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Rick
Sakamoto		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: October 17, 1981
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2003 21 PHI NL     0 0 0 0 7 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 6 3 1 2 4 4 4
2004 22 PHI NL     0 1 0 0 7 6 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 2 2 4 4 4
2005 23 PHI NL     0 2 0 0 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 6 4 2 3 4 5 5
2006 24 PHI NL     0 4 1 2 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 5 5
2007 25 PHI NL $ 300,000   1 5 3 3 7 6 7 8 8 8 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
2008 26 PHI NL $ 100,000   2 6 3 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 5 4 4 6 6 6
2009 27 PHI NL $ 100,000   2 6 3 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 5 4 4 6 7 7
2010 28 PHI NL     2 6 3 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 5 4 4 6 7 6
2011 29 PHI NL     2 6 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 5 4 4 6 7 6
2012 30 STL NL     3 7 4 5 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
2013 31 STL NL     3 7 4 5 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
2014 32 STL NL $ 100,000   6 8 5 6 8 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 5 4 4 8 9 9
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 7 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 6 3 1 2 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 8 5 6 8 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 8 5 4 4 8 9 9
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 33 STL NL $ 2,178,572 8 9 9 9 4 3 3 9 8 8
2016 34 STL NL $ 2,178,572 7 9 9 9 4 3 3 8 7 8
2017 35 SDG NL $ 1,000,000 7 8 8 8 4 3 3 8 7 7
2018 36 STL NL $ 100,000 7 8 8 8 4 3 3 8 7 7
2019 37 BOS AL   7 8 7 7 4 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 8 7 7 4 2 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,178,572 8 9 9 9 4 3 3 9 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2003 21 PHI NL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2004 22 PHI NL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2005 23 PHI NL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2006 24 PHI NL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2007 25 PHI NL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 26 PHI NL $ 100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2009 27 PHI NL $ 100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2010 28 PHI NL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2011 29 PHI NL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2012 30 STL NL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2013 31 STL NL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2014 32 STL NL $ 100,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 33 STL NL $ 2,178,572   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2016 34 STL NL $ 2,178,572   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 35 SDG NL $ 1,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2018 36 STL NL $ 100,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2019 37 BOS AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,178,572   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2003 21 AAA   1 2 .333 5 5 0 0 0 28.3 46 25 2 20 18 7.94 .380 .468 .438 .906  
    A   5 9 .357 17 16 3 0 0 122.7 132 49 7 52 60 3.60 .277 .348 .352 .700  
2004 22 A   11 13 .458 30 29 3 2 0 205.0 245 116 15 96 122 5.09 .296 .369 .388 .757  
2005 23 A   12 9 .571 28 28 2 0 0 200.0 179 67 10 71 138 3.02 .237 .303 .320 .623  
2006 24 AA   4 4 .500 14 12 0 0 1 76.7 81 29 5 30 68 3.40 .266 .332 .359 .691  
    A   3 0 1.000 7 7 0 0 0 51.3 37 8 1 15 39 1.40 .201 .261 .228 .490  
2007 25 PHI NL 3 8 .273 17 17 0 0 0 78.7 119 71 13 49 70 8.12 .355 .438 .513 .951 0.0
    AA   2 4 .333 11 11 1 1 0 62.0 61 24 4 27 54 3.48 .257 .333 .338 .671  
2008 26 PHI NL 3 4 .429 25 10 0 0 2 78.7 90 38 9 36 58 4.35 .293 .370 .420 .790 4.3
    AAA   2 2 .500 8 8 0 0 0 46.3 55 18 2 21 51 3.50 .294 .365 .369 .734  
2009 27 PHI NL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 14 7 2 10 4 5.25 .326 .444 .465 .910 0.3
    AAA   8 7 .533 23 23 0 0 0 138.3 161 51 13 65 146 3.32 .293 .368 .397 .765  
2010 28 AAA   7 12 .368 24 24 0 0 0 143.0 157 67 9 75 148 4.22 .286 .372 .372 .743  
2011 29 PHI NL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.7 8 2 0 4 7 2.70 .296 .387 .370 .757 0.5
    AAA   11 3 .786 18 17 0 0 0 121.7 106 27 2 54 126 2.00 .239 .321 .270 .592  
2012 30 AAA   4 3 .571 31 3 0 0 0 70.7 71 31 4 31 72 3.95 .262 .338 .347 .685  
2013 31 AAA   9 4 .692 44 11 0 0 2 106.7 106 42 8 50 105 3.54 .260 .341 .346 .686  
    AA   0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 8 4 0 6 23 3.00 .178 .275 .289 .563  
2014 32 STL NL 9 6 .600 35 27 4 4 0 185.7 161 79 22 102 155 3.83 .238 .342 .359 .701 11.4
2015 33 STL NL 3 4 .429 68 3 0 0 3 87.7 87 42 9 58 81 4.31 .262 .374 .395 .768 4.8
2016 34 STL NL 5 4 .556 78 0 0 0 5 79.3 62 38 6 68 68 4.31 .216 .367 .338 .705 5.9
2017 35 SDG NL 5 1 .833 62 1 0 0 2 71.0 74 42 6 51 53 5.32 .277 .394 .408 .803 1.7
2018 36 STL NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 2 1 3.00 .300 .417 .600 1.017 0.2
2019 37 AAA   4 5 .444 17 17 0 0 0 82.0 85 51 14 68 80 5.60 .271 .401 .471 .872  
9 Years Sim 28 27 .509 290 61 4 4 12 602.6 618 320 68 380 497 4.78 .270 .377 .401 .778 29.0
8 Years AAA 46 38 .548 170 108 0 0 2 737.0 787 312 54 384 746 3.81 .277 .363 .368 .731  
3 Years AA 6 8 .429 27 25 1 1 1 150.7 150 57 9 63 145 3.41 .256 .328 .345 .673  
4 Years A 31 31 .500 82 80 8 2 0 579.0 593 240 33 234 359 3.73 .264 .334 .344 .678  
15 Years Minors 83 77 .519 279 213 9 3 3 1466.6 1530 609 96 681 1250 3.74 .270 .348 .356 .704  
