CF Yamada Kono #2
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
11/01/1974
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CF YAMADA KONO #2 - AGE: 32 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
14 38 5 2 0 0 2 1 4 .132 .154 .184 0 -0.4
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
06/01/1974 @ SAP Win, 16-1 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 0
05/29/1974 KYO Loss, 1-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/27/1974 @ RAK Loss, 6-9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/25/1974 @ RAK Win, 5-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/22/1974 DNK Loss, 9-11 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/18/1974 SAP Win, 6-4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/14/1974 @ KYO Loss, 0-3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
05/13/1974 @ KYO Win, 7-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/10/1974 RAK Loss, 0-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/07/1974 @ DNK Win, 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:08/15/1942
Born in:Takamatsu, KAG
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 0"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:None, Free Agent
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:8 Years, 77 Days
Service This Yr:33 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:1962, 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 14 38 5 2 0 0 2 4 1 4 .132 .154 .184 .338 .153 .053 -12
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 9 39 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 2 0 0 0.0 0.2 0.13 -0.4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   6 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Versus Right   32 4 2 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 .125 .152 .188 .339
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   34 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 .118 .118 .147 .265
June   4 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .500 .900
Last Year   183 39 4 0 3 21 19 19 26 2 8 1 .213 .288 .284 .572
2 Years Ago   291 76 4 1 4 28 32 37 37 2 12 1 .261 .344 .323 .667
Career   2795 688 77 16 22 223 278 193 286 12 124 12 .246 .296 .309 .605
Home   20 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .100 .100 .150 .250
Road   18 3 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 .167 .211 .222 .433
Grass   38 5 2 0 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 0 .132 .154 .184 .338
Day   27 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
Night   11 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 .182 .250 .364 .614
As Starter   32 5 2 0 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 .156 .182 .219 .401
As Reliever / Substitution   6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
Inning 1-3   9 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556
Inning 4-6   15 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .133 .133 .200 .333
Inning 7-9   14 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .071 .133 .071 .205
0 Outs   19 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .053 .053 .053 .105
1 Outs   11 3 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 .273 .333 .455 .788
2 Outs   8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Scoring Position   5 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Bases Empty   23 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .217 .217 .304 .522
Runner on 1st   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Two Strikes   18 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 .111 .111 .167 .278
First Pitch   6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 0-1   7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714
Count 0-2   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-1   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-2   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-2   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 3-1   2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Full Count   6 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
Behind in Count   11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .182 .182 .273 .455
Ahead in Count   4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Batting Leadoff   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
Batting 6th   22 4 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 .182 .217 .273 .490
Batting 8th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   12 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .308 .333 .641
Medium Leverage   20 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 .100 .100 .150 .250
High Leverage   6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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
1964 Sapporo - BAN 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0.0
1965 Sapporo - BAN 22 23 30 9 0 1 0 2 3 4 0 0 6 0 0 .300 .382 .367 .749 133 145 0.2
1966 Nagasaki - BAN 23 19 36 11 0 0 0 3 6 2 1 1 3 0 0 .306 .350 .306 .656 100 103 -0.0
1967 Yokohama - BAN 24 51 175 43 3 0 0 11 15 7 0 0 17 1 0 .246 .275 .263 .538 65 59 -0.6
1967 Nagasaki - BAN 24 30 98 29 1 1 1 8 8 5 1 0 6 1 1 .296 .337 .357 .694 110 113 0.4
1967 Total - BAN 24 81 273 72 4 1 1 19 23 12 1 0 23 2 1 .264 .297 .297 .594 81 78 -0.3
1968 Yokohama - BAN 25 138 521 124 17 3 4 30 50 24 0 1 40 0 4 .238 .271 .305 .576 79 72 -1.4
1969 Yokohama - BAN 26 133 492 120 22 4 2 32 50 27 2 1 45 4 5 .244 .285 .317 .603 84 79 -0.7
1970 Yokohama - BAN 27 136 458 113 8 4 5 43 44 32 3 2 37 2 9 .247 .299 .314 .613 91 81 0.4
1971 Yokohama - BAN 28 134 473 119 16 2 3 43 47 35 3 3 65 4 7 .252 .305 .313 .618 71 65 -2.0
1972 Yokohama - BAN 29 104 291 76 4 1 4 28 32 37 1 2 37 4 6 .261 .344 .323 .667 83 79 -0.9
