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Season Age Team Lg WAR G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ rOBA Rbat+ TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1977 23 MIL AL -0.4 53 169 154 13 25 2 0 2 12 1 3 9 22 .162 .209 .214 .423 16 .213 13 33 1 0 6 0 0 4/H
1978 24 MIL AL -0.5 30 86 78 8 15 4 0 0 3 1 0 8 11 .192 .267 .244 .511 45 .254 39 19 3 0 0 0 1 4/DH
1979 25 MIL AL 0.2 4 14 14 1 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .643 1.143 207 .508 214 9 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1980 26 BAL AL 0.0 43 90 83 12 16 3 2 1 9 2 1 6 10 .193 .244 .313 .558 53 .262 46 26 3 0 0 1 0 4H/6D
1981 27 BAL AL 0.8 61 164 150 19 34 4 0 5 15 4 0 11 18 .227 .282 .353 .636 83 .335 100 53 5 1 1 1 0 64/HD
1982 28 BAL AL 2.1 135 389 343 40 89 18 1 6 31 7 4 30 39 .259 .323 .370 .693 90 .325 93 127 7 4 8 4 2 46H
1983 29 BAL AL 0.8 66 152 134 23 34 7 0 3 12 8 4 16 17 .254 .338 .373 .711 98 .331 99 50 4 1 1 0 0 4H/2D
1984 30 BAL AL 0.4 81 168 157 23 30 1 0 3 11 4 1 6 15 .191 .221 .255 .476 33 .226 20 40 4 0 5 0 2 4H/7
1985 31 BAL AL 0.1 55 105 97 15 22 3 0 3 6 3 2 6 15 .227 .279 .351 .629 74 .315 91 34 3 1 1 0 0 4H/D
1986 32 OAK AL 0.4 17 38 34 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 1 3 6 .353 .395 .412 .807 129 .372 142 14 1 0 0 1 0 4/DH
1987 33 NYY AL 0.2 19 48 45 5 12 0 1 2 4 0 1 2 4 .267 .313 .444 .757 99 .317 92 20 2 1 0 0 0 5/4H
11 Yrs 4.0 564 1423 1289 163 296 46 4 25 109 30 17 97 158 .230 .286 .330 .616 71 .296 73 425 33 8 22 7 5 46H5/D27
162 Game Avg 1.1 162 409 370 47 85 13 1 7 31 9 5 28 45 .230 .286 .330 .616 71 .296 73 122 9 2 6 2 1
BAL (6 Yrs) 4.2 441 1068 964 132 225 36 3 21 84 28 12 75 114 .233 .292 .342 .634 76 .306 79 330 26 7 16 6 4 46H/D27
MIL (3 Yrs) -0.7 87 269 246 22 47 8 0 2 16 2 3 17 34 .191 .243 .248 .491 36 .242 32 61 4 0 6 0 1 4/HD
NYY (1 Yr) 0.2 19 48 45 5 12 0 1 2 4 0 1 2 4 .267 .313 .444 .757 99 .317 92 20 2 1 0 0 0 5/4H
OAK (1 Yr) 0.4 17 38 34 4 12 2 0 0 5 0 1 3 6 .353 .395 .412 .807 129 .372 142 14 1 0 0 1 0 4/DH
Standard Batting Table
Season Age Team Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GIDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1983 29 BAL WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 /4H
1 Yr 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 /4H
162 Game Avg 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Value Batting

