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
    About biographical information

Standard Fielding

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1977 MIL AL 23 2B 53 50 420.1 265 102 159 4 43 .985 5.8 16.6 2.8 1.5 1.3 3 5.59 4.92 .978 5.42 4.76
1978 MIL AL 24 2B 29 24 208.2 119 50 66 3 12 .975 -1.7 -9.8 -1.7 -1.2 -0.5 0 5.00 4.00 .980 5.47 4.74
1979 MIL AL 25 2B 4 4 35.0 23 10 13 0 5 1.000 -0.6 -20.6 -0.6 -0.6 0.1 0 5.91 5.75 .978 5.50 4.80
1980 BAL AL 26 2B 34 20 202.0 129 55 72 2 18 .984 1.8 10.7 1.8 1.4 0.4 0 5.66 3.74 .981 5.60 4.91
1980 BAL AL 26 SS 4 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 60.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 1.50 0.25 1.000 4.95 4.25
1980 BAL AL 26 DH 1
1981 BAL AL 27 SS 42 32 285.0 164 52 106 6 23 .963 0.1 0.4 0.1 -1.1 1.2 0 4.99 3.76 .967 4.99 4.19
1981 BAL AL 27 2B 20 9 101.1 73 30 42 1 10 .986 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0 6.39 3.60 .982 5.54 4.93
1982 BAL AL 28 2B 83 44 476.1 257 106 145 6 34 .977 2.7 6.8 2.7 2.3 0.4 0 4.74 3.02 .981 5.35 4.70
1982 BAL AL 28 SS 56 50 426.1 240 76 154 10 27 .958 1.3 3.7 0.3 -3.1 3.4 1 4.86 4.11 .965 4.87 4.17
1983 BAL AL 29 2B 60 36 364.2 203 84 117 2 36 .990 1.6 5.3 0.6 0.6 0.0 1 4.96 3.35 .981 5.36 4.77
1983 BAL AL 29 C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80 0 0 0 1 100%
1983 BAL AL 29 DH 1
1984 BAL AL 30 2B 76 38 408.2 244 80 161 3 33 .988 11.1 32.6 10.1 3.9 6.3 1 5.31 3.17 .980 5.24 4.45
1984 BAL AL 30 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1984 BAL AL 30 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1985 BAL AL 31 2B 50 22 264.0 151 58 87 6 18 .960 -2.4 -10.9 -2.4 -6.3 3.9 0 4.94 2.90 .982 5.29 4.48
1985 BAL AL 31 DH 1
1986 OAK AL 32 2B 16 10 96.0 61 21 39 1 4 .984 0.8 10.0 1.8 0.3 1.5 -1 5.62 3.75 .980 5.10 4.34
1986 OAK AL 32 DH 1
1987 NYY AL 33 3B 12 12 86.0 28 3 23 2 1 .929 0.5 7.0 0.5 1.2 -0.7 0 2.72 2.17 .954 2.77 2.31
1987 NYY AL 33 2B 6 2 23.0 12 5 7 0 3 1.000 -0.1 -5.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.70 2.00 .983 5.13 4.48
11 Seasons 2B 431 259 2600.0 1537 601 908 28 216 .982 19.0 8.8 15.0 2.0 13.2 4 5.22 3.50 .980 5.37 4.66
3 Seasons SS 102 82 717.1 405 128 261 16 50 .960 1.7 2.8 0.7 -3.9 4.6 1 4.88 3.81 .966 4.92 4.18
1 Season 3B 12 12 86.0 28 3 23 2 1 .929 0.5 7.0 0.5 1.2 -0.7 0 2.72 2.17 .954 2.77 2.31
4 Seasons DH 4
1 Season C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80 0 0 0 1 100%
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
11 Seasons TOT 547 353 3405.1 1970 732 1192 46 267 .977 21.2 7.5 16.2 -0.7 17.1 5 0 5.08 3.52 .954 5.21 4.52 0 0 0 1 100%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1977 MIL AL 23 53 50 53 53 0 0 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 MIL AL 24 30 24 30 29 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 MIL AL 25 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 BAL AL 26 43 20 43 37 0 0 0 33 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
1981 BAL AL 27 61 41 61 58 0 0 0 20 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
1982 BAL AL 28 135 94 135 132 0 0 0 83 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 11 6
1983 BAL AL 29 66 36 66 60 0 1 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12
1984 BAL AL 30 81 38 81 77 0 0 0 76 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 15
1985 BAL AL 31 55 22 55 50 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14
