LF Motoshige Tamura #47
Vesutan Bees BAN
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: L | Morale: Very Unhappy
11/01/1974
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
LF MOTOSHIGE TAMURA #47 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
90 132 34 5 0 3 20 10 22 .258 .322 .364 2 0.3
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/01/1974 NAG Loss, 10-12 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/29/1974 NAG Win, 8-1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/29/1974 @ NAG Win, 4-0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/28/1974 OSA Win, 6-5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/26/1974 OSA Loss, 3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/21/1974 @ KIN Loss, 4-8 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
09/08/1974 FUK Loss, 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/07/1974 FUK Loss, 5-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/05/1974 KIN Loss, 2-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/05/1974 KIN Win, 5-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:09/26/1947
Born in:Joetsu, NII
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 3"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$14,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:3 Years, 101 Days
Service This Yr:154 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:4 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1970, 5th Pick in Round 4
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON 1974 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 90 132 34 5 0 3 20 17 10 22 .258 .322 .364 .686 .311 .106 101
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 20 146 3 0 0 2 0 1 48 8 2 0 100.0 16.3 4.36 .3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   31 9 1 0 0 1 5 3 6 0 0 1 .290 .371 .323 .694
Versus Right   101 25 4 0 3 19 12 7 16 1 0 2 .248 .306 .376 .683
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   33 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 .182 .206 .182 .388
June   41 13 1 0 2 7 7 5 8 0 0 1 .317 .404 .488 .892
July   22 9 4 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 .409 .435 .591 1.026
August   18 2 0 0 1 5 5 2 5 0 0 1 .111 .238 .278 .516
September   17 3 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 .176 .250 .176 .426
October   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Last Year   171 51 9 0 5 24 21 10 20 0 0 4 .298 .351 .439 .790
2 Years Ago   177 49 8 0 6 25 27 29 28 4 0 2 .277 .377 .424 .801
Career   670 186 31 0 17 89 92 65 98 5 1 15 .278 .352 .400 .752
Home   73 19 2 0 2 12 8 5 12 0 0 0 .260 .308 .370 .678
Road   59 15 3 0 1 8 9 5 10 1 0 3 .254 .338 .356 .694
Grass   132 34 5 0 3 20 17 10 22 1 0 3 .258 .322 .364 .686
Day   78 22 3 0 1 11 8 5 14 1 0 2 .282 .337 .359 .696
Night   54 12 2 0 2 9 9 5 8 0 0 1 .222 .300 .370 .670
As Starter   70 20 2 0 2 13 13 8 10 1 0 2 .286 .370 .400 .770
As Reliever / Substitution   62 14 3 0 1 7 4 2 12 0 0 1 .226 .262 .323 .584
Pinch Hitting   43 9 2 0 0 4 2 1 10 0 0 1 .209 .244 .256 .500
Close/Late   63 15 3 0 1 8 6 1 13 0 0 0 .238 .250 .333 .583
Inning 1-3   23 5 1 0 1 5 3 3 5 0 0 0 .217 .308 .391 .699
Inning 4-6   29 10 0 0 0 3 6 4 4 1 0 2 .345 .444 .345 .789
Inning 7-9   71 16 4 0 2 11 7 3 12 0 0 1 .225 .267 .366 .633
Extra Innings   9 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
0 Outs   40 12 1 0 1 3 6 1 5 1 0 1 .300 .326 .400 .726
1 Outs   49 11 3 0 1 10 9 7 9 0 0 1 .224 .333 .347 .680
2 Outs   43 11 1 0 1 7 2 2 8 0 0 1 .256 .304 .349 .653
Scoring Position   37 9 2 0 1 16 3 2 7 1 0 0 .243 .275 .378 .653
Bases Empty   68 16 0 0 1 1 7 4 10 0 0 2 .235 .297 .279 .577
Runner on 1st   27 9 3 0 1 3 7 4 5 0 0 1 .333 .438 .556 .993
Runner on 2nd   10 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Runner on 3rd   4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Runner on 1st & 2nd   8 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .333 .750 1.083
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   5 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
Two Strikes   52 9 1 0 0 3 4 3 22 0 0 1 .173 .232 .192 .424
First Pitch   26 8 1 0 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 .308 .333 .462 .795
Count 0-1   16 4 1 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Count 0-2   9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 .111 .200 .111 .311
