#22 Kazuhiro Sasaki, Reliever, 35 yrs, New York (M) Mets

#22 Kazuhiro Sasaki, Reliever, 35 yrs, New York (M) Mets
Sunday, 6/13/2003

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Kazuhiro Sasaki

2/22/1968
35
Japan,,Sendai City
6"4
209

Reliever
R
R

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3.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 1,750,000
2003
11 Year(s), 123 Days (2015 total Days)
75 Day(s)
11 Year(s), 130 Days (2022 total Days)
14 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	8	8	8	91-94 Mph
Versus LHB	8	8	8
Versus RHB	8	8	8
Talent	8	8	9

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

2
67
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	4	1	1	2
Versus LHP	1	4	1	1	2
Versus RHP	1	4	1	1	2
Talent	1	3	1	1	2

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3
3
2
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 7 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
5/23	PIT	W 12-8		1	2	2	2	1	0
5/26	ARI	W 4-0		2	1	0	0	1	1
5/28	@ATL	L 6-7		0.2	1	1	1	0	1
5/29	@ATL	W 12-10		1	0	0	0	0	0	W
6/1	PHI	L 4-6		2	3	2	2	1	1
6/3	FLO	W 6-5		0.2	1	0	0	0	2
6/4	ATL	L 5-6		1.1	0	0	0	1	0
6/8	NYY	L 2-5		1	0	0	0	0	0
6/9	NYY	L 0-5		1	1	1	1	0	1
6/11	TOR	L 2-8		0.1	0	0	0	0	1

Pitching Stats 2003

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	27	0	1	1	1	4.56	25.2	27	13	13	9	21	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	69	0	3	3	3	4.56	65.0	69	33	33	23	54

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	5	0	100.0	27	15	12.6	9.5	7.4	3.2	6	2	33.3	6	1	16.7	4.32

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	58	14	4	0	1	5	4	5	12	0	0	0	.241	.302	.362	.664
vs. RHB	44	13	3	0	2	7	9	4	9	0	0	0	.295	.354	.500	.854

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	15	0	0	0	1	3.86	14.0	13	6	6	6	9
Road	12	0	1	1	0	5.40	11.2	14	7	7	3	12
This Week	3	0	0	0	0	3.86	2.1	1	1	1	0	2
Last Week	3	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.0	4	2	2	2	3

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	10	0	0	1	0	6.48	8.1	14	6	6	2	8
May	11	0	1	0	1	3.27	11.0	8	4	4	5	8
June	6	0	0	0	0	4.26	6.1	5	3	3	2	5

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1991	15	0	0	0	0	5.85	20.0	21	14	13	4	17	24	0	0	1.90	.347	BOS
1992	57	0	9	3	0	3.97	90.2	85	47	40	12	50	100	0	0	1.49	.322	BOS
1993	95	0	4	1	6	2.51	118.1	74	33	33	9	52	117	0	0	1.06	.234	BOS,AL
1994	80	0	2	2	2	2.07	78.1	56	20	18	4	33	82	0	0	1.14	.275	BOS ATL,NL
1995	58	0	8	2	1	3.09	64.0	48	23	22	10	22	55	0	0	1.09	.233	ATL,NL
1996	87	0	9	7	2	2.65	112.0	77	37	33	6	37	107	0	0	1.02	.252	ATL CHW
1997	74	0	7	1	5	2.22	93.1	61	24	23	4	25	92	0	0	0.92	.248	CHW
1998	59	0	2	6	23	4.09	61.2	55	28	28	7	26	62	0	0	1.31	.298	CHW TEX
1999	61	0	6	4	3	4.11	57.0	51	26	26	7	17	68	0	0	1.19	.319	TEX
2000	56	0	3	5	2	4.02	56.0	63	28	25	11	22	73	0	0	1.52	.364	TEX
2001	46	0	3	3	0	7.33	70.0	72	62	57	11	47	57	0	0	1.70	.298	TEX TOR
2002	72	0	4	1	1	3.02	110.1	88	43	37	6	40	93	0	0	1.16	.274	TOR NYM
2003	27	0	1	1	1	4.56	25.2	27	13	13	3	9	21	0	0	1.40	.308	NYM
Total	787	0	58	36	46	3.46	957.1	778	398	368	94	397	951	0	0	1.23	.280

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1990, A	49	0	8	1	1	1.85	82.2	40	19	17	8	29	107	0	0	0.83	.192
1990, AA	19	0	2	1	1	3.60	15.0	10	6	6	2	7	18	0	0	1.13	.258
1991, AA	8	0	1	0	0	0.00	9.2	1	0	0	0	3	15	0	0	0.41	.071
1991, AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.50	.250
2001, AAA	4	0	1	0	1	2.45	3.2	4	1	1	0	1	5	0	0	1.36	.400

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1995	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1997	2	0	0	0	0	4.15	4.1	7	2	2	0	4	0	0
2000	6	0	1	1	0	3.00	3.0	2	1	1	1	4	0	0
2002	2	0	1	0	0	0.00	3.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0
Total	11	0	2	1	0	2.19	12.1	10	3	3	2	13	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1991	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS
1992	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS
1993	95	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS,AL
1994	80	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	BOS ATL,NL
1995	58	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ATL,NL
1996	87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	ATL CHW
1997	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CHW
1998	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CHW TEX
1999	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX
2000	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX
2001	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	TEX TOR
2002	72	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	TOR NYM
Total	787	17	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	8	0	0	.059	.059	.118	.176

Fielding Stats 2003

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

25.2

2.81

Player History

Signed as a free agent by Boston on 3/3/1990 to a minor league contract.
Injured on 3/6/1991 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week...
Injured on 3/26/1991 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks...
Earned first career win on 5/1/1992...
Was selected to the 1993 Allstar game...
Traded from Boston to Atlanta on 2/2/1994 (Going to ATL: P Kazuhiro Sasaki. Going to BOS: P Chris Carpenter)...
Was selected to the 1994 Allstar game...
2/2/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,445,714 through salary arbitration...
Was selected to the 1995 Allstar game...
2/2/1996: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,445,714 through salary arbitration...
Traded from Atlanta to Chicago (W) on 3/4/1996 (Going to ATL: P Kiki Jones, P Jaret Wright, RF Darryl Strawberry. Going to CHW: P Curt Schilling, P Kazuhiro Sasaki, 3B Ray Durham)...
6/8/1996: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (W), $3,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Traded from Chicago (W) to Texas on 2/24/1998 (Going to TEX: P William Van Landingham, P Kazuhiro Sasaki. Going to CHW: P Jake Westbrook, C Charles Johnson)...
10/27/2000: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $2,000,000 per year, for 1 years.
Was claimed off waivers by Toronto on 8/9/2001.
10/6/2001: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $1,750,000 per year, for 2 years.
Traded from Toronto to New York (M) on 6/26/2002 (Going to NYM: P Kazuhiro Sasaki. Going to TOR: 3B Russell Branyan)...
Had first career hit (double) on 7/14/2002, off Roger Pavlik (SF)...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
1993 - 6 - 9th
1998 - 23 - 5th

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