Rakuten Eagles sign Mitsuru Sato to an Ikusei deal
by Gen on Feb.16, 2011 @ 7:29 pm, under NPB
The Rakuten Eagles signed 32-year-old RHP Mitsuru Sato to an Ikusei deal worth 5M yen. He was also assigned the number 126.
Sato was draft by the Chunichi Dragons in 2003 (4th round) and was released after the 2010 season.
Career Stats
| YR | TM | G | W | L | Sv | CG | ShO | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | HBP | SO | WP | BLK | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
| 2004 | CHU | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.50 | 0.50 |
| 2005 | CHU | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 16.0 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 5.63 | 1.44 |
| 2006 | CHU | 19 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 529 | 129.0 | 134 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 38 | 2.65 | 1.22 |
| 2007 | CHU | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4.1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.15 | 1.85 |
| 2008 | CHU | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 40.2 | 47 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 4.43 | 1.33 |
| Totals | 33 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 802 | 194.0 | 206 | 18 | 39 | 4 | 124 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 72 | 3.34 | 1.26 | |
Tags: Mitsuru Sato, Rakuten Eagles