LF Masanori Takagi #29
Yokohama Kingfishers BAN
Age: 30 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Angry
11/01/1974
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
LF MASANORI TAKAGI #29 - AGE: 30 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: ANGRY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
117 300 72 15 0 4 35 19 39 .240 .283 .330 14 -1.6
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/01/1974 @ HSH Loss, 4-5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/30/1974 @ HSH Win, 2-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
09/29/1974 @ HSH Win, 2-1 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/28/1974 SAP Loss, 2-9 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
09/27/1974 SAP Loss, 3-12 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/24/1974 @ KYO Win, 8-2 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/23/1974 @ KYO Loss, 0-6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/22/1974 @ KYO Loss, 4-7 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
09/21/1974 RAK Win, 5-4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/1974 RAK Loss, 4-11 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:05/18/1944
Born in:Saitama, SAI
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 10"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$14,365
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:7 Years, 46 Days
Service This Yr:154 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 12th Pick in Round 1
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 117 300 72 15 0 4 35 30 19 39 .240 .283 .330 .613 .273 .090 71
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 69 323 0 1 0 3 2 2 99 19 14 7 66.7 28.3 3.16 -1.6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   20 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 .150 .150 .150 .300
Versus Right   280 69 15 0 4 34 28 19 34 2 2 0 .246 .292 .343 .635
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   99 23 6 0 0 6 10 4 14 0 0 0 .232 .262 .293 .555
June   46 14 3 0 0 11 4 6 6 1 0 0 .304 .377 .370 .747
July   31 8 2 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 .258 .281 .323 .604
August   35 9 2 0 1 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 .257 .278 .400 .678
September   85 17 2 0 3 8 8 7 15 1 2 0 .200 .258 .329 .587
October   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Last Year   324 98 11 2 10 36 49 24 27 2 2 4 .302 .356 .441 .797
2 Years Ago   462 125 12 7 15 60 66 50 56 1 5 3 .271 .345 .424 .769
Career   2754 759 118 26 73 318 344 236 277 13 15 15 .276 .335 .417 .752
Home   123 33 6 0 2 18 13 7 14 1 0 0 .268 .305 .366 .671
Road   177 39 9 0 2 17 17 12 25 1 2 0 .220 .268 .305 .574
Grass   300 72 15 0 4 35 30 19 39 2 2 0 .240 .283 .330 .613
Day   156 36 7 0 1 17 13 7 19 0 2 0 .231 .264 .295 .559
Night   144 36 8 0 3 18 17 12 20 2 0 0 .250 .304 .368 .672
As Starter   264 62 13 0 4 28 25 17 35 2 2 0 .235 .279 .330 .609
As Reliever / Substitution   36 10 2 0 0 7 5 2 4 0 0 0 .278 .316 .333 .649
Pinch Hitting   24 8 2 0 0 5 4 2 3 0 0 0 .333 .385 .417 .801
Close/Late   79 24 4 0 1 8 10 3 10 0 1 0 .304 .329 .392 .722
Inning 1-3   98 19 4 0 1 12 6 9 11 1 1 0 .194 .259 .265 .525
Inning 4-6   91 21 5 0 2 10 11 4 14 0 0 0 .231 .263 .352 .615
Inning 7-9   106 30 5 0 0 12 12 6 14 1 1 0 .283 .319 .330 .649
Extra Innings   5 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.200 1.600
0 Outs   86 22 7 0 1 8 11 2 9 1 0 0 .256 .270 .372 .642
1 Outs   106 26 6 0 0 17 11 11 12 1 2 0 .245 .314 .302 .615
2 Outs   108 24 2 0 3 10 8 6 18 0 0 0 .222 .263 .324 .587
Scoring Position   82 21 8 0 0 31 7 7 11 2 2 0 .256 .308 .354 .661
