#25 Yeijiro Kato, Reliever, 37 yrs, No Team Thursday, 10/30/1993 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Yeijiro Kato
1/8/1956 37 Japan 5"11 180
Reliever R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Minimal None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Very inconsistent Normal Prone 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years of Pro Service :
| Minor League Contract - - 15 Year(s), 30 Days (2610 total Days) 0 Day(s) 18 Year(s)
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| Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89-92 Mph |
| Versus LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Versus RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Talent | 10 | 6 | 3 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 6 35 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Slider
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus LHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Versus RHP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Talent | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 3 2 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .932 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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| Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
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| Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
| Overall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
| Projected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
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| Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 0.00 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| vs. RHB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
| March/April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sept./Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
| 1978 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3.41 | 118.2 | 88 | 50 | 45 | 22 | 43 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 1.10 | .000 | HIR |
| 1979 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3.41 | 229.1 | 167 | 95 | 87 | 24 | 82 | 225 | 1 | 0 | 1.09 | .000 | HIR |
| 1980 | 34 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3.35 | 244.2 | 203 | 103 | 91 | 23 | 65 | 234 | 2 | 1 | 1.10 | .273 | HIR MIN |
| 1981 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3.71 | 187.0 | 163 | 78 | 77 | 25 | 46 | 166 | 3 | 0 | 1.12 | .267 | MIN |
| 1982 | 32 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2.67 | 239.1 | 171 | 74 | 71 | 38 | 38 | 232 | 8 | 1 | 0.87 | .224 | MIN,AL |
| 1983 | 36 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 3.27 | 242.1 | 195 | 92 | 88 | 30 | 50 | 280 | 1 | 0 | 1.01 | .272 | MIN |
| 1984 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1.94 | 209.0 | 133 | 51 | 45 | 13 | 35 | 200 | 1 | 1 | 0.80 | .231 | MIN LAD,NL |
| 1985 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2.76 | 215.0 | 148 | 73 | 66 | 30 | 47 | 241 | 2 | 0 | 0.91 | .241 | LAD |
| 1986 | 33 | 33 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3.46 | 229.0 | 178 | 91 | 88 | 37 | 36 | 256 | 3 | 2 | 0.93 | .252 | LAD CLE,AL |
| 1987 | 32 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3.47 | 215.0 | 197 | 91 | 83 | 33 | 31 | 230 | 1 | 0 | 1.06 | .288 | CLE |
| 1988 | 41 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4.38 | 150.0 | 139 | 74 | 73 | 29 | 42 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 1.21 | .262 | CLE |
| 1989 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 4.01 | 188.1 | 160 | 91 | 84 | 32 | 56 | 183 | 1 | 1 | 1.15 | .259 | CLE |
| 1990 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.09 | 34.0 | 39 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1.65 | .341 | CLE |
| 1991 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3.98 | 63.1 | 39 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 26 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1.03 | .181 | CLE |
| 1992 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5.16 | 52.1 | 54 | 37 | 30 | 18 | 36 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1.72 | .257 | CLE |
| Total | 477 | 361 | 172 | 112 | 7 | 3.37 | 2617.1 | 2074 | 1056 | 979 | 375 | 650 | 2618 | 24 | 7 | 1.04 | .313 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
| 1990, AAA | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.56 | 34.2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.87 | .183 |
| 1993, AAA | 58 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8.53 | 50.2 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 16 | 46 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1.84 | .298 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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| Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
| 1979 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 20.0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.40 | 30.0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 7.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 64.0 | 40 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 75 | 0 | 0 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1978 | 17 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | HIR |
| 1979 | 33 | 78 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .229 | .192 | .421 | HIR |
| 1980 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | HIR MIN |
| 1981 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIN |
| 1982 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIN,AL |
| 1983 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | MIN |
| 1984 | 33 | 66 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .179 | .182 | .361 | MIN LAD,NL |
| 1985 | 33 | 72 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | .181 | .203 | .194 | .397 | LAD |
| 1986 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | LAD CLE,AL |
| 1987 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
| 1988 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
| 1989 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
| 1991 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
| 1992 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | CLE |
| Total | 477 | 258 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 75 | 0 | 0 | .163 | .194 | .174 | .368 | |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
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Pitched NO-HITTER against New York (A) on 8/14/1980, striking out 6... Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1982, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1982, going 4-0, 0.43... Injured on 8/10/1982 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week... Won WORLD SERIES with Minnesota in 1982... Traded from Minnesota to Los Angeles on 3/2/1984 (Going to MIN: SS Ganimedes Arroyo, P Leonard Pine, P Mitch Rapp, P Harvey Mulliniks. Going to LAD: P Yeijiro Kato)... Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1984, going 3-0, 0.47... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1984, going 2-1, 0.52... Traded from Los Angeles to Cleveland on 3/1/1986 (Going to LAD: RF Craig Shilo, P Kirk Killingsworth, P Aaron Cockrane, SS Leo Miller. Going to CLE: P Yeijiro Kato)... Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game... Injured on 8/16/1990 with a Strained Back, out for one week... Injured on 5/21/1993 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week... Retired in 1993.
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| Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1982 - 2.67 - 5th 1984 - 1.94 - 2nd 1985 - 2.76 - 7th
| WHIP 1979 - 1.09 - 3rd 1980 - 1.10 - 4th 1981 - 1.12 - 4th 1982 - 0.87 - 1st 1983 - 1.01 - 2nd 1984 - 0.80 - 1st 1985 - 0.91 - 1st 1986 - 0.93 - 1st 1987 - 1.06 - 9th
| Wins 1982 - 19 - 8th 1983 - 19 - 10th 1986 - 18 - 4th
| K's 1979 - 225 - 2nd 1980 - 234 - 3rd 1981 - 166 - 4th 1982 - 232 - 2nd 1983 - 280 - 1st 1984 - 200 - 1st 1985 - 241 - 1st 1986 - 256 - 2nd 1987 - 230 - 2nd 1989 - 183 - 8th
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