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Kirk Saarloos
Kirk Craig Saarloos

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
School California State University, Fullerton

Debut June 18, 2002

Born May 23, 1979 in Long Beach, CA

Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2001. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2002 23 HOU NL   6   7  17  17   1   1   0  0   85.3  100   59   57  12   27   54   6   1   372   5   0  6.01  4.32   72 1.488
 2003 24 HOU NL   2   1  36   4   0   0  11  0   49.3   55   31   27   4   17   43   3   0   218   3   0  4.93  4.37   89 1.459
 2004 25 OAK AL   2   1   6   5   0   0   1  0   24.3   27   13   12   4   12   10   2   0   112   0   0  4.44  4.54  102 1.603
 2005 26 OAK AL  10   9  29  27   2   1   0  0  159.7  170   75   74  11   54   53  11   1   682   8   0  4.17  4.36  105 1.403
 2006 27 OAK AL   7   7  35  16   0   0   7  2  121.3  149   70   64  19   53   52   3   3   548   3   0  4.75  4.43   93 1.665
 2007 28 CIN NL   1   5  34   3   0   0   7  0   42.7   54   36   34   8   19   27   3   1   201   1   0  7.17  4.66   65 1.711
 2008 29 OAK AL   1   0   8   1   0   0   1  0   26.3   37   17   16   2    4   12   0   0   118   1   0  5.47  4.05   74 1.557
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .492  29  30 165  73   3   2  27  2  509.0  592  301  284  60  186  251  28   6  2251  21   0  5.02  4.39   87 1.528
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   8  47  20   0   0   7  0  145.3  169   86   81  17   53   71   8   1   643   6   0  5.02  4.39   87 1.528
 Career High     10   9  36  27   2   1  11  2  159.7  170   75   74  19   54   54  11   3   682   8   0  4.17  4.66  105 1.403

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2002 23 HOU NL  16   30    0    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   0  11  .067  .067  .100  -58    3   5   0   0   0   0
 2003 24 HOU NL  31    5    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   0  .000  .167  .000  -52    0   3   0   0   0   0
 2005 26 OAK AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 28 CIN NL  34    5    1    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .400   48    2   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons       83   41    1    3   2  0   0    5   0  0   1  12  .073  .095  .122  -45    5   9   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         80    2    6   4  0   0   10   0  0   2  23  .073  .095  .122  -45   10  18   0   0   0   0
 Career High     34   30    1    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  11                           3   5   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2002 23 HOU NL   35   33    0   0.0   112| .067  .273| .067  .348| .100  .434| .167  .782| -58  .000  -7.1  -0.7   0%
 2003 24 HOU NL    9    8    0   0.0   112| .000  .272| .167  .344| .000  .436| .167  .781| -52  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 2005 26 OAK AL    1    1    0   0.0   106| .000  .269| .000  .332| .000  .427| .000  .759|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2007 28 CIN NL    6    5    0   0.0   115| .200  .278| .200  .347| .400  .444| .600  .791|  48  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons        51   47    0   0.0   112| .073  .273| .095  .347| .122  .435| .217  .782| -45  .000  -9.0  -0.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2002 23 HOU NL P 17 8 14 1 3 .957 .965 1.29 0.48 2.32 1.83 17 85.3 2003 24 HOU NL P 36 2 6 2 1 .800 .952 0.22 0.48 1.46 1.84 4 49.3 2004 25 OAK AL P 6 2 9 0 1 1.000 .948 1.83 0.45 4.07 1.67 5 24.3 2005 26 OAK AL P 29 22 33 2 2 .965 .953 1.90 0.46 3.10 1.69 27 159.7 2006 27 OAK AL P 35 9 27 0 1 1.000 .957 1.03 0.41 2.67 1.56 16 121.3 2007 28 CIN NL P 34 2 11 1 1 .929 .963 0.38 0.40 2.74 1.69 3 42.7 2008 29 OAK AL P 8 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.62 0.42 1.71 1.61 1 26.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2002 23 HOU NL P 17 8 14 1 3 .957 .965 1.29 0.48 2.32 1.83 17 85.3 2003 24 HOU NL P 36 2 6 2 1 .800 .952 0.22 0.48 1.46 1.84 4 49.3 2004 25 OAK AL P 6 2 9 0 1 1.000 .948 1.83 0.45 4.07 1.67 5 24.3 2005 26 OAK AL P 29 22 33 2 2 .965 .953 1.90 0.46 3.10 1.69 27 159.7 2006 27 OAK AL P 35 9 27 0 1 1.000 .957 1.03 0.41 2.67 1.56 16 121.3 2007 28 CIN NL P 34 2 11 1 1 .929 .963 0.38 0.40 2.74 1.69 3 42.7 2008 29 OAK AL P 8 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.62 0.42 1.71 1.61 1 26.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 165 46 104 6 9 .962 .956 0.91 0.44 2.65 1.69 73 509.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 165 46 104 6 9 .962 .956 0.91 0.44 2.65 1.69 73 509
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Comp. Games
2005 AL-2-10

Shutouts
2002 NL-1-10
2005 AL-1-5

Hit Batsmen
2005 AL-11-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1934) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 2001: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2001.

April 17, 2004: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Chad Harville.

January 23, 2007: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with a player to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds for David Shafer (minors) and a player to be named later.

October 11, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

January 15, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2006Oakland Athletics$354,000
2007Cincinnati Reds$1,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,554,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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