C Kousei Ota #39
Age: 29 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
10/04/1962
C KOUSEI OTA #39 - AGE: 29 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
102 339 106 19 3 16 63 42 38 .313 .388 .528 0 4.5
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 3 3 3
Gap 3 3 3
Power 3 3 3
Eye 3 3 3
Avoid K's 3 3 3
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 1 2
Errors: - 2 3
Arm: 5 3 4
Turn DP: - 1 -
Framing: 3 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 4 Left Field: 1
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: 1
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 1
Stealing Aggressiveness: 2
Stealing Ability: 1
Baserunning Inst.: 1
Sacrifice Bunt: 2
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/01/1962 FUK Loss, 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/01/1962 FUK Loss, 2-2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/29/1962 FUK Win, 4-3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/28/1962 @ VES Loss, 7-8 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/27/1962 @ VES Loss, 2-9 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
09/26/1962 @ VES Loss, 0-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/24/1962 @ KOB Loss, 3-8 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/23/1962 @ KOB Win, 7-4 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
09/22/1962 @ KOB Loss, 7-9 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/21/1962 NAG Loss, 3-4 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:08/05/1933
Born in:Kitakyushu, FUK
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 11"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Extremely Popular
National Pop.:Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$10,625
Signed Through:1962 Season
Major Service:8 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:1951, 8th Pick in Round 5
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON 1962 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 102 339 106 19 3 16 63 49 42 38 .313 .388 .528 .916 .406 .215 160
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 88 387 2 0 0 12 0 4 179 38 0 0 0.0 68.7 7.44 4.5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   72 25 7 0 3 14 8 9 10 0 0 0 .347 .420 .569 .989
Versus Right   267 81 12 3 13 49 41 33 28 4 0 2 .303 .379 .517 .896
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Last Week   17 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 0 .118 .250 .118 .368
May   89 26 2 1 3 9 13 8 10 2 0 0 .292 .343 .438 .782
June   60 23 5 1 3 15 8 4 5 1 0 1 .383 .424 .650 1.074
July   22 5 1 0 1 6 3 4 3 0 0 0 .227 .346 .409 .755
August   75 29 5 1 6 20 14 20 10 0 0 1 .387 .521 .720 1.241
September   88 21 6 0 3 12 11 6 10 1 0 0 .239 .284 .409 .693
October   5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
All-Star Game   1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Last Year   457 149 20 0 22 71 73 57 52 2 0 1 .326 .400 .514 .915
2 Years Ago   446 138 30 3 24 83 75 67 62 2 0 1 .309 .399 .552 .951
Career   3348 1046 175 28 159 526 517 411 378 22 1 13 .312 .387 .524 .911
Home   161 56 11 1 9 35 24 19 16 1 0 1 .348 .418 .596 1.014
Road   178 50 8 2 7 28 25 23 22 3 0 1 .281 .361 .466 .827
Grass   339 106 19 3 16 63 49 42 38 4 0 2 .313 .388 .528 .916
Day   147 41 9 0 4 21 17 15 16 1 0 0 .279 .344 .422 .765
Night   192 65 10 3 12 42 32 27 22 3 0 2 .339 .420 .609 1.029
As Starter   328 102 19 2 16 61 46 40 36 4 0 2 .311 .385 .527 .912
As Reliever / Substitution   11 4 0 1 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 .364 .462 .545 1.007
Pinch Hitting   11 4 0 1 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 .364 .462 .545 1.007
Close/Late   68 14 3 0 1 14 8 12 9 1 0 1 .206 .329 .294 .623
Inning 1-3   119 38 8 1 6 23 18 12 13 3 0 0 .319 .373 .555 .928
Inning 4-6   113 36 5 1 7 21 15 14 12 0 0 1 .319 .398 .566 .965
Inning 7-9   107 32 6 1 3 19 16 16 13 1 0 1 .299 .392 .458 .850
0 Outs   87 26 4 1 5 11 15 11 8 1 0 1 .299 .380 .540 .920
1 Outs   107 34 8 0 6 31 17 14 17 3 0 0 .318 .387 .561 .948
2 Outs   145 46 7 2 5 21 17 17 13 0 0 1 .317 .393 .497 .889
Scoring Position   78 33 4 1 3 44 11 11 6 4 0 1 .423 .479 .615 1.094
Bases Empty   193 56 10 2 9 9 28 24 23 0 0 1 .290 .372 .503 .874
Runner on 1st   68 17 5 0 4 10 10 7 9 0 0 0 .250 .320 .500 .820
Runner on 2nd   31 13 2 0 2 11 4 3 0 0 0 0 .419 .471 .677 1.148
Runner on 3rd   11 4 0 0 0 6 0 2 2 1 0 0 .364 .429 .364 .792
