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Kirk Saarloos
- Age
- 29
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Number
- #31
- Born
- May 23, 1979 in Long Beach, CA, United States
- MLB debut
- June 18, 2002
- dbWAR
- .9 Regular season, 2005–2008 only
- IP
- 26.1
- ERA
- 5.47
- FIP
- 3.66
- K/9
- 4.1
- FIP−
- 85 100 = avg
Kirk Saarloos was a relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. In 2008 he struck out 12 batters over 26.1 innings across 8 appearances, going 1-0. His ERA of 5.47 was 26.5% higher than the league average of 4.32 — 17th of 20 on his team, and 384th of 482 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.66 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 11.6% of swings (5.4% of every pitch he threw), walked 3.4% of the batters he faced and struck out 10.2%. His 0.4 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2008 regular season.
WAR by season
Pitching Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2008; his career began in 2002, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
Batting Regular season
Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only. Seasons on file run 2005–2008; his career began in 2002, and earlier seasons are not in this data yet.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 57 | 52 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .385 | .411 | .481 | .388 | 8.8% |
| vs RHB | 61 | 60 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .283 | .295 | .367 | .294 | 11.5% |
Pitch sequencing
What Kirk Saarloos throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 130 | 85.5 | 1,328 | 40.8% | 9.5% | 38 | .289 | .641 | |
| Sinker | 90 | 85.2 | 1,787 | 36.7% | 15.0% | 23 | .391 | .853 | |
| Cutter | 62 | 83.4 | 428 | 33.9% | 6.9% | 14 | — | — | |
| Curveball | 53 | 77.4 | 1,441 | 49.1% | 20.0% | 10 | — | — | |
| Changeup | 38 | 81.6 | 1,238 | 21.1% | 15.0% | 18 | .444 | .944 | |
| Slider | 16 | 79.8 | 722 | 43.8% | 0.0% | 5 | — | — | |
| Unknown | 10 | — | — | 20.0% | 0.0% | 3 | — | — |
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wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.