RF Samba Nitta #97
Age: 25 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Very Unhappy
11/01/1974
RF SAMBA NITTA #97 - AGE: 25 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
88 134 31 3 0 3 18 16 22 .231 .318 .321 2 0.4
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/08/1974 KOB Loss, 5-9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10/07/1974 KOB Loss, 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/05/1974 @ KOB Loss, 6-7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/04/1974 @ KOB Loss, 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/01/1974 YOK Win, 5-4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/30/1974 YOK Loss, 0-2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/29/1974 YOK Loss, 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/28/1974 KYO Loss, 2-3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/26/1974 KYO Win, 7-5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/24/1974 @ DNK Win, 7-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:02/07/1949
Born in:Ichikawa, CHI
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 11"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$14,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 32 Days
Service This Yr:154 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:1968, 5th 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 88 134 31 3 0 3 18 18 16 22 .231 .318 .321 .639 .296 .090 90
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 18 151 1 0 0 2 0 0 43 6 2 1 66.7 14.4 3.68 .4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   17 6 0 0 1 3 4 1 2 0 0 1 .353 .421 .529 .950
Versus Right   117 25 3 0 2 15 14 15 20 0 0 0 .214 .303 .291 .594
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   20 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 .250 .348 .250 .598
June   26 4 1 0 0 5 3 2 5 0 0 0 .154 .214 .192 .407
July   32 9 0 0 2 6 4 3 9 0 0 0 .281 .343 .469 .812
August   13 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 .154 .353 .154 .507
September   42 11 2 0 1 5 5 4 3 0 0 0 .262 .326 .381 .707
October   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Postseason   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Last Year   133 38 4 2 5 18 15 14 20 0 0 0 .286 .354 .459 .812
2 Years Ago   23 4 1 0 2 6 4 4 6 0 0 0 .174 .296 .478 .775
Career   373 84 11 2 10 44 41 36 67 1 0 3 .225 .298 .346 .644
Home   70 17 2 0 3 11 10 9 9 0 0 0 .243 .329 .400 .729
Road   64 14 1 0 0 7 8 7 13 0 0 1 .219 .306 .234 .540
Grass   134 31 3 0 3 18 18 16 22 0 0 1 .231 .318 .321 .639
Day   65 12 0 0 2 9 5 5 12 0 0 1 .185 .254 .277 .530
Night   69 19 3 0 1 9 13 11 10 0 0 0 .275 .375 .362 .737
As Starter   63 14 2 0 1 9 5 8 7 0 0 0 .222 .310 .302 .611
As Reliever / Substitution   71 17 1 0 2 9 13 8 15 0 0 1 .239 .325 .338 .663
Pinch Hitting   57 11 1 0 1 5 8 5 11 0 0 0 .193 .258 .263 .521
Close/Late   71 14 0 0 2 6 9 6 13 0 0 1 .197 .269 .282 .551
Inning 1-3   18 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 0 0 0 .222 .391 .222 .614
Inning 4-6   28 8 2 0 1 7 4 3 4 0 0 0 .286 .355 .464 .819
Inning 7-9   82 18 1 0 2 11 12 6 13 0 0 1 .220 .281 .305 .586
Extra Innings   6 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .167 .375 .167 .542
0 Outs   51 15 1 0 2 9 9 5 7 0 0 0 .294 .357 .431 .789
1 Outs   46 11 2 0 1 7 5 5 10 0 0 1 .239 .327 .348 .675
2 Outs   37 5 0 0 0 2 4 6 5 0 0 0 .135 .256 .135 .391
Scoring Position   44 10 2 0 2 17 7 6 6 0 0 0 .227 .320 .409 .729
Bases Empty   67 18 0 0 1 1 10 10 12 0 0 1 .269 .372 .313 .685
Runner on 1st   23 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 .130 .130 .174 .304
Runner on 2nd   17 3 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 .176 .300 .235 .535
Runner on 3rd   4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   11 4 1 0 1 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 .364 .417 .727 1.144
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .667 .833
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Bases Loaded   3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Two Strikes   68 12 3 0 0 6 7 4 22 0 0 1 .176 .233 .221 .453
First Pitch   19 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .263 .263 .526
Count 0-1   7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Count 0-2   11 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .182 .182 .273 .455
Count 1-0   9 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Count 1-1   12 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 1-2   19 5 1 0 0 1 3 0 6 0 0 1 .263 .300 .316 .616
Count 2-0   7 3 0 0 3 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 1.714 2.143
Count 2-1   9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 2-2   24 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 .333 .750 .333 1.083
Full Count   14 3 1 0 0 4 3 4 5 0 0 0 .214 .389 .286 .675
Behind in Count   37 9 2 0 0 2 4 0 8 0 0 1 .243 .263 .297 .560
Ahead in Count   28 9 0 0 3 9 9 12 0 0 0 0 .321 .525 .643 1.168
Batting Leadoff   6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Batting 2nd   10 3 1 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 .300 .417 .400 .817
Batting 3rd   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   8 3 0 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 0 .375 .500 .750 1.250
Batting 5th   6 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .500 .571 .500 1.071
Batting 6th   41 13 2 0 1 9 5 7 3 0 0 0 .317 .417 .439 .856
