#32 Saburo Sakai, Reliever, 37 yrs, Cleveland Indians

#32 Saburo Sakai, Reliever, 37 yrs, Cleveland Indians
Monday, 10/20/1980

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Saburo Sakai

8/6/1943
37
Japan
6"6
220

Reliever
R
L

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Average
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2 / 6 (Fair)
3 / 6 (Well Known)
Average
GREAT
Prone
1.0 Stars

Contract & Roster Status

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Big League Contract
$ 620,000
1981
15 Year(s), 84 Days (2664 total Days)
47 Day(s)
17 Year(s)

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	0	0	0	91-94 Mph
Versus LHB	0	0	0
Versus RHB	0	0	0
Talent	7	6	1

Pitching Ratings
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Holding Runners :

8
65
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Splitfinger-Fastball

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	0	0	0	0	0
Versus LHP	0	0	0	0	0
Versus RHP	0	0	0	0	0
Talent	4	3	1	4	2

Running & Bunting Ratings
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4
1
2
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 4 (Range), .955 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/10	NYA	L 2-6		1.1	0	0	0	1	1
4/11	NYA	W 12-7		1.1	3	1	1	0	1
4/30	@MIL	L 8-15		0.1	2	3	3	0	1
5/15	BOS	L 11-15		1.1	4	2	2	1	0

Pitching Stats 1980

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	4	0	0	0	0	12.46	4.1	9	6	6	2	3	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	4	0	0	0	0	12.46	4.0	9	6	6	2	3

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	4	2	24.9	18.7	6.2	4.2	1	0	.0	3	2	66.7	15.10

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	5	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.600	.667	.800	1.467
vs. RHB	16	6	2	0	1	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	.375	.444	.688	1.132

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	3	0	0	0	0	6.75	4.0	7	3	3	2	2
Road	1	0	0	0	0	81.08	0.1	2	3	3	0	1
Postseason	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	3	0	0	0	0	12.00	3.0	5	4	4	1	3
May	1	0	0	0	0	13.50	1.1	4	2	2	1	0
June	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
July	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
August	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sept./Oct.	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1966	34	34	14	9	0	2.66	264.1	207	80	78	7	46	201	6	1	0.96	.000	HIR
1967	34	34	15	11	0	3.27	247.2	208	102	90	12	62	212	4	1	1.09	.000	HIR
1968	34	34	22	5	0	2.38	276.1	208	86	73	12	58	232	11	2	0.96	.000	HIR,PL
1969	29	29	19	5	0	2.34	226.2	176	73	59	11	49	124	8	2	0.99	.000	HIR,PL
1970	34	34	20	9	0	3.66	253.1	233	116	103	13	42	194	10	5	1.09	.000	HIR,PL
1971	34	34	15	15	0	2.88	265.2	222	98	85	10	52	217	6	2	1.03	.000	HIR
1972	33	33	23	7	0	2.59	263.2	229	86	76	15	48	194	11	5	1.05	.274	HIR CLE,AL
1973	35	35	16	13	0	2.81	282.1	233	103	88	20	48	169	16	2	1.00	.243	CLE
1974	38	38	22	12	0	2.88	297.1	280	114	95	8	52	194	11	3	1.12	.290	CLE,AL
1975	38	38	14	17	0	3.34	301.2	285	134	112	21	38	180	17	5	1.07	.271	CLE
1976	36	36	13	16	0	3.48	284.1	264	125	110	23	53	162	12	0	1.11	.268	CLE
1977	35	35	18	14	0	3.34	283.0	272	119	105	25	44	212	14	2	1.12	.291	CLE
1978	32	26	11	12	0	4.25	207.2	202	114	98	25	36	127	7	0	1.15	.271	CLE
1979	34	10	2	6	1	5.63	100.2	129	73	63	14	25	51	0	0	1.53	.325	CLE
1980	4	0	0	0	0	12.46	4.1	9	6	6	1	2	3	0	0	2.54	.471	CLE
Total	484	450	224	151	1	3.14	3559.0	3157	1429	1241	217	655	2472	133	30	1.07	.577

