CF Masahiko Yamamoto #16
Osaka Sailors BAN
Age: 28 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
08/11/1975
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
CF MASAHIKO YAMAMOTO #16 - AGE: 28 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
89 302 65 4 1 4 12 21 41 .215 .270 .275 15 -0.3
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/10/1975 @ FUK Loss, 1-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/09/1975 @ FUK Win, 5-4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/08/1975 @ FUK Loss, 1-5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/07/1975 NAG Loss, 1-3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/06/1975 NAG Loss, 2-7 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
08/05/1975 NAG Loss, 1-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/31/1975 VES Loss, 1-11 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/30/1975 VES Win, 6-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/28/1975 @ KIN Win, 6-3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/27/1975 @ KIN Loss, 2-6 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:04/21/1947
Born in:Obu, AIC
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 0"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$12,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:2 Years, 138 Days
Service This Yr:102 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1969, 6th Pick in Round 4
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 89 302 65 4 1 4 12 19 21 41 .215 .270 .275 .545 .247 .060 58
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 85 330 2 0 0 4 4 1 83 9 15 3 83.3 24.4 2.65 -0.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   38 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 .105 .209 .105 .315
Versus Right   264 61 4 1 4 12 19 16 37 1 4 2 .231 .279 .299 .578
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   18 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 .111 .200 .111 .311
May   93 24 1 0 3 7 9 11 10 0 1 0 .258 .337 .366 .702
June   104 23 3 0 1 5 5 3 18 1 0 1 .221 .248 .279 .527
July   87 16 0 1 0 0 5 6 10 0 3 0 .184 .237 .207 .443
August   18 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 .111 .200 .111 .311
Last Year   395 74 7 0 9 40 35 27 64 4 8 2 .187 .241 .273 .514
2 Years Ago   63 20 2 1 1 6 10 5 12 1 0 1 .317 .371 .429 .800
Career   884 189 21 4 15 66 74 62 148 7 16 8 .214 .270 .298 .567
Home   144 29 2 1 0 4 9 12 16 0 3 1 .201 .268 .229 .497
Road   158 36 2 0 4 8 10 9 25 1 1 1 .228 .272 .316 .589
Grass   302 65 4 1 4 12 19 21 41 1 4 2 .215 .270 .275 .545
Day   166 30 2 0 3 9 9 16 23 1 2 0 .181 .251 .247 .498
Night   136 35 2 1 1 3 10 5 18 0 2 2 .257 .294 .309 .603
As Starter   298 64 4 1 4 12 18 21 40 1 4 2 .215 .270 .275 .545
As Reliever / Substitution   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Pinch Hitting   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Close/Late   57 17 1 0 1 1 4 5 9 0 1 1 .298 .365 .368 .734
Inning 1-3   98 21 3 1 0 4 8 5 14 0 2 1 .214 .260 .265 .525
Inning 4-6   104 20 0 0 2 6 5 8 12 1 1 0 .192 .248 .250 .498
Inning 7-9   93 22 1 0 2 2 6 8 13 0 1 1 .237 .304 .312 .616
Extra Innings   7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
0 Outs   95 22 3 0 2 5 11 5 11 1 3 0 .232 .267 .326 .594
1 Outs   111 26 1 0 1 4 7 6 20 0 1 2 .234 .286 .270 .556
2 Outs   96 17 0 1 1 3 1 10 10 0 0 0 .177 .255 .229 .484
Scoring Position   73 11 0 0 0 7 2 5 14 1 4 0 .151 .203 .151 .353
Bases Empty   184 41 3 1 3 3 14 15 20 0 0 2 .223 .289 .299 .587
Runner on 1st   45 13 1 0 1 2 3 1 7 0 0 0 .289 .304 .378 .682
Runner on 2nd   40 7 0 0 0 2 1 4 6 0 3 0 .175 .250 .175 .425
Runner on 3rd   6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Runner on 1st & 3rd   4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   6 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
Bases Loaded   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Two Strikes   108 15 0 1 0 4 2 7 41 1 0 0 .139 .190 .157 .347
