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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
2020 LHP 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
2020 RHP 3 9 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 .856 .300 .556 .333 .222
2022 LHP 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.000 1.000 1.000 .000 1.000
2022 RHP 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
2023 LHP 4 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 .571 .286 .286 .000 .286
2023 RHP 11 29 7 1 0 3 4 3 8 .899 .312 .586 .345 .241
2024 LHP 33 74 18 4 0 3 14 8 19 .736 .317 .419 .176 .243
2024 RHP 62 167 38 8 0 6 20 13 44 .667 .283 .383 .156 .228
2025 LHP 43 112 31 6 2 6 19 12 32 .879 .352 .527 .250 .277
2025 RHP 35 65 15 3 1 2 8 4 18 .675 .275 .400 .169 .231
2026 LHP 12 19 5 1 0 0 3 1 1 .649 .333 .316 .053 .263
2026 RHP 21 61 19 2 1 1 9 3 16 .765 .338 .426 .115 .311
Total LHP 94 216 57 11 2 9 37 21 57 .793 .335 .458 .194 .264
Total RHP 133 332 81 14 2 13 43 24 87 .710 .294 .416 .172 .244
Total 180 548 138 25 4 22 80 45 144 .743 .310 .432 .181 .252
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.