2B Saikaku 'Creole' Tanaka #9
Denki Dynamics BAN
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
10/06/1975
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
2B SAIKAKU 'CREOLE' TANAKA #9 - AGE: 32 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
85 138 40 7 0 2 11 16 23 .290 .361 .384 13 0.9
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/27/1975 @ RAK Loss, 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/26/1975 @ RAK Win, 5-1 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 0
09/24/1975 @ KYO Win, 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/23/1975 @ KYO Win, 5-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/23/1975 @ KYO Loss, 3-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/21/1975 YOK Win, 9-5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
09/20/1975 YOK Win, 8-7 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
09/19/1975 YOK Win, 14-4 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1
09/16/1975 SAP Win, 6-1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/16/1975 @ SAP Win, 8-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:10/09/1942
Born in:Kujukuri, CHI
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 0"
Weight:210 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$13,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:7 Years, 117 Days
Service This Yr:154 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:10 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1965, 3rd Pick in Round 1
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 85 138 40 7 0 2 11 27 16 23 .290 .361 .384 .745 .322 .094 111
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 28 162 0 0 0 3 7 1 53 9 13 2 86.7 21.4 5.21 .9  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   22 8 0 0 2 4 5 2 5 0 1 0 .364 .417 .636 1.053
Versus Right   116 32 7 0 0 7 21 14 18 1 6 0 .276 .351 .336 .687
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   20 5 2 0 0 1 5 5 2 1 2 0 .250 .385 .350 .735
June   22 5 0 0 0 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 .227 .261 .227 .488
July   38 14 2 0 2 4 8 4 7 0 4 0 .368 .429 .579 1.008
August   28 7 2 0 0 2 4 2 7 0 1 0 .250 .300 .321 .621
September   30 9 1 0 0 2 6 4 4 0 0 0 .300 .382 .333 .716
Last Year   285 64 6 0 4 28 34 33 50 0 11 5 .225 .316 .288 .604
2 Years Ago   127 32 4 0 1 9 24 23 20 1 6 4 .252 .381 .307 .688
Career   1314 324 50 14 20 144 184 169 258 9 58 22 .247 .340 .352 .692
Home   68 21 4 0 0 2 17 11 11 1 3 0 .309 .400 .368 .768
Road   70 19 3 0 2 9 10 5 12 0 4 0 .271 .320 .400 .720
Grass   138 40 7 0 2 11 27 16 23 1 7 0 .290 .361 .384 .745
Day   47 13 3 0 0 1 7 5 5 0 1 0 .277 .346 .340 .687
Night   91 27 4 0 2 10 20 11 18 1 6 0 .297 .369 .407 .776
As Starter   101 28 6 0 1 7 16 10 20 0 6 0 .277 .342 .366 .709
As Reliever / Substitution   37 12 1 0 1 4 11 6 3 1 1 0 .324 .409 .432 .842
Pinch Hitting   27 7 0 0 1 4 6 4 2 1 0 0 .259 .344 .370 .714
Close/Late   36 13 3 0 1 2 12 8 5 0 4 0 .361 .477 .528 1.005
Inning 1-3   38 8 3 0 0 1 3 1 7 0 2 0 .211 .231 .289 .520
Inning 4-6   38 14 1 0 1 6 8 5 5 0 1 0 .368 .442 .474 .916
Inning 7-9   57 15 3 0 1 4 12 8 10 1 3 0 .263 .348 .368 .717
Extra Innings   5 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 .600 .714 .600 1.314
0 Outs   50 18 5 0 1 1 16 6 7 0 2 0 .360 .429 .520 .949
1 Outs   45 11 0 0 0 2 6 4 10 1 5 0 .244 .300 .244 .544
2 Outs   43 11 2 0 1 8 4 6 6 0 0 0 .256 .347 .372 .719
Scoring Position   35 6 1 0 1 10 3 4 4 1 7 0 .171 .250 .286 .536
Bases Empty   87 29 6 0 1 1 19 8 17 0 0 0 .333 .389 .437 .826
Runner on 1st   16 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 .312 .450 .312 .762
Runner on 2nd   17 2 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 5 0 .118 .250 .118 .368
Runner on 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .250 .333 .583
Runner on 1st & 2nd   6 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .833 1.167
