C Kannon Yamamoto #5
Age: 35 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
09/02/1963
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
83 238 33 1 0 2 14 35 67 .139 .248 .168 0 -0.3
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
09/01/1963 HSH Loss, 1-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
08/31/1963 HSH Win, 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/29/1963 @ YOK Loss, 1-7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/28/1963 @ YOK Win, 7-1 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
08/27/1963 @ YOK Win, 4-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
08/26/1963 DNK Win, 3-0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/24/1963 DNK Win, 8-5 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
08/23/1963 @ SAP Loss, 1-1 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
08/21/1963 @ SAP Win, 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/20/1963 KYO Win, 8-1 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 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:$28,200
Signed Through:1963 Season
Major Service:12 Years, 122 Days
Service This Yr:124 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 83 238 33 1 0 2 14 18 35 67 .139 .248 .168 .416 .208 .029 32
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 77 274 0 0 0 2 8 1 40 3 0 0 0.0 12.6 1.57 -0.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   64 7 0 0 1 3 4 8 21 0 1 0 .109 .208 .156 .365
Versus Right   174 26 1 0 1 11 14 27 46 1 7 0 .149 .262 .172 .435
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   20 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 1 0 .150 .150 .150 .300
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   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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   2990 615 40 0 47 294 325 534 723 28 56 7 .206 .325 .266 .591
Home   123 17 0 0 0 7 8 17 33 1 5 0 .138 .241 .138 .379
Road   115 16 1 0 2 7 10 18 34 0 3 0 .139 .256 .200 .456
Grass   238 33 1 0 2 14 18 35 67 1 8 0 .139 .248 .168 .416
Day   114 12 0 0 1 7 8 17 30 1 4 0 .105 .220 .132 .351
Night   124 21 1 0 1 7 10 18 37 0 4 0 .169 .275 .202 .476
As Starter   236 33 1 0 2 13 18 35 66 0 8 0 .140 .251 .169 .420
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   53 8 0 0 1 5 6 7 22 1 2 0 .151 .246 .208 .453
Inning 1-3   76 10 0 0 1 5 3 7 14 0 3 0 .132 .205 .171 .376
Inning 4-6   87 12 0 0 0 3 8 16 20 0 3 0 .138 .272 .138 .410
Inning 7-9   75 11 1 0 1 6 7 12 33 1 2 0 .147 .261 .200 .461
0 Outs   71 11 1 0 0 1 9 6 19 0 7 0 .155 .221 .169 .390
1 Outs   73 9 0 0 1 5 5 14 19 1 1 0 .123 .261 .164 .426
2 Outs   94 13 0 0 1 8 4 15 29 0 0 0 .138 .257 .170 .427
Scoring Position   49 8 0 0 0 11 5 17 10 1 8 0 .163 .373 .163 .536
Bases Empty   152 18 1 0 1 1 9 15 45 0 0 0 .118 .198 .145 .342
Runner on 1st   37 7 0 0 1 2 4 3 12 0 0 0 .189 .250 .270 .520
Runner on 2nd   11 2 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 0 4 0 .182 .438 .182 .619
Runner on 3rd   11 2 0 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 0 0 .182 .400 .182 .582
Runner on 1st & 2nd   11 3 0 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 2 0 .273 .467 .273 .739
Runner on 1st & 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   5 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 .200 .500 .200 .700
Bases Loaded   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   126 15 1 0 1 6 11 12 67 1 0 0 .119 .194 .151 .345
First Pitch   26 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 .231 .231 .231 .462
Count 0-1   14 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .214 .214 .429
Count 0-2   31 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 0 0 0 .065 .065 .065 .129
Count 1-0   21 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 .190 .190 .333 .524
Count 1-1   21 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 1-2   32 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 20 0 0 0 .062 .062 .062 .125
Count 2-0   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 2-1   16 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .062 .062 .062 .125
Count 2-2   41 7 0 0 0 2 4 0 21 1 0 0 .171 .167 .171 .337
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 .000 .682 .000 .682
Full Count   22 4 1 0 1 2 5 12 7 0 0 0 .182 .471 .364 .834
Behind in Count   77 7 0 0 0 2 3 0 39 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
Ahead in Count   51 6 0 0 1 4 4 23 0 0 3 0 .118 .392 .176 .568
Batting 5th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Batting 6th   64 9 0 0 0 2 5 11 14 0 5 0 .141 .267 .141 .407
Batting 7th   120 16 0 0 1 7 8 18 37 0 2 0 .133 .246 .158 .405
Batting 8th   49 8 1 0 1 5 5 5 12 1 1 0 .163 .236 .245 .481
Batting 9th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   115 12 1 0 1 2 4 13 33 0 0 0 .104 .195 .139 .334
Medium Leverage   87 15 0 0 1 7 8 13 26 0 3 0 .172 .280 .207 .487
High Leverage   35 5 0 0 0 5 6 9 8 1 5 0 .143 .311 .143 .454
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 83 238 33 1 0 2 14 18 35 0 1 67 0 0 .139 .248 .168 .416 22 32 -0.3
Total BAN 1008 2990 615 40 0 47 294 325 534 7 28 723 2 6 .206 .325 .266 .591 69 70 6.3
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 81 77 502 42 1 547 3 .995 662.0 7.40 +2.6 1.006 5 25 12 48.0
TOTAL C 968 949 5218 527 58 5772 27 .995 8149.1 6.34 +15.7 1.086 60 490 176 35.9
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
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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