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Kirk Saarloos

Birthdate: 5/23/1979 Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6-0/180 Position: P
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Season	Team	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	BABIP	LOB%	GB%	HR/FB	ERA	FIP	xFIP	WAR
2002	Astros	6	7	0	17	17	85.1	5.70	2.85	1.27	.322	63.7 %	53.8 %	18.8 %	6.01	4.68	3.90	0.6
2003	Astros	2	1	0	36	4	49.1	7.84	3.10	0.73	.338	63.4 %	54.2 %	10.0 %	4.93	3.56	3.69	0.6
2004	Athletics	2	1	0	6	5	24.1	3.70	4.44	1.48	.274	79.1 %	52.9 %	18.2 %	4.44	6.09	5.24	-0.1
2005	Athletics	10	9	0	29	27	159.2	2.99	3.04	0.62	.288	72.9 %	56.6 %	8.6 %	4.17	4.47	4.68	1.5
2006	Athletics	7	7	2	35	16	121.1	3.86	3.93	1.41	.309	75.7 %	54.0 %	17.1 %	4.75	5.71	4.96	-0.4
2007	Reds (AAA)	0	2	0	18	5	41.0	6.15	1.98	0.66	.326	71.4 %			3.95	3.44
2007	Reds	1	5	0	34	3	42.2	5.70	4.01	1.69	.319	61.7 %	53.4 %	18.2 %	7.17	5.96	4.81	-0.5
2008	Athletics (AAA)	9	4	0	22	22	140.2	5.05	2.30	1.15	.286	71.5 %			4.22	4.66
2008	Athletics	1	0	0	8	1	26.1	4.10	1.37	0.68	.350	62.8 %	53.5 %	8.0 %	5.47	3.66	3.93	0.2
2009	Indians (AAA)	3	10	0	15	15	86.2	5.50	3.63	1.45	.329	63.7 %			5.61	5.39
Total	- - -	29	30	2	165	73	509.0	4.44	3.29	1.06	.308	69.9 %	54.7 %	13.8 %	5.02	4.87	4.52	2.0

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Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	ShO	SV	HLD	BS	IP	TBF	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	BK	SO
2002	Astros	6	7	6.01	17	17	1	1	0	0	0	85.1	372	100	59	57	12	27	5	6	1	0	54
2003	Astros	2	1	4.93	36	4	0	0	0	4	0	49.1	218	55	31	27	4	17	3	3	0	0	43
2004	Athletics	2	1	4.44	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	24.1	112	27	13	12	4	12	0	2	0	0	10
2005	Athletics	10	9	4.17	29	27	2	1	0	0	0	159.2	682	170	75	74	11	54	8	11	1	0	53
2006	Athletics	7	7	4.75	35	16	0	0	2	0	1	121.1	548	149	70	64	19	53	3	3	3	0	52
2007	Reds (AAA)	0	2	3.95	18	5	0	0	0			41.0	175	47	19	18	3	9	0	0	0	0	28
2007	Reds	1	5	7.17	34	3	0	0	0	4	1	42.2	201	54	36	34	8	19	1	3	1	0	27
2008	Athletics (AAA)	9	4	4.22	22	22	1	0	0			140.2	602	150	73	66	18	36	2	7	4	0	79
2008	Athletics	1	0	5.47	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	26.1	118	37	17	16	2	4	1	0	0	0	12
2009	Indians (AAA)	3	10	5.61	15	15	2	0	0			86.2	403	112	67	54	14	35	0	3	5	2	53
Total	- - -	29	30	5.02	165	73	3	2	2	8	2	509.0	2251	592	301	284	60	186	21	28	6	0	251

