Full name: Barry William Zito Born: 05/13/78 Birthplace: Las Vegas,NV Height: 6'4" Weight: 215 Position: P Bats: Left Throws: Left College: Southern California MLB Debut: 07/22/00
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				W		L		ERA		G		GS		CG		SHO		SV		SVO		IP		H		R		ER		HR		HBP		BB		SO
		YTD		8		6		3.28		20		20		2		1		0		--		134.1		115		51		49		14		4		50		78

2002 Highlights:

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Was named the American League Cy Young Award winner by the Baseball Writers Association of America...is the fifth Athletic to win the award, the first since Dennis Eckersley in 1992...won the award at the age of 24 to become the youngest Cy Young Award winner since Roger Clemens in 1986, also at the age of 24...was also named American League Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News and was named as the left handed pitcher on TSN's post-season All-Star team...became the A's third different 20-game winner in the last three seasons as he won a career high 23 games...had just five losses for an .821 winning percentage which set an Oakland record...broke the mark of .818 (27-6) established by Bob Welch in 1990...is now 47-17 in his career for a .734 winning percentage...that is the best mark in major league history since 1900 among pitchers with 50 or more decisions...only Randy Johnson had more wins in the majors in 2002 (24) than Zito's 23...the wins were the fourth best single season total in Oakland history and were the most by an Athletic since Bob Welch won 27 in 1990...it was the 17th 20-win season in Oakland history and he is the ninth different 20-game winner in Oakland history (Blue, Holtzman, Hudson, Hunter, Mulder, Norris, Stewart, Welch)...his win total was the best by an A.L. left hander since Frank Viola won 24 for Minnesota in 1988 and in Oakland left handed history, only Vida Blue has more wins (24 in 1971)...now has 40 wins over the last two seasons which ties teammate Mark Mulder for the most among A.L. pitchers over that span...one of two A's All-Stars, he also had career highs in innings (229.1) and tied his career best in games started (35)...led the A.L. in games started (35) and opponents average with runners in scoring position (.185), was second in winning percentage (.821), third in ERA (2.75) and run support (6.79), tied for third in strikeouts (182), fourth in opponents batting average (.218) and pitches per start (105.4), fifth in innings pitched (229.1), pickoffs (5) and opponents slugging percentage (.340), tied for fifth in most walks (78) and tied for seventh in opponents on-base percentage (.289)...his ERA was the lowest by an A's pitcher with 162 or more innings since Dave Stewart had a 2.56 ERA in 1990...now has a 3.04 career ERA which ranks ninth on the Oakland career list...his 182 strikeouts were the eighth best single season total in Oakland history...was 13-1 with a 3.09 ERA (38 er in 110.2 ip) in his 17 starting assignments following an A's loss in 2002 and is 23-6 with a 3.42 ERA (87 er in 229.0 ip) in 36 career starting assignments following an A's loss...was 11-3 with a 3.49 ERA and .231 opponents batting average in 19 starts before the All-Star Break but then went 12-2 with a 1.92 ERA (23 er in 108.0) and .203 (78 for 385) opponents batting average in 16 starts after the break...led the A.L. in wins after the break, ranked second in ERA (Martinez, 1.61) and was third in opponents batting average (.203)...is now 30-8 with a 2.29 ERA (77 er in 303.0 ip) in 46 career starts after the break...the win total is the most in baseball over the past three years and the ERA is second best (Martinez, 1.95)...went 22-3 with a 2.39 ERA (52 er in 195.2 ip) and .210 (149 for 710) opponents batting average over his final 29 starts beginning on May 5...is 34-6 with a 2.35 ERA (83 er in 318.0 ip) and .206 (236 for 1146) opponents batting average over his last 48 regular season starts dating back to July 29, 2001...was 11-1 with a 2.56 ERA in 17 starts in Oakland and 12-4 with a 2.92 ERA in 18 starts on the road...ranked second in the A.L. in home wins and tied for second in road wins...those were the most road wins by an A's pitcher since Bob Welch had 13 in 1990...the one home loss came on August 2 against Detroit and it snapped his Oakland record 16-game home winning streak, breaking the mark of 15 set by Kenny Rogers who went 15-0 in Oakland in his two seasons with the A's from 1998-1999...posted a 2.38 ERA and allowed a .199 opponents batting average during the winning streak which lasted 24 starts from June 18, 2001 until July 18, 2002...is now 20-1 with a 2.41 ERA (53 er in 197.2 ip) and .204 (145 for 710) opponents over his last 30 starts in Oakland and is 24-6 in 43 career starts in Oakland...his opponents batting average in 2002 broke down to .275 (47 for 171) against left handers and .203 (135 for 665) against right handers...opponents were 1 for 13 (.077) with the bases loaded and he has now allowed a .132 (5 for 38) career average with the bases loaded with no grand slams...held the opponents four and five hitters to a combined .194 (36 for 186) batting average in 2002 and has a .200 (87 for 434) career mark against them...allowed a career high 24 home runs after yielding just 24 in his first two seasons...defeated every team that he faced in 2002 at least once...is 7-0 with 3.01 ERA in 11 career starts against Texas and 4-0 with a 0.90 ERA in four career starts against Tampa Bay...tossed at least six innings in 30 of his 35 starts, allowed two runs or fewer 20 times and two walks or fewer 