RF Samba Nitta #97
Age: 26 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Normal
08/11/1975
RF SAMBA NITTA #97 - AGE: 26 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
71 155 41 5 0 9 26 21 17 .265 .352 .471 4 0.6
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/10/1975 @ KYO Win, 6-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/10/1975 @ KYO Loss, 2-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/08/1975 @ KYO Loss, 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
08/07/1975 @ YOK Loss, 2-6 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
08/06/1975 @ YOK Win, 5-4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/05/1975 @ YOK Loss, 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/31/1975 SAP Win, 3-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/30/1975 SAP Loss, 3-6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
07/29/1975 SAP Win, 5-0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
07/28/1975 @ RAK Win, 14-9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 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, 134 Days
Service This Yr:102 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:1968, 5th Pick in Round 2
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 71 155 41 5 0 9 26 28 21 17 .265 .352 .471 .823 .360 .206 137
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 36 177 0 1 1 3 0 0 73 14 4 7 36.4 23.7 5.16 .6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   8 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Versus Right   147 39 5 0 9 25 27 19 17 0 0 0 .265 .349 .483 .832
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   11 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .364 .417 .455 .871
May   37 12 1 0 3 7 9 8 3 0 0 0 .324 .444 .595 1.039
June   42 15 2 0 4 9 12 1 5 0 0 0 .357 .372 .690 1.063
July   65 10 1 0 2 9 6 11 9 0 0 0 .154 .276 .262 .538
August   11 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .364 .417 .455 .871
Last Year   134 31 3 0 3 18 18 16 22 0 0 1 .231 .318 .321 .639
2 Years Ago   133 38 4 2 5 18 15 14 20 0 0 0 .286 .354 .459 .812
Career   528 125 16 2 19 70 69 57 84 1 0 3 .237 .314 .383 .697
Home   82 21 4 0 4 11 13 9 9 0 0 0 .256 .330 .451 .781
Road   73 20 1 0 5 15 15 12 8 0 0 0 .274 .376 .493 .870
Grass   155 41 5 0 9 26 28 21 17 0 0 0 .265 .352 .471 .823
Day   65 18 3 0 3 12 11 9 6 0 0 0 .277 .365 .462 .826
Night   90 23 2 0 6 14 17 12 11 0 0 0 .256 .343 .478 .821
As Starter   121 33 3 0 8 23 22 17 12 0 0 0 .273 .362 .496 .858
As Reliever / Substitution   34 8 2 0 1 3 6 4 5 0 0 0 .235 .316 .382 .698
Pinch Hitting   25 6 2 0 1 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 .240 .269 .440 .709
Close/Late   45 12 1 0 3 7 6 10 3 0 0 0 .267 .400 .489 .889
Inning 1-3   38 7 1 0 0 3 4 4 3 0 0 0 .184 .262 .211 .472
Inning 4-6   51 17 2 0 5 14 11 4 9 0 0 0 .333 .382 .667 1.048
Inning 7-9   61 17 2 0 4 9 12 13 3 0 0 0 .279 .405 .508 .914
Extra Innings   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   48 12 3 0 2 3 9 5 5 0 0 0 .250 .321 .438 .758
1 Outs   48 16 1 0 4 14 10 9 6 0 0 0 .333 .439 .604 1.043
2 Outs   59 13 1 0 3 9 8 7 6 0 0 0 .220 .303 .390 .693
Scoring Position   43 12 0 0 2 15 4 3 2 0 0 0 .279 .326 .419 .745
Bases Empty   85 21 3 0 4 4 15 16 13 0 0 0 .247 .366 .424 .790
Runner on 1st   27 8 2 0 3 7 8 2 2 0 0 0 .296 .345 .704 1.049
Runner on 2nd   10 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .273 .500 .773
Runner on 3rd   6 4 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.167 1.833
Runner on 1st & 2nd   13 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .308 .615
Runner on 1st & 3rd   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Bases Loaded   8 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Two Strikes   66 16 1 0 3 10 11 8 17 0 0 0 .242 .324 .394 .718
First Pitch   24 7 1 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 .292 .320 .458 .778
Count 0-1   18 4 1 0 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .611 .833
Count 0-2   12 4 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .583 .917
Count 1-0   13 6 2 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .462 .462 1.077 1.538
Count 1-1   16 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Count 1-2   15 4 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 .267 .267 .467 .733
Count 2-0   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Count 2-1   11 5 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .455 .455 .727 1.182
Count 2-2   20 5 1 0 1 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 .250 .250 .450 .700
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .714 .000 .714
Full Count   19 3 0 0 0 1 3 8 6 0 0 0 .158 .407 .158 .565
Behind in Count   45 12 1 0 4 12 8 0 5 0 0 0 .267 .267 .556 .822
Ahead in Count   31 12 2 0 3 6 7 12 0 0 0 0 .387 .558 .742 1.300
Batting 2nd   5 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .200 .333 .800 1.133
Batting 4th   21 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 .143 .143 .381 .524
Batting 5th   18 6 0 0 1 5 3 4 1 0 0 0 .333 .455 .500 .955
Batting 6th   39 14 0 0 2 9 8 6 4 0 0 0 .359 .444 .513 .957
Batting 7th   48 13 2 0 4 7 9 9 6 0 0 0 .271 .386 .562 .948
Batting 8th   7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Batting 9th   17 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 .176 .222 .235 .458
Low Leverage   65 21 3 0 5 11 15 12 7 0 0 0 .323 .429 .600 1.029
Medium Leverage   53 12 1 0 3 6 7 6 9 0 0 0 .226 .305 .415 .720
High Leverage   36 8 1 0 1 9 5 3 1 0 0 0 .222 .282 .333 .615
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 81 87 0.3
1975 Hosho - BAN 26 71 155 41 5 0 9 26 28 21 0 0 17 4 7 .265 .352 .471 .823 127 137 0.6
Total BAN 326 528 125 16 2 19 70 69 57 3 1 84 7 9 .237 .314 .383 .697 95 99 0.6
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%
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 Yokohama - INT RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 4.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Hosho - INT RF 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 27.0 0.67 +0.0 1.016
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 1B 5 5 46 1 7 48 1 .979 43.1 9.76 -0.5 .936
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 RF 26 13 29 0 0 29 0 1.000 126.1 2.07 -0.3 .956
1975 Hosho - INT 1B 7 4 44 3 1 47 0 1.000 39.1 10.75 -0.2 1.054
1975 Hosho - INT LF 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 10.1 2.61 -0.7 .759
1975 Hosho - INT CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 Hosho - INT RF 42 32 59 1 0 63 3 .952 288.2 1.87 -5.6 .890
TOTAL 1B 27 9 124 4 11 129 1 .992 115.0 10.02 -0.3 1.052
TOTAL LF 16 0 5 0 0 6 1 .833 38.0 1.18 -0.7 .843
TOTAL CF 56 16 68 0 0 71 3 .958 204.2 2.99 -2.6 .980
TOTAL RF 120 72 136 1 0 141 4 .972 687.2 1.79 -8.3 .925
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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