LF Tango Kurokawa #11
Kobe Bulls BAN
Age: 26 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
11/01/1974
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
LF TANGO KUROKAWA #11 - AGE: 26 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
129 504 122 21 8 17 66 51 72 .242 .312 .417 12 1.9
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/08/1974 @ HSH Win, 9-5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
10/07/1974 @ HSH Win, 3-1 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
10/05/1974 HSH Win, 7-6 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 0
10/04/1974 HSH Win, 3-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/01/1974 KIN Loss, 2-3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/30/1974 KIN Win, 4-3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/28/1974 @ NAG Loss, 0-5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/27/1974 @ NAG Win, 3-1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/26/1974 @ NAG Loss, 4-5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
09/25/1974 @ VES Loss, 0-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:01/27/1948
Born in:Asago, HYO
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 0"
Weight:175 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$15,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 50 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, 7th Pick in Round 1
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 129 504 122 21 8 17 66 82 51 72 .242 .312 .417 .728 .318 .175 104
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 127 571 3 1 0 5 6 7 210 46 12 8 60.0 67.6 4.47 1.9  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   119 29 5 0 3 15 18 15 13 2 0 2 .244 .333 .361 .695
Versus Right   385 93 16 8 14 51 64 36 59 5 6 1 .242 .304 .434 .738
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   95 19 3 1 3 14 10 8 13 3 0 0 .200 .255 .347 .602
June   101 21 4 0 3 12 14 14 14 1 2 0 .208 .302 .337 .638
July   106 32 4 2 3 11 21 11 15 1 0 2 .302 .375 .462 .837
August   91 27 6 3 3 14 22 10 13 2 3 0 .297 .359 .527 .887
September   107 23 4 2 5 15 14 7 17 0 1 1 .215 .270 .430 .699
October   4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Postseason   15 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 .200 .294 .400 .694
Last Year   486 119 21 3 17 58 79 60 71 4 8 4 .245 .330 .405 .736
2 Years Ago   322 90 10 5 13 53 61 50 56 3 6 2 .280 .377 .463 .839
Career   1426 354 58 16 48 182 230 173 226 14 21 10 .248 .331 .412 .743
Home   253 66 15 5 9 35 46 27 33 4 1 1 .261 .330 .466 .796
Road   251 56 6 3 8 31 36 24 39 3 5 2 .223 .293 .367 .659
Grass   504 122 21 8 17 66 82 51 72 7 6 3 .242 .312 .417 .728
Day   236 54 8 4 7 30 45 24 36 0 3 1 .229 .303 .386 .688
Night   268 68 13 4 10 36 37 27 36 7 3 2 .254 .319 .444 .763
As Starter   502 122 21 8 17 66 82 51 72 7 6 3 .243 .313 .418 .731
As Reliever / Substitution   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   107 32 6 1 5 18 18 6 13 2 0 1 .299 .336 .514 .850
Inning 1-3   206 45 8 4 8 24 36 22 35 3 3 0 .218 .290 .413 .703
Inning 4-6   156 37 6 3 3 20 24 16 18 2 3 2 .237 .312 .372 .684
Inning 7-9   133 37 7 1 5 21 20 13 18 2 0 1 .278 .342 .459 .801
Extra Innings   9 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
0 Outs   180 40 5 2 5 11 34 18 21 2 5 1 .222 .294 .356 .649
1 Outs   179 44 9 4 5 23 29 17 30 5 1 0 .246 .303 .425 .728
2 Outs   145 38 7 2 7 32 19 16 21 0 0 2 .262 .344 .483 .826
Scoring Position   138 36 4 4 6 51 27 21 21 7 6 0 .261 .343 .478 .822
Bases Empty   298 70 16 3 9 9 40 20 42 0 0 2 .235 .287 .399 .687
Runner on 1st   68 16 1 1 2 6 15 10 9 0 0 1 .235 .342 .368 .709
Runner on 2nd   72 19 2 2 3 16 13 11 10 0 5 0 .264 .361 .472 .834
Runner on 3rd   9 4 1 1 1 8 4 1 2 3 0 0 .444 .385 1.111 1.496
Runner on 1st & 2nd   29 9 1 1 1 10 6 4 3 0 0 0 .310 .394 .517 .911
Runner on 1st & 3rd   9 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 .111 .200 .444 .644
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   9 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   10 3 0 0 0 11 3 4 1 2 0 0 .300 .438 .300 .738
Two Strikes   218 42 9 2 3 17 30 27 72 2 0 1 .193 .282 .294 .576
First Pitch   70 15 0 0 2 6 7 0 0 1 1 1 .214 .222 .300 .522
Count 0-1   50 11 3 0 2 8 6 0 0 1 1 1 .220 .231 .400 .631
Count 0-2   37 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 .108 .108 .162 .270
Count 1-0   50 15 3 1 3 11 9 0 0 1 2 0 .300 .294 .580 .874
Count 1-1   47 17 4 2 2 8 11 1 0 0 1 0 .362 .375 .660 1.035
Count 1-2   66 11 0 2 1 4 8 0 25 1 0 1 .167 .176 .273 .449
Count 2-0   15 4 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 .267 .250 .400 .650
Count 2-1   37 13 0 0 4 9 7 0 0 1 1 0 .351 .342 .676 1.018
Count 2-2   64 18 4 0 1 6 4 0 19 1 0 0 .281 .277 .391 .668
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   17 5 2 2 1 5 6 14 0 0 0 0 .294 .613 .824 1.436
Full Count   51 9 3 0 1 7 18 27 12 0 0 0 .176 .462 .294 .756
