LF Minehiro Smith #31
Kyoto Owls BAN
Age: 26 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
10/14/1975
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
LF 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
126 437 121 18 3 18 64 52 57 .277 .351 .455 6 3.4
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/18/1975 @ YOK Win, 5-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/17/1975 @ YOK Loss, 10-12 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/16/1975 @ YOK Win, 5-1 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
09/15/1975 SAP Win, 4-1 4 0 3 2 0 0 1 0
09/14/1975 SAP Win, 7-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/13/1975 SAP Win, 7-1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
09/11/1975 HSH Win, 6-0 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
09/10/1975 HSH Win, 6-3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/10/1975 HSH Loss, 5-9 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/08/1975 @ DNK Loss, 4-9 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
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:$16,800
Signed Through:1976 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 141 Days
Service This Yr:154 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 126 437 121 18 3 18 64 68 52 57 .277 .351 .455 .806 .345 .178 122
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 120 512 1 0 0 5 16 6 199 39 6 6 50.0 72.4 5.60 3.4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   95 27 3 1 4 12 14 7 11 1 0 0 .284 .330 .463 .793
Versus Right   342 94 15 2 14 52 53 45 46 5 16 1 .275 .356 .453 .809
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
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
September   55 12 1 0 1 8 5 9 6 0 1 0 .218 .328 .291 .619
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   3140 845 152 22 98 430 424 390 447 30 89 12 .269 .349 .425 .774
Home   232 59 9 1 11 31 37 25 26 2 6 0 .254 .324 .444 .768
Road   205 62 9 2 7 33 31 27 31 4 10 1 .302 .380 .468 .848
Grass   437 121 18 3 18 64 68 52 57 6 16 1 .277 .351 .455 .806
Day   173 55 7 2 9 26 32 26 21 0 2 0 .318 .407 .538 .945
Night   264 66 11 1 9 38 36 26 36 6 14 1 .250 .313 .402 .715
As Starter   432 120 18 3 18 63 66 52 57 6 16 1 .278 .352 .458 .811
As Reliever / Substitution   5 1 0 0 0 1 2 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   100 30 3 0 4 14 12 12 11 1 4 1 .300 .377 .450 .827
Inning 1-3   141 33 5 2 6 23 23 21 19 2 9 0 .234 .329 .426 .755
Inning 4-6   163 47 8 1 6 21 27 13 22 3 3 0 .288 .335 .460 .795
Inning 7-9   124 38 5 0 6 20 17 18 15 1 4 1 .306 .396 .492 .888
Extra Innings   9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
0 Outs   144 40 3 1 7 14 26 15 22 2 14 0 .278 .342 .458 .800
1 Outs   162 46 7 0 8 32 30 20 21 4 2 1 .284 .358 .475 .834
2 Outs   131 35 8 2 3 18 11 17 14 0 0 0 .267 .351 .427 .779
Scoring Position   105 33 4 2 3 40 16 11 15 6 16 0 .314 .361 .476 .837
Bases Empty   247 65 10 1 9 9 36 38 33 0 0 1 .263 .364 .421 .785
Runner on 1st   85 23 4 0 6 15 15 3 9 0 0 0 .271 .295 .529 .825
Runner on 2nd   28 14 3 2 2 11 7 2 3 0 12 0 .500 .533 .964 1.498
Runner on 3rd   6 2 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 2 3 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Runner on 1st & 2nd   38 9 0 0 1 5 4 4 5 0 1 0 .237 .310 .316 .625
Runner on 1st & 3rd   12 4 0 0 0 8 0 2 2 2 0 0 .333 .375 .333 .708
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   16 4 1 0 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 0 .250 .333 .312 .646
Two Strikes   181 42 4 2 9 27 35 28 57 4 0 0 .232 .329 .425 .754
First Pitch   71 24 4 0 3 11 9 0 0 0 7 1 .338 .347 .521 .868
Count 0-1   49 17 4 0 2 11 4 0 0 1 2 0 .347 .340 .551 .891
Count 0-2   28 6 0 0 1 4 3 0 10 1 0 0 .214 .207 .321 .528
Count 1-0   32 7 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 4 0 .219 .219 .281 .500
Count 1-1   42 11 2 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 .262 .262 .357 .619
Count 1-2   61 12 0 1 4 11 9 0 24 0 0 0 .197 .197 .426 .623
Count 2-0   17 7 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 .412 .412 .765 1.176
Count 2-1   35 11 2 0 2 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 .314 .306 .543 .848
Count 2-2   51 10 1 0 4 7 6 0 17 2 0 0 .196 .189 .451 .640
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   10 2 0 0 0 0 4 13 0 0 0 0 .200 .652 .200 .852
Full Count   41 14 3 1 0 5 17 28 6 1 0 0 .341 .600 .463 1.063
Behind in Count   138 35 4 1 7 26 16 0 34 2 2 0 .254 .250 .449 .699
Ahead in Count   94 27 4 0 4 10 15 24 0 1 6 0 .287 .429 .457 .886
Batting 2nd   110 27 3 2 3 10 22 17 18 2 8 0 .245 .341 .391 .732
Batting 4th   26 8 2 0 4 11 5 3 1 1 0 0 .308 .367 .846 1.213
Batting 5th   85 25 1 1 4 18 16 10 11 1 1 0 .294 .365 .471 .835
Batting 6th   211 60 12 0 7 24 23 22 27 2 7 1 .284 .352 .441 .792
Batting 9th   5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Low Leverage   200 55 8 1 8 23 31 31 26 2 0 1 .275 .372 .445 .817
Medium Leverage   156 41 6 2 7 21 22 17 18 3 10 0 .263 .330 .462 .791
High Leverage   78 24 3 0 3 20 13 4 13 1 6 0 .308 .337 .462 .799
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 26 126 437 121 18 3 18 64 68 52 1 6 57 6 6 .277 .351 .455 .806 121 122 3.4
Total BAN 901 3140 845 152 22 98 430 424 390 12 30 447 29 35 .269 .349 .425 .774 119 114 14.8
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 121 120 354 12 0 371 5 .987 1062.2 3.10 +4.5 1.015
TOTAL LF 28 22 38 0 0 38 0 1.000 204.0 1.68 -1.7 .927
TOTAL CF 837 830 2189 79 4 2307 39 .983 7238.2 2.82 -36.6 .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.
09/17/1975 Injured (concussion),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
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
1975 3 5
Year RBI Rank
1972 79 8
1974 72 10
Year BB Rank
1973 57 10
1975 52 9
Year SH Rank
1969 10 6
1972 20 5
1973 19 1
1974 16 4
1975 16 6
Year SF Rank
1969 6 7
1970 4 4
1971 6 2
1972 4 7
1975 6 2
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
1975 .455 10
Year RC Rank
1972 85.03 10
Year ISO Rank
1975 .178 8
Year OPS Rank
1972 .850 9
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