Lenn Sakata

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 160lb (175cm, 72kg)

Born: June 8, 1954 in Honolulu, HI us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 14th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Treasure Valley Community College (Ontario, OR), the San Diego Padres in the 5th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (10th) of the 1975 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA).

High School: Kalani HS (Honolulu, HI)

Schools: Treasure Valley Community College (Ontario, OR), Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA)

Debut: July 21, 1977 (Age 23-043d, 13,911th in major league history)
vs. NYY 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 28, 1987 (Age 33-020d)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Lenn Haruki Sakata

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1983 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.0

1289

296

.230

163

RBI

109

OBP

.286

SLG

.330

OPS

.616

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	BAL		KCR	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
2	2	Apr 10 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,0-2	GS	30	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
3	3	Apr 10 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
4	4	Apr 11	BAL		BOS	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
5	5	Apr 13	BAL	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS 2B
6	6	Apr 14	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS	40	8.2	3	1	0	4	2	SS 2B
7	7	Apr 17 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
8	8	Apr 17 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,6-10	GS	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B SS
9	9	Apr 18	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-6	GS	34	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
10	10	Apr 20	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS	39	8.0	3	2	1	6	0	SS 2B
11	11	Apr 21	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
12	12	Apr 23	BAL		CHW	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
13	16 (3)	Apr 28 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
14	17	Apr 29	BAL		OAK	L,6-9	GS	38	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	SS
15	18	Apr 30	BAL		CAL	W,9-4	GS	26	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	19	May 1	BAL		CAL	L,4-6	GS	54	13.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS 2B
17	20	May 2	BAL		CAL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
18	21	May 3	BAL		SEA	W,6-0	CG	27	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
19	22	May 4	BAL		SEA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
20	23	May 6	BAL	@	CAL	W,9-2	GS	33	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
21	24	May 7	BAL	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
22	25	May 8	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
23	27 (1)	May 10	BAL	@	OAK	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	2	1	2	5	0	SS
24	28	May 11	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
25	31 (2)	May 14	BAL	@	SEA	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
26	32	May 15	BAL	@	SEA	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
27	33	May 16	BAL	@	SEA	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
28	35 (1)	May 19	BAL		MIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
29	36	May 20	BAL		MIN	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
30	37	May 21	BAL	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
31	38	May 22	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-0	GS	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS 2B
32	39	May 23	BAL	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
33	40	May 24	BAL	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
34	41	May 25	BAL	@	TEX	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
35	42	May 26	BAL	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
36	43	May 27	BAL	@	TEX	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	7	0	9	1	SS
37	44	May 29 (1)	BAL		TOR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
38	45	May 29 (2)	BAL		TOR	L,10-11	GF	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH SS
39	46	May 30	BAL		TOR	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	3	7	1	11	1	SS
40	47	May 31	BAL		TEX	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	48	Jun 2	BAL		TEX	L,1-4	GS	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
42	49	Jun 4	BAL	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
43	51 (1)	Jun 6	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-5	GS	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
44	52	Jun 7	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
45	53	Jun 8	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
46	54	Jun 9	BAL	@	MIL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
47	55	Jun 10	BAL	@	MIL	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
48	56	Jun 11	BAL		NYY	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
49	58 (1)	Jun 14	BAL		MIL	W,9-4	CG	33	9.0	2	9	0	11	1	SS
50	59	Jun 15	BAL		MIL	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
51	61 (1)	Jun 18	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	SS
52	62	Jun 19	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	64	15.1	4	10	0	14	4	SS 2B
53	63	Jun 20	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	45	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
54	64	Jun 21	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
55	65	Jun 22	BAL	@	CLE	L,6-8	GS	37	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
56	67 (1)	Jun 24	BAL		DET	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
57	68	Jun 25	BAL		DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
58	69	Jun 26	BAL		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
59	70	Jun 27	BAL		DET	W,13-1	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
60	71	Jun 29	BAL		CLE	L,2-9	GF	14	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
