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Mike
Saotome		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 180
 
Born: April 23, 1954 in Maui, HAWAII
 
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
1975 21 PHX JL   3 3 3 3 3 3 8 8 8 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1976 22 OMA JL   4 4 4 5 5 5 11 11 11 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3
1977 23 OMA JL $ 300,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 11 11 11 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3
1978 24 OMA JL   4 4 4 6 6 6 10 10 10 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
1979 25 OMA JL $ 300,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
1980 26 LV FL $ 300,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 9 9 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 3 3 3 3 3 8 8 8 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 11 11 11 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4
                                             
  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
1981 27 LV FL $ 300,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 17 17 17 11 11 11 9 9 9
1982 28 MON FL $ 500,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 17 17 17 11 11 11 10 10 10
1983 29 MON FL $ 500,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 18 18 18 11 11 11 10 10 10
1984 30 WAS JL $ 500,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 20 20 20 12 12 12 10 10 10
1985 31 WAS JL $ 500,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 20 20 20 11 11 11 9 9 9
1986 32 WAS JL $ 500,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 20 20 20 11 11 11 9 9 9
1987 33 WAS JL $ 500,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 19 19 19 11 11 11 8 8 8
1988 34 WAS JL $ 500,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 18 18 18 11 11 11 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 17 17 17 11 11 11 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 20 20 20 12 12 12 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1975 21 AAA   17 71 10 14 4 2 1 5 3 0 3 20 .197 .230 .352 .582 6.0  
    AA   14 55 7 11 4 0 0 3 4 1 6 19 .200 .279 .273 .551 4.6  
    A   105 429 69 141 13 8 9 35 33 13 33 92 .329 .377 .459 .836 71.5  
1976 22 AAA   135 568 93 168 32 11 12 67 40 5 42 129 .296 .344 .454 .798 89.7  
    AA   3 13 0 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 .308 .308 .462 .769 1.8  
1977 23 OMA JL 32 116 16 27 8 2 0 4 14 4 7 33 .233 .282 .336 .618 11.7 1.8
    AAA   54 207 34 69 17 6 4 28 9 3 22 41 .333 .397 .531 .929 40.1  
1978 24 AAA   137 597 97 162 40 4 13 70 40 5 55 137 .271 .333 .417 .750 86.7  
1979 25 OMA JL 87 302 46 73 18 7 4 25 32 6 34 79 .242 .324 .387 .711 42.9 7.9
1980 26 OMA JL 43 107 20 33 11 1 1 9 14 3 6 19 .308 .348 .458 .806 17.5 3.2
  LV FL 57 145 23 31 11 1 0 8 18 3 13 40 .214 .281 .303 .585 14.6 1.0
  TOT   100 252 43 64 22 2 1 17 32 6 19 59 .254 .309 .369 .678 32.1 4.2
    AAA   26 95 12 30 8 2 0 14 5 2 10 17 .316 .381 .442 .823 15.3  
1981 27 LV FL 20 12 6 3 0 0 0 3 5 1 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1.3 0.0
    AAA   55 156 26 39 10 2 1 19 13 1 31 32 .250 .374 .359 .733 25.0  
1982 28 AAA   126 472 78 128 43 6 6 51 23 10 64 102 .271 .358 .426 .784 72.0  
1983 29 AAA   138 587 119 171 39 12 15 83 42 6 79 129 .291 .375 .475 .851 107.2  
1984 30 AAA   133 476 93 147 38 10 16 95 27 1 77 84 .309 .405 .532 .937 101.4  
1985 31 WAS JL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.0 0.0
    AAA   102 192 28 48 17 5 3 30 4 2 25 42 .250 .336 .438 .774 28.0  
1986 32 WAS JL 51 65 14 18 4 5 1 6 8 3 6 23 .277 .338 .538 .876 11.6 1.6
    AAA   50 158 30 42 10 2 9 24 5 3 25 38 .266 .366 .525 .891 30.0  
1987 33 WAS JL 99 175 26 39 12 2 4 22 8 4 12 66 .223 .277 .383 .659 17.4 0.8
1988 34 WAS JL 153 481 44 89 29 10 1 36 18 3 35 139 .185 .242 .293 .535 34.2 0.0
8 Years Sim 547 1403 195 313 93 28 11 113 117 28 114 400 .223 .285 .353 .638 151.3 16.2
11 Years AAA 973 3579 620 1018 258 62 80 486 211 38 433 771 .284 .364 .458 .823 601.6  
2 Years AA 17 68 7 15 6 0 0 5 5 1 6 23 .221 .289 .309 .598 6.4  
1 Years A 105 429 69 141 13 8 9 35 33 13 33 92 .329 .382 .459 .841 71.5  
