LF Tsutomu 'Buzz' Sato #3
Toledo Mud Hens MSL
Age: 31 | Bats: S | Throws: R | Morale: Good
07/26/2026
BNN Index | MSL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
LF TSUTOMU 'BUZZ' SATO #3 - AGE: 31 - BATS: S - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
61 208 61 18 1 4 25 23 35 .293 .364 .447 0 1.3
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 65 70 60 65
Gap 60 65 55 60
Power 35 40 35 35
Eye 55 55 50 55
Avoid K's 65 70 60 65
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 40 45
Errors: - 35 60
Arm: 20 50 65
Turn DP: - 35 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 50
1st Base: 55 Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 40
Stealing Aggressiveness: 80
Stealing Ability: 30
Baserunning Inst.: 20
Sacrifice Bunt: 75
Bunt for Hit: 80
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/22/2026 @ CLE Win, 7-3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/21/2026 @ CLE Win, 5-2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
07/18/2026 NYK Win, 4-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/13/2026 @ UTE Loss, 1-3 4 0 3 0 0 1 1 0
07/12/2026 @ UTE Loss, 2-6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
07/08/2026 @ BOS Loss, 2-5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/07/2026 @ BOS Win, 6-1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
07/06/2026 TEX Loss, 2-3 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
07/05/2026 TEX Win, 6-5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/03/2026 TEX Win, 9-6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:01/30/1995
Born in:Yokohama, KAN
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 2"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$13,700,000
Signed Through:2027 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 97 Days
Service This Yr:121 Days
40-Man Service:6 Years, 98 Days
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
MAJOR SUPERIOR LEAGUE 2026 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 61 208 61 18 1 4 25 25 23 35 .293 .364 .447 .812 .352 .154 137
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 49 236 2 0 0 3 0 3 93 23 0 0 0.0 35.5 6.27 1.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   114 34 12 1 1 10 12 12 18 3 0 1 .298 .362 .447 .809
Versus Right   94 27 6 0 3 15 13 11 17 0 0 1 .287 .368 .447 .815
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   8 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .125 .222 .250 .472
Last Week   5 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .600 .667 1.000 1.667
March   10 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700
April   43 15 5 0 1 6 6 3 8 2 0 1 .349 .388 .535 .923
May   54 14 2 0 3 9 10 13 9 0 0 0 .259 .403 .463 .866
June   61 18 5 1 0 6 7 1 10 1 0 0 .295 .302 .410 .711
July   40 11 5 0 0 2 2 6 6 0 0 1 .275 .383 .400 .783
Spring Training   17 8 3 0 1 7 3 1 0 0 0 1 .471 .526 .824 1.350
Last Year   554 152 48 2 12 63 90 82 92 2 1 7 .274 .374 .433 .807
2 Years Ago   442 117 18 13 4 38 52 50 85 2 1 5 .265 .345 .391 .736
Career   3180 846 165 84 46 325 427 403 589 22 25 36 .266 .353 .414 .767
Home   92 26 6 0 3 11 13 6 18 0 0 1 .283 .333 .446 .779
Road   116 35 12 1 1 14 12 17 17 3 0 1 .302 .387 .448 .835
Grass   208 61 18 1 4 25 25 23 35 3 0 2 .293 .364 .447 .812
Day   67 16 3 1 0 4 5 9 13 2 0 0 .239 .321 .313 .634
Night   141 45 15 0 4 21 20 14 22 1 0 2 .319 .386 .511 .897
As Starter   193 60 18 1 4 25 25 21 32 3 0 2 .311 .379 .477 .856
As Reliever / Substitution   15 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 .067 .176 .067 .243
Pinch Hitting   8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Close/Late   53 12 2 0 2 6 4 5 8 0 0 0 .226 .293 .377 .670
Inning 1-3   67 17 5 0 1 7 6 10 11 1 0 1 .254 .354 .373 .728
Inning 4-6   67 25 9 1 0 7 12 6 12 1 0 1 .373 .427 .537 .964
Inning 7-9   70 18 4 0 3 10 7 7 12 1 0 0 .257 .321 .443 .763
Extra Innings   4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
0 Outs   70 19 3 1 0 5 13 10 14 2 0 1 .271 .361 .343 .704
1 Outs   78 23 8 0 3 12 8 9 16 1 0 0 .295 .364 .513 .876
2 Outs   60 19 7 0 1 8 4 4 5 0 0 1 .317 .369 .483 .853
Scoring Position   44 11 5 0 1 17 7 5 8 3 0 1 .250 .321 .432 .753
