Kirk Saarloos
[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.
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[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 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
| 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
| 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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