C Akira 'Spud' Yokota #12
Kyoto Owls BAN
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
11/01/1974
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
C AKIRA 'SPUD' YOKOTA #12 - AGE: 32 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
40 114 26 5 0 4 11 6 15 .228 .279 .377 0 0.4
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/01/1974 RAK Win, 4-3 6 2 2 1 1 0 1 0
09/30/1974 RAK Loss, 2-6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/24/1974 YOK Loss, 2-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/19/1974 DNK Win, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/18/1974 @ SAP Loss, 3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/17/1974 @ SAP Win, 7-5 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
09/17/1974 @ SAP Win, 4-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/15/1974 @ RAK Win, 7-5 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/10/1974 HSH Loss, 2-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/09/1974 HSH Win, 13-0 5 1 1 0 0 0 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:$15,450
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:10 Years, None
Service This Yr:154 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:10 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 1974 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 40 114 26 5 0 4 11 7 6 15 .228 .279 .377 .656 .288 .149 80
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 29 122 2 1 0 4 0 0 43 9 0 0 0.0 11.0 3.23 .4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   23 8 4 0 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 .348 .400 .783 1.183
Versus Right   91 18 1 0 2 8 4 4 15 0 0 2 .198 .247 .275 .522
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .150 .150 .150 .300
June   17 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .118 .211 .118 .328
July   26 6 0 0 1 4 2 0 6 0 0 0 .231 .231 .346 .577
August   20 9 3 0 1 5 1 3 3 0 0 1 .450 .542 .750 1.292
September   25 4 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 .160 .222 .360 .582
October   6 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .833 1.167
Last Year   127 29 2 0 6 23 17 15 20 0 1 2 .228 .319 .386 .705
2 Years Ago   220 55 7 0 12 41 27 22 42 1 0 1 .250 .320 .445 .765
Career   3133 760 113 5 136 450 326 308 530 22 16 17 .243 .312 .412 .724
Home   77 16 2 0 2 7 4 3 10 0 0 1 .208 .247 .312 .559
Road   37 10 3 0 2 4 3 3 5 0 0 1 .270 .341 .514 .855
Grass   114 26 5 0 4 11 7 6 15 0 0 2 .228 .279 .377 .656
Day   61 11 2 0 1 4 2 3 7 0 0 0 .180 .219 .262 .481
Night   53 15 3 0 3 7 5 3 8 0 0 2 .283 .345 .509 .854
As Starter   103 22 4 0 4 11 6 6 15 0 0 2 .214 .270 .369 .639
As Reliever / Substitution   11 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .455 .818
Pinch Hitting   9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556
Close/Late   28 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 .143 .143 .179 .321
Inning 1-3   29 6 0 0 0 2 1 2 4 0 0 1 .207 .281 .207 .488
Inning 4-6   41 12 3 0 3 7 4 3 4 0 0 1 .293 .356 .585 .941
Inning 7-9   39 7 2 0 1 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 .179 .200 .308 .508
Extra Innings   5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
0 Outs   39 7 1 0 2 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 .179 .238 .359 .597
1 Outs   33 9 1 0 1 3 3 0 7 0 0 2 .273 .314 .394 .708
2 Outs   42 10 3 0 1 4 1 3 5 0 0 0 .238 .289 .381 .670
Scoring Position   33 5 0 0 1 6 2 1 7 0 0 0 .152 .176 .242 .419
Bases Empty   62 15 3 0 3 3 3 2 8 0 0 2 .242 .288 .435 .723
Runner on 1st   19 6 2 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 .316 .409 .421 .830
Runner on 2nd   11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .000 .083 .000 .083
Runner on 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   13 4 0 0 1 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 .308 .308 .538 .846
Runner on 1st & 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   47 9 2 0 1 2 3 2 15 0 0 1 .191 .240 .298 .538
First Pitch   15 5 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .375 .800 1.175
Count 0-1   22 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 .318 .318 .636
Count 0-2   9 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 .333 .400 .444 .844
Count 1-0   9 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .222 .333
Count 1-1   12 3 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Count 1-2   12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Count 2-0   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333 .500
Count 2-2   19 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 .211 .211 .421 .632
Count 3-1   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Full Count   7 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 .143 .333 .143 .476
Behind in Count   43 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 .256 .273 .279 .552
Ahead in Count   18 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 .111 .273 .222 .495
Batting 2nd   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Batting 4th   3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 6th   11 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .091 .231 .182 .413
Batting 7th   68 13 2 0 3 6 5 1 9 0 0 1 .191 .214 .353 .567
Batting 8th   26 8 1 0 1 5 1 3 6 0 0 1 .308 .400 .462 .862
Batting 9th   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   51 14 4 0 1 2 2 2 5 0 0 1 .275 .315 .412 .727
Medium Leverage   39 7 1 0 2 4 3 4 6 0 0 1 .179 .273 .359 .632
High Leverage   23 5 0 0 1 5 2 0 4 0 0 0 .217 .217 .348 .565
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 80 80 0.4
Total BAN 992 3133 760 113 5 136 450 326 308 17 22 530 6 4 .243 .312 .412 .724 117 111 23.3
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%
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 1B 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 1.000 3.0 9.00 0.0 .000
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
TOTAL C 729 698 3645 439 20 4112 28 .993 6059.1 6.07 +13.9 1.003 36 490 180 36.7
TOTAL 1B 210 184 1584 102 118 1694 8 .995 1535.2 9.88 +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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