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Takashi Saito

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: February 14, 1970 in Sendai, Japan jp

High School: Tohoku HS (Japan)

School: Tohoku Fukushi University (Japan)

Debut: April 9, 2006 (Age 36-054d, 18,829th in major league history)
vs. PHI 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 30, 2012 (Age 42-229d)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2006 season

Agents: CAA Sports • Previously: Joe Urbon, Katsuhito Osaka, Shigeyuki Mito

Full Name: Takashi Saito

Nicknames: Sammy

Pronunciation: \ta-KAH-shee Sye-toe\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

ERA

2.34

338

338.0

400

WHIP

1.059

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Team Record in Appearances: 26-30

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 7, Entered with runners on base: 11

2009 Pitching Game Log

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2009 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	181	2	Apr 8	BOS		TBR	L,2-7	8-8		99	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	9.00	16.10	4	16	9	4	0	0	4	0	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.016	.10	-0.01%	-0.43	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
2	182	7	Apr 13	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-8	7-GF(8)		4	1.1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	7.71	7.38	7	33	22	6	7	0	3	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.06	-0.018	.06	-0.01%	-1.23	7b 1-- 2 out d4	8b end d 6
3	183	11	Apr 18	BOS		BAL	W,6-4	8-8	H(1)	4	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.40	4.90	4	17	11	4	5	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	0.083	2.14	0.05%	0.57	8t --- 0 out a2	8t 3 out a2
4	184	12	Apr 19	BOS		BAL	W,2-1	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.23	4.02	5	23	15	5	3	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	0.084	3.58	0.05%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
5	185	16	Apr 24	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	8-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.06	4.03	4	19	9	3	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.035	.86	0.03%	0.57	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
6	186	18	Apr 26	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.26	3.89	4	21	11	5	0	0	4	1	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.039	.67	0.03%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
7	187	20	Apr 28	BOS	@	CLE	L,8-9	7-7	BS(1)	1	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.14	5.67	5	14	9	1	2	1	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	-0.223	2.05	-0.17%	-0.99	7b --- 0 out a1	7b 1-3 2 out tie
8	188	22	Apr 30	BOS	@	TBR	L,0-13	7-7		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	5.10	4	16	11	4	1	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.53	7b --- 0 out d8	7b 3 out d8
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	189	24	May 2	BOS	@	TBR	W,10-6	9-GF		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.00	4.43	5	27	19	3	5	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.009	.32	0.01%	-0.47	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 4
10	190	27	May 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	4.10	3	12	9	4	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.022	.40	0.02%	0.57	9b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 4
11	191	29	May 7	BOS		CLE	W,13-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4.09	4.28	4	11	7	0	1	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a10	9t end a10
12	192	31	May 9	BOS		TBR	L,5-14	6-6		1	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.50	4.43	5	27	16	2	2	1	3	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	.07	-0.005	.10	-0.01%	-0.93	6t -23 0 out d7	6t 3 out d10
13	193	34	May 13	BOS	@	LAA	L,4-8	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.15	4.33	4	15	11	2	2	0	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
14	194	36	May 15	BOS	@	SEA	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.86	4.31	5	20	12	5	1	0	3	1	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.75	0.032	1.00	0.03%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
15	195	40	May 20	BOS		TOR	W,8-3	9-GF		4	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.60	4.23	5	21	14	3	2	1	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.18	0.01%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a5	9t end a 5
16	196	44	May 24	BOS		NYM	W,12-5	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.38	4.03	3	15	10	6	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
17	197	46	May 26	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3.18	3.80	4	20	13	5	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.007	.18	0.01%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
18	198	49	May 29	BOS	@	TOR	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	3.65	4	22	11	4	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.008	.20	0.01%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	199	53	Jun 3	BOS	@	DET	W,10-5	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2.84	3.99	6	32	18	8	1	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.009	.82	0.01%	0.55	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
20	200	55	Jun 5	BOS		TEX	L,1-5	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.70	3.85	4	14	11	2	2	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.10	0.01%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
21	201	60	Jun 11	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	7-8	W(1-0)	5	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.53	3.61	5	23	17	6	2	0	3	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.063	1.10	0.06%	0.92	7t -2- 2 out d2	8t 3 out d2
22	202	61	Jun 12	BOS	@	PHI	W,5-2	12-12	W(2-0)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	3.60	1	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.92	0.135	4.28	0.12%	0.53	12b 1-- 1 out tie	12b 3 out tie
23	203	63	Jun 14	BOS	@	PHI	L,6-11	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2.42	3.77	3	11	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.018	.27	-0.02%	-1.23	7b 123 2 out d4	7b 3 out d6
24	204	64	Jun 16	BOS		FLA	W,8-2	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	3.74	3	20	13	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.008	.13	0.01%	0.57	8t --- 0 out a6	8t 3 out a6
25	205	67	Jun 19	BOS		ATL	L,2-8	9-GF		2	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.59	3.84	5	22	15	2	1	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.03	-0.004	.04	0.00%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
26	206	70	Jun 23	BOS	@	WSN	W,11-3	8-8		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.49	3.77	4	15	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.003	.13	0.00%	0.49	8b --- 0 out a7	8b 3 out a7
27	207	72	Jun 25	BOS	@	WSN	L,3-9	7-7		1	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	3.08	4.16	5	24	16	6	0	1	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.005	.02	0.00%	-1.51	7b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d8
