Lenn Sakata
Lenn Haruki Sakata
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 8, 1954 in Honolulu, HI
High School: Kelani (Honolulu, HI)
School: Gonzaga University
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 21, 1977
Final Game: June 28, 1987
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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
1977 23 MIL AL 53 169 154 13 25 2 0 2 12 1 3 9 22 .162 .209 .214 .423 16 33 1 0 6 0 0 4
1978 24 MIL AL 30 86 78 8 15 4 0 0 3 1 0 8 11 .192 .267 .244 .511 45 19 3 0 0 0 1 4
1979 25 MIL AL 4 14 14 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .643 1.143 207 9 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1980 26 BAL AL 43 90 83 12 16 3 2 1 9 2 1 6 10 .193 .244 .313 .558 53 26 3 0 0 1 0 4/6D
1981 27 BAL AL 61 164 150 19 34 4 0 5 15 4 0 11 18 .227 .282 .353 .636 83 53 5 1 1 1 0 64
1982 28 BAL AL 135 389 343 40 89 18 1 6 31 7 4 30 39 .259 .323 .370 .693 90 127 7 4 8 4 2 46
1983 29 BAL AL 66 152 134 23 34 7 0 3 12 8 4 16 17 .254 .338 .373 .711 98 50 4 1 1 0 0 4/2D
1984 30 BAL AL 81 168 157 23 30 1 0 3 11 4 1 6 15 .191 .221 .255 .476 33 40 4 0 5 0 2 4/7
1985 31 BAL AL 55 105 97 15 22 3 0 3 6 3 2 6 15 .227 .279 .351 .629 74 34 3 1 1 0 0 4/D
1986 32 OAK AL 17 38 34 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 1 3 6 .353 .395 .412 .807 129 14 1 0 0 1 0 4/D
1987 33 NYY AL 19 48 45 5 12 0 1 2 4 0 1 2 4 .267 .313 .444 .757 99 20 2 1 0 0 0 5/4
11 Seasons 564 1423 1289 163 296 46 4 25 109 30 17 97 158 .230 .286 .330 .616 71 425 33 8 22 7 5
162 Game Avg. 162 409 370 47 85 13 1 7 31 9 5 28 45 .230 .286 .330 .616 71 122 9 2 6 2 1
BAL (6 yrs) 441 1068 964 132 225 36 3 21 84 28 12 75 114 .233 .292 .342 .634 76 330 26 7 16 6 4
MIL (3 yrs) 87 269 246 22 47 8 0 2 16 2 3 17 34 .191 .243 .248 .491 36 61 4 0 6 0 1
OAK (1 yr) 17 38 34 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 1 3 6 .353 .395 .412 .807 129 14 1 0 0 1 0
NYY (1 yr) 19 48 45 5 12 0 1 2 4 0 1 2 4 .267 .313 .444 .757 99 20 2 1 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1977 23 MIL AL 169 139 7 1.4 100 .177 .162 .266 .209 .330 .214 .405 .423 .735 16 .094 -18.5 -1.8 .301 .097 .052 1.3
1978 24 MIL AL 86 66 5 2.0 94 .224 .192 .261 .267 .326 .244 .385 .511 .711 45 .201 -5.6 -0.6 .424 .167 .051 .0
1979 25 MIL AL 14 7 5 19.0 102 .538 .500 .270 .500 .334 .643 .408 1.143 .743 207 .928 2.1 0.2 1.286 .143 .143
1980 26 BAL AL 90 72 6 2.2 98 .205 .193 .268 .244 .330 .313 .397 .558 .727 53 .211 -5.7 -0.6 .465 .205 .120 1.3
1981 27 BAL AL 164 123 15 3.3 89 .227 .227 .256 .282 .321 .353 .373 .636 .693 83 .399 -3.8 -0.4 .570 .227 .127 4.4
1982 28 BAL AL 389 277 42 4.1 98 .275 .259 .264 .323 .328 .370 .402 .693 .730 90 .445 -3.8 -0.4 .619 .207 .111 6.5
1983 29 BAL AL 152 109 17 4.2 96 .272 .254 .263 .338 .325 .373 .397 .711 .722 98 .461 0.0 0.0 .657 .269 .119 4.4
1984 30 BAL AL 168 137 8 1.6 95 .194 .191 .261 .221 .324 .255 .394 .476 .718 33 .126 -14.9 -1.5 .371 .121 .064 3.4
1985 31 BAL AL 105 81 9 3.0 96 .241 .227 .258 .279 .323 .351 .400 .629 .723 74 .311 -3.7 -0.4 .525 .196 .124 3.0
1986 32 OAK AL 38 25 5 5.3 93 .414 .353 .252 .395 .319 .412 .393 .807 .712 129 .561 1.7 0.2 .667 .118 .059
1987 33 NYY AL 48 36 5 3.7 105 .256 .267 .264 .313 .332 .444 .424 .757 .756 99 .368 -0.4 -0.0 .611 .200 .178 .0
