C Kuranosuke Imakake #25
Rakisuta Rams BAN
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Unhappy
10/14/1975
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C KURANOSUKE IMAKAKE #25 - AGE: 32 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
123 425 104 14 0 3 57 29 38 .245 .291 .299 0 0.6
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/01/1975 @ YOK Win, 3-2 4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
09/30/1975 @ YOK Loss, 3-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/29/1975 @ YOK Loss, 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/28/1975 DNK Win, 11-3 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
09/27/1975 DNK Win, 3-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/26/1975 DNK Loss, 1-5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/24/1975 @ SAP Win, 9-5 5 2 3 3 0 0 0 0
09/23/1975 @ SAP Loss, 3-5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/22/1975 @ SAP Loss, 0-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/20/1975 KYO Loss, 2-7 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:11/11/1942
Born in:Mobara, CHI
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 11"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$16,080
Signed Through:1976 Season
Major Service:9 Years, 101 Days
Service This Yr:154 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:14 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1961, 3rd Pick in Round 3
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 123 425 104 14 0 3 57 49 29 38 .245 .291 .299 .590 .259 .054 67
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 114 478 3 1 0 16 11 10 127 17 0 0 0.0 36.6 2.76 .6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   61 12 0 0 0 12 6 8 4 5 3 0 .197 .270 .197 .467
Versus Right   364 92 14 0 3 45 43 21 34 5 8 3 .253 .295 .316 .611
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   86 19 1 0 0 11 13 8 7 3 2 1 .221 .286 .233 .518
June   92 28 3 0 0 11 11 6 9 1 2 0 .304 .343 .337 .680
July   92 21 4 0 0 12 8 5 8 3 1 1 .228 .267 .272 .539
August   73 19 3 0 1 13 8 4 5 3 3 0 .260 .287 .342 .630
September   78 15 3 0 2 8 9 5 9 0 3 1 .192 .250 .308 .558
October   4 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100
Last Year   390 94 12 1 5 48 37 38 41 4 7 3 .241 .310 .315 .626
2 Years Ago   221 59 8 0 5 29 23 26 15 5 9 1 .267 .340 .371 .711
Career   2361 607 68 7 25 311 222 178 220 38 55 16 .257 .309 .324 .633
Home   230 49 5 0 2 34 23 18 19 6 9 2 .213 .270 .261 .530
Road   195 55 9 0 1 23 26 11 19 4 2 1 .282 .318 .344 .661
Grass   425 104 14 0 3 57 49 29 38 10 11 3 .245 .291 .299 .590
Day   199 46 7 0 2 27 25 12 20 5 3 2 .231 .275 .296 .572
Night   226 58 7 0 1 30 24 17 18 5 8 1 .257 .305 .301 .606
As Starter   417 103 14 0 3 57 48 28 37 10 11 3 .247 .293 .302 .595
As Reliever / Substitution   8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Pinch Hitting   8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Close/Late   89 23 2 0 1 12 13 11 5 1 2 1 .258 .343 .315 .658
Inning 1-3   132 24 3 0 0 18 10 8 18 5 4 0 .182 .221 .205 .425
Inning 4-6   156 41 6 0 1 19 18 7 13 2 5 1 .263 .295 .321 .616
Inning 7-9   131 38 5 0 2 19 20 13 5 3 1 2 .290 .356 .374 .730
Extra Innings   6 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
0 Outs   134 29 6 0 2 16 26 14 11 5 8 1 .216 .286 .306 .592
1 Outs   147 35 5 0 0 25 16 9 14 5 3 2 .238 .282 .272 .554
2 Outs   144 40 3 0 1 16 7 6 13 0 0 0 .278 .307 .319 .626
Scoring Position   134 39 5 0 1 54 17 6 16 10 11 2 .291 .309 .351 .660
Bases Empty   214 49 5 0 2 2 21 17 18 0 0 0 .229 .286 .280 .566
Runner on 1st   77 16 4 0 0 1 11 6 4 0 0 1 .208 .274 .260 .534
Runner on 2nd   42 9 2 0 1 8 4 0 6 0 8 1 .214 .233 .333 .566
Runner on 3rd   6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   42 13 2 0 0 10 6 4 4 0 0 1 .310 .383 .357 .740
Runner on 1st & 3rd   15 5 1 0 0 7 2 0 1 2 0 0 .333 .294 .400 .694
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   8 3 0 0 0 7 1 1 2 2 3 0 .375 .364 .375 .739
