C Kuranosuke Imakake #25
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
06/23/1975
C KURANOSUKE IMAKAKE #25 - AGE: 32 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
45 154 41 3 0 0 20 12 14 .266 .316 .286 0 0.6
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
06/22/1975 @ YOK Loss, 2-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/21/1975 @ YOK Win, 8-3 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
06/20/1975 @ YOK Win, 3-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/19/1975 DNK Loss, 1-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/18/1975 DNK Win, 8-3 4 1 2 4 0 1 0 0
06/17/1975 DNK Loss, 4-5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
06/16/1975 @ SAP Loss, 4-5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/15/1975 @ SAP Win, 4-2 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
06/13/1975 KYO Win, 5-3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/12/1975 KYO Loss, 2-5 3 0 1 0 0 1 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, 6 Days
Service This Yr:53 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 45 154 41 3 0 0 20 22 12 14 .266 .316 .286 .602 .267 .019 75
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 40 175 1 0 0 8 4 4 44 3 0 0 0.0 13.5 2.84 .6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   26 7 0 0 0 7 3 2 3 3 0 0 .269 .290 .269 .560
Versus Right   128 34 3 0 0 13 19 10 11 1 4 1 .266 .321 .289 .610
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   27 9 1 0 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 .333 .357 .370 .728
May   86 19 1 0 0 11 13 8 7 3 2 1 .221 .286 .233 .518
June   68 22 2 0 0 9 9 4 7 1 2 0 .324 .356 .353 .709
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   2090 544 57 7 22 274 195 161 196 32 48 14 .260 .313 .326 .639
Home   83 20 2 0 0 13 8 7 5 2 4 0 .241 .293 .265 .559
Road   71 21 1 0 0 7 14 5 9 2 0 1 .296 .342 .310 .652
Grass   154 41 3 0 0 20 22 12 14 4 4 1 .266 .316 .286 .602
Day   71 17 2 0 0 11 11 6 9 2 1 1 .239 .300 .268 .568
Night   83 24 1 0 0 9 11 6 5 2 3 0 .289 .330 .301 .631
As Starter   150 41 3 0 0 20 22 11 14 4 4 1 .273 .319 .293 .613
As Reliever / Substitution   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Pinch Hitting   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   28 9 0 0 0 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 .321 .412 .321 .733
Inning 1-3   51 12 0 0 0 9 5 1 9 1 2 0 .235 .245 .235 .481
Inning 4-6   55 15 2 0 0 6 8 4 5 1 2 1 .273 .328 .309 .637
Inning 7-9   47 14 1 0 0 5 9 6 0 2 0 0 .298 .364 .319 .683
Extra Innings   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
0 Outs   44 10 0 0 0 5 10 8 4 3 4 0 .227 .327 .227 .555
1 Outs   55 14 2 0 0 12 7 1 4 1 0 1 .255 .276 .291 .567
2 Outs   55 17 1 0 0 3 5 3 6 0 0 0 .309 .345 .327 .672
Scoring Position   50 13 1 0 0 19 7 0 9 4 4 1 .260 .255 .280 .535
Bases Empty   73 19 1 0 0 0 8 7 5 0 0 0 .260 .325 .274 .599
Runner on 1st   31 9 1 0 0 1 7 5 0 0 0 0 .290 .389 .323 .711
Runner on 2nd   13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 .077 .077 .077 .154
Runner on 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   14 5 1 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 .357 .400 .429 .829
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 .167 .143 .167 .310
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   5 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 .200 .167 .200 .367
Bases Loaded   9 5 0 0 0 8 2 0 2 1 0 0 .556 .500 .556 1.056
Two Strikes   42 10 0 0 0 5 3 2 14 1 0 0 .238 .267 .238 .505
First Pitch   35 9 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 .257 .257 .286 .543
Count 0-1   24 7 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 .292 .292 .333 .625
Count 0-2   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .200 .167 .200 .367
Count 1-0   20 3 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 .150 .182 .150 .332
Count 1-1   11 4 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 .364 .364 .455 .818
Count 1-2   14 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Count 2-0   7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857
Count 2-1   13 5 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 .385 .357 .385 .742
Count 2-2   16 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   2 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 1 0 0 .000 .625 .000 .625
Full Count   7 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 .429 .556 .429 .984
Behind in Count   43 12 1 0 0 8 3 0 6 1 1 0 .279 .273 .302 .575
Ahead in Count   42 11 0 0 0 7 10 10 0 3 0 1 .262 .393 .262 .655
Batting 5th   150 41 3 0 0 20 22 11 14 4 4 1 .273 .319 .293 .613
Batting 9th   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Low Leverage   71 17 2 0 0 3 13 6 2 1 0 0 .239 .295 .268 .562
Medium Leverage   45 11 0 0 0 3 4 4 7 0 3 1 .244 .320 .244 .564
High Leverage   37 13 1 0 0 14 5 2 5 3 1 0 .351 .357 .378 .736
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 45 154 41 3 0 0 20 22 12 1 4 14 0 0 .266 .316 .286 .602 69 75 0.6
Total BAN 642 2090 544 57 7 22 274 195 161 14 32 196 1 1 .260 .313 .326 .639 88 85 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 41 40 207 33 2 240 0 1.000 348.0 6.21 +1.4 1.067 1 39 12 30.8
TOTAL C 581 567 3202 384 18 3602 16 .996 4967.1 6.50 +2.6 1.012 37 517 166 32.1
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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