C Kannon Yamamoto #5
Age: 35 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
10/21/1963
C KANNON YAMAMOTO #5 - AGE: 35 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
106 310 51 3 1 3 17 41 90 .165 .263 .210 0 0.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 2 2 2
Gap 1 1 1
Power 2 2 2
Eye 4 4 4
Avoid K's 1 1 1
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 1 1
Errors: - 1 2
Arm: 3 3 3
Turn DP: - 1 -
Framing: 5 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 4 Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 1
Stealing Aggressiveness: 3
Stealing Ability: 2
Baserunning Inst.: 2
Sacrifice Bunt: 3
Bunt for Hit: 2
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/01/1963 @ YOK Win, 5-2 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 0
09/30/1963 @ YOK Loss, 3-10 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/29/1963 @ YOK Loss, 4-4 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
10/02/1963 DNK Win, 8-4 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
09/27/1963 DNK Win, 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/24/1963 @ SAP Loss, 2-7 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/23/1963 @ SAP Loss, 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/21/1963 KYO Win, 7-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/20/1963 KYO Loss, 1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/19/1963 KYO Win, 4-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:03/26/1928
Born in:Kobayashi, MIY
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 10"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$18,180
Signed Through:1964 Season
Major Service:12 Years, 146 Days
Service This Yr:155 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:13 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1950, 8th Pick in Round 3
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 106 310 51 3 1 3 17 25 41 90 .165 .263 .210 .473 .227 .045 45
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 100 353 1 1 0 4 9 1 65 7 0 0 0.0 19.9 1.97 .1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   80 9 1 0 1 3 5 11 27 0 1 0 .113 .220 .163 .382
Versus Right   230 42 2 1 2 14 20 30 63 1 8 1 .183 .279 .226 .505
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   45 7 0 0 0 1 2 5 10 0 4 0 .156 .240 .156 .396
June   48 6 0 0 0 3 3 11 11 0 0 0 .125 .288 .125 .413
July   72 11 1 0 2 6 7 11 21 0 2 0 .153 .265 .250 .515
August   70 9 0 0 0 4 6 8 23 1 2 0 .129 .215 .129 .344
September   66 12 2 1 0 1 6 6 23 0 1 1 .182 .260 .242 .503
October   9 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
Last Year   85 23 1 0 2 9 9 15 19 1 4 1 .271 .382 .353 .735
2 Years Ago   234 53 2 0 7 34 31 52 53 5 4 1 .226 .363 .325 .688
Career   3062 633 42 1 48 297 332 540 746 28 57 8 .207 .325 .268 .593
Home   161 25 2 0 0 8 11 18 45 1 6 1 .155 .243 .168 .411
Road   149 26 1 1 3 9 14 23 45 0 3 0 .174 .285 .255 .540
Grass   310 51 3 1 3 17 25 41 90 1 9 1 .165 .263 .210 .473
Day   150 24 1 0 1 9 12 21 38 1 5 0 .160 .262 .187 .448
Night   160 27 2 1 2 8 13 20 52 0 4 1 .169 .265 .231 .496
As Starter   308 51 3 1 3 16 25 41 89 0 9 1 .166 .266 .211 .477
As Reliever / Substitution   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   70 13 1 0 1 6 8 8 27 1 2 0 .186 .266 .243 .509
Inning 1-3   98 13 0 0 2 6 4 9 25 0 3 1 .133 .213 .194 .407
Inning 4-6   114 22 1 1 0 4 12 18 26 0 4 0 .193 .303 .219 .522
Inning 7-9   98 16 2 0 1 7 9 14 39 1 2 0 .163 .265 .214 .480
0 Outs   98 20 2 0 1 2 12 8 28 0 8 1 .204 .271 .255 .526
1 Outs   98 12 1 0 1 5 8 15 26 1 1 0 .122 .237 .163 .400
2 Outs   114 19 0 1 1 10 5 18 36 0 0 0 .167 .280 .211 .491
Scoring Position   61 10 0 0 0 13 6 20 15 1 9 0 .164 .366 .164 .530
Bases Empty   194 29 3 1 2 2 14 15 58 0 0 1 .149 .214 .206 .420
Runner on 1st   55 12 0 0 1 2 5 6 17 0 0 0 .218 .295 .273 .568
Runner on 2nd   13 2 0 0 0 2 4 6 3 0 5 0 .154 .421 .154 .575
Runner on 3rd   12 3 0 0 0 4 1 4 2 0 0 0 .250 .438 .250 .688
Runner on 1st & 2nd   18 4 0 0 0 3 1 5 5 0 2 0 .222 .391 .222 .614
Runner on 1st & 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   7 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 .143 .400 .143 .543
Bases Loaded   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   158 18 2 1 1 7 12 14 90 1 0 1 .114 .190 .158 .348
First Pitch   38 9 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 6 0 .237 .256 .237 .493
Count 0-1   19 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .211 .263 .474
Count 0-2   36 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 21 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Count 1-0   32 9 0 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 .281 .281 .469 .750
Count 1-1   26 7 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .269 .269 .538
Count 1-2   43 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 28 0 0 0 .070 .070 .116 .186
Count 2-0   10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
