LF Kikaku 'Big Bird' Hamasaki #2
Hosho Reliables BAN
Age: 33 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
12/31/1961
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LF KIKAKU 'BIG BIRD' HAMASAKI #2 - AGE: 33 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
136 553 154 33 7 8 56 16 64 .278 .303 .407 38 1.4
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/03/1961 KYO Win, 3-2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
10/02/1961 @ RAK Loss, 0-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10/01/1961 @ DNK Loss, 5-5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/30/1961 @ DNK Loss, 3-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/29/1961 @ DNK Loss, 2-2 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
09/27/1961 KYO Loss, 2-6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/26/1961 KYO Loss, 3-14 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1
09/23/1961 @ RAK Loss, 5-7 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 1
09/22/1961 @ RAK Win, 4-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/25/1961 YOK Loss, 8-13 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:10/31/1928
Born in:Higashiosaka, OSA
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 10"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$3,895
Signed Through:1962 Season
Major Service:11 Years, 119 Days
Service This Yr:156 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:11 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1950, 3rd Pick in Round 1
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON 1961 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 136 553 154 33 7 8 56 78 16 64 .278 .303 .407 .710 .317 .128 95
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 133 577 5 0 0 8 12 3 225 48 38 15 71.7 66.6 4.11 1.4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   187 55 14 4 2 15 28 10 19 2 3 2 .294 .333 .444 .777
Versus Right   366 99 19 3 6 41 50 6 45 1 9 3 .270 .287 .388 .675
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   106 31 3 0 2 10 10 3 5 0 1 1 .292 .318 .377 .696
June   116 33 7 1 2 14 19 4 18 1 2 1 .284 .311 .414 .725
July   123 38 12 1 2 19 19 4 15 0 2 3 .309 .346 .472 .818
August   95 29 8 5 2 7 13 0 16 1 2 0 .305 .302 .558 .860
September   101 21 3 0 0 6 15 5 6 1 4 0 .208 .243 .238 .481
October   12 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Last Year   546 137 39 9 5 37 70 19 63 2 8 13 .251 .291 .383 .674
2 Years Ago   63 16 3 2 0 2 10 3 9 0 2 0 .254 .288 .365 .653
Career   3837 1050 217 86 49 352 571 112 409 17 47 51 .274 .302 .413 .715
Home   276 77 19 2 6 28 37 10 36 0 3 3 .279 .311 .428 .739
Road   277 77 14 5 2 28 41 6 28 3 9 2 .278 .295 .386 .681
Grass   553 154 33 7 8 56 78 16 64 3 12 5 .278 .303 .407 .710
Day   285 76 18 5 4 27 40 8 32 3 7 3 .267 .291 .407 .698
Night   268 78 15 2 4 29 38 8 32 0 5 2 .291 .317 .407 .723
As Starter   550 152 33 6 8 56 77 16 63 3 12 5 .276 .301 .402 .703
As Reliever / Substitution   3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.333 2.000
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   95 28 5 1 1 15 11 4 9 1 2 1 .295 .327 .400 .727
Inning 1-3   242 69 19 3 1 19 35 7 35 1 7 1 .285 .307 .401 .708
Inning 4-6   166 41 5 1 3 12 21 3 14 1 3 2 .247 .267 .343 .611
Inning 7-9   145 44 9 3 4 25 22 6 15 1 2 2 .303 .338 .490 .827
0 Outs   259 71 19 4 3 7 49 12 33 0 10 2 .274 .311 .413 .724
1 Outs   126 35 9 1 1 18 19 2 14 3 2 0 .278 .282 .389 .671
2 Outs   168 48 5 2 4 31 10 2 17 0 0 3 .286 .306 .411 .717
Scoring Position   106 33 6 0 3 46 15 3 7 3 12 2 .311 .333 .453 .786
Bases Empty   369 102 22 7 3 3 51 13 45 0 0 3 .276 .306 .398 .705
Runner on 1st   78 19 5 0 2 7 12 0 12 0 0 0 .244 .244 .385 .628
Runner on 2nd   52 11 2 0 0 8 6 2 5 0 11 0 .212 .241 .250 .491
Runner on 3rd   7 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .250 .286 .536
Runner on 1st & 2nd   20 9 2 0 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 1 .450 .476 .700 1.176
