3B Kazukuni Morinaga #3
Vesutan Bees BAN
Age: 30 | Bats: S | Throws: R | Morale: Good
10/21/1963
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
3B KAZUKUNI MORINAGA #3 - AGE: 30 - BATS: S - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
69 91 30 3 1 3 20 8 13 .330 .384 .484 0 0.7
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 2 2 3
Gap 2 2 2
Power 2 2 2
Eye 3 2 3
Avoid K's 3 2 3
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 2 2
Errors: - 3 2
Arm: 1 5 3
Turn DP: - 3 -
Framing: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 1
Catcher: - Left Field: 1
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 1 Right Field: 1
3rd Base: 3
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 3
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
10/01/1963 @ KIN Loss, 3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/30/1963 @ KIN Win, 6-5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/28/1963 NAG Loss, 1-4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/26/1963 NAG Loss, 6-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/24/1963 @ KOB Loss, 5-9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/23/1963 @ KOB Loss, 1-13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/21/1963 OSA Win, 9-0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/20/1963 OSA Loss, 3-5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/14/1963 KIN Win, 4-2 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
09/11/1963 @ NAG Loss, 2-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:09/23/1933
Born in:Koshigaya, SAI
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 11"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$17,000
Signed Through:1964 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 65 Days
Service This Yr:155 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1956, 10th Pick in Round 1
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 69 91 30 3 1 3 20 14 8 13 .330 .384 .484 .867 .387 .154 156
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 10 99 0 0 0 1 2 0 44 7 0 0 0.0 17.3 7.28 .7  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   16 4 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 0 1 0 .250 .250 .438 .688
Versus Right   75 26 3 1 2 16 12 8 10 0 1 0 .347 .410 .493 .903
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   13 2 0 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 .154 .214 .385 .599
June   9 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 .222 .300 .222 .522
July   30 13 2 0 1 9 3 4 3 0 0 0 .433 .500 .600 1.100
August   18 5 1 1 0 3 2 2 4 0 1 0 .278 .350 .444 .794
September   20 8 0 0 1 4 4 0 3 0 1 0 .400 .400 .550 .950
October   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Last Year   487 114 20 5 7 62 39 48 78 6 4 1 .234 .301 .339 .640
2 Years Ago   471 110 18 6 8 57 50 72 71 5 0 8 .234 .342 .348 .690
Career   1787 420 69 22 24 214 169 200 260 17 14 15 .235 .315 .339 .653
Home   51 19 2 0 1 10 9 6 4 0 2 0 .373 .439 .471 .909
Road   40 11 1 1 2 10 5 2 9 0 0 0 .275 .310 .500 .810
Grass   91 30 3 1 3 20 14 8 13 0 2 0 .330 .384 .484 .867
Day   47 18 2 1 2 13 8 5 6 0 1 0 .383 .442 .596 1.038
Night   44 12 1 0 1 7 6 3 7 0 1 0 .273 .319 .364 .683
As Starter   35 16 1 0 2 9 5 3 3 0 1 0 .457 .500 .657 1.157
As Reliever / Substitution   56 14 2 1 1 11 9 5 10 0 1 0 .250 .311 .375 .686
Pinch Hitting   42 10 2 1 1 11 5 4 6 0 1 0 .238 .304 .405 .709
Close/Late   38 12 2 1 1 9 6 1 8 0 1 0 .316 .333 .500 .833
Inning 1-3   13 6 0 0 1 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 .462 .462 .692 1.154
Inning 4-6   20 6 1 0 0 3 4 5 1 0 1 0 .300 .440 .350 .790
Inning 7-9   58 18 2 1 2 12 9 3 10 0 1 0 .310 .344 .483 .827
0 Outs   33 12 1 0 1 5 9 3 5 0 1 0 .364 .417 .485 .902
1 Outs   31 8 0 1 1 7 3 0 4 0 1 0 .258 .258 .419 .677
2 Outs   27 10 2 0 1 8 2 5 4 0 0 0 .370 .469 .556 1.024
Scoring Position   31 11 1 1 1 16 2 1 8 0 2 0 .355 .375 .548 .923
