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Shawn Sedlacek

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: June 29, 1977 in Cedar Rapids, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 14th round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Iowa State University (Ames, IA).

High School: Kennedy HS (Cedar Rapids, IA)

Schools: Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), Iowa State University (Ames, IA)

Debut: June 18, 2002 (Age 24-354d, 18,095th in major league history)
vs. MON 5.2 IP, 2 H, 4 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 27, 2002 (Age 25-090d)
vs. CLE 3.0 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2002 season

Full Name: Shawn Patrick Sedlacek

Pronunciation: \SED-la-check\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.3

ERA

6.72

84.1

WHIP

1.601

Summary of 16 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 5 go ahead

1 Tm
KCR	16

Platoon
vs LHB	10
vs RHB	6

Home/Road
Away	9
Home	7

Outs
1	8
2	5
0	3

6 Opps
TBD	5
CHW	4
TOR	3
CLE	2
SDP	1
MON	1

14 Batters
Eric Hinske	2
Carl Crawford	2
Jared Sandberg	1
Ryan Klesko	1
Brian Schneider	1
Magglio Ordóñez	1
Frank Thomas	1
Willie Harris	1
Ellis Burks	1
Tom Wilson	1
José Valentín	1
Karim García	1
Andy Sheets	1
Aubrey Huff	1

6 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	7
Guaranteed (CHI)	4
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1

Where Hit
89	5
9	5
7	3
8	2
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	5
3	4
2	2
7+	2
5	2
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	6
2·HR gms	3
4·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	11
1--	2
12-	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

23 Runs
RISP	3
0 on	11
1 on	3
2 on	2
Any on	5

Inning
1	4
2	1
3	4
4	2
5	1
7	4

1-3	9
4-6	3
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	2
+2	3
+1	1
Tied	5
-2	2
-3	1
-4..	1

Ahead	7
Tied	5
Behind	4

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	5
3-2	2
3-1	2
0-1	2
2-0	2
0-2	1
1-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	4
DH	3
1B	2
RF	2
LF	2
2B	1
C	1
SS	1

OrderPos
2nd	5
3rd	4
4th	2
8th	2
7th	1
5th	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	7
Low Lev	8

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2002-06-18	Brian Schneider	MON		KCR	behind 0-2	b 3	1	---	6,(2-2) BCBSFX	1	8	2	11%	41%	Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
2	2	2	1	2002-06-29	Ryan Klesko	SDP	@	KCR	behind 1-3	t 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	12%	33%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	2002-07-20 (2)	Ellis Burks	CLE	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	DH	15%	65%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Gutiérrez Scores
4	4	4	1	2002-07-26	Willie Harris	CHW		KCR	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	8%	82%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	5	2	2002-07-26	José Valentín	CHW		KCR	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	6%	89%	Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
6	6	6	1	2002-07-31	Eric Hinske	TOR	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	7,(3-2) CSBFBBX	2	2	5	14%	67%	Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); S. Stewart Scores
7	7	7	1	2002-08-10	Aubrey Huff	TBD	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	DH	9%	55%	Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
8	8	8	2	2002-08-10	Carl Crawford	TBD	@	KCR	tied 2-2	t 2	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	2	7	24%	73%	Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); B. Grieve Scores; B. Abernathy Scores
9	9	9	3	2002-08-10	Jared Sandberg	TBD	@	KCR	ahead 5-3	t 3	0	---	8,(3-2) BSBSBFFX	1	4	5	8%	77%	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
10	10	10	4	2002-08-10	Andy Sheets	TBD	@	KCR	ahead 6-3	t 3	2	1-3	3,(1-1) SBX	3	9	6	14%	91%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Hall Scores; B. Grieve Scores
11	11	11	1	2002-08-16	Carl Crawford	TBD		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	7	10%	63%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	12	1	2002-08-21	Tom Wilson	TOR		KCR	behind 1-6	b 4	2	-2-	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	8	3	10%	19%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Berg Scores
13	13	13	2	2002-08-21	Eric Hinske	TOR		KCR	behind 3-6	b 5	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	2	5	9%	27%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	14	1	2002-09-17	Frank Thomas	CHW		KCR	ahead 2-1	b 7	1	---	3,(0-2) CSX	1	3	DH	11%	87%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	15	2	2002-09-17	Magglio Ordóñez	CHW		KCR	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	9	6%	93%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	16	1	2002-09-27	Karim García	CLE		KCR	ahead 7-1	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	5	9	0%	100%	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)