Advanced

Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	AVG	WHIP	BABIP	LOB%	ERA-	FIP-	FIP
2002	Astros	5.70	2.85	2.00	1.27	14.5 %	7.3 %	.295	1.49	.322	63.7 %	141	108	4.68
2002	Average	6.53	3.38	1.93	1.05	16.8 %	8.7 %	.257	1.38	.289	71.7 %			4.52
2003	Astros	7.84	3.10	2.53	0.73	19.7 %	7.8 %	.278	1.46	.338	63.4 %	113	80	3.56
2003	Average	6.40	3.30	1.94	1.08	16.4 %	8.5 %	.260	1.38	.291	71.2 %			4.57
2004	Athletics	3.70	4.44	0.83	1.48	8.9 %	10.7 %	.276	1.60	.274	79.1 %	96	134	6.09
2004	Average	6.60	3.36	1.96	1.13	16.9 %	8.6 %	.261	1.40	.293	71.4 %			4.62
2005	Athletics	2.99	3.04	0.98	0.62	7.8 %	7.9 %	.276	1.40	.288	72.9 %	98	106	4.47
2005	Average	6.38	3.17	2.02	1.04	16.5 %	8.2 %	.260	1.37	.292	71.6 %			4.47
2006	Athletics	3.86	3.93	0.98	1.41	9.5 %	9.7 %	.303	1.66	.309	75.7 %	106	129	5.71
2006	Average	6.59	3.30	2.00	1.12	16.8 %	8.4 %	.265	1.41	.298	70.9 %			4.58
2007	Reds (AAA)	6.15	1.98	3.11	0.66	16.0 %	5.1 %	.283	1.37	.326	71.4 %			3.44
2007	Reds	5.70	4.01	1.42	1.69	13.4 %	9.5 %	.302	1.71	.319	61.7 %	156	128	5.96
2007	Average	6.67	3.33	2.00	1.03	17.1 %	8.5 %	.263	1.41	.299	70.7 %			4.43
2008	Athletics (AAA)	5.05	2.30	2.19	1.15	13.1 %	6.0 %	.268	1.32	.286	71.5 %			4.66
2008	Athletics	4.10	1.37	3.00	0.68	10.2 %	3.4 %	.325	1.56	.350	62.8 %	130	88	3.66
2008	Average	6.83	3.39	2.01	1.01	17.5 %	8.7 %	.259	1.39	.296	71.4 %			4.39
2009	Indians (AAA)	5.50	3.63	1.51	1.45	13.2 %	8.7 %	.307	1.70	.329	63.7 %			5.39
Total	- - -	4.44	3.29	1.35	1.06	11.2 %	8.3 %	.291	1.53	.308	69.9 %	115	112	4.87

Batted Ball

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB/FB	LD%	GB%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB	IFH%	BUH%	tERA	SIERA	xFIP-	xFIP
2002	Astros	2.31	22.9 %	53.8 %	23.3 %	9.4 %	18.8 %	1.4 %	50.0 %	5.92	4.01	93	3.90
2003	Astros	2.08	19.6 %	54.2 %	26.1 %	15.0 %	10.0 %	4.8 %	0.0 %	3.98	3.41	85	3.69
2004	Athletics	2.05	21.2 %	52.9 %	25.9 %	13.6 %	18.2 %	2.2 %	0.0 %	6.81	5.40	115	5.24
2005	Athletics	2.46	20.5 %	56.6 %	23.0 %	9.4 %	8.6 %	4.4 %	0.0 %	5.07	4.81	108	4.68
2006	Athletics	2.13	20.6 %	54.0 %	25.4 %	5.4 %	17.1 %	4.2 %	0.0 %	6.14	5.17	110	4.96
2007	Reds	1.80	16.9 %	53.4 %	29.7 %	11.4 %	18.2 %	6.3 %	0.0 %	5.90	4.56	107	4.81
2008	Athletics	2.16	21.8 %	53.5 %	24.8 %	4.0 %	8.0 %	7.4 %	0.0 %	4.23	3.82	91	3.93
Total	- - -	2.21	20.6 %	54.7 %	24.7 %	9.0 %	13.8 %	4.2 %	16.7 %	5.46	4.58	103	4.52

More Batted Ball

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	GB	FB	LD	IFFB	IFH	BU	BUH	RS	Balls	Strikes	Pitches
2002	Astros	148	64	63	6	2	10	5	53	483	846	1329
2003	Astros	83	40	30	6	4	2	0	39	322	515	837
2004	Athletics	45	22	18	3	1	3	0	15	170	247	417
2005	Athletics	315	128	114	12	14	7	0	86	954	1450	2404
2006	Athletics	236	111	90	6	10	3	0	82	774	1192	1966
2007	Reds	79	44	25	5	5	4	0	17	275	452	727
2008	Athletics	54	25	22	1	4	1	0	10	145	256	401
Total	- - -	960	434	362	39	40	30	5	302	3123	4958	8081

Win Probability

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	WPA	-WPA	+WPA	RE24	REW	pLI	inLI	gmLI	exLI	Pulls	WPA/LI	Clutch	SD	MD
2002	Astros	-1.45	-7.07	5.61	-14.85	-1.47	0.94	0.82	0.88	1.10	16	-0.79	-0.76	0	0
2003	Astros	-0.25	-2.55	2.30	-3.15	-0.36	0.60	0.63	0.68	0.95	25	0.00	-0.42	5	2
2004	Athletics	-0.17	-2.06	1.88	-1.62	-0.13	1.05	0.92	0.81	1.55	5	-0.25	0.08	0	0
2005	Athletics	-0.33	-12.26	11.93	8.36	0.81	1.02	0.90	0.88	1.30	27	1.02	-1.35	0	1
2006	Athletics	-0.53	-9.57	9.05	-5.07	-0.52	0.95	0.88	0.98	0.86	28	-1.61	1.06	4	3
2007	Reds	-0.24	-3.95	3.71	-9.77	-0.92	1.06	1.13	1.20	1.20	27	-0.86	0.64	8	5
2008	Athletics	-0.56	-1.23	0.66	-7.59	-0.86	0.40	0.46	0.62	0.36	7	-0.35	-1.08	1	2
Total	- - -	-3.53	-38.68	35.15	-33.68	-3.44	0.92	0.85	0.91	1.06	135	-2.84	-1.00	18	13

