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Tommy John League
4-1-2395
Saburo Kato Right Field
Retired (2380, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .290 Total Rating 67   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .842 Status Retired (2380) Option Years 0  
H 1267 Age 52 (OS 53) Date of Birth 09-01-2342
HR 177 Drafted Round 1, Pick 2
(2372)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(30 games)
RBI 776
SB 146
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 69 Contact vs. L 73 Endurance 53   Ldrship 28
Power vs. R 66 Power vs. L 68 Velocity 30   Mentor vR 74
Speed 56 Bunt 48 Control 17   Mentor vL 74
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range 50 WS Rings 1
1B 1 (1.6%) LF --- Arm 89 WS Appearances 5
2B --- CF 86 (86.8%)   Health 48 LCS Appearances 5
3B --- RF 100 (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
2372 ARI
144
498
72
138
20
1
18
77
59
 95 1 2
28
 12 4
.783
.354
.430
.153
.277
2373 ARI
144
483
96
153
21
7
28
125
55
 91 2 2
22
 14 1
.951
.387
.563
.246
.317
2374 ARI
146
485
64
131
25
4
9
72
49
 107 2 1
24
 9 3
.733
.339
.394
.124
.270
2375 ARI-MON
143
501
91
132
26
7
23
85
54
 97 4 1
10
 3 2
.820
.339
.481
.218
.263
2375 ARI
45
106
20
28
6
0
4
23
16
 20 3 0
3
 1 1
.810
.376
.434
.170
.264
2375 MON
98
395
71
104
20
7
19
62
38
 77 1 1
7
 2 1
.822
.329
.494
.230
.263
2376 MON
144
588
108
179
38
6
20
101
71
 111 1 3
21
 7 2
.870
.379
.491
.187
.304
2377 MON
144
544
105
158
37
6
22
85
76
 100 2 5
23
 5 3
.878
.376
.502
.211
.290
2378 MON
144
577
107
176
23
5
31
101
60
 104 3 4
10
 7 6
.895
.371
.523
.218
.305
2379 MON
142
597
84
172
32
1
21
109
46
 109 3 8
8
 4 3
.789
.338
.451
.162
.288
2380 MON-TOR
72
95
17
28
4
2
5
21
6
 18 1 0
0
 0 2
.880
.343
.537
.242
.295
2380 MON
66
71
14
21
4
2
4
17
3
 12 1 0
0
 0 1
.911
.333
.577
.282
.296
2380 TOR
6
24
3
7
0
0
1
4
3
 6 0 0
0
 0 1
.787
.370
.417
.125
.292
Total
1223
4368
744
1267
226
39
177
776
476
 832 19 26
146
 61 26
.842
.360
.481
.191
.290
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2380-11-01Saburo Kato has retired from the Toronto Thunder
2380-09-30Saburo Kato of the Toronto Thunder is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
2380-08-21The Toronto Thunder have acquired Saburo Kato from the waiver wire.
2380-08-05The Montreal Expos have designated Saburo Kato for assignment.
2375-05-30Trade #1913502 has been completed between the Montreal Expos and the Arizona Fighting Artichokes. The Arizona Fighting Artichokes receive Draft Pick 2377 Round 2 MON (Harry Lapan), Draft Pick 2376 Round 1 MON (Roy Ligtenberg) from the Montreal Expos in exchange for Saburo Kato.
2375-04-01The Arizona Fighting Artichokes have placed Saburo Kato on the trade block.
2372-04-01The Arizona Fighting Artichokes have promoted Marty Layne to the major league team. The Arizona Fighting Artichokes have promoted Saburo Kato to the major league team. The Arizona Fighting Artichokes have designated Dick DiMaggio for assignment. The Arizona Fighting Artichokes have designated Bruno Smith for assignment. The Arizona Fighting Artichokes have designated Glenn Jones for assignment. The Arizona Fighting Artichokes have designated Danny Nielsen for assignment.
2369-04-22Trade #1899953 has been completed between the Arizona Fighting Artichokes and the Anaheim Elegant. The Anaheim Elegant receive Emerson Quinlan, Draft Pick 2372 Round 2 ARI (Hunter Farrell) from the Arizona Fighting Artichokes in exchange for Draft Pick 2372 Round 1 ANA (Saburo Kato).