C Sotaro Sakata #29
Age: 31 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great    
12/31/2029
C SOTARO SAKATA #29 - AGE: 31 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
52 198 54 10 2 8 27 7 34 .273 .297 .465 0 0.5
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 4 5 4 5
Gap 6 7 6 7
Power 6 6 6 6
Eye 4 5 4 4
Avoid K's 8 8 7 8
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 1 2
Errors: - 3 3
Arm: 5 3 3
Turn DP: - 1 -
Ability: 4 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 4 Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 3
Stealing Ability: 3
Baserunning Inst.: 4
Sacrifice Bunt: 2
Bunt for Hit: 4
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/04/2029 @ PHX Loss, 2-5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/02/2029 @ BKN Win, 3-2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
08/31/2029 CHG Loss, 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/29/2029 CHG Loss, 4-7 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
08/25/2029 AUS Loss, 0-3 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
08/23/2029 AUS Win, 6-2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/20/2029 @ RC Win, 7-0 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
08/19/2029 @ RC Win, 4-2 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
08/18/2029 NV Loss, 1-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
08/16/2029 NV Loss, 2-5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Sakata has good leadership skills.
High: Leader, Loyalty, Greed
Birthday:09/01/1998
Born in:Sasebo, NAG
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 1"
Weight:215 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$8,830,000
Signed Through:2031 Season
Major Service:2 Years, None
Service This Yr:122 Days
40-Man Service:2 Years, None
Pro Service:1 Year
Arbitration Eligibility:Not yet, but possibly eligible after this season
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
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UNITED STATES PREMIER LEAGUE 2029 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 52 198 54 10 2 8 27 26 7 34 .273 .297 .465 .761 .325 .192 112
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 52 209 1 0 0 7 0 3 92 20 0 0 0.0 25.2 4.41 .5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   53 17 2 2 4 10 9 1 6 0 0 0 .321 .333 .660 .994
Versus Right   145 37 8 0 4 17 17 6 28 3 0 1 .255 .284 .393 .677
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   7 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .714 1.000
June   59 19 2 1 3 13 11 2 9 3 0 1 .322 .338 .542 .881
July   82 23 6 0 2 8 9 3 11 0 0 0 .280 .306 .427 .733
August   45 9 2 0 2 4 5 1 13 0 0 0 .200 .217 .378 .595
September   5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .200 .333 .600 .933
Spring Training   14 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 .214 .389 .214 .603
Postseason   33 7 2 0 2 2 5 3 4 0 0 0 .212 .278 .455 .732
Last Year   385 97 18 3 7 42 42 27 70 5 0 2 .252 .301 .369 .670
Career   583 151 28 5 15 69 68 34 104 8 0 3 .259 .299 .401 .701
Home   101 32 6 1 6 19 15 5 12 2 0 0 .317 .343 .574 .917
Road   97 22 4 1 2 8 11 2 22 1 0 1 .227 .248 .351 .598
Grass   198 54 10 2 8 27 26 7 34 3 0 1 .273 .297 .465 .761
Day   70 14 3 0 2 8 4 0 14 0 0 1 .200 .211 .329 .540
Night   128 40 7 2 6 19 22 7 20 3 0 0 .312 .341 .539 .880
As Starter   198 54 10 2 8 27 26 7 34 3 0 1 .273 .297 .465 .761
Close/Late   43 11 0 0 2 7 5 1 11 0 0 0 .256 .273 .395 .668
Inning 1-3   58 15 5 0 1 10 6 2 7 2 0 1 .259 .286 .397 .682
Inning 4-6   74 22 4 1 4 9 13 3 10 1 0 0 .297 .321 .541 .861
Inning 7-9   63 17 1 1 3 8 7 2 16 0 0 0 .270 .292 .460 .753
Extra Innings   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   67 15 3 0 2 3 10 4 12 0 0 0 .224 .268 .358 .626
1 Outs   66 16 5 0 4 13 9 1 13 3 0 0 .242 .243 .500 .743
2 Outs   65 23 2 2 2 11 7 2 9 0 0 1 .354 .382 .538 .921
