Takashi Saito, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher in the Rakuten Golden Eagles organization, former Major League Baseball pitcher
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Place of Birth: Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
About Takashi Saito
- Takashi Saito (?? ?, Saito Takashi), born February 14, 1970, is a retired Japanese professional baseball pitcher who last played for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball. Saito's professional career spanned 23 years.
- He spent his first 13 seasons pitching for the Yokohama BayStars in the Japanese Central League, compiling a record of 87–80, usually as a starter.
- He spent the next 7 seasons in MLB as a closer and relief pitcher before finishing his career in Japan.
- In his first MLB season of 2006, Saito finished 8th in the National League Cy Young Award voting.
- In his second season, he was named an All-Star.
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