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Kirk Saarloos Athletics

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
7 51 .073 .095 .122 .101 -0
Birth Date5-23-1979
Height6' 0"
Weight180 lbs
BatsR
ThrowsR

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2002 HOU 23 17 35 30 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 11 0 0 5 2 0 0 .067 .067 .100 .077 -2.4 -0.6 -0.3
2003 HOU 24 36 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .142 8.2 -0.0 0.8
2004 OAK 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.9 -0.1
2005 OAK 26 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .003 -3.1 4.8 0.2
2006 OAK 27 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 3.8 -0.8
2007 CIN 28 34 6 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .199 -0.4 1.5 0.1
2008 OAK 29 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.1 0.1
Career1655141132005112009500.073.095.122.1012.310.5-0.0

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
2002 HOU MLB 17 35 .077 .264 .329 .422 .000 .105 99 -6.8 0.9 5 -0.6 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 -2.4 -0.3
2002 ROU AA 15 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 NWO AAA 4 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 HOU MLB 36 9 .142 .259 .330 .414 .000 .000 101 -1.2 0.2 1.3 -0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 8.2 0.8
2003 NWO AAA 14 15 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .222 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 OAK MLB 6 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1
2004 NWO AAA 1 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 OAK MLB 29 1 .003 .243 .284 .363 .000 .000 99 -0.3 0.0 0.1 4.8 0.0 1.0 0.6 -3.1 0.2
2006 OAK MLB 35 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.8
2007 CIN MLB 34 6 .199 .288 .350 .465 .000 .250 105 -0.4 0.2 0.9 1.5 0.1 0.4 0.2 -0.4 0.1
2007 LOU AAA 5 2 .000 .268 .361 .397 .000 .000 0.0 -0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 OAK MLB 8 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
CareerMLB51.101.266.331.425.264.103100-8.71.37.310.10.11.30.72.30.8

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2002 ROU AA 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .300 .231 .300 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 NWO AAA 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 HOU MLB 35 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 11 0 0 .067 .067 .100 .033 .077 -2.4 -0.6 -0.3
2003 NWO AAA 15 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 .154 .133 .154 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 HOU MLB 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .000 .142 8.2 -0.0 0.8
2004 NWO AAA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 OAK MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.9 -0.1
2005 OAK MLB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .003 -3.1 4.8 0.2
2006 OAK MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 3.8 -0.8
2007 LOU AAA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.6 0.0
2007 CIN MLB 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .200 .199 -0.4 1.5 0.1
2008 OAK MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.1 0.1

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2009-07-06 2009-09-08 Minors 64 0 Right Elbow Inflammation Tendinitis -
2004-07-30 2004-10-04 60-DL 66 61 Right Elbow Surgery Bone Spurs -
2004-04-24 2004-06-13 Minors 50 0 Right Fingers Fracture Ring Finger - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 CIN $1,200,000
2006 OAK $354,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$1,554,000
2 yrTotal$1,554,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 129 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from OAK 1/14/09, 1 year (09) (minor-league contract)
  • sent outright to Triple-A 10/3/08 contract purchased 8/18/08 sent outright to Triple-A 4/25/08 designated for assignment 4/23/08 contract purchased 4/14/08 sent to minor-league camp 3/16/08
  • signed as a free agent from CIN 08
  • FA 10/07 after refused sent outright to (c109 days in 07 for 4.072 total)
  • recalled 9/4/07 optioned to Triple-A 8/26/07 contract purchased 8/21/07 sent outright to Triple-A 7/27/07
  • recalled 7/7/07
  • optioned to Triple-A 5/28/07
  • acquired in trade from OAK 1/07
  • avoided arbitration 1/07, 1 year/$1.2M (07) re-signed 3/06, 1 year/$0.354M (06)
  • contract purchased 4/05 sent to minor-league camp 4/05 sent outright to Triple-A 10/04 designated for assignment 10/04 recalled 6/04 acquired in trade from HOU 4/04 optioned to Triple-A 3/04 re-signed 3/04 recalled 9/03 optioned to Triple-A 8/03 recalled 5/03 optioned to Triple-A 5/03 recalled 5/03 optioned to Triple-A 3/03 re-signed 2/03 recalled 7/02 optioned to Triple-A 6/02 contract purchased 6/02

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