RF Chikato Kawano #23
Kobe Bulls BAN
Age: 29 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
12/31/1961
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RF CHIKATO KAWANO #23 - AGE: 29 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
139 487 126 29 7 17 55 46 111 .259 .341 .452 0 1.7
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/01/1961 @ NAG Loss, 3-7 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/30/1961 @ NAG Loss, 6-11 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
09/29/1961 @ NAG Win, 6-3 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 0
09/28/1961 OSA Loss, 5-8 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/27/1961 OSA Win, 6-3 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
09/26/1961 OSA Loss, 5-8 5 0 2 2 0 0 2 0
09/24/1961 @ FUK Win, 6-1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/24/1961 @ FUK Loss, 1-4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/22/1961 @ FUK Win, 15-12 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
09/21/1961 KIN Loss, 2-9 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:11/15/1932
Born in:Moriguchi, OSA
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 10"
Weight:180 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$4,100
Signed Through:1962 Season
Major Service:7 Years, None
Service This Yr:156 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:1951, 12th Pick in Round 4
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON 1961 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 139 487 126 29 7 17 55 69 46 111 .259 .341 .452 .792 .355 .193 119
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 134 549 15 1 0 9 0 1 220 53 0 0 0.0 76.6 5.57 1.7  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   135 38 8 1 5 14 17 9 35 0 0 5 .281 .349 .467 .816
Versus Right   352 88 21 6 12 41 52 37 76 1 0 10 .250 .338 .446 .784
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   105 28 5 0 3 11 13 6 22 0 0 3 .267 .325 .400 .725
June   90 25 3 1 6 11 14 7 20 0 0 3 .278 .350 .533 .883
July   107 26 5 2 3 9 13 12 24 0 0 1 .243 .325 .411 .736
August   84 21 5 2 3 8 10 8 21 0 0 4 .250 .344 .464 .808
September   98 25 11 2 2 16 18 13 23 1 0 3 .255 .357 .469 .826
October   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .333 .500 .333 .833
Last Year   446 102 18 8 16 41 69 38 94 2 10 7 .229 .298 .413 .711
2 Years Ago   505 117 30 6 16 54 73 47 99 1 3 7 .232 .305 .410 .715
Career   2522 615 126 36 84 288 329 232 511 9 16 40 .244 .316 .422 .739
Home   245 54 9 4 5 19 27 20 56 0 0 8 .220 .300 .351 .651
Road   242 72 20 3 12 36 42 26 55 1 0 7 .298 .380 .554 .934
Grass   487 126 29 7 17 55 69 46 111 1 0 15 .259 .341 .452 .792
Day   212 66 12 4 8 26 37 19 45 0 0 5 .311 .381 .519 .900
Night   275 60 17 3 9 29 32 27 66 1 0 10 .218 .310 .400 .710
As Starter   483 125 29 6 17 55 69 46 110 1 0 15 .259 .341 .449 .791
As Reliever / Substitution   4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .750 1.000
Pinch Hitting   4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .750 1.000
Close/Late   95 19 4 0 5 11 13 8 18 1 0 0 .200 .260 .400 .660
Inning 1-3   160 38 9 3 6 21 22 15 42 0 0 5 .237 .322 .444 .766
Inning 4-6   182 52 10 3 5 19 26 15 40 0 0 9 .286 .369 .456 .825
Inning 7-9   145 36 10 1 6 15 21 16 29 1 0 1 .248 .325 .455 .780
0 Outs   180 49 10 2 6 11 32 20 38 0 0 9 .272 .373 .450 .823
1 Outs   152 38 11 2 6 19 25 14 35 1 0 5 .250 .331 .467 .799
