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Billy Williams League
4-5-2072
Katsuyuki Kato Shortstop
Retired (2026, Age 33)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .252 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .743 Status Retired (2026) Option Years 0  
H 138 Age 79 (OS 80) Date of Birth 11-18-1992
HR 22 Drafted Round 2, Pick 26
(2020)		 Majors Svc Time 4 years
(42 games)
RBI 80
SB 34
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C  Contact vs. L C  Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed A  Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range C  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm C  WS Appearances 0
2B F  (3.1%) CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 0
3B B- (58.6%) RF F  (0.9%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
2020 SS PIT 2 2 17.1 14 5 8 1 4 0 6.75 .929
2B PIT 1 1 9.0 6 5 1 0 0 0 6.00 1.000
2023 3B CLE 7 7 63.0 18 5 12 1 0 -1 2.43 .944
RF CLE 1 1 8.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.04 1.000
2024 SS CLE 64 64 568.0 277 91 165 21 13 -10 4.06 .924
3B CLE 4 4 35.0 8 1 6 1 1 -2 1.80 .875
2025 SS CLE 48 48 424.2 222 66 143 13 26 -2 4.43 .941
2026 3B CLE 12 12 114.1 41 11 27 3 1 -1 2.99 .927
SS CLE 3 3 25.0 19 7 11 1 3 -3 6.48 .947
2B CLE 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
RF CLE 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
Pos Total SS 117 117 1035.0 532 169 327 36 46 -15 4.31 .932
3B 23 23 212.1 67 17 45 5 2 -4 2.63 .925
2B 2 2 18.0 9 7 2 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
RF 2 2 17.2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.02 1.000
Total 144 144 1283.0 610 195 374 41 48 -19 3.99 .933
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2026-11-01Katsuyuki Kato has retired from the Cleveland Rockers
2022-08-29The Cleveland Rockers have promoted Katsuyuki Kato to the major league team. The Cleveland Rockers have sent Van Loun to the minors.
2022-05-15The Cleveland Rockers have acquired Katsuyuki Kato from the waiver wire.
2022-04-12The Pittsburgh Pirates have waived Katsuyuki Kato.
2020-07-05The Pittsburgh Pirates have designated Katsuyuki Kato for assignment.
2020-06-22The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Katsuyuki Kato to the major league team.
2020-04-02The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Eddie Davis to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have designated Katsuyuki Kato for assignment.
2020-04-01The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Floyd Loviglio to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Homer Hofman to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted Katsuyuki Kato to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Pirates have designated Al Trammell for assignment.