LF Taketoshi Shimabukuro #22
Kinboshi Kites BAN
Age: 29 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Great
09/02/1963
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LF TAKETOSHI SHIMABUKURO #22 - AGE: 29 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
110 398 119 7 7 17 60 38 54 .299 .367 .480 9 4.7
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 3 3 3
Gap 2 2 2
Power 3 2 3
Eye 3 3 3
Avoid K's 3 3 3
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 3 4
Errors: - 2 5
Arm: 1 3 5
Turn DP: - 1 -
Framing: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 5
1st Base: - Center Field: 3
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 2
Stealing Aggressiveness: 5
Stealing Ability: 4
Baserunning Inst.: 5
Sacrifice Bunt: 4
Bunt for Hit: 2
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/01/1963 OSA Loss, 2-3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
08/31/1963 OSA Loss, 1-4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
08/29/1963 VES Loss, 3-3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/28/1963 VES Win, 8-6 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
08/27/1963 VES Win, 9-3 4 2 2 2 1 0 1 0
08/26/1963 @ KOB Loss, 5-6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/25/1963 @ KOB Loss, 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/24/1963 @ KOB Loss, 2-6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/23/1963 FUK Loss, 1-3 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
08/22/1963 FUK Win, 2-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
PERSONALITY
Birthday:11/17/1933
Born in:Obihiro, HOK
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 7"
Weight:175 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$55,000
Signed Through:1963 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 135 Days
Service This Yr:124 Days
40-Man Service:None, 53 Days
Pro Service:10 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1953, 11th 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 110 398 119 7 7 17 60 66 38 54 .299 .367 .480 .847 .378 .181 152
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 105 441 5 0 0 7 0 0 191 31 9 7 56.2 69.4 6.40 4.7  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   82 19 2 1 3 10 7 7 13 0 0 2 .232 .308 .390 .698
Versus Right   316 100 5 6 14 50 59 31 41 0 0 3 .316 .383 .503 .886
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   19 5 0 0 2 3 5 5 3 0 0 0 .263 .417 .579 .996
May   106 33 3 3 4 20 17 11 13 0 0 1 .311 .381 .509 .891
June   95 28 1 1 3 11 16 10 12 0 0 1 .295 .368 .421 .789
July   108 36 3 2 5 20 18 6 15 0 0 3 .333 .385 .537 .922
August   86 21 0 1 4 8 14 10 13 0 0 0 .244 .323 .407 .730
September   3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 1.333 1.833
All-Star Game   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Last Year   513 148 15 5 20 90 83 57 76 5 0 0 .288 .357 .454 .811
2 Years Ago   515 152 16 2 14 75 94 75 71 1 0 3 .295 .387 .416 .803
Career   2623 784 77 21 88 400 427 293 371 15 1 12 .299 .370 .445 .815
Home   201 60 1 6 10 26 39 19 34 0 0 4 .299 .371 .512 .883
Road   197 59 6 1 7 34 27 19 20 0 0 1 .299 .364 .447 .811
Grass   398 119 7 7 17 60 66 38 54 0 0 5 .299 .367 .480 .847
Day   134 48 1 3 6 23 25 14 15 0 0 1 .358 .423 .545 .968
Night   264 71 6 4 11 37 41 24 39 0 0 4 .269 .339 .447 .786
As Starter   392 117 7 7 17 60 65 38 53 0 0 5 .298 .368 .482 .850
As Reliever / Substitution   6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Pinch Hitting   5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Close/Late   77 20 1 1 3 10 13 5 16 0 0 3 .260 .329 .416 .745
Inning 1-3   140 38 3 2 6 20 20 15 16 0 0 0 .271 .342 .450 .792
Inning 4-6   146 50 2 4 5 22 25 17 19 0 0 2 .342 .418 .514 .932
Inning 7-9   112 31 2 1 6 18 21 6 19 0 0 3 .277 .331 .473 .804
0 Outs   124 37 3 2 5 13 29 11 20 0 0 3 .298 .370 .476 .845
1 Outs   143 46 3 1 7 30 22 14 16 0 0 1 .322 .386 .503 .890
2 Outs   131 36 1 4 5 17 15 13 18 0 0 1 .275 .345 .458 .803
Scoring Position   102 35 3 1 3 38 12 12 11 0 0 3 .343 .427 .480 .908
Bases Empty   211 58 4 4 8 8 31 19 33 0 0 2 .275 .341 .445 .786
Runner on 1st   85 26 0 2 6 14 23 7 10 0 0 0 .306 .359 .565 .923