2 Outs   155 39 8 3 5 25 12 12 38 0 0 1 .252 .310 .439 .748
Scoring Position   125 33 7 2 4 40 15 12 31 1 0 4 .264 .345 .448 .793
Bases Empty   269 71 18 5 11 11 41 25 55 0 0 10 .264 .349 .491 .839
Runner on 1st   93 22 4 0 2 4 13 9 25 0 0 1 .237 .311 .344 .655
Runner on 2nd   27 4 0 0 2 4 3 1 7 0 0 1 .148 .207 .370 .577
Runner on 3rd   13 3 0 0 1 4 3 2 3 0 0 0 .231 .333 .462 .795
Runner on 1st & 2nd   44 19 5 0 0 13 5 5 10 0 0 2 .432 .510 .545 1.055
Runner on 1st & 3rd   16 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 4 0 0 0 .125 .222 .250 .472
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   9 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 .111 .333 .111 .444
Bases Loaded   16 4 2 1 1 15 2 0 4 1 0 0 .250 .235 .688 .923
Two Strikes   224 35 9 2 7 22 21 18 111 1 0 5 .156 .234 .308 .542
First Pitch   79 29 6 3 3 5 16 1 0 0 0 5 .367 .412 .633 1.045
Count 0-1   39 16 3 0 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 .410 .425 .641 1.066
Count 0-2   37 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 19 0 0 2 .162 .205 .216 .421
Count 1-0   54 19 7 1 3 13 10 0 0 0 0 3 .352 .386 .685 1.071
Count 1-1   36 10 1 1 1 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 .297 .444 .742
Count 1-2   78 13 5 1 1 4 7 0 40 0 0 1 .167 .177 .295 .472
Count 2-0   22 7 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .318 .318 .318 .636
Count 2-1   25 10 3 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .640 1.040
Count 2-2   76 12 1 1 4 11 7 0 38 1 0 2 .158 .177 .355 .532
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   8 0 0 0 0 1 3 18 0 0 0 0 .000 .692 .000 .692
Full Count   33 4 1 0 2 6 6 18 14 0 0 0 .121 .431 .333 .765
Behind in Count   154 35 10 1 3 11 13 0 59 0 0 4 .227 .247 .364 .610
Ahead in Count   109 36 10 1 4 16 23 27 0 0 0 3 .330 .475 .550 1.025
Batting 4th   25 7 1 1 2 4 6 0 4 0 0 0 .280 .280 .640 .920
Batting 5th   458 118 28 5 15 51 63 46 106 1 0 15 .258 .344 .439 .783
Batting 8th   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000
Batting 9th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   193 54 14 4 8 11 29 22 39 0 0 4 .280 .365 .518 .883
Medium Leverage   191 47 10 1 8 20 30 16 50 1 0 10 .246 .335 .435 .769
High Leverage   102 25 5 2 1 24 10 8 22 0 0 1 .245 .306 .363 .669
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
1956 Nagasaki - BAN 23 17 27 5 0 0 1 4 3 3 0 1 8 0 0 .185 .258 .296 .554 51 53 -0.2
1956 Kobe - BAN 23 53 194 55 13 1 7 29 19 15 3 0 34 0 1 .284 .344 .469 .813 120 121 1.4
1956 Total - BAN 23 70 221 60 13 1 8 33 22 18 3 1 42 0 1 .271 .333 .448 .781 111 112 1.3
1957 Kobe - BAN 24 108 377 106 19 7 12 43 45 32 4 1 67 0 0 .281 .343 .464 .807 123 122 2.9
1958 Kobe - BAN 25 138 486 104 17 7 15 62 51 51 4 3 98 1 0 .214 .292 .370 .663 86 89 2.1
1959 Kobe - BAN 26 139 505 117 30 6 16 54 73 47 7 1 99 0 0 .232 .305 .410 .715 104 108 1.9
1960 Kobe - BAN 27 120 446 102 18 8 16 41 69 38 7 2 94 0 0 .229 .298 .413 .711 98 101 1.0
1961 Kobe - BAN 28 139 487 126 29 7 17 55 69 46 15 1 111 0 0 .259 .341 .452 .792 112 119 1.7
Total BAN 714 2522 615 126 36 84 288 329 232 40 9 511 1 1 .244 .316 .422 .739 104 108 10.9
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 - 18 23 90 37 9 2 9 29 39 12 10 1 8 0 0 .411 .522 .856 1.378 100 100 2.4
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1956 Kobe - INT LF 7 4 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 40.0 0.90 -0.0 .977
