3B Kohsuke Takayama #1
Age: 33 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
10/21/1963
3B KOHSUKE TAKAYAMA #1 - AGE: 33 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
104 329 76 10 1 5 35 11 56 .231 .252 .313 3 -0.3
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 3 3 3
Gap 2 2 2
Power 1 1 1
Eye 2 2 2
Avoid K's 3 3 3
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 2 3
Errors: - 4 4
Arm: 1 4 4
Turn DP: - 4 -
Framing: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 1
Catcher: - Left Field: 2
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 1 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 3
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 2
Stealing Aggressiveness: 5
Stealing Ability: 4
Baserunning Inst.: 5
Sacrifice Bunt: 3
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/02/1963 @ YOK Loss, 2-5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/26/1963 @ YOK Win, 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/24/1963 RAK Win, 7-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/23/1963 RAK Win, 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/22/1963 RAK Win, 7-4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/21/1963 HSH Loss, 4-7 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
09/20/1963 HSH Win, 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/16/1963 @ DNK Loss, 1-6 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
09/15/1963 @ KYO Loss, 1-12 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
09/14/1963 @ KYO Win, 7-2 4 3 3 1 1 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:06/07/1930
Born in:Toyama, TOY
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 11"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$15,000
Signed Through:1964 Season
Major Service:12 Years, 143 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, 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 104 329 76 10 1 5 35 23 11 56 .231 .252 .313 .565 .250 .082 60
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 96 345 0 1 0 3 12 5 103 16 3 2 60.0 26.6 2.62 -0.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   107 25 3 1 2 8 9 4 20 0 5 0 .234 .261 .336 .598
Versus Right   222 51 7 0 3 27 14 7 36 5 7 0 .230 .248 .302 .550
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   77 20 1 0 1 6 4 3 15 0 2 0 .260 .287 .312 .599
June   75 15 2 1 0 7 7 1 14 1 5 0 .200 .208 .253 .461
July   71 13 1 0 2 7 6 4 10 0 4 0 .183 .227 .282 .508
August   67 15 4 0 1 9 3 2 11 1 0 0 .224 .243 .328 .571
September   35 11 1 0 1 6 3 1 6 3 1 0 .314 .308 .429 .736
October   4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Last Year   480 110 18 2 3 39 53 23 89 5 20 1 .229 .263 .294 .557
2 Years Ago   414 102 18 1 2 43 46 22 59 4 23 2 .246 .285 .309 .594
Career   3357 846 136 23 24 343 350 172 472 25 126 10 .252 .288 .328 .616
Home   173 38 3 1 1 15 8 9 29 3 5 0 .220 .254 .266 .520
Road   156 38 7 0 4 20 15 2 27 2 7 0 .244 .250 .365 .615
Grass   329 76 10 1 5 35 23 11 56 5 12 0 .231 .252 .313 .565
Day   166 35 8 0 3 16 11 4 31 4 8 0 .211 .224 .313 .537
Night   163 41 2 1 2 19 12 7 25 1 4 0 .252 .281 .313 .594
As Starter   329 76 10 1 5 35 23 11 56 5 12 0 .231 .252 .313 .565
As Reliever / Substitution   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   73 14 1 0 0 1 6 1 12 0 1 0 .192 .203 .205 .408
Inning 1-3   107 33 5 1 1 18 6 3 21 1 6 0 .308 .324 .402 .726
Inning 4-6   122 27 4 0 4 15 11 5 18 4 5 0 .221 .244 .352 .597
Inning 7-9   100 16 1 0 0 2 6 3 17 0 1 0 .160 .184 .170 .354
0 Outs   101 25 5 0 2 8 9 1 19 3 7 0 .248 .248 .356 .604
1 Outs   106 24 3 0 1 12 10 3 17 2 5 0 .226 .243 .283 .526
2 Outs   122 27 2 1 2 15 4 7 20 0 0 0 .221 .264 .303 .567