Runner on 2nd   44 12 0 0 0 7 3 5 4 0 0 0 .273 .347 .273 .620
Runner on 3rd   17 5 1 0 0 6 2 2 3 0 0 1 .294 .400 .353 .753
Runner on 1st & 2nd   26 10 0 1 1 6 3 2 4 0 0 2 .385 .467 .577 1.044
Runner on 1st & 3rd   5 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .429 .200 .629
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   6 5 1 0 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 .833 .833 1.500 2.333
Bases Loaded   4 2 1 0 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 1.500 2.100
Two Strikes   167 42 2 3 8 27 29 21 54 0 0 0 .251 .335 .443 .778
First Pitch   64 18 2 1 5 18 9 0 0 0 0 2 .281 .303 .578 .881
Count 0-1   40 17 0 0 2 4 7 0 0 0 0 1 .425 .439 .575 1.014
Count 0-2   24 4 0 0 1 5 4 0 8 0 0 0 .167 .167 .292 .458
Count 1-0   34 12 1 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 .353 .353 .529 .882
Count 1-1   43 17 1 1 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 .395 .409 .535 .944
Count 1-2   53 11 2 0 0 0 7 0 23 0 0 0 .208 .208 .245 .453
Count 2-0   17 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 .176 .176 .353
Count 2-1   23 6 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .261 .292 .348 .639
Count 2-2   46 13 0 1 4 12 7 0 15 0 0 0 .283 .283 .587 .870
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   10 4 1 0 0 2 3 9 0 0 0 0 .400 .684 .500 1.184
Full Count   44 14 0 2 3 10 11 21 8 0 0 0 .318 .538 .614 1.152
Behind in Count   117 32 2 0 3 9 18 0 31 0 0 1 .274 .280 .368 .647
Ahead in Count   84 25 2 2 1 7 15 17 0 0 0 1 .298 .422 .405 .826
Batting 2nd   21 5 0 0 1 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 .238 .273 .381 .654
Batting 3rd   222 67 5 2 8 31 41 21 26 0 0 4 .302 .372 .450 .823
Batting 4th   126 41 2 4 7 25 18 15 21 0 0 1 .325 .401 .571 .973
Batting 5th   23 4 0 1 1 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 .174 .208 .391 .600
Batting 7th   2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 8th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Low Leverage   143 42 4 3 4 12 23 13 21 0 0 1 .294 .357 .448 .804
Medium Leverage   173 46 0 3 9 25 29 19 22 0 0 1 .266 .342 .457 .799
High Leverage   80 29 3 1 3 22 13 6 11 0 0 3 .362 .427 .537 .964
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 Kinboshi - BAN 22 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -113 -0.0
1957 Kinboshi - BAN 23 58 80 21 2 1 3 16 14 7 0 1 12 0 2 .263 .318 .425 .743 105 102 0.2
1958 Kinboshi - BAN 24 101 262 87 10 1 7 45 42 24 2 2 42 2 4 .332 .390 .458 .848 139 143 2.7
1959 Kinboshi - BAN 25 91 362 121 12 1 12 37 58 33 0 1 44 4 3 .334 .389 .472 .861 147 153 4.2
1960 Kinboshi - BAN 26 134 491 136 15 4 15 77 70 59 2 5 71 5 6 .277 .354 .415 .769 116 119 3.5
1961 Kinboshi - BAN 27 138 515 152 16 2 14 75 94 75 3 1 71 14 6 .295 .387 .416 .803 119 124 3.9
1962 Kinboshi - BAN 28 136 513 148 15 5 20 90 83 57 0 5 76 13 1 .288 .357 .454 .811 126 128 4.4
1963 Kinboshi - BAN 29 110 398 119 7 7 17 60 66 38 5 0 54 9 7 .299 .367 .480 .847 144 152 4.7
Total BAN 771 2623 784 77 21 88 400 427 293 12 15 371 47 29 .299 .370 .445 .815 129 133 23.7
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
1950 Total - 16 22 99 44 11 0 2 24 37 11 2 0 5 9 3 .444 .509 .616 1.125 100 100 1.7
1951 Total - 17 26 113 51 12 1 2 29 43 9 2 1 6 0 0 .451 .496 .628 1.124 100 100 1.8
1952 Total - 18 33 148 67 15 1 3 38 63 11 2 2 5 8 6 .453 .491 .628 1.119 100 100 2.3
1953 Total - 19 33 141 63 12 2 3 35 47 15 2 3 9 9 7 .447 .497 .624 1.121 100 100 2.3
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1956 Kinboshi - INT CF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.0 1.50 -0.0 .979
1957 Kinboshi - INT LF 7 5 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 45.0 1.60 +0.9 1.287
1957 Kinboshi - INT CF 13 6 10 0 0 11 1 .909 61.1 1.47 -0.9 .893
1957 Kinboshi - INT RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 Kinboshi - INT LF 54 53 74 0 0 74 0 1.000 427.2 1.56 +0.6 1.023
1958 Kinboshi - INT CF 20 4 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 77.1 2.79 +0.7 1.023
1958 Kinboshi - INT RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1959 Kinboshi - INT LF 87 87 143 7 3 153 3 .980 719.2 1.88 +5.1 1.039
