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Takashi Saito

Takashi Saito (Sammy)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 14, 1970 in Miyagi, Japan
Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 2006
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/RedSox/Braves/Brewers 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1.75M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.000, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo), previously: Joe Urbon,Katsuhito Osaka,Shigeyuki Mito [*]
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2006 36 LAD NL 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-8,RoY-7
2007 37 LAD NL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2008 38 LAD NL 45 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 39 BOS AL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 40 ATL NL 56 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 41 MIL NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Yrs 322 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAD (3 yrs) 180 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 56 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 266 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (1 yr) 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 36 LAD NL 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1 CYA-8,RoY-7
2007 37 LAD NL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,000,000 1 AS
2008 38 LAD NL 45 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $2,000,000 1
2009 39 BOS AL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,500,000 1
2010 40 ATL NL 56 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $3,200,000 1
2011 41 MIL NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,750,000 1
6 Seasons 322 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $9,450,000
LAD (3 yrs) 180 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $3,000,000
ATL (1 yr) 56 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $3,200,000
BOS (1 yr) 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,500,000
MIL (1 yr) 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,750,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2008 38 LAD NL 1 1 0 0.0 106 .000 .265 .000 .336 .000 .423 .000 .759 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2010 40 ATL NL 1 1 0 0.0 100 .000 .260 .000 .329 .000 .409 .000 .738 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 2 2 0 0.0 103 .000 .262 .000 .332 .000 .416 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .262 .000 .332 .000 .416 .000 .748 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
ATL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 100 .000 .260 .000 .329 .000 .409 .000 .738 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
LAD (3 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 106 .000 .265 .000 .336 .000 .423 .000 .759 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 36 LAD NL NLDS NYM L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 38 LAD NL NLDS CHC W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 39 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 41 MIL NL NLDS ARI W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 41 MIL NL NLCS STL L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (5 Series) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLDS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 LAD NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2008 38 LAD NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2010 40 ATL NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
6 Yrs 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.7% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.08 5.0 33.9 7.8 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 36 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 37 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 38 LAD NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .24 -0.0 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.71 -0.4 0
2009 39 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2010 40 ATL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .19 -0.0 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 2.49 -0.3 0
2011 41 MIL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Yrs -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .21 -0.1 -0.0 -1.5 -0.1 2.10 -0.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2008 38 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 40 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2008 38 LAD NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2010 40 ATL NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2008 38 LAD NL 1 5 5.00 3 60% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2010 40 ATL NL 1 5 5.00 3 60% 33% 33% 33% 0% 67% 0% 40% 50% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 2 10 5.00 6 60% 67% 17% 17% 0% 33% 0% 20% 50% 0% 0% 0 0 50% 1 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2008 38 180 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 39 236 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 40 292 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 41 322 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2008 38 45 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 45
2010 40 56 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 56
2 Yrs 101 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 101
162 Game Avg. 162 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 101

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2007 *

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2006 NL (8, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

Oldest s c a p y
2009 AL  born 1970-02-14 (9th)
2010 NL  born 1970-02-14 (7th)
2011 NL  born 1970-02-14 (3rd)

             

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