First Pitch   53 16 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 3 2 .302 .327 .302 .629
Count 0-1   25 9 2 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .360 .360 .560 .920
Count 0-2   15 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Count 1-0   40 8 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500
Count 1-1   27 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .185 .185 .296 .481
Count 1-2   38 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 1 0 0 .132 .128 .132 .260
Count 2-0   11 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545
Count 2-1   25 5 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .320 .520
Count 2-2   36 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 18 0 0 0 .111 .111 .167 .278
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   13 4 1 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 .308 .591 .385 .976
Full Count   19 3 0 0 0 1 1 7 4 0 0 0 .158 .385 .158 .543
Behind in Count   78 17 2 0 1 5 3 0 19 1 0 0 .218 .215 .282 .497
Ahead in Count   89 20 2 0 2 4 7 14 0 0 0 0 .225 .330 .315 .645
Batting Leadoff   19 7 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 .368 .429 .421 .850
Batting 2nd   33 9 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 0 .273 .286 .364 .649
Batting 5th   18 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 .222 .263 .222 .485
Batting 6th   184 38 2 0 4 11 9 14 28 0 2 1 .207 .266 .283 .549
Batting 7th   44 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0 1 .136 .208 .136 .345
Batting 9th   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Low Leverage   131 27 1 1 3 4 8 13 15 0 0 1 .206 .283 .298 .580
Medium Leverage   116 25 2 0 1 7 9 8 17 1 2 0 .216 .264 .259 .523
High Leverage   52 12 1 0 0 1 2 0 9 0 2 1 .231 .245 .250 .495
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 Fukuoka - BAN 24 32 124 30 8 2 1 8 10 9 3 1 31 1 4 .242 .307 .363 .669 87 80 0.3
1973 Osaka - BAN 26 46 63 20 2 1 1 6 10 5 1 1 12 4 0 .317 .371 .429 .800 135 135 0.5
1974 Osaka - BAN 27 114 395 74 7 0 9 40 35 27 2 4 64 8 8 .187 .241 .273 .514 51 45 -1.0
1975 Osaka - BAN 28 89 302 65 4 1 4 12 19 21 2 1 41 15 3 .215 .270 .275 .545 52 58 -0.3
Total BAN 281 884 189 21 4 15 66 74 62 8 7 148 28 15 .214 .270 .298 .567 63 61 -0.5
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 Fukuoka - INT CF 32 32 86 0 0 87 1 .989 277.0 2.79 +2.0 .997
1973 Osaka - INT LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Osaka - INT CF 10 8 21 0 0 22 1 .955 75.2 2.50 -0.9 .954
1973 Osaka - INT RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Osaka - INT LF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 +0.0 1.007
1974 Osaka - INT CF 110 109 297 8 0 314 9 .971 944.2 2.91 +0.6 .996
1974 Osaka - INT RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 Osaka - INT CF 85 85 254 12 1 274 8 .971 737.1 3.25 +0.9 .995
TOTAL LF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 11.0 0.82 +0.0 1.007
TOTAL CF 237 234 658 20 1 697 19 .973 2034.2 3.00 +2.5 .994
TOTAL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1969 Drafted in the 1969 first-year player draft by the Kyoto Owls. (Round 4, Pick 6, 43rd overall pick).
06/06/1969 Released by the Kyoto Owls.
11/12/1969 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Fukuoka Falcons organization.
01/29/1970 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his outfield defense at the Fukuoka Falcons development complex.
05/01/1971 Named the #97 prospect in the BAN
06/07/1971 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
08/10/1971 Injured (cold),day-to-day for 3 days.
06/06/1972 Released by the Fukuoka Falcons.
04/05/1973 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Osaka Sailors organization.
05/01/1974 Successfully completed training to improve his running mechanics at the Osaka Sailors development complex.
08/15/1974 Injured (oblique strain),out for 3-4 weeks.
10/01/1974 Injured (mild hamstring strain),day-to-day for 1 day.
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