C Yoshihiko Murakami #30
Yokohama Kingfishers BAN
Age: 33 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Unhappy
11/01/1974
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
C YOSHIHIKO MURAKAMI #30 - AGE: 33 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
46 83 20 3 0 0 2 10 15 .241 .330 .277 0 -0.2
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/30/1974 @ HSH Win, 2-0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/29/1974 @ HSH Win, 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/26/1974 SAP Win, 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/22/1974 @ KYO Loss, 4-7 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
09/21/1974 RAK Win, 5-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/18/1974 @ DNK Win, 3-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/15/1974 HSH Win, 2-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/11/1974 @ SAP Win, 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/09/1974 @ SAP Loss, 3-9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/07/1974 KYO Loss, 2-7 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:01/07/1941
Born in:Higashiosaka, OSA
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 3"
Weight:220 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$14,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:8 Years, 109 Days
Service This Yr:154 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:11 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1963, 6th Pick in Round 2
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 46 83 20 3 0 0 2 3 10 15 .241 .330 .277 .607 .253 .036 58
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 23 95 1 4 0 5 1 0 23 3 0 0 0.0 6.9 2.71 -0.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Versus Right   78 20 3 0 0 2 3 10 13 0 1 1 .256 .348 .295 .643
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   31 8 1 0 0 1 3 1 8 0 1 0 .258 .281 .290 .572
June   14 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 .214 .353 .214 .567
July   11 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .273 .467 .364 .830
August   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
September   22 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 .273 .333 .318 .652
Last Year   217 50 5 1 8 24 18 12 37 0 0 2 .230 .277 .373 .650
2 Years Ago   317 69 10 1 14 44 35 35 60 2 2 4 .218 .302 .388 .690
Career   1550 343 53 2 41 168 132 112 295 10 13 9 .221 .276 .337 .613
Home   41 8 0 0 0 1 2 2 10 0 1 0 .195 .233 .195 .428
Road   42 12 3 0 0 1 1 8 5 0 0 1 .286 .412 .357 .769
Grass   83 20 3 0 0 2 3 10 15 0 1 1 .241 .330 .277 .607
Day   43 11 2 0 0 2 1 4 9 0 0 1 .256 .333 .302 .636
Night   40 9 1 0 0 0 2 6 6 0 1 0 .225 .326 .250 .576
As Starter   70 13 3 0 0 2 2 10 13 0 1 0 .186 .287 .229 .516
As Reliever / Substitution   13 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 .538 .571 .538 1.110
Pinch Hitting   3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Close/Late   28 11 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 .393 .433 .429 .862
Inning 1-3   22 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 .136 .174 .182 .356
Inning 4-6   26 2 1 0 0 1 0 6 7 0 0 1 .077 .273 .115 .388
Inning 7-9   34 15 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 1 0 .441 .472 .471 .943
Extra Innings   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
0 Outs   26 6 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 1 0 .231 .259 .231 .490
1 Outs   29 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 8 0 0 0 .138 .242 .172 .415
2 Outs   28 10 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 .357 .471 .429 .899
Scoring Position   19 2 0 0 0 2 1 7 5 0 1 0 .105 .346 .105 .451
Bases Empty   49 16 3 0 0 0 2 2 8 0 0 1 .327 .365 .388 .753
Runner on 1st   15 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .133 .188 .133 .321
Runner on 2nd   8 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 .125 .417 .125 .542
Runner on 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Runner on 1st & 2nd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 .667
Bases Loaded   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   27 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 15 0 0 0 .074 .167 .074 .241
First Pitch   12 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .167 .375 .167 .542
Count 0-1   11 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364
Count 0-2   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Count 1-1   8 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Count 1-2   9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
Count 2-0   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Count 2-1   8 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 .875 1.625
Count 2-2   12 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Full Count   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 .000 .600 .000 .600
Behind in Count   24 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Ahead in Count   25 10 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 .400 .483 .440 .923