1959 Kinboshi - INT CF 14 3 12 0 0 13 1 .923 48.0 2.25 -1.6 .802
1960 Kinboshi - INT LF 125 122 213 6 1 221 2 .991 1047.1 1.88 +11.2 1.084
1960 Kinboshi - INT CF 13 9 31 2 1 33 0 1.000 84.2 3.51 -2.3 .952
1961 Kinboshi - INT LF 128 128 206 7 1 215 2 .991 1108.1 1.73 +9.4 1.076
1961 Kinboshi - INT CF 9 6 14 0 0 14 0 1.000 55.0 2.29 +0.3 .998
1962 Kinboshi - INT LF 129 129 201 6 1 211 4 .981 1083.0 1.72 +10.5 1.083
1962 Kinboshi - INT CF 10 6 12 1 0 13 0 1.000 58.0 2.02 -0.7 .899
1963 Kinboshi - INT LF 100 98 149 6 1 157 2 .987 826.0 1.69 +9.9 1.134
1963 Kinboshi - INT CF 15 7 21 1 0 23 1 .957 77.1 2.56 -1.1 .874
TOTAL LF 630 622 994 32 7 1039 13 .987 5257.0 1.76 +47.5 1.080
TOTAL CF 96 41 125 4 1 132 3 .977 467.2 2.48 -5.6 .928
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1953 Drafted in the 1953 first-year player draft by the Kinboshi Kites. (Round 1, Pick 11, 11th overall pick).
10/11/1953 Named the #23 prospect in the BAN
03/26/1954 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate gap power at the Kinboshi Kites development complex.
05/01/1954 Named the #11 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1954 Named the #12 prospect in the BAN
10/14/1954 Named the #8 prospect in the BAN
03/26/1955 Detrimentally completed training to generate gap power at the Kinboshi Kites development complex.
05/01/1955 Named the #12 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1955 Named the #10 prospect in the BAN
03/26/1956 Outstandingly completed training to improve his plate discipline at the Kinboshi Kites development complex.
05/01/1956 Named the #14 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1956 Named the #27 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1957 Named the #16 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1957 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Kinboshi Kites development complex.
10/11/1957 Wins the 1957 BAN Championship Series with the Kinboshi Kites.
01/21/1958 Detrimentally completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Kinboshi Kites development complex.
02/15/1959 Detrimentally completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Kinboshi Kites development complex.
06/06/1959 Goes 5-5 against the Kobe Bulls, with 2 HR, 2 RBI and 4 R.
06/29/1959 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
07/31/1959 Was selected to the 1959 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
08/11/1959 Injured (torn calf muscle),out for 3 months.
10/05/1959 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, requires surgery and will miss another 4-5 months.
10/14/1959 Wins the 1959 BAN Championship Series with the Kinboshi Kites.
05/01/1960 Outstandingly completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Kinboshi Kites development complex.
07/21/1960 Hits for the CYCLE, going 4-5 against the Kobe Bulls, with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored.
07/31/1960 Was selected to the 1960 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
07/31/1961 Was selected to the 1961 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
10/11/1961 Wins the 1961 BAN Championship Series with the Kinboshi Kites.
07/09/1962 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
07/30/1962 Injured (adductor strain),day-to-day for 3 days.
10/11/1962 Wins the 1962 BAN Championship Series MVP Award.
10/12/1962 Wins the 1962 BAN Championship Series with the Kinboshi Kites.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 3; Eye: 3.
07/31/1963 Was selected to the 1963 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
08/10/1963 Goes 0-3 against the Kobe Bulls, ending his hitting streak at 21 games.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1961 134 4
1962 135 6
Year PA Rank
1961 594 8
1962 575 10
Year AB Rank
1962 513 10
Year H Rank
1962 148 8
Year K Rank
1962 76 8
Year TB Rank
1962 233 10
Year HR Rank
1962 20 8
Year SB Rank
1961 14 9
Year RBI Rank
1960 77 8
1962 90 4
Year R Rank
1961 94 7
Year BB Rank
1961 75 8
Year SF Rank
1960 5 7
Year OBP Rank
1961 .387 7
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