Runner on 1st & 3rd   3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Two Strikes   57 10 2 0 0 2 9 8 23 0 0 0 .175 .277 .211 .487
First Pitch   22 11 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 .500 .500 .636 1.136
Count 0-1   11 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .364 .364 .455 .818
Count 0-2   9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
Count 1-0   14 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 .214 .214 .214 .429
Count 1-1   12 7 2 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .583 .583 1.000 1.583
Count 1-2   17 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .353
Count 2-0   5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Count 2-1   11 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .091 .083 .182 .265
Count 2-2   18 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   6 2 1 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 .333 .636 .500 1.136
Full Count   13 2 0 0 0 1 6 8 4 0 0 0 .154 .476 .154 .630
Behind in Count   37 8 1 0 0 1 3 0 11 0 1 0 .216 .216 .243 .459
Ahead in Count   36 8 2 0 0 4 7 8 0 1 4 0 .222 .356 .278 .633
Batting Leadoff   41 9 2 0 0 0 6 3 7 0 1 0 .220 .273 .268 .541
Batting 2nd   20 9 3 0 1 3 4 1 6 0 4 0 .450 .476 .750 1.226
Batting 4th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Batting 6th   3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Batting 7th   20 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 .200 .273 .200 .473
Batting 8th   22 9 1 0 1 5 5 3 3 0 1 0 .409 .480 .591 1.071
Batting 9th   31 9 1 0 0 3 7 5 3 1 0 0 .290 .378 .323 .701
Low Leverage   56 18 3 0 0 2 12 9 9 1 0 0 .321 .409 .375 .784
Medium Leverage   49 12 2 0 1 3 5 1 8 0 3 0 .245 .260 .347 .607
High Leverage   29 10 2 0 1 6 9 6 3 0 4 0 .345 .457 .517 .974
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
1966 Hosho - BAN 23 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 292 324 0.1
1967 Hosho - BAN 24 21 22 6 2 0 1 4 7 3 0 1 3 0 0 .273 .346 .500 .846 156 161 -0.1
1968 Kinboshi - BAN 25 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 217 217 0.0
1969 Fukuoka - BAN 26 78 139 30 4 1 2 16 11 16 2 0 33 2 2 .216 .306 .302 .608 91 94 -0.2
1970 Denki - BAN 27 61 124 32 6 2 7 17 19 7 2 0 26 7 5 .258 .308 .508 .816 150 149 1.0
1971 Denki - BAN 28 108 328 82 10 8 2 30 43 43 5 4 78 19 5 .250 .342 .348 .690 91 82 -0.4
1972 Denki - BAN 29 90 145 35 10 3 1 28 19 28 4 2 24 5 0 .241 .374 .372 .747 105 103 0.6
1973 Denki - BAN 30 86 127 32 4 0 1 9 24 23 4 1 20 15 2 .252 .381 .307 .688 96 95 0.7
1974 Denki - BAN 31 108 285 64 6 0 4 28 34 33 5 0 50 15 6 .225 .316 .288 .604 71 72 -0.3
1975 Denki - BAN 32 85 138 40 7 0 2 11 27 16 0 1 23 13 2 .290 .361 .384 .745 107 111 0.9
Total BAN 642 1314 324 50 14 20 144 184 169 22 9 258 76 22 .247 .340 .352 .692 98 96 2.4
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%
1966 Hosho - INT LF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 +0.0 1.012
1967 Hosho - INT 2B 4 0 4 4 0 8 0 1.000 8.0 9.00 -0.5 .833
1967 Hosho - INT SS 2 0 3 4 0 9 2 .778 6.0 10.50 -0.8 .826
1967 Hosho - INT LF 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 20.0 0.45 -1.6 .342
1968 Kinboshi - INT 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.2 0.00 -0.0 .000
1968 Kinboshi - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Fukuoka - INT 1B 3 3 32 6 5 39 1 .974 27.0 12.67 -0.4 .948
1969 Fukuoka - INT 2B 26 9 48 25 6 76 3 .961 107.1 6.12 -3.6 .799
1969 Fukuoka - INT SS 14 3 7 23 3 33 3 .909 55.2 4.85 +0.2 .954
1969 Fukuoka - INT LF 12 12 17 0 0 20 3 .850 94.1 1.62 -1.9 .879
1970 Denki - INT 2B 32 19 49 56 10 108 3 .972 187.2 5.04 -2.4 .968
1970 Denki - INT SS 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.1 1.068
1970 Denki - INT LF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 9.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Denki - INT 1B 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 2.0 13.50 +0.0 1.033
