1B Ryuichi Funakoshi #23
Kobe Bulls BAN
Age: 30 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
11/01/1974
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
1B RYUICHI FUNAKOSHI #23 - AGE: 30 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
73 184 47 4 0 13 30 17 21 .255 .329 .489 0 0.9
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/08/1974 @ HSH Win, 9-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/05/1974 HSH Win, 7-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/04/1974 HSH Win, 3-2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/01/1974 KIN Loss, 2-3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
09/30/1974 KIN Win, 4-3 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/29/1974 KIN Win, 4-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/28/1974 @ NAG Loss, 0-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/26/1974 @ NAG Loss, 4-5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/25/1974 @ VES Loss, 0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/24/1974 OSA Win, 3-2 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:03/08/1944
Born in:Kesennuma, MIY
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 3"
Weight:235 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$13,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 116 Days
Service This Yr:154 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1967, 11th Pick in Round 2
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 73 184 47 4 0 13 30 30 17 21 .255 .329 .489 .818 .350 .234 126
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 50 209 4 2 0 11 2 2 90 17 0 0 0.0 26.5 4.70 .9  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   33 9 2 0 5 12 9 2 4 1 0 2 .273 .342 .788 1.130
Versus Right   151 38 2 0 8 18 21 15 17 1 2 2 .252 .325 .424 .749
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   39 9 0 0 2 5 6 3 1 0 0 3 .231 .333 .385 .718
June   35 9 1 0 1 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 .257 .316 .371 .687
July   35 8 2 0 2 4 5 5 4 0 1 1 .229 .341 .457 .799
August   31 6 0 0 2 6 2 0 4 1 1 0 .194 .188 .387 .575
September   42 14 1 0 6 13 12 5 9 0 0 0 .333 .404 .786 1.190
October   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Postseason   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Last Year   191 55 8 0 8 28 22 9 21 3 2 4 .288 .329 .455 .784
2 Years Ago   39 9 0 0 0 2 2 5 9 0 0 4 .231 .375 .231 .606
Career   698 177 25 0 31 113 97 64 101 7 4 20 .254 .331 .423 .753
Home   83 20 3 0 5 12 16 6 8 2 1 1 .241 .293 .458 .751
Road   101 27 1 0 8 18 14 11 13 0 1 3 .267 .357 .515 .871
Grass   184 47 4 0 13 30 30 17 21 2 2 4 .255 .329 .489 .818
Day   72 19 2 0 5 8 13 7 8 0 1 1 .264 .338 .500 .838
Night   112 28 2 0 8 22 17 10 13 2 1 3 .250 .323 .482 .805
As Starter   163 41 4 0 12 27 25 15 17 2 2 3 .252 .322 .497 .819
As Reliever / Substitution   21 6 0 0 1 3 5 2 4 0 0 1 .286 .375 .429 .804
Pinch Hitting   20 6 0 0 1 3 5 2 4 0 0 1 .300 .391 .450 .841
Close/Late   46 14 1 0 3 5 11 7 7 0 0 2 .304 .418 .522 .940
Inning 1-3   53 13 2 0 6 13 11 4 4 2 1 0 .245 .288 .623 .911
Inning 4-6   67 17 0 0 4 12 7 3 6 0 1 1 .254 .296 .433 .729
Inning 7-9   60 16 2 0 2 4 11 9 11 0 0 2 .267 .380 .400 .780
Extra Innings   4 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .500 1.000 1.500
0 Outs   57 18 2 0 7 11 18 8 4 0 2 2 .316 .418 .719 1.137
1 Outs   58 13 1 0 2 5 6 7 6 2 0 1 .224 .309 .345 .654
2 Outs   69 16 1 0 4 14 6 2 11 0 0 1 .232 .264 .420 .684
Scoring Position   41 7 0 0 4 18 7 5 5 2 2 2 .171 .280 .463 .743
Bases Empty   108 32 3 0 6 6 17 9 12 0 0 2 .296 .361 .491 .852
Runner on 1st   35 8 1 0 3 6 6 3 4 0 0 0 .229 .289 .514 .804
Runner on 2nd   10 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 .200 .333 .500 .833
Runner on 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .400 .000 .400
Runner on 1st & 2nd   13 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 3 0 0 2 .154 .267 .385 .651
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   7 3 0 0 2 11 3 0 0 1 0 0 .429 .375 1.286 1.661
Two Strikes   68 18 1 0 4 8 10 7 21 1 0 1 .265 .338 .456 .794
First Pitch   27 10 0 0 3 7 5 2 0 0 0 1 .370 .433 .704 1.137
Count 0-1   17 4 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .235 .222 .471 .693
Count 0-2   11 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 .364 .364 .455 .818
