SS Daijiro Sato #19
Yokohama Kingfishers BAN
Age: 28 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
10/04/1962
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
SS DAIJIRO SATO #19 - AGE: 28 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
137 506 136 20 2 16 87 61 51 .269 .348 .411 3 2.2
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 3 3 3
Gap 2 2 2
Power 2 2 2
Eye 3 3 3
Avoid K's 4 4 4
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 3 2
Errors: - 4 4
Arm: 1 5 5
Turn DP: - 4 -
Framing: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 3
Catcher: - Left Field: 2
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 2
Stealing Aggressiveness: 3
Stealing Ability: 2
Baserunning Inst.: 1
Sacrifice Bunt: 4
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/01/1962 @ HSH Loss, 1-4 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
09/30/1962 @ HSH Win, 6-0 4 2 1 0 0 2 1 0
09/30/1962 @ HSH Win, 12-2 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
09/29/1962 HSH Win, 3-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/28/1962 SAP Loss, 0-10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/28/1962 SAP Win, 13-1 5 3 4 8 3 0 0 0
09/24/1962 @ KYO Win, 11-3 2 3 2 2 0 2 0 0
09/23/1962 @ KYO Loss, 7-7 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
09/22/1962 @ KYO Loss, 2-8 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
09/21/1962 RAK Win, 2-0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:10/05/1933
Born in:Osaka, OSA
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 7"
Weight:175 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$7,350
Signed Through:1962 Season
Major Service:8 Years, 4 Days
Service This Yr:154 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:10 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1952, 3rd Pick in Round 2
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON 1962 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 137 506 136 20 2 16 87 80 61 51 .269 .348 .411 .759 .344 .142 118
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 129 575 3 1 1 14 0 5 208 38 3 2 60.0 73.1 5.05 2.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   177 36 6 0 5 28 24 21 22 4 0 1 .203 .286 .322 .608
Versus Right   329 100 14 2 11 59 56 40 29 1 0 2 .304 .382 .459 .841
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Last Week   24 10 2 0 3 10 11 4 2 0 0 1 .417 .517 .875 1.392
May   97 23 2 0 3 10 12 11 13 1 0 1 .237 .318 .351 .669
June   107 29 6 1 2 15 14 12 9 0 0 0 .271 .345 .402 .746
July   107 29 3 0 0 13 17 16 10 2 0 0 .271 .360 .299 .659
August   86 23 3 0 5 22 12 12 4 1 0 1 .267 .360 .477 .837
September   106 31 6 1 6 27 25 9 14 1 0 1 .292 .350 .538 .888
October   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Last Year   515 152 18 4 21 77 93 81 38 3 0 0 .295 .389 .468 .857
2 Years Ago   534 155 21 3 15 88 74 54 42 4 0 3 .290 .356 .425 .781
Career   2098 597 78 12 66 338 322 271 163 15 1 8 .285 .366 .428 .794
Home   246 63 9 0 9 41 32 26 25 3 0 1 .256 .326 .402 .729
Road   260 73 11 2 7 46 48 35 26 2 0 2 .281 .368 .419 .787
Grass   506 136 20 2 16 87 80 61 51 5 0 3 .269 .348 .411 .759
Day   248 78 12 2 9 51 43 30 27 3 0 1 .315 .387 .488 .874
Night   258 58 8 0 7 36 37 31 24 2 0 2 .225 .311 .337 .648
As Starter   499 136 20 2 16 87 80 61 50 5 0 3 .273 .352 .417 .769
As Reliever / Substitution   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   87 28 5 0 3 19 14 9 6 1 0 0 .322 .381 .483 .864
