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Name	Team	Age
Kazunori Sakamoto	Retired (1984, Age 35)	Died (2019, Age 70)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 16 (1976)	LF	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Aaron Fox League	0	7 years (124 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	C+	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	B+	B-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	D+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C	A	A
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	10/26/1949
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.6 %)	C  (43.5 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1976

Majors

65.06

162

101

0

0 / 12

2 / 7

1 / 8

0 / 8

1 / 9

5 / 10

2 / 11

11 / 65

1977

Majors

70.52

162

135

0

0 / 10

1 / 10

2 / 13

0 / 7

1 / 14

2 / 8

2 / 8

8 / 70

1978

Majors

48.28

124

90

38

0 / 8

0 / 6

1 / 5

1 / 10

1 / 4

1 / 5

1 / 10

5 / 48

1979

Majors

60.91

147

120

15

0 / 5

0 / 11

1 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 7

4 / 12

0 / 8

5 / 60

1980

Majors

58.57

161

102

0

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 11

0 / 9

2 / 11

2 / 58

1981

Majors

26.90

162

13

0

0 / 2

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 26

1982

Majors

36.62

160

31

2

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 7

0 / 36

1983

Majors

31.83

162

26

0

-5 / 5

-6 / 3

-3 / 8

-6 / 5

0 / 2

-1 / 3

-2 / 5

-23 / 31

1984

Majors

0.09

1

0

0

-5 / 0

-5 / 0

-3 / 0

-5 / 0

-7 / 0

-2 / 0

-1 / 0

-28 / 0

Total

1241

618

55

-10 / 56

-8 / 58

-1 / 62

-10 / 49

-4 / 51

9 / 54

4 / 64

-20 / 394

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1984-11-01	Kazunori Sakamoto has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1984-04-14	The Chicago 89s have waived Kazunori Sakamoto.
1984-04-02	The Chicago 89s have designated Kazunori Sakamoto for assignment.
1982-07-23	Kazunori Sakamoto of the Chicago 89s is injured and is expected to be out 2 days.
1980-07-13	The Chicago 89s have placed Kazunori Sakamoto on the trade block.
1979-09-07	Kazunori Sakamoto of the Chicago 89s is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1978-05-25	Kazunori Sakamoto of the Chicago 89s is injured and is expected to be out 43 days.
1976-04-04	The Chicago 89s have renamed Kazunori Honma to Kazunori Sakamoto.
1976-04-01	The Chicago 89s have promoted Kazunori Honma to the major league team. The Chicago 89s have promoted Doug Farner to the major league team.