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.
Scouting Report[]
Statistics[]
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
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
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
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
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).