Bases Empty   124 37 10 1 1 1 11 16 20 0 0 1 .298 .383 .419 .802
Runner on 1st   40 13 3 0 2 7 7 2 7 0 0 0 .325 .357 .550 .907
Runner on 2nd   18 3 1 0 1 4 5 4 5 0 0 0 .167 .318 .389 .707
Runner on 3rd   4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   9 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 .444 .545 .556 1.101
Runner on 1st & 3rd   5 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .200 .167 .400 .567
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   5 3 2 0 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 .600 .500 1.000 1.500
Bases Loaded   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   90 19 6 1 1 5 7 15 35 0 0 0 .211 .324 .333 .657
First Pitch   36 13 3 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 1 .361 .378 .444 .823
Count 0-1   11 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545
Count 0-2   11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
Count 1-0   15 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .294 .333 .627
Count 1-1   25 11 5 0 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 .440 .440 .760 1.200
Count 1-2   31 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 13 0 0 0 .194 .194 .226 .419
Count 2-0   8 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .125 .111 .250 .361
Count 2-1   15 6 3 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .438 .800 1.238
Count 2-2   23 4 1 1 1 2 2 0 9 0 0 0 .174 .174 .435 .609
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   8 3 0 0 1 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 .375 .643 .750 1.393
Full Count   25 8 4 0 0 3 2 15 6 0 0 0 .320 .575 .480 1.055
Behind in Count   53 10 1 0 0 0 4 0 20 0 0 0 .189 .189 .208 .396
Ahead in Count   46 15 4 0 2 12 7 8 0 3 0 1 .326 .414 .543 .957
Batting Leadoff   9 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .400 .333 .733
Batting 2nd   99 31 9 0 2 11 11 13 20 2 0 1 .313 .391 .465 .856
Batting 3rd   33 8 3 1 1 3 4 2 3 1 0 0 .242 .278 .485 .763
Batting 4th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   13 4 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .308 .357 .462 .819
Batting 6th   23 10 2 0 1 4 5 3 3 0 0 1 .435 .519 .652 1.171
Batting 7th   22 5 2 0 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 0 .227 .292 .318 .610
Batting 8th   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Batting 9th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   94 28 9 0 2 9 8 10 12 0 0 0 .298 .365 .457 .823
Medium Leverage   78 25 6 1 0 6 13 10 15 2 0 2 .321 .402 .423 .825
High Leverage   31 6 2 0 2 10 4 3 6 1 0 0 .194 .257 .452 .709
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2020 Toledo - MSL 25 115 422 103 10 13 10 61 65 68 7 4 77 3 7 .244 .355 .400 .756 108 106 0.9
2021 Toledo - MSL 26 142 504 127 21 19 9 51 70 60 5 3 96 3 15 .252 .336 .423 .758 112 108 0.9
2022 Toledo - MSL 27 143 512 137 21 17 2 37 66 67 7 1 102 1 2 .268 .359 .387 .746 119 119 2.5
2023 Toledo - MSL 28 146 538 149 29 19 5 50 59 53 3 7 102 0 0 .277 .341 .429 .770 115 114 1.5
2024 Toledo - MSL 29 123 442 117 18 13 4 38 52 50 5 2 85 1 2 .265 .345 .391 .736 110 112 1.0
2025 Toledo - MSL 30 152 554 152 48 2 12 63 90 82 7 2 92 0 0 .274 .374 .433 .807 128 132 3.5
2026 Toledo - MSL 31 61 208 61 18 1 4 25 25 23 2 3 35 0 0 .293 .364 .447 .812 134 137 1.3
Total MSL 882 3180 846 165 84 46 325 427 403 36 22 589 8 26 .266 .353 .414 .767 117 117 11.5
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2020 Indianapolis - AAA 25 24 94 29 3 5 2 12 18 13 1 2 14 3 1 .309 .391 .511 .902 158 152 0.6
2024 Indianapolis - AAA 29 5 18 5 2 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 2 0 0 .278 .458 .389 .847 160 172 0.0
Total IL 29 112 34 5 5 2 12 20 19 1 2 16 3 1 .304 .403 .491 .894 158 155
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2020 Toledo - MSL 25 2 8 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .333 .500 .833 125 124 -1.1
2021 Toledo - MSL 26 4 16 5 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 .312 .389 .500 .889 148 148 -1.4
2022 Toledo - MSL 27 8 30 8 0 2 1 3 7 3 1 0 5 0 0 .267 .353 .500 .853 147 149 -0.6
