RF Kesanori Kikuchi #14
Kinboshi Kites BAN
Age: 34 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Normal
08/11/1975
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
RF KESANORI KIKUCHI #14 - AGE: 34 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
88 288 67 9 0 6 27 32 50 .233 .311 .326 0 0.6
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/10/1975 KOB Win, 5-4 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
08/09/1975 KOB Loss, 4-5 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
08/08/1975 KOB Loss, 1-4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
08/07/1975 @ FUK Loss, 1-8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/06/1975 @ FUK Win, 4-2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
08/05/1975 @ FUK Loss, 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/31/1975 @ NAG Win, 7-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/29/1975 @ NAG Loss, 5-10 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
07/28/1975 OSA Loss, 3-6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/27/1975 OSA Win, 6-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 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:13 Years, 28 Days
Service This Yr:102 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:16 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 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 88 288 67 9 0 6 27 32 32 50 .233 .311 .326 .637 .281 .094 80
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 87 335 1 0 0 5 13 1 94 15 0 1 0.0 30.8 3.45 .6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   55 12 0 0 2 7 8 7 12 1 3 1 .218 .312 .327 .640
Versus Right   233 55 9 0 4 20 24 25 38 0 10 0 .236 .310 .326 .636
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   15 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 2 0 .133 .316 .133 .449
May   93 23 4 0 1 12 10 7 15 1 6 1 .247 .304 .323 .627
June   82 16 3 0 3 9 9 10 15 0 2 0 .195 .283 .341 .624
July   98 26 2 0 2 6 12 11 15 0 3 0 .265 .339 .347 .686
August   15 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 2 0 .133 .316 .133 .449
Last Year   454 94 16 0 13 48 43 29 75 4 12 4 .207 .259 .328 .587
2 Years Ago   460 92 11 0 14 38 44 38 76 5 4 9 .200 .271 .315 .587
Career   6042 1517 230 10 186 682 688 483 893 51 59 37 .251 .308 .385 .693
Home   138 28 4 0 0 9 12 18 25 1 8 1 .203 .297 .232 .529
Road   150 39 5 0 6 18 20 14 25 0 5 0 .260 .323 .413 .737
Grass   288 67 9 0 6 27 32 32 50 1 13 1 .233 .311 .326 .637
Day   129 26 3 0 3 8 13 19 21 1 1 1 .202 .307 .295 .601
Night   159 41 6 0 3 19 19 13 29 0 12 0 .258 .314 .352 .666
As Starter   287 67 9 0 6 27 32 32 50 1 13 1 .233 .312 .328 .639
As Reliever / Substitution   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   75 20 3 0 2 7 6 5 15 0 4 0 .267 .312 .387 .699
Inning 1-3   88 22 3 0 1 8 12 9 14 0 2 0 .250 .320 .318 .638
Inning 4-6   100 21 3 0 2 9 10 12 16 1 7 1 .210 .298 .300 .598
Inning 7-9   90 23 2 0 3 10 10 11 19 0 4 0 .256 .337 .378 .714
Extra Innings   10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .100 .100 .200 .300
0 Outs   96 20 0 0 1 3 16 11 12 0 9 0 .208 .290 .240 .529
1 Outs   102 21 4 0 2 12 10 13 25 1 4 1 .206 .299 .304 .603
2 Outs   90 26 5 0 3 12 6 8 13 0 0 0 .289 .347 .444 .791
Scoring Position   64 16 2 0 2 22 8 12 14 1 13 0 .250 .364 .375 .739
Bases Empty   177 40 5 0 3 3 20 18 29 0 0 1 .226 .301 .305 .606
Runner on 1st   47 11 2 0 1 2 4 2 7 0 0 0 .234 .265 .340 .606
Runner on 2nd   24 5 1 0 1 3 2 6 3 0 11 0 .208 .367 .375 .742
Runner on 3rd   4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Runner on 1st & 2nd   23 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 7 0 0 0 .130 .130 .174 .304
Runner on 1st & 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 2 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500
Bases Loaded   8 4 0 0 0 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100
Two Strikes   124 26 5 0 3 10 12 10 50 0 0 0 .210 .269 .323 .591
First Pitch   47 12 0 0 1 8 4 0 0 1 5 1 .255 .265 .319 .584
Count 0-1   29 5 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 .172 .172 .276 .448
Count 0-2   25 5 0 0 2 5 3 0 14 0 0 0 .200 .200 .440 .640
Count 1-0   21 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .238 .238 .238 .476
Count 1-1   28 6 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .214 .321 .536
Count 1-2   47 10 4 0 0 3 3 0 16 0 0 0 .213 .213 .298 .511
Count 2-0   15 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .400 .733
Count 2-1   14 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 .286 .286 .500 .786
Count 2-2   32 8 1 0 0 0 3 0 13 0 0 0 .250 .250 .281 .531
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   10 4 0 0 0 0 5 14 0 0 0 0 .400 .750 .400 1.150
Full Count   20 3 0 0 1 2 3 10 7 0 0 0 .150 .433 .300 .733
Behind in Count   101 20 7 0 2 12 8 0 30 0 4 0 .198 .198 .327 .525
Ahead in Count   60 18 1 0 1 3 10 22 0 0 4 0 .300 .488 .367 .854
Batting 5th   24 5 0 0 0 3 2 1 4 0 1 0 .208 .240 .208 .448
Batting 6th   31 11 3 0 0 2 4 8 4 0 2 0 .355 .487 .452 .939
Batting 7th   225 49 6 0 4 20 23 20 40 1 10 1 .218 .283 .298 .581
Batting 8th   8 2 0 0 2 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 .250 .455 1.000 1.455
Low Leverage   114 30 4 0 3 9 15 18 21 1 0 1 .263 .366 .377 .743
Medium Leverage   119 25 3 0 3 8 12 8 18 0 6 0 .210 .260 .311 .571
High Leverage   51 12 2 0 0 10 5 6 11 0 7 0 .235 .316 .275 .590
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 71 63 1.1
1975 Kinboshi - BAN 34 88 288 67 9 0 6 27 32 32 1 1 50 0 1 .233 .311 .326 .637 77 80 0.6
Total BAN 1725 6042 1517 230 10 186 682 688 483 37 51 893 9 10 .251 .308 .385 .693 104 103 32.3
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
1975 Kinboshi - INT RF 87 87 165 12 0 181 4 .978 753.2 2.11 +3.8 1.034
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 1661 1652 3236 188 11 3492 68 .981 14163.1 2.18 +111.3 1.052
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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