Player Report for #13 Yorihiko Kawata

C Yorihiko Kawata #13 Hosho Reliables BAN Age: 36 \| Bats: L \| Throws: R \| Morale: Good 06/30/1975
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C YORIHIKO KAWATA #13 - AGE: 36 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB	WAR
47	153	33	3	0	3	21	18	18	.216	.309	.294	0	0.6

GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES

Date	Vs.	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K
06/29/1975	SAP	Win, 5-2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
06/27/1975	SAP	Win, 11-7	2	1	0	0	0	2	2
06/26/1975	@ RAK	Win, 13-2	3	2	1	0	0	2	0
06/25/1975	@ RAK	Win, 6-4	3	2	1	0	0	1	0
06/24/1975	@ RAK	Win, 13-0	5	1	3	3	1	0	2
06/21/1975	@ DNK	Win, 9-4	5	2	3	1	0	0	0
06/20/1975	@ DNK	Loss, 3-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
06/18/1975	KYO	Win, 4-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
06/17/1975	KYO	Loss, 0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
07/16/1975	YOK	Loss, 1-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1

PERSONALITY

Birthday:	05/20/1939
Born in:	Tokyo, TOK
Nationality:	Japanese
Height:	5' 9"
Weight:	195 lbs
Local Popularity:	Fair
National Pop.:	Unknown

STATUS
Contract:	Major League Contract
Salary:	$18,000
Signed Through:	1975 Season
Major Service:	13 Years, 125 Days
Service This Yr:	60 Days
40-Man Service:	None, None
Pro Service:	17 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	3 option years left
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	1958, 3rd Pick in Round 2

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	47	153	33	3	0	3	21	20	18	18	.216	.309	.294	.603	.270	.078	76
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27	WAR
Overall	45	179	3	1	0	4	4	1	45	6	0	0	0.0	14.7	3.09	.6
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		23	6	1	0	0	5	1	2	2	1	2	0	.261	.308	.304	.612
Versus Right		130	27	2	0	3	16	19	16	16	0	2	3	.208	.309	.292	.601
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Last Week		17	6	1	0	1	3	6	5	4	0	0	1	.353	.522	.588	1.110
May		82	16	1	0	2	13	10	10	8	1	3	1	.195	.287	.280	.568
June		69	17	2	0	1	8	10	8	9	0	1	2	.246	.342	.319	.661
July		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Last Year		377	85	15	0	3	37	39	46	58	6	17	13	.225	.326	.289	.615
2 Years Ago		295	73	18	0	7	30	24	35	46	4	14	4	.247	.331	.380	.711
Career		4256	965	165	9	83	477	397	390	686	39	134	43	.227	.296	.328	.624
Home		66	11	1	0	1	8	8	7	9	0	2	3	.167	.276	.227	.504
Road		87	22	2	0	2	13	12	11	9	1	2	0	.253	.333	.345	.678
Grass		153	33	3	0	3	21	20	18	18	1	4	3	.216	.309	.294	.603
Day		72	13	2	0	2	12	7	8	11	1	1	1	.181	.268	.292	.560
Night		81	20	1	0	1	9	13	10	7	0	3	2	.247	.344	.296	.640
As Starter		152	33	3	0	3	21	20	17	18	1	4	3	.217	.306	.296	.602
As Reliever / Substitution		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
Pinch Hitting		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
Close/Late		32	6	1	0	0	3	4	3	3	0	1	0	.188	.257	.219	.476
Inning 1-3		46	12	1	0	0	8	3	7	1	1	1	0	.261	.352	.283	.634
Inning 4-6		53	11	1	0	1	6	7	3	7	0	2	2	.208	.276	.283	.559
Inning 7-9		52	10	1	0	2	7	10	8	10	0	1	1	.192	.311	.327	.638
Extra Innings		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
0 Outs		56	8	2	0	0	2	9	5	4	1	1	2	.143	.234	.179	.413
1 Outs		41	12	0	0	1	6	7	5	4	0	3	0	.293	.370	.366	.735
2 Outs		56	13	1	0	2	13	4	8	10	0	0	1	.232	.338	.357	.696
Scoring Position		45	9	0	0	2	18	4	6	4	1	3	0	.200	.288	.333	.622
Bases Empty		79	11	2	0	1	1	9	8	10	0	0	2	.139	.236	.203	.438
Runner on 1st		29	13	1	0	0	2	7	4	4	0	1	1	.448	.529	.483	1.012
Runner on 2nd		15	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	.067	.176	.067	.243
Runner on 3rd		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Runner on 1st & 2nd		11	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	.091	.091	.364	.455
Runner on 1st & 3rd		10	4	0	0	1	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.700	1.200
Runner on 2nd & 3rd		3	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417
Bases Loaded		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000
Two Strikes		58	8	2	0	1	5	7	6	18	0	0	1	.138	.231	.224	.455
First Pitch		24	6	0	0	1	3	5	1	0	0	2	1	.250	.308	.375	.683
Count 0-1		13	4	1	0	1	6	3	0	0	1	2	0	.308	.286	.615	.901
Count 0-2		11	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364
Count 1-0		19	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.105	.150	.105	.255
Count 1-1		17	6	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.353	.353	.706
Count 1-2		22	3	1	0	1	3	3	0	8	0	0	1	.136	.174	.318	.492
Count 2-0		7	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	.571	1.143
Count 2-1		12	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Count 2-2		11	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636
Count 3-0		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000
Count 3-1		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.625	.000	.625
Full Count		14	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	0	0	.000	.300	.000	.300
Behind in Count		46	9	2	0	2	10	7	0	12	1	2	1	.196	.208	.370	.578
Ahead in Count		41	9	0	0	0	4	4	11	0	0	0	1	.220	.396	.220	.616
Batting 6th		40	7	0	0	0	4	1	4	5	1	2	0	.175	.244	.175	.419
Batting 7th		19	6	2	0	0	1	4	0	3	0	1	1	.316	.350	.421	.771
Batting 8th		93	20	1	0	3	16	15	13	10	0	1	2	.215	.324	.323	.647
Batting 9th		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
Low Leverage		72	15	1	0	1	4	10	8	13	0	1	1	.208	.296	.264	.560
Medium Leverage		57	10	2	0	0	8	5	6	2	1	2	2	.175	.273	.211	.483
High Leverage		22	7	0	0	1	8	4	3	2	0	1	0	.318	.400	.455	.855

