Kōki Saitō
Kōki Saitō 齋藤綱記 | |
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Chunichi Dragons – No. 59 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: (1996-12-18) December 18, 1996 (age 27) Kita-ku,Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
NPB debut | |
18 September 2016, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
NPB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
Win–loss record | 4-1 |
Innings pitched | 75 |
Earned run average | 4.56 |
Strikeouts | 72 |
Teams | |
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Kōki Saitō (齋藤綱記, Saitō Kōki, born December 18, 1996) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons. He previously played for the Orix Buffaloes and the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Professional career
Starting his career at the Orix Buffaloes, Saitō was traded to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters for catcher, Ryō Ishikawa of the Orix Buffaloes.[1] Less than a year later, Saitō would be involved in a trade alongside Shingo Usami for Yūya Gunji and Takumi Yamamoto of the Chunichi Dragons.[2]
Pitching style
Saitō's fastball tops out at 144 km/h. His normal pitch mix includes a vertical and horizontal moving slider, a curveball, a changeup and a splitter.[3] In 2017, he switched to a side-throwing action with the addition of fellow lefty, Daiki Tajima in the first round of the draft, adding more spin to his slider and improving hitting his spots inside.[4] On being traded to the Dragons, under the tutelage of Akinori Otsuka, Saito switched to a three-quarter delivery increasing his velocity and whiff rate with his slider.[5]
References
- ^ INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (2022-11-10). "日本ハム・石川亮との交換トレードが成立したオリックス・斎藤綱記は「新天地で活躍することが」「両球団への恩返し」" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "日本ハムと中日が交換トレード正式発表 宇佐見&齋藤綱、郡司&山本…齋藤綱は1年で2度の移籍" (in Japanese). 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "北照・斎藤プロ1本「指名だけ考えてる」 - 高校野球ニュース" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "オリックス斎藤「記憶に残る」地元札幌でプロ初勝利 - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "「ラストチャンス」でフォーム改造ハマった 輝き放つ中日の斎藤綱記 - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 野球" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-04-29.
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- 7 Akira Neo
- 11 Shinnosuke Ogasawara
- 12 Shinji Tajima
- 13 Yūki Hashimoto
- 14 Shō Kusaka
- 16 Shō Iwasaki
- 17 Yūya Yanagi
- 18 Kōdai Umetsu
- 19 Hiroto Takahashi
- 20 Hideaki Wakui
- 22 Yūdai Ōno
- 24 Kōji Fukutani
- 26 Taisei Ishimori
- 28 Hiroto Mori
- 31 Reia Nakachi
- 33 Daisuke Sobue
- 34 Hiroto Fuku
- 36 Kōnosuke Fukuda
- 38 Takahiro Matsuba
- 41 Akiyoshi Katsuno
- 46 Yūgo Umeno
- 47 Yoshiki Sunada
- 48 Shōta Habu
- 50 Tatsuya Shimizu
- 54 Kento Fujishima
- 59 Kōki Saitō
- 64 Shōta Fukushima
- 67 Kōtarō Ueda
- 69 Yūta Matsukihira
- 90 Shinya Matsuyama
- 91 Humberto Mejía
- 92 Raidel Martínez
- 93 Michael Feliz
- 96 Ryūma Katō
- 35 Takuya Kinoshita
- 39 Shingo Usami
- 43 Taisei Miya
- 49 Takuma Katō
- 57 Ryūnosuke Yamaasa
- 58 Kōta Ishibashi
- 2 Mikiya Tanaka
- 3 Shūhei Takahashi
- 5 Kaito Muramatsu
- 6 Shō Nakata
- 9 Hiroyuki Nakajima
- 25 Takaya Ishikawa
- 27 Keishi Tsuda
- 29 Rintarō Tsujimoto
- 32 Masami Ishigaki
- 37 Shōnosuke Hama
- 45 Ryūku
- 60 Yasuhiro Yamamoto
- 66 Dayán Viciedo
- 68 Hiroki Fukunaga
- 95 Christián Rodríguez
- 97 Seishū Higuchi
- 99 Orlando Calixte
- 00 Gōki Oda
- 1 Yūki Okabayashi
- 4 Kōsuke Ukai
- 8 Yōhei Ōshima
- 30 Hironori Miyoshi
- 42 Kenta Bright
- 44 Seiji Kawagoe
- 51 Seiji Uebayashi
- 52 Shōhei Katō
- 53 Shunta Gotō
- 55 Seiya Hosokawa
- 63 Yutaro Itayama
- 94 Alex Dickerson
- 201 Ryūshin Takeuchi
- 202 Frank Álvarez
- 204 Tsubasa Katō
- 205 Kenshin Kakigoshi
- 207 Mao Hoshino
- 208 Shō Ishikawa
- 209 Yūma Fukumoto
- 210 Toshiya Okada
- 212 Tento Nonaka
- 213 Akio Moriyama
- 214 Ren Kondō
- 215 Tōki Hiwatari
- 216 Towa Kikuta
- 218 Rii Kawakami
- 220 Carlos Monier
coaching
- Manager: 73 Kazuyoshi Tatsunami
- Head coach: 88 Atsushi Kataoka
- Pitching coaches: 76 Akinori Ōtsuka, 83 Daisuke Yamai
- Battery coach: 80 Kōhei Oda
- Hitting coaches: 75 Kazuhiro Wada, 86 Yoshinori Ueda
- Baserunning/defense coaches: 71 Naomichi Donoue, 79 Takayuki Ōnishi
coaching
- Manager: 89 Kazuki Inoue
- Pitching/development coach: 77 Eiji Ochiai
- Pitching coach: 82 Takuya Asao
- Hitting coaches: 84 Nobumasa Fukuda, 78 Masahiko Morino
- Battery coach: 72 Shōta Ōno
- Baserunning/defense coaches: 81 Yūto Morikoshi, 87 Yutaka Nakamura
- Position player development coach: 85 Hiroyuki Watanabe