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Name	Team	Age
Mitsuaki Sato	Retired (1957, Age 34)	Died (1988, Age 65)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 11 (1951)	RP	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Branch Rickey League	0	6 years (154 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
A-	C	F
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D	D-	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D+	D	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
C	A+	B+
Leadership	Mentor Value
D+	B-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D	0	6/10/1923
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1951	Majors	49.22	1 / 13	1 / 19	0 / 17	2 / 49
1952	Majors	40.86	1 / 7	1 / 14	1 / 19	3 / 40
1953	Majors	44.39	0 / 8	0 / 22	1 / 14	1 / 44
1954	Majors	46.55	0 / 8	1 / 18	0 / 20	1 / 46
1955	Majors	54.30	1 / 16	0 / 17	0 / 21	1 / 54
1956	Majors	47.44	0 / 11	0 / 22	1 / 14	1 / 47
1957	Majors	40.76	-3 / 8	-2 / 14	-1 / 18	-6 / 40
Total			0 / 71	1 / 126	2 / 123	3 / 320

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1957-11-01	Mitsuaki Sato has retired from the Pittsburgh Rotties
1957-04-04	Mitsuaki Sato of the Pittsburgh Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1956-09-20	Mitsuaki Sato of the Pittsburgh Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1954-06-12	Mitsuaki Sato of the Pittsburgh Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1952-07-22	Mitsuaki Sato of the Pittsburgh Emperors is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1951-04-01	The Pittsburgh Emperors have promoted Mitsuaki Sato to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Emperors have promoted George Kahl to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Emperors have designated Ron Evans for assignment. The Pittsburgh Emperors have designated Del Jackson for assignment.