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
1961 Hosho - BAN	22	10	27	6	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	1	8	0	0	.222	.241	.333	.575	60	49	-0.1
1962 Hosho - BAN	23	50	112	27	4	1	1	11	10	15	0	0	24	0	0	.241	.331	.321	.652	92	97	0.5
1963 Hosho - BAN	24	50	116	24	4	1	1	8	10	5	1	1	22	0	0	.207	.244	.284	.528	61	52	0.1
1964 Hosho - BAN	25	79	170	41	4	0	2	17	18	12	1	2	32	0	0	.241	.292	.300	.592	77	73	0.1
1965 Hosho - BAN	26	105	345	74	11	1	9	44	35	22	2	4	50	0	0	.214	.263	.330	.593	83	83	1.6
1966 Hosho - BAN	27	104	364	83	13	2	3	33	20	28	0	3	45	0	0	.228	.281	.299	.580	84	87	2.2
1967 Hosho - BAN	28	98	327	83	15	0	9	41	36	27	2	2	36	1	0	.254	.313	.382	.695	112	115	3.0
1968 Hosho - BAN	29	119	415	85	13	1	3	34	30	32	1	2	66	0	3	.205	.262	.263	.525	62	67	1.2
1969 Hosho - BAN	30	118	391	95	18	0	5	45	39	32	3	6	63	0	1	.243	.301	.327	.628	93	96	2.6
1970 Hosho - BAN	31	119	375	82	14	0	10	45	27	34	5	2	64	0	1	.219	.291	.336	.627	95	91	2.5
1971 Hosho - BAN	32	119	405	101	28	2	12	53	46	31	3	1	81	2	2	.249	.307	.417	.724	99	90	2.3
1972 Hosho - BAN	33	119	384	73	5	1	14	56	39	52	5	4	73	0	1	.190	.292	.318	.610	68	61	0.6
1973 Hosho - BAN	34	92	295	73	18	0	7	30	24	35	4	4	46	1	1	.247	.331	.380	.711	99	95	1.9
1974 Hosho - BAN	35	120	377	85	15	0	3	37	39	46	13	6	58	2	1	.225	.326	.289	.615	75	73	1.7
1975 Hosho - BAN	36	47	153	33	3	0	3	21	20	18	3	1	18	0	0	.216	.309	.294	.603	70	76	0.6
Total BAN		1349	4256	965	165	9	83	477	397	390	43	39	686	6	10	.227	.296	.328	.624	85	83	20.8

