NAME : Kazuhiro Sasaki
NICKNAME : Daimajin
ORIGIN : Japan
BIRTHDAY : 2/22/1968
AGE : 37
HEIGHT : 6"4
WEIGHT : 220
POSITION : Pitcher
ROLE : Closer
BATS : Right
THROWS : Right
CONTRACT : $4,000,000 through 2007
DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
LOYALTY : Minimal
TEAM LEADER : None at all
CONSISTENCY : Inconsistent at times
CLUTCH PERFORMANCE : Normal
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 : 9
Avoiding Hits : 9 (VS. RHB : 10, VS. LHB : 9, Talent Brilliant)
Avoiding Doubles : 7 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 8, Talent Average)
Avoiding Homeruns : 4 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 4, Talent Fair)
Avoiding BB's : 6 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Average)
Getting Strikeouts : 11 (VS. RHB : 10, VS. LHB : 11, Talent Brilliant)
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 4.26 1 0 5 7 0 6.1 8 3 3 0 4
At Home 4.77 1 0 4 6 0 5.2 7 3 3 0 4
Away 0.00 0 0 1 1 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Last Week 9.00 0 0 1 1 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
This Week 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Apr/Mar 4.26 1 0 5 7 0 6.1 8 3 3 0 4
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
2000 3.14 2 5 37 63 0 0 63.0 22 31 78 SEA
2001 3.22 0 4 45 69 0 0 67.0 24 11 62 SEA
2002 2.51 4 5 37 61 0 0 61.0 17 20 73 SEA
2003 3.45 4 5 29 61 0 0 62.2 24 20 64 SEA,NYA
2004 2.66 3 3 35 66 0 0 67.2 20 18 69 NYA,CHA,COL,NL
Total ERA : 3.02
Total Wins : 14
Total Losses: 22
Total Saves : 188
Total SHO : 0
Total CG : 0
Total K's : 350
Total BB's : 100
PLAYER HISTORY Traded from Seattle to New York (A) on 7/27/2003 (Going to NYA: P K. Sasaki, LF R. Winn, 3B J. Cirillo. Going to SEA: 3B T. Wigginton, LF K. Garcia, P M. Magnante)... Traded from New York (A) to Chicago (A) on 2/18/2004 (Going to CHA: P D. Miceli, LF R. Winn, P K. Sasaki. Going to NYA: P O. Dotel, P J. Rauch)... Traded from Chicago (A) to Colorado on 6/1/2004 (Going to COL: P K. Sasaki. Going to CHA: P T. Phelps, P W. Gomes, P C. Holt, 1B E. Anderson, P N. Field)... Had first career hit on 6/17/2004, off Tyler Walker (NYN)... Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game... |