Count 1-0   13 5 2 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 .385 .429 .769 1.198
Count 1-1   10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Count 1-2   18 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 .222 .222 .278 .500
Count 2-0   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   11 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .364 .727
Count 2-2   13 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   2 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 1 0 0 .000 .625 .000 .625
Full Count   12 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Behind in Count   43 9 2 0 1 7 3 0 8 0 0 1 .209 .227 .326 .553
Ahead in Count   28 9 2 0 1 7 8 7 0 1 0 1 .321 .459 .500 .959
Batting Leadoff   8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .125 .125 .250 .375
Batting 2nd   21 10 1 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 0 .476 .522 .667 1.188
Batting 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Batting 4th   14 4 0 0 1 7 4 3 2 1 0 1 .286 .421 .500 .921
Batting 5th   15 3 0 0 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 .200 .250 .400 .650
Batting 6th   18 7 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 .389 .450 .444 .894
Batting 7th   16 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .188 .235 .188 .423
Batting 8th   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Batting 9th   33 5 2 0 0 4 2 1 8 0 0 1 .152 .200 .212 .412
Low Leverage   55 13 1 0 1 5 7 4 8 0 0 2 .236 .311 .309 .621
Medium Leverage   38 10 1 0 2 5 7 4 6 0 0 1 .263 .349 .447 .796
High Leverage   39 11 3 0 0 10 3 2 8 1 0 0 .282 .310 .359 .668
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
1971 Yokohama - BAN 23 80 190 52 9 0 3 20 27 16 6 0 28 3 2 .274 .349 .368 .717 98 101 0.1
1972 Yokohama - BAN 24 86 177 49 8 0 6 25 27 29 2 4 28 2 1 .277 .377 .424 .801 118 117 0.8
1973 Vesutan - BAN 25 13 25 5 3 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 6 0 0 .200 .286 .320 .606 79 82 -0.0
1973 Yokohama - BAN 25 44 146 46 6 0 5 22 18 7 4 0 14 2 5 .315 .363 .459 .822 128 129 0.3
1973 Total - BAN 25 57 171 51 9 0 5 24 21 10 4 0 20 2 5 .298 .351 .439 .790 121 122 0.3
1974 Vesutan - BAN 26 90 132 34 5 0 3 20 17 10 3 1 22 2 0 .258 .322 .364 .686 89 101 0.3
Total BAN 313 670 186 31 0 17 89 92 65 15 5 98 9 8 .278 .352 .400 .752 108 111 1.6
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
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1971 Yokohama - INT 1B 32 23 216 21 19 239 2 .992 222.0 9.61 -0.8 .956
1971 Yokohama - INT LF 14 8 8 0 0 9 1 .889 76.0 0.95 -2.1 .753
1971 Yokohama - INT RF 16 13 25 0 0 25 0 1.000 111.1 2.02 -0.0 1.016
1972 Yokohama - INT 1B 24 17 158 7 12 166 1 .994 160.1 9.26 -0.2 .972
1972 Yokohama - INT LF 16 13 21 0 0 21 0 1.000 104.0 1.82 -0.6 .970
1972 Yokohama - INT RF 16 12 23 2 0 26 1 .962 115.0 1.96 -0.1 .983
1973 Yokohama - INT 1B 14 13 119 12 9 131 0 1.000 113.0 10.43 -0.5 .926
1973 Vesutan - INT 1B 1 1 10 1 1 11 0 1.000 9.0 11.00 +0.1 1.047
1973 Vesutan - INT LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Yokohama - INT LF 24 22 35 0 0 35 0 1.000 192.2 1.63 -3.1 .880
1973 Yokohama - INT RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 1.014
1973 Vesutan - INT RF 3 3 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 28.0 2.89 -0.7 .901
1974 Vesutan - INT 1B 36 12 169 11 9 180 0 1.000 164.2 9.84 +0.1 1.023
1974 Vesutan - INT RF 11 8 27 0 0 27 0 1.000 73.1 3.31 -1.2 .922
1974 Vesutan - INT LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6.2 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 107 66 672 52 50 727 3 .996 669.0 9.74 -1.4 .972
TOTAL LF 57 43 64 0 0 65 1 .985 381.0 1.51 -5.9 .888
TOTAL RF 47 36 85 2 0 88 1 .989 329.2 2.38 -2.0 .964
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1970 Drafted in the 1970 first-year player draft by the Sapporo Bears. (Round 4, Pick 5, 41st overall pick).
06/06/1970 Released by the Sapporo Bears.
08/31/1970 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Yokohama Kingfishers organization.
05/01/1971 Named the #37 prospect in the BAN
05/11/1972 Injured (asthma),day-to-day for 3 days.
07/25/1973 Released by the Yokohama Kingfishers.
09/11/1973 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Vesutan Bees organization.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year SF Rank
1972 4 7
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