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%
1961 Hosho - INT	C	8	8	47	4	1	52	1	.981	69.0	6.65	-0.2	.991	1	5	1	20.0
1961 Hosho - INT	1B	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	2.0	13.50	0.0	.000
1961 Hosho - INT	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0.00	0.0	.000
1962 Hosho - INT	C	29	28	186	10	1	197	1	.995	234.0	7.54	-0.5	1.149	4	16	4	25.0
1963 Hosho - INT	C	33	27	166	26	4	192	0	1.000	232.2	7.43	+1.0	.920	4	8	7	87.5
1964 Hosho - INT	C	47	37	257	25	0	284	2	.993	339.1	7.48	-1.9	.660	4	12	3	25.0
1964 Hosho - INT	2B	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	.500	1.0	9.00	-0.5	.000
1964 Hosho - INT	SS	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0.1	27.00	+0.0	1.076
1965 Hosho - INT	C	96	92	510	47	5	562	5	.991	796.1	6.30	+2.7	1.032	7	38	15	39.5
1966 Hosho - INT	C	101	101	545	69	5	616	2	.997	865.2	6.38	+3.9	1.034	4	60	28	46.7
1967 Hosho - INT	C	95	94	559	52	2	615	4	.993	806.1	6.82	+2.4	1.083	4	33	11	33.3
1968 Hosho - INT	C	115	113	694	75	3	771	2	.997	981.2	7.05	+3.5	1.113	13	49	26	53.1
1969 Hosho - INT	C	112	111	624	74	8	704	6	.991	948.1	6.62	+3.7	.857	8	44	26	59.1
1969 Hosho - INT	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	+0.0	.000
1970 Hosho - INT	C	116	115	722	94	6	819	3	.996	989.2	7.42	+4.9	1.060	9	92	44	47.8
1971 Hosho - INT	C	117	113	876	74	7	953	3	.997	977.0	8.75	+5.2	1.129	6	57	29	50.9
1972 Hosho - INT	C	112	111	696	90	7	791	5	.994	977.2	7.24	+6.3	1.008	7	80	41	51.2
1973 Hosho - INT	C	89	87	488	58	4	548	2	.996	772.1	6.36	+3.6	1.120	3	48	17	35.4
1974 Hosho - INT	C	116	113	679	83	10	768	6	.992	1005.0	6.82	+8.3	1.239	5	80	43	53.8
1975 Hosho - INT	C	45	45	248	28	2	279	3	.989	393.2	6.31	+3.0	1.082	1	19	9	47.4
TOTAL	C	1231	1195	7297	809	65	8151	45	.994	10388.2	7.02	+45.9	1.041	80	641	304	47.4
TOTAL	1B	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	2.0	13.50	0.0	.000
TOTAL	2B	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	.500	1.0	9.00	-0.5	.000
TOTAL	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	+0.0	.000
TOTAL	SS	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0.1	27.00	+0.0	1.076