28	208	75	Jun 28	BOS	@	ATL	L,1-2	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.96	4.16	4	18	10	2	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.023	.47	0.02%	0.49	7b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d2
29	209	77	Jun 30	BOS	@	BAL	L,10-11	8-8	HL(2-1)	1	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.25	4.15	2	12	7	3	0	1	1	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.26	-0.053	5.23	-0.04%	-0.56	8b 123 0 out a3	8b 12- 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	210	80	Jul 4	BOS		SEA	L,2-3	9-GF	L(2-2)	3	1.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.45	4.35	7	38	19	3	3	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.32	-0.277	4.76	-0.24%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
31	211	82	Jul 6	BOS		OAK	L,0-6	9-GF		1	1.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.64	4.75	6	22	15	5	1	4	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.004	.04	0.00%	-0.43	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
32	212	87	Jul 11	BOS		KCR	W,15-9	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.52	4.63	3	10	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a6	9t end a 6
33	213	92	Jul 20	BOS	@	TEX	L,3-6	7-7		8	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.41	4.61	4	16	8	3	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.008	.19	0.01%	0.57	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
34	214	97	Jul 26	BOS		BAL	L,2-6	8-9		5	1.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.27	4.67	7	27	14	5	1	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.003	.17	0.00%	0.16	8t --- 0 out d5	9t 12- 1 out d4
35	215	99	Jul 28	BOS		OAK	L,8-9	11-GF(11)		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.24	4.66	1	7	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.096	1.17	-0.09%	-0.74	11t 1-- 2 out d1	11t end d 2
36	216	100	Jul 29	BOS		OAK	L,6-8	8-8		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.15	4.55	4	17	10	3	0	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.010	.24	0.01%	0.57	8t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
37	217	104	Aug 2	BOS	@	BAL	W,18-10	8-GF		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	4.47	7	16	12	1	1	5	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.005	.06	0.01%	1.10	8b --- 0 out a7	9b end a 8
38	218	105	Aug 4	BOS	@	TBR	L,2-4	12-GF(13)	L(2-3)	1	1.2	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	3.32	4.81	8	31	16	8	2	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	-0.213	6.22	-0.27%	-1.05	12b --- 0 out tie	13b end d 2
39	219	107	Aug 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-13	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.23	4.84	3	11	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d9	8b end d 9
40	220	108	Aug 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-2	13-13		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.15	4.87	4	22	11	3	2	1	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.03	0.151	4.49	0.20%	0.57	13b --- 0 out tie	13b 3 out tie
41	221	112	Aug 11	BOS		DET	W,7-5	7-7	H(3)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.07	4.78	3	11	8	2	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.053	1.31	0.06%	0.57	7t --- 0 out a3	7t 3 out a3
42	222	115	Aug 14	BOS	@	TEX	W,8-4	8-8	W(3-3)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.00	4.69	4	15	10	3	2	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.017	.90	0.03%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 3 out d2
43	223	119	Aug 19	BOS	@	TOR	W,6-1	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.93	4.52	3	15	12	6	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.009	.23	0.01%	0.54	9b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 5
44	224	121	Aug 21	BOS		NYY	L,11-20	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.86	4.44	3	11	7	4	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.57	8t --- 0 out d9	8t 3 out d9
45	225	123	Aug 23	BOS		NYY	L,4-8	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.80	4.32	4	14	11	4	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.14	0.01%	0.57	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
46	226	128	Aug 28	BOS		TOR	W,6-5	6-6		4	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.74	4.21	5	23	11	6	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.079	2.89	0.10%	0.57	6t --- 0 out tie	6t 3 out tie
47	227	130	Aug 30	BOS		TOR	W,7-0	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.68	4.16	5	24	14	6	2	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a7	9t end a 7
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
48	228	132	Sep 2	BOS	@	TBR	L,5-8	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	4.15	1	7	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.010	.25	0.01%	0.71	8b -2- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
49	229	134	Sep 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-12	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.59	4.08	5	19	13	5	2	0	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d11	8b end d11
50	230	144	Sep 16	BOS		LAA	W,9-8	6-7		11	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.54	4.18	5	25	14	3	1	1	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.060	.68	0.02%	1.24	6t 1-3 1 out d3	7t 1-- 1 out a2
51	231	147	Sep 19	BOS	@	BAL	W,11-5	8-8		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.49	4.12	3	12	8	5	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.55	8b --- 0 out a8	8b 3 out a8
52	232	148	Sep 20	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-3	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.44	4.08	5	19	11	4	2	0	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.004	.01	0.00%	0.55	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
53	233	152	Sep 24	BOS	@	KCR	W,10-3	8-GF		3	1.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.36	4.03	7	28	17	5	4	2	2	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.014	.08	0.00%	0.07	8b 1-- 1 out a4	9b end a 7
54	234	155	Sep 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	6-6	BS(2)	2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.35	4.08	3	18	11	3	1	0	2	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	-0.283	.02	0.00%	-1.53	6b 12- 2 out a1	6b 3 out d1
55	235	157	Sep 29	BOS		TOR	L,7-8	7-7		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.47	4.27	5	18	11	7	0	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.43	7t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d6
56	236	160	Oct 2	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.43	4.25	4	17	12	6	1	0	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.57	9t --- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
							26-30		W-L:3-3,Sv:2,BSv:2,Hld:3	2.1	55.2	50	16	15	25	52	6	5	2.43	4.25	240	1039	61%	20%	9%	0.53		15%	12%	0		18	61%	7	2	0	205	5	1	2	3	4	0	.67	-0.198	.89	0.08%	10.23

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