Batting 2nd   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 4th   2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 6th   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Batting 7th   10 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 .500 .583 .600 1.183
Batting 8th   61 8 2 0 0 2 2 8 12 0 1 0 .131 .232 .164 .396
Batting 9th   6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .500 .571 .500 1.071
Low Leverage   37 14 2 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 .378 .439 .432 .871
Medium Leverage   25 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 0 0 .040 .172 .040 .212
High Leverage   21 5 1 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 1 0 .238 .333 .286 .619
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 Yokohama - BAN 25 23 63 17 3 0 2 8 5 5 0 0 7 0 0 .270 .324 .413 .736 136 123 0.4
1967 Yokohama - BAN 26 36 109 23 4 0 2 14 11 7 0 1 17 0 0 .211 .256 .303 .559 70 64 0.3
1968 Yokohama - BAN 27 77 223 45 8 0 3 22 13 11 1 3 39 0 0 .202 .239 .278 .518 60 51 0.3
1969 Yokohama - BAN 28 74 197 44 11 0 2 16 14 6 0 0 31 0 1 .223 .246 .310 .556 69 70 0.5
1970 Yokohama - BAN 29 76 174 40 4 0 4 16 17 11 1 1 40 0 0 .230 .278 .322 .600 86 83 0.2
1971 Yokohama - BAN 30 62 167 35 5 0 6 22 16 15 0 3 49 0 0 .210 .270 .347 .618 69 60 -0.1
1972 Yokohama - BAN 31 99 317 69 10 1 14 44 35 35 4 2 60 1 1 .218 .302 .388 .690 87 79 1.0
1973 Yokohama - BAN 32 69 217 50 5 1 8 24 18 12 2 0 37 0 0 .230 .277 .373 .650 80 77 0.2
1974 Yokohama - BAN 33 46 83 20 3 0 0 2 3 10 1 0 15 0 0 .241 .330 .277 .607 71 58 -0.2
Total BAN 562 1550 343 53 2 41 168 132 112 9 10 295 1 2 .221 .276 .337 .613 78 72 2.6
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 Yokohama - INT C 22 18 109 9 0 121 3 .975 163.2 6.49 -1.2 .689 4 15 5 33.3
1967 Yokohama - INT C 35 29 198 21 2 221 2 .991 264.2 7.45 +1.0 .903 1 27 13 48.1
1968 Yokohama - INT C 68 61 315 39 3 357 3 .992 543.0 5.87 +1.7 1.087 5 45 19 42.2
1968 Yokohama - INT 3B 7 0 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 9.0 3.00 +0.3 1.076
1969 Yokohama - INT C 57 54 263 36 4 300 1 .997 462.0 5.82 +0.3 .870 7 33 18 54.5
1969 Yokohama - INT 3B 12 0 3 7 1 10 0 1.000 20.0 4.50 +0.8 1.076
1970 Yokohama - INT C 58 47 312 45 0 362 5 .986 427.1 7.52 -2.0 .761 3 72 22 30.6
1970 Yokohama - INT 3B 16 0 1 9 0 11 1 .909 29.0 3.10 -2.0 .743
1971 Yokohama - INT C 52 47 344 39 3 387 4 .990 406.2 8.48 -0.3 .774 5 36 18 50.0
1971 Yokohama - INT 3B 9 0 2 5 0 10 3 .700 21.2 2.91 -1.1 .813
1972 Yokohama - INT C 95 92 593 75 2 672 4 .994 804.0 7.48 +2.0 1.046 7 81 29 35.8
1972 Yokohama - INT 3B 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 +0.0 1.052
1973 Yokohama - INT C 62 61 319 32 4 353 2 .994 525.0 6.02 -2.8 .853 6 51 7 13.7
1973 Yokohama - INT 3B 5 0 1 6 0 8 1 .875 13.0 4.85 -0.3 .911
1974 Yokohama - INT C 23 23 118 11 1 132 3 .977 195.1 5.94 +0.4 .513 2 11 7 63.6
1974 Yokohama - INT 3B 19 0 6 11 2 19 2 .895 40.2 3.76 -1.5 .836
TOTAL C 472 432 2571 307 19 2905 27 .991 3791.2 6.83 -0.9 .901 40 371 138 37.2
TOTAL 3B 69 0 13 42 4 62 7 .887 136.1 3.63 -3.8 .872
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 2.
06/05/1963 Drafted in the 1963 first-year player draft by the Kyoto Owls. (Round 2, Pick 6, 18th overall pick).
06/06/1963 Released by the Kyoto Owls.
06/15/1963 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kyoto Owls organization.
06/16/1963 Released by the Kyoto Owls.
06/16/1963 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Nagasaki Stars organization.
10/14/1963 Named the #71 prospect in the BAN
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 2.
05/01/1964 Named the #72 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1964 Named the #93 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1965 Named the #85 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1965 Outstandingly completed training to improve his defense at catcher at the Nagasaki Stars development complex.
07/16/1965 Named the #95 prospect in the BAN
10/11/1965 Named the #94 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1966 Named the #97 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1966 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at catcher at the Nagasaki Stars development complex.
06/06/1966 Released by the Nagasaki Stars.
06/16/1966 Signed a minor league contract with majors option with the Yokohama Kingfishers organization.
07/12/1966 Injured (elbow contusion),day-to-day for one week.
05/01/1967 Unsuccessfully completed training to learn a new position at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
11/24/1967 Outstandingly completed training to learn a new position at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
05/01/1968 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at catcher at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
07/25/1969 Injured (strained rib cage muscle),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/20/1970 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
10/07/1970 Injured (food poisoning),out for 3 days.
07/16/1974 Injured (torn ankle ligaments),out for 5 weeks.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year IBB Rank
1972 5 3
1974 4 9
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