PLAYER HISTORY

06/05/1958	Drafted in the 1958 first-year player draft by the Fukuoka Falcons. (Round 2, Pick 3, 15th overall pick).
06/06/1958	Released by the Fukuoka Falcons.
06/09/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Nagasaki Stars organization.
06/09/1958	Released by the Nagasaki Stars.
06/10/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Hosho Reliables organization.
06/11/1958	Released by the Hosho Reliables.
06/12/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Hosho Reliables organization.
06/12/1958	Released by the Hosho Reliables.
06/14/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Rakisuta Rams organization.
06/14/1958	Released by the Rakisuta Rams.
06/15/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Rakisuta Rams organization.
06/15/1958	Released by the Rakisuta Rams.
06/17/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Nagasaki Stars organization.
06/17/1958	Released by the Nagasaki Stars.
06/21/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kobe Bulls organization.
06/21/1958	Released by the Kobe Bulls.
06/22/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Sapporo Bears organization.
06/22/1958	Released by the Sapporo Bears.
06/23/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Osaka Sailors organization.
06/28/1958	Released by the Osaka Sailors.
06/30/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Yokohama Kingfishers organization.
06/30/1958	Released by the Yokohama Kingfishers.
07/02/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Hosho Reliables organization.
07/02/1958	Released by the Hosho Reliables.
07/05/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Nagasaki Stars organization.
07/05/1958	Released by the Nagasaki Stars.
07/06/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Vesutan Bees organization.
07/07/1958	Released by the Vesutan Bees.
07/07/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Hosho Reliables organization.
07/07/1958	Released by the Hosho Reliables.
07/09/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Vesutan Bees organization.
07/09/1958	Released by the Vesutan Bees.
07/10/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Rakisuta Rams organization.
07/10/1958	Released by the Rakisuta Rams.
07/11/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Denki Dynamics organization.
07/11/1958	Released by the Denki Dynamics.
07/14/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Nagasaki Stars organization.
07/14/1958	Released by the Nagasaki Stars.
07/15/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kinboshi Kites organization.
07/15/1958	Released by the Kinboshi Kites.
07/17/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Sapporo Bears organization.
07/17/1958	Released by the Sapporo Bears.
07/18/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Rakisuta Rams organization.
07/18/1958	Released by the Rakisuta Rams.
07/21/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Rakisuta Rams organization.
07/21/1958	Released by the Rakisuta Rams.
07/23/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Vesutan Bees organization.
07/23/1958	Released by the Vesutan Bees.
07/24/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Yokohama Kingfishers organization.
07/24/1958	Released by the Yokohama Kingfishers.
07/25/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Nagasaki Stars organization.
07/25/1958	Released by the Nagasaki Stars.
07/26/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kinboshi Kites organization.
07/26/1958	Released by the Kinboshi Kites.
07/27/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kinboshi Kites organization.
07/27/1958	Released by the Kinboshi Kites.
07/29/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kinboshi Kites organization.
07/29/1958	Released by the Kinboshi Kites.
08/01/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Sapporo Bears organization.
08/02/1958	Released by the Sapporo Bears.
08/08/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Yokohama Kingfishers organization.
08/08/1958	Released by the Yokohama Kingfishers.
08/09/1958	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Hosho Reliables organization.
10/13/1958	Named the #29 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1959	Named the #30 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1959	Named the #32 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1960	Named the #27 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1960	Named the #30 prospect in the BAN
03/11/1961	Successfully completed training to improve his defense at catcher at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
05/01/1961	Named the #30 prospect in the BAN
01/01/1963	OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 3.
09/19/1963	Injured (mild hamstring strain),day-to-day for one week.
01/01/1964	OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 2; Eye: 3.
05/01/1964	Outstandingly completed training to improve his defense at catcher at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
07/09/1965	Injured (intercostal strain),out for one week.
03/22/1966	Successfully completed training to improve his strength and conditioning at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
07/22/1966	Injured (knee contusion),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
11/23/1966	Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
07/01/1967	Injured (torn thumb ligament),out for 3-4 weeks.
07/26/1967	Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
05/01/1968	Unsuccessfully completed training to learn a new position at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
10/10/1968	Wins the 1968 BAN Championship Series with the Hosho Reliables.
04/30/1969	Unsuccessfully completed training to learn a new position at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
07/16/1969	Injured (oblique strain),out for 5 days.
08/16/1970	Injured (knee contusion),day-to-day for one week.
02/15/1973	Unsuccessfully completed training to learn a new position at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
05/06/1973	Injured (strained medial collateral ligament),out for 5 weeks.
12/12/1973	Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
05/01/1975	Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Hosho Reliables development complex.

LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES

Year	2B	Rank
1971	28	6

Year	HP	Rank
1970	5	6
1974	13	3

Year	SH	Rank
1967	10	7
1970	17	4
1971	19	3
1972	26	1
1973	14	4
1974	17	3

Year	SF	Rank
1965	4	9
1969	6	7
1972	4	7
1973	4	9
1974	6	1

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