1956 Nagasaki - INT LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 11.0 0.82 -0.0 .977
1956 Nagasaki - INT CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1956 Kobe - INT RF 47 47 88 0 0 89 1 .989 397.0 1.99 +0.6 1.024
1956 Nagasaki - INT RF 8 4 5 0 0 6 1 .833 42.0 1.07 -1.0 .823
1957 Kobe - INT RF 107 107 199 8 1 213 6 .972 895.0 2.08 +8.7 1.060
1958 Kobe - INT LF 10 10 8 0 0 9 1 .889 87.0 0.83 -0.6 .953
1958 Kobe - INT RF 127 126 256 13 1 271 2 .993 1070.0 2.26 +14.5 1.063
1959 Kobe - INT LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1959 Kobe - INT RF 136 134 240 14 2 261 7 .973 1139.0 2.01 +2.0 1.017
1960 Kobe - INT RF 118 117 218 13 2 237 6 .975 995.1 2.09 +1.0 1.012
1961 Kobe - INT RF 133 132 236 9 1 250 5 .980 1122.0 1.97 -4.7 .972
1961 Kobe - INT LF 2 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 13.2 3.95 -0.5 .834
TOTAL LF 23 16 19 0 0 20 1 .950 151.2 1.13 -1.0 .917
TOTAL RF 676 667 1242 57 7 1327 28 .979 5660.1 2.07 +21.1 1.022
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1951 Drafted in the 1951 first-year player draft by the Nagasaki Stars. (Round 4, Pick 12, 48th overall pick).
10/11/1951 Named the #41 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1952 Named the #39 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1952 Successfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Nagasaki Stars development complex.
04/05/1953 Injured (bruised finger),day-to-day for 2 days.
04/29/1953 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Nagasaki Stars development complex.
05/01/1953 Named the #26 prospect in the BAN
03/26/1954 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Nagasaki Stars development complex.
04/29/1954 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Nagasaki Stars development complex.
05/01/1954 Named the #17 prospect in the BAN
04/29/1955 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Nagasaki Stars development complex.
05/01/1955 Named the #39 prospect in the BAN
07/28/1956 Was traded by the Nagasaki Stars to the Kobe Bulls, along with 2B Ryouya Yamasaki, in exchange for C Kiyoshi Yamasaki.
10/11/1956 Wins the 1956 BAN Championship Series with the Nagasaki Stars.
05/25/1957 Injured (sore ankle),day-to-day for one week.
08/12/1957 Injured (hamstring strain),out for 3 weeks.
09/04/1957 Injured (sprained knee),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
09/05/1957 Injured (sprained knee),day-to-day for 2 days.
09/09/1957 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
01/04/1958 Outstandingly completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Kobe Bulls development complex.
05/01/1959 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Kobe Bulls development complex.
04/04/1960 Detrimentally completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Kobe Bulls development complex.
08/11/1960 Injured (bone bruise (wrist)),out for 3-4 weeks.
05/01/1961 Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Kobe Bulls development complex.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1958 136 1
1959 134 7
1961 134 4
Year AB Rank
1959 505 10
Year K Rank
1957 67 7
1958 98 2
1959 99 1
1960 94 5
1961 111 1
Year 2B Rank
1959 30 7
1961 29 8
Year 3B Rank
1957 7 9
1959 6 8
1960 8 6
1961 7 6
Year HR Rank
1959 16 8
Year HP Rank
1957 4 10
1958 4 10
1959 7 2
1960 7 5
1961 15 1
Year EBH Rank
1959 52 6
1961 53 10
Year ISO Rank
1959 .178 10
1960 .184 8
1961 .193 8
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