1986 OAK AL 32 17 10 17 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 NYY AL 33 19 14 19 17 0 0 0 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
11 Seasons 564 353 564 533 0 1 0 430 12 104 1 0 0 1 0 28 62
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1977 MIL AL 23 1873 60% 80% 27% 168 96% 0 102 34 56 12 160 135 21 0 1 4 1 3 0 3 44 10 10 15 2 41 17 23 3 2 1
1978 MIL AL 24 940 63% 83% 29% 82 95% 0 49 20 24 5 66 58 8 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 12 4 3 3 1 11 4 7 1 0 1
1979 MIL AL 25 153 44% 80% 25% 13 100% 0 9 2 7 0 13 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1980 BAL AL 26 908 54% 77% 25% 79 97% 0 54 12 32 10 73 61 11 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 17 6 3 6 1 17 7 10 0 0 0
1981 BAL AL 27 466 57% 85% 29% 40 98% 0 28 5 18 5 41 36 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 9 3 4 2 0 9 2 7 0 0 0
1982 BAL AL 28 2019 66% 81% 25% 173 95% 0 106 43 53 10 147 132 14 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 33 15 7 6 3 31 9 22 1 1 0
1983 BAL AL 29 1594 60% 80% 25% 127 97% 0 83 27 45 11 117 97 18 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 35 13 5 10 1 32 12 20 3 0 2
1984 BAL AL 30 1774 60% 79% 26% 164 99% 1 78 21 42 15 159 126 31 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 33 8 6 16 1 31 17 14 2 2 0
1985 BAL AL 31 1185 52% 79% 26% 95 97% 0 59 18 32 9 86 77 8 0 1 6 1 3 2 3 19 7 2 6 1 17 8 9 1 0 1
1986 OAK AL 32 453 48% 77% 25% 47 94% 0 21 8 11 2 39 28 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0
1987 NYY AL 33 93 70% 78% 38% 6 100% 0 5 2 3 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
11 Seasons 11458 59% 80% 26% 994 97% 1 594 192 323 79 908 767 128 2 11 27 2 21 4 18 213 71 42 67 10 199 79 119 12 6 5
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 95%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1980 BAL AL 26 23 74% 74% 30% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 BAL AL 27 1278 51% 79% 26% 127 91% 0 53 23 25 6 107 84 21 0 1 6 1 5 0 5 24 6 2 11 1 1 22 8 13 2 0 2
1982 BAL AL 28 1875 62% 81% 26% 198 90% 0 76 39 29 8 154 132 19 1 2 10 0 10 0 8 27 11 1 7 1 3 25 12 11 1 0 0
3 Seasons 3176 58% 80% 26% 327 91% 0 129 62 54 14 263 218 40 1 3 16 1 15 0 13 51 17 3 18 2 4 47 20 24 3 0 2
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1987 NYY AL 33 370 59% 78% 31% 26 92% 0 3 2 0 1 22 20 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season 370 59% 78% 31% 26 92% 0 3 2 0 1 22 20 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 90% 72%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1983 BAL AL 29 7 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 7 9.00 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.89 4.36 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1983 BAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.07
1 Season 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.07
MLB Averages 33% 1.29 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1984 BAL AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 50% 67% 17% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 50% 67% 17% 0
MLB Averages 58.1% 2.7% 57% 78% 27% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Lenn Sakata    

Viewed 31,191 times through December 1, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Lenn Haruki Lenn Sakata

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.