RF Kesanori Kikuchi #14
Kinboshi Kites BAN
Age: 34 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Unhappy
11/01/1974
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RF KESANORI KIKUCHI #14 - AGE: 34 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
135 454 94 16 0 13 48 29 75 .207 .259 .328 2 0.8
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/01/1974 @ KOB Win, 3-2 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
09/30/1974 @ KOB Loss, 3-4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
09/29/1974 @ KOB Loss, 2-4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/28/1974 FUK Win, 5-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/27/1974 FUK Loss, 1-7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/26/1974 FUK Win, 5-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/24/1974 @ NAG Loss, 2-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/23/1974 @ NAG Win, 6-1 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 0
09/22/1974 @ NAG Loss, 4-16 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
09/21/1974 VES Loss, 1-6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:09/21/1940
Born in:Ashikaga, TOC
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 10"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$15,050
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:12 Years, 74 Days
Service This Yr:154 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:15 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1959, 8th Pick in Round 2
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 135 454 94 16 0 13 48 43 29 75 .207 .259 .328 .587 .257 .121 61
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 132 503 4 1 0 8 12 4 149 29 2 1 66.7 39.1 2.74 .8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   79 18 2 0 2 8 6 3 22 1 1 1 .228 .262 .329 .591
Versus Right   375 76 14 0 11 40 37 26 53 3 11 3 .203 .258 .328 .586
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   88 18 4 0 1 9 7 5 15 1 7 0 .205 .245 .284 .529
June   76 14 3 0 2 7 6 5 13 2 1 2 .184 .247 .303 .550
July   105 19 3 0 4 10 10 6 21 1 2 0 .181 .223 .324 .547
August   84 17 3 0 2 6 10 5 14 0 0 0 .202 .247 .310 .557
September   97 25 2 0 4 14 10 8 12 0 2 2 .258 .327 .402 .729
October   4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Last Year   460 92 11 0 14 38 44 38 76 5 4 9 .200 .271 .315 .587
2 Years Ago   468 122 17 2 26 78 68 62 65 7 4 3 .261 .346 .472 .819
Career   5754 1450 221 10 180 655 656 451 843 50 46 36 .252 .308 .388 .696
Home   203 42 8 0 4 18 20 19 32 2 7 1 .207 .276 .305 .581
Road   251 52 8 0 9 30 23 10 43 2 5 3 .207 .244 .347 .591
Grass   454 94 16 0 13 48 43 29 75 4 12 4 .207 .259 .328 .587
Day   228 57 10 0 8 33 25 16 29 3 8 2 .250 .301 .399 .700
Night   226 37 6 0 5 15 18 13 46 1 4 2 .164 .215 .257 .472
As Starter   451 94 16 0 13 48 43 29 74 4 12 4 .208 .260 .330 .591
As Reliever / Substitution   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   93 22 7 0 2 11 12 8 14 0 4 1 .237 .304 .376 .680
Inning 1-3   144 27 4 0 4 16 13 4 23 4 3 2 .188 .214 .299 .513
Inning 4-6   170 36 4 0 5 15 13 14 32 0 4 0 .212 .272 .324 .595
Inning 7-9   135 30 8 0 4 16 17 11 20 0 5 2 .222 .291 .370 .661
Extra Innings   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
0 Outs   138 35 7 0 7 12 26 9 15 0 10 1 .254 .304 .457 .761
1 Outs   126 27 2 0 3 16 10 12 21 4 2 0 .214 .275 .302 .576
2 Outs   190 32 7 0 3 20 7 8 39 0 0 3 .168 .214 .253 .467
Scoring Position   120 26 6 0 3 38 13 9 15 4 12 0 .217 .263 .342 .605
Bases Empty   257 56 9 0 10 10 29 14 45 0 0 2 .218 .264 .370 .633
Runner on 1st   77 12 1 0 0 0 1 6 15 0 0 2 .156 .235 .169 .404
Runner on 2nd   42 3 1 0 0 1 3 4 6 0 6 0 .071 .152 .095 .247
Runner on 3rd   10 6 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .700 1.300
Runner on 1st & 2nd   37 7 1 0 2 8 4 1 3 0 1 0 .189 .211 .378 .589
Runner on 1st & 3rd   11 4 1 0 1 8 1 2 2 1 0 0 .364 .429 .727 1.156
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   8 2 1 0 0 6 3 2 1 1 4 0 .250 .364 .375 .739
Bases Loaded   12 4 1 0 0 9 1 0 3 2 1 0 .333 .286 .417 .702
Two Strikes   176 31 3 0 4 14 11 16 75 1 0 1 .176 .247 .261 .509
