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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG AVG
1976 AHP 68 199 58 10 4 10 35 14 51 .869 .336 .533 .291
1976 HHP 74 219 61 10 3 13 44 25 41 .880 .351 .530 .279
1976 LHP 48 58 19 6 0 2 12 8 13 .946 .412 .534 .328
1976 RHP 134 360 100 14 7 21 67 31 79 .863 .332 .531 .278
1977 AHP 66 277 69 7 1 14 29 17 52 .729 .295 .433 .249
1977 HHP 69 280 86 19 4 19 49 22 53 .965 .358 .607 .307
1977 LHP 85 203 50 7 4 10 29 14 40 .760 .292 .468 .246
1977 RHP 112 354 105 19 1 23 49 25 65 .897 .346 .551 .297
1978 AHP 47 181 47 8 1 9 25 8 33 .759 .295 .464 .260
1978 HHP 48 182 49 7 1 12 40 18 38 .851 .335 .516 .269
1978 LHP 48 74 12 2 0 1 5 5 15 .445 .215 .230 .162
1978 RHP 89 289 84 13 2 20 60 21 56 .898 .341 .557 .291
1979 AHP 63 258 74 12 2 11 45 17 55 .809 .332 .477 .287
1979 HHP 58 239 63 9 1 16 42 13 46 .810 .300 .510 .264
1979 LHP 65 140 36 8 0 5 23 7 32 .715 .293 .421 .257
1979 RHP 111 357 101 13 3 22 64 23 69 .847 .326 .521 .283
1980 AHP 60 196 61 7 0 11 37 13 40 .879 .363 .515 .311
1980 HHP 69 213 58 3 1 18 31 19 45 .884 .335 .549 .272
1980 LHP 38 67 20 0 0 2 7 4 17 .735 .347 .388 .299
1980 RHP 123 342 99 10 1 27 61 28 68 .910 .349 .561 .289
1981 AHP 43 68 18 1 1 2 5 5 12 .708 .311 .397 .265
1981 HHP 23 28 9 0 1 1 4 5 5 .924 .424 .500 .321
1981 LHP 6 16 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .544 .294 .250 .250
1981 RHP 64 80 23 1 2 3 9 9 14 .818 .356 .463 .287
1982 AHP 47 98 26 4 0 3 10 10 25 .731 .333 .398 .265
1982 HHP 45 78 20 4 0 4 10 6 17 .767 .306 .462 .256
1982 LHP 11 19 6 1 0 0 2 1 5 .718 .350 .368 .316
1982 RHP 90 157 40 7 0 7 18 15 37 .751 .318 .433 .255
1983 AHP 35 71 13 5 1 1 8 6 19 .571 .247 .324 .183
1983 HHP 34 69 21 8 0 3 15 5 12 .902 .351 .551 .304
1983 LHP 6 8 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 .900 .400 .500 .250
1983 RHP 67 132 32 13 0 4 22 9 29 .723 .291 .432 .242
Total AHP 429 1348 366 54 10 61 194 90 287 .781 .319 .462 .272
Total HHP 420 1308 367 60 11 86 235 113 257 .878 .337 .541 .281
Total LHP 307 585 149 24 5 20 79 42 127 .721 .306 .415 .255
Total RHP 790 2071 584 90 16 127 350 161 417 .860 .335 .525 .282
Total 849 2656 733 114 21 147 429 203 544 .829 .328 .501 .276
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1984-11-01Kazunori Sakamoto has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1984-04-14The Chicago 89s have waived Kazunori Sakamoto.
1984-04-02The Chicago 89s have designated Kazunori Sakamoto for assignment.
1982-07-23Kazunori Sakamoto of the Chicago 89s is injured and is expected to be out 2 days.
1980-07-13The Chicago 89s have placed Kazunori Sakamoto on the trade block.
1979-09-07Kazunori Sakamoto of the Chicago 89s is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1978-05-25Kazunori Sakamoto of the Chicago 89s is injured and is expected to be out 43 days.
1976-04-04The Chicago 89s have renamed Kazunori Honma to Kazunori Sakamoto.
1976-04-01The Chicago 89s have promoted Kazunori Honma to the major league team. The Chicago 89s have promoted Doug Farner to the major league team.