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Season Age Team Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Pos Awards
1977 23 MIL AL 169 -16 -2 1 6 2 -10 -1.0 6 -3 -0.4 .481 .494 -1.0 0.8 -9 4/H
1978 24 MIL AL 86 -6 0 -1 -2 1 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .474 .495 -0.3 -0.1 -2 4/DH
1979 25 MIL AL 14 2 0 0 -1 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .529 .501 0.2 0.0 2 /4
1980 26 BAL AL 90 -6 0 0 2 1 -3 -0.2 3 1 0.0 .494 .498 -0.2 0.3 -2 4H/6D
1981 27 BAL AL 164 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3 6 8 0.8 .505 .502 0.8 0.4 8 64/HD
1982 28 BAL AL 389 -3 1 0 4 6 8 0.8 13 21 2.1 .506 .505 1.7 1.1 17 46H
1983 29 BAL AL 152 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 5 8 0.8 .504 .502 0.6 0.4 6 4H/2D
1984 30 BAL AL 168 -15 1 0 11 2 -1 -0.1 6 5 0.4 .498 .499 -0.8 1.4 -7 4H/7
1985 31 BAL AL 105 -1 0 0 -2 1 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.1 .495 .498 0.3 -0.1 3 4H/D
1986 32 OAK AL 38 2 -1 0 1 0 2 0.2 1 4 0.4 .513 .501 0.3 0.1 3 4/DH
1987 33 NYY AL 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 1 5/4H
11 Yrs 1423 -43 -2 0 21 17 -7 -0.6 49 43 4.0 .499 .500 1.9 4.2 21 46H5/D27
162 Game Avg 409 -12 -1 0 6 5 -2 -0.2 14 12 1.1 .499 .500 0.5 1.2 6
BAL (6 Yrs) 1068 -25 1 0 17 14 7 0.8 36 43 4.2 .502 .502 2.6 3.3 26 46H/D27
MIL (3 Yrs) 269 -20 -2 0 4 2 -15 -1.6 10 -6 -0.7 .481 .495 -1.1 0.7 -9 4/HD
NYY (1 Yr) 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .501 .500 0.1 0.1 1 5/4H
OAK (1 Yr) 38 2 -1 0 1 0 2 0.2 1 4 0.4 .513 .501 0.3 0.1 3 4/DH

Advanced Batting

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Batting Batting Ratios Win Probability Baserunning
Season Age Team Lg PA rOBA Rbat+ BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 RS% SB% XBT% Pos Awards
1977 23 MIL AL 169 .213 13 .177 .052 1.2 13.0 5.3 -0.7 0.0% -13.74 34.4 25.0 62.5 4/H
1978 24 MIL AL 86 .254 39 .224 .051 0.0 12.8 9.3 -1.0 -0.7% -7.84 34.8 100.0 30.0 4/DH
1979 25 MIL AL 14 .508 214 .538 .143 0.0 7.1 0.0 0.2 0.0% 1.57 14.3 50.0 /4
1980 26 BAL AL 90 .262 46 .205 .120 1.1 11.1 6.7 0.3 0.8% -3.55 52.4 66.7 50.0 4H/6D
1981 27 BAL AL 164 .335 100 .227 .127 3.0 11.0 6.7 -0.1 -0.2% -2.34 34.1 100.0 37.5 64/HD
1982 28 BAL AL 389 .325 93 .275 .111 1.5 10.0 7.7 -0.8 -0.4% -11.97 29.1 63.6 50.0 46H
1983 29 BAL AL 152 .331 99 .272 .119 2.0 11.2 10.5 -0.1 0.8% -5.96 41.7 66.7 46.2 4H/2D
1984 30 BAL AL 168 .226 20 .194 .064 1.8 8.9 3.6 -2.3 -0.5% -17.12 60.6 80.0 54.2 4H/7
1985 31 BAL AL 105 .315 91 .241 .124 2.9 14.3 5.7 -0.5 -0.4% -2.85 46.2 60.0 45.5 4H/D
1986 32 OAK AL 38 .372 142 .414 .059 0.0 15.8 7.9 0.3 0.0% 2.35 26.7 0.0 33.3 4/DH
1987 33 NYY AL 48 .317 92 .256 .178 4.2 8.3 4.2 0.0 -0.1% -3.73 23.1 0.0 50.0 5/4H
11 Yrs 1423 .296 73 .243 .100 1.8 11.1 6.8 -4.7 -0.6% -65.15 36.7 63.8 47.4 46H5/D27
MLB Average .333 100 .285 .131 2.1 13.6 8.5 30.7 66.5 44.8
Advanced Batting Table
Batting Batting Ratios Win Probability
Season Age Team Lg PA BAbip ISO HR% SO% BB% WPA cWPA RE24 Pos Awards
1983 29 BAL WS 1 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4% -0.22 /4H
1 Yr 1 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4% -0.22 /4H
MLB Average .246 .116 2.1 18.0 7.6

