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Portrait of Kazuhiro Sasaki

Kazuhiro Sasaki P

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
12 228 223.3 7 16 129 3.14 6.4
Birth Date2-22-1968
Height6' 4"
Weight220 lbs
Age56 years, 1 months, 28 days
BatsR
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2000 SEA MLB 63 0 62.7 2 5 37 42 31 78 10 84 6.0 4.5 1.4 11.2 0% .222 1.16 4.38 3.16 76 2.77 53.3 1.9
2001 SEA MLB 69 0 66.7 0 4 45 48 11 62 6 95 6.5 1.5 0.8 8.4 0% .236 0.89 3.08 3.24 86 2.91 60.2 1.8
2002 SEA MLB 61 0 60.7 4 5 37 44 20 73 6 94 6.5 3.0 0.9 10.8 0% .257 1.05 3.02 2.52 74 2.37 50.9 2.0
2003 SEA MLB 35 0 33.3 1 2 10 31 15 29 2 99 8.4 4.1 0.5 7.8 0% .282 1.38 3.57 4.05 100 3.71 77.6 0.6
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
1994 YKO npb JCL 31 0 46.0 3 1 10 27 15 59 5 5.3 2.9 1.0 11.5 0% -.278 0.91 -1.08 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1995 YKO npb JCL 47 0 56.7 7 2 32 30 17 78 5 4.8 2.7 0.8 12.4 0% -.250 0.83 -1.78 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1996 YKO npb JCL 39 0 49.7 4 3 25 37 16 80 6 6.7 2.9 1.1 14.5 0% -.304 1.07 -1.70 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1997 YKO npb JCL 49 0 60.0 3 0 38 25 17 99 6 3.8 2.6 0.9 14.9 0% -.156 0.70 -2.14 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1998 YKO npb JCL 51 0 56.0 1 1 45 32 13 78 4 5.1 2.1 0.6 12.5 0% -.295 0.80 -2.01 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1999 YKO npb JCL 23 0 23.3 1 1 19 19 6 34 1 7.3 2.3 0.4 13.1 0% -.439 1.07 -2.67 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2000 SEA MLB AL 63 0 62.7 2 5 37 42 31 78 10 84 6.0 4.5 1.4 11.2 0% .222 1.16 4.38 3.16 76 2.77 53.3
2001 SEA MLB AL 69 0 66.7 0 4 45 48 11 62 6 95 6.5 1.5 0.8 8.4 0% .236 0.89 3.08 3.24 86 2.91 60.2
2002 SEA MLB AL 61 0 60.7 4 5 37 44 20 73 6 94 6.5 3.0 0.9 10.8 0% .257 1.05 3.02 2.52 74 2.37 50.9
2003 SEA MLB AL 35 0 33.3 1 2 10 31 15 29 2 99 8.4 4.1 0.5 7.8 0% .282 1.38 3.57 4.05 100 3.71 77.6
2003 EVE A- NWN 2 2 2.0 0 1 0 5 0 5 3 22.5 0.0 13.5 22.5 0% .667 2.50 17.86 22.50 0 0.00 0.0
2003 SBR A+ CLF 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.0 9.0 0.0 18.0 0% .000 1.00 2.72 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2003 TAC AAA PCL 3 2 3.7 0 1 1 5 1 5 0 12.2 2.4 0.0 12.2 0% .455 1.62 1.40 9.73 0 0.00 0.0
2004 YKO npb JCL 25 0 22.7 1 2 19 18 3 18 4 7.1 1.2 1.6 7.1 0% -.560 0.93 4.19 3.17 0 0.00 0.0
2005 YKO npb JCL 9 0 6.0 0 3 4 11 2 5 2 16.5 3.0 3.0 7.5 0% -1.000 2.17 6.86 9.00 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2003-06-11 2003-08-12 15-DL 62 56 Right Trunk Fracture Ribs -
2003-04-23 2003-05-08 15-DL 15 13 Low Back Strain -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2003 SEA $8,000,000
2002 SEA $5,070,000
2001 SEA $4,666,667
2000 SEA $4,000,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$21,736,667
4 yrTotal$21,736,667

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 yT Attanasio2 yr/$17M (03-04)+$8M 05 cl opt

Details
  • waived 1/04 (voiding final year of contract, returning to Japan)
  • $8M 03-04, $8M 05 club option $1M buyout
  • $0.5M in bonuses 03-04
  • was to be FA after 02
  • 2 year/$9M (00-01)+$5M 02 club option (club exercised)

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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