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25. Barry Zito

25. Barry Zito
  1. General
  2. Awards
  3. Career Stats
  • Born: May 13, 1978 in Las Vegas, NV USA
  • Weight: 205 lbs.
  • Height: 6'2"
  • Bats: L
  • Throws: L
  • Debut: July 22, 2000
  • Final Game: September 30, 2015
  • Cy Young Award - 2002
  • TSN All-Star - 2002
  • TSN Pitcher of the Year - 2002
  • Hutch Award - 2012
  • Cy Young - 2002
  • MVP - 2001
  • MVP - 2002
  • Rookie of the Year - 2000
 
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Barry Zito was with the Oakland A's for the first seven seasons of his career, and for a time, he was one of the elite hurlers of the American League.  Zito debuted in 2000 and was a 17-game winner in 2001.  The curveball specialist's best year came right after when he had a league-leading 23 Wins (against only five losses) had 182 Strikeouts with a 2.75 Earned Run Average.  He would win the Cy Young Award that year.

Zito continued to have good seasons for Oakland, where he three more 14 Win seasons, and he would go to three All-Star Games for the team.

His first stint with Oakland would end when he signed with the San Francisco Giants in 2006 as a Free Agent.

He would come out of retirement in 2015 with Oakland, but he wouldn't see much action only appearing in three games.

Zito would win 102 Games for Oakland against 63 Losses with 1,098 Strikeouts.

The Bullet Points

  • Position: Pitcher
  • Acquired: Selected in the 1st Round, 9th Overall of the Amateur Draft 6/2/99.
  • Departed:

    Signed as a Free Agent by the San Francisco Giants 12/29/06.

    Acquired (2): Signed as a Free Agent 2/17/15.

    Departed (2): Retired 10/15/15.
  • Games Played: 225
  • Notable Statistics: 102 Wins
    63 Losses
    3.58 ERA
    224 Games Started
    9 Complete Games
    4 Shutouts
    1,437.1 Innings Pitched
    1,098 Strikeouts
    4.21 FIP
    1.256 WHIP,
    1.94 SO/BB
    30.2 bWAR

    7 Playoff Games
    4 Wins
    3 Losses
    3.25 ERA
    7 Games Started
    44.1 Innings PItched
    33 Strikeouts
    1.15 WHIP
    1.94 SO/BB
  • Major Accolades and Awards:

    Cy Young Award (2002)
    The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year (2002)
    All-Star (2002, 2003 & 2006)
    Most Wins (2002)
    Most Games Started (2001, 2002, 2005 & 2006)
    Highest Fielding Percentage by a Pitcher (2005)

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