Bases Empty   40 12 0 0 1 1 6 4 2 0 0 0 .300 .364 .375 .739
Runner on 1st   20 7 2 0 1 3 6 3 3 0 0 0 .350 .435 .600 1.035
Runner on 2nd   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Runner on 3rd   6 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .333 .429 .333 .762
Runner on 1st & 2nd   7 5 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .714 .714 1.429 2.143
Runner on 1st & 3rd   2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Bases Loaded   6 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Two Strikes   45 13 2 0 2 9 6 2 13 0 0 0 .289 .319 .467 .786
First Pitch   16 4 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 .250 .250 .375 .625
Count 0-1   4 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750
Count 0-2   6 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .667 .833
Count 1-0   9 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .556 .778
Count 1-1   12 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .417 .417 .417 .833
Count 1-2   16 6 2 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 .375 .375 .500 .875
Count 2-0   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 2-1   4 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 2-2   14 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Full Count   9 4 0 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 .444 .545 .778 1.323
Behind in Count   26 10 3 0 1 8 2 0 5 0 0 0 .385 .385 .615 1.000
Ahead in Count   14 5 0 0 1 4 4 6 0 0 0 0 .357 .550 .571 1.121
Batting 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 6th   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Batting 7th   23 8 1 0 0 3 2 2 3 0 1 0 .348 .400 .391 .791
Batting 8th   25 11 1 1 2 11 3 0 3 0 1 0 .440 .440 .800 1.240
Batting 9th   37 10 1 0 1 6 9 5 5 0 0 0 .270 .357 .378 .736
Low Leverage   35 12 0 0 1 3 6 4 2 0 0 0 .343 .410 .429 .839
Medium Leverage   25 8 1 0 0 3 3 3 4 0 1 0 .320 .393 .360 .753
High Leverage   31 10 2 1 2 14 5 1 7 0 1 0 .323 .344 .645 .989
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
1957 Kobe - BAN 23 20 22 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .091 .091 .136 .227 -38 -43 -0.5
1958 Rakisuta - BAN 24 89 107 19 3 0 0 6 10 6 1 1 19 1 0 .178 .226 .206 .432 22 18 -0.8
1959 Rakisuta - BAN 25 100 141 30 5 1 1 15 12 11 0 1 18 0 0 .213 .268 .284 .552 61 58 -0.5
1960 Vesutan - BAN 26 137 468 115 19 9 5 52 43 55 5 4 58 0 1 .246 .329 .357 .686 93 95 2.0
1961 Vesutan - BAN 27 136 471 110 18 6 8 57 50 72 8 5 71 0 0 .234 .342 .348 .690 88 90 1.8
1962 Vesutan - BAN 28 139 487 114 20 5 7 62 39 48 1 6 78 1 1 .234 .301 .339 .640 80 81 0.4
1963 Vesutan - BAN 29 69 91 30 3 1 3 20 14 8 0 0 13 0 0 .330 .384 .484 .867 147 156 0.7
Total BAN 690 1787 420 69 22 24 214 169 200 15 17 260 2 2 .235 .315 .339 .653 83 84 3.2
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
1956 Total - 22 60 271 86 12 6 9 52 61 26 3 1 25 1 1 .317 .382 .506 .888 100 100 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%
1957 Kobe - INT 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 -0.0 .000
1957 Kobe - INT 3B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.1 1.063
1957 Kobe - INT SS 11 4 10 8 3 20 2 .900 42.0 3.86 -2.1 .758
1957 Kobe - INT LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 +0.0 .965
1957 Kobe - INT RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 Rakisuta - INT 2B 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 4.0 4.50 -0.2 1.015
1958 Rakisuta - INT 3B 23 7 11 19 2 31 1 .968 93.1 2.89 +0.1 1.005
1958 Rakisuta - INT SS 35 0 10 21 3 33 2 .939 69.0 4.04 -1.0 .937
1958 Rakisuta - INT RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1959 Rakisuta - INT 2B 7 0 4 3 0 8 1 .875 17.2 3.57 -0.2 .809
1959 Rakisuta - INT 3B 28 10 5 31 5 39 3 .923 122.2 2.64 -1.2 .963
1959 Rakisuta - INT SS 39 0 14 31 5 47 2 .957 71.0 5.70 -0.3 .999
