Kirk Saarloos
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[edit] Biography
Born on May 23, 1979 in Long Beach, California, Kirk Saarloos (Kirk Craig Saarloos) played for the Houston Astros and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 5 year career. Saarloos broke into the bigs on June 18, 2002 with the Houston Astros, and put up a 6.01 ERA in 85.1 innings pitched in 2002, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Kirk Saarloos's best season was 2005, when he posted a 4.17 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 53 batters.
[edit] Scouting Report
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | HOU | N | 17 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 6.01 | 54 | 59 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 85.1 | 100 | 12 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2003 | HOU | N | 36 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4.93 | 43 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.1 | 55 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | OAK | A | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4.44 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.1 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | OAK | A | 29 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 4.17 | 53 | 75 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 159.2 | 170 | 11 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 2006 | OAK | A | 35 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 4.75 | 52 | 70 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 121.1 | 149 | 19 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | NL | 53 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5.61 | 97 | 90 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 134.2 | 155 | 16 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Total | AL | 70 | 48 | 19 | 17 | 4.42 | 115 | 158 | 150 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 305.1 | 346 | 34 | 119 | 11 | 4 | 16 | |
| Total | 123 | 69 | 27 | 25 | 4.79 | 212 | 248 | 234 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 440 | 501 | 50 | 163 | 19 | 5 | 25 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
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| 2002 | HOU | N | P | 17 | 17 | 85.1 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .957 |
| 2003 | HOU | N | P | 36 | 4 | 49.1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 |
| 2004 | OAK | A | P | 6 | 5 | 24.1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2005 | OAK | A | P | 29 | 27 | 159.2 | 22 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .965 |
| 2006 | OAK | A | P | 35 | 16 | 121.1 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 123 | 69 | 440 | 43 | 89 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 1 | .964 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | HOU | N | 17 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .067 | .067 | .100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | HOU | N | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | OAK | A | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | OAK | A | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | OAK | A | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 53 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .057 | .083 | .086 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | AL | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 123 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .056 | .081 | .083 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 2001 - signed June 24, 2001).
- Traded by Houston Astros to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Chad Harville (April 17, 2004).
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