C Akira 'Spud' Yokota #12
Kyoto Owls BAN
Age: 33 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
10/14/1975
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
C AKIRA 'SPUD' YOKOTA #12 - AGE: 33 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
57 169 39 9 0 5 22 23 24 .231 .328 .373 0 0.9
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/01/1975 @ SAP Loss, 0-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/28/1975 @ HSH Win, 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/27/1975 @ HSH Win, 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/23/1975 DNK Loss, 3-5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/18/1975 @ YOK Win, 5-2 5 2 4 2 0 0 1 0
09/10/1975 HSH Win, 6-3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
09/10/1975 HSH Loss, 5-9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/04/1975 RAK Win, 5-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0
08/29/1975 @ SAP Win, 11-2 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 0
08/28/1975 @ SAP Loss, 7-8 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:02/14/1942
Born in:Tokyo, TOK
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 0"
Weight:215 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$14,350
Signed Through:1976 Season
Major Service:11 Years, None
Service This Yr:154 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:11 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1964, 4th 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 57 169 39 9 0 5 22 21 23 24 .231 .328 .373 .701 .308 .142 96
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 49 199 2 1 0 7 4 1 63 14 0 0 0.0 20.6 3.91 .9  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   28 5 1 0 1 6 4 5 4 0 0 0 .179 .303 .321 .624
Versus Right   141 34 8 0 4 16 17 18 20 1 4 2 .241 .333 .383 .716
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   26 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 .154 .179 .269 .448
June   75 18 6 0 3 5 11 12 9 0 0 1 .240 .352 .440 .792
July   36 7 1 0 1 9 4 4 6 0 1 0 .194 .275 .306 .581
August   17 4 0 0 0 2 2 3 4 0 1 0 .235 .350 .235 .585
September   11 6 2 0 0 4 3 4 1 0 1 0 .545 .667 .727 1.394
October   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Last Year   114 26 5 0 4 11 7 6 15 0 0 2 .228 .279 .377 .656
2 Years Ago   127 29 2 0 6 23 17 15 20 0 1 2 .228 .319 .386 .705
Career   3302 799 122 5 141 472 347 331 554 23 20 19 .242 .313 .410 .723
Home   73 14 5 0 3 11 5 10 9 0 3 1 .192 .298 .384 .681
Road   96 25 4 0 2 11 16 13 15 1 1 1 .260 .351 .365 .716
Grass   169 39 9 0 5 22 21 23 24 1 4 2 .231 .328 .373 .701
Day   63 15 2 0 2 9 8 9 8 0 1 1 .238 .342 .365 .708
Night   106 24 7 0 3 13 13 14 16 1 3 1 .226 .320 .377 .697
As Starter   163 38 9 0 4 19 20 23 23 1 3 2 .233 .333 .362 .695
As Reliever / Substitution   6 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 .167 .167 .667 .833
Pinch Hitting   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   33 7 3 0 0 3 3 4 5 0 1 1 .212 .316 .303 .619
Inning 1-3   49 12 2 0 1 7 5 4 9 1 2 0 .245 .296 .347 .643
Inning 4-6   66 16 3 0 4 12 12 11 7 0 1 1 .242 .359 .470 .829
Inning 7-9   53 10 3 0 0 1 3 8 8 0 0 1 .189 .306 .245 .552
Extra Innings   1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
0 Outs   54 9 1 0 2 3 9 6 9 0 2 1 .167 .262 .296 .559
1 Outs   58 16 4 0 2 12 9 7 9 1 2 1 .276 .358 .448 .806
2 Outs   57 14 4 0 1 7 3 10 6 0 0 0 .246 .358 .368 .727
Scoring Position   39 11 1 0 2 19 7 5 5 1 4 0 .282 .356 .462 .817
Bases Empty   98 25 8 0 3 3 13 14 14 0 0 1 .255 .354 .429 .783
