C Kuranosuke Imakake #25
Rakisuta Rams BAN
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
09/01/1975
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C KURANOSUKE IMAKAKE #25 - AGE: 32 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
98 343 87 11 0 1 47 23 29 .254 .296 .294 0 0.8
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/31/1975 HSH Loss, 0-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/29/1975 @ YOK Loss, 0-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/28/1975 @ YOK Loss, 1-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/26/1975 DNK Win, 3-1 3 1 2 3 1 0 0 0
08/25/1975 DNK Win, 4-2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/24/1975 DNK Win, 4-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/23/1975 @ SAP Loss, 0-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/21/1975 @ SAP Win, 4-2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
08/20/1975 KYO Win, 4-3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/19/1975 KYO Loss, 4-5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 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:1975 Season
Major Service:9 Years, 76 Days
Service This Yr:123 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 98 343 87 11 0 1 47 40 23 29 .254 .296 .294 .591 .261 .041 69
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 91 386 2 0 0 16 8 10 101 12 0 0 0.0 29.1 2.71 .8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   51 10 0 0 0 10 5 5 4 5 2 0 .196 .246 .196 .442
Versus Right   292 77 11 0 1 37 35 18 25 5 6 2 .264 .306 .312 .618
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   14 2 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 .143 .200 .357 .557
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
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   2279 590 65 7 23 301 213 172 211 38 52 15 .259 .310 .324 .634
Home   190 41 4 0 1 31 17 14 14 6 6 1 .216 .265 .253 .518
Road   153 46 7 0 0 16 23 9 15 4 2 1 .301 .335 .346 .682
Grass   343 87 11 0 1 47 40 23 29 10 8 2 .254 .296 .294 .591
Day   144 34 5 0 0 20 17 9 14 5 2 1 .236 .277 .271 .548
Night   199 53 6 0 1 27 23 14 15 5 6 1 .266 .311 .312 .622
As Starter   336 86 11 0 1 47 39 22 29 10 8 2 .256 .297 .298 .595
As Reliever / Substitution   7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
Pinch Hitting   7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Close/Late   68 17 1 0 1 8 10 9 2 1 1 0 .250 .333 .309 .642
Inning 1-3   106 22 2 0 0 17 8 5 14 5 4 0 .208 .233 .226 .459
Inning 4-6   127 33 5 0 0 15 15 6 11 2 3 1 .260 .294 .299 .593
Inning 7-9   106 32 4 0 1 15 16 11 3 3 1 1 .302 .364 .368 .732
Extra Innings   4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
0 Outs   112 21 3 0 1 13 21 13 11 5 6 1 .188 .267 .241 .508
1 Outs   114 29 5 0 0 21 13 5 9 5 2 1 .254 .280 .298 .578
2 Outs   117 37 3 0 0 13 6 5 9 0 0 0 .316 .344 .342 .686
Scoring Position   109 32 4 0 1 46 15 3 11 10 8 1 .294 .293 .358 .650
Bases Empty   169 42 5 0 0 0 15 14 15 0 0 0 .249 .306 .278 .584
Runner on 1st   65 13 2 0 0 1 10 6 3 0 0 1 .200 .278 .231 .509
Runner on 2nd   32 8 2 0 1 7 4 0 4 0 6 0 .250 .250 .406 .656
Runner on 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   33 11 2 0 0 9 5 2 1 0 0 1 .333 .389 .394 .783
Runner on 1st & 3rd   14 4 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 .286 .250 .286 .536
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   6 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 2 2 0 .167 .125 .167 .292
Bases Loaded   19 8 0 0 0 18 4 1 2 5 0 0 .421 .360 .421 .781
Two Strikes   115 24 0 0 1 17 8 6 29 3 0 0 .209 .242 .235 .477
First Pitch   72 18 3 0 0 6 9 0 0 1 4 1 .250 .257 .292 .548
Count 0-1   44 11 1 0 0 8 4 0 0 2 2 0 .250 .239 .273 .512
Count 0-2   22 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 .227 .217 .227 .445
Count 1-0   46 14 4 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 1 1 .304 .312 .391 .704
Count 1-1   21 6 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 .286 .286 .333 .619
Count 1-2   34 7 0 0 0 8 1 0 10 1 0 0 .206 .200 .206 .406
Count 2-0   15 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .312 .333 .646
Count 2-1   22 8 1 0 0 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 .364 .348 .409 .757
Count 2-2   33 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 12 0 0 0 .182 .182 .273 .455
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   8 1 1 0 0 1 5 10 0 1 0 0 .125 .579 .250 .829
Full Count   26 6 0 0 0 4 5 6 2 1 0 0 .231 .364 .231 .594
Behind in Count   100 23 1 0 0 19 5 0 15 4 2 0 .230 .221 .240 .461
Ahead in Count   91 28 6 0 0 14 16 17 0 4 1 1 .308 .407 .374 .781
Batting 5th   322 83 10 0 0 44 37 21 28 10 7 2 .258 .299 .289 .587
Batting 6th   3 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.667 2.333
Batting 7th   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Batting 8th   10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .100 .100 .200 .300
Batting 9th   7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
Low Leverage   142 38 5 0 0 5 15 11 7 1 0 0 .268 .318 .303 .621
Medium Leverage   113 23 3 0 0 9 12 8 15 1 5 2 .204 .266 .230 .496
High Leverage   87 26 3 0 1 33 13 4 7 8 3 0 .299 .303 .368 .671
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 98 343 87 11 0 1 47 40 23 2 10 29 0 0 .254 .296 .294 .591 66 69 0.8
Total BAN 695 2279 590 65 7 23 301 213 172 15 38 211 1 1 .259 .310 .324 .634 86 83 8.7
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 92 91 507 62 2 569 0 1.000 794.0 6.45 +2.2 1.085 3 89 26 29.2
TOTAL C 632 618 3502 413 18 3931 16 .996 5413.1 6.51 +3.4 1.019 39 567 180 31.7
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
Year AVG Rank
1967 .292 2
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