RF Katsuki Taira #15
Kyoto Owls BAN
Age: 28 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Good
09/09/1963
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RF KATSUKI TAIRA #15 - AGE: 28 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
78 173 36 6 1 1 10 9 32 .208 .247 .272 0 0.0
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 3 3 3
Gap 2 2 2
Power 2 2 2
Eye 2 2 2
Avoid K's 3 3 3
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 2 3
Errors: - 1 2
Arm: 1 2 5
Turn DP: - 1 -
Framing: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: 4
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 1
Stealing Aggressiveness: 3
Stealing Ability: 3
Baserunning Inst.: 3
Sacrifice Bunt: 3
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/07/1963 @ DNK Loss, 4-6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/05/1963 RAK Win, 5-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/04/1963 RAK Win, 9-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/03/1963 RAK Win, 9-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/02/1963 YOK Loss, 4-7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/29/1963 @ SAP Win, 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/26/1963 @ HSH Win, 13-3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/25/1963 @ HSH Win, 6-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/23/1963 DNK Loss, 4-8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/22/1963 DNK Loss, 4-11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:07/21/1935
Born in:Nagoya, AIC
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 6"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$34,000
Signed Through:1963 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 3 Days
Service This Yr:131 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1955, 11th Pick in Round 2
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON 1963 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 78 173 36 6 1 1 10 14 9 32 .208 .247 .272 .519 .237 .064 55
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 44 182 0 0 0 6 3 0 47 8 0 0 0.0 10.7 1.98 .0  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   45 11 0 1 1 4 4 3 7 0 2 0 .244 .292 .356 .647
Versus Right   128 25 6 0 0 6 10 6 25 0 1 0 .195 .231 .242 .474
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
May   91 20 3 1 1 5 8 5 18 0 2 0 .220 .260 .308 .568
June   30 5 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 0 0 0 .167 .219 .167 .385
July   26 4 2 0 0 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 .154 .185 .231 .416
August   19 5 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 .263 .300 .316 .616
September   7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Last Year   385 105 7 1 2 49 37 20 41 4 5 2 .273 .309 .312 .621
2 Years Ago   296 78 9 0 5 27 32 21 39 2 3 2 .264 .315 .345 .659
Career   928 228 22 2 9 90 86 53 127 7 11 4 .246 .287 .303 .590
Home   92 11 2 0 0 1 3 5 21 0 0 0 .120 .165 .141 .306
Road   81 25 4 1 1 9 11 4 11 0 3 0 .309 .341 .420 .761
Grass   173 36 6 1 1 10 14 9 32 0 3 0 .208 .247 .272 .519
Day   80 19 2 0 1 6 7 6 15 0 0 0 .237 .291 .300 .591
Night   93 17 4 1 0 4 7 3 17 0 3 0 .183 .208 .247 .456
As Starter   149 31 6 1 1 10 12 9 30 0 3 0 .208 .253 .282 .535
As Reliever / Substitution   24 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .208 .208 .208 .417
Pinch Hitting   19 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .158 .158 .158 .316
Close/Late   43 10 2 1 0 2 4 0 7 0 1 0 .233 .233 .326 .558
Inning 1-3   47 8 2 0 0 1 2 3 14 0 1 0 .170 .220 .213 .433
Inning 4-6   66 14 2 0 0 5 5 4 8 0 1 0 .212 .257 .242 .500
Inning 7-9   60 14 2 1 1 4 7 2 10 0 1 0 .233 .258 .350 .608
0 Outs   46 8 2 1 0 2 6 5 6 0 2 0 .174 .255 .261 .516
1 Outs   69 17 3 0 0 2 5 2 12 0 1 0 .246 .268 .290 .557
2 Outs   58 11 1 0 1 6 3 2 14 0 0 0 .190 .217 .259 .475
Scoring Position   46 10 0 1 0 8 5 2 10 0 3 0 .217 .250 .261 .511
Bases Empty   87 15 4 0 1 1 6 3 14 0 0 0 .172 .200 .253 .453
Runner on 1st   40 11 2 0 0 1 3 4 8 0 0 0 .275 .341 .325 .666
Runner on 2nd   11 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 .273 .333 .273 .606
Runner on 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   18 6 0 1 0 6 1 0 4 0 0 0 .333 .333 .444 .778
Runner on 1st & 3rd   8 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   70 7 0 0 1 1 2 6 32 0 0 0 .100 .171 .143 .314
First Pitch   42 13 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 .310 .310 .405 .714
Count 0-1   22 6 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .364 .636
Count 0-2   12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   18 6 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .389 .722
Count 1-1   11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .091 .091 .182 .273