Pitch Type

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FB%	SL%	CT%	CB%	CH%	XX%
2002	Astros	53.2% (84.9)	18.2% (80.4)			28.7% (79.1)	17.6%
2003	Astros	57.2% (86.6)	20.8% (82.4)			21.9% (81.4)	1.9%
2004	Athletics	52.2% (86.0)	7.7% (79.0)		4.2% (76.9)	35.9% (79.9)	2.9%
2005	Athletics	60.8% (85.7)	11.2% (81.7)	12.1% (83.9)	2.1% (75.7)	13.7% (80.7)	14.2%
2006	Athletics	65.8% (85.5)	12.1% (81.1)	6.0% (83.8)	3.6% (76.0)	12.5% (80.5)	3.1%
2007	Reds	63.0% (85.6)	4.9% (83.7)	12.3% (83.9)	7.8% (77.0)	12.0% (82.2)	2.5%
2008	Athletics	53.5% (85.4)	5.7% (78.2)	20.4% (82.8)	8.3% (77.4)	12.1% (82.0)	3.2%
Total	- - -	59.9% (85.6)	12.5% (81.3)	7.2% (83.7)	2.9% (76.5)	17.5% (80.5)	8.6%

PITCHf/x Pitch Type

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	FA%	FC%	SI%	SL%	CU%	CH%
2007	Reds	52.4 %	4.9 %		25.2 %	10.2 %	7.3 %
2008	Athletics	57.4 %	0.8 %	0.3 %	19.5 %	17.8 %	4.3 %
Total	- - -	55.7 %	2.2 %	0.2 %	21.5 %	15.2 %	5.3 %

PITCHf/x Pitch Velocity

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	vFA	vFC	vSI	vSL	vCU	vCH
2007	Reds	85.5	87.2		84.1	78.0	81.6
2008	Athletics	85.2	86.0	86.8	82.3	78.9	81.7
Total	- - -	85.3	86.9	86.8	83.0	78.7	81.7

Pitch Values

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFB	wSL	wCT	wCB	wCH	wFB/C	wSL/C	wCT/C	wCB/C	wCH/C
2002	Astros	-9.8	-2.7			0.3	-1.69	-1.36			0.09
2003	Astros	-9.8	3.5			5.5	-2.08	2.03			3.03
2004	Athletics	-4.3	0.2		-0.9	1.0	-2.02	0.70		-5.33	0.70
2005	Athletics	1.8	2.7	-0.8	0.7	-3.9	0.14	1.19	-0.31	1.63	-1.40
2006	Athletics	-10.7	-8.2	1.1	0.5	-2.7	-0.85	-3.56	0.93	0.74	-1.15
2007	Reds	-8.2	-0.2	-2.3	0.9	-0.5	-1.83	-0.51	-2.65	1.58	-0.57
2008	Athletics	-1.8	0.6	1.0	0.7	-0.7	-0.87	2.82	1.32	2.33	-1.58
Total	- - -	-42.8	-4.1	-1.0	1.9	-1.1	-0.97	-0.44	-0.18	0.89	-0.09

PITCHf/x Pitch Values

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA	wFC	wSI	wSL	wCU	wCH
2007	Reds	-1.9	-0.6		-2.0	1.0	0.9
2008	Athletics	0.7	0.1	0.2	-0.8	1.8	-1.1
Total	- - -	-1.2	-0.5	0.2	-2.7	2.8	-0.3

PITCHf/x Pitch Values / 100

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	wFA/C	wFC/C	wSI/C	wSL/C	wCU/C	wCH/C
2007	Reds	-1.80	-5.74		-3.78	4.59	5.74
2008	Athletics	0.31	2.69	23.83	-0.99	2.56	-6.73
Total	- - -	-0.37	-3.80	23.83	-2.11	3.03	-0.89