Count 2-1   19 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .105 .105 .105 .211
Count 2-2   55 8 1 0 0 2 5 0 34 1 0 1 .145 .158 .164 .322
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 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 0 0 0 .125 .720 .125 .845
Full Count   24 4 1 0 1 2 5 14 7 0 0 0 .167 .474 .333 .807
Behind in Count   98 10 1 1 0 3 4 0 49 0 0 0 .102 .102 .133 .235
Ahead in Count   69 13 0 0 2 5 8 26 0 0 3 0 .188 .411 .275 .686
Batting 5th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Batting 6th   71 9 0 0 0 2 5 11 16 0 5 0 .127 .244 .127 .371
Batting 7th   127 18 0 1 1 7 9 20 39 0 3 0 .142 .259 .181 .440
Batting 8th   107 24 3 0 2 8 11 9 31 1 1 1 .224 .288 .308 .597
Batting 9th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   142 18 1 1 1 4 4 15 44 0 0 0 .127 .210 .169 .379
Medium Leverage   122 25 1 0 2 8 14 16 35 0 4 1 .205 .302 .262 .564
High Leverage   44 7 1 0 0 5 7 10 11 1 5 0 .159 .309 .182 .491
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
1954 Osaka - BAN 26 122 360 82 5 0 1 32 40 59 0 4 68 0 1 .228 .333 .250 .583 68 75 0.9
1955 Fukuoka - BAN 27 119 382 94 9 0 6 47 49 81 0 4 85 1 3 .246 .375 .317 .691 87 97 2.3
1956 Sapporo - BAN 28 115 355 72 6 0 4 25 41 71 0 3 94 0 0 .203 .333 .254 .587 66 64 0.4
1957 Sapporo - BAN 29 117 351 61 2 0 4 25 33 40 2 0 92 0 0 .174 .262 .214 .476 37 32 -0.8
1958 Sapporo - BAN 30 115 353 70 8 0 8 39 38 57 0 4 89 0 0 .198 .307 .289 .596 69 64 0.5
1959 Sapporo - BAN 31 117 347 74 3 0 4 38 36 61 2 4 81 0 1 .213 .331 .256 .587 73 69 0.7
1960 Sapporo - BAN 32 102 285 53 3 0 9 31 30 63 1 2 75 0 0 .186 .333 .291 .625 81 76 0.7
1961 Sapporo - BAN 33 80 234 53 2 0 7 34 31 52 1 5 53 0 1 .226 .363 .325 .688 93 97 1.0
1962 Sapporo - BAN 34 38 85 23 1 0 2 9 9 15 1 1 19 1 0 .271 .382 .353 .735 114 120 0.9
1963 Rakisuta - BAN 35 106 310 51 3 1 3 17 25 41 1 1 90 0 0 .165 .263 .210 .473 37 45 0.1
Total BAN 1031 3062 633 42 1 48 297 332 540 8 28 746 2 6 .207 .325 .268 .593 69 70 6.8
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 - 22 53 231 63 7 1 2 39 52 34 0 1 39 12 4 .273 .365 .338 .702 100 100 0.2
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1954 Osaka - INT C 114 114 467 52 6 521 2 .996 975.1 4.79 +2.6 1.252 3 56 23 41.1
1954 Osaka - INT LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1954 Osaka - INT CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1955 Fukuoka - INT C 117 114 527 44 9 572 1 .998 966.0 5.32 +2.1 1.077 10 26 8 30.8
1956 Sapporo - INT C 109 109 598 55 8 655 2 .997 944.2 6.22 +0.3 1.049 7 51 18 35.3
1957 Sapporo - INT C 110 110 599 73 6 675 3 .996 933.1 6.48 +1.5 1.016 6 74 29 39.2
1958 Sapporo - INT C 113 113 667 71 6 743 5 .993 972.0 6.83 +3.4 1.066 5 56 24 42.9
1959 Sapporo - INT C 112 112 651 76 8 728 1 .999 967.0 6.77 +1.7 1.071 9 63 23 36.5
1960 Sapporo - INT C 102 97 589 57 7 653 7 .989 834.2 6.97 -0.9 1.069 5 78 20 25.6
1961 Sapporo - INT C 79 78 435 41 5 478 2 .996 666.1 6.43 +2.0 1.261 6 44 15 34.1
1962 Sapporo - INT C 31 25 183 16 2 200 1 .995 228.0 7.86 +0.2 1.314 4 17 4 23.5
1963 Rakisuta - INT C 104 100 645 56 3 704 3 .996 856.1 7.37 +4.1 1.029 5 35 17 48.6
TOTAL C 991 972 5361 541 60 5929 27 .995 8343.2 6.37 +17.2 1.087 60 500 181 36.2
TOTAL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1950 Drafted in the 1950 first-year player draft by the Osaka Sailors. (Round 3, Pick 8, 32nd overall pick).
05/01/1951 Named the #30 prospect in the BAN
07/31/1954 Was selected to the 1954 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
12/13/1954 Released by the Osaka Sailors.
01/07/1955 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $19,400 with the Fukuoka Falcons organization.
04/19/1955 Injured (bruised thigh),day-to-day for 3 days.
07/31/1955 Was selected to the 1955 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
11/21/1955 Released by the Fukuoka Falcons.
05/10/1956 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $23,000 with the Sapporo Bears organization.
05/01/1957 Unsuccessfully completed training to learn a new position at the Sapporo Bears development complex.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 4.
04/01/1963 Released by the Sapporo Bears.
04/06/1963 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $28,200 with the Rakisuta Rams organization.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1954 114 10
1955 114 10
Year PA Rank
1955 467 9
Year K Rank
1954 68 2
1955 85 2
1956 94 2
1957 92 3
1958 89 5
Year SB Rank
1955 1 6
Year BB Rank
1954 59 6
1955 81 2
1956 71 9
Year IBB Rank
1954 2 5
1955 1 10
1956 8 2
1957 6 7
1958 9 4
1959 10 5
1960 10 2
Year SH Rank
1954 9 5
1963 9 10
Year SF Rank
1954 4 6
1955 4 9
1958 4 5
1959 4 9
1961 5 9
Year AVG Rank
1955 .246 10
Year OBP Rank
1955 .375 2
Year RC/27 Rank
1955 4.67 7
Year wOBA Rank
1955 .332 7
Year OPS Rank
1955 .691 8
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