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1980, AAA	34	0	2	1	0	7.09	26.2	40	24	21	9	14	15	0	0	2.03	.330

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1967	2	2	1	0	0	1.15	15.2	6	2	2	7	9	0	0
1968	2	2	0	1	0	8.76	12.1	15	13	12	3	8	0	0
1969	6	6	3	2	0	3.05	44.1	40	17	15	4	27	3	2
1970	1	1	0	0	0	1.29	7.0	3	1	1	1	6	0	0
1972	3	3	2	1	0	1.86	19.1	17	10	4	3	16	1	0
Total	14	14	6	4	0	3.10	98.2	81	43	34	18	66	4	2

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1966	34	83	10	2	0	0	4	1	2	37	0	0	.120	.151	.145	.296	HIR
1967	34	81	8	1	0	0	4	4	3	33	0	0	.099	.129	.111	.241	HIR
1968	34	92	15	2	1	0	10	9	8	37	1	0	.163	.228	.207	.434	HIR,PL
1969	29	74	11	2	0	0	4	7	5	17	0	0	.149	.203	.176	.378	HIR,PL
1970	34	80	18	2	1	1	9	8	7	26	0	1	.225	.292	.313	.605	HIR,PL
1971	34	92	8	2	0	0	2	5	1	42	0	0	.087	.097	.109	.205	HIR
1972	33	99	12	2	0	0	6	4	8	34	0	0	.121	.187	.141	.328	HIR CLE,AL
1973	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
1974	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE,AL
1975	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
1976	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
1977	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
1978	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
1979	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
Total	480	601	82	13	2	1	39	38	34	226	1	1	.136	.184	.170	.354

Fielding Stats 1980

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

4.1

2.08

Player History

Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game...
Won ROOKIE OF THE YEAR in 1972, going 23-7, 2.59 ERA...
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA 1966 - 2.66 - 4th 1968 - 2.38 - 2nd 1969 - 2.34 - 2nd 1971 - 2.88 - 6th 1972 - 2.59 - 8th 1973 - 2.81 - 4th 1974 - 2.88 - 9th	WHIP 1966 - 0.96 - 3rd 1967 - 1.09 - 6th 1968 - 0.96 - 3rd 1969 - 0.99 - 4th 1970 - 1.09 - 8th 1971 - 1.03 - 6th 1972 - 1.05 - 8th 1973 - 1.00 - 2nd 1974 - 1.12 - 10th 1975 - 1.07 - 7th 1977 - 1.12 - 8th 1978 - 1.15 - 8th	Wins 1967 - 15 - 7th 1968 - 22 - 2nd 1969 - 19 - 3rd 1970 - 20 - 1st 1972 - 23 - 2nd 1974 - 22 - 3rd 1977 - 18 - 10th	Losses 1971 - 15 - 8th 1975 - 17 - 7th	IP 1966 - 264.1 - 3rd 1967 - 247.2 - 7th 1968 - 276.1 - 2nd 1970 - 253.1 - 4th 1971 - 265.2 - 1st 1973 - 282.1 - 5th 1974 - 297.1 - 9th 1975 - 301.2 - 8th 1977 - 283.0 - 10th
K's 1967 - 212 - 9th 1968 - 232 - 6th 1970 - 194 - 9th 1971 - 217 - 8th 1974 - 194 - 10th 1975 - 180 - 10th 1977 - 212 - 4th	CG 1968 - 11 - 3rd 1969 - 8 - 8th 1970 - 10 - 3rd 1971 - 6 - 8th 1972 - 11 - 6th 1973 - 16 - 2nd 1975 - 17 - 2nd 1977 - 14 - 7th	SHO 1969 - 2 - 8th 1970 - 5 - 1st 1971 - 2 - 8th 1972 - 5 - 4th 1974 - 3 - 8th 1975 - 5 - 1st

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