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Kazuhiro Sasaki

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 209 lb.

Debut April 5, 2000
  vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 28, 2003
Born February 22, 1968 in Sendai City, Japan

Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1999. (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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2000 32 SEA AL   2   5  63   0   0   0  58 37   62.7   42   25   22  10   31   78   2   1   265   5   0  3.16  4.58  145 1.165 RoY-1
 2001 33 SEA AL   0   4  69   0   0   0  63 45   66.7   48   24   24   6   11   62   4   4   261   2   0  3.24  4.17  129 0.885 MVP-19,AS
 2002 34 SEA AL   4   5  61   0   0   0  55 37   60.7   44   24   17   6   20   73   2   6   249   4   0  2.52  4.24  168 1.055 AS
 2003 35 SEA AL   1   2  35   0   0   0  25 10   33.3   31   17   15   2   15   29   1   4   150   2   0  4.05  4.30  106 1.380
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Years            16       0       0    129         165        78       77        9  15   925  13   0  3.14  4.32  138 1.084
 WL%= .304        7     228       0     201     223.3        90       24       242
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     2   4  68   0   0   0  59 38   66.3   49   26   23   7   22   72   2   4   275   3   0  3.14  4.32  138 1.084
 Career High      4   5  69   0   0   0  63 45   66.7   48   25   24  10   31   78   4   6   265   5   0  2.52  4.58  168 0.885

* 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 ------+
2000 32 SEA AL P 63 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.10 0.46 0.86 1.62 0 62.7 2001 33 SEA AL P 69 6 2 1 2 .889 .952 0.12 0.49 1.08 1.75 0 66.7 AS 2002 34 SEA AL P 61 1 13 2 0 .875 .959 0.23 0.48 2.08 1.69 0 60.7 AS 2003 35 SEA AL P 35 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.06 0.49 0.54 1.73 0 33.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2000 32 SEA AL P 63 2 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.10 0.46 0.86 1.62 0 62.7 2001 33 SEA AL P 69 6 2 1 2 .889 .952 0.12 0.49 1.08 1.75 0 66.7 2002 34 SEA AL P 61 1 13 2 0 .875 .959 0.23 0.48 2.08 1.69 0 60.7 2003 35 SEA AL P 35 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.06 0.49 0.54 1.73 0 33.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 228 9 21 3 2 .909 .955 0.13 0.48 1.21 1.70 0 223.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 228 9 21 3 2 .909 .955 0.13 0.48 1.21 1.70 0 223
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2000   ALDS  SEA CHW     W   2   0   0.00  0  0  2  0   2     1   0   0   5 
        ALCS  SEA NYY     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   2.2   3   0   1   3 
 2001   ALDS  SEA CLE     W   3   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   3     1   0   0   5 
        ALCS  SEA NYY     L   1   0  54.00  0  1  0  0   0.1   2   2   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   5   0   0.00  0  0  3  0   5     2   0   0  10 
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   3   0   6.00  0  1  1  0   3     5   2   1   3 
  4 Postseason Ser      2-2   8   0   2.25  0  1  4  0   8     7   2   1  13 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2000   ALDS  SEA CHW     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  SEA NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2001   ALDS  SEA CLE     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  SEA NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   2-2   8   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2001   SEA AL      0  0  1   1     0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 2002   SEA AL      0  0  0   1     3   2   2   1   2  0   0  0   1  0  1  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/2      0  0  0  1   2     3   2   2   1   3  0   0  0   1  0  1  0  0   9.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2001   SEA AL       Replaced by designated hitter.
 2002   SEA AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
2001 *
2002 *

Awards
2000-AL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2001-AL-19-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Saves
2000 AL-37-3
2001 AL-45-2
2002 AL-37-6
Car-129-82

Games Finished
2000 AL-58-5
2001 AL-63-3
2002 AL-55-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 9 (1500) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 23.0 (533) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 

December 18, 1999: Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2000Seattle Mariners$4,000,000
2001Seattle Mariners$4,666,667
2002Seattle Mariners$5,070,000
2003Seattle Mariners$8,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$21,736,667

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