Scoring Position   55 13 1 0 1 17 4 2 9 3 0 0 .236 .250 .309 .559
Bases Empty   101 32 7 2 5 5 18 4 16 0 0 0 .317 .343 .574 .917
Runner on 1st   42 9 2 0 2 5 4 1 9 0 0 1 .214 .250 .405 .655
Runner on 2nd   16 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .188 .235 .188 .423
Runner on 3rd   3 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .667 .500 .667 1.167
Runner on 1st & 2nd   19 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 .158 .200 .158 .358
Runner on 1st & 3rd   8 5 1 0 1 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 .625 .556 1.125 1.681
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   86 16 4 1 2 8 9 2 34 2 0 1 .186 .209 .326 .534
First Pitch   42 8 3 1 0 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 .190 .186 .310 .496
Count 0-1   17 6 0 0 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .353 .353 .706 1.059
Count 0-2   16 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625
Count 1-0   15 7 1 0 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 .467 .467 .933 1.400
Count 1-1   19 8 1 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .421 .421 .789 1.211
Count 1-2   28 5 2 1 1 2 2 0 12 0 0 0 .179 .179 .429 .607
Count 2-0   4 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750
Count 2-1   9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Count 2-2   24 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 11 1 0 1 .125 .154 .125 .279
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   6 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .714 .667 1.381
Full Count   18 4 0 0 1 3 3 2 6 1 0 0 .222 .286 .389 .675
Behind in Count   61 15 4 1 3 8 6 0 17 0 0 0 .246 .246 .492 .738
Ahead in Count   34 16 2 0 2 6 8 5 0 0 0 0 .471 .538 .706 1.244
Batting 4th   9 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Batting 5th   98 31 3 1 4 16 15 3 13 2 0 0 .316 .330 .490 .820
Batting 6th   15 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .067 .125 .133 .258
Batting 7th   28 8 2 1 1 2 4 1 8 0 0 0 .286 .310 .536 .846
Batting 8th   29 10 4 0 3 6 6 1 7 0 0 0 .345 .367 .793 1.160
Batting 9th   19 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 .105 .182 .105 .287
Low Leverage   78 23 4 2 4 5 10 5 11 0 0 0 .295 .337 .551 .889
Medium Leverage   78 18 5 0 1 7 10 1 14 0 0 1 .231 .250 .333 .583
High Leverage   41 13 1 0 3 15 6 1 9 3 0 0 .317 .311 .561 .872
USPL TRIPLE A 2029 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 21 77 29 6 1 8 27 18 14 7 .377 .457 .792 1.250 .518 .416 212
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 21 94 0 1 0 1 0 3 61 15 0 0 0.0 29.5 15.30 1.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   22 6 0 1 3 10 8 4 1 0 0 0 .273 .385 .773 1.157
Versus Right   55 23 6 0 5 17 10 10 6 3 0 0 .418 .485 .800 1.285
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   77 29 6 1 8 27 18 14 7 3 0 0 .377 .457 .792 1.250
Career   77 29 6 1 8 27 18 14 7 3 0 0 .377 .457 .792 1.250
Home   38 14 4 0 6 20 12 11 4 3 0 0 .368 .481 .947 1.428
Road   39 15 2 1 2 7 6 3 3 0 0 0 .385 .429 .641 1.070
Grass   77 29 6 1 8 27 18 14 7 3 0 0 .377 .457 .792 1.250
Day   23 11 1 0 5 14 9 8 2 1 0 0 .478 .594 1.174 1.768
Night   54 18 5 1 3 13 9 6 5 2 0 0 .333 .387 .630 1.017
As Starter   77 29 6 1 8 27 18 14 7 3 0 0 .377 .457 .792 1.250
Close/Late   15 7 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 .467 .471 .733 1.204
Inning 1-3   28 10 2 1 3 16 7 3 3 2 0 0 .357 .394 .821 1.215
Inning 4-6   25 7 2 0 3 6 6 7 3 0 0 0 .280 .438 .720 1.157
Inning 7-9   24 12 2 0 2 5 5 4 1 1 0 0 .500 .552 .833 1.385
0 Outs   23 8 3 0 2 2 7 8 2 0 0 0 .348 .516 .739 1.255
1 Outs   22 6 1 0 2 10 4 3 2 3 0 0 .273 .321 .591 .912
2 Outs   32 15 2 1 4 15 7 3 3 0 0 0 .469 .514 .969 1.483
Scoring Position   21 8 0 0 4 21 8 5 2 3 0 0 .381 .448 .952 1.401
Bases Empty   37 12 4 0 3 3 6 5 3 0 0 0 .324 .405 .676 1.080