Inning 1-3   196 50 8 1 6 33 31 21 28 1 0 0 .255 .326 .398 .724
Inning 4-6   165 52 7 1 5 25 29 26 10 1 0 3 .315 .415 .461 .876
Inning 7-9   145 34 5 0 5 29 20 14 13 3 0 0 .234 .296 .372 .669
0 Outs   170 46 4 0 5 20 29 19 15 0 0 1 .271 .347 .382 .730
1 Outs   181 49 10 1 7 42 35 23 22 5 0 1 .271 .348 .453 .801
2 Outs   155 41 6 1 4 25 16 19 14 0 0 1 .265 .349 .394 .742
Scoring Position   132 41 12 0 4 65 20 17 9 5 0 2 .311 .385 .492 .877
Bases Empty   254 63 5 0 5 5 35 23 25 0 0 0 .248 .310 .327 .637
Runner on 1st   120 32 3 2 7 17 25 21 17 0 0 1 .267 .380 .500 .880
Runner on 2nd   24 6 2 0 2 7 4 6 1 0 0 1 .250 .419 .583 1.003
Runner on 3rd   12 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 .167 .231 .250 .481
Runner on 1st & 2nd   48 13 3 0 1 12 9 8 3 0 0 0 .271 .375 .396 .771
Runner on 1st & 3rd   11 4 2 0 0 7 3 0 1 2 0 0 .364 .308 .545 .853
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   8 5 2 0 0 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 .625 .500 .875 1.375
Bases Loaded   29 11 2 0 1 25 2 2 2 1 0 1 .379 .424 .552 .976
Two Strikes   183 37 4 0 7 26 24 20 51 1 0 2 .202 .286 .339 .625
First Pitch   84 32 10 1 3 22 16 1 0 0 0 1 .381 .395 .631 1.026
Count 0-1   56 16 1 0 3 16 7 0 0 2 0 0 .286 .276 .464 .740
Count 0-2   37 7 2 0 1 9 2 0 14 1 0 0 .189 .184 .324 .509
Count 1-0   53 15 2 1 0 7 7 0 0 1 0 0 .283 .278 .358 .636
Count 1-1   62 19 2 0 2 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 .306 .306 .435 .742
Count 1-2   61 10 1 0 2 6 6 0 20 0 0 1 .164 .177 .279 .456
Count 2-0   15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .267 .533
Count 2-1   35 9 1 0 1 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 .257 .250 .371 .621
Count 2-2   47 7 1 0 0 2 2 0 12 0 0 1 .149 .167 .170 .337
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 8 18 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   18 4 0 0 0 1 6 22 0 0 0 0 .222 .650 .222 .872
Full Count   38 13 0 0 4 9 14 20 5 0 0 0 .342 .569 .658 1.227
Behind in Count   154 33 4 0 6 31 15 0 34 3 0 1 .214 .215 .357 .572
Ahead in Count   121 32 3 1 1 13 26 40 0 2 0 0 .264 .442 .331 .772
Batting Leadoff   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 2nd   127 26 2 0 3 16 22 18 12 3 0 1 .205 .302 .291 .593
Batting 3rd   307 91 15 2 12 60 47 36 29 1 0 1 .296 .371 .476 .847
Batting 4th   65 19 3 0 1 11 11 7 9 1 0 1 .292 .365 .385 .749
Batting 6th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   227 58 6 0 9 21 39 20 22 2 0 1 .256 .316 .401 .717
Medium Leverage   189 51 9 2 5 33 29 30 21 2 0 2 .270 .372 .418 .790
High Leverage   89 27 5 0 2 33 12 11 7 1 0 0 .303 .376 .427 .803
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1953 Yokohama - BAN 19 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 134 153 -0.0
1956 Yokohama - BAN 22 78 88 25 2 0 6 20 13 13 1 0 7 0 0 .284 .382 .511 .894 147 155 0.8
1957 Yokohama - BAN 23 81 117 34 3 0 2 18 17 18 0 1 5 0 0 .291 .382 .368 .750 114 116 0.6
1958 Yokohama - BAN 24 93 199 60 8 1 5 31 32 31 1 1 15 0 0 .302 .397 .427 .824 132 138 1.4
1959 Yokohama - BAN 25 87 136 34 6 2 1 16 13 12 0 1 5 1 0 .250 .309 .346 .654 90 94 0.2
1960 Yokohama - BAN 26 139 534 155 21 3 15 88 74 54 3 4 42 4 1 .290 .356 .425 .781 123 130 3.2
1961 Yokohama - BAN 27 137 515 152 18 4 21 77 93 81 0 3 38 3 4 .295 .389 .468 .857 138 145 4.3
1962 Yokohama - BAN 28 137 506 136 20 2 16 87 80 61 3 5 51 3 2 .269 .348 .411 .759 112 118 2.2
Total BAN 755 2098 597 78 12 66 338 322 271 8 15 163 11 7 .285 .366 .428 .794 124 130 12.7
