How Lenn Sakata's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Lenn Sakata posted a career Equivalent Average of .647, below the league average of .748 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1979, posting 1.14, well above the league average of .763 that year. The lowest point came in 1977 at .456, well below the league average of .761 that year. The Equivalent Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .653 in 1985 to .808 in 1986 and .745 in 1987. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Equivalent Average profile — ranging from .456 to 1.14 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Lenn Sakata Lifetime Equivalent Average

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Lenn Sakata Equivalent Average Per Season

Lenn Sakata's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Lenn Sakata Equivalent Average per season line chart

Lenn Sakata Equivalent Average by Team

Lenn Sakata's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Lenn Sakata Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Lenn Sakata's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Lenn Sakata Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Lenn Sakata Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Lenn Sakata's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Lenn Sakata Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Lenn Sakata Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Lenn Sakata's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Lenn Sakata Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table