Full Name: Scott Edward Kazmir Primary Position: SP Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170 First Game: August 23, 2004 Birthdate: January 24, 1984 MLB Experience: 4 years Birthplace: Houston, Texas Bat/Throw: Left/Left

BiographyEdit

Born on January 24, 1984 in Houston, Texas, Scott Kazmir (Scott Edward Kazmir) played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for his entire 4 year career. Kazmir broke into the bigs on August 23, 2004 with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and put up a 3.77 ERA in 186 innings pitched in 2005, his rookie year.

Scouting ReportEdit

StatisticsEdit

Pitching StatsEdit

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP	BAA
2004	TB	8	7	2	3	0	0	0	33.1	33	22	21	4	21	41	5.67	1.62	.256
2005	TB	32	32	10	9	0	0	0	186.0	172	90	78	12	100	174	3.77	1.46	.248
2006	TB	24	24	10	8	0	1	1	144.2	132	59	52	15	52	163	3.24	1.27	.240
2007	TB	34	34	13	9	0	0	0	206.2	196	91	80	18	89	239	3.48	1.38	.251
Career		98	97	35	29	0	1	1	570.2	533	262	231	49	262	617	3.64	1.39	.247

Fielding StatsEdit

Year	Team	POS	G	GS	INN	PO	TC	A	E	DP	FPCT
2004	TB	P	8	7	33	2	6	3	1	0	.833
2005	TB	P	32	32	186	7	27	17	3	0	.889
2006	TB	P	24	24	144	5	17	11	1	1	.941
2007	TB	P	34	34	206	7	28	18	3	2	.893
Total		P	98	97	570	21	78	49	8	3	.897

Batting StatsEdit

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2004	TB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2005	TB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2006	TB	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2007	TB	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Career		12	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333

AwardsEdit

• Named High School Player of the Year by Baseball America (2002)
• Major League Baseball All-Star (2006)

TransactionsEdit

• Selected by the New York Mets in the 1st round (15th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 4, 2002 - signed August 2, 2002).
• Traded by the New York Mets with Jose Diaz to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in exchange for Bartolome Fortunato and Victor Zambrano (July 30, 2004).

TriviaEdit

At Cypress Falls High School (Texas), Kazmir threw four no-hitters in a row. In the fifth time out, he gave up a single hit with only one out left to go in the game. He threw two more no hitters after giving up that one hit. That is a total of one hit in seven games!

See alsoEdit

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