C Kuranosuke Imakake #25
Rakisuta Rams BAN
Age: 31 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Unhappy
11/01/1974
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C KURANOSUKE IMAKAKE #25 - AGE: 31 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
116 390 94 12 1 5 48 38 41 .241 .310 .315 1 1.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/01/1974 @ KYO Loss, 3-4 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
09/29/1974 @ KYO Loss, 3-4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/28/1974 @ DNK Loss, 1-5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
09/27/1974 @ DNK Win, 8-1 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 0
09/26/1974 @ DNK Loss, 1-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/24/1974 SAP Loss, 1-3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/23/1974 SAP Win, 2-1 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
09/22/1974 SAP Loss, 2-4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/21/1974 @ YOK Loss, 4-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/20/1974 @ YOK Win, 10-4 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:11/11/1942
Born in:Mobara, CHI
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 11"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$16,080
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:8 Years, 101 Days
Service This Yr:154 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:13 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 1974 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 116 390 94 12 1 5 48 37 38 41 .241 .310 .315 .626 .278 .074 78
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 111 442 3 3 0 18 7 4 123 18 1 0 100.0 36.8 3.06 .0  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   45 9 0 0 0 4 5 3 5 0 1 0 .200 .250 .200 .450
Versus Right   345 85 12 1 5 44 32 35 36 4 6 3 .246 .318 .330 .648
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   86 21 2 0 1 10 8 5 6 2 0 0 .244 .280 .302 .582
June   75 19 2 1 1 11 7 8 6 1 1 0 .253 .321 .347 .668
July   77 16 3 0 2 10 6 11 7 0 1 1 .208 .315 .325 .639
August   68 16 1 0 1 9 7 3 8 1 3 0 .235 .264 .294 .558
September   79 19 3 0 0 8 9 11 13 0 2 2 .241 .348 .278 .626
October   5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400
Last Year   221 59 8 0 5 29 23 26 15 5 9 1 .267 .340 .371 .711
2 Years Ago   132 35 1 0 0 30 12 14 10 4 4 2 .265 .336 .273 .608
Career   1936 503 54 7 22 254 173 149 182 28 44 13 .260 .313 .329 .642
Home   197 48 5 0 1 21 19 19 17 4 1 0 .244 .305 .284 .589
Road   193 46 7 1 4 27 18 19 24 0 6 3 .238 .316 .347 .663
Grass   390 94 12 1 5 48 37 38 41 4 7 3 .241 .310 .315 .626
Day   173 42 1 0 3 22 16 16 14 2 4 3 .243 .314 .301 .615
Night   217 52 11 1 2 26 21 22 27 2 3 0 .240 .307 .327 .634
As Starter   385 93 12 1 5 47 37 37 40 4 7 3 .242 .310 .317 .627
As Reliever / Substitution   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
Pinch Hitting   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Close/Late   91 17 1 1 2 13 8 10 10 2 0 2 .187 .276 .286 .562
Inning 1-3   112 27 4 0 2 10 7 10 10 0 2 0 .241 .303 .330 .634
Inning 4-6   148 40 5 0 0 20 15 16 16 2 5 0 .270 .337 .304 .641
Inning 7-9   124 27 3 1 3 18 14 10 14 2 0 3 .218 .288 .331 .618
Extra Innings   6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
0 Outs   124 32 4 0 2 12 20 8 12 0 7 2 .258 .313 .339 .652
1 Outs   134 38 8 1 3 30 12 17 10 4 0 0 .284 .355 .425 .780
2 Outs   132 24 0 0 0 6 5 13 19 0 0 1 .182 .260 .182 .442
Scoring Position   109 28 5 0 2 43 12 22 12 4 7 1 .257 .375 .358 .733
Bases Empty   198 45 5 0 2 2 15 12 21 0 0 2 .227 .278 .283 .561
Runner on 1st   83 21 2 1 1 3 10 4 8 0 0 0 .253 .287 .337 .625
Runner on 2nd   30 6 2 0 0 4 2 7 5 0 6 0 .200 .351 .267 .618
Runner on 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Runner on 1st & 2nd   40 9 0 0 2 10 4 3 3 0 0 1 .225 .295 .375 .670
Runner on 1st & 3rd   10 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 .000 .231 .000 .231
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   11 5 2 0 0 10 2 1 1 2 1 0 .455 .429 .636 1.065
Bases Loaded   15 7 1 0 0 16 4 6 1 1 0 0 .467 .591 .533 1.124
Two Strikes   141 25 2 0 1 19 9 16 41 1 0 0 .177 .259 .213 .472
First Pitch   88 27 3 0 2 8 9 3 0 0 4 0 .307 .330 .409 .739
Count 0-1   39 11 2 1 0 5 5 0 0 2 1 2 .282 .302 .385 .687
Count 0-2   26 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 .269 .269 .308 .577
Count 1-0   43 11 2 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 .256 .273 .372 .645
Count 1-1   39 13 2 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .385 .718
Count 1-2   46 5 1 0 0 6 1 0 16 0 0 0 .109 .109 .130 .239
Count 2-0   13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308
Count 2-1   17 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .118 .111 .118 .229
Count 2-2   45 7 0 0 0 5 3 0 10 1 0 0 .156 .152 .156 .308
Count 3-0   1 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .875 .000 .875
Count 3-1   9 3 1 0 1 2 4 12 0 0 0 0 .333 .714 .778 1.492
Full Count   24 6 0 0 1 6 4 16 8 0 0 0 .250 .550 .375 .925
Behind in Count   111 23 4 1 0 13 7 0 23 2 1 2 .207 .217 .261 .479
Ahead in Count   83 18 3 0 2 9 10 19 0 1 2 1 .217 .365 .325 .691
Batting 5th   39 11 2 0 0 3 6 7 5 0 1 2 .282 .417 .333 .750
Batting 6th   71 19 3 0 0 11 7 2 11 1 3 0 .268 .284 .310 .594
Batting 7th   79 27 2 0 3 11 7 5 6 1 3 0 .342 .376 .481 .857
Batting 8th   197 36 5 1 2 22 17 23 18 2 0 1 .183 .269 .249 .518
Batting 9th   4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Low Leverage   167 37 3 0 2 7 9 8 19 1 0 1 .222 .260 .275 .535
Medium Leverage   139 37 7 0 1 14 18 14 12 2 5 2 .266 .338 .338 .676
High Leverage   82 20 2 1 2 27 10 16 9 1 2 0 .244 .364 .366 .729
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 74 78 1.0
Total BAN 597 1936 503 54 7 22 254 173 149 13 28 182 1 1 .260 .313 .329 .642 89 86 8.1
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
TOTAL C 540 527 2995 351 16 3362 16 .995 4619.1 6.52 +1.2 1.006 36 478 154 32.2
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
Year AVG Rank
1967 .292 2
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