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Takashi Saito
Takashi Saito (Sammy)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 202 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
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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 2 303 217 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 0 234 327 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 1 197 171 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 1 240 195 1.347 8.1 1.0 4.0 8.4 2.08
4 Seasons 15 10 .600 2.05 236 0 168 0 0 83 245.1 171 59 56 15 77 8 297 12 0 4 974 220 1.011 6.3 0.6 2.8 10.9 3.86
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .600 2.05 68 0 48 0 0 24 71 49 17 16 4 22 2 86 3 0 1 281 220 1.011 6.3 0.6 2.8 10.9 3.86
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 3 734 229 0.912 5.7 0.4 2.5 11.6 4.71
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 1 240 195 1.347 8.1 1.0 4.0 8.4 2.08
NL (3 yrs) 12 7 .632 1.95 180 0 138 0 0 81 189.2 121 43 41 9 52 6 245 7 0 3 734 229 0.912 5.7 0.4 2.5 11.6 4.71
AL (1 yr) 3 3 .500 2.43 56 0 30 0 0 2 55.2 50 16 15 6 25 2 52 5 0 1 240 195 1.347 8.1 1.0 4.0 8.4 2.08

Postseason Pitching

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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 0.00 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
3 Seasons (3 Series) 0 0 4.91 4 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 5 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 1.364 12.3 0.0 0.0 9.8
2 NLDS 0 0 6.75 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 3 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 12 1.125 10.1 0.0 0.0 13.5
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

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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 69 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 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2008 38 LAD NL 43 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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 177 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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) 172 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) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 172 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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 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 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 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 Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 LAD NL 36 P 72 0 78.1 9 2 7 0 2 1.000 1.03 0.13 .956 1.72 0.43 CYA-8,RoY-7
2007 LAD NL 37 P 63 0 64.1 13 3 10 0 5 1.000 1.82 0.21 .962 1.68 0.40 AS
2008 LAD NL 38 P 45 0 47.0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.15 0.13 .950 1.72 0.43
2009 BOS AL 39 P 56 0 55.2 11 3 7 1 1 .909 1.62 0.18 .955 1.54 0.40
4 Seasons P 236 0 245.1 39 9 29 1 8 .974 1.39 0.16 .956 1.67 0.42
4 Seasons TOT 236 0 245.1 39 9 29 1 8 .974 1.39 0.16 .931 1.67 0.42

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 (260th)

Saves s c a p y
2006 NL--24--9th
2007 NL--39--4th
Active--83--35th
Career--83--155th

Games Finished s c a p y
2007 NL--55--7th
Active--168--46th

Oldest s c a p y
2009 AL--born 1970-02-14--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1821), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (759), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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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.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2007Los Angeles Dodgers$1,000,000
2008Los Angeles Dodgers$2,000,000
2009Boston Red Sox$1,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,500,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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