1979
Born May 23, 1979
Long Beach, CA, USA
Kirk Saarloos Notable
Kirk Saarloos played for three clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Houston Astros in 2002 and closing with the Oakland Athletics in 2008.
He went 29 and 30 with a 5.02 earned run average, pitching 509 innings in 165 games. He struck out 251 and threw 2 shutouts. Across 165 games he batted .073, with 3 hits and 1 run. He finished with 2 doubles.
He threw a no-hitter in 2003.
He was born in Long Beach, CA, USA on May 23, 1979. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie of the Month | 1 | 2002 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | HOU | 17 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .067 |
| 2003 | HOU | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2004 | OAK | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | OAK | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2006 | OAK | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | CIN | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 |
| 2008 | OAK | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | — | 165 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | .073 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | HOU | 6 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 85.1 | 100 | 57 | 27 | 54 | 6.01 |
| 2003 | HOU | 2 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 49.1 | 55 | 27 | 17 | 43 | 4.93 |
| 2004 | OAK | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24.1 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 4.44 |
| 2005 | OAK | 10 | 9 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 159.2 | 170 | 74 | 54 | 53 | 4.17 |
| 2006 | OAK | 7 | 7 | 35 | 16 | 2 | 121.1 | 149 | 64 | 53 | 52 | 4.75 |
| 2007 | CIN | 1 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 42.2 | 54 | 34 | 19 | 27 | 7.17 |
| 2008 | OAK | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26.1 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 5.47 |
| Career | — | 29 | 30 | 165 | 73 | 2 | 509.0 | 592 | 284 | 186 | 251 | 5.02 |
On this day & linked events
2003
Houston Astros Combined No-Hitter, 2003
Roy Oswalt, Peter Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner threw a combined no-hitter for the Houston Astros against the New York Yankees on June 11, 2003, winning 8–0.