Yoshinori Sato (baseball, born 1954)

Sato Yoshinori

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 70

Pitcher / Coach

Born: September 11, 1954
Okushiri District, Hokkaido, Japan

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

Professional debut

NPB: May 11, 1977 for the Hankyu Braves

Last professional appearance

NPB: October 1, 1998 for the Orix BlueWave

NPB statistics
(through 1998)

Win-Loss

165-137

Saves

ERA

3.97

Strikeouts

1755

Teams

As player

Hankyu Braves/Orix Braves/Orix BlueWave (1977–1998)

As coach

Orix BlueWave (1999–2000)
Hanshin Tigers (2002–2004)
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2005–2007)
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2009–2014)
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2015-present)

Career highlights and awards

2x Japan Series champion (1977, 1996)
1977 Pacific League Rookie of the Year
1x NPB Win Champion (1985)
1x NPB ERA Champion (1986)
2x NPB Strikeout Champion (1984, 1985)
7x NPB All-Star (1978, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994)

Last update: 8 February 2014

Yoshinori Sato (佐藤義則, born September 11, 1954 in Okushiri District, Hokkaido, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Pacific League Rookie of the Year Award

1950: Aramaki
1951: Kageyama
1952: Nakanishi
1953: Toyoda
1954: Takuwa
1955: Enomoto
1956: Inao
1957: Kimura
1958: Sugiura
1959: Harimoto
1960: None
1961: Tokuhisa
1962: Ozaki
1963: None
1964: None
1965: Ikenaga
1966: None
1967: Y. Takahashi
1968: None
1969: Arito
1970: M. Sato
1971: Minagawa
1972: Kato
1973: Niimi
1974: Mitsui
1975: Yamaguchi
1976: M. Fujita
1977: Y. Sato
1978: Murakami
1979: Matsunuma
1980: Kida
1981: Ishige
1982: Oishi
1983: Futamura
1984: H. Fujita
1985: Kumano
1986: Kiyohara
1987: Awano
1988: Moriyama
1989: Sakai
1990: Nomo
1991: Hasegawa
1992: Takamura
1993: Sugiyama
1994: Watanabe
1995: Hirai
1996: Kaneko
1997: Kosaka
1998: Ozeki
1999: Matsuzaka
2000: None
2001: Okubo
2002: Shoda
2003: Wada
2004: Mise
2005: Kubo
2006: Yagi
2007: Tanaka
2008: Komatsu
2009: Settsu
2010: Sakakibara
2011: Makita
2012: Masuda
2013: Norimoto
2014: Ishikawa

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks current roster

First squad	1 Seiichi Uchikawa 2 Kenta Imamiya 3 Nobuhiko Matsunaka 4 Keisuke Kaneko 5 Nobuhiro Matsuda 6 Yuki Yoshimura 7 Akira Nakamura 8 Shinya Tsuruoka 9 Yuki Yanagita 10 Lee Dae-ho 11 Kenichi Nakata 12 Hiroaki Takaya 17 Brian Wolfe 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka 19 Masahiko Morifuku 20 Hayato Terahara 21 Sho Iwasaki 23 Ryuma Kidokoro 24 Yuya Hasegawa 25 Shingo Tatsumi 27 Toru Hosokawa 28 Kenji Otonari 30 Shota Takeda 34 Hiroki Yamada 35 Keizo Kawashima 36 Kenji Akashi 37 Shuhei Fukuda 38 Yuito Mori 41 Kodai Senga 43 Tomoaki Egawa 44 Rick VandenHurk 46 Yuichi Honda 47 Kazuyuki Hoashi 50 Tadashi Settsu 53 Ryota Igarashi 54 Akihiro Yanase 55 Jason Standridge 58 Dennis Sarfate 61 Kim Mu-young 95 Bárbaro Cañizares

Second squad	0 Tomoki Takata 13 Akira Niho 14 Ren Kajiya 16 Nao Higashihama 22 Ayatsugu Yamashita 26 Hiroyuki Kawahara 29 Shota Oba 31 Ryoya Kurihara 32 Masayoshi Tsukada 39 Yosuke Shimabukuro 40 Ryo Hidaka 42 Yuya Iida 45 Lee Tu-hsuan 48 Ken Okamoto 49 Yusuke Itoh 51 Seiji Uebayashi 56 Daichi Hoshino 57 Shinya Kayama 59 Shogo Furusawa 62 Takuya Kai 63 Taiga Kasahara 64 Yusuke Masago 66 Yuki Matsumoto 67 Shunsuke Kasaya 68 Kentaro Inomoto 69 Taisei Makihara 120 Masato Sakata (Trainee) 121 Shoji Yoshimoto (Trainee) 122 Go Kamamoto (Trainee) 123 Naoki Shirane (Trainee) 124 Kazuhiro Kohyama (Trainee) 125 Takeshi Hosoyamada (Trainee) 126 Seiya Saitoh (Trainee) 127 Daichiro Itoh (Trainee) 128 Amon Yamashita (Trainee) 129 Yusuke Ohtaki (Trainee) 130 Koki Kanno (Trainee) 131 Tamon Horiuchi (Trainee) 132 Hayao Miyazaki (Trainee) 133 Eiji Kakinoki (Trainee) 134 Shota Kaneko (Trainee) 135 Daiki Kohno (Trainee) 136 Keigo Nakamura (Trainee) 137 Yujo Kitagata (Trainee) 138 Shita Ishikawa (Trainee) 139 Shinsuke Tobo (Trainee) 140 Kaisei Sone (Trainee) 141 Masahiro Harimoto (Trainee) 142 Edison Barrios (Trainee)

First squad Coaching	Manager: 81 Kimiyasu Kudoh Pitching coaches: 70 Yoshinori Sato, 77 Masato Yoshii Hitting coaches: 71 Yasuo Fujii, 75 Noriyoshi Omichi Fielding and base coaches for infielders: 88 Yusuke Torigoe Fielding and base coaches for outfielders: 78 Tetsuya Iida Battery coach: 85 Tetsuya Matoyama Conditioning coaches: 01 Takashi Kawamura, 06 Atsushi Toriida

Second squad Coaching	Manager: 80 Yoshio Mizukami Pitching coaches: 94 Shinji Kurano, 82 Keizaburo Tanoue Hitting coach: 76 Hiroshi Fujimoto Fielding and base coaches for infielders: 83 Yasutomo Suzuki Fielding and base coaches for outfielders: 87 Tatsuya Ide Battery coach: 86 Fujio Tamura Conditioning coach: 02 Shuichi Yamakawa

Third squad Coaching	Manager: 74 Hiroshi Ogawa Pitching coaches: 73 Manabu Saito, 99 Yusaku Iriki, 91 Masahiro Sakumoto Hitting coaches: 96 Makoto Sasaki Fielding and base coaches for infielders: 79 Homare Inamine Fielding and base coaches for outfielders: 93 Arihito Muramatsu Battery coach: 84 Masaumi Shimizu Conditioning coach: 08 Keigo Nakahara