Katsuji Sakai

Katsuji Sakai
Born: March 21, 1938
, Fukuoka JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 158
Career: 1959-1976

Katsuji Sakai compiled a career record of 166 wins and 186 losses and a 3.26 ERA in his 605-game pitching career with the Daimai Orions, Tokyo Orions, Lotte Orions, Taiyo Whales and Nippon Ham Fighters. He began playing during the 1959 season and last took the field during the 1976 campaign.

Daimai Orions

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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
1959	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	1	1	.500	6.11	16	5	6	0	0		35.3	36	25	24	6	17	0	13	2	0	1	159
1960	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	1	2	.333	5.83	12	5	2	0	0		29.3	30	21	19	4	11	0	14	1	0	0	127
1961	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	2	6	.250	3.33	22	10	3	2	1		75.7	67	34	28	3	24	0	57	4	2	1	321
1962	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	11	10	.524	4.27	49	21	13	5	2		151.7	127	78	72	21	61	3	76	6	0	0	640
1963	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	14	19	.424	2.61	58	26	18	6	2		251.7	200	92	73	23	65	5	183	16	0	5	1024
1964	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	25	17	.595	2.50	58	37	16	13	2		303.0	260	103	84	21	73	5	183	6	1	2	1210
1965	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	10	16	.385	3.04	43	32	7	10	3		225.3	199	86	76	27	47	5	139	12	0	1	898
1966	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	11	16	.407	2.94	33	28	2	8	3		193.0	164	74	63	31	54	1	109	3	1	3	774
1967	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	13	18	.419	3.28	45	34	10	11	1		244.3	194	101	89	33	58	4	173	9	0	0	966
1968	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	16	17	.485	3.03	45	40	1	14	4		276.3	259	112	93	23	71	15	170	15	0	0	1147
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	6	8	.429	3.96	24	22	1	3	0		127.3	108	58	56	26	49	7	85	10	0	0	538
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	10	6	.625	3.47	26	20	3	2	0		109.0	99	46	42	14	22	2	62	10	0	0	447
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	9	4	.692	1.87	25	21	3	4	2		134.7	104	35	28	12	41	1	57	6	0	2	535
1972	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	15	11	.577	3.02	38	31	3	10	3		214.7	201	78	72	22	52	8	99	13	0	3	876
1973	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	7	9	.438	3.23	30	25	4	1	0		147.7	122	56	53	17	45	3	62	8	1	2	600
1974	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	7	8	.467	4.96	34	23	5	3	1	0	118.0	130	74	65	16	46	3	36	8	0	2	521
1975	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	6	12	.333	3.86	26	25	2	3	1	0	142.3	151	76	61	22	58	6	60	10	0	0	623
1976	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	2	6	.250	4.62	21	12	1	1	1	1	60.3	61	37	31	4	23	1	32	4	0	2	261
Totals				166	186	.472	3.26	605	417	100	96	26	1	2839.7	2512	1186	1029	325	817	69	1610	143	5	24	11667

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
1959	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	16	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0
1960	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	12	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0
1961	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	22	20	15	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	2	0
1962	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	49	47	40	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	24	.050	.116	.050	.166	2	0	1	4	0
1963	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	58	84	75	2	9	0	0	3	0	0	3	28	.120	.154	.120	.274	9	1	0	6	0
1964	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	58	110	102	6	14	2	0	8	1	0	3	25	.137	.160	.157	.317	16	2	0	4	1
1965	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	44	69	61	3	7	3	1	3	0	0	4	22	.115	.169	.197	.366	12	0	0	4	0
1966	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	35	65	56	1	9	2	0	1	0	1	5	21	.161	.230	.196	.426	11	0	0	4	0
1967	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	46	87	75	1	7	1	0	1	0	0	6	29	.093	.160	.107	.267	8	0	0	6	0
1968	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	51	102	96	9	21	2	0	7	1	0	2	19	.219	.232	.240	.472	23	0	0	3	1
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	25	43	40	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	17	.100	.143	.125	.268	5	1	0	1	0
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	28	40	32	4	5	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	.156	.250	.156	.406	5	0	1	4	0
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	25	43	39	2	6	0	0	2	0	0	1	15	.154	.175	.154	.329	6	1	0	3	0
1972	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	38	72	64	5	7	1	0	4	0	0	6	39	.109	.186	.125	.311	8	1	0	2	0
1973	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	30	46	40	2	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	18	.100	.119	.100	.219	4	1	0	4	1
1974	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	34	34	28	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.071	.103	.071	.175	2	0	0	5	0
1975	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	26	52	48	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	30	.062	.082	.083	.165	4	0	0	3	0
Totals				597	930	826	39	102	13	1	35	3	1	44	334	.123	.169	.142	.311	117	7	2	55	3

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1959	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	P	16					.000
1960	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	P	12					.000
1961	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	P	22					.000
1962	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	P	49					.000
1963	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	P	58					.000
1964	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	P	58					.000
1965	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	P	43					.000
1965	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	OF	1					.000
1966	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	P	33					.000
1966	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	OF	2					.000
1967	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	P	45					.000
1967	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	2B	1					.000
1968	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	P	45					.000
1968	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	OF	4					.000
1968	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	2B	2					.000
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	24					.000
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	OF	1					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	26					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	1					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	OF	1					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	25					.000
1972	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	38					.000
1973	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	30					.000
1974	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	34					.000
1975	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	26					.000
1975	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	1					.000
1976	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	P	21					.000
Totals					619	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1959	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Daimai Orions
1960	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Daimai Orions
1961	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Daimai Orions
1962	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Daimai Orions
1963	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Daimai Orions
1964	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Tokyo Orions
1965	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Tokyo Orions
1966	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Tokyo Orions
1967	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Tokyo Orions
1968	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Tokyo Orions
1969	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1970	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1971	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1972	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1973	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1974	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1975	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1976	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nippon Ham Fighters

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