Runner on 1st & 2nd   16 7 1 0 0 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 .438 .526 .500 1.026
Runner on 1st & 3rd   8 3 0 1 1 8 2 0 1 2 0 0 .375 .300 1.000 1.300
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   3 3 1 0 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .800 1.333 2.133
Bases Loaded   9 3 0 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 1 .333 .500 .333 .833
Two Strikes   143 43 11 1 7 26 20 19 38 3 0 1 .301 .380 .538 .918
First Pitch   47 15 3 0 1 7 6 0 0 0 0 1 .319 .333 .447 .780
Count 0-1   35 9 2 1 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 .257 .257 .543 .800
Count 0-2   16 7 0 0 1 4 3 0 6 0 0 1 .438 .471 .625 1.096
Count 1-0   35 14 1 0 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Count 1-1   31 8 0 0 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 .258 .258 .355 .613
Count 1-2   54 12 4 1 4 10 6 0 12 2 0 0 .222 .214 .556 .770
Count 2-0   10 4 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 .400 .364 .700 1.064
Count 2-1   29 10 1 0 3 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 .345 .345 .690 1.034
Count 2-2   39 12 3 0 1 7 3 0 13 1 0 0 .308 .300 .462 .762
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   9 3 0 0 0 1 4 12 0 0 0 0 .333 .714 .333 1.048
Full Count   34 12 4 0 1 5 8 19 7 0 0 0 .353 .585 .559 1.144
Behind in Count   105 28 6 2 7 18 12 0 18 2 0 1 .267 .269 .562 .830
Ahead in Count   83 31 3 1 5 19 17 23 0 1 0 0 .373 .505 .614 1.119
Batting 3rd   307 94 18 2 14 54 41 35 36 4 0 2 .306 .376 .515 .891
Batting 4th   21 8 1 0 2 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 .381 .500 .714 1.214
Batting 6th   3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
Batting 7th   3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333
Batting 8th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   3 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .600 .333 .933
Low Leverage   158 51 11 2 6 14 22 19 19 1 0 1 .323 .397 .532 .928
Medium Leverage   119 35 6 0 7 23 19 14 13 1 0 1 .294 .370 .521 .891
High Leverage   60 19 2 1 3 26 8 9 6 2 0 0 .317 .394 .533 .928
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
1955 Osaka - BAN 21 121 427 133 19 6 10 51 61 42 3 4 51 0 0 .311 .374 .454 .828 121 118 3.9
1956 Osaka - BAN 22 107 372 116 24 6 12 51 55 44 0 2 33 0 1 .312 .383 .505 .888 140 144 4.4
1957 Osaka - BAN 23 129 459 132 22 4 29 64 68 48 2 2 43 0 1 .288 .356 .542 .899 147 148 5.3
1958 Osaka - BAN 24 132 444 144 20 3 24 71 71 51 2 1 43 0 0 .324 .396 .545 .941 164 167 6.4
1959 Osaka - BAN 25 116 404 128 21 3 22 72 65 60 2 5 56 0 0 .317 .403 .547 .950 171 171 5.8
1960 Osaka - BAN 26 132 446 138 30 3 24 83 75 67 1 2 62 0 0 .309 .399 .552 .951 165 159 6.1
1961 Osaka - BAN 27 130 457 149 20 0 22 71 73 57 1 2 52 1 0 .326 .400 .514 .915 147 149 5.5
1962 Osaka - BAN 28 102 339 106 19 3 16 63 49 42 2 4 38 0 0 .313 .388 .528 .916 154 160 4.5
Total BAN 969 3348 1046 175 28 159 526 517 411 13 22 378 1 2 .312 .387 .524 .911 151 152 41.8
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 - 17 25 105 48 10 2 3 28 37 14 2 2 7 0 0 .457 .520 .676 1.197 100 100 2.1
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1955 Osaka - INT C 117 115 569 42 8 614 3 .995 986.0 5.58 +2.7 1.038 8 17 8 47.1
1955 Osaka - INT RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.2 1.016
1956 Osaka - INT C 95 94 419 44 6 469 6 .987 815.2 5.11 +4.1 .965 3 28 20 71.4
1957 Osaka - INT C 117 117 515 71 10 590 4 .993 999.0 5.28 +2.3 1.108 11 57 28 49.1
1958 Osaka - INT C 114 114 567 55 8 626 4 .994 974.0 5.75 +0.6 .863 9 45 20 44.4
1959 Osaka - INT C 106 105 541 61 11 606 4 .993 908.2 5.96 +1.7 .945 10 39 19 48.7
1960 Osaka - INT C 117 114 585 60 7 654 9 .986 994.1 5.84 -0.0 .745 8 40 19 47.5
1960 Osaka - INT RF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 5.1 1.69 +0.1 .998
1961 Osaka - INT C 113 111 571 73 9 648 4 .994 964.2 6.01 -0.4 .808 13 48 20 41.7
1962 Osaka - INT C 89 88 439 70 2 512 3 .994 747.2 6.13 +4.0 1.105 11 42 23 54.8
1962 Osaka - INT LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.1 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL C 868 858 4206 476 61 4719 37 .992 7390.0 5.70 +15.1 .943 73 316 157 49.7
TOTAL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.1 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL RF 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 6.1 2.84 +0.3 1.007
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1951 Drafted in the 1951 first-year player draft by the Osaka Sailors. (Round 5, Pick 8, 56th overall pick).
