CF Minehiro Smith #31
Kyoto Owls BAN
Age: 26 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
09/01/1975
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
CF MINEHIRO SMITH #31 - AGE: 26 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
109 382 109 17 3 17 56 43 51 .285 .354 .479 6 3.4
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/31/1975 YOK Loss, 1-4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
08/29/1975 @ SAP Win, 11-2 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 0
08/29/1975 @ SAP Win, 9-5 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0
08/28/1975 @ SAP Loss, 7-8 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1
08/26/1975 @ HSH Loss, 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/25/1975 @ HSH Win, 8-5 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
08/24/1975 @ HSH Win, 3-2 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 0
08/23/1975 DNK Loss, 2-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/22/1975 DNK Win, 6-5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
08/21/1975 DNK Win, 6-4 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
PERSONALITY
Birthday:02/23/1949
Born in:Maruko, NAG
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 0"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$18,190
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 116 Days
Service This Yr:123 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1968, 10th Pick in Round 1
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 109 382 109 17 3 17 56 63 43 51 .285 .354 .479 .833 .353 .194 130
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 104 447 1 0 0 4 15 6 183 37 6 5 54.5 67.2 5.98 3.4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   80 25 3 1 4 12 13 6 11 1 0 0 .312 .356 .525 .881
Versus Right   302 84 14 2 13 44 50 37 40 5 15 1 .278 .354 .467 .821
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   19 7 2 0 1 5 4 5 4 1 0 0 .368 .480 .632 1.112
May   103 30 2 1 4 18 14 9 10 1 3 1 .291 .351 .447 .797
June   90 30 6 2 4 14 23 15 12 3 4 0 .333 .417 .578 .994
July   103 23 3 0 1 9 12 7 16 1 5 0 .223 .270 .282 .552
August   86 26 6 0 8 15 14 12 13 1 3 0 .302 .384 .651 1.035
Last Year   482 127 20 0 22 72 64 53 73 3 16 2 .263 .337 .442 .779
2 Years Ago   451 123 23 0 15 49 67 57 57 1 19 4 .273 .359 .424 .782
Career   3085 833 151 22 97 422 419 381 441 30 88 12 .270 .349 .428 .777
Home   194 52 8 1 10 25 34 20 23 2 5 0 .268 .333 .474 .808
Road   188 57 9 2 7 31 29 23 28 4 10 1 .303 .375 .484 .859
Grass   382 109 17 3 17 56 63 43 51 6 15 1 .285 .354 .479 .833
Day   150 51 7 2 9 24 29 19 19 0 2 0 .340 .414 .593 1.008
Night   232 58 10 1 8 32 34 24 32 6 13 1 .250 .316 .405 .721
As Starter   377 108 17 3 17 55 62 43 51 6 15 1 .286 .356 .483 .839
As Reliever / Substitution   5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Pinch Hitting   5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Close/Late   92 29 3 0 4 12 12 10 10 1 4 1 .315 .385 .478 .863
Inning 1-3   123 31 5 2 6 22 22 19 17 2 8 0 .252 .347 .472 .819
Inning 4-6   139 39 7 1 5 17 24 9 20 3 3 0 .281 .318 .453 .771
Inning 7-9   113 36 5 0 6 17 17 15 13 1 4 1 .319 .400 .522 .922
Extra Innings   7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857
0 Outs   125 37 3 1 6 12 23 11 20 2 13 0 .296 .348 .480 .828
1 Outs   144 41 7 0 8 30 29 18 20 4 2 1 .285 .359 .500 .859
2 Outs   113 31 7 2 3 14 11 14 11 0 0 0 .274 .354 .451 .806
Scoring Position   91 28 4 2 3 35 15 10 13 6 15 0 .308 .355 .495 .850
Bases Empty   216 61 10 1 9 9 34 31 29 0 0 1 .282 .375 .463 .838
Runner on 1st   75 20 3 0 5 12 14 2 9 0 0 0 .267 .286 .507 .792
Runner on 2nd   26 14 3 2 2 11 7 1 3 0 11 0 .538 .556 1.038 1.594
