C Akinari 'Thrifty' Nakamura #5
Vesutan Bees BAN
Age: 31 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
10/14/1975
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C AKINARI 'THRIFTY' NAKAMURA #5 - AGE: 31 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
91 288 73 6 0 15 45 17 37 .253 .300 .431 0 1.7
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/01/1975 @ KIN Win, 6-2 4 1 2 4 1 0 0 0
09/28/1975 NAG Loss, 4-5 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/24/1975 @ KOB Win, 6-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
09/21/1975 OSA Win, 4-3 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
09/18/1975 @ FUK Loss, 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/15/1975 KIN Win, 9-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/11/1975 @ NAG Loss, 4-5 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
09/09/1975 @ NAG Loss, 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/08/1975 KOB Loss, 1-5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/06/1975 KOB Loss, 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:12/26/1943
Born in:Kishiwada, OSA
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 10"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$17,760
Signed Through:1976 Season
Major Service:8 Years, 144 Days
Service This Yr:154 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 8th 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 91 288 73 6 0 15 45 33 17 37 .253 .300 .431 .731 .314 .177 106
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 82 321 4 0 0 8 8 4 124 21 0 1 0.0 35.9 4.11 1.7  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   79 24 1 0 2 12 10 5 13 1 3 0 .304 .341 .392 .734
Versus Right   209 49 5 0 13 33 23 12 24 3 5 4 .234 .285 .445 .730
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   77 18 1 0 3 12 8 3 6 3 3 0 .234 .253 .364 .617
June   67 18 1 0 3 8 6 0 8 1 1 1 .269 .275 .418 .693
July   65 19 3 0 7 16 13 7 9 0 1 2 .292 .378 .662 1.040
August   40 9 1 0 0 2 2 2 6 0 2 0 .225 .262 .250 .512
September   35 7 0 0 1 3 3 5 8 0 1 1 .200 .317 .286 .603
October   4 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.250 1.750
All-Star Game   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Last Year   378 105 16 2 11 57 49 45 61 3 5 9 .278 .366 .418 .784
2 Years Ago   368 79 13 1 12 47 42 35 70 2 12 7 .215 .294 .353 .647
Career   2093 521 92 5 67 300 249 222 348 16 34 32 .249 .328 .394 .722
Home   149 41 3 0 8 23 19 12 16 0 4 2 .275 .337 .456 .794
Road   139 32 3 0 7 22 14 5 21 4 4 2 .230 .260 .403 .663
Grass   288 73 6 0 15 45 33 17 37 4 8 4 .253 .300 .431 .731
Day   141 38 0 0 5 23 11 10 19 4 4 2 .270 .318 .376 .694
Night   147 35 6 0 10 22 22 7 18 0 4 2 .238 .282 .483 .765
As Starter   281 73 6 0 15 45 33 16 35 4 8 4 .260 .305 .441 .746
As Reliever / Substitution   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
Pinch Hitting   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Close/Late   62 15 1 0 3 12 8 4 11 0 1 2 .242 .309 .403 .712
Inning 1-3   86 23 2 0 6 12 11 7 8 1 2 2 .267 .333 .500 .833
Inning 4-6   104 28 3 0 2 12 9 5 14 2 5 0 .269 .297 .356 .653
Inning 7-9   92 22 1 0 7 21 13 5 14 1 1 2 .239 .290 .478 .768
Extra Innings   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   91 18 3 0 4 7 12 6 10 1 8 2 .198 .260 .363 .623
1 Outs   83 21 2 0 4 15 8 6 12 3 0 1 .253 .301 .422 .723
2 Outs   114 34 1 0 7 23 13 5 15 0 0 1 .298 .333 .491 .825
Scoring Position   77 16 0 0 4 31 8 4 12 4 8 0 .208 .235 .364 .599
Bases Empty   160 48 5 0 9 9 22 10 18 0 0 2 .300 .349 .500 .849
Runner on 1st   51 9 1 0 2 5 3 3 7 0 0 2 .176 .250 .314 .564
Runner on 2nd   35 8 0 0 1 7 3 2 5 0 8 0 .229 .270 .314 .585
Runner on 3rd   10 2 0 0 1 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 .200 .182 .500 .682
Runner on 1st & 2nd   14 2 0 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .200 .357 .557
Runner on 1st & 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   5 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 .400 .286 .400 .686
Bases Loaded   8 2 0 0 1 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .333 .625 .958
Two Strikes   108 25 0 0 5 15 17 11 37 1 0 1 .231 .306 .370 .676
First Pitch   60 17 3 0 1 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 .283 .283 .383 .667
Count 0-1   22 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182 .182 .182 .364
Count 0-2   22 6 0 0 2 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 .273 .273 .545 .818
Count 1-0   31 10 1 0 3 9 5 0 0 3 5 0 .323 .294 .645 .939
Count 1-1   31 11 2 0 4 9 4 0 0 0 1 1 .355 .375 .806 1.181
Count 1-2   28 5 0 0 2 6 4 0 14 1 0 1 .179 .200 .393 .593