1973 Yokohama - BAN 30 80 183 39 4 0 3 21 19 19 1 2 26 1 3 .213 .288 .284 .572 61 58 -1.5
1974 Yokohama - BAN 31 14 38 5 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 .132 .154 .184 .338 -7 -12 -0.4
Total BAN 865 2795 688 77 16 22 223 278 193 12 12 286 17 35 .246 .296 .309 .605 80 74 -6.5
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%
1964 Sapporo - INT 1B 3 0 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 4.0 20.25 +0.0 1.082
1965 Sapporo - INT 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1965 Sapporo - INT LF 7 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 13.0 1.38 -0.7 .690
1965 Sapporo - INT CF 10 5 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 45.0 3.00 +0.3 1.006
1965 Sapporo - INT RF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 +0.0 1.032
1966 Nagasaki - INT 1B 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 +0.1 1.055
1966 Nagasaki - INT CF 8 3 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 37.0 1.95 -0.8 1.001
1966 Nagasaki - INT RF 4 4 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 34.0 1.85 -0.7 1.025
1967 Yokohama - INT 1B 1 1 8 0 1 8 0 1.000 9.0 8.00 0.0 .000
1967 Nagasaki - INT CF 28 28 56 0 0 56 0 1.000 224.1 2.25 -1.8 .969
1967 Yokohama - INT CF 45 43 102 2 0 109 5 .954 364.1 2.57 -5.2 .930
1967 Nagasaki - INT RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 14.1 0.63 -0.1 1.032
1968 Yokohama - INT CF 134 132 335 12 0 350 3 .991 1131.0 2.76 -15.8 .943
1969 Yokohama - INT CF 131 131 287 13 1 310 10 .968 1089.2 2.48 -13.3 .947
1970 Yokohama - INT CF 132 129 325 11 0 340 4 .988 1102.0 2.74 -1.6 .985
1971 Yokohama - INT CF 131 130 288 19 0 312 5 .984 1106.2 2.50 -14.6 .940
1972 Yokohama - INT P 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 0.0 .000
1972 Yokohama - INT 1B 13 12 106 5 7 112 1 .991 95.2 10.44 -1.1 .923
1972 Yokohama - INT CF 86 67 167 7 0 179 5 .972 621.2 2.52 -8.3 .935
1973 Yokohama - INT P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Yokohama - INT 1B 30 27 234 19 29 255 2 .992 221.2 10.27 -2.9 .876
1973 Yokohama - INT LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 -0.4 .000
1973 Yokohama - INT CF 43 29 80 4 0 84 0 1.000 245.0 3.09 -3.3 .941
1973 Yokohama - INT RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 -0.7 .507
1974 Yokohama - INT 1B 10 9 80 5 3 86 1 .988 77.0 9.94 -0.0 .997
1974 Yokohama - INT CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.0 .999
TOTAL P 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.1 6.75 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 60 49 439 29 40 472 4 .992 410.1 10.26 -3.9 .921
TOTAL LF 8 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 16.0 1.12 -1.0 .690
TOTAL CF 749 697 1664 68 1 1764 32 .982 5970.2 2.61 -64.5 .951
TOTAL RF 10 5 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 52.1 1.72 -1.5 .932
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1962 Drafted in the 1962 first-year player draft by the Fukuoka Falcons. (Round 2, Pick 6, 18th overall pick).
06/06/1962 Released by the Fukuoka Falcons.
06/11/1962 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Sapporo Bears organization.
06/13/1962 Released by the Sapporo Bears.
06/18/1962 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Sapporo Bears organization.
07/16/1962 Named the #23 prospect in the BAN
10/13/1962 Named the #11 prospect in the BAN
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 1; Eye: 1.
03/23/1963 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his two-strike approach at the Sapporo Bears development complex.
05/01/1963 Named the #18 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1963 Detrimentally completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Sapporo Bears development complex.
10/14/1963 Named the #14 prospect in the BAN
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 1; Eye: 1.
03/22/1964 Successfully completed training to improve his two-strike approach at the Sapporo Bears development complex.
05/01/1964 Named the #17 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1964 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Sapporo Bears development complex.
07/16/1964 Named the #31 prospect in the BAN
10/12/1964 Named the #35 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1965 Named the #36 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1965 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Sapporo Bears development complex.
05/01/1966 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Sapporo Bears development complex.
05/01/1966 Released by the Sapporo Bears.
05/17/1966 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kobe Bulls organization.
06/06/1966 Released by the Kobe Bulls.
07/10/1966 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Sapporo Bears organization.
08/05/1966 Released by the Sapporo Bears.
08/18/1966 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Nagasaki Stars organization.
05/01/1967 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his outfield defense at the Nagasaki Stars development complex.
06/29/1967 Released by the Nagasaki Stars.
07/24/1967 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $20,000 with the Yokohama Kingfishers organization.
05/01/1968 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
07/23/1969 Injured (knee contusion),day-to-day for one week.
09/29/1969 Injured (strained rib cage muscle),out for 5 weeks.
06/21/1971 Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for one week.
06/06/1974 Released by the Yokohama Kingfishers.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1968 132 2
1969 131 9
Year PA Rank
1968 571 1
Year AB Rank
1968 521 2
1969 492 10
Year H Rank
1968 124 9
1970 113 9
Year 3B Rank
1969 4 9
1970 4 8
Year SH Rank
1967 11 5
1968 25 2
1969 24 1
1970 26 2
1971 17 5
Year AVG Rank
1970 .247 8
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