NAME : Kazuhiro Sasaki NICKNAME : ORIGIN : Japan BIRTHDAY : 2/22/1968 AGE : 34 HEIGHT : 6"4 WEIGHT : 220 POSITION : Pitcher ROLE : Closer BATS : Right THROWS : Right CONTRACT : $5,135,000 through 2006 DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal LOYALTY : Minimal TEAM LEADER : None at all CONSISTENCY : VERY inconsistent CLUTCH PERFORMANCE : Suffers INJURY RATING : Normal
DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Pitcher : D (Fielding Pct. : .956)
PITCHING RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Duration as Starter : * Duration as Reliever : D Holding Runners : C Groundball Pct. : 57 Avoiding Runs : 10 Avoiding Hits : 8 (VS. RHB : 9, VS. LHB : 8, Talent Good) Avoiding Doubles : 6 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Average) Avoiding Homeruns : 7 (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Good) Avoiding BB's : 8 (VS. RHB : 9, VS. LHB : 8, Talent Brilliant) Getting Strikeouts : 9 (VS. RHB : 9, VS. LHB : 10, Talent Good) Throwing Velocity : 7 Pitch Assortment : , Fastball, Changeup, Curveball, Slider
PITCHING STATS : Category ERA W L S G GS IP HA R ER BB K Overall 2.13 8 2 16 44 0 55.0 40 13 13 13 34 At Home 0.59 7 0 10 24 0 30.1 21 2 2 3 15 Away 4.01 1 2 6 20 0 24.2 19 11 11 10 19 Last Week 0.00 1 0 3 4 0 5.0 3 0 0 1 2 This Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr/Mar 2.79 4 0 4 9 0 9.2 15 3 3 0 3 May 5.40 1 1 3 7 0 8.1 9 5 5 5 6 June 1.40 1 1 2 15 0 19.1 7 3 3 3 13 July 1.13 1 0 7 12 0 16.0 7 2 2 5 12 August 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 1.2 2 0 0 0 0
CAREER STATS : YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS 2000 3.19 2 5 37 63 0 0 62.0 22 31 78 SEA 2001 3.27 0 4 45 69 0 0 66.0 24 11 62 SEA Total ERA : 2.90 Total Wins : 10 Total Losses: 11 Total Saves : 98 Total SHO : 0 Total CG : 0 Total K's : 174 Total BB's : 55