Runner on 1st   32 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 1 .094 .216 .094 .310
Runner on 2nd   11 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 3 0 .182 .308 .182 .490
Runner on 3rd   4 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250
Runner on 1st & 2nd   12 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 0 .167 .231 .167 .397
Runner on 1st & 3rd   7 2 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .714 1.000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 3 1 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 .750 .667 1.000 1.667
Bases Loaded   1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Two Strikes   66 11 2 0 2 11 8 6 24 1 0 2 .167 .253 .288 .541
First Pitch   36 11 2 0 1 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 .306 .324 .444 .769
Count 0-1   16 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .250 .438 .688
Count 0-2   13 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 .077 .071 .154 .225
Count 1-0   14 5 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .357 .357 .571 .929
Count 1-1   19 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .105 .105 .263 .368
Count 1-2   16 5 0 0 2 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 .312 .312 .688 1.000
Count 2-0   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   12 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .417 .667
Count 2-2   23 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0 0 2 .087 .160 .087 .247
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   3 3 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Full Count   14 3 1 0 0 3 3 6 5 0 0 0 .214 .450 .286 .736
Behind in Count   45 10 1 0 3 9 5 0 8 1 1 0 .222 .217 .444 .662
Ahead in Count   32 11 5 0 0 3 5 16 0 0 0 0 .344 .562 .500 1.062
Batting 5th   4 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250
Batting 6th   14 3 1 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 .214 .389 .286 .675
Batting 7th   138 33 6 0 4 19 17 18 20 1 4 2 .239 .333 .370 .703
Batting 8th   13 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .154 .214 .308 .522
Low Leverage   85 20 5 0 4 8 7 10 13 0 0 1 .235 .323 .435 .758
Medium Leverage   55 12 3 0 0 4 7 10 6 1 1 0 .218 .333 .273 .606
High Leverage   29 7 1 0 1 10 7 2 5 0 3 1 .241 .312 .379 .692
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
1965 Kyoto - BAN 23 118 397 90 8 2 14 52 40 33 1 4 94 0 0 .227 .285 .363 .648 101 91 2.5
1966 Kyoto - BAN 24 120 391 86 15 1 13 52 34 48 2 3 56 1 0 .220 .306 .363 .669 114 102 3.1
1967 Kyoto - BAN 25 121 405 100 22 1 15 59 36 44 0 5 58 1 0 .247 .317 .417 .734 124 115 3.6
1968 Kyoto - BAN 26 120 405 99 14 0 16 53 30 33 1 3 53 1 1 .244 .301 .398 .698 116 114 3.2
1969 Kyoto - BAN 27 96 320 81 11 0 12 47 44 37 2 1 49 0 0 .253 .333 .400 .733 123 121 2.9
1970 Kyoto - BAN 28 132 434 106 13 0 24 61 53 36 4 4 72 3 1 .244 .305 .440 .746 128 125 3.0
1971 Kyoto - BAN 29 101 320 88 16 1 20 51 38 34 2 1 71 0 1 .275 .347 .519 .866 135 131 2.4
1972 Kyoto - BAN 30 93 220 55 7 0 12 41 27 22 1 1 42 0 0 .250 .320 .445 .765 107 100 1.3
1973 Kyoto - BAN 31 51 127 29 2 0 6 23 17 15 2 0 20 0 1 .228 .319 .386 .705 96 97 0.7
1974 Kyoto - BAN 32 40 114 26 5 0 4 11 7 6 2 0 15 0 0 .228 .279 .377 .656 81 77 0.3
1975 Kyoto - BAN 33 57 169 39 9 0 5 22 21 23 2 1 24 0 0 .231 .328 .373 .701 94 96 0.9
Total BAN 1049 3302 799 122 5 141 472 347 331 19 23 554 6 4 .242 .313 .410 .723 115 110 24.1
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%
1965 Kyoto - INT C 115 115 611 65 4 680 4 .994 991.1 6.14 +5.1 1.032 5 53 21 39.6
1966 Kyoto - INT C 116 115 525 75 2 603 3 .995 984.1 5.49 +3.4 1.034 6 78 30 38.5