Season Average 3 3 .500 32 6 0 0 1 67.0 68 35 7 42 55 4.78 .270 .377 .401 .778  
Career Highs 9 8 .833 78 27 4 4 5 185.7 161 79 22 102 155 8.12 .355 .444 .600 1.017  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   490 238 48 292 375   .289 .393 .419 .812
vs LH   128 82 20 88 122   .218 .320 .349 .669
Home 18 12 .600 167 35 4 4 8 366.0 368 189 46 219 304 4.65 .267 .367 .413 .781
Away 10 15 .400 123 26 0 0 4 236.6 250 131 22 161 193 4.98 .276 .385 .383 .768
Mar/Apr 3 4 .429 32 6 0 0 1 60.7 58 32 8 42 60 4.75 .264 .382 .405 .786
May 3 2 .600 51 6 2 2 2 79.6 74 36 6 48 61 4.07 .252 .357 .374 .731
June 6 2 .750 53 6 1 1 3 95.7 95 39 11 47 63 3.67 .260 .344 .388 .732
July 4 4 .500 43 10 0 0 1 92.3 96 47 9 58 73 4.58 .267 .369 .393 .762
August 7 9 .438 57 16 0 0 3 131.3 139 75 14 94 129 5.14 .276 .390 .397 .786
Sep/Oct 5 6 .455 54 17 1 1 2 143.0 156 91 20 91 111 5.73 .288 .390 .434 .824
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 22 A   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2007 25 PHI NL 15 21 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .048 .167 .048 .214 -0.6 0.0
    AA   2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
2008 26 PHI NL 24 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .000 .100 .000 .100 -1.3 0.0
2009 27 PHI NL 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
    AAA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2011 29 PHI NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.5  
2013 31 AAA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3  
2014 32 STL NL 33 59 5 4 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 35 .068 .111 .119 .230 -1.0 0.0
2015 33 STL NL 67 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
2016 34 STL NL 73 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2017 35 SDG NL 59 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4 0.0
8 Years Sim 275 121 7 5 3 0 0 6 0 0 9 71 .041 .107 .066 .173 -4.8 0.0
3 Years AAA 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .000 .667 .000 .667 0.8  
1 Years AA 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
1 Years A 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
5 Years Minors 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.5  
162 Game Average 71 4 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 41 .041 .107 .066 .173 -2.9  
Career Highs 73 59 5 4 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 35 .068 .167 .119 .230 -0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   88 4 3 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 49 .034 .085 .057 .142 -4.5
vs LH   33 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 22 .061 .162 .091 .253 -0.4
Home 130 73 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 43 .027 .100 .055 .155 -3.3
Away 86 48 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 28 .063 .118 .083 .201 -1.6
RISP   32 0 2 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 19 .063 .139 .094 .233 -0.6
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
May 24 14 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .071 .067 .143 .210 -0.5
June 38 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.9
July 9 22 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .091 .091 .136 .227 -0.7
August 25 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 .000 .154 .000 .154 -0.8
Sep/Oct 53 35 3 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 20 .057 .132 .086 .217 -0.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2007 25 PHI NL P 17 17 78.7 7 12 0 2 1.000 2.17    
2008 26 PHI NL P 25 10 78.7 6 14 1 1 .952 2.29    
2009 27 PHI NL P 2 2 12.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
2011 29 PHI NL P 1 1 6.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.41    
2014 32 STL NL P 35 27 185.7 5 23 1 2 .966 1.36    
2015 33 STL NL P 68 3 87.7 6 21 1 1 .964 2.77    
2016 34 STL NL P 78 0 79.3 10 16 0 2 1.000 2.95    
2017 35 SDG NL P 62 1 71.0 2 15 1 0 .944 2.15    
2018 36 STL NL P 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00    
Career Totals   290 61 602.6 39 107 4 9 .973 2.18    
Career Highs   78 27 185.7 10 23 1 2 1.000 6.00    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series Most Valuable Player.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2014 32 STL NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 0 0 4 4.50 .333 .333 .444 .778
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 1 0 0 4 4.50 .333 .333 .444 .778
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Complete Games
2014-4-4
 Shutouts
2014-1-4
 Walks Allowed
2014-4-102
 Hits per 9IP
2014-9-7.8
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 34)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 134)
 
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  1. James Decker (960)
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  3. Wilson Alvarez (954)
  4. Richard Crafts (951)
  5. Juan Pena (946)
  6. Eddie Guardado (946)
  7. Jason Dupuis (946)
  8. Shawn Estes (943)
  9. Doug Creek (943)
  10. Chuck Smith (942)
History
Injured on 5/7/2006 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 4/9/2007 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/9/2007 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Earned first career win on 7/19/2007
Had first career hit on 9/14/2007, off Kevin Millwood (CIN)
Injured on 5/23/2009 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/7/2010 with a Blister On Finger, out for one week
Injured on 6/7/2011 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Released by Philadelphia on 10/6/2011
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 6/4/2012 to a minor league deal
 
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