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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 (11), 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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 1:27PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #774. Ted Abernathy… #775. Chuck Stobbs… #776. Bill Henry… #777. TAKASHI SAITO… #778. Dave Ferriss… #779. Barney Pelty… #780. Rip Collins… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2006 36 LAD NL 6 2 .750 2.07 72 0 48 0 0 24 78.1 48 19 18 3 23 3 107 2 0 2 303 218 0.906 5.5 0.3 2.6 12.3 4.65 CYA-8,RoY-7
2007 37 LAD NL 2 1 .667 1.40 63 0 55 0 0 39 64.1 33 10 10 5 13 0 78 3 0 0 234 319 0.715 4.6 0.7 1.8 10.9 6.00 AS
2008 38 LAD NL 4 4 .500 2.49 45 0 35 0 0 18 47.0 40 14 13 1 16 3 60 2 0 1 197 169 1.191 7.7 0.2 3.1 11.5 3.75
2009 39 BOS AL 3 3 .500 2.43 56 0 30 0 0 2 55.2 50 16 15 6 25 2 52 5 0 1 240 194 1.347 8.1 1.0 4.0 8.4 2.08
2010 40 ATL NL 2 3 .400 2.83 56 0 14 0 0 1 54.0 41 20 17 4 17 2 69 0 0 2 221 139 1.074 6.8 0.7 2.8 11.5 4.06
2011 41 MIL NL 4 2 .667 2.03 30 0 5 0 0 0 26.2 21 6 6 2 9 2 23 1 0 2 108 195 1.125 7.1 0.7 3.0 7.8 2.56
6 Seasons 21 15 .583 2.18 322 0 187 0 0 84 326.0 233 85 79 21 103 12 389 13 0 8 1303 199 1.031 6.4 0.6 2.8 10.7 3.78
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .583 2.18 68 0 39 0 0 18 69 49 18 17 4 22 3 82 3 0 2 275 199 1.031 6.4 0.6 2.8 10.7 3.78
LAD (3 yrs) 12 7 .632 1.95 180 0 138 0 0 81 189.2 121 43 41 9 52 6 245 7 0 3 734 227 0.912 5.7 0.4 2.5 11.6 4.71
ATL (1 yr) 2 3 .400 2.83 56 0 14 0 0 1 54.0 41 20 17 4 17 2 69 0 0 2 221 139 1.074 6.8 0.7 2.8 11.5 4.06
BOS (1 yr) 3 3 .500 2.43 56 0 30 0 0 2 55.2 50 16 15 6 25 2 52 5 0 1 240 194 1.347 8.1 1.0 4.0 8.4 2.08
MIL (1 yr) 4 2 .667 2.03 30 0 5 0 0 0 26.2 21 6 6 2 9 2 23 1 0 2 108 195 1.125 7.1 0.7 3.0 7.8 2.56
NL (5 yrs) NL 18 12 .600 2.13 266 0 157 0 0 82 270.1 183 69 64 15 78 10 337 8 0 7 1063 201 0.965 6.1 0.5 2.6 11.2 4.32
AL (1 yr) AL 3 3 .500 2.43 56 0 30 0 0 2 55.2 50 16 15 6 25 2 52 5 0 1 240 194 1.347 8.1 1.0 4.0 8.4 2.08

