	NL	3	4	.429	5.87	13	9	3	0	0	0	53.2	51	35	35	10	24	1	32	0	0	1	225	60	5.60	1.398	8.6	1.7	4.0	5.4	1.33
2012	34	SFG	NL	15	8	.652	4.15	32	32	0	1	1	0	184.1	186	91	85	20	70	6	114	5	0	1	799	85	4.49	1.389	9.1	1.0	3.4	5.6	1.63
2013	35	SFG	NL	5	11	.313	5.74	30	25	4	0	0	0	133.1	173	94	85	19	54	2	86	4	1	5	608	60	4.92	1.703	11.7	1.3	3.6	5.8	1.59

2015	37	OAK-min	AAA	8	7	.533	3.46	24	22	0	1	0	0	138.0	121	66	53	10	60	0	91	5	0	3	590			1.312	7.9	0.7	3.9	5.9	1.52	NVL PCL
2015	37	OAK	AL	0	0		10.29	3	2	1	0	0	0	7.0	12	8	8	4	6	0	2	0	0	0	37	40	12.56	2.571	15.4	5.1	7.7	2.6	0.33
15 Yrs				165	143	.536	4.04	433	421	9	12	5	0	2576.2	2381	1254	1157	282	1064	52	1885	97	8	50	11001	105	4.39	1.337	8.3	1.0	3.7	6.6	1.77
162 Game Avg.				13	11	.536	4.04	34	34	1	1	0	0	205	190	100	92	22	85	4	150	8	1	4	876	105	4.39	1.337	8.3	1.0	3.7	6.6	1.77

OAK (8 yrs)				102	63	.618	3.58	225	224	1	9	4	0	1437.1	1240	628	572	152	566	14	1098	65	5	26	6035	124	4.21	1.256	7.8	1.0	3.5	6.9	1.94
SFG (7 yrs)				63	80	.441	4.62	208	197	8	3	1	0	1139.1	1141	626	585	130	498	38	787	32	3	24	4966	87	4.61	1.439	9.0	1.0	3.9	6.2	1.58

AL (8 yrs)				102	63	.618	3.58	225	224	1	9	4	0	1437.1	1240	628	572	152	566	14	1098	65	5	26	6035	124	4.21	1.256	7.8	1.0	3.5	6.9	1.94
NL (7 yrs)				63	80	.441	4.62	208	197	8	3	1	0	1139.1	1141	626	585	130	498	38	787	32	3	24	4966	87	4.61	1.439	9.0	1.0	3.9	6.2	1.58

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