Yoshinori Sato

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yoshinori Sato
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Dec 5, 1989(1989-12-05)
Age	35
Birthplace	Aoba-ku
Country	Japan
Birth City	Aoba-ku
Horoscope	Aquarius

Yoshinori Sato Biography

Yoshinori Sato is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on December 5, 1989 in Aoba-ku, Aoba-ku, Japan. Yoshinori Sato (佐藤 由規 , Satō Yoshinori, born 5 December 1989 in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is a starting pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

In 2008, his rookie season, Sato was assigned to the Swallows’ ichigun (Japanese equivalent of “major league”) team for Spring training, but complained of pain in his left ankle in late February. While the condition was deemed minor and Sato was cleared to play in preseason games, he went 0–2 with a 13.50 ERA, allowing 14 hits in just six innings, and was sent down to the nigun team (“minor league” or “farm team”) for the season opener. He focused on rehabbing his ankle, coming on in relief in a game against the Giants on 13 April and pitching one scoreless inning in his Eastern League debut.

Sato’s four-seam fastball has exceptional velocity, usually sitting at 146 to 153 km/h (91 to 95 mph) and reaching 161 km/h (100 mph) with one pitch during the 2010 season. Sato complements the pitch with a solid slider at low-80s and an occasional forkball. Sato can be considered as a two-pitch pitcher and still has a problem in his control.

Sato finished the year with a 2–1 record in five starts (six appearances), recording a 4.55 ERA while striking out 28 in 29⅔ innings. His eight wins with the nigun team also led the Eastern League.

Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High won the Tohoku Regional Tournament that fall, securing a berth in the 79th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament that would be held in the spring of 2007. However, while Sato pitched well against Tokoha Gakuen Kikugawa High School in the first round (now as a senior) on 23 March, striking out 14 while allowing just two runs and clocking 150 km/h (93 mph), his team was held to just one run in a disappointing 2–1 loss and first-round exit (Tokoha Gakuen Kikugawa High went on to become the tournament champions).

Yoshinori Sato Net Worth

Yoshinori Sato is one of the richest Baseball Player from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yoshinori Sato 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sato went on to enroll at Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School in 2005. Though he failed to reach even 130 km/h (81 mph) when he entered high school and was initially made the backup third baseman, he was clocking 140 km/h (87 mph) by the fall of his first year (tenth grade) and began to draw local attention as a pitcher. He led the school to a berth in the 88th National High School Baseball Championship in the summer of his junior year (2006), going the distance while striking out 11 en route to a 5–1 win over Tokushima Commercial High School in the first round as the team’s ace pitcher on 7 August. However, he allowed four runs on seven hits and five walks despite striking out 13 against Nihon University Yamagata Senior High School in the next round, ultimately being charged with the decision in a 6–3 loss on 13 August.

Sato was one of the most highly touted players going into the 2007 NPB high school draft, attracting the attention of scouts for not only his fastball but also his hard slider and being dubbed one of the “High School Big Three” along with Osaka Tōin Senior High School slugger Sho Nakata and Narita High School right-hander Yuki Karakawa. The Sendai-based Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, Swallows, BayStars, Chunichi Dragons and Yomiuri Giants all selected Sato with their first-round picks, but the Swallows drew the winning straw, signing him to a base salary of 15 million yen, a signing bonus of 100 million yen and additional performance-based incentives and presenting him the uniform number 11 on 11 November.

Sato pitched well in the 2009 pre-season, going 1–0 with one save with a 2.37 ERA in four appearances, and was considered one of the favorites for the Central League Most Valuable Rookie award going into the season. He threw a pitch clocked at 156 km/h (97 mph), his fastest since becoming a pro, in his third appearance against the Saitama Seibu Lions on 19 March.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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