Count 2-0   11 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .250 .455 .705
Count 2-1   20 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .143 .250 .393
Count 2-2   42 12 0 0 1 5 5 0 14 0 0 0 .286 .286 .357 .643
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   5 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .400 .625 .400 1.025
Full Count   16 2 0 0 0 2 5 11 3 0 0 0 .125 .481 .125 .606
Behind in Count   72 15 0 0 4 9 7 0 20 1 1 1 .208 .216 .375 .591
Ahead in Count   67 16 1 0 5 12 10 6 0 3 5 2 .239 .308 .478 .785
Batting 4th   4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   89 22 1 0 3 14 9 4 15 1 4 0 .247 .277 .360 .636
Batting 6th   32 12 0 0 3 10 5 4 1 1 1 1 .375 .447 .656 1.104
Batting 7th   136 33 5 0 7 15 14 7 16 2 2 2 .243 .286 .434 .720
Batting 8th   24 6 0 0 2 6 4 1 5 0 1 1 .250 .308 .500 .808
Batting 9th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Low Leverage   128 44 4 0 9 18 18 7 13 1 0 1 .344 .380 .586 .965
Medium Leverage   118 22 1 0 5 15 10 8 16 1 6 2 .186 .248 .322 .570
High Leverage   42 7 1 0 1 12 5 2 8 2 2 1 .167 .213 .262 .475
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 Vesutan - BAN 23 46 106 37 6 0 3 18 11 6 0 1 13 0 1 .349 .381 .491 .871 161 159 1.2
1968 Vesutan - BAN 24 38 103 19 5 0 3 7 9 7 0 0 16 0 0 .184 .236 .320 .557 72 73 0.2
1969 Vesutan - BAN 25 73 185 46 14 0 7 32 26 21 1 1 19 0 1 .249 .327 .438 .765 137 128 1.9
1970 Vesutan - BAN 26 59 133 28 3 1 2 21 14 20 1 2 27 3 2 .211 .314 .293 .607 90 88 0.6
1971 Vesutan - BAN 27 81 218 55 9 0 7 28 29 27 1 1 47 0 0 .252 .336 .390 .726 102 102 1.4
1972 Vesutan - BAN 28 97 314 79 20 1 7 45 36 44 9 2 58 0 1 .252 .358 .389 .746 114 120 2.5
1973 Vesutan - BAN 29 108 368 79 13 1 12 47 42 35 7 2 70 0 2 .215 .294 .353 .647 90 88 1.5
1974 Vesutan - BAN 30 114 378 105 16 2 11 57 49 45 9 3 61 1 3 .278 .366 .418 .784 131 135 4.1
1975 Vesutan - BAN 31 91 288 73 6 0 15 45 33 17 4 4 37 0 1 .253 .300 .431 .731 101 106 1.7
Total BAN 707 2093 521 92 5 67 300 249 222 32 16 348 4 11 .249 .328 .394 .722 111 112 15.2
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
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1967 Vesutan - INT C 27 25 109 16 1 126 1 .992 215.0 5.23 -0.9 .987 2 21 5 23.8
1968 Vesutan - INT C 27 27 141 14 0 156 1 .994 232.1 6.00 -0.4 .507 2 19 9 47.4
1969 Vesutan - INT C 57 50 257 34 1 292 1 .997 437.1 5.99 +1.1 1.029 3 32 12 37.5
1970 Vesutan - INT C 44 36 224 41 2 268 3 .989 326.0 7.32 -0.1 .630 3 45 22 48.9
1971 Vesutan - INT C 64 53 416 47 5 464 1 .998 486.1 8.57 +1.4 1.037 4 56 25 44.6
1972 Vesutan - INT C 94 92 587 66 5 657 4 .994 793.2 7.40 -0.8 .903 7 95 30 31.6
1973 Vesutan - INT C 103 102 532 65 9 603 6 .990 912.1 5.89 -0.3 1.028 8 79 20 25.3
1974 Vesutan - INT C 108 108 588 64 3 653 1 .998 956.0 6.14 +1.9 1.143 10 83 28 33.7
1975 Vesutan - INT C 83 82 411 47 4 463 5 .989 711.1 5.79 -0.2 .912 1 69 19 27.5
1975 Vesutan - INT LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL C 607 575 3265 394 30 3682 23 .994 5070.1 6.49 +1.7 .970 40 499 170 34.1
TOTAL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1966 Drafted in the 1966 first-year player draft by the Vesutan Bees. (Round 1, Pick 8, 8th overall pick).
05/01/1967 Named the #24 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1967 Successfully completed training to improve his defense at catcher at the Vesutan Bees development complex.
05/01/1968 Detrimentally completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Vesutan Bees development complex.
03/21/1969 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Vesutan Bees development complex.
04/30/1969 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Vesutan Bees development complex.
01/04/1970 Outstandingly completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Vesutan Bees development complex.
02/09/1971 Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the Vesutan Bees development complex.
10/10/1971 Wins the 1971 BAN Championship Series with the Vesutan Bees.
07/31/1972 Was selected to the 1972 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
05/03/1973 Injured (strained rib cage muscle),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
07/31/1974 Was selected to the 1974 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
07/31/1975 Was selected to the 1975 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 2B Rank
1972 20 7
Year HP Rank
1972 9 8
1974 9 4
Year SH Rank
1973 12 9
Year SF Rank
1975 4 10
Year OBP Rank
1974 .366 9
Year wOBA Rank
1974 .349 10
Year OPS Rank
1974 .784 10
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