10/11/1951 Named the #45 prospect in the BAN
03/26/1952 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Osaka Sailors development complex.
04/29/1952 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at catcher at the Osaka Sailors development complex.
05/01/1952 Named the #48 prospect in the BAN
03/26/1953 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his two-strike approach at the Osaka Sailors development complex.
05/01/1953 Named the #27 prospect in the BAN
03/31/1954 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at catcher at the Osaka Sailors development complex.
05/01/1954 Named the #15 prospect in the BAN
11/16/1954 Injured (fractured finger),out for 2-3 months.
04/10/1955 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at catcher at the Osaka Sailors development complex.
05/01/1955 Named the #11 prospect in the BAN
05/23/1955 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
06/01/1955 Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award.
07/01/1955 Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award.
07/18/1955 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
07/31/1955 Was selected to the 1955 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
08/01/1955 Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award.
09/26/1955 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
10/01/1955 Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award.
05/08/1956 Injured (mild hip strain),day-to-day for 5 days.
06/18/1956 Injured (calf strain),out for 3 weeks.
07/31/1956 Was selected to the 1956 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
07/31/1957 Was selected to the 1957 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
07/31/1958 Was selected to the 1958 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
09/22/1958 Goes 6-6 against the Kinboshi Kites, with 0 RBI and 2 R.
10/01/1958 Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award.
05/11/1959 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
06/01/1959 Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award.
07/31/1959 Was selected to the 1959 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
08/02/1959 Earned 1959 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game MVP honors.
08/07/1959 Injured (strained oblique),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
10/24/1959 Finished 3rd in 1959 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
07/31/1960 Was selected to the 1960 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
10/23/1960 Finished 3rd in 1960 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
07/01/1961 Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award.
07/31/1961 Was selected to the 1961 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
09/18/1961 Goes 5-5 against the Fukuoka Falcons, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI and 3 R.
06/11/1962 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
06/21/1962 Injured (fractured finger),out for 5 weeks.
07/31/1962 Was selected to the 1962 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1955 115 9
Year PA Rank
1955 476 8
Year AB Rank
1955 427 8
Year H Rank
1955 133 5
1958 144 7
Year K Rank
1955 51 7
Year TB Rank
1955 194 6
1957 249 7
1958 242 7
1959 221 10
1960 246 7
1961 235 10
Year 2B Rank
1960 30 4
Year 3B Rank
1955 6 3
1956 6 10
Year HR Rank
1955 10 8
1957 29 2
1958 24 4
1959 22 4
1960 24 2
1961 22 7
Year RBI Rank
1959 72 10
1960 83 5
Year R Rank
1955 61 9
Year BB Rank
1955 42 10
1959 60 9
1960 67 10
Year IBB Rank
1955 3 3
1960 9 5
Year HP Rank
1955 3 7
Year SF Rank
1955 4 9
Year EBH Rank
1955 35 9
1957 55 6
1958 47 10
1960 57 2
Year AVG Rank
1955 .311 1
1958 .324 4
1959 .317 4
1960 .309 6
1961 .326 3
Year OBP Rank
1955 .374 3
1958 .396 8
1959 .403 5
1960 .399 4
1961 .400 5
Year SLG Rank
1955 .454 4
1957 .542 5
1958 .545 4
1959 .547 3
1960 .552 3
1961 .514 4
Year RC Rank
1955 72.65 7
1957 84.93 10
1958 91.52 7
1959 86.15 5
1960 98.65 4
1961 93.36 8
Year RC/27 Rank
1955 6.33 3
1957 6.63 10
1958 7.72 7
1959 7.73 5
1960 8.27 3
1961 7.76 3
Year ISO Rank
1955 .143 4
1957 .255 4
1958 .221 4
1959 .230 3
1960 .242 2
1961 .188 10
Year wOBA Rank
1955 .371 3
1957 .397 8
1958 .417 5
1959 .416 4
1960 .407 3
1961 .407 3
Year OPS Rank
1955 .828 4
1957 .899 8
1958 .941 5
1959 .950 4
1960 .951 3
1961 .915 4
Year WAR Rank
1955 4.4 4
1956 4.5 9
1957 5.5 7
1958 6.3 4
1959 5.9 6
1960 6.2 7
1961 5.6 5
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