Takashi Saito

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: February 14, 1970 in Sendai, Japan jp

High School: Tohoku HS (Japan)

School: Tohoku Fukushi University (Japan)

Debut: April 9, 2006 (Age 36-054d, 16,437th in MLB history)
vs. PHI 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 30, 2012 (Age 42-229d)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: CAA Sports (Nez Balelo) • Previously: Joe Urbon, Katsuhito Osaka, Shigeyuki Mito

Full Name: Takashi Saito

Nicknames: Sammy

Pronunciation: \ta-KAH-shee Sye-toe\

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

W

L

ERA

2.34

G

338

GS

SV

IP

338.0

SO

400

WHIP

1.059

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1992	22	YKO	Fgn	0	2	.000	8.44	6	2	1	0	0	0	16.0	18	16	15	2	10	0	21	0	0	2	76			1.750	10.1	1.1	5.6	11.8	2.10	YKO JPCL
1993	23	YKO	Fgn	8	10	.444	3.81	29	23	1	2	0	0	149.0	127	66	63	15	61	1	125	6	0	7	627			1.262	7.7	0.9	3.7	7.6	2.05	YKO JPCL
1994	24	YKO	Fgn	9	12	.429	3.13	28	27	0	7	3	0	181.0	175	70	63	5	69	4	169	8	0	2	769			1.348	8.7	0.2	3.4	8.4	2.45	YKO JPCL
1995	25	YKO	Fgn	8	9	.471	3.94	26	26	0	2	0	0	162.0	166	79	71	13	45	1	132	6	0	1	682			1.302	9.2	0.7	2.5	7.3	2.93	YKO JPCL
1996	26	YKO	Fgn	10	10	.500	3.29	28	27	0	11	2	0	196.2	157	80	72	31	63	1	206	11	1	4	801			1.119	7.2	1.4	2.9	9.4	3.27	YKO JPCL
1998	28	YKO	Fgn	13	5	.722	2.94	34	18	4	1	0	1	143.2	131	49	47	9	23	1	101	2	0	2	572			1.072	8.2	0.6	1.4	6.3	4.39	YKO JPCL
1999	29	YKO	Fgn	14	3	.824	3.95	26	26	0	5	2	0	184.2	178	83	81	32	31	0	125	6	1	1	754			1.132	8.7	1.6	1.5	6.1	4.03	YKO JPCL
2000	30	YKO	Fgn	6	10	.375	5.52	19	19	0	1	1	0	115.2	123	74	71	17	36	1	97	3	0	1	493			1.375	9.6	1.3	2.8	7.5	2.69	YKO JPCL
2001	31	YKO	Fgn	7	1	.875	1.67	50	0	43	0	0	27	64.2	51	12	12	6	14	3	60	0	0	0	251			1.005	7.1	0.8	1.9	8.4	4.29	YKO JPCL
2002	32	YKO	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.45	39	0	34	0	0	20	47.2	37	17	13	5	15	3	46	4	0	0	197			1.091	7.0	0.9	2.8	8.7	3.07	YKO JPCL
2003	33	YKO	Fgn	6	7	.462	4.18	17	17	0	1	0	0	103.1	103	59	48	16	22	1	72	9	0	1	439			1.210	9.0	1.4	1.9	6.3	3.27	YKO JPCL
2004	34	YKO	Fgn	2	5	.286	7.71	16	7	3	0	0	0	44.1	64	41	38	12	13	0	37	2	1	1	211			1.737	13.0	2.4	2.6	7.5	2.85	YKO JPCL
2005	35	YKO	Fgn	3	4	.429	3.82	21	16	1	0	0	0	106.0	111	50	45	12	29	1	93	7	0	2	457			1.321	9.4	1.0	2.5	7.9	3.21	YKO JPCL
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	1.87	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	2.57	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	2.00	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	193	4.25	1.347	8.1	1.0	4.0	8.4	2.08
2010	40	ATL-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3			1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		GWI IL
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	2.43	1.074	6.8	0.7	2.8	11.5	4.06
2011	41	MIL-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	6	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	19			0.529	4.8	0.0	0.0	11.1		NVL PCL
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	197	3.40	1.125	7.1	0.7	3.0	7.8	2.56
2012	42	ARI-min	Rk,AAA,A+	0	1	.000	3.52	9	5	0	0	0	0	7.2	10	3	3	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	33			1.565	11.7	1.2	2.3	7.0	3.00	DKS,REN,VIS ARIZ,PCL,CALL
2012	42	ARI	NL	0	0		6.75	16	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	17	14	9	4	5	1	11	1	0	1	60	62	7.10	1.833	12.8	3.0	3.8	8.3	2.20
2013	43	TOH	Fgn	3	0	1.000	2.36	30	0	8	0	0	4	26.2	25	7	7	1	10	0	25	1	0	2	111			1.313	8.4	0.3	3.4	8.4	2.50	TOH JPPL
2014	44	TOH	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.59	31	0	11	0	0	3	31.1	27	9	9	2	15	2	21	2	0	2	134			1.340	7.8	0.6	4.3	6.0	1.40	TOH JPPL
7 Yrs				21	15	.583	2.34	338	0	189	0	0	84	338.0	250	99	88	25	108	13	400	14	0	9	1363	185	2.81	1.059	6.7	0.7	2.9	10.7	3.70
162 Game Avg.				4	3	.583	2.34	68	0	38	0	0	17	68	50	20	18	5	22	3	80	3	0	2	274	185	2.81	1.059	6.7	0.7	2.9	10.7	3.70

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	2.14	0.912	5.7	0.4	2.5	11.6	4.71
ARI (1 yr)				0	0		6.75	16	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	17	14	9	4	5	1	11	1	0	1	60	62	7.10	1.833	12.8	3.0	3.8	8.3	2.20
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	2.43	1.074	6.8	0.7	2.8	11.5	4.06
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	197	3.40	1.125	7.1	0.7	3.0	7.8	2.56
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	193	4.25	1.347	8.1	1.0	4.0	8.4	2.08

NL (6 yrs)				18	12	.600	2.33	282	0	159	0	0	82	282.1	200	83	73	19	83	11	348	9	0	8	1123	184	2.53	1.002	6.4	0.6	2.6	11.1	4.19
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	193	4.25	1.347	8.1	1.0	4.0	8.4	2.08

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Postseason Pitching

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Postseason Batting

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