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2006 36 LAD NL 78.1 0 19 50 -2 1.5 31 3.1 $ CYA-8,RoY-7
2007 37 LAD NL 64.1 0 10 41 -1 1.9 31 3.7 $1,000,000 AS
2008 38 LAD NL 47.0 0 14 27 0 1.8 13 1.4 $2,000,000
2009 39 BOS AL 55.2 0 16 38 0 .7 22 1.4 $1,500,000
2010 40 ATL NL 54.0 0 20 25 1 1.1 5 0.6 $3,200,000
2011 41 MIL NL 26.2 0 6 13 0 1.4 7 0.9 $1,750,000
6 Seasons 326.0 0 85 195 -2 1.4 110 11.1 $9,450,000
LAD (3 yrs) 189.2 0 43 118 -3 1.7 75 8.2 $3,000,000
ATL (1 yr) 54.0 0 20 25 1 1.1 5 0.6 $3,200,000
BOS (1 yr) 55.2 0 16 38 0 .7 22 1.4 $1,500,000
MIL (1 yr) 26.2 0 6 13 0 1.4 7 0.9 $1,750,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2006 36 LAD NL NLDS L NYM 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 9 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.5
2008 38 LAD NL NLDS W CHC 0 0 inf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
2009 39 BOS AL ALDS L LAA 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 41 MIL NL NLDS W ARI 1 0 1.000 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
2011 41 MIL NL NLCS L STL 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 13 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 6.8
4 Seasons (5 Series) 1 0 1.000 1.69 10 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 9 2 2 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 40 0.844 7.6 0.0 0.0 7.6
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.000 18.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 NLDS 1 0 1.000 3.18 6 0 3 0 0 0 5.2 5 2 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 24 0.882 7.9 0.0 0.0 9.5
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 13 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 6.8

Standard Batting

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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 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 321 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) 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 265 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2008 38 LAD NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,000,000 1
2010 40 ATL NL 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $3,200,000 1
2011 41 MIL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,750,000 1
3 Seasons 2 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $6,950,000
ATL (1 yr) 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $3,200,000
LAD (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $2,000,000
MIL (1 yr) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,750,000

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
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
3 Seasons (4 Series) 9 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 NLCS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2006 LAD NL 36 P 72 78.1 9 2 7 0 2 1.000 -1 -3 1.03 0.13 .958 1.72 1.71 CYA-8,RoY-7
2007 LAD NL 37 P 63 64.1 13 3 10 0 5 1.000 -1 -3 1.82 0.21 .965 1.68 1.67 AS
2008 LAD NL 38 P 45 47.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.15 0.13 .958 1.72 1.72
2009 BOS AL 39 P 56 55.2 11 3 7 1 1 .909 1 4 1.62 0.18 .953 1.54 1.51
2010 ATL NL 40 P 56 54.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -4 1.00 0.11 .953 1.73 1.72
2011 MIL NL 41 P 30 0 0 26.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -1 -7 0.68 0.07 .955 1.79 1.79 1 0 0% 0
6 Seasons P 322 0 0 326.0 47 13 33 1 8 .979 -3 -1 1.27 0.14 .958 1.69 1.68 1 0 0% 0
6 Seasons TOT 322 0 0 326.0 47 13 33 1 8 .979 -3 -11 1.27 0.14 .958 1.69 1.68 1 0 0% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2007 NL  3.7 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
2006 NL  24 (9th)
2007 NL  39 (4th)
Active  84 (28th)
Career  84 (160th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2007 NL  55 (7th)
Active  187 (32nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2006 NL  22 (10th)
Active  79 (33rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2006 NL  2.1 (10th)
Active  7.8 (37th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
Active  82.61 (41st)
Career  82.61 (218th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2006 NL  4.0 (1st)
2007 NL  4.3 (1st)
Active  10.4 (41st)
Career  10.4 (174th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2006 NL  2.3 (9th)
2007 NL  2.4 (8th)
Active  7.1 (42nd)
Career  7.1 (227th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
Active  8.2 (44th)
Career  8.2 (246th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2010 NL  1.000 (1st)

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)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1763), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (732), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • February 7, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • December 12, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 10, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
  • October 19, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 3, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
  • October 18, 2010: Released by the Atlanta Braves.
  • January 5, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
  • October 30, 2011: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 13, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200737Los Angeles Dodgers$1,000,000
200838Los Angeles Dodgers$2,000,000
200939Boston Red Sox$1,500,000
201040Atlanta Braves$3,200,000
201141Milwaukee Brewers$1,750,000
201242Arizona Diamondbacks$1,750,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,450,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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