Batting 7th   20 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .150 .190 .150 .340
Batting 8th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   33 6 0 0 1 2 4 2 9 0 0 1 .182 .250 .273 .523
Low Leverage   40 10 1 0 0 4 4 4 5 0 0 0 .250 .318 .275 .593
Medium Leverage   42 7 1 0 2 5 6 5 5 0 0 0 .167 .255 .333 .589
High Leverage   52 14 1 0 1 9 8 7 12 0 0 1 .269 .367 .346 .713
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
1969 Yokohama - BAN 20 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .125 .222 .250 .472 44 54 -0.0
1970 Yokohama - BAN 21 35 47 6 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 10 1 0 .128 .176 .128 .304 -4 -13 -0.8
1971 Yokohama - BAN 22 10 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154 -57 -71 -0.2
1971 Hosho - BAN 22 6 15 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .333 .533 45 40 -0.1
1971 Total - BAN 22 16 28 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 .143 .143 .214 .357 -3 -12 -0.3
1972 Hosho - BAN 23 20 23 4 1 0 2 6 4 4 0 0 6 0 0 .174 .296 .478 .775 110 109 -0.0
1973 Hosho - BAN 24 86 133 38 4 2 5 18 15 14 0 0 20 0 1 .286 .354 .459 .812 126 129 0.8
1974 Hosho - BAN 25 88 134 31 3 0 3 18 18 16 1 0 22 2 1 .231 .318 .321 .639 79 90 0.4
Total BAN 255 373 84 11 2 10 44 41 36 3 1 67 3 2 .225 .298 .346 .644 81 85 0.1
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 Hosho - BAN 25 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -116 -0.1
Total BAN 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -116
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1969 Yokohama - INT 1B 2 0 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 5.0 16.20 +0.2 1.054
1969 Yokohama - INT CF 7 2 6 0 0 7 1 .857 26.0 2.08 -0.3 1.013
1969 Yokohama - INT RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Yokohama - INT 1B 4 0 10 0 1 10 0 1.000 9.0 10.00 -0.2 1.045
1970 Yokohama - INT LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Yokohama - INT CF 30 11 44 0 0 44 0 1.000 121.0 3.27 -2.4 .965
1970 Yokohama - INT RF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 7.1 2.45 -0.2 1.017
1971 Yokohama - INT 1B 2 0 4 0 1 4 0 1.000 5.0 7.20 +0.0 1.033
1971 Hosho - INT LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Hosho - INT CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.2 1.35 +0.0 1.009
1971 Yokohama - INT CF 5 2 5 0 0 6 1 .833 19.0 2.37 +0.2 1.009
1971 Hosho - INT RF 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 27.0 0.67 +0.0 1.016
1971 Yokohama - INT RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 4.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Hosho - INT 1B 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 4.0 6.75 +0.0 .000
1972 Hosho - INT LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Hosho - INT CF 5 1 5 0 0 6 1 .833 14.0 3.21 +0.0 1.009
1972 Hosho - INT RF 11 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 40.0 0.90 -1.1 .821
1973 Hosho - INT 1B 5 0 8 0 1 8 0 1.000 9.1 7.71 +0.4 2.094
1973 Hosho - INT LF 6 0 1 0 0 2 1 .500 15.2 0.57 -0.0 1.013
1973 Hosho - INT CF 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 7.0 3.86 -0.2 .999
1973 Hosho - INT RF 32 21 40 0 0 40 0 1.000 191.2 1.88 -1.1 .962
1974 Hosho - INT RF 26 13 29 0 0 29 0 1.000 126.1 2.07 -0.3 .956
1974 Hosho - INT LF 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 12.0 0.75 -0.0 1.007
1974 Hosho - INT CF 5 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 11.0 3.27 +0.1 .999
1974 Hosho - INT 1B 5 5 46 1 7 48 1 .979 43.1 9.76 -0.5 .936
TOTAL 1B 20 5 80 1 10 82 1 .988 75.2 9.63 -0.2 1.050
TOTAL LF 14 0 2 0 0 3 1 .667 27.2 0.65 -0.0 1.010
TOTAL CF 56 16 68 0 0 71 3 .958 204.2 2.99 -2.6 .980
TOTAL RF 78 40 77 0 0 78 1 .987 399.0 1.74 -2.7 .954
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1968 Drafted in the 1968 first-year player draft by the Yokohama Kingfishers. (Round 2, Pick 5, 17th overall pick).
03/21/1969 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his two-strike approach at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
04/10/1969 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his outfield defense at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
04/30/1969 Detrimentally completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
05/01/1969 Named the #43 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1969 Named the #46 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1970 Named the #41 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1970 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
06/14/1971 Released by the Yokohama Kingfishers.
07/04/1971 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Nagasaki Stars organization.
07/22/1971 Released by the Nagasaki Stars.
07/27/1971 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Fukuoka Falcons organization.
08/12/1971 Released by the Fukuoka Falcons.
08/25/1971 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Hosho Reliables organization.
01/06/1973 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
03/07/1973 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his outfield defense at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
03/27/1973 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
05/01/1974 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate gap power at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
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