3B Naota Kodama #21
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
09/09/1963
3B NAOTA KODAMA #21 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
75 147 36 7 0 3 14 10 31 .245 .306 .354 2 -0.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 2 2 2
Gap 2 2 2
Power 2 2 2
Eye 2 2 2
Avoid K's 3 3 3
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 3 2
Errors: - 3 4
Arm: 1 4 4
Turn DP: - 2 -
Framing: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 1
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: 3
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 1
Stealing Aggressiveness: 5
Stealing Ability: 5
Baserunning Inst.: 5
Sacrifice Bunt: 2
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/08/1963 @ RAK Loss, 1-2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/06/1963 @ RAK Win, 4-1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/03/1963 @ HSH Win, 3-2 4 1 1 1 1 0 3 0
09/02/1963 DNK Loss, 0-11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/01/1963 DNK Win, 10-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/29/1963 KYO Loss, 4-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/28/1963 KYO Loss, 1-11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/28/1963 KYO Loss, 2-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/26/1963 @ YOK Loss, 4-4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
08/24/1963 @ YOK Loss, 4-12 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:03/04/1936
Born in:Kikuyo, KUM
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 10"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$19,000
Signed Through:1963 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 144 Days
Service This Yr:131 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:5 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1958, 6th Pick in Round 1
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON 1963 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 75 147 36 7 0 3 14 15 10 31 .245 .306 .354 .660 .301 .109 96
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 32 160 3 0 0 5 2 0 52 10 2 2 50.0 14.9 3.35 -0.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   48 10 3 0 0 5 5 7 10 0 0 1 .208 .321 .271 .592
Versus Right   99 26 4 0 3 9 10 3 21 0 2 2 .263 .298 .394 .692
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   10 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 .100 .250 .400 .650
May   28 10 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 1 .357 .419 .357 .776
June   34 10 1 0 0 2 3 1 6 0 0 0 .294 .314 .324 .638
July   35 10 3 0 2 9 7 3 8 0 1 1 .286 .359 .543 .902
August   36 5 3 0 0 1 2 2 8 0 1 1 .139 .205 .222 .427
September   14 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 .071 .188 .286 .473
Last Year   92 22 2 0 3 16 12 16 19 1 0 0 .239 .349 .359 .707
2 Years Ago   76 23 6 0 2 8 8 6 10 0 1 0 .303 .354 .461 .814
Career   525 140 29 0 11 63 64 50 98 3 7 7 .267 .337 .385 .722
Home   63 15 4 0 0 5 5 4 11 0 1 1 .238 .294 .302 .596
Road   84 21 3 0 3 9 10 6 20 0 1 2 .250 .315 .393 .708
Grass   147 36 7 0 3 14 15 10 31 0 2 3 .245 .306 .354 .660
Day   54 10 3 0 3 10 5 2 15 0 1 0 .185 .214 .407 .622
Night   93 26 4 0 0 4 10 8 16 0 1 3 .280 .356 .323 .678
As Starter   109 28 6 0 3 9 9 7 24 0 2 3 .257 .319 .394 .714
As Reliever / Substitution   38 8 1 0 0 5 6 3 7 0 0 0 .211 .268 .237 .505
Pinch Hitting   34 8 1 0 0 5 6 2 5 0 0 0 .235 .278 .265 .542
Close/Late   43 10 1 0 0 5 5 4 8 0 1 1 .233 .312 .256 .568
Inning 1-3   34 9 2 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 1 0 .265 .286 .324 .609
Inning 4-6   48 10 2 0 2 6 6 4 13 0 0 1 .208 .283 .375 .658
Inning 7-9   65 17 3 0 1 8 7 5 11 0 1 2 .262 .333 .354 .687
0 Outs   35 8 2 0 0 0 4 2 12 0 2 1 .229 .289 .286 .575
1 Outs   58 15 3 0 3 12 10 6 12 0 0 1 .259 .338 .466 .804
2 Outs   54 13 2 0 0 2 1 2 7 0 0 1 .241 .281 .278 .558
Scoring Position   34 8 1 0 1 11 5 4 7 0 2 0 .235 .316 .353 .669
Bases Empty   83 22 4 0 1 1 7 4 17 0 0 2 .265 .315 .349 .664
Runner on 1st   30 6 2 0 1 2 3 2 7 0 0 1 .200 .273 .367 .639
Runner on 2nd   9 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 .111 .273 .111 .384
Runner on 3rd   2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   8 3 0 0 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 .375 .500 .750 1.250
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   6 2 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
Two Strikes   59 10 3 0 1 2 6 6 31 0 0 1 .169 .258 .271 .529
First Pitch   27 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .148 .179 .148 .327
Count 0-1   16 6 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 .375 .412 .500 .912
Count 0-2   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 .000 .125 .000 .125
Count 1-0   18 5 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .278 .278 .500 .778
Count 1-1   11 6 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .545 .545 .909 1.455