Plate Discipline

Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	F-Strike%	SwStr%
2002	Astros	18.0 %	68.7 %	47.3 %	32.0 %	86.6 %	77.9 %	57.8 %	63.4 %	10.6 %
2002	Average	18.1 %	70.1 %	46.5 %	47.5 %	85.5 %	78.8 %	54.6 %	58.3 %	9.8 %
2003	Astros	23.5 %	68.4 %	45.3 %	54.0 %	88.7 %	79.5 %	48.6 %	58.3 %	9.2 %
2003	Average	22.2 %	68.8 %	46.2 %	51.9 %	87.8 %	79.4 %	51.4 %	58.6 %	9.5 %
2004	Athletics	9.3 %	69.4 %	42.9 %	23.5 %	85.7 %	79.8 %	55.9 %	57.1 %	8.6 %
2004	Average	16.6 %	69.6 %	45.8 %	53.7 %	85.2 %	80.1 %	55.1 %	58.4 %	9.0 %
2005	Athletics	14.8 %	68.8 %	44.3 %	61.0 %	94.8 %	89.7 %	54.7 %	57.5 %	4.7 %
2005	Average	20.3 %	68.0 %	46.0 %	51.8 %	88.3 %	80.8 %	53.8 %	59.1 %	8.7 %
2006	Athletics	21.6 %	66.3 %	44.4 %	70.1 %	93.7 %	88.1 %	51.0 %	58.0 %	5.2 %
2006	Average	23.5 %	66.6 %	46.1 %	57.4 %	88.5 %	81.0 %	52.6 %	58.8 %	8.5 %
2007	Reds	20.7 %	65.8 %	44.7 %	71.0 %	90.8 %	86.5 %	53.2 %	56.2 %	5.9 %
2007	Average	25.0 %	66.6 %	45.9 %	60.8 %	88.2 %	80.8 %	50.3 %	58.7 %	8.6 %
2008	Athletics	28.6 %	66.5 %	47.7 %	75.0 %	94.0 %	88.4 %	50.5 %	61.9 %	5.5 %
2008	Average	25.4 %	65.4 %	45.9 %	61.7 %	87.9 %	80.8 %	51.1 %	58.6 %	8.6 %
Total	- - -	19.1 %	67.8 %	45.1 %	59.7 %	91.5 %	85.2 %	53.4 %	58.8 %	6.6 %

PITCHf/x Plate Discipline

Minor Leagues | Regular Season | Averages

Season	Team	O-Swing%	Z-Swing%	Swing%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Contact%	Zone%	Pace
2007	Reds	29.2 %	62.7 %	47.1 %	75.0 %	85.5 %	82.5 %	53.4 %	21.7
2007	Average	28.9 %	62.3 %	45.4 %	66.4 %	87.6 %	80.8 %	49.6 %	21.5
2008	Athletics	31.0 %	62.9 %	46.7 %	72.6 %	96.7 %	88.6 %	49.2 %	16.2
2008	Average	28.0 %	62.5 %	45.3 %	65.9 %	88.0 %	81.2 %	50.3 %	21.6
Total	- - -	30.4 %	62.8 %	46.8 %	73.3 %	92.7 %	86.5 %	50.7 %	18.1

Fielding

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	FE	TE	DP	DPS	DPF	SB	FP
2002	Astros	P	17	17	85.1	8	14	1	0	1	3	2	1	7	.957
2003	Astros	P	36	4	49.1	2	6	2	0	2	1	1	0	4	.800
2004	Athletics	P	6	5	24.1	2	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1.000
2005	Athletics	P	29	27	159.2	22	33	2	1	1	3	3	0	14	.965
2006	Athletics	P	35	16	121.1	9	27	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	1.000
2007	Reds	P	34	3	42.2	2	11	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	.929
2008	Athletics	P	8	1	26.1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
Total	- - -	P	165	73	509.0	46	104	6	1	5	10	9	1	37	.962

Advanced Fielding

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	Pos	Inn	rSB	rPM	DRS
2003	Astros	P	49.1	0	0	0
2004	Athletics	P	24.1	0	1	2
2005	Athletics	P	159.2	-1	5	4
2006	Athletics	P	121.1	0	4	4
2007	Reds	P	42.2	0	2	2
2008	Athletics	P	26.1	0	-1	-1
Total	- - -	P	509.0	-1	11	11

Value

Minor Leagues | Regular Season

Season	Team	RA9-Wins	BIP-Wins	LOB-Wins	FDP-Wins	RAR	WAR	Dollars	Salary
2002	Astros	-0.4	-0.7	-0.3	-0.9	5.6	0.6	$1.5
2003	Astros	-0.2	-0.6	-0.3	-0.8	6.0	0.6	$1.7
2004	Athletics	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.4	-0.9	-0.1	($0.2)
2005	Athletics	2.7	0.3	0.9	1.1	16.0	1.5	$5.2
2006	Athletics	0.8	-0.2	1.4	1.2	-4.3	-0.4	($1.5)	$0.4
2007	Reds	-1.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.6	-4.7	-0.5	($1.9)	$1.2
2008	Athletics	-0.2	-0.5	0.1	-0.4	1.8	0.2	$0.9
Total	- - -	2.0	-1.8	1.8	0.0	19.5	2.0	$5.7	$1.6

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