14 Years Minors 1095 4076 696 1174 277 70 89 526 249 52 472 886 .288 .365 .456 .821 679.5  
162 Game Average 415 57 92 27 8 3 33 34 8 33 118 .223 .285 .353 .638 44.8  
Career Highs 153 481 46 89 29 10 4 36 32 6 35 139 .277 1.000 .538 1.000 42.9  
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   930 127 211 62 19 7 79 76 19 67 279 .227 .282 .357 .639 97.3
vs LH   473 68 102 31 9 4 34 41 9 47 121 .216 .290 .345 .634 51.3
Home 270 721 112 181 61 17 4 58 59 12 57 196 .251 .308 .399 .707 91.2
Away 275 682 83 132 32 11 7 55 58 16 57 204 .194 .261 .304 .564 57.5
RISP   269 0 56 16 4 3 90 0 0 31 82 .208 .292 .331 .623 26.6
Pinch Hitting   44 2 10 2 2 0 6 1 2 2 12 .227 .261 .364 .625 3.5
Close/Late   114 38 20 4 2 1 6 0 0 5 38 .175 .210 .272 .482 5.6
Mar/Apr 92 254 39 63 16 4 2 20 19 5 31 66 .248 .334 .366 .701 33.1
May 127 364 46 76 26 4 3 22 28 9 28 96 .209 .270 .327 .597 32.7
June 90 279 41 63 18 8 1 21 24 3 17 86 .226 .276 .358 .634 29.1
July 63 167 26 38 15 2 4 16 9 0 6 51 .228 .254 .413 .668 18.4
August 88 183 18 40 11 6 0 20 14 5 17 58 .219 .286 .344 .630 18.6
Sep/Oct 84 156 24 33 7 4 1 14 23 5 15 43 .212 .281 .327 .608 17.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 23 OMA JL CF 32 31 257.7 75 4 0 1 1.000 2.76   0.2
1979 25 OMA JL CF 86 86 665.7 228 2 0 2 1.000 3.11   2.8
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1980 26 OMA JL CF 22 21 157.5 39 1 0 0 1.000 2.29   0.6
    RF 9 6 49.4 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.91   0.0
    LF 7 4 38.1 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.36   0.0
  LV FL CF 29 27 220.5 55 2 1 1 .983 2.33   0.5
    RF 11 7 69.2 21 1 0 1 1.000 2.86   0.0
    LF 10 6 53.3 15 0 1 0 .938 2.53   0.0
  TOT   CF 51 48 378.0 94 3 1 1 .990 2.31   1.2
      RF 20 13 118.6 36 2 0 1 1.000 2.88   0.0
      LF 17 10 91.4 25 0 1 0 .962 2.46   0.0
1981 27 LV FL CF 2 2 12.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 3.75   0.1
    LF 3 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1985 31 WAS JL CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1986 32 WAS JL RF 14 11 102.0 25 2 0 0 1.000 2.38   0.4
    CF 7 2 28.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    LF 6 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1987 33 WAS JL RF 24 13 128.0 23 1 3 0 .889 1.69   0.4
    LF 17 13 119.7 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.88    
    CF 18 12 115.0 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.43    
1988 34 WAS JL CF 151 151 1198.0 333 14 0 2 1.000 2.61   3.6
    RF 9 0 14.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 349 332 2657.3 774 24 1 7 .999 2.70   7.8
  RF 69 37 365.6 90 5 3 1 .969 2.34   0.8
  LF 44 24 234.1 52 0 1 0 .981 2.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   463 393 3259.0 916 29 5 8 .995 2.61   8.6
Career Highs   161 151 1214.0 338 14 3 2 1.000 3.11    
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  5. Ben Diskin (949)
  6. Carlos Cron (946)
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  8. Cecil Conway (942)
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History
Drafted in 6th round, 134th overall pick, by Valencia in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/3/1973, off Poncho Nieves (HON)
Earned first career win on 4/8/1973
Injured on 7/11/1974 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Drafted in 1st round, 20th overall pick, by Phoenix in 1975
Injured on 4/21/1975 with a Spasms Back, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Phoenix to Omaha on 7/30/1976 (Going to PHX: P M. Poplowski. Going to OMA: 3B E. Minuso, CF M. Saotome, P D. Smythe)
Had first career hit on 5/1/1977, off Todd Terry (CHA)
Injured on 6/4/1977 with a Broken Ribs, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 8/14/1977 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for full season
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1979, off Glenn Bowerman (MRQ)
Injured on 6/15/1979 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 8/11/1979 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 7 weeks
Traded from Omaha to Las Vegas on 6/1/1980 (Going to LV: CF M. Saotome, P C. Perkins, C C. Court. Going to OMA: P L. Jimenez, CF G. Kuhn)
 
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