Bases Loaded   21 9 0 0 0 20 4 1 2 5 0 0 .429 .370 .429 .799
Two Strikes   154 30 0 0 1 21 11 8 38 3 0 1 .195 .235 .214 .449
First Pitch   82 22 4 0 0 8 10 1 0 1 7 1 .268 .282 .317 .599
Count 0-1   50 11 1 0 0 8 4 0 0 2 2 0 .220 .212 .240 .452
Count 0-2   29 6 0 0 0 3 1 0 5 1 0 0 .207 .200 .207 .407
Count 1-0   52 15 4 0 1 7 7 0 0 1 1 1 .288 .296 .423 .719
Count 1-1   32 9 2 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 .281 .281 .344 .625
Count 1-2   53 11 0 0 0 10 2 0 15 1 0 0 .208 .204 .208 .411
Count 2-0   15 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .312 .333 .646
Count 2-1   30 10 2 0 0 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .323 .400 .723
Count 2-2   41 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 15 0 0 1 .146 .167 .220 .386
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   10 2 1 0 1 2 7 12 0 1 0 0 .200 .609 .600 1.209
Full Count   31 7 0 0 0 6 6 8 3 1 0 0 .226 .375 .226 .601
Behind in Count   132 28 1 0 0 21 7 0 20 4 2 0 .212 .206 .220 .426
Ahead in Count   107 32 7 0 2 16 19 20 0 4 1 1 .299 .402 .421 .822
Batting 5th   332 85 10 0 0 46 38 23 29 10 7 2 .256 .300 .286 .586
Batting 6th   64 17 3 0 3 11 9 3 7 0 3 1 .266 .309 .453 .762
Batting 7th   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Batting 8th   20 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .050 .095 .100 .195
Batting 9th   8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Low Leverage   176 43 5 0 1 7 18 12 10 1 0 0 .244 .291 .290 .581
Medium Leverage   145 29 4 0 1 12 16 11 18 1 6 2 .200 .264 .248 .512
High Leverage   103 32 5 0 1 38 15 6 10 8 5 1 .311 .331 .388 .719
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 Kobe - BAN 23 78 258 62 4 1 3 16 27 26 0 1 37 0 0 .240 .309 .298 .607 86 75 0.8
1967 Kobe - BAN 24 118 421 123 16 4 3 61 36 15 4 5 37 0 1 .292 .319 .371 .690 108 106 2.8
1968 Kobe - BAN 25 62 215 53 5 0 3 32 17 7 1 5 16 0 0 .247 .268 .312 .579 81 78 0.8
1969 Kobe - BAN 26 34 99 20 1 0 1 8 5 8 0 1 12 0 0 .202 .259 .242 .502 58 53 0.1
1970 Kobe - BAN 27 38 104 29 5 1 1 14 7 6 1 1 9 0 0 .279 .321 .375 .696 116 110 0.7
1971 Kobe - BAN 28 31 96 28 2 0 1 16 9 9 1 2 5 0 0 .292 .352 .344 .696 97 90 0.4
1972 Kobe - BAN 29 35 105 25 1 0 0 22 11 13 2 3 9 0 0 .238 .325 .248 .573 65 63 0.1
1972 Sapporo - BAN 29 12 27 10 0 0 0 8 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 .370 .379 .370 .750 105 102 0.2
1972 Total - BAN 29 47 132 35 1 0 0 30 12 14 2 4 10 0 0 .265 .336 .273 .608 73 70 0.2
1973 Sapporo - BAN 30 24 55 16 4 0 2 6 6 8 1 1 4 0 0 .291 .385 .473 .857 139 132 0.7
1973 Rakisuta - BAN 30 49 166 43 4 0 3 23 17 18 0 4 11 0 0 .259 .324 .337 .662 86 82 0.6
1973 Total - BAN 30 73 221 59 8 0 5 29 23 26 1 5 15 0 0 .267 .340 .371 .711 99 94 1.2
1974 Rakisuta - BAN 31 116 390 94 12 1 5 48 37 38 3 4 41 1 0 .241 .310 .315 .626 76 75 0.8
1975 Rakisuta - BAN 32 123 425 104 14 0 3 57 49 29 3 10 38 0 0 .245 .291 .299 .590 64 67 0.6
Total BAN 720 2361 607 68 7 25 311 222 178 16 38 220 1 1 .257 .309 .324 .633 85 82 8.5
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 FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1966 Kobe - INT C 76 74 394 41 2 437 2 .995 645.0 6.07 +0.5 .982 6 42 16 38.1
1967 Kobe - INT C 113 110 579 59 2 639 1 .998 972.1 5.91 +0.7 .911 6 65 29 44.6
1968 Kobe - INT C 56 56 302 35 2 338 1 .997 480.0 6.32 +0.5 1.015 5 38 13 34.2
1969 Kobe - INT C 29 28 158 15 1 174 1 .994 240.2 6.47 +0.7 1.029 2 14 5 35.7
1970 Kobe - INT C 30 28 196 29 1 227 2 .991 249.2 8.11 -0.3 1.273 2 59 17 28.8
1971 Kobe - INT C 25 25 207 18 2 226 1 .996 216.0 9.38 -0.6 .968 1 26 6 23.1
1972 Kobe - INT C 27 27 191 20 1 213 2 .991 240.0 7.91 -0.4 1.086 3 29 8 27.6
1972 Sapporo - INT C 6 6 42 5 0 47 0 1.000 54.0 7.83 +0.3 .951 0 5 2 40.0
1973 Sapporo - INT C 19 17 82 13 2 95 0 1.000 142.0 6.02 +0.4 .996 1 9 4 44.4
1973 Rakisuta - INT C 47 45 245 38 1 285 2 .993 401.0 6.35 +0.5 1.062 3 66 20 30.3