11 Seasons 1423 1072 124 3.1 97 .243 .230 .262 .286 .326 .330 .397 .616 .723 71 .333 -52.7 -5.3 .521 .185 .100 27.3
162 Game Avg. 409 308 36 3.1 97 .243 .230 .262 .286 .326 .330 .397 .616 .723 71 .333 -52.7 -5.3 .521 .185 .100 8
BAL (6 yrs) 1068 799 97 3.3 96 .244 .233 .262 .292 .325 .342 .395 .634 .720 76 .357 -31.9 -3.2 .551 .203 .109 24.0
MIL (3 yrs) 269 212 17 2.1 98 .214 .191 .265 .243 .329 .248 .399 .491 .728 36 .203 -22.0 -2.2 .374 .122 .057 2.0
OAK (1 yr) 38 25 5 5.3 93 .414 .353 .252 .395 .319 .412 .393 .807 .712 129 .561 1.7 0.2 .667 .118 .059
NYY (1 yr) 48 36 5 3.7 105 .256 .267 .264 .313 .332 .444 .424 .757 .756 99 .368 -0.4 -0.0 .611 .200 .178 .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
1983 29 BAL AL WS PHI W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1977 23 MIL AL 169 1.2% 13.0% 5.3% 2.4% 16% 2.44 7.0 77.0 12.8 1.20 77%
1978 24 MIL AL 86 0.0% 12.8% 9.3% 4.7% 27% 1.38 7.1 26.0 1.75 78%
1979 25 MIL AL 14 0.0% 7.1% 0.0% 14.3% 29% 14.0 14.0 1.00 93%
1980 26 BAL AL 90 1.1% 11.1% 6.7% 6.7% 38% 1.67 8.3 83.0 9.2 1.40 81%
1981 27 BAL AL 164 3.1% 11.0% 6.7% 5.5% 27% 1.64 8.3 30.0 10.0 1.04 78%
1982 28 BAL AL 389 1.5% 10.0% 7.7% 6.4% 28% 1.30 8.8 57.2 11.1 0.83 78%
1983 29 BAL AL 152 2.0% 11.2% 10.5% 6.6% 29% 1.06 7.9 44.7 11.2 0.81 75%
1984 30 BAL AL 168 1.8% 8.9% 3.6% 2.4% 13% 2.50 10.5 52.3 14.3 0.95 83%
1985 31 BAL AL 105 2.9% 14.3% 5.7% 5.7% 27% 2.50 6.5 32.3 16.2 0.94 75%
1986 32 OAK AL 38 0.0% 15.8% 7.9% 5.3% 17% 2.00 5.7 6.8 0.31 76%
1987 33 NYY AL 48 4.2% 8.3% 4.2% 6.3% 25% 2.00 11.3 22.5 11.3 1.58 81%
11 Seasons 1423 1.8% 11.1% 6.8% 5.3% 25% 1.63 8.2 51.6 11.8 1.00 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1977 23 MIL AL 4 0 34% 37 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 63% 6 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 2
1978 24 MIL AL 1 0 35% 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 30% 4 4 0 2 0 2 4 2 1
1979 25 MIL AL 0 0 14% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
1980 26 BAL AL 1 0 52% 28 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 50% 7 3 2 0 0 0 5 1 4
1981 27 BAL AL 6 0 34% 67 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 38% 9 6 3 2 2 0 5 2 3
1982 28 BAL AL 6 0 29% 184 7 4 64% 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 50% 19 13 6 6 3 3 15 4 11
1983 29 BAL AL 1 0 42% 68 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 46% 11 7 3 3 2 1 12 4 8
1984 30 BAL AL 2 0 61% 56 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 54% 11 8 3 5 1 4 8 2 6
1985 31 BAL AL 4 0 46% 52 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 46% 5 4 1 2 1 1 4 1 3
1986 32 OAK AL 1 0 27% 21 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1987 33 NYY AL 0 0 23% 9 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 Seasons 26 0 37% 558 30 17 64% 29 16 1 0 0 1 4 1 12 28 47% 77 51 23 21 9 11 58 17 40
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1977 23 MIL AL 169 20% 25 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 8 6 75% 38 1 3% 21 10 48% 119 10 8% 7 3 43% 10 3 30% 0
1978 24 MIL AL 86 43% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 18 3 17% 6 0 0% 63 4 6% 8 0 0% 5 2 40% 0