Count 1-2   23 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 .087 .087 .087 .174
Count 2-0   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Count 2-2   22 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 .091 .091 .227 .318
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Full Count   13 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 .231 .474 .231 .704
Behind in Count   57 8 2 0 0 0 5 0 19 0 0 0 .140 .140 .175 .316
Ahead in Count   28 9 1 0 0 4 6 3 0 0 1 0 .321 .387 .357 .744
Batting 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   8 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750
Batting 6th   118 27 6 1 1 8 11 7 24 0 3 0 .229 .272 .322 .594
Batting 7th   22 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 .091 .167 .091 .258
Batting 8th   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   12 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Low Leverage   77 15 3 0 1 4 4 4 16 0 0 0 .195 .235 .273 .507
Medium Leverage   62 13 2 0 0 1 6 5 10 0 2 0 .210 .269 .242 .511
High Leverage   34 8 1 1 0 5 4 0 6 0 1 0 .235 .235 .324 .559
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
1959 Vesutan - BAN 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -112 -0.0
1960 Vesutan - BAN 24 36 72 9 0 0 1 4 3 3 0 1 14 0 0 .125 .158 .167 .325 -8 -7 -0.9
1961 Kyoto - BAN 25 100 296 78 9 0 5 27 32 21 2 2 39 0 0 .264 .315 .345 .659 84 86 0.4
1962 Kyoto - BAN 26 107 385 105 7 1 2 49 37 20 2 4 41 2 1 .273 .309 .312 .621 80 81 1.5
1963 Kyoto - BAN 27 78 173 36 6 1 1 10 14 9 0 0 32 0 0 .208 .247 .272 .519 52 55 0.0
Total BAN 322 928 228 22 2 9 90 86 53 4 7 127 2 1 .246 .287 .303 .590 69 71 1.0
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
1951 Total - 15 23 99 47 10 1 3 30 41 9 1 3 5 0 0 .475 .509 .687 1.196 100 100 1.8
1952 Total - 16 32 141 60 16 2 1 34 49 13 1 3 7 2 2 .426 .468 .589 1.057 100 100 1.9
1953 Total - 17 40 180 82 17 1 2 48 76 16 1 2 8 2 2 .456 .497 .594 1.092 100 100 2.8
1954 Total - 18 34 157 67 9 1 3 41 63 8 1 3 5 3 2 .427 .450 .554 1.004 100 100 1.8
1955 Total - 19 34 158 76 15 1 3 45 71 10 1 0 6 4 3 .481 .515 .646 1.160 100 100 2.8
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1959 Vesutan - INT RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1960 Vesutan - INT 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 0.0 .000
1960 Vesutan - INT LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1960 Vesutan - INT CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1960 Vesutan - INT RF 20 14 29 0 0 29 0 1.000 132.0 1.98 -1.8 .904
1961 Kyoto - INT LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1961 Kyoto - INT RF 80 76 139 1 0 141 1 .993 642.2 1.96 -2.7 .976
1962 Kyoto - INT RF 105 104 185 10 0 201 6 .970 871.0 2.01 +8.3 1.080
1963 Kyoto - INT LF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 7.0 2.57 +0.4 .978
1963 Kyoto - INT CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1963 Kyoto - INT RF 64 44 82 5 1 88 1 .989 378.2 2.07 +4.0 1.058
TOTAL 1B 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL LF 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 12.0 1.50 +0.4 .978
TOTAL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL RF 270 238 435 16 1 459 8 .983 2026.1 2.00 +7.8 1.027
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1955 Drafted in the 1955 first-year player draft by the Vesutan Bees. (Round 2, Pick 11, 23rd overall pick).
03/26/1956 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Vesutan Bees development complex.
05/01/1956 Named the #39 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1956 Named the #59 prospect in the BAN
10/12/1956 Named the #61 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1957 Named the #57 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1957 Named the #76 prospect in the BAN
10/12/1957 Named the #70 prospect in the BAN
04/03/1958 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Vesutan Bees development complex.
05/01/1958 Named the #67 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1959 Named the #97 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1960 Named the #81 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1960 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at right field at the Vesutan Bees development complex.
05/06/1961 Released by the Vesutan Bees.
05/11/1961 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kyoto Owls organization.
08/15/1961 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for 3 days.
05/17/1962 Injured (intercostal strain),out for 5 weeks.
07/14/1962 Injured (oblique strain),out for one week.
09/11/1962 Injured (quadriceps soreness),day-to-day for one week.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 2; Eye: 2.
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