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1952 Total - 18 33 143 61 16 2 6 40 55 18 1 3 9 1 0 .427 .485 .692 1.177 100 100 2.6
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1953 Yokohama - INT SS 3 1 4 5 2 9 0 1.000 11.0 7.36 -0.6 1.039
1956 Yokohama - INT 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1956 Yokohama - INT SS 36 6 20 44 7 72 8 .889 121.2 4.73 -3.5 .846
1956 Yokohama - INT LF 7 2 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 19.2 2.29 +0.3 .977
1957 Yokohama - INT SS 26 10 28 41 13 74 5 .932 114.0 5.45 -1.6 .917
1957 Yokohama - INT LF 7 7 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 55.1 0.98 -0.5 .965
1958 Yokohama - INT SS 9 3 4 14 1 19 1 .947 41.2 3.89 -0.2 .993
1958 Yokohama - INT LF 45 42 52 0 0 52 0 1.000 304.0 1.54 -3.8 .899
1959 Yokohama - INT SS 15 7 10 23 4 35 2 .943 75.1 3.94 -0.8 .949
1959 Yokohama - INT LF 24 17 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 137.0 1.58 -1.0 .932
1960 Yokohama - INT SS 134 134 225 411 77 674 38 .944 1150.0 4.98 -14.3 .920
1961 Yokohama - INT SS 133 130 214 404 77 646 28 .957 1117.1 4.98 -8.3 .971
1961 Yokohama - INT LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1962 Yokohama - INT SS 132 129 229 364 60 630 37 .941 1114.1 4.79 -13.7 .922
TOTAL SS 488 420 734 1306 241 2159 119 .945 3745.1 4.90 -43.1 .935
TOTAL LF 84 68 87 0 0 87 0 1.000 517.0 1.51 -5.0 .917
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1952 Drafted in the 1952 first-year player draft by the Yokohama Kingfishers. (Round 2, Pick 3, 15th overall pick).
05/01/1953 Named the #29 prospect in the BAN
10/10/1953 Wins the 1953 BAN Championship Series with the Yokohama Kingfishers.
10/11/1953 Named the #24 prospect in the BAN
03/26/1954 Outstandingly completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
04/29/1954 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at shortstop at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
05/01/1954 Named the #20 prospect in the BAN
06/29/1954 Injured (dehydration),day-to-day for 1 day.
04/02/1955 Injured (strained oblique),day-to-day for 2-3 weeks.
05/01/1955 Named the #19 prospect in the BAN
04/15/1958 Unsuccessfully completed training to learn a new position at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
09/26/1958 Injured (sore hamstring),day-to-day for one week.
10/13/1960 Wins the 1960 BAN Championship Series with the Yokohama Kingfishers.
05/18/1961 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 1 day.
06/01/1961 Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award.
07/31/1961 Was selected to the 1961 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
09/15/1961 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 5 days.
09/28/1962 Hits three home runs against the Sapporo Bears, going 4-5 with 8 RBI and 3 runs scored!
10/01/1962 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year PA Rank
1960 595 4
1961 599 3
1962 575 8
Year AB Rank
1960 534 5
1961 515 7
1962 506 9
Year H Rank
1960 155 4
1961 152 6
Year TB Rank
1960 227 10
1961 241 9
Year HR Rank
1960 15 10
1961 21 5
1962 16 10
Year RBI Rank
1960 88 4
1962 87 3
Year R Rank
1960 74 10
1961 93 3
1962 80 3
Year BB Rank
1961 81 9
Year SF Rank
1962 5 8
Year AVG Rank
1961 .295 10
Year OBP Rank
1961 .389 6
Year SLG Rank
1961 .468 10
Year RC Rank
1961 91.64 7
Year RC/27 Rank
1961 6.31 10
Year ISO Rank
1961 .173 10
Year wOBA Rank
1961 .387 5
Year OPS Rank
1961 .857 8
Year WAR Rank
1961 4.1 8
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