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Takashi Saito
Takashi Saito (Sammy)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 202 lb.

Debut April 9, 2006

Born February 14, 1970 in Miyagi, Japan

Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2006. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2006 36 LAD NL   6   2  72   0   0   0  48 24   78.3   48   19   18   3   23  107   2   2   303   3   0  2.07  4.49  217 0.906 CYA-8,RoY-7
 2007 37 LAD NL   2   1  63   0   0   0  55 39   64.3   33   10   10   5   13   78   3   0   234   0   0  1.40  4.57  327 0.715 AS
 2008 38 LAD NL   4   4  45   0   0   0  35 18   47.0   40   14   13   1   16   60   2   1   197   3   0  2.49  4.42  178 1.191
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .632  12   7 180   0   0   0 138 81  189.7  121   43   41   9   52  245   7   3   734   6   0  1.95  4.50  231 0.912
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   2  68   0   0   0  52 30   71.3   45   16   15   3   19   92   2   1   277   2   0  1.95  4.50  231 0.912
 Career High      6   4  72   0   0   0  55 39   78.3   48   19   18   5   23  107   3   2   303   3   0  1.40  4.57  327 0.715

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2008 38 LAD NL  43    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      175    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     72    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2008 38 LAD NL    1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .272| .000  .344| .000  .434| .000  .778|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons         1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .272| .000  .344| .000  .434| .000  .778|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2006 36 LAD NL P 72 2 7 0 2 1.000 .957 0.12 0.43 1.03 1.72 0 78.3 2007 37 LAD NL P 63 3 10 0 5 1.000 .963 0.21 0.40 1.82 1.68 0 64.3 AS 2008 38 LAD NL P 45 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.13 0.43 1.15 1.72 0 47.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2006 36 LAD NL P 72 2 7 0 2 1.000 .957 0.12 0.43 1.03 1.72 0 78.3 2007 37 LAD NL P 63 3 10 0 5 1.000 .963 0.21 0.40 1.82 1.68 0 64.3 2008 38 LAD NL P 45 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.13 0.43 1.15 1.72 0 47.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 180 6 22 0 7 1.000 .959 0.16 0.42 1.33 1.71 0 189.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 180 6 22 0 7 1.000 .959 0.16 0.42 1.33 1.71 0 190
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2006   NLDS  LAD NYM     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2.2   0   0   0   4 
 2008   NLDS  LAD CHC     W   1   0    inf  0  0  0  0   0     3   2   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   3   0   6.75  0  0  0  0   2.2   3   2   0   4 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2006   NLDS  LAD NYM     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0             
 2008   NLDS  LAD CHC     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2007   LAD NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2007   LAD NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2007 *

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2006-NL-8-0.01
Car-256-0.01 shares

Saves
2006 NL-24-9
2007 NL-39-4

Games Finished
2007 NL-55-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1725) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 13.0 (783) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

February 7, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007Los Angeles Dodgers$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,000,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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