1974 Rakisuta - INT C 112 111 599 78 2 681 4 .994 978.2 6.23 -1.1 .995 7 125 34 27.2
1975 Rakisuta - INT C 116 114 634 74 2 710 2 .997 999.2 6.37 +1.4 1.080 3 111 30 27.0
TOTAL C 656 641 3629 425 18 4072 18 .996 5619.0 6.49 +2.5 1.020 39 589 184 31.2
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1961 Drafted in the 1961 first-year player draft by the Rakisuta Rams. (Round 3, Pick 3, 27th overall pick).
06/06/1961 Released by the Rakisuta Rams.
06/19/1961 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Rakisuta Rams organization.
06/19/1961 Released by the Rakisuta Rams.
06/22/1961 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kobe Bulls organization.
06/22/1961 Released by the Kobe Bulls.
07/18/1961 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Nagasaki Stars organization.
07/18/1961 Released by the Nagasaki Stars.
07/30/1961 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Osaka Sailors organization.
07/30/1961 Released by the Osaka Sailors.
08/08/1961 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Yokohama Kingfishers organization.
08/08/1961 Released by the Yokohama Kingfishers.
08/14/1961 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Fukuoka Falcons organization.
08/15/1961 Released by the Fukuoka Falcons.
08/15/1961 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Yokohama Kingfishers organization.
08/15/1961 Released by the Yokohama Kingfishers.
08/18/1961 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Hosho Reliables organization.
11/20/1961 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at catcher at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
05/01/1962 Named the #51 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1962 Named the #54 prospect in the BAN
10/13/1962 Named the #47 prospect in the BAN
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 1; Eye: 2.
03/23/1963 Outstandingly completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
05/01/1963 Named the #40 prospect in the BAN
10/14/1963 Named the #39 prospect in the BAN
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 1; Eye: 2.
05/01/1964 Named the #26 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1964 Named the #22 prospect in the BAN
10/12/1964 Named the #20 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1965 Named the #21 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1965 Named the #30 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1966 Named the #30 prospect in the BAN
06/06/1966 Released by the Hosho Reliables.
06/23/1966 Signed a minor league contract with majors option with the Kobe Bulls organization.
07/16/1966 Named the #35 prospect in the BAN
10/13/1966 Wins the 1966 BAN Championship Series with the Kobe Bulls.
04/11/1967 Outstandingly completed training to improve his two-strike approach at the Kobe Bulls development complex.
08/28/1967 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
09/01/1967 Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award.
10/13/1967 Wins the 1967 BAN Championship Series with the Kobe Bulls.
07/31/1968 Was selected to the 1968 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
10/12/1969 Wins the 1969 BAN Championship Series with the Kobe Bulls.
05/01/1970 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Kobe Bulls development complex.
10/11/1970 Wins the 1970 BAN Championship Series with the Kobe Bulls.
08/31/1972 Released by the Kobe Bulls.
09/06/1972 Signed a 2-year contract worth a total of $30,800 with the Sapporo Bears organization.
10/10/1972 Wins the 1972 BAN Championship Series with the Kobe Bulls.
07/31/1973 Was traded by the Sapporo Bears to the Rakisuta Rams in exchange for RP Satoshi Yamashita and RP Hideji Katsumata.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 3B Rank
1967 4 10
Year RBI Rank
1967 61 10
Year HP Rank
1967 4 7
Year SH Rank
1967 10 6
Year SF Rank
1967 5 8
1968 5 9
1973 5 5
1974 4 4
1975 10 1
Year AVG Rank
1967 .292 2
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