Count 1-2   23 6 1 0 1 1 3 0 12 0 0 0 .261 .261 .435 .696
Count 2-0   7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Count 2-1   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-2   20 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 .050 .050 .050 .100
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   7 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .429 .600 .429 1.029
Full Count   9 3 2 0 0 0 3 6 3 0 0 0 .333 .600 .556 1.156
Behind in Count   46 12 3 0 1 5 5 0 18 0 1 2 .261 .292 .391 .683
Ahead in Count   34 10 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 .294 .368 .412 .780
Batting Leadoff   6 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Batting 2nd   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   16 4 0 0 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 0 .250 .333 .250 .583
Batting 6th   65 22 5 0 2 8 7 6 12 0 1 3 .338 .419 .508 .927
Batting 7th   19 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 .053 .143 .211 .353
Batting 8th   16 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 .250 .250 .312 .562
Batting 9th   21 4 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 .190 .190 .238 .429
Low Leverage   63 19 4 0 1 4 4 2 11 0 0 3 .302 .353 .413 .766
Medium Leverage   49 9 2 0 1 1 5 4 11 0 1 0 .184 .245 .286 .531
High Leverage   34 7 1 0 1 9 6 4 9 0 1 0 .206 .289 .324 .613
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
1958 Nagasaki - BAN 22 9 28 8 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 7 0 1 .286 .355 .357 .712 103 109 -0.1
1959 Nagasaki - BAN 23 19 25 6 2 0 1 5 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 .240 .310 .440 .750 114 114 0.3
1960 Nagasaki - BAN 24 71 157 45 10 0 2 18 24 13 3 1 29 2 2 .287 .351 .389 .739 108 111 0.5
1961 Fukuoka - BAN 25 41 54 18 5 0 2 7 6 5 0 0 7 0 1 .333 .390 .537 .927 150 151 0.3
1961 Yokohama - BAN 25 12 22 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 .227 .261 .273 .534 49 50 -0.1
1961 Total - BAN 25 53 76 23 6 0 2 8 8 6 0 0 10 0 1 .303 .354 .461 .814 121 123 0.2
1962 Yokohama - BAN 26 58 92 22 2 0 3 16 12 16 0 1 19 2 0 .239 .349 .359 .707 105 112 0.5
1963 Sapporo - BAN 27 75 147 36 7 0 3 14 15 10 3 0 31 2 2 .245 .306 .354 .660 86 96 -0.1
Total BAN 285 525 140 29 0 11 63 64 50 7 3 98 6 6 .267 .337 .385 .722 103 109 1.2
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
1958 Total - 22 54 237 71 10 1 8 52 58 25 6 0 25 15 6 .300 .381 .451 .832 100 100 1.2
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1958 Nagasaki - INT 3B 9 9 4 21 2 30 5 .833 77.0 2.92 -1.8 .850
1959 Nagasaki - INT 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 1.051
1959 Nagasaki - INT 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1959 Nagasaki - INT 3B 7 4 1 9 0 10 0 1.000 38.0 2.37 +0.5 1.051
1959 Nagasaki - INT SS 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 6.0 3.00 +0.0 1.063
1960 Nagasaki - INT 3B 33 29 17 63 6 91 11 .879 251.0 2.87 -4.1 .916
1960 Nagasaki - INT SS 5 5 8 7 0 16 1 .938 44.0 3.07 -1.0 .811
1961 Fukuoka - INT 3B 9 6 4 7 0 15 4 .733 58.2 1.69 -1.9 .681
1961 Yokohama - INT 3B 11 4 4 10 0 15 1 .933 47.1 2.66 -0.2 .981
1961 Fukuoka - INT SS 8 0 6 4 2 11 1 .909 12.2 7.11 -0.8 .729
1961 Yokohama - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1962 Yokohama - INT C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.2 .000 1 0 0 0.0
1962 Yokohama - INT 1B 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 1.000 2.0 13.50 +0.0 1.049
1962 Yokohama - INT 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1962 Yokohama - INT 3B 36 16 17 45 1 65 3 .954 187.2 2.97 -0.2 .999
1962 Yokohama - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1963 Sapporo - INT 3B 40 31 29 76 3 113 8 .929 264.1 3.58 -2.9 .950
1963 Sapporo - INT SS 8 1 2 5 0 10 3 .700 17.1 3.63 -2.3 .676
TOTAL C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.2 .000 1 0 0 0.0
TOTAL 1B 2 0 4 0 1 4 0 1.000 3.0 12.00 +0.1 1.050
TOTAL 3B 145 99 76 231 12 339 32 .906 924.0 2.99 -10.7 .934
TOTAL SS 25 6 17 17 2 39 5 .872 80.0 3.83 -4.0 .764
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1958 Drafted in the 1958 first-year player draft by the Nagasaki Stars. (Round 1, Pick 6, 6th overall pick).
07/16/1958 Named the #22 prospect in the BAN
10/12/1958 Wins the 1958 BAN Championship Series with the Nagasaki Stars.
05/01/1959 Named the #21 prospect in the BAN
11/01/1960 Was traded by the Nagasaki Stars to the Fukuoka Falcons, along with SP Chosuke Tsugawa and SP Ryunosuke Saito, in exchange for CF Shou Okuda.
08/08/1961 Released by the Fukuoka Falcons.
08/16/1961 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,280 with the Yokohama Kingfishers organization.
10/13/1962 Was traded by the Yokohama Kingfishers to the Sapporo Bears, along with RP Eisaku Yamaoka, in exchange for LF Hidetsugu Yoshida and SS Michitake Honda.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 2.
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