1959 Rakisuta - INT RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1960 Vesutan - INT 3B 135 133 109 247 28 373 17 .954 1148.0 2.79 +3.6 1.024
1961 Vesutan - INT 3B 134 133 104 264 14 390 22 .944 1142.1 2.90 +4.5 1.028
1961 Vesutan - INT RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1962 Vesutan - INT 3B 137 137 109 268 19 394 17 .957 1170.0 2.90 +0.5 1.007
1962 Vesutan - INT RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1963 Vesutan - INT 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1963 Vesutan - INT 3B 13 5 4 15 1 21 2 .905 69.2 2.45 -0.9 .937
1963 Vesutan - INT SS 6 5 10 12 1 24 2 .917 43.2 4.53 -1.2 .870
1963 Vesutan - INT LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.2 1.35 -0.0 .974
TOTAL 2B 13 0 5 4 0 10 1 .900 25.2 3.16 -0.5 .843
TOTAL 3B 471 425 342 845 69 1249 62 .950 3748.0 2.85 +6.6 1.016
TOTAL SS 91 9 44 72 12 124 8 .935 225.2 4.63 -4.6 .920
TOTAL LF 6 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.2 1.86 +0.0 .970
TOTAL RF 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1956 Drafted in the 1956 first-year player draft by the Rakisuta Rams. (Round 1, Pick 10, 10th overall pick).
06/06/1956 Released by the Rakisuta Rams.
06/12/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kyoto Owls organization.
06/12/1956 Released by the Kyoto Owls.
06/14/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kobe Bulls organization.
06/14/1956 Released by the Kobe Bulls.
06/17/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Rakisuta Rams organization.
06/17/1956 Released by the Rakisuta Rams.
06/18/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Fukuoka Falcons organization.
06/18/1956 Released by the Fukuoka Falcons.
06/19/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kyoto Owls organization.
06/19/1956 Released by the Kyoto Owls.
06/21/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Sapporo Bears organization.
06/21/1956 Released by the Sapporo Bears.
06/22/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Nagasaki Stars organization.
06/22/1956 Released by the Nagasaki Stars.
06/23/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Fukuoka Falcons organization.
06/24/1956 Released by the Fukuoka Falcons.
06/25/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Vesutan Bees organization.
06/25/1956 Released by the Vesutan Bees.
06/26/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Sapporo Bears organization.
06/26/1956 Released by the Sapporo Bears.
06/28/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Yokohama Kingfishers organization.
06/28/1956 Released by the Yokohama Kingfishers.
07/01/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Vesutan Bees organization.
07/01/1956 Released by the Vesutan Bees.
07/02/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Denki Dynamics organization.
07/02/1956 Released by the Denki Dynamics.
07/04/1956 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kobe Bulls organization.
05/01/1957 Named the #15 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1957 Named the #23 prospect in the BAN
11/26/1957 Was traded by the Kobe Bulls to the Nagasaki Stars, along with 2B Ienari Fujimori and SP Teruhide Hara, in exchange for 1B Yasukatsu Arakawa.
05/01/1958 Released by the Nagasaki Stars.
05/06/1958 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Osaka Sailors organization.
05/16/1958 Released by the Osaka Sailors.
05/25/1958 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Rakisuta Rams organization.
11/13/1959 Was traded by the Rakisuta Rams to the Vesutan Bees in exchange for C Shunsuke Suzuki and 3B Hitoshi Onishi.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 3.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1960 133 10
1961 133 8
1962 137 5
Year K Rank
1962 78 7
Year 3B Rank
1960 9 3
1961 6 10
Year BB Rank
1961 72 10
Year IBB Rank
1961 7 6
Year HP Rank
1960 5 6
1961 8 2
Year SF Rank
1962 6 7
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