2023 Toledo - MSL 28 5 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 .067 .222 .067 .289 -13 -35 -1.6
2024 Toledo - MSL 29 5 20 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 .150 .227 .200 .427 24 20 -1.5
2025 Toledo - MSL 30 14 60 21 8 0 3 13 11 6 0 0 11 0 0 .350 .409 .633 1.042 189 194 -0.2
Total MSL 38 149 40 10 4 4 21 24 16 2 0 27 0 0 .268 .347 .470 .817 129 128
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2020 Toledo - MLB LF 49 48 96 2 0 98 0 1.000 452.0 1.95 -2.8 .973
2020 Indianapolis - AAA LF 24 24 25 1 0 27 1 .963 211.0 1.11 -2.4 .919
2020 Toledo - MLB RF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 14.0 1.93 +0.0 1.000
2021 Toledo - MLB LF 130 129 231 4 2 237 2 .992 1162.0 1.82 -8.2 .955
2022 Toledo - MLB 1B 32 23 178 10 15 192 4 .979 217.0 7.80 -1.0 .920
2022 Toledo - MLB LF 105 101 172 2 0 175 1 .994 905.2 1.73 -1.1 .995
2023 Toledo - MLB 1B 24 23 165 7 12 173 1 .994 206.0 7.51 +0.2 1.023
2023 Toledo - MLB LF 96 93 197 7 4 205 1 .995 826.2 2.22 -6.8 .960
2023 Toledo - MLB RF 2 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 12.0 2.25 -0.3 .981
2024 Toledo - MLB 1B 17 13 101 4 8 106 1 .991 115.0 8.22 -0.1 1.096
2024 Indianapolis - AAA 1B 1 1 5 1 0 7 1 .857 8.0 6.75 -0.3 .000
2024 Toledo - MLB LF 28 27 53 0 0 54 1 .981 229.2 2.08 -1.3 .943
2024 Indianapolis - AAA LF 4 4 7 0 0 8 1 .875 38.1 1.64 -0.5 .991
2025 Toledo - MLB 1B 125 120 889 55 67 950 6 .994 1049.2 8.09 +0.2 1.014
2025 Toledo - MLB LF 3 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 27.0 1.33 +0.0 .975
2026 Toledo - MLB 1B 12 12 95 6 7 101 0 1.000 108.1 8.39 +0.3 1.022
2026 Toledo - MLB LF 9 6 6 1 0 7 0 1.000 62.0 1.02 -1.8 .721
TOTAL 1B 211 192 1433 83 109 1529 13 .991 1704.0 8.01 -0.7 1.003
TOTAL LF 448 435 791 17 6 815 7 .991 3914.1 1.86 -24.8 .963
TOTAL RF 3 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 26.0 2.08 -0.3 .991
PLAYER HISTORY
11/27/2019 Entered the Major Superior League as a free agent from Japan.
11/27/2019 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Toledo Mud Hens organization.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (65); Power: 35 (40); Eye: 50 (55).
05/31/2020 Injured (Viral infection), day-to-day for 2 days.
11/23/2020 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $575,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (65); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 55 (55).
05/04/2021 Injured (precautionary reasons (head injury)),out for 1 day.
06/30/2021 Injured (oblique strain),out for one week.
11/27/2021 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $575,000.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (65); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 55 (55).
05/22/2022 Injured on 05/21/2022, diagnosed with a bruised thumb, is day-to-day.
08/24/2022 Injured (hamstring soreness),day-to-day for 1 day.
11/09/2022 Signed a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $47,920,000 with the Toledo Mud Hens organization.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 55 (60).
08/17/2023 Injured (hamstring spasms),day-to-day for 2 days.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 55 (55).
05/05/2024 Injured on 05/01/2024, diagnosed with an oblique strain, will miss 4 weeks.
09/27/2024 Injured (bruised hand),day-to-day for 4 days.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 55 (55).
04/09/2025 Injured on 04/08/2025, diagnosed with a sore knee, is day-to-day.
10/17/2025 Wins the 2025 MSL SC League Series MVP Award.
10/23/2025 Wins the 2025 Championship Series MVP Award.
10/24/2025 Wins the 2025 Championship Series with the Toledo Mud Hens.
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 55 (55).
03/21/2026 Injured (hamstring tightness),day-to-day for one week.
03/27/2026 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Toledo Mud Hens development complex.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 2B Rank
2025 48 7
Year 3B Rank
2020 13 2
2021 19 1
2022 17 1
2023 19 1
2024 13 2
Year R Rank
2025 90 8
Year BB Rank
2025 82 8
Year IBB Rank
2023 3 9
Year SH Rank
2020 7 2
2021 11 1
2022 4 8
Year SF Rank
2023 7 9
Year OBP Rank
2025 .374 5
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