21 times...the A's were 5-2 in his no decisions and he left with the lead in five of those no decisions...the A's were 28-7 in his starting assignments and are 61-23 (.726) in his starting assignments for his career...went 1-2 with a 4.81 ERA in six starts in April, the only month he had an ERA over 3.69 and the only month where he did not win at least four games...had three no decisions in three A's victories in April and left with the lead in two of those games...then put together a career high tying nine game winning streak from May 5 to June 22...posted a 2.22 ERA and allowed a .197 opponents batting average during the streak which tied for fifth longest in Oakland history...is the first pitcher in Oakland history to have two winning streaks of nine or more games...was 4-0 with a 2.18 ERA in five May starts...tied for the A.L. lead in wins in May and ranked fifth in ERA...struck out 10 on May 11 against Toronto, his first of two games of 10 or more strikeouts in 2002...matched his career high with 11 strikeouts on June 1 at Tampa Bay, his eighth career 10-strikeout game...finished June with a 5-1 record and a 3.69 ERA in six starts...the win total tied for second in the A.L. (Mulder 6)...named to his first American League All-Star team and faced just one batter in the game, getting Shawn Green to ground out to teammate Miguel Tejada to start the sixth inning...had a season best 21.0 inning scoreless streak from July 7 to 23...went 5-0 with a 1.66 ERA in six starts in July...finished second in the A.L. in ERA in July (Martinez, 0.64) and tied for second in wins (Lopez, 6)...it was the fourth time in his career he won five games in a month (June, 2002; August, 2001; September, 2000) but it was the first time he has gone 5-0...is now 8-1 with a 2.92 ERA (28 er in 86.1 ip) in 14 career starts in July...had his only losing streak of the season when he lost consecutive starts on August 2 and 8 and then finished the season with an eight game winning streak, posting a 2.04 ERA (15 er in 66.1 ip) and .202 (48 for 238) opponents batting average over his final 10 starts...was 4-2 with a 2.16 ERA in six August starts and tossed his lone complete game of the season...took the loss in that outing, a seven-hitter in the A's 4-2 loss on August 8 at Boston...recorded his 20th win on September 8 at Minnesota, the fifth earliest date an Oakland pitcher has won 20, the earliest since Bob Welch on August 17, 1990...ended up going 4-0 with a 2.33 ERA in September and is now 13-1 with a 1.84 ERA (22 er in 107.1 ip) in 16 career starts in September...won his only playoff start, Game 3 of the ALDS at Minnesota, a 6-3 A's win (6.0 ip, 5 h, 3 r, 3 er, 4 bb, 8 so).

Career:
1999-was the A's first round draft pick and signed on June 12...ended up pitching for three different teams in the A's farm system...made his professional debut at Visalia on July 2, was promoted to Midland on August 13 and was later sent to Vancouver on September 4 following the conclusion of the Rockhounds season...was a combined 6-1 with a 3.16 ERA in 13 games, all starts...struck out 97 and walked 35 in 68.1 innings...allowed a .198 (48 for 243) opponents batting average...picked up his first professional win on July 27 at High Desert...earned California League Pitcher of the Week honors for the week of July 26-August 1...struck out 10 on August 1 against Stockton and August 11 at San Jose...had a 2.45 ERA in eight starts at Visalia when he was promoted to Midland...struck out 10 and did not walk a batter in 5.2 innings in his Midland debut on August 16 against Wichita...transferred to Vancouver when the Rockhounds regular season ended and he made one regular season start on September 6 at Colorado Springs...allowed one run in 6.0 innings and picked up the win...then went 1-1 with a 2.40 ERA (4 er in 15.0 ip) in three games, two starts, in the post-season as the Canadians won the Pacific Coast League Championship and the Triple-A World Series. 2000-made his major league debut with 14 starts for the A's and was 7-4 with a 2.72 ERA...the ERA was the lowest among major league rookies with 30 or more innings pitched and the best in Oakland history by a rookie with 75 or more innings pitched...ranked tied for third among A.L. rookies in strikeouts (78), tied for fourth in wins and sixth in innings pitched (92.2)...limited opponents to a .195 batting average, including .192 with runners in scoring position...average broke down to .194 with no home runs off left handers and .195 with six home runs off right handers...received incredible run support in his wins as the A's scored 78 runs while he was pitching in his seven wins (45.2 ip, 15.4 per nine innings)...did not need the support most of the time as he posted a 1.77 ERA (9 er in 45.2 ip) in his wins...the A's scored just 10 runs in his four losses and three no decisions (47.0 ip, 1.9 runs per nine innings) and he posted a 3.64 ERA (19 er in 47.0 ip) in those seven starts...A's scored just two runs while he was pitching in his four losses and were shutout twice...the run support carried over to the post season as he was the starting pitcher in the A's 11-1 win at New York in Game 4 of the Division Series...allowed just one run in 5.2 innings...selected from Triple-A Sacramento on July 22 and made his major league debut that day against Anaheim...became the 28th pitcher in Oakland history to start in his major league debut, the third in 2000...became the eighth to win...walked the first batter he faced (Erstad) but later picked him off...allowed just one run in five innings...the Angels loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth but he struck out Vaughn, Salmon and Anderson to end the inning...went 5-1 with a 1.73 ERA in six September starts...had the second best ERA in the American League in September to teammate Tim Hudson...tossed his first career complete game and shutout on September 10 against Tampa Bay, a five-hitter in the A's 11-0 win (0 bb, 8 so)...was named American League Co-Player of the Week with the White Sox Carlos Lee for the week of September 4-10, going 2-0 without allowing a run in 15.2 innings...defeated the Devil Rays in his next start on September 15 and extended his scoreless streak to 23.2 innings before Flaherty hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning...was 8-5 with a 3.19 ERA in 18 starts at Triple-A Sacramento before he was called up...named to the Baseball America Triple-A All-Star team...led the team with 91 strikeouts and tied for the team lead in wins and starts...held the opposition to a .230 average for the season which broke down to .222 against left handers and .232 against right handers...was named PCL Pitcher of the Week for the week of May 1-7. 2001-started slowly in 2001 but dominated American League hitters over the final two months of the season...was 6-7 with a 5.01 ERA in 22 starts through July 24...then went 11-1 with a 1.32 ERA and .174 opponents batting average over his final 13 starts, including a career high nine-game winning streak to finish the regular season (1.37 ERA)...then lost his only ALDS start against New York although he allowed just one run on two hits in eight innings (1 bb, 6 so) in the A's 1-0 loss in Game 3...finished the season 17-8 with a 3.49 ERA and 205 strikeouts in 35 starts...became just the fourth pitcher in Oakland history to strikeout 200 in season, the second left hander...is one of five left handed pitchers in Athletics history with 200 strikeouts (Waddell, Plank, Grove and Blue)...finished fourth in the A.L. in strikeouts...tied teammate Tim Hudson for the A.L. lead in games started, tied for third in opponents batting average (.230), tied for fourth in shutouts (2), tied for sixth in wins, was eighth in ERA, tied for ninth in complete games (3) and 10th in winning percentage (.680)...tied for fifth with an Oakland record 13 hit batters, the most hit batters by an A's pitcher since Harry Byrd hit 14 in 1953...also ranked second in opponents slugging (.345), fourth in average by right handers (.229), sixth in opponents on-base percentage leading off an inning (.281), seventh in fewest home runs per nine innings (0.76) and 10th in strikeout to walk ratio (2.56)...went 9-0 with a 2.21 ERA (21 er in 85.1 ip) over his last 13 starts in Oakland after starting the year 0-3 with a 8.54 ERA in his first five starts at home...had a 28.1 inning scoreless streak at the Coliseum from July 29 to August 25...opponents were 1 for 14 (.071) with the bases loaded...tossed six or more innings in 26 of his 35 starts, allowed three runs or fewer 25 times, walked two batters or fewer 24 times and struck out seven or more 14 times...then A's were 8-2 in his no decisions in 2001 and 25-10 in his starting assignments...tossed seven shutout innings in his first start on April 3 at Seattle and had a no-hitter until allowing a two-out single to Cameron in the sixth...allowed a career high eight runs on April 14 against Texas...had 44 strikeouts in 37.1 innings in April, the most strikeouts by an A's pitcher in one month since Dave Stewart struck out 45 in September of 1988...had a career high five-game losing streak over an eight start stretch from April 29 to June 7 (5.65 ERA)...tossed just 2.0 innings on July 24 against Minnesota, the shortest outing of his career...tossed his first complete game of the season, a four-hit shutout in the A's 6-0 win over Boston on August 9...did not allow a runner past first base...retired 23 consecutive batters from August 4 to 9, the longest such streak by an Athletic in 2001...started his season ending nine-game winning streak with a four-hit shutout in the A's 9-0 win over Cleveland on August 20...struck out a career high 11 against the Indians, one of five 10 strikeout games in 2001...went 5-1 with a 1.02 ERA and .163 opponents batting average in six starts in August and 4-0 with a 1.33 ERA and .168 opponents batting average in four starts in September and was named American League Pitcher of the Month in both months...led the A.L. in ERA and opponents batting average and tied for the lead in wins in August...led the A.L. in ERA in September and tied for the lead in wins.

Personal:
Barry William Zito was signed by Rick Magnante...graduated from University High School (San Diego, Calif.) in 1996...earned all-league honors in baseball as a senior...attended UC Santa Barbara as a freshman and earned Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball after striking out 123 in 85.1 innings...transferred to Pierce Junior College as a sophomore and was all-state and all-conference after going 9-2 with a 2.62 ERA and 135 strikeouts in 103.0 innings...attended USC as a junior and was a first-team All-America selection by USA Today Baseball Weekly, Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America after going 12-3 with a 3.28 ERA and 154 strikeouts in 113.2 innings...was also named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year...played in the 1994 Colt World Series, the 1995 Palomino World Series and the 1996 Connie Mack World Series...participated in the Oakland Ballet's performance of "The Nutcracker" in 2000 and 2001.