Runner on 3rd   4 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 3 0 .250 .286 .250 .536
Runner on 1st & 2nd   33 7 0 0 1 4 4 4 4 0 1 0 .212 .297 .303 .600
Runner on 1st & 3rd   9 2 0 0 0 5 0 2 2 2 0 0 .222 .308 .222 .530
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   15 4 1 0 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 0 .267 .353 .333 .686
Two Strikes   161 39 4 2 8 25 33 24 51 4 0 0 .242 .333 .441 .774
First Pitch   61 19 3 0 3 9 8 0 0 0 7 1 .311 .323 .508 .831
Count 0-1   43 16 4 0 2 9 4 0 0 1 2 0 .372 .364 .605 .968
Count 0-2   28 6 0 0 1 4 3 0 10 1 0 0 .214 .207 .321 .528
Count 1-0   27 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 .185 .185 .259 .444
Count 1-1   35 11 2 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 .314 .314 .429 .743
Count 1-2   53 11 0 1 3 9 8 0 21 0 0 0 .208 .208 .415 .623
Count 2-0   16 7 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 .438 .438 .812 1.250
Count 2-1   29 10 2 0 2 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 .345 .333 .621 .954
Count 2-2   44 9 1 0 4 7 6 0 15 2 0 0 .205 .196 .500 .696
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   10 2 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 .200 .579 .200 .779
Full Count   36 13 3 1 0 5 16 24 5 1 0 0 .361 .607 .500 1.107
Behind in Count   124 33 4 1 6 22 15 0 31 2 2 0 .266 .262 .460 .722
Ahead in Count   82 24 4 0 4 8 14 19 0 1 5 0 .293 .422 .488 .909
Batting 2nd   99 26 3 2 3 10 22 16 18 2 8 0 .263 .359 .424 .783
Batting 4th   26 8 2 0 4 11 5 3 1 1 0 0 .308 .367 .846 1.213
Batting 5th   74 23 1 1 4 15 14 8 11 1 1 0 .311 .373 .514 .887
Batting 6th   178 51 11 0 6 19 21 16 21 2 6 1 .287 .345 .449 .795
Batting 9th   5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Low Leverage   175 50 7 1 8 20 29 25 24 2 0 1 .286 .374 .474 .849
Medium Leverage   136 37 6 2 6 18 21 14 15 3 9 0 .272 .333 .478 .811
High Leverage   68 21 3 0 3 18 12 4 12 1 6 0 .309 .342 .485 .828
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
1969 Kyoto - BAN 20 110 347 98 18 7 4 39 44 31 0 6 51 4 1 .282 .336 .409 .745 127 120 1.1
1970 Kyoto - BAN 21 135 470 117 18 4 12 61 60 59 2 4 69 5 11 .249 .333 .381 .714 120 118 1.6
1971 Kyoto - BAN 22 136 485 127 29 4 10 66 54 58 1 6 76 1 2 .262 .338 .400 .738 103 102 0.7
1972 Kyoto - BAN 23 137 468 132 26 4 17 79 67 80 2 4 64 4 7 .282 .386 .464 .850 131 121 2.9
1973 Kyoto - BAN 24 121 451 123 23 0 15 49 67 57 4 1 57 4 5 .273 .359 .424 .782 117 110 2.5
1974 Kyoto - BAN 25 136 482 127 20 0 22 72 64 53 2 3 73 5 3 .263 .337 .442 .779 116 109 2.5
1975 Kyoto - BAN 26 109 382 109 17 3 17 56 63 43 1 6 51 6 5 .285 .354 .479 .833 129 130 3.4
Total BAN 884 3085 833 151 22 97 422 419 381 12 30 441 29 34 .270 .349 .428 .777 120 115 14.9
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%
1969 Kyoto - INT LF 17 14 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 128.1 1.68 +0.7 .991
1969 Kyoto - INT CF 81 80 183 0 0 185 2 .989 679.1 2.42 -12.9 .917
1969 Kyoto - INT RF 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 15.0 1.20 -0.2 1.035
1970 Kyoto - INT LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.8 .000
1970 Kyoto - INT CF 131 129 338 9 0 357 10 .972 1126.2 2.77 -9.4 .963
1970 Kyoto - INT RF 5 5 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 40.0 1.12 -1.0 .848
1971 Kyoto - INT LF 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 28.2 0.63 -1.4 .518
1971 Kyoto - INT CF 124 123 280 14 1 299 5 .983 1067.1 2.48 -12.5 .944
1971 Kyoto - INT RF 5 5 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 39.0 2.08 -0.3 1.016
1972 Kyoto - INT LF 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 19.0 1.42 -0.6 1.016