1967 Kyoto - INT C 117 116 558 67 3 631 6 .990 1005.0 5.60 +3.0 1.029 8 50 23 46.0
1968 Kyoto - INT C 117 115 546 68 2 622 8 .987 990.0 5.58 -0.4 .852 9 90 37 41.1
1969 Kyoto - INT C 90 87 451 42 1 494 1 .998 765.0 5.80 +0.5 1.089 5 55 16 29.1
1970 Kyoto - INT C 50 29 197 22 0 223 4 .982 282.2 6.97 -0.6 .914 2 31 10 32.3
1970 Kyoto - INT 1B 97 95 870 46 63 921 5 .995 769.2 10.71 +3.1 1.037
1971 Kyoto - INT C 17 17 140 12 0 153 1 .993 142.0 9.63 -0.3 .323 0 24 9 37.5
1971 Kyoto - INT 1B 79 77 577 46 47 625 2 .997 627.0 8.94 +3.3 1.063
1972 Kyoto - INT C 45 44 268 47 6 315 0 1.000 371.2 7.63 +2.1 1.204 1 47 16 34.0
1972 Kyoto - INT 1B 24 10 109 8 7 118 1 .992 104.2 10.06 +0.6 1.090
1973 Kyoto - INT C 31 31 166 25 1 191 0 1.000 263.2 6.52 +1.5 .996 0 30 12 40.0
1973 Kyoto - INT 1B 9 2 25 2 0 27 0 1.000 31.1 7.76 +0.1 1.047
1974 Kyoto - INT C 31 29 183 16 1 200 1 .995 263.2 6.79 -0.5 1.025 0 32 6 18.8
1974 Kyoto - INT 1B 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 1.000 3.0 9.00 0.0 .000
1975 Kyoto - INT C 51 49 258 36 1 297 3 .990 435.0 6.08 -0.5 .858 4 53 19 35.8
1975 Kyoto - INT 1B 4 0 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 5.0 12.60 +0.0 1.058
TOTAL C 780 747 3903 475 21 4409 31 .993 6494.1 6.07 +13.4 .995 40 543 199 36.6
TOTAL 1B 214 184 1591 102 118 1701 8 .995 1540.2 9.89 +7.1 1.051
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1964 Drafted in the 1964 first-year player draft by the Kyoto Owls. (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick).
05/01/1965 Named the #4 prospect in the BAN
06/07/1965 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
07/31/1965 Was selected to the 1965 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
09/01/1965 Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award.
09/23/1965 Injured (strained back),day-to-day for 5 days.
10/01/1965 Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award.
03/22/1966 Outstandingly completed training to improve his strength and conditioning at the Kyoto Owls development complex.
07/31/1966 Was selected to the 1966 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
03/22/1967 Successfully completed training to improve his two-strike approach at the Kyoto Owls development complex.
07/29/1968 Injured (strained rib cage muscle),day-to-day for one week.
07/31/1968 Was selected to the 1968 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
07/28/1969 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
07/31/1969 Was selected to the 1969 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
08/13/1969 Injured (concussion),out for 5 weeks.
01/18/1970 Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the Kyoto Owls development complex.
06/01/1970 Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award.
07/31/1970 Was selected to the 1970 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
05/24/1971 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
08/27/1971 Injured (high ankle sprain),out for 5-6 weeks.
05/04/1972 Injured (foot soreness),day-to-day for 3 days.
10/12/1973 Wins the 1973 BAN Championship Series with the Kyoto Owls.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year K Rank
1965 94 3
Year TB Rank
1970 191 8
Year HR Rank
1965 14 9
1968 16 10
1970 24 6
1971 20 9
Year IBB Rank
1965 9 8
1966 14 8
Year HP Rank
1970 4 10
Year SF Rank
1965 4 9
1967 5 7
1970 4 4
Year AVG Rank
1970 .244 9
Year SLG Rank
1967 .417 9
1970 .440 7
Year ISO Rank
1966 .143 10
1967 .170 5
1970 .196 7
Year wOBA Rank
1970 .328 9
Year OPS Rank
1970 .746 8
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