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Standard Fielding

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Standard Total Zone Range Factor Baserunners
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% lgFld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 lgRF9 RF/G lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% Pick Awards
1977 23 MIL AL 2B 53 50 35 420.1 265 102 159 4 43 .985 .978 6 17 5.59 5.42 4.92 5.38
1978 24 MIL AL 2B 29 24 18 208.2 119 50 66 3 12 .975 .980 -2 -10 5.00 5.47 4.00 5.42
1979 25 MIL AL 2B 4 4 4 35.0 23 10 13 0 5 1.000 .978 -1 -21 5.91 5.50 5.75 5.43
1980 26 BAL AL 2B 34 20 12 203.0 129 55 72 2 18 .984 .981 2 11 5.63 5.59 3.74 5.58
1980 26 BAL AL SS 4 0 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .960 0 72 1.80 5.04 0.25 4.98
1981 27 BAL AL SS 42 32 23 286.0 164 52 106 6 23 .963 .967 0 0 4.97 4.99 3.76 4.98
1981 27 BAL AL 2B 20 10 7 101.1 73 30 42 1 10 .986 .982 0 0 6.39 5.54 3.60 5.52
1982 28 BAL AL 2B 83 45 40 476.1 257 106 145 6 34 .977 .981 3 7 4.74 5.35 3.02 5.33
1982 28 BAL AL SS 56 50 35 426.1 240 76 154 10 27 .958 .965 1 4 4.86 4.87 4.11 4.84
1983 29 BAL AL 2B 60 36 29 364.2 203 84 117 2 36 .990 .981 2 5 4.96 5.36 3.35 5.32
1983 29 BAL AL C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 0.00 5.70 0 0 0 1 100.0 33.0 0
1984 30 BAL AL 2B 76 38 34 408.2 244 80 161 3 33 .988 .980 11 33 5.31 5.24 3.17 5.21
1984 30 BAL AL LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.30
1984 30 BAL AL OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.50
1985 31 BAL AL 2B 50 22 20 264.0 151 58 87 6 18 .960 .982 -2 -11 4.94 5.29 2.90 5.24
1986 32 OAK AL 2B 16 10 9 96.0 61 21 39 1 4 .984 .981 1 10 5.63 5.10 3.75 5.05
1987 33 NYY AL 3B 12 12 7 86.0 28 3 23 2 1 .929 .952 1 7 2.72 2.77 2.17 2.74
1987 33 NYY AL 2B 6 2 1 23.0 12 5 7 0 3 1.000 .980 0 -5 4.70 5.13 2.00 5.07
11 Yrs 547 355 274 3406.1 1970 732 1192 46 267 .977 .977 21 7 5.08 5.21 3.52 5.18 0 0 0 1 100.0 33.0 0
2B (11 Yrs) 2B 431 261 209 2601.0 1537 601 908 28 216 .982 .980 19 9 5.22 5.37 3.50 5.32
SS (3 Yrs) SS 102 82 58 717.1 405 128 261 16 50 .960 .966 2 3 4.88 4.92 3.81 4.90
3B (1 Yr) 3B 12 12 7 86.0 28 3 23 2 1 .929 .952 1 7 2.72 2.77 2.17 2.74
C (1 Yr) C 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 0.00 5.70 0 0 0 1 100.0 33.0 0
LF (1 Yr) LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.30
OF (1 Yr) OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.50
Standard Fielding Table
Standard Range Factor
Season Age Team Lg Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G Awards
1983 29 BAL WS 2B 1 0 4.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 4.00
1 Yr 1 0 4.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 4.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Lenn Sakata?

Lenn Sakata is 70 years old.

When was Lenn Sakata born?

Lenn Sakata was born on June 8, 1954.

Where was Lenn Sakata born?

Lenn Sakata was born in Honolulu, HI.

How tall is Lenn Sakata?

Lenn Sakata is 5-9 (175 cm) tall.

How much did Lenn Sakata weigh when playing?

Lenn Sakata weighed 160 lbs (72 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Lenn Sakata play?

Lenn Sakata played 11 seasons.

Is Lenn Sakata in the Hall of Fame?

Lenn Sakata has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Lenn Sakata drafted?

Lenn Sakata was 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).

What position did Lenn Sakata play?

Lenn Sakata was a Second Baseman and Shortstop.

How many hits did Lenn Sakata have?

Lenn Sakata had 296 hits over his career.

How many home runs did Lenn Sakata have?

Lenn Sakata had 25 home runs over his career.

What was Lenn Sakata's average?

Lenn Sakata had a .230 average over his career.

How many teams has Lenn Sakata played for?

Lenn Sakata played for 4 teams; the Milwaukee Brewers, Baltimore Orioles, Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees.

How many World Series has Lenn Sakata won?

Lenn Sakata has won 1 World Series.

When did Lenn Sakata retire?

Lenn Sakata last played in 1987.

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