1972 Kyoto - INT CF 130 130 347 17 0 370 6 .984 1136.0 2.88 -4.4 .972
1972 Kyoto - INT RF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 7.0 3.86 +0.2 1.026
1973 Kyoto - INT LF 2 2 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 18.0 3.50 -0.0 1.013
1973 Kyoto - INT CF 118 118 327 9 1 342 6 .982 1027.1 2.94 -0.8 1.002
1974 Kyoto - INT LF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.4 1.007
1974 Kyoto - INT CF 132 130 360 18 2 383 5 .987 1139.1 2.99 -1.2 .994
1975 Kyoto - INT CF 104 104 312 12 0 329 5 .985 923.1 3.16 +4.4 1.019
TOTAL LF 28 22 38 0 0 38 0 1.000 204.0 1.68 -1.7 .927
TOTAL CF 820 814 2147 79 4 2265 39 .983 7099.1 2.82 -36.8 .977
TOTAL RF 13 13 19 0 0 19 0 1.000 101.0 1.69 -1.3 .969
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1968 Drafted in the 1968 first-year player draft by the Kyoto Owls. (Round 1, Pick 10, 10th overall pick).
03/21/1969 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his two-strike approach at the Kyoto Owls development complex.
04/10/1969 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his outfield defense at the Kyoto Owls development complex.
04/30/1969 Detrimentally completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Kyoto Owls development complex.
05/01/1969 Named the #39 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1969 Named the #51 prospect in the BAN
08/01/1969 Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award.
09/01/1969 Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award.
10/01/1969 Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award.
05/01/1970 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate gap power at the Kyoto Owls development complex.
05/01/1971 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Kyoto Owls development complex.
05/12/1971 Injured (hamstring tightness),day-to-day for one week.
05/22/1971 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
07/12/1971 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
06/12/1972 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
07/31/1972 Was selected to the 1972 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
09/11/1972 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
07/28/1973 Injured (chronic back soreness),out for 3 weeks.
07/31/1973 Was selected to the 1973 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
10/12/1973 Wins the 1973 BAN Championship Series with the Kyoto Owls.
01/01/1974 Outstandingly completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Kyoto Owls development complex.
03/02/1974 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his outfield defense at the Kyoto Owls development complex.
04/11/1974 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Kyoto Owls development complex.
08/08/1974 Goes 5-5 against the Hosho Reliables, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI and 2 R.
08/12/1974 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
06/29/1975 Injured (stomach virus),day-to-day for 2 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1970 134 2
1971 132 7
1972 133 4
1974 131 3
Year PA Rank
1970 542 9
Year AB Rank
1971 485 9
Year H Rank
1970 117 8
1972 132 7
Year TB Rank
1972 217 8
Year 2B Rank
1971 29 3
1972 26 2
1973 23 5
1974 20 9
Year 3B Rank
1969 7 1
1970 4 8
1972 4 8
Year RBI Rank
1972 79 8
1974 72 10
Year BB Rank
1973 57 10
Year SH Rank
1969 10 6
1972 20 5
1973 19 1
1974 16 4
Year SF Rank
1969 6 7
1970 4 4
1971 6 2
1972 4 7
Year EBH Rank
1972 47 7
Year AVG Rank
1970 .249 7
1972 .282 6
Year OBP Rank
1970 .333 9
1973 .359 10
Year SLG Rank
1972 .464 10
Year RC Rank
1972 85.03 10
Year OPS Rank
1972 .850 9
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