61	72	Jun 30	BAL		CLE	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	73	Jul 1	BAL		CLE	L,2-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
63	79 (5)	Jul 7	BAL	@	SEA	L,7-8	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
64	80	Jul 8	BAL	@	SEA	L,3-4		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
65	81	Jul 9	BAL	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
66	82	Jul 10	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
67	83	Jul 11	BAL	@	OAK	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
68	84	Jul 15	BAL		SEA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
69	85	Jul 16	BAL		SEA	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
70	86	Jul 17	BAL		SEA	W,8-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
71	87	Jul 18	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	PR 2B
72	89 (1)	Jul 20	BAL		CAL	L,4-7	GF	9	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 2B
73	90	Jul 21	BAL		CAL	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
74	91	Jul 23	BAL		OAK	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
75	92	Jul 24	BAL		OAK	W,5-4	GS	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
76	93	Jul 25	BAL		OAK	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
77	94	Jul 26	BAL		CHW	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
78	96 (1)	Jul 28	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
79	97	Jul 29	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
80	98	Jul 30	BAL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	100 (1)	Aug 1	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
82	101	Aug 2	BAL		BOS	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
83	102	Aug 3 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
84	103	Aug 3 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
85	104	Aug 4	BAL		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
86	105	Aug 5	BAL		KCR	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
87	106	Aug 6 (1)	BAL		KCR	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
88	107	Aug 6 (2)	BAL		KCR	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
89	108	Aug 7	BAL		KCR	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
90	109	Aug 8	BAL		KCR	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
91	111 (1)	Aug 10	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
92	113 (1)	Aug 13	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
93	114	Aug 14	BAL	@	BOS	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
94	116 (1)	Aug 16	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-9	GF	18	3.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
95	117	Aug 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
96	118	Aug 18	BAL	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	1	4	0	5	0	2B
97	120 (1)	Aug 20	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-2	GF	12	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
98	121	Aug 21	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-6	GF	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
99	122	Aug 22	BAL	@	TEX	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
100	123	Aug 24	BAL		TOR	W,7-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
101	124	Aug 25	BAL		TOR	W,8-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
102	126 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	BAL		TEX	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
103	128 (1)	Aug 28	BAL		TEX	W,8-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
104	129	Aug 29	BAL		TEX	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
105	130	Aug 30	BAL	@	TOR	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	2B
106	131	Aug 31	BAL	@	TOR	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	132	Sep 1	BAL	@	TOR	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
108	133	Sep 3	BAL		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
109	134	Sep 4	BAL		MIN	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
110	135	Sep 5	BAL		MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
111	136	Sep 6	BAL	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
112	137	Sep 7	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-2	GF	12	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
113	139 (1)	Sep 9	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
114	140	Sep 10	BAL	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	22	6.0	3	3	1	7	1	PH 2B
115	141	Sep 11	BAL	@	CLE	W,8-1	GF	22	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	PH 2B
116	142	Sep 12	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-3	GF	8	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
117	143	Sep 13	BAL		NYY	W,8-7	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR 2B
118	144	Sep 14 (1)	BAL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	5	0	11	3	2B
119	145	Sep 14 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
120	146	Sep 15	BAL		NYY	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
121	147	Sep 16	BAL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
122	150 (2)	Sep 19	BAL		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
123	151	Sep 20	BAL		DET	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
124	153 (1)	Sep 23	BAL		DET	L,5-10	GF	26	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	PH 2B
125	155 (1)	Sep 25	BAL	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
126	156	Sep 26	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
127	157	Sep 28	BAL	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	2B
128	158	Sep 29	BAL	@	DET	L,2-3	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
129	159	Sep 30	BAL	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
130	160	Oct 1 (1)	BAL		MIL	W,8-3	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 2B
131	161	Oct 1 (2)	BAL		MIL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
132	163 (1)	Oct 3	BAL		MIL	L,2-10	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
							139gm		902.2	182	299	16	497	61