Hayato Sakamoto

Hayato Sakamoto
Born: December 14, 1988
Itami, Hyogo JP
Primary Position: Shortstop
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 176
Career: 2007-2024

Hayato Sakamoto has compiled a career batting average of .288 with 273 home runs and 978 RBI in his 2094-game career with the Yomiuri Giants. He began playing during the 2007 season and has taken the field during the 2024 campaign.

Yomiuri Giants

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Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2007	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
2008	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	144	567	521	59	134	24	1	8	43	10	5	28	98	.257	.297	.353	.650	184	2	2	15	1	3
2009	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	141	640	581	87	178	33	3	18	62	5	3	44	101	.306	.357	.466	.823	271	8	4	7	4	3
2010	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	144	676	609	107	171	35	4	31	85	14	4	47	83	.281	.332	.504	.836	307	6	3	10	7	2
2011	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	144	624	568	69	149	27	2	16	59	8	1	37	91	.262	.313	.401	.714	228	3	6	10	3	8
2012	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	144	619	557	87	173	35	2	14	69	16	1	39	90	.311	.359	.456	.815	254	5	6	12	5	1
2013	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	144	620	554	73	147	33	1	12	54	24	4	55	87	.265	.334	.394	.728	218	11	4	4	3	1
2014	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	144	616	545	82	152	29	0	16	61	23	5	55	88	.279	.344	.420	.764	229	3	2	9	5	1
2015	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	130	558	479	50	129	21	3	12	68	10	4	65	79	.269	.353	.401	.754	192	5	0	9	5	1
2016	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	137	576	488	96	168	28	3	23	75	13	3	81	67	.344	.433	.555	.988	271	6	0	1	6	2
2017	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	142	614	539	82	157	30	0	15	61	14	6	68	85	.291	.372	.430	.802	232	16	3	1	3	2
2018	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	109	502	441	87	152	27	2	18	67	9	5	61	83	.345	.424	.537	.962	237	4	0	0	0	10
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	143	639	555	103	173	26	0	40	94	5	3	77	123	.312	.396	.575	.971	319	9	2	3	2	6
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	115	479	412	64	119	28	1	19	65	4	1	62	85	.289	.379	.500	.879	206	9	0	1	4	7
2021	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	117	487	424	53	115	26	0	19	46	2	3	58	90	.271	.359	.467	.826	198	4	1	2	2	4
2022	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	83	352	304	35	87	14	0	5	33	2	2	45	65	.286	.378	.382	.759	116	3	1	0	2	6
2023	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	116	455	403	46	116	29	0	22	60	2	0	45	84	.288	.361	.524	.884	211	5	2	3	2	3
2024	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	109	426	395	34	94	14	0	7	34	1	0	27	72	.238	.286	.327	.613	129	14	1	0	3	1
Totals				2094	8998	7975	1169	2299	430	22	273	978	161	50	849	1387	.288	.357	.450	.807	3592	108	35	84	55	58

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
2007	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	3	0	0	0	0		.000
2008	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	144	199	422	15	66	.976	4.312
2008	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2B	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
2009	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	141	244	437	19	81	.973	4.830
2010	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	144	238	441	21	89	.970	4.715
2011	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	144	222	468	18	85	.975	4.792
2012	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	144	244	450	15	89	.979	4.819
2013	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	3	18	2	0	3	1.000	6.667
2013	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	136	205	469	11	66	.984	4.956
2014	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	140	198	459	13	84	.981	4.693
2015	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	130	190	415	11	78	.982	4.654
2016	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	131	213	405	16	91	.975	4.718
2017	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	141	203	464	9	84	.987	4.730
2018	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	107	156	347	9	60	.982	4.701
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	141	199	354	12	74	.979	3.922
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	113	176	288	4	65	.991	4.106
2021	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	116	140	304	4	57	.991	3.828
2022	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	82	120	240	11	52	.970	4.390
2023	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	89	123	233	4	50	.989	4.000
2023	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3B	21	11	37	0	4	1.000	2.286
2024	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3B	104	66	180	6	20	.976	2.365
Totals					1870	2737	5618	179	1027	.979	4.468

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	First Appearance	Final Appearance
2007	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2008	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2009	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2010	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants	March 26, 2010	October 8, 2010
2011	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants	April 12, 2011	October 22, 2011
2012	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants	March 30, 2012	October 7, 2012
2013	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants	March 29, 2013	October 8, 2013
2014	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants	March 28, 2014	October 6, 2014
2015	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants	March 27, 2015	October 4, 2015
2016	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2017	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants	March 31, 2017	October 3, 2017
2018	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2019	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2020	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2021	Foreign Major	Japan Central	Yomiuri Giants
2022	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2023	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2024	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants

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