Behind in Count   153 26 5 2 3 12 14 0 41 2 1 2 .170 .178 .288 .466
Ahead in Count   119 37 5 4 8 27 28 23 0 3 3 0 .311 .414 .622 1.036
Batting Leadoff   129 28 6 2 3 10 16 12 19 1 1 2 .217 .292 .364 .656
Batting 2nd   370 93 15 6 13 55 65 38 53 6 5 1 .251 .318 .430 .748
Batting 6th   3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 1.333 1.833
Batting 9th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   216 52 11 0 6 16 30 17 38 1 0 2 .241 .301 .375 .676
Medium Leverage   214 48 7 7 9 31 40 26 27 1 4 1 .224 .310 .449 .759
High Leverage   73 22 3 1 2 19 12 7 7 5 2 0 .301 .341 .452 .793
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 Kinboshi - BAN 20 11 25 5 1 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .310 .360 .670 111 76 0.0
1969 Kinboshi - BAN 21 66 79 15 5 0 0 2 6 8 1 0 21 1 0 .190 .273 .253 .526 66 65 -0.3
1970 Kinboshi - BAN 22 6 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600 89 85 0.0
1972 Kobe - BAN 24 110 322 90 10 5 13 53 61 50 2 3 56 2 2 .280 .377 .463 .839 139 140 2.3
1973 Kobe - BAN 25 136 486 119 21 3 17 58 79 60 4 4 71 7 6 .245 .330 .405 .736 116 118 2.5
1974 Kobe - BAN 26 129 504 122 21 8 17 66 82 51 3 7 72 12 8 .242 .312 .417 .728 100 104 1.9
Total BAN 458 1426 354 58 16 48 182 230 173 10 14 226 22 16 .248 .331 .412 .743 113 114 6.5
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 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 26 4 15 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .294 .400 .694 91 100 -0.4
Total BAN 4 15 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .294 .400 .694 91 100
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1968 Kinboshi - INT LF 5 4 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 33.0 0.82 +0.1 1.034
1968 Kinboshi - INT CF 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 18.2 0.96 +0.2 1.011
1968 Kinboshi - INT RF 3 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 23.0 1.57 +0.0 1.041
1969 Kinboshi - INT LF 47 11 32 0 0 32 0 1.000 146.2 1.96 -0.3 .969
1969 Kinboshi - INT CF 12 10 26 0 0 26 0 1.000 83.2 2.80 -1.7 .908
1969 Kinboshi - INT RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 5.0 1.80 +0.0 1.035
1970 Kinboshi - INT LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.0 1.50 +0.0 1.036
1970 Kinboshi - INT CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Kinboshi - INT RF 2 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 10.1 3.48 +0.0 1.017
1972 Kobe - INT LF 100 83 134 0 0 136 2 .985 747.1 1.61 +0.4 1.016
1972 Kobe - INT CF 5 4 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 29.0 2.17 -1.3 .883
1972 Kobe - INT RF 3 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 28.2 1.26 -0.3 1.026
1973 Kobe - INT LF 132 132 215 3 0 222 4 .982 1165.2 1.68 +2.3 1.013
1974 Kobe - INT LF 127 127 239 2 0 250 9 .964 1111.0 1.95 +3.6 1.020
TOTAL LF 414 357 624 5 0 644 15 .977 3209.2 1.76 +6.1 1.014
TOTAL CF 20 16 35 0 0 35 0 1.000 131.1 2.40 -2.8 .908
TOTAL RF 12 7 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 67.0 1.75 -0.2 1.029
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1967 Drafted in the 1967 first-year player draft by the Kinboshi Kites. (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick).
03/21/1968 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his two-strike approach at the Kinboshi Kites development complex.
05/01/1968 Named the #4 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1968 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Kinboshi Kites development complex.
04/10/1969 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his outfield defense at the Kinboshi Kites development complex.
05/01/1969 Named the #6 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1971 Released by the Kinboshi Kites.
05/29/1971 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Yokohama Kingfishers organization.
06/22/1971 Released by the Yokohama Kingfishers.
10/26/1971 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $46,600 with the Kobe Bulls organization.
08/21/1972 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
10/10/1972 Wins the 1972 BAN Championship Series with the Kobe Bulls.
09/29/1973 Injured (pulled abdominal muscle),day-to-day for one week.
05/23/1974 Injured (pulled abdominal muscle),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/27/1974 Goes 5-5 against the Vesutan Bees, with 1 3B, 1 RBI and 4 R.
07/29/1974 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
10/09/1974 Wins the 1974 BAN Championship Series with the Kobe Bulls.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1973 132 8
Year PA Rank
1974 571 9
Year AB Rank
1974 504 9
Year 2B Rank
1973 21 5
1974 21 9
Year 3B Rank
1972 5 3
1973 3 8
1974 8 1
Year HR Rank
1973 17 10
Year R Rank
1973 79 5
1974 82 9
Year BB Rank
1973 60 7
Year SF Rank
1973 4 6
1974 7 1
Year EBH Rank
1973 41 9
1974 46 10
Year ISO Rank
1973 .160 10
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