RF Masaki Yamaguchi #12
Hosho Reliables BAN
Age: 30 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Normal
09/09/1963
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
RF MASAKI YAMAGUCHI #12 - AGE: 30 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
115 356 80 11 2 7 29 27 49 .225 .284 .326 0 0.6
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 3 3 3
Gap 2 2 2
Power 2 2 2
Eye 3 3 3
Avoid K's 3 3 3
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 1 4
Errors: - 2 4
Arm: 1 3 4
Turn DP: - 2 -
Framing: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 1
1st Base: 1 Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: 4
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 2
Stealing Aggressiveness: 2
Stealing Ability: 1
Baserunning Inst.: 1
Sacrifice Bunt: 3
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/08/1963 @ YOK Loss, 8-9 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/07/1963 @ YOK Loss, 2-6 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
09/07/1963 @ YOK Loss, 1-5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/04/1963 SAP Loss, 2-3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/03/1963 SAP Loss, 2-3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
09/02/1963 @ RAK Loss, 3-4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
09/01/1963 @ RAK Win, 3-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/31/1963 @ RAK Loss, 0-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/29/1963 @ DNK Loss, 0-3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/28/1963 @ DNK Win, 5-3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:12/09/1932
Born in:Tokyo, TOK
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 0"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$29,000
Signed Through:1963 Season
Major Service:7 Years, 124 Days
Service This Yr:131 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:12 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1951, 6th Pick in Round 5
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 115 356 80 11 2 7 29 31 27 49 .225 .284 .326 .609 .278 .101 82
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 112 388 3 0 0 3 10 2 116 20 0 0 0.0 35.0 3.24 .6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   97 24 4 1 2 4 7 4 12 0 4 2 .247 .291 .371 .662
Versus Right   259 56 7 1 5 25 24 23 37 2 6 1 .216 .281 .309 .590
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   21 6 0 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 .286 .348 .381 .729
May   84 15 1 0 2 5 6 11 12 0 2 1 .179 .281 .262 .543
June   81 25 6 0 3 10 11 4 11 0 3 1 .309 .349 .494 .843
July   89 21 3 1 1 6 9 3 18 0 4 0 .236 .261 .326 .587
August   74 11 1 0 1 5 2 6 6 2 1 1 .149 .217 .203 .420
September   28 8 0 1 0 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 .286 .355 .357 .712
Last Year   336 89 16 1 9 42 42 51 48 3 7 10 .265 .375 .399 .774
2 Years Ago   445 101 14 4 9 42 53 45 53 3 12 4 .227 .302 .337 .639
Career   2784 663 108 19 55 322 287 291 362 28 53 37 .238 .316 .350 .665
Home   170 37 6 0 3 14 10 11 26 2 2 2 .218 .270 .306 .576
Road   186 43 5 2 4 15 21 16 23 0 8 1 .231 .296 .344 .640
Grass   356 80 11 2 7 29 31 27 49 2 10 3 .225 .284 .326 .609
Day   144 36 3 1 3 16 14 12 19 0 6 1 .250 .312 .347 .659
Night   212 44 8 1 4 13 17 15 30 2 4 2 .208 .264 .311 .575
As Starter   353 79 11 2 7 29 31 27 49 2 10 3 .224 .283 .326 .609
As Reliever / Substitution   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Pinch Hitting   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Close/Late   66 16 3 0 0 0 6 6 7 0 2 0 .242 .306 .288 .593
Inning 1-3   112 26 2 2 2 11 14 11 18 2 4 1 .232 .302 .339 .641
Inning 4-6   147 33 6 0 3 15 9 8 20 0 4 2 .224 .274 .327 .600
Inning 7-9   97 21 3 0 2 3 8 8 11 0 2 0 .216 .276 .309 .585
0 Outs   114 20 1 1 2 6 12 6 16 1 7 1 .175 .221 .254 .476
1 Outs   127 37 6 0 4 18 13 11 14 1 3 0 .291 .345 .433 .778
2 Outs   115 23 4 1 1 5 6 10 19 0 0 2 .200 .276 .278 .554
Scoring Position   84 20 3 0 1 22 9 5 12 2 10 0 .238 .275 .310 .584
Bases Empty   220 49 8 1 6 6 18 17 32 0 0 2 .223 .285 .350 .635
Runner on 1st   52 11 0 1 0 1 4 5 5 0 0 1 .212 .293 .250 .543
Runner on 2nd   19 6 2 0 1 5 3 0 2 0 8 0 .316 .316 .579 .895
Runner on 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Runner on 1st & 2nd   30 7 0 0 0 2 3 1 6 0 0 0 .233 .258 .233 .491
Runner on 1st & 3rd   8 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   13 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 1 2 0 .077 .133 .154 .287
Bases Loaded   9 2 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 .222 .300 .222 .522
Two Strikes   142 31 4 1 3 15 15 12 49 1 0 0 .218 .277 .324 .601
First Pitch   51 8 1 0 3 4 3 0 0 1 6 1 .157 .170 .353 .523
Count 0-1   29 12 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 .414 .414 .448 .862