First Pitch   84 14 3 0 2 8 6 1 0 0 7 2 .167 .195 .274 .469
Count 0-1   53 12 4 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 .226 .226 .302 .528
Count 0-2   33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 1 .061 .088 .061 .149
Count 1-0   48 13 3 0 3 12 7 0 0 2 1 1 .271 .275 .521 .795
Count 1-1   47 13 2 0 2 5 7 0 0 0 1 0 .277 .277 .447 .723
Count 1-2   66 8 1 0 1 7 2 0 34 1 0 0 .121 .119 .182 .301
Count 2-0   16 5 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .312 .312 .500 .812
Count 2-1   21 5 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 .238 .227 .429 .656
Count 2-2   45 12 1 0 2 5 3 0 17 0 0 0 .267 .267 .422 .689
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   9 1 0 0 0 0 5 8 0 0 0 0 .111 .529 .111 .641
Full Count   32 9 1 0 1 2 6 16 10 0 0 0 .281 .521 .406 .927
Behind in Count   152 22 5 0 1 10 6 0 48 1 2 1 .145 .149 .197 .347
Ahead in Count   94 24 4 0 5 18 15 12 0 3 2 1 .255 .336 .457 .794
Batting 4th   8 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .333 .625 .958
Batting 5th   10 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .300 .364 .400 .764
Batting 6th   59 7 0 0 2 5 4 4 9 0 6 1 .119 .188 .220 .408
Batting 7th   360 79 15 0 10 41 35 22 59 4 6 2 .219 .265 .344 .610
Batting 8th   14 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 .214 .312 .214 .527
Batting 9th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   195 41 7 0 5 15 18 15 36 0 1 1 .210 .270 .323 .593
Medium Leverage   177 36 5 0 6 11 18 7 27 1 7 2 .203 .241 .333 .574
High Leverage   77 15 4 0 2 22 7 7 10 3 4 1 .195 .261 .325 .586
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
1960 Osaka - BAN 19 5 9 3 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 178 180 0.2
1962 Osaka - BAN 21 22 23 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 .130 .130 .130 .261 -26 -29 -0.6
1963 Osaka - BAN 22 131 482 140 14 0 14 51 62 23 1 1 78 1 0 .290 .323 .407 .730 110 107 2.8
1964 Osaka - BAN 23 139 514 137 21 2 12 43 59 29 2 2 83 0 1 .267 .307 .385 .692 99 96 2.2
1965 Osaka - BAN 24 136 488 133 22 2 11 63 47 32 2 9 57 0 1 .273 .315 .393 .708 111 107 2.6
1966 Osaka - BAN 25 137 477 121 19 1 14 51 48 44 1 2 59 0 0 .254 .317 .386 .703 113 109 2.9
1967 Osaka - BAN 26 136 513 154 21 0 18 59 80 34 2 5 53 1 1 .300 .343 .446 .789 137 143 5.6
1968 Osaka - BAN 27 137 512 130 23 1 11 57 60 48 1 4 52 0 1 .254 .317 .367 .684 113 115 4.0
1969 Osaka - BAN 28 135 489 108 17 0 9 48 44 45 2 3 64 0 1 .221 .288 .311 .598 87 82 1.7
1970 Osaka - BAN 29 134 429 98 15 1 11 39 40 40 5 0 78 2 3 .228 .302 .345 .647 101 102 1.9
1971 Osaka - BAN 30 122 436 115 25 1 26 77 56 27 4 8 93 1 0 .264 .307 .505 .812 122 124 3.2
1972 Osaka - BAN 31 134 468 122 17 2 26 78 68 62 3 7 65 1 0 .261 .346 .472 .819 132 134 4.1
1973 Kinboshi - BAN 32 134 460 92 11 0 14 38 44 38 9 5 76 1 0 .200 .271 .315 .587 74 70 0.0
1974 Kinboshi - BAN 33 135 454 94 16 0 13 48 43 29 4 4 75 2 1 .207 .259 .328 .587 62 61 0.8
Total BAN 1637 5754 1450 221 10 180 655 656 451 36 50 843 9 9 .252 .308 .388 .696 105 104 31.5
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%
1960 Osaka - INT LF 2 1 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 11.0 4.91 +0.7 1.169
1960 Osaka - INT RF 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 15.0 1.20 -0.0 .998
1962 Osaka - INT 1B 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 +0.0 .000
1962 Osaka - INT LF 10 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 18.1 1.47 +0.0 .974
1962 Osaka - INT CF 7 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 20.0 0.90 -2.1 .487
1962 Osaka - INT RF 6 2 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 25.0 2.88 -0.7 .867
1963 Osaka - INT CF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.0 .996
1963 Osaka - INT RF 126 126 237 12 6 251 2 .992 1087.0 2.06 +9.2 1.064
1964 Osaka - INT CF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 -0.0 .985
1964 Osaka - INT RF 134 134 257 17 0 282 8 .972 1135.2 2.17 +10.2 1.057
1965 Osaka - INT RF 131 131 268 10 0 280 2 .993 1110.2 2.25 +7.8 1.032
1966 Osaka - INT RF 132 132 259 18 0 282 5 .982 1128.1 2.21 +8.0 1.050
1967 Osaka - INT RF 132 131 253 20 0 279 6 .978 1125.2 2.18 +12.6 1.076