Bases Empty   145 37 5 0 4 4 16 7 17 0 0 0 .255 .289 .372 .662
Runner on 1st   73 14 2 0 0 0 7 5 11 0 0 0 .192 .244 .219 .463
Runner on 2nd   34 6 2 0 0 6 2 4 5 0 2 0 .176 .263 .235 .498
Runner on 3rd   10 3 2 0 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 .300 .300 .500 .800
Runner on 1st & 2nd   16 6 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .875
Runner on 1st & 3rd   10 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 .100 .091 .200 .291
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   5 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600
Bases Loaded   7 4 0 0 0 10 1 3 0 1 0 0 .571 .636 .571 1.208
Two Strikes   100 16 3 0 1 12 5 8 39 1 0 0 .160 .220 .220 .440
First Pitch   69 25 7 0 2 5 13 1 0 0 1 0 .362 .371 .551 .922
Count 0-1   32 5 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .156 .156 .281 .438
Count 0-2   18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   34 9 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .265 .294 .559
Count 1-1   25 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 .160 .160 .160 .320
Count 1-2   38 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 14 0 0 0 .158 .158 .184 .342
Count 2-0   14 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .357 .643
Count 2-1   18 6 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .316 .389 .705
Count 2-2   33 7 1 0 1 4 2 0 12 1 0 0 .212 .206 .333 .539
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   8 3 1 0 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 .375 .667 .500 1.167
Full Count   11 3 1 0 0 3 3 8 5 0 0 0 .273 .579 .364 .943
Behind in Count   88 11 2 0 1 6 2 0 22 0 0 0 .125 .125 .182 .307
Ahead in Count   74 22 4 0 0 17 8 10 0 1 0 0 .297 .376 .351 .728
Batting Leadoff   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 2nd   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 3rd   191 41 8 0 3 17 19 11 26 1 2 0 .215 .256 .304 .560
Batting 4th   40 15 3 0 1 9 3 5 5 1 0 0 .375 .435 .525 .960
Batting 5th   34 7 3 0 0 3 4 2 4 0 0 0 .206 .250 .294 .544
Batting 6th   7 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857
Batting 7th   13 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .154 .154 .231 .385
Batting 8th   6 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .429 .333 .762
Batting 9th   4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Low Leverage   118 24 4 0 3 6 10 6 19 0 0 0 .203 .242 .314 .555
Medium Leverage   115 23 4 0 0 9 9 6 12 1 1 0 .200 .238 .235 .472
High Leverage   67 25 7 0 1 20 11 7 8 1 1 0 .373 .427 .522 .949
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
1967 Yokohama - BAN 23 33 54 14 2 1 2 10 7 2 0 1 11 0 0 .259 .281 .444 .725 118 114 0.2
1968 Yokohama - BAN 24 109 205 53 10 0 6 31 16 13 1 1 14 1 0 .259 .305 .395 .700 116 114 0.7
1969 Yokohama - BAN 25 131 466 132 23 4 8 48 49 39 1 3 26 5 8 .283 .338 .401 .739 125 125 1.5
1970 Yokohama - BAN 26 131 471 127 22 5 15 52 61 44 1 1 38 10 11 .270 .333 .433 .766 136 135 2.8
1971 Yokohama - BAN 27 134 472 138 23 7 13 46 66 45 5 2 66 17 12 .292 .359 .453 .812 122 123 2.2
1972 Yokohama - BAN 28 129 462 125 12 7 15 60 66 50 3 1 56 22 14 .271 .345 .424 .769 109 105 0.6
1973 Yokohama - BAN 29 98 324 98 11 2 10 36 49 24 4 2 27 18 9 .302 .356 .441 .797 121 121 0.6
1974 Yokohama - BAN 30 117 300 72 15 0 4 35 30 19 0 2 39 14 7 .240 .283 .330 .613 70 71 -1.6
Total BAN 882 2754 759 118 26 73 318 344 236 15 13 277 87 61 .276 .335 .417 .752 117 116 7.1
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%
1967 Yokohama - INT LF 6 5 7 0 0 8 1 .875 44.2 1.41 -0.9 .881
1967 Yokohama - INT RF 3 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 26.0 1.38 +0.0 1.032
