C Akira 'Spud' Yokota #12
Kyoto Owls BAN
Age: 33 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
06/23/1975
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
C AKIRA 'SPUD' YOKOTA #12 - AGE: 33 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
27 80 20 5 0 4 7 10 10 .250 .344 .463 0 0.7
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
06/22/1975 @ SAP Win, 4-3 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0
06/21/1975 @ SAP Loss, 1-3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/20/1975 @ SAP Win, 9-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/19/1975 @ HSH Loss, 2-12 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
06/18/1975 @ HSH Loss, 3-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/17/1975 @ HSH Win, 3-0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
06/15/1975 DNK Win, 12-6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
06/14/1975 DNK Win, 10-4 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
06/13/1975 @ RAK Loss, 3-5 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
06/12/1975 @ RAK Win, 5-2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:02/14/1942
Born in:Tokyo, TOK
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 0"
Weight:220 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$15,450
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:10 Years, 53 Days
Service This Yr:53 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 27 80 20 5 0 4 7 11 10 10 .250 .344 .463 .807 .344 .213 125
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 24 94 2 1 0 3 1 1 37 9 0 0 0.0 12.6 5.24 .7  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   7 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 .286 .500 .714 1.214
Versus Right   73 18 5 0 3 6 10 7 10 1 1 2 .247 .325 .438 .764
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   13 4 2 0 0 0 4 5 1 0 0 0 .308 .500 .462 .962
May   26 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 1 1 1 .154 .179 .269 .448
June   54 16 5 0 3 5 10 10 6 0 0 1 .296 .415 .556 .971
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   3213 780 118 5 140 457 337 318 540 23 17 19 .243 .313 .413 .726
Home   27 8 2 0 2 3 2 3 3 0 0 1 .296 .387 .593 .980
Road   53 12 3 0 2 4 9 7 7 1 1 1 .226 .323 .396 .719
Grass   80 20 5 0 4 7 11 10 10 1 1 2 .250 .344 .463 .807
Day   31 8 1 0 2 3 4 6 4 0 0 1 .258 .395 .484 .879
Night   49 12 4 0 2 4 7 4 6 1 1 1 .245 .309 .449 .758
As Starter   80 20 5 0 4 7 11 10 10 1 0 2 .250 .344 .463 .807
As Reliever / Substitution   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   16 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 .188 .316 .250 .566
Inning 1-3   23 5 1 0 1 3 4 3 5 1 0 0 .217 .296 .391 .688
Inning 4-6   32 10 2 0 3 4 5 3 2 0 0 1 .312 .389 .656 1.045
Inning 7-9   25 5 2 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 0 1 .200 .333 .280 .613
Extra Innings   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   33 6 1 0 2 3 7 3 7 0 0 1 .182 .270 .394 .664
1 Outs   29 9 2 0 1 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 .310 .400 .483 .883
2 Outs   18 5 2 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 .278 .381 .556 .937
Scoring Position   13 3 0 0 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 .231 .312 .462 .774
Bases Empty   52 14 5 0 3 3 8 7 5 0 0 1 .269 .367 .538 .905
Runner on 1st   15 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 .200 .294 .200 .494
Runner on 2nd   4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Runner on 3rd   3 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667
Runner on 1st & 2nd   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Runner on 1st & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 .500 1.000 1.500
Two Strikes   28 4 0 0 2 5 4 2 10 1 0 2 .143 .242 .357 .600
First Pitch   15 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .375 .467 .842
Count 0-1   10 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .300 .300 .600 .900
Count 0-2   6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Count 1-1   8 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .500 .625
Count 1-2   6 2 0 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667
Count 2-0   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556
Count 2-2   12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 2 .000 .143 .000 .143
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   3 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Full Count   4 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Behind in Count   22 5 0 0 3 5 3 0 4 1 1 0 .227 .217 .636 .854
Ahead in Count   19 7 3 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 .368 .538 .526 1.065
Batting 6th   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .143 .333 .143 .476
Batting 7th   66 18 4 0 4 7 11 7 8 1 1 2 .273 .355 .515 .870
Batting 8th   7 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .143 .250 .286 .536
Low Leverage   45 11 3 0 3 3 3 5 3 0 0 1 .244 .333 .511 .844
Medium Leverage   24 7 2 0 0 2 5 4 4 1 0 0 .292 .379 .375 .754
High Leverage   11 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 1 1 .182 .308 .455 .762
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 27 80 20 5 0 4 7 11 10 2 1 10 0 0 .250 .344 .463 .807 122 125 0.7
Total BAN 1019 3213 780 118 5 140 457 337 318 19 23 540 6 4 .243 .313 .413 .726 117 111 24.0
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 25 24 116 20 1 137 1 .993 208.1 5.88 +0.9 .806 1 28 13 46.4
1975 Kyoto - INT 1B 2 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 3.0 12.00 +0.0 1.054
TOTAL C 754 722 3761 459 21 4249 29 .993 6267.2 6.06 +14.8 .998 37 518 193 37.3
TOTAL 1B 212 184 1588 102 118 1698 8 .995 1538.2 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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