Runner on 1st   19 9 2 1 1 3 4 4 2 0 0 0 .474 .565 .842 1.407
Runner on 2nd   7 3 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .857 1.286
Runner on 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   8 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 .125 .364 .125 .489
Runner on 1st & 3rd   1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 .500 4.000 4.500
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Bases Loaded   2 2 0 0 2 10 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .750 4.000 4.750
Two Strikes   31 10 2 1 2 6 7 5 7 1 0 0 .323 .405 .645 1.051
First Pitch   13 6 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .462 .462 1.077 1.538
Count 0-1   7 2 0 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 1.143 1.429
Count 0-2   6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Count 1-0   13 5 1 0 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 .385 .357 .692 1.049
Count 1-1   6 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .833 1.167
Count 1-2   8 3 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 .375 .375 .875 1.250
Count 2-0   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 2-1   3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .667 .500 .667 1.167
Count 2-2   12 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 .250 .231 .333 .564
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   2 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 .500 .833 1.000 1.833
Full Count   5 3 0 1 1 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 .600 .800 1.600 2.400
Behind in Count   21 6 1 0 3 8 5 0 2 0 0 0 .286 .286 .762 1.048
Ahead in Count   20 9 2 0 1 10 6 9 0 2 0 0 .450 .581 .700 1.281
Batting 4th   36 15 4 0 3 10 6 4 4 2 0 0 .417 .452 .778 1.230
Batting 5th   24 10 2 0 3 8 6 5 2 1 0 0 .417 .500 .875 1.375
Batting 6th   17 4 0 1 2 9 6 5 1 0 0 0 .235 .409 .706 1.115
Low Leverage   38 12 2 1 2 3 8 7 5 0 0 0 .316 .422 .579 1.001
Medium Leverage   29 13 4 0 3 12 5 5 0 1 0 0 .448 .514 .897 1.411
High Leverage   10 4 0 0 3 12 5 2 2 2 0 0 .400 .429 1.300 1.729
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2028 Boston - PL 29 104 385 97 18 3 7 42 42 27 2 5 70 0 1 .252 .301 .369 .670 99 98 1.1
2029 Boston - PL 30 52 198 54 10 2 8 27 26 7 1 3 34 0 0 .273 .297 .465 .761 112 112 0.5
Total PL 156 583 151 28 5 15 69 68 34 3 8 104 0 1 .259 .299 .401 .701 103 103 1.6
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2029 Bakersfield - AAA 30 21 77 29 6 1 8 27 18 14 0 3 7 0 0 .377 .457 .792 1.250 228 212 0.0
Total PAAA 21 77 29 6 1 8 27 18 14 0 3 7 0 0 .377 .457 .792 1.250 228 212
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2028 Boston - PL 29 14 56 14 1 0 0 6 4 1 0 2 8 0 0 .250 .254 .268 .522 0 0 0.0
2029 Boston - PL 30 8 33 7 2 0 2 2 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 .212 .278 .455 .732 0 0 0.0
Total PL 22 89 21 3 0 2 8 9 4 0 2 12 0 0 .236 .263 .337 .600 74 70
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2028 Boston - ML C 57 56 435 38 1 481 8 .983 504.2 8.44 -2.5 .611 4 72 25 34.7
2029 Boston - ML C 3 3 25 0 0 26 1 .962 26.0 8.65 -0.3 .000 1 3 0 0.0
2029 Boston - ML LF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 +0.0 1.028
TOTAL C 60 59 460 38 1 507 9 .982 530.2 8.45 -2.8 .611 5 75 25 33.3
TOTAL LF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 +0.0 1.028
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/2028 Entered the United States Silver League as a free agent from Japan.
02/07/2028 Signed a 4-year contract worth a total of $30,920,000 with the Boston Patriots organization.
07/01/2028 Wins the PL PL Rookie of the Month Award.
01/01/2029 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 4 (4).
05/21/2029 Wins the PAAA PAAA Player of the Week Award.
09/04/2029 Injured (Strained hamstring), out for 6 weeks.
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