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .167 .143 .167 .310
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   12 5 1 0 1 12 3 1 0 1 1 1 .417 .467 .750 1.217
Bases Loaded   9 5 1 0 1 11 3 0 1 0 0 0 .556 .556 1.000 1.556
Two Strikes   180 36 9 3 2 10 19 8 64 0 0 0 .200 .234 .317 .551
First Pitch   130 38 5 0 5 22 14 0 0 1 4 3 .292 .306 .446 .752
Count 0-1   66 23 8 0 1 13 10 0 0 1 0 1 .348 .353 .515 .868
Count 0-2   38 13 4 0 1 3 7 0 12 0 0 0 .342 .342 .526 .868
Count 1-0   67 18 3 2 0 5 13 0 0 0 2 0 .269 .269 .373 .642
Count 1-1   51 19 3 1 0 1 10 0 0 0 3 0 .373 .373 .471 .843
Count 1-2   61 7 1 1 0 2 3 0 29 0 0 0 .115 .115 .164 .279
Count 2-0   12 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .308 .333 .641
Count 2-1   36 16 4 1 0 5 8 0 0 1 2 0 .444 .432 .611 1.044
Count 2-2   48 9 1 1 1 4 6 0 14 0 0 0 .188 .188 .312 .500
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   11 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 1 0 .091 .333 .091 .424
Full Count   33 7 3 1 0 1 3 8 9 0 0 0 .212 .366 .364 .729
Behind in Count   165 43 13 1 2 18 20 0 41 1 0 1 .261 .263 .388 .651
Ahead in Count   126 38 8 3 0 10 25 8 0 1 5 1 .302 .346 .413 .758
Batting Leadoff   550 152 33 6 8 56 77 16 63 3 12 5 .276 .301 .402 .703
Batting 9th   3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.333 2.000
Low Leverage   208 64 9 5 4 17 23 4 25 0 1 2 .308 .327 .457 .784
Medium Leverage   290 71 21 1 2 18 46 8 35 1 7 3 .245 .272 .345 .616
High Leverage   53 18 3 1 2 21 9 4 3 2 4 0 .340 .373 .547 .920
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
1950 Nagasaki - BAN 21 105 398 110 22 7 1 23 46 17 5 1 59 16 12 .276 .314 .374 .688 98 98 1.0
1951 Nagasaki - BAN 22 137 552 169 32 24 4 66 92 19 6 3 62 47 12 .306 .334 .473 .807 121 122 4.6
1956 Nagasaki - BAN 27 138 587 171 38 19 15 66 114 11 5 2 37 22 4 .291 .309 .497 .807 116 116 5.2
1957 Nagasaki - BAN 28 135 557 149 25 9 8 46 86 12 7 3 51 25 9 .268 .290 .388 .678 87 88 0.1
1958 Nagasaki - BAN 29 139 581 144 25 9 8 56 75 15 10 3 64 37 13 .248 .278 .363 .641 80 78 0.7
1959 Nagasaki - BAN 30 17 63 16 3 2 0 2 10 3 0 0 9 3 1 .254 .288 .365 .653 87 88 0.4
1960 Hosho - BAN 31 138 546 137 39 9 5 37 70 19 13 2 63 46 13 .251 .291 .383 .674 92 94 1.7
1961 Hosho - BAN 32 136 553 154 33 7 8 56 78 16 5 3 64 38 15 .278 .303 .407 .710 90 95 1.4
Total BAN 945 3837 1050 217 86 49 352 571 112 51 17 409 234 79 .274 .302 .413 .715 98 98 15.0
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 - 21 50 230 73 13 7 1 45 59 14 7 0 11 35 3 .317 .375 .448 .822 100 100 1.0
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1950 Nagasaki - INT CF 105 105 366 7 3 376 3 .992 885.0 3.79 -5.6 .979
1951 Nagasaki - INT CF 135 135 398 16 3 422 8 .981 1136.2 3.28 +8.4 .994
1956 Nagasaki - INT LF 112 111 204 1 0 208 3 .986 931.0 1.98 +9.0 1.080
1956 Nagasaki - INT CF 38 24 67 6 0 73 0 1.000 228.0 2.88 -2.4 .965
1957 Nagasaki - INT LF 5 5 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 40.0 1.57 -0.4 .965
1957 Nagasaki - INT CF 129 128 318 16 2 340 6 .982 1065.2 2.82 -11.4 .962
1958 Nagasaki - INT LF 136 136 215 4 1 224 5 .978 1157.0 1.70 +7.2 1.031
1958 Nagasaki - INT CF 19 0 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 29.0 1.55 -0.6 .981
1959 Nagasaki - INT LF 17 16 29 2 0 31 0 1.000 131.1 2.12 +1.6 1.083
1959 Nagasaki - INT CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1960 Hosho - INT LF 133 132 216 1 0 220 3 .986 1099.0 1.78 +4.7 1.027
1960 Hosho - INT CF 16 1 10 1 0 11 0 1.000 43.1 2.28 -0.7 .921
1961 Hosho - INT LF 133 131 217 5 1 223 1 .996 1104.0 1.81 +5.5 1.037
1961 Hosho - INT CF 13 2 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 43.0 2.09 +0.0 .998
TOTAL LF 536 531 888 13 2 913 12 .987 4462.1 1.82 +27.7 1.043
TOTAL CF 456 395 1174 46 8 1237 17 .986 3432.2 3.20 -12.3 .978
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1950 Drafted in the 1950 first-year player draft by the Nagasaki Stars. (Round 1, Pick 3, 3rd overall pick).
