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Lenn
Sakata		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 170
 
Born: June 8, 1954 in Usa, HI, HONOLULU
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1977 23 CLE AL     4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4 4 3 3 8 8 8
1978 24 CLE AL     4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 8
1979 25 NYG NL     4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 8
1980 26 NYG NL     4 4 5 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
1981 27 NYG NL     5 5 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 9 8 8
1982 28 NYG NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 5 9 8 8
1983 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8
1984 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8
1985 31 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8
1986 32 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8
1987 33 OAK AL $ 1,700,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 8 8
1988 34 OAK AL $ 2,257,143   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 9 8 8
1989 35 OAK AL $ 2,257,143   7 7 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 8 8
1990 36 CLE AL $ 3,030,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 4 4 3 3 8 7 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,030,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 23 A   133 515 66 122 20 2 15 47 4 4 50 42 .237 .304 .371 .675 59.3  
1978 24 AA   56 220 14 53 8 1 2 22 0 1 12 15 .241 .280 .314 .594 18.4  
    A   80 294 30 72 10 1 7 35 1 0 39 21 .245 .333 .357 .690 37.4  
1979 25 AA   135 469 51 133 21 4 12 67 1 1 45 52 .284 .346 .422 .768 67.5  
1980 26 AA   137 456 62 115 19 0 17 62 2 0 54 38 .252 .331 .406 .737 63.6  
1981 27 AAA   137 521 51 116 14 1 14 57 1 0 43 55 .223 .282 .334 .616 50.7  
1982 28 AAA   129 442 39 125 12 1 11 45 0 1 36 30 .283 .337 .389 .726 57.5  
1983 29 NYG NL 9 19 4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .263 .333 .421 .754 2.2 0.6
    AAA   80 275 45 70 12 1 7 39 4 0 44 24 .255 .357 .382 .739 40.8  
1984 30 NYG NL 32 76 8 20 1 0 1 8 0 0 3 3 .263 .291 .316 .607 6.4 0.8
1985 31 NYG NL 147 477 51 107 16 0 10 51 4 0 37 44 .224 .281 .321 .602 44.6 6.4
1986 32 OAK AL 143 488 47 126 28 2 5 62 3 2 41 45 .258 .315 .355 .669 52.2 7.3
1987 33 OAK AL 155 534 67 157 26 3 10 76 1 0 44 54 .294 .346 .410 .757 73.9 14.5
1988 34 OAK AL 151 545 59 145 22 8 8 73 2 1 43 60 .266 .319 .380 .699 62.9 9.2
1989 35 OAK AL 147 506 47 135 23 2 5 63 1 0 42 63 .267 .324 .350 .674 54.8 10.0
1990 36 CLE AL 127 405 46 108 19 2 12 49 0 0 36 42 .267 .326 .412 .738 51.5 6.5
8 Years Sim 911 3050 329 803 138 17 51 382 11 3 248 312 .263 .318 .370 .688 348.5 55.2
3 Years AAA 346 1238 135 311 38 3 32 141 5 1 123 109 .251 .320 .364 .685 149.0  
3 Years AA 328 1145 127 301 48 5 31 151 3 2 111 105 .263 .331 .395 .726 149.5  
2 Years A 213 809 96 194 30 3 22 82 5 4 89 63 .240 .319 .366 .685 96.7  
8 Years Minors 887 3192 358 806 116 11 85 374 13 7 323 277 .253 .324 .376 .699 395.2  
162 Game Average 542 58 142 24 3 9 67 1 0 44 55 .263 .318 .370 .688 62.0  
Career Highs 155 545 67 157 28 8 12 76 4 2 44 63 .294 .346 .421 .757 73.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2087 212 549 89 10 34 258 7 1 162 238 .263 .316 .364 .680 239.8
vs LH   963 117 254 49 7 17 124 4 2 86 74 .264 .324 .382 .706 118.8
Home 457 1525 150 381 65 7 21 180 6 2 102 157 .250 .296 .343 .639 153.6
Away 454 1525 179 422 73 10 30 202 5 1 146 155 .277 .340 .397 .737 205.0
RISP   785 0 219 40 2 18 323 0 0 80 82 .279 .339 .404 .742 109.2
Pinch Hitting   53 6 15 2 0 2 9 0 0 6 2 .283 .350 .434 .784 8.2
Close/Late   346 24 89 12 1 1 36 0 0 42 44 .257 .334 .306 .641 38.2
Mar/Apr 142 460 58 122 25 6 9 51 4 0 29 47 .265 .308 .404 .712 56.3
May 164 530 54 122 22 2 8 65 1 0 47 50 .230 .291 .325 .615 51.4
June 155 520 57 139 14 0 10 64 2 1 44 48 .267 .327 .352 .679 60.4
July 146 527 57 143 22 0 6 53 1 1 35 54 .271 .319 .347 .667 56.9
August 155 514 50 148 33 5 7 81 1 1 46 52 .288 .343 .412 .756 70.9
