3B Kazukuni Morinaga #3
Vesutan Bees BAN
Age: 29 | Bats: S | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
09/09/1963
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
3B KAZUKUNI MORINAGA #3 - AGE: 29 - BATS: S - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
59 75 24 3 1 2 18 8 9 .320 .386 .467 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
09/07/1963 KOB Loss, 1-9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/06/1963 KOB Loss, 4-4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
09/04/1963 @ OSA Win, 3-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/01/1963 FUK Loss, 2-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/31/1963 FUK Win, 6-1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/28/1963 @ KIN Loss, 6-8 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0
08/27/1963 @ KIN Loss, 3-9 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
08/26/1963 NAG Win, 6-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/23/1963 @ KOB Loss, 5-5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/22/1963 @ KOB Loss, 5-5 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:Fair
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$18,000
Signed Through:1963 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 48 Days
Service This Yr:131 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 59 75 24 3 1 2 18 11 8 9 .320 .386 .467 .852 .382 .147 153
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 8 83 0 0 0 1 1 0 35 6 0 0 0.0 13.9 7.07 .7  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   12 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Versus Right   63 21 3 1 2 16 10 8 7 0 1 0 .333 .408 .508 .916
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   4 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
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   5 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
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   1771 414 69 22 23 212 166 200 256 17 13 15 .234 .314 .337 .651
Home   40 14 2 0 0 8 6 6 2 0 1 0 .350 .435 .400 .835
Road   35 10 1 1 2 10 5 2 7 0 0 0 .286 .324 .543 .867
Grass   75 24 3 1 2 18 11 8 9 0 1 0 .320 .386 .467 .852
Day   37 14 2 1 1 11 5 5 3 0 1 0 .378 .452 .568 1.020
Night   38 10 1 0 1 7 6 3 6 0 0 0 .263 .317 .368 .685
As Starter   28 13 1 0 2 9 4 3 3 0 0 0 .464 .516 .714 1.230
As Reliever / Substitution   47 11 2 1 0 9 7 5 6 0 1 0 .234 .308 .319 .627
Pinch Hitting   36 8 2 1 0 9 4 4 4 0 1 0 .222 .300 .333 .633
Close/Late   31 8 2 1 0 7 4 1 6 0 1 0 .258 .281 .387 .668
Inning 1-3   11 6 0 0 1 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 .545 .545 .818 1.364
Inning 4-6   16 4 1 0 0 3 3 5 0 0 0 0 .250 .429 .312 .741
Inning 7-9   48 14 2 1 1 10 7 3 7 0 1 0 .292 .333 .438 .771
0 Outs   26 9 1 0 1 5 8 3 2 0 1 0 .346 .414 .500 .914
1 Outs   28 7 0 1 1 7 2 0 3 0 0 0 .250 .250 .429 .679
2 Outs   21 8 2 0 0 6 1 5 4 0 0 0 .381 .500 .476 .976
Scoring Position   28 11 1 1 1 16 2 1 7 0 1 0 .393 .414 .607 1.021
Bases Empty   31 8 0 0 1 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 .258 .343 .355 .698
Runner on 1st   16 5 2 0 0 1 4 3 2 0 0 0 .312 .421 .438 .859
Runner on 2nd   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Runner on 3rd   5 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .400 .500 .400 .900
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   4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Two Strikes   37 11 2 0 2 9 5 2 9 0 0 0 .297 .333 .514 .847
First Pitch   12 3 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .250 .417 .667
Count 0-1   4 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.000 1.750
Count 0-2   5 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .800 1.000
Count 1-0   8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Count 1-1   10 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Count 1-2   14 6 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 .429 .429 .571 1.000
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   3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 2-2   11 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
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   7 3 0 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 .429 .556 .857 1.413
Behind in Count   23 10 3 0 1 8 2 0 3 0 0 0 .435 .435 .696 1.130
Ahead in Count   12 3 0 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 .250 .500 .250 .750
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   16 5 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 .312 .389 .375 .764
Batting 8th   23 10 1 1 2 11 3 0 3 0 1 0 .435 .435 .826 1.261
Batting 9th   31 8 1 0 0 4 7 5 2 0 0 0 .258 .361 .290 .651
Low Leverage   31 11 0 0 1 3 6 4 1 0 0 0 .355 .429 .452 .880
Medium Leverage   19 5 1 0 0 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 .263 .364 .316 .679
High Leverage   25 8 2 1 1 12 4 1 5 0 1 0 .320 .346 .600 .946
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 59 75 24 3 1 2 18 11 8 0 0 9 0 0 .320 .386 .467 .852 144 153 0.7
Total BAN 680 1771 414 69 22 23 212 166 200 15 17 256 2 2 .234 .314 .337 .651 82 83 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 11 4 4 12 1 16 0 1.000 57.0 2.53 +0.2 1.052
1963 Vesutan - INT SS 4 4 8 8 0 17 1 .941 32.2 4.41 -1.0 .885
1963 Vesutan - INT LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.2 1.35 -0.0 .978
TOTAL 2B 13 0 5 4 0 10 1 .900 25.2 3.16 -0.5 .843
TOTAL 3B 469 424 342 842 69 1244 60 .952 3735.1 2.85 +7.7 1.018
TOTAL SS 89 8 42 68 11 117 7 .940 214.2 4.61 -4.3 .925
TOTAL LF 6 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.2 1.86 +0.0 .972
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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