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  NAME     : Kirk Saarloos
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : USA
 
  BIRTHDAY : 5/23/1979
  AGE      : 25
  HEIGHT   : 6"1
  WEIGHT   : 185
 
  POSITION : Pitcher
  ROLE     : Starter
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $100,000 through 2005
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Loyal
  TEAM LEADER              : YES, holds team together
  CONSISTENCY              : Inconsistent at times
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : GREAT
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Pitcher : C (Fielding Pct. : .977)
PITCHING RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Duration as Starter : C Duration as Reliever : B Holding Runners : B Groundball Pct. : 70 Avoiding Runs : 7 Avoiding Hits : 6 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Good) Avoiding Doubles : 4 (VS. RHB : 4, VS. LHB : 4, Talent Good) Avoiding Homeruns : 4 (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 2, Talent Average) Avoiding BB's : 8 (VS. RHB : 9, VS. LHB : 8, Talent Brilliant) Getting Strikeouts : 5 (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Average) Throwing Velocity : 5 Pitch Assortment : , Fastball, Slider, Splitfinger-Fastball
PITCHING STATS : Category ERA W L S G GS IP HA R ER BB K Overall 4.95 2 3 0 6 6 36.1 44 21 20 8 15 At Home 9.28 0 2 0 2 2 10.2 16 12 11 4 3 Away 3.16 2 1 0 4 4 25.2 28 9 9 4 12 Last Week 3.00 1 0 0 1 1 6.0 9 2 2 2 2 This Week 2.70 0 0 0 1 1 6.2 7 2 2 0 4 Apr/Mar 4.95 2 3 0 6 6 36.1 44 21 20 8 15 May 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
CAREER STATS : YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS 2002 6.04 6 7 0 17 1 1 85.0 57 27 54 HOU 2003 4.91 0 1 0 3 0 0 18.1 10 5 12 HOU,PIT 2004 5.77 10 6 0 23 0 0 131.0 84 30 79 PIT Total ERA : 5.69 Total Wins : 18 Total Losses: 17 Total Saves : 0 Total SHO : 1 Total CG : 1 Total K's : 160 Total BB's : 70
PLAYER HISTORY
Traded from Houston to Pittsburgh on 3/31/2003 (Going to PIT: P K. Saarloos, 3B G. Blum, 1B J. Bagwell. Going to HOU: 3B A. Ramirez, P B. Bullington)... Had first career hit (double) on 5/17/2004, off Eric Milton (COL)...