1968 Yokohama - INT LF 24 24 34 1 0 37 2 .946 200.2 1.57 -2.9 .878
1968 Yokohama - INT RF 15 11 26 0 0 26 0 1.000 103.2 2.26 +0.0 .961
1969 Yokohama - INT LF 117 117 174 1 0 178 3 .983 1002.0 1.57 -8.4 .945
1969 Yokohama - INT RF 6 5 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 46.0 0.78 -0.6 .828
1970 Yokohama - INT LF 113 113 181 0 0 183 2 .989 984.2 1.65 -1.5 .985
1970 Yokohama - INT RF 11 10 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 88.2 1.52 -1.6 .897
1971 Yokohama - INT LF 120 119 187 8 2 198 3 .985 1025.1 1.71 -4.0 .961
1971 Yokohama - INT RF 3 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 16.0 2.25 +0.1 1.016
1972 Yokohama - INT LF 118 115 212 13 3 229 4 .983 1005.2 2.01 -8.0 .943
1972 Yokohama - INT RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.1 1.026
1973 Yokohama - INT LF 84 79 137 5 1 145 3 .979 698.2 1.83 -11.1 .905
1974 Yokohama - INT LF 95 66 122 2 0 128 4 .969 614.1 1.82 -10.0 .909
1974 Yokohama - INT RF 3 3 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 23.0 1.96 -0.2 1.025
TOTAL LF 677 638 1054 30 6 1106 22 .980 5576.0 1.75 -46.7 .942
TOTAL RF 42 34 59 0 0 59 0 1.000 304.1 1.74 -2.0 .946
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1966 Drafted in the 1966 first-year player draft by the Yokohama Kingfishers. (Round 1, Pick 12, 12th overall pick).
07/16/1966 Named the #17 prospect in the BAN
08/22/1966 Injured (stomach virus),day-to-day for 3 days.
05/01/1967 Named the #17 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1967 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
07/16/1967 Named the #29 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1968 Successfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
04/10/1969 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
05/19/1969 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
06/01/1969 Injured (food poisoning),out for 2 days.
06/16/1969 Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for 2 days.
06/24/1969 Goes 5-5 against the Kyoto Owls, with 1 2B, 0 RBI and 2 R.
07/07/1969 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
07/31/1969 Was selected to the 1969 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
05/01/1970 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his running mechanics at the Yokohama Kingfishers development complex.
07/31/1970 Was selected to the 1970 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
09/09/1970 Injured (hip flexor strain),day-to-day for 2 days.
07/31/1971 Was selected to the 1971 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
07/31/1972 Was selected to the 1972 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
06/01/1973 Hits three home runs against the Sapporo Bears, going 3-5 with 5 RBI and 3 runs scored!
06/19/1973 Injured (fractured finger),out for 4 weeks.
07/31/1973 Was selected to the 1973 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
05/17/1974 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 1 day.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year H Rank
1969 132 7
1970 127 3
1971 138 7
1972 125 8
Year TB Rank
1970 204 5
Year 2B Rank
1969 23 9
1970 22 3
Year 3B Rank
1969 4 9
1970 5 2
1971 7 3
1972 7 1
Year SB Rank
1971 17 9
1972 22 8
1973 18 8
Year EBH Rank
1970 42 5
Year AVG Rank
1969 .283 5
1970 .270 3
1971 .292 7
1972 .271 7
Year OBP Rank
1969 .338 9
1970 .333 10
1971 .359 10
Year SLG Rank
1969 .401 8
1970 .433 8
Year RC Rank
1970 65.21 8
Year RC/27 Rank
1969 4.74 9
1970 4.77 7
1971 5.88 9
Year wOBA Rank
1969 .328 9
1970 .339 7
1971 .358 9
Year OPS Rank
1969 .739 9
1970 .766 7
1971 .812 9
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