Sep/Oct 149 499 53 129 22 4 11 68 2 0 47 61 .259 .322 .385 .707 62.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1983 29 NYG NL 2B 6 6 47.0 14 14 1 2 .966 5.36 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 30 NYG NL 2B 21 17 147.0 22 53 2 8 .974 4.59 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 2 2 17.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 8 0 15.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 31 NYG NL SS 75 74 614.0 106 271 11 54 .972 5.53 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    2B 46 45 383.0 85 186 5 31 .982 6.37 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    3B 24 24 202.0 11 47 4 7 .935 2.58 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 4 0 7.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 14.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 32 OAK AL 3B 76 74 629.0 39 152 5 13 .974 2.73 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    2B 50 50 422.0 93 171 6 39 .978 5.63 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    SS 18 15 133.0 23 69 3 15 .968 6.23 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 33 OAK AL 2B 138 137 1151.3 252 507 14 107 .982 5.93 0 0 .000 0 5.9
    SS 5 5 40.0 7 19 1 4 .963 5.85 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 6 3 38.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.66 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 4 0 8.0 10 1 0 1 1.000 12.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 34 OAK AL SS 88 86 740.3 118 289 17 71 .960 4.95 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    LF 51 48 431.3 82 0 2 0 .976 1.71 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    C 4 4 35.0 26 0 2 0 .929 6.69 3 0 .000 4 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 35 OAK AL 3B 115 115 994.7 58 220 3 18 .989 2.52 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    LF 8 3 43.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 6 2 28.7 4 8 0 2 1.000 3.77 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 4 2 26.0 4 14 0 6 1.000 6.23 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 3 25.3 20 5 0 4 1.000 8.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 36 CLE AL SS 26 10 117.0 21 39 3 1 .952 4.62 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 13 10 100.0 22 1 1 1 .958 2.07 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 15 10 93.0 82 7 0 4 1.000 8.61 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 18 8 90.0 9 19 0 1 1.000 2.80 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 10 9 71.0 18 17 2 4 .946 4.44 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 276 266 2249.3 488 962 30 197 .980 5.80 0 0 .000 0 9.9
  3B 241 226 1970.7 118 448 12 39 .979 2.58 0 0 .000 0 6.8
  SS 220 192 1678.0 279 696 35 147 .965 5.23 0 0 .000 0 6.5
  LF 81 61 594.0 115 2 4 1 .967 1.77 0 0 .000 0 1.1
  1B 27 13 135.3 125 15 0 10 1.000 9.31 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 4 4 35.0 26 0 2 0 .929 6.69 3 0 .000 4 0.0
Career Totals   849 762 6662.3 1151 2123 83 394 .975 4.42 3 0 .000 4 24.5
Career Highs   153 145 1237.3 270 533 21 112 .988 5.84 3 0 .000 4  
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1987-8-155
 Triples
1988-9-8
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Bob Johnson (958)
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  3. Stu Martin (956)
  4. Robby Thompson (955)
  5. Frank Bolling (954)
  6. Fresco Thompson (950)
  7. Red Schoendienst (949)
  8. Greg Mulleavy (947)
  9. Dion James (946)
  10. Tom Brookens (942)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 70th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1977
Injured on 6/2/1977 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Cleveland (A) to New York (N) on 7/1/1979 (Going to NYG: LF Lenn Sakata, P Joe Niekro. Going to CLE: P Bill Gogolewski)
Injured on 8/17/1981 with a Bruised Hand, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/27/1982 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/17/1983 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 7/15/1983, off Tom Hausman (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 9/21/1984, off Bob Lacey (MON)
Traded from New York (N) to Oakland on 2/4/1986 (Going to NYG: P Mike Parrott, DH Dan Norman. Going to OAK: SS Lenn Sakata)
Injured on 8/21/1986 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Montreal on 6/11/1987
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/3/1990 to a 2-year deal worth $3,030,000 per year
 
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