Count 0-2   18 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 0 0 .111 .105 .167 .272
Count 1-0   44 10 2 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .227 .386 .614
Count 1-1   34 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 .088 .139 .118 .257
Count 1-2   47 12 1 0 2 6 6 0 16 0 0 0 .255 .255 .404 .660
Count 2-0   14 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 2-1   30 12 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .467 .867
Count 2-2   48 10 0 1 1 5 5 0 16 0 0 0 .208 .208 .312 .521
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   12 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 .167 .474 .167 .640
Full Count   29 7 2 0 0 3 4 12 9 0 0 0 .241 .463 .310 .774
Behind in Count   94 26 3 0 2 10 9 0 24 1 2 0 .277 .274 .372 .646
Ahead in Count   100 26 4 1 1 7 9 15 0 0 0 0 .260 .357 .350 .707
Batting 6th   280 59 7 2 5 20 20 24 35 2 6 3 .211 .278 .304 .582
Batting 7th   9 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .444 .444 .889 1.333
Batting 8th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   66 17 3 0 1 8 10 3 14 0 3 0 .258 .290 .348 .638
Low Leverage   163 44 6 1 7 9 18 16 25 0 1 1 .270 .339 .448 .787
Medium Leverage   131 23 4 1 0 8 8 7 15 2 8 2 .176 .225 .221 .447
High Leverage   62 13 1 0 0 12 5 4 9 0 1 0 .210 .258 .226 .483
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 Hosho - BAN 23 71 58 12 1 0 0 4 5 4 0 3 5 0 0 .207 .246 .224 .470 32 27 0.0
1957 Hosho - BAN 24 117 354 88 12 2 6 43 29 35 2 2 40 0 0 .249 .318 .345 .663 88 90 1.6
1958 Hosho - BAN 25 104 368 75 13 3 4 43 36 28 5 5 43 0 0 .204 .266 .288 .554 56 53 -0.2
1959 Hosho - BAN 26 136 433 113 20 1 7 50 39 48 10 4 69 1 0 .261 .345 .360 .706 106 109 2.9
1960 Hosho - BAN 27 140 434 105 21 6 13 69 52 53 3 6 55 1 0 .242 .325 .408 .732 109 113 2.5
1961 Hosho - BAN 28 137 445 101 14 4 9 42 53 45 4 3 53 1 0 .227 .302 .337 .639 78 81 0.9
1962 Hosho - BAN 29 110 336 89 16 1 9 42 42 51 10 3 48 1 0 .265 .375 .399 .774 124 128 3.4
1963 Hosho - BAN 30 115 356 80 11 2 7 29 31 27 3 2 49 0 0 .225 .284 .326 .609 76 82 0.6
Total BAN 930 2784 663 108 19 55 322 287 291 37 28 362 4 0 .238 .316 .350 .665 90 93 11.7
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 25 107 45 13 0 3 26 34 13 5 2 6 0 0 .421 .496 .626 1.122 100 100 1.8
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1956 Hosho - INT RF 60 2 35 0 0 35 0 1.000 161.2 1.95 +2.5 1.124
1957 Hosho - INT RF 109 96 173 7 3 184 4 .978 825.2 1.96 +11.4 1.125
1958 Hosho - INT RF 103 101 191 8 0 200 1 .995 860.1 2.08 +11.2 1.097
1959 Hosho - INT RF 132 132 226 6 2 236 4 .983 1077.1 1.94 +15.2 1.096
1960 Hosho - INT RF 134 134 235 10 1 249 4 .984 1127.0 1.96 +9.4 1.058
1961 Hosho - INT RF 134 134 226 4 3 234 4 .983 1130.1 1.83 +12.0 1.070
1962 Hosho - INT RF 109 105 192 6 2 200 2 .990 879.0 2.03 +9.7 1.064
1963 Hosho - INT RF 112 112 183 5 0 192 4 .979 909.1 1.86 +8.1 1.073
TOTAL RF 893 816 1461 46 11 1530 23 .985 6970.2 1.95 +79.6 1.083
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1951 Drafted in the 1951 first-year player draft by the Hosho Reliables. (Round 5, Pick 6, 54th overall pick).
03/26/1952 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
05/01/1952 Named the #36 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1952 Named the #36 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1953 Named the #34 prospect in the BAN
10/11/1953 Named the #27 prospect in the BAN
03/26/1954 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
05/01/1954 Named the #29 prospect in the BAN
10/11/1954 Injured (flu),day-to-day for 2 days.
05/01/1955 Named the #26 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1955 Named the #25 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1956 Named the #36 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1956 Named the #55 prospect in the BAN
07/11/1958 Injured (shoulder inflammation),out for 5 weeks.
05/22/1960 Injured (quadriceps soreness),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
05/28/1960 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
01/31/1961 Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the Hosho Reliables development complex.
06/09/1962 Injured (fractured thumb),out for 4 weeks.
07/18/1962 Goes 5-5 against the Denki Dynamics, with 2 RBI and 0 R.
07/31/1962 Was selected to the 1962 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
09/27/1962 Injured (strained triceps),day-to-day for 4 weeks.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 2; Eye: 3.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1961 134 7
Year 3B Rank
1960 6 10
Year HP Rank
1958 5 8
1959 10 1
1962 10 1
Year SH Rank
1961 12 8
Year SF Rank
1958 5 2
1959 4 9
1960 6 6
Year ISO Rank
1960 .166 10
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