Akio Saito

Akio Saito
Born: February 23, 1955
Kyoto, Kyoto JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: 3B
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 187
Career: 1977-1993

Akio Saito compiled a career record of 128 wins and 125 losses, with 133 saves, and a 3.52 ERA in his 601-game pitching career with the Taiyo Whales, Yokohama Taiyo Whales and Yokohama BayStars. He began playing during the 1977 season and last took the field during the 1993 campaign.

Taiyo Whales

Yokohama Taiyo Whales

Yokohama BayStars

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1977	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	8	9	.471	4.39	38	20	6	3	1	0	141.3	156	87	69	17	61	5	87	3	0	0	624
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	16	15	.516	3.14	47	26	18	12	2	4	241.0	234	90	84	24	67	9	162	6	0	0	1001
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	11	6	.647	4.03	37	27	4	10	2	0	196.3	198	94	88	25	56	5	138	3	1	1	826
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	14	17	.452	3.78	35	33	1	17	1	1	247.3	245	111	104	24	72	5	165	3	4	1	1024
1981	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	5	15	.250	4.31	47	19	23	3	0	10	169.3	195	92	81	18	61	9	100	4	1	0	743
1982	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	5	6	.455	2.07	56	1	55	0	0	30	134.7	109	36	31	12	35	10	80	1	0	0	542
1983	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	10	8	.556	3.57	54	0	49	0	0	22	116.0	113	52	46	14	45	14	67	2	1	3	496
1984	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	11	6	.647	4.88	43	2	36	1	1	10	94.0	115	54	51	10	31	12	53	2	0	1	419
1985	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	9	5	.643	2.13	55	0	48	0	0	18	109.7	93	40	26	9	22	4	72	0	0	2	444
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	5	6	.455	1.85	44	0	41	0	0	23	78.0	62	18	16	10	13	4	49	0	0	0	301
1987	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	4	1	.800	2.17	39	0	36	0	0	15	70.7	57	19	17	6	16	2	36	0	0	4	279
1988	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	5	4	.556	3.49	24	17	0	2	0	0	105.7	114	45	41	4	27	4	38	2	2	0	439
1989	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	8	6	.571	3.22	18	18	0	5	2	0	117.3	127	44	42	12	34	7	49	2	0	1	496
1990	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	10	7	.588	4.07	24	22	1	6	1	0	150.3	144	71	68	15	39	3	98	2	0	0	615
1991	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	4	6	.400	3.61	17	16	1	1	1	0	99.7	103	45	40	10	28	2	57	0	0	1	419
1992	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	3	8	.273	3.65	17	15	0	4	0	0	91.3	92	42	37	12	11	1	66	4	0	0	368
1993	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	0	0		7.59	6	2	3	0	0	0	10.7	20	13	9	3	1	0	4	2	0	0	55
Totals				128	125	.506	3.52	601	218	322	64	11	133	2173.3	2177	953	850	225	619	96	1321	36	9	14	9091

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	SF
1977	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	38	49	45	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	16	.089	.109	.089	.198	4	1	3	0
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	47	90	82	6	12	1	0	0	1	0	1	34	.146	.157	.159	.315	13	1	7	0
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	37	73	61	9	10	1	0	0	5	0	5	30	.164	.227	.180	.408	11	1	7	0
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	37	89	86	4	8	3	0	1	3	0	0	28	.093	.093	.163	.256	14	1	3	0
1981	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	47	53	49	2	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	18	.102	.118	.163	.281	8	2	2	1
1982	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	56	32	30	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	1	10	.200	.226	.300	.526	9	0	1	0
1983	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	54	30	24	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	.167	.192	.167	.359	4	2	4	1
1984	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	43	22	16	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	.188	.188	.188	.375	3	1	6	0
1985	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	55	20	18	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	6	.167	.211	.167	.377	3	0	1	0
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	44	12	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.167	.250	2	1	0	0
1987	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	39	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	1	0
1988	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	25	36	32	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	.188	.188	.188	.375	6	0	4	0
1989	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	18	43	43	0	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	13	.140	.140	.163	.302	7	1	0	0
1990	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	24	57	48	3	10	1	0	0	0	0	5	13	.208	.283	.229	.512	11	1	4	0
1991	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	19	35	30	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	.167	.194	.200	.394	6	0	4	0
1992	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	17	27	22	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	.182	.182	.182	.364	4	2	5	0
1993	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	6	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	1	0
Totals				606	682	610	32	89	11	1	2	32	1	17	207	.146	.169	.177	.346	108	14	53	2

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1977	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	38					.000
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	47					.000
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	37					.000
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	35					.000
1981	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	47					.000
1981	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	3B	2					.000
1982	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	56					.000
1983	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	54					.000
1984	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	43					.000
1985	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	55					.000
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	44					.000
1987	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	39					.000
1988	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	24					.000
1989	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	18					.000
1990	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	24					.000
1991	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	17					.000
1992	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	17					.000
1993	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	P	6					.000
Totals					603	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1977	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1978	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1979	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1980	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1981	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1982	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1983	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1984	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1985	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1986	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1987	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1988	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1989	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1990	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1991	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1992	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1993	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars

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