1979 25 MIL AL 14 64% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 5 1 20% 0 0 0 0 0
1980 26 BAL AL 90 48% 16 4 3 1 3 2.38 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 3 14% 9 1 11% 62 8 13% 7 3 43% 5 1 20% 0
1981 27 BAL AL 164 29% 34 1 0 0 0 3.98 5 1 3 4 1 3 2 0 1 1 100% 36 5 14% 19 4 21% 111 10 9% 3 2 67% 8 3 38% 0
1982 28 BAL AL 389 43% 89 9 3 0 1 0.88 6 0 7 3 3 3 3 0 9 8 89% 80 7 9% 34 14 41% 247 30 12% 22 9 41% 24 7 29% 0
1983 29 BAL AL 152 32% 34 3 0 0 1 2.21 3 0 4 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 50% 28 4 14% 13 5 38% 97 10 10% 6 4 67% 12 2 17% 0
1984 30 BAL AL 168 34% 30 5 1 0 1 3.35 3 0 5 2 1 1 2 0 5 5 100% 28 4 14% 15 8 53% 103 9 9% 6 1 17% 9 3 33% 0
1985 31 BAL AL 105 36% 22 1 0 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 100% 17 3 18% 7 2 29% 64 6 9% 6 3 50% 4 0 0% 0
1986 32 OAK AL 38 55% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 24 5 21% 4 3 75% 2 1 50% 0
1987 33 NYY AL 48 73% 12 0 0 0 1 6.05 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 11 2 18% 4 3 75% 39 3 8% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
11 Seasons 1423 38% 296 23 7 1 7 1.95 25 1 31 13 12 13 12 0 27 22 81% 283 33 12% 130 48 37% 934 96 10% 70 29 41% 81 23 28% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1977 23 53 169 154 13 25 2 0 2 12 1 3 9 22 .162 .209 .214 .423 16 33 1 0 6 0 0
1978 24 83 255 232 21 40 6 0 2 15 2 3 17 33 .172 .229 .224 .453 26 52 4 0 6 0 1
1979 25 87 269 246 22 47 8 0 2 16 2 3 17 34 .191 .243 .248 .491 36 61 4 0 6 0 1
1980 26 130 359 329 34 63 11 2 3 25 4 4 23 44 .191 .244 .264 .508 40 87 7 0 6 1 1
1981 27 191 523 479 53 97 15 2 8 40 8 4 34 62 .203 .256 .292 .548 53 140 12 1 7 2 1
1982 28 326 912 822 93 186 33 3 14 71 15 8 64 101 .226 .284 .325 .609 69 267 19 5 15 6 3
1983 29 392 1064 956 116 220 40 3 17 83 23 12 80 118 .230 .292 .332 .624 73 317 23 6 16 6 3
1984 30 473 1232 1113 139 250 41 3 20 94 27 13 86 133 .225 .282 .321 .603 68 357 27 6 21 6 5
1985 31 528 1337 1210 154 272 44 3 23 100 30 15 92 148 .225 .282 .323 .605 68 391 30 7 22 6 5
1986 32 545 1375 1244 158 284 46 3 23 105 30 16 95 154 .228 .285 .326 .611 70 405 31 7 22 7 5
1987 33 564 1423 1289 163 296 46 4 25 109 30 17 97 158 .230 .286 .330 .616 71 425 33 8 22 7 5

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1977 23 53 163 154 13 25 2 0 2 12 1 9 22 .162 .209 .214 .423 7 53
1978 24 30 89 80 10 17 5 0 0 4 1 9 11 .213 .292 .275 .567 6 30
1979 25 4 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 4
1980 26 43 89 82 12 15 3 2 1 9 2 6 10 .183 .236 .305 .541 6 43
1981 27 92 254 232 33 56 7 0 8 26 7 18 27 .241 .299 .375 .674 26 61
1982 28 135 386 347 42 93 19 1 6 33 7 31 39 .268 .332 .380 .712 44 135
1983 29 66 154 136 25 36 7 0 3 13 8 17 17 .265 .351 .382 .733 18 66
1984 30 81 163 157 25 30 1 0 3 12 4 6 15 .191 .221 .255 .476 9 81
1985 31 55 104 97 16 22 3 0 3 6 3 6 15 .227 .279 .351 .629 9 55
1986 32 17 38 34 5 12 2 0 0 6 0 3 6 .353 .395 .412 .807 6 17
1987 33 19 47 44 5 11 0 1 2 4 0 2 4 .250 .298 .432 .730 5 19
11 Seasons 595 1501 1377 187 317 49 4 28 126 33 107 167 .230 .288 .333 .621 141 564
162 Game Avg. 162 409 375 51 86 13 1 8 34 9 29 45 .230 .288 .333 .621 38 564

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