1968 Osaka - INT RF 134 134 264 17 0 287 6 .979 1147.1 2.20 +13.3 1.062
1969 Osaka - INT RF 132 132 246 12 0 267 9 .966 1131.0 2.05 +12.2 1.079
1970 Osaka - INT RF 131 130 226 14 1 248 8 .968 1092.0 1.98 +5.9 1.055
1971 Osaka - INT RF 119 119 227 13 0 246 6 .976 1018.1 2.12 +7.2 1.039
1972 Osaka - INT RF 130 129 246 8 1 258 4 .984 1126.2 2.03 +8.6 1.066
1973 Kinboshi - INT LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Kinboshi - INT CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Kinboshi - INT RF 132 131 289 11 1 302 2 .993 1121.0 2.41 +3.8 1.021
1974 Kinboshi - INT RF 132 132 289 24 2 319 6 .981 1146.0 2.46 +9.7 1.047
TOTAL 1B 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 +0.0 .000
TOTAL LF 12 1 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 29.1 2.76 +0.7 1.096
TOTAL CF 10 1 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 26.0 1.73 -2.1 .702
TOTAL RF 1574 1565 3071 176 11 3311 64 .981 13409.2 2.18 +107.5 1.053
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1959 Drafted in the 1959 first-year player draft by the Kinboshi Kites. (Round 2, Pick 8, 20th overall pick).
06/06/1959 Released by the Kinboshi Kites.
06/08/1959 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kobe Bulls organization.
06/08/1959 Released by the Kobe Bulls.
06/10/1959 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Osaka Sailors organization.
07/16/1959 Named the #55 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1960 Named the #45 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1960 Named the #49 prospect in the BAN
10/14/1960 Named the #39 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1961 Named the #38 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1962 Named the #38 prospect in the BAN
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 2.
07/31/1963 Was selected to the 1963 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 2; Eye: 2.
06/29/1965 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for one week.
07/31/1966 Injured (mild oblique strain),day-to-day for 5 days.
05/30/1967 Goes 6-6 against the Kinboshi Kites, with 3 RBI and 2 R.
06/05/1967 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
07/31/1967 Was selected to the 1967 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
10/23/1967 Wins the 1967 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award.
07/31/1968 Was selected to the 1968 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
08/08/1970 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for 1 day.
08/20/1970 Injured (mild oblique strain),day-to-day for 1 day.
07/31/1971 Was selected to the 1971 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
09/13/1971 Injured (patellar tendinitis),out for 2 weeks.
07/31/1972 Was selected to the 1972 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
10/31/1972 Was traded by the Osaka Sailors to the Kinboshi Kites, along with RP Toyoji Tsuda, in exchange for C Hiroji Orido.
08/11/1973 Injured (bruised wrist),day-to-day for 1 day.
08/12/1973 Injured (bruised hand),day-to-day for one week.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1964 134 3
1965 131 4
1966 132 4
1967 131 10
1968 134 2
1969 132 6
1974 132 5
Year PA Rank
1967 554 10
1968 565 7
Year AB Rank
1964 514 7
1965 488 9
1967 513 7
1968 512 4
1969 489 8
Year H Rank
1965 133 8
1967 154 1
1968 130 9
Year K Rank
1963 78 9
1974 75 10
Year TB Rank
1967 229 1
1971 220 9
1972 221 9
Year 2B Rank
1967 21 10
1968 23 9
1971 25 6
Year HR Rank
1967 18 6
1971 26 7
1972 26 6
Year RBI Rank
1968 57 9
1971 77 7
1972 78 9
Year R Rank
1967 80 2
Year BB Rank
1968 48 10
1969 45 10
Year IBB Rank
1969 11 8
Year HP Rank
1973 9 8
Year SH Rank
1964 10 5
1974 12 6
Year SF Rank
1965 9 1
1967 5 8
1971 8 1
1972 7 2
1973 5 3
Year EBH Rank
1967 39 6
1971 52 8
1972 45 7
Year AVG Rank
1967 .300 1
Year OBP Rank
1967 .343 9
Year SLG Rank
1967 .446 2
1971 .505 7
1972 .472 8
Year RC Rank
1967 77.59 2
Year RC/27 Rank
1967 5.57 3
Year ISO Rank
1967 .146 8
1971 .241 4
1972 .212 5
Year wOBA Rank
1967 .352 2
Year OPS Rank
1967 .789 2
1971 .812 10
1972 .819 9
Year WAR Rank
1967 6.6 1
1968 4.1 10
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