C Yoshihiko Murakami #30
Yokohama Kingfishers BAN
Age: 34 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Unhappy
09/01/1975
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
C YOSHIHIKO MURAKAMI #30 - AGE: 34 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
38 90 17 5 0 2 5 10 16 .189 .270 .311 0 -0.2
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/27/1975 RAK Win, 5-2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/23/1975 @ HSH Loss, 1-2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/23/1975 @ HSH Win, 8-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/21/1975 @ HSH Loss, 5-7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/20/1975 @ DNK Loss, 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/19/1975 @ DNK Loss, 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/15/1975 KYO Win, 4-1 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
08/14/1975 KYO Loss, 4-7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/10/1975 @ SAP Loss, 3-4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
07/30/1975 DNK Loss, 0-1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:01/07/1941
Born in:Higashiosaka, OSA
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 3"
Weight:215 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$14,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:9 Years, 84 Days
Service This Yr:123 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:12 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 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 38 90 17 5 0 2 5 7 10 16 .189 .270 .311 .581 .245 .122 54
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 28 100 0 3 0 6 0 0 28 7 0 0 0.0 6.3 2.14 -0.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   17 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 .118 .211 .353 .563
Versus Right   73 15 4 0 1 3 6 8 14 0 0 0 .205 .284 .301 .585
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
May   28 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 0 0 0 .107 .194 .107 .301
June   24 6 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 0 0 .250 .357 .458 .815
July   20 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 .100 .143 .100 .243
August   18 6 3 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .400 .667 1.067
Last Year   83 20 3 0 0 2 3 10 15 0 1 1 .241 .330 .277 .607
2 Years Ago   217 50 5 1 8 24 18 12 37 0 0 2 .230 .277 .373 .650
Career   1640 360 58 2 43 173 139 122 311 10 13 9 .220 .276 .336 .612
Home   59 10 2 0 2 4 6 6 9 0 0 0 .169 .246 .305 .551
Road   31 7 3 0 0 1 1 4 7 0 0 0 .226 .314 .323 .637
Grass   90 17 5 0 2 5 7 10 16 0 0 0 .189 .270 .311 .581
Day   21 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 .143 .250 .238 .488
Night   69 14 3 0 2 5 7 7 13 0 0 0 .203 .276 .333 .610
As Starter   86 17 5 0 2 5 7 10 15 0 0 0 .198 .281 .326 .607
As Reliever / Substitution   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   18 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 .222 .300 .278 .578
Inning 1-3   29 8 3 0 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 .276 .300 .379 .679
Inning 4-6   37 4 1 0 2 4 5 6 8 0 0 0 .108 .233 .297 .530
Inning 7-9   24 5 1 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 .208 .296 .250 .546
0 Outs   28 6 2 0 1 1 3 4 7 0 0 0 .214 .312 .393 .705
1 Outs   30 5 1 0 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 0 .167 .219 .200 .419
2 Outs   32 6 2 0 1 3 1 4 5 0 0 0 .188 .278 .344 .622
Scoring Position   21 3 0 0 0 2 2 5 3 0 0 0 .143 .308 .143 .451
Bases Empty   51 11 3 0 2 2 4 5 13 0 0 0 .216 .286 .392 .678
Runner on 1st   18 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .278 .444
Runner on 2nd   6 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 .333 .556 .333 .889
Runner on 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 3rd   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Bases Loaded   3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Two Strikes   36 6 2 0 0 1 1 4 16 0 0 0 .167 .250 .222 .472
First Pitch   22 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .091 .200 .136 .336
Count 0-1   7 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .857 1.286
Count 0-2   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   11 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .545 .727
Count 1-1   6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333 .500
Count 1-2   13 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308
Count 2-0   2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 2-1   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 2-2   10 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .300 .300 .500 .800
Count 3-1   2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .600 .000 .600
Full Count   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 .200 .556 .200 .756
Behind in Count   28 5 0 0 1 1 3 0 12 0 0 0 .179 .179 .286 .464
Ahead in Count   19 5 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 .263 .364 .474 .837
Batting 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 6th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 8th   86 17 5 0 2 5 7 10 15 0 0 0 .198 .281 .326 .607
Batting 9th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   38 8 1 0 2 2 4 4 6 0 0 0 .211 .286 .395 .680
Medium Leverage   33 7 3 0 0 2 3 6 7 0 0 0 .212 .333 .303 .636
High Leverage   19 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .105 .105 .158 .263
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 72 56 -0.3
1975 Yokohama - BAN 34 38 90 17 5 0 2 5 7 10 0 0 16 0 0 .189 .270 .311 .581 61 54 -0.2
Total BAN 600 1640 360 58 2 43 173 139 122 9 10 311 1 2 .220 .276 .336 .612 77 71 2.4
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
1975 Yokohama - INT C 20 20 109 10 1 119 0 1.000 168.0 6.38 -0.6 .700 2 10 4 40.0
1975 Yokohama - INT 3B 17 8 4 17 3 21 0 1.000 81.2 2.31 +0.3 1.067
TOTAL C 492 452 2680 317 20 3024 27 .991 3959.2 6.81 -1.4 .891 42 381 142 37.3
TOTAL 3B 86 8 17 59 7 83 7 .916 218.0 3.14 -3.5 .918
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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