Count 1-0   21 6 1 0 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .318 .619 .937
Count 1-1   22 3 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 .136 .136 .273 .409
Count 1-2   24 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 10 0 0 0 .083 .083 .208 .292
Count 2-0   9 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .556 .778
Count 2-1   16 3 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 .188 .235 .375 .610
Count 2-2   21 9 0 0 3 4 4 0 5 0 0 1 .429 .455 .857 1.312
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   4 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 .250 .571 .500 1.071
Full Count   12 3 0 0 0 1 4 7 2 1 0 0 .250 .500 .250 .750
Behind in Count   52 10 2 0 2 6 3 0 14 1 1 0 .192 .189 .346 .535
Ahead in Count   50 12 2 0 4 8 12 8 0 0 0 2 .240 .367 .520 .887
Batting 2nd   1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   8 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .125 .125 .500 .625
Batting 5th   31 11 1 0 4 15 7 3 3 1 0 2 .355 .432 .774 1.207
Batting 6th   38 10 0 0 2 3 7 4 3 0 1 0 .263 .333 .421 .754
Batting 7th   81 19 3 0 5 8 10 8 11 1 1 0 .235 .300 .457 .757
Batting 8th   8 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .300 .125 .425
Batting 9th   12 4 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 .333 .429 .583 1.012
Low Leverage   95 25 3 0 3 8 8 7 13 0 0 3 .263 .333 .389 .723
Medium Leverage   56 14 1 0 7 15 14 5 5 1 1 0 .250 .306 .643 .949
High Leverage   32 8 0 0 3 7 8 5 3 1 1 1 .250 .359 .531 .890
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
1968 Vesutan - BAN 24 37 45 8 2 0 3 7 7 4 2 1 4 0 0 .178 .269 .422 .691 113 111 0.3
1969 Vesutan - BAN 25 68 70 16 2 0 3 17 11 7 1 1 9 0 0 .229 .304 .386 .690 114 121 0.4
1970 Vesutan - BAN 26 71 79 17 6 0 1 9 12 10 3 0 13 0 1 .215 .326 .329 .655 104 108 0.3
1971 Vesutan - BAN 27 77 90 25 3 0 3 20 13 12 2 0 24 1 0 .278 .375 .411 .786 119 125 0.6
1972 Kobe - BAN 28 46 39 9 0 0 0 2 2 5 4 0 9 0 0 .231 .375 .231 .606 76 80 0.0
1973 Kobe - BAN 29 73 191 55 8 0 8 28 22 9 4 3 21 0 0 .288 .329 .455 .784 129 131 1.2
1974 Kobe - BAN 30 73 184 47 4 0 13 30 30 17 4 2 21 0 0 .255 .329 .489 .818 124 126 0.9
Total BAN 445 698 177 25 0 31 113 97 64 20 7 101 1 1 .254 .331 .423 .753 118 121 3.8
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 POSTSEASON 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
1974 Kobe - BAN 30 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -118 -0.3
Total BAN 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -118
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1968 Vesutan - INT 1B 5 4 43 3 3 46 0 1.000 37.0 11.19 +0.5 1.071
1969 Vesutan - INT C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
1969 Vesutan - INT 1B 6 3 36 3 6 39 0 1.000 35.0 10.03 -0.3 .903
1970 Vesutan - INT 1B 9 9 70 3 5 73 0 1.000 75.0 8.76 +0.1 .950
1971 Vesutan - INT 1B 10 8 66 6 5 74 2 .973 72.1 8.96 -0.8 .861
1972 Kobe - INT 1B 17 2 45 3 3 48 0 1.000 42.2 10.12 -0.1 1.026
1972 Kobe - INT RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 1.026
1973 Kobe - INT 1B 45 45 472 24 30 498 2 .996 400.1 11.15 +1.4 1.033
1974 Kobe - INT 1B 54 50 446 32 31 479 1 .998 430.1 10.00 +1.4 1.067
TOTAL C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
TOTAL 1B 146 121 1178 74 83 1257 5 .996 1092.2 10.31 +2.2 1.027
TOTAL RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 1.026
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1967 Drafted in the 1967 first-year player draft by the Vesutan Bees. (Round 2, Pick 11, 23rd overall pick).
07/16/1967 Named the #62 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1968 Named the #48 prospect in the BAN
08/21/1971 Injured (bruised thumb),day-to-day for one week.
10/10/1971 Wins the 1971 BAN Championship Series with the Vesutan Bees.
03/04/1972 Was traded by the Vesutan Bees to the Kobe Bulls, along with SP Hoshiko Tokunaga, in exchange for RP Toshimichi Yamamoto and 1B Takemi Nishizawa.
07/07/1972 Injured (fractured foot),out for 3 weeks.
10/10/1972 Wins the 1972 BAN Championship Series with the Kobe Bulls.
05/05/1973 Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for 3 days.
05/07/1974 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for 1 day.
10/09/1974 Wins the 1974 BAN Championship Series with the Kobe Bulls.
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