1971 Denki - INT 2B 102 98 204 181 45 395 10 .975 840.2 4.12 -12.5 .875
1971 Denki - INT 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Denki - INT SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Denki - INT 1B 14 12 94 14 9 108 0 1.000 107.2 9.03 -0.9 .941
1972 Denki - INT 2B 14 8 24 13 7 37 0 1.000 82.0 4.06 -1.3 .829
1972 Denki - INT 3B 16 10 8 32 4 43 3 .930 91.0 3.96 +0.0 .996
1972 Denki - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Denki - INT 1B 30 14 155 12 12 168 1 .994 140.2 10.68 +0.6 1.047
1973 Denki - INT 2B 9 7 19 23 3 43 1 .977 63.2 5.94 -1.2 .908
1973 Denki - INT 3B 7 4 4 15 0 19 0 1.000 37.0 4.62 +0.6 1.063
1973 Denki - INT LF 9 3 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 43.0 2.09 +0.1 1.013
1974 Denki - INT 1B 14 5 58 9 6 67 0 1.000 59.0 10.22 +1.1 1.149
1974 Denki - INT 2B 58 54 119 161 38 287 7 .976 479.0 5.26 -3.6 .960
1974 Denki - INT 3B 10 8 2 22 2 29 5 .828 72.2 2.97 -2.0 .836
1974 Denki - INT LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 Denki - INT 1B 34 9 120 3 11 123 0 1.000 110.0 10.06 +0.8 1.058
1975 Denki - INT 2B 16 15 36 41 10 79 2 .975 132.0 5.25 -2.4 .956
1975 Denki - INT 3B 10 4 3 12 1 16 1 .938 45.1 2.98 -1.5 .783
1975 Denki - INT LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.2 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 96 43 462 44 43 508 2 .996 446.1 10.20 +1.2 1.024
TOTAL 2B 263 210 503 504 119 1033 26 .975 1903.0 4.76 -27.4 .914
TOTAL 3B 43 26 17 81 7 107 9 .916 246.0 3.59 -2.8 .928
TOTAL SS 18 4 10 29 3 44 5 .886 71.0 4.94 -0.6 .930
TOTAL LF 30 19 29 0 0 32 3 .906 178.0 1.47 -3.4 .871
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 1.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 1; Eye: 1.
06/05/1965 Drafted in the 1965 first-year player draft by the Hosho Reliables. (Round 1, Pick 3, 3rd overall pick).
07/16/1965 Named the #2 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1966 Named the #3 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1966 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his infield defense at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
07/16/1966 Named the #3 prospect in the BAN
03/22/1967 Outstandingly completed training to improve his plate discipline at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
05/01/1967 Named the #5 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1967 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his infield defense at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
05/01/1968 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his infield defense at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
06/12/1968 Released by the Hosho Reliables.
08/13/1968 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Denki Dynamics organization.
09/10/1968 Released by the Denki Dynamics.
09/24/1968 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kinboshi Kites organization.
03/21/1969 Outstandingly completed training to generate gap power at the Kinboshi Kites development complex.
04/10/1969 Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the Kinboshi Kites development complex.
05/01/1969 Released by the Kinboshi Kites.
05/17/1969 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Fukuoka Falcons organization.
11/10/1969 Was traded by the Fukuoka Falcons to the Denki Dynamics, along with SS Tetsuji Saito and SP Yugoro Yoshida, in exchange for 1B Satoshi Takahashi.
04/11/1970 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his infield defense at the Denki Dynamics development complex.
04/30/1971 Successfully completed training to improve his infield defense at the Denki Dynamics development complex.
05/07/1972 Injured (food poisoning),out for 2 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 3B Rank
1971 8 1
Year SB Rank
1971 19 8
Year SH Rank
1971 25 2
Year SF Rank
1971 4 9
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