07/31/1950 Was selected to the 1950 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
08/25/1950 Goes 5-6 against the Fukuoka Falcons, with 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI and 2 R.
09/04/1950 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
10/10/1950 Wins the 1950 BAN Championship Series with the Nagasaki Stars.
04/01/1951 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his running mechanics at the Nagasaki Stars development complex.
05/22/1951 Injured (hamstring soreness),day-to-day for 2 days.
06/01/1951 Injured (groin tightness),day-to-day for 1 day.
06/18/1951 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
07/30/1951 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
07/31/1951 Was selected to the 1951 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
10/01/1951 Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award.
10/20/1951 Finished 2nd in 1951 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
04/02/1954 Injured (foot soreness),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/17/1956 Goes 5-5 against the Kinboshi Kites, with 1 RBI and 4 R.
07/23/1956 Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award.
07/31/1956 Was selected to the 1956 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
10/11/1956 Wins the 1956 BAN Championship Series with the Nagasaki Stars.
03/24/1957 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his running mechanics at the Nagasaki Stars development complex.
05/21/1957 Injured (sore hamstring),day-to-day for one week.
09/20/1957 Injured (mild hamstring strain),day-to-day for 2 days.
10/11/1958 Wins the 1958 BAN Championship Series MVP Award.
10/12/1958 Wins the 1958 BAN Championship Series with the Nagasaki Stars.
05/07/1959 Injured (partially torn labrum),out for 6 weeks.
05/27/1959 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, requires surgery and will miss another 4 months.
03/24/1960 Was traded by the Nagasaki Stars to the Hosho Reliables in exchange for SP Kiyohiro Okazaki and RF Kiyomori Kawai.
05/16/1960 Injured (neck stiffness),day-to-day for 5 days.
06/18/1960 Injured (hip soreness),day-to-day for 4 days.
07/31/1961 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1950 105 10
1951 135 1
1956 135 3
1957 133 6
1958 136 1
Year PA Rank
1950 430 10
1951 580 4
1956 605 4
1957 579 3
1958 609 3
1960 580 6
Year AB Rank
1950 398 10
1951 552 1
1956 587 1
1957 557 1
1958 581 1
1960 546 1
1961 553 1
Year H Rank
1950 110 7
1951 169 1
1956 171 4
1957 149 7
1958 144 7
1961 154 4
Year K Rank
1950 59 3
1951 62 2
Year TB Rank
1950 149 10
1951 261 1
1956 292 3
Year 2B Rank
1950 22 5
1951 32 3
1956 38 3
1960 39 1
1961 33 3
Year 3B Rank
1950 7 2
1951 24 1
1956 19 2
1957 9 6
1958 9 5
1960 9 5
1961 7 7
Year SB Rank
1950 16 2
1951 47 1
1956 22 1
1957 25 2
1958 37 1
1960 46 1
1961 38 1
Year RBI Rank
1951 66 7
Year R Rank
1951 92 1
1956 114 1
1957 86 5
Year HP Rank
1950 5 4
1951 6 1
1956 5 4
1957 7 2
1958 10 1
1960 13 1
1961 5 4
Year SH Rank
1950 9 6
1961 12 8
Year SF Rank
1951 3 10
Year EBH Rank
1950 30 10
1951 60 1
1956 72 2
1960 53 5
1961 48 9
Year AVG Rank
1951 .306 4
1956 .291 9
Year OBP Rank
1951 .334 9
Year SLG Rank
1951 .473 5
1956 .497 9
Year RC Rank
1950 44.99 10
1951 90.10 4
1956 90.74 6
Year RC/27 Rank
1951 5.98 4
Year ISO Rank
1951 .167 5
1956 .206 8
Year wOBA Rank
1951 .358 8
Year OPS Rank
1951 .807 8
Year WAR Rank
1951 4.3 2
1956 5.3 7
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