Ayami Sato

Not to be confused with Asami Sato.
Ayami Sato
Aichi Dione – No. 18
Starting Pitcher
Born: (1989-12-21) December 21, 1989 (age 34)
Amami, Kagoshima
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • 2010 Women's Baseball World Cup All-Star Starting Pitcher
  • 2014 WBSC Player of the Year
  • 2014 Women's Baseball World Cup MVP
  • 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup All-Star Starting Pitcher
  • 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup MVP
  • 2018 Women's Baseball World Cup MVP
Ayami Sato
Medal record
Women's baseball
Representing  Japan
Women's Baseball World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Venezuela Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Canada Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Japan Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 South Korea Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 USA Team

Ayami Sato (里 綾実, Sato Ayami, born December 21, 1989) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Aichi Dione [ja] in the Japan Women’s Baseball League. She is also a starting pitcher for the Japan women’s national baseball team, which she has led to five World Cup medals.

Sato is considered by many to be the best female pitcher, and by some the best female baseball player, in the world.[1][2] She can throw close to 80 miles an hour. Her curveball was clocked at 2,583 revolutions per minute.[1] Sato has won five gold medals for her home country. She is the only women's baseball player to have won three consecutive MVP awards.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Ayami Sato is the best female baseball player on Earth. She might be the greatest who ever lived". theweek.com. 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  2. ^ "Sato becomes 3-time Women's World Cup MVP". MLB.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  3. ^ "Japan's Sato eyes history in Women's World Cup". MLB.com. Retrieved 2020-06-18.