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Lenn
Sakata		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 165
 
Born: June 8, 1954 in Honolulu, HI, USA
 
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 23 MIL AL 46 90 8 16 2 0 0 7 1 0 5 10 .178 .219 .200 .419 2.5 0.0
1978 24 MIL AL 162 565 69 138 21 2 5 66 1 2 42 44 .244 .296 .315 .611 49.6 3.5
1979 25 MIL AL 162 570 67 122 26 1 5 58 2 6 50 37 .214 .278 .289 .568 41.7 2.9
1980 26 MIL AL 158 503 44 106 18 2 2 39 2 1 26 35 .211 .247 .266 .514 26.3 0.0
1981 27 MIL AL 41 26 12 5 1 1 1 4 0 0 4 2 .192 .300 .423 .723 3.3 0.0
1982 28 MIL AL 55 71 11 14 4 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 .197 .256 .254 .510 3.7 0.0
1983 29 PHI NL 131 393 41 71 16 3 6 36 0 1 32 38 .181 .242 .282 .524 26.0 0.0
1984 30 PHI NL 16 17 1 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .294 .263 .412 .675 2.6 0.7
8 Years Sim 771 2235 253 477 90 9 19 220 6 10 165 171 .213 .266 .287 .554 155.6 7.1
162 Game Average 469 53 100 18 1 3 46 1 2 34 35 .213 .266 .287 .554 32.7  
Career Highs 162 570 69 138 26 3 6 66 2 6 50 44 .294 .300 .423 .723 49.6  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 23 MIL AL 2B 27 26 224.3 46 95 3 20 .979 5.66   1.0
1978 24 MIL AL 2B 162 162 1454.7 388 696 23 171 .979 6.71   11.8
1979 25 MIL AL 2B 162 162 1449.7 387 689 20 130 .982 6.68   8.0
1980 26 MIL AL 2B 158 157 1323.3 319 632 15 150 .984 6.47   9.0
1981 27 MIL AL 2B 25 4 76.3 29 29 2 9 .967 6.84   0.5
1982 28 MIL AL 2B 37 17 180.7 37 77 2 15 .983 5.68   1.2
    1B 2 0 6.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.76   0.0
1983 29 PHI NL 2B 127 117 1013.7 208 395 10 86 .984 5.35   8.9
    LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1984 30 PHI NL 2B 10 3 39.7 10 26 0 7 1.000 8.16   0.7
  2B 708 648 5762.3 1424 2639 75 588 .982 6.35   41.0
  1B 2 0 6.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.76   0.0
  LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
Career Totals   711 648 5774.0 1430 2639 75 588 .982 6.34   41.0
Career Highs   162 162 1454.7 388 696 23 171 1.000 8.16    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1983 29 PHI NL 15 46 4 18 3 3 0 9 0 0 5 1 .391 .451 .587 1.038
Career Post-Season Batting 15 46 4 18 3 3 0 9 0 0 5 1 .391 .451 .587 1.038
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1978-1-162
1979-1-162
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Fred Stanley (973)
  2. Rich Dauer (955)
  3. Dave Oliver (941)
  4. Sam Khalifa (934)
  5. Ross Jones (930)
  6. Glenn Hubbard (928)
  7. Bobby Valentine (926)
  8. Rick Schu (924)
  9. Dave Machemer (923)
  10. Tim Foli (923)
History
Had first career hit on 4/20/1977, off Dick Pole (SEA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1978, off Dave Rozema (DET)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Toronto on 8/27/1978
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/22/1983 to a 2-year deal worth $355,000 per year
Injured on 7/25/1983 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Philadelphia to Boston on 5/16/1984 (Going to PHI: 2B S. Sax. Going to BOS: 2B L. Sakata, C J. Reed)
 
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