06/05/1951 | Drafted in the 1951 first-year player draft by the Vesutan Bees. (Round 1, Pick 1, 1st overall pick). |
07/27/1951 | Injured (sinusitis),day-to-day for 4 days. |
03/26/1952 | Detrimentally completed training to generate gap power at the Vesutan Bees development complex. |
04/29/1952 | Outstandingly completed training to improve his defense at second base at the Vesutan Bees development complex. |
05/01/1952 | Named the #1 prospect in the BAN |
03/26/1953 | Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Vesutan Bees development complex. |
07/20/1953 | Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
07/26/1953 | Injured (hip strain),out for 3 weeks. |
04/02/1954 | Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at second base at the Vesutan Bees development complex. |
05/17/1954 | Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
06/07/1954 | Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
07/01/1954 | Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
07/05/1954 | Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
07/31/1954 | Was selected to the 1954 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game. |
08/01/1954 | Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
09/27/1954 | Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
10/01/1954 | Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
10/23/1954 | Wins the 1954 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award. |
07/31/1956 | Was selected to the 1956 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game. |
10/21/1956 | Finished 3rd in 1956 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES |
Year | GS | Rank | 1954 | 140 | 1 | 1956 | 136 | 1 | | Year | PA | Rank | 1953 | 455 | 8 | 1954 | 641 | 1 | 1956 | 620 | 1 | | Year | AB | Rank | 1953 | 412 | 8 | 1954 | 535 | 3 | 1956 | 536 | 7 | | Year | H | Rank | 1953 | 141 | 2 | 1954 | 195 | 1 | 1956 | 192 | 2 | | Year | TB | Rank | 1953 | 189 | 6 | 1954 | 302 | 2 | 1956 | 300 | 2 | |
Year | 2B | Rank | 1953 | 25 | 3 | 1954 | 34 | 1 | 1956 | 38 | 3 | | Year | 3B | Rank | 1953 | 10 | 2 | 1954 | 29 | 1 | 1956 | 20 | 1 | | Year | SB | Rank | 1953 | 6 | 6 | 1954 | 18 | 1 | 1956 | 19 | 3 | | | Year | R | Rank | 1953 | 49 | 8 | 1954 | 113 | 1 | 1956 | 106 | 2 | |
Year | BB | Rank | 1953 | 38 | 10 | 1954 | 101 | 1 | 1956 | 83 | 6 | | Year | IBB | Rank | 1953 | 1 | 10 | 1954 | 5 | 1 | | Year | SF | Rank | 1953 | 5 | 5 | 1954 | 4 | 6 | | Year | EBH | Rank | 1953 | 36 | 6 | 1954 | 68 | 1 | 1956 | 68 | 4 | | Year | AVG | Rank | 1953 | .342 | 1 | 1954 | .364 | 1 | 1956 | .358 | 2 | |
Year | OBP | Rank | 1953 | .393 | 2 | 1954 | .463 | 1 | 1956 | .444 | 2 | | Year | SLG | Rank | 1953 | .459 | 3 | 1954 | .564 | 1 | 1956 | .560 | 4 | | Year | RC | Rank | 1953 | 75.50 | 4 | 1954 | 147.93 | 1 | 1956 | 137.82 | 2 | | Year | RC/27 | Rank | 1953 | 7.05 | 3 | 1954 | 11.06 | 1 | 1956 | 10.28 | 2 | | Year | ISO | Rank | 1953 | .117 | 7 | 1954 | .200 | 3 | 1956 | .201 | 9 | |
Year | wOBA | Rank | 1953 | .384 | 3 | 1954 | .455 | 1 | 1956 | .439 | 2 | | Year | OPS | Rank | 1953 | .852 | 3 | 1954 | 1.028 | 1 | 1956 | 1.003 | 4 | | Year | WAR | Rank | 1953 | 3.2 | 5 | 1954 | 8.2 | 1 | 1956 | 6.0 | 4 | | | |