Scoring Position   88 21 3 0 1 30 5 5 12 5 12 0 .239 .265 .307 .572
Bases Empty   189 39 5 0 4 4 13 5 39 0 0 0 .206 .227 .296 .523
Runner on 1st   52 16 2 1 0 1 5 1 5 0 0 0 .308 .321 .385 .705
Runner on 2nd   30 10 1 0 1 7 2 3 5 0 11 0 .333 .394 .467 .861
Runner on 3rd   9 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 2 0 0 .222 .182 .222 .404
Runner on 1st & 2nd   24 4 1 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 1 0 .167 .167 .208 .375
Runner on 1st & 3rd   7 2 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 3 0 0 .286 .273 .286 .558
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   6 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
Bases Loaded   12 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .237
Two Strikes   130 17 2 1 1 7 6 5 56 1 0 0 .131 .162 .185 .346
First Pitch   65 18 3 0 1 11 5 1 0 1 4 0 .277 .284 .369 .653
Count 0-1   28 5 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 .179 .179 .250 .429
Count 0-2   31 5 0 0 1 3 1 0 10 0 0 0 .161 .161 .258 .419
Count 1-0   30 11 1 0 1 5 3 0 0 1 5 0 .367 .355 .500 .855
Count 1-1   30 10 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 1-2   35 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 0 0 0 .086 .086 .086 .171
Count 2-0   16 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .312 .312 .500 .812
Count 2-1   19 6 1 0 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 .316 .286 .526 .812
Count 2-2   44 8 2 1 0 2 1 0 21 0 0 0 .182 .182 .273 .455
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   11 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .364 .462 .455 .916
Full Count   20 1 0 0 0 2 2 5 9 1 0 0 .050 .231 .050 .281
Behind in Count   94 13 2 0 1 5 5 0 26 0 2 0 .138 .138 .191 .330
Ahead in Count   76 26 3 0 3 12 7 5 0 3 5 0 .342 .369 .500 .869
Batting Leadoff   18 9 0 1 0 4 2 3 0 1 0 0 .500 .545 .611 1.157
Batting 2nd   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 6th   233 49 6 0 3 20 17 5 44 1 11 0 .210 .226 .275 .501
Batting 7th   33 9 2 0 1 5 3 1 6 1 1 0 .273 .286 .424 .710
Batting 8th   41 9 2 0 1 6 1 2 5 2 0 0 .220 .244 .341 .586
Low Leverage   144 32 3 1 3 6 10 5 24 0 0 0 .222 .248 .319 .568
Medium Leverage   135 38 5 0 2 21 10 5 21 3 9 0 .281 .301 .363 .664
High Leverage   50 6 2 0 0 8 3 0 11 2 3 0 .120 .115 .160 .275
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
1955 Kyoto - BAN 24 42 42 8 0 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 5 0 0 .190 .244 .190 .435 28 22 0.0
1956 Kyoto - BAN 25 33 46 7 1 0 1 7 9 3 0 0 7 0 0 .152 .204 .239 .443 23 9 -0.3
1956 Sapporo - BAN 25 60 197 50 4 3 2 22 19 7 1 2 35 0 2 .254 .280 .335 .615 71 61 -0.1
1956 Total - BAN 25 93 243 57 5 3 3 29 28 10 1 2 42 0 2 .235 .266 .317 .582 62 51 -0.3
1957 Sapporo - BAN 26 140 431 108 15 3 0 42 34 19 1 4 46 8 5 .251 .281 .299 .581 65 57 -0.0
1958 Sapporo - BAN 27 138 461 127 23 3 3 49 46 18 3 1 54 4 5 .275 .306 .358 .664 87 85 1.1
1959 Sapporo - BAN 28 137 473 130 32 3 5 59 51 36 0 3 60 4 2 .275 .324 .387 .711 106 103 2.9
1960 Sapporo - BAN 29 138 484 128 15 7 3 45 64 30 2 1 61 12 4 .264 .309 .343 .652 87 81 1.4
1961 Sapporo - BAN 30 121 414 102 18 1 2 43 46 22 2 4 59 3 4 .246 .285 .309 .594 66 61 -0.5
1962 Sapporo - BAN 31 137 480 110 18 2 3 39 53 23 1 5 89 7 11 .229 .263 .294 .557 61 57 -1.1
1963 Sapporo - BAN 32 104 329 76 10 1 5 35 23 11 0 5 56 3 2 .231 .252 .313 .565 58 60 -0.3
Total BAN 1050 3357 846 136 23 24 343 350 172 10 25 472 41 35 .252 .288 .328 .616 75 71 3.1
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 - 19 54 251 82 10 1 4 53 53 17 2 2 9 26 8 .327 .371 .422 .794 100 100 0.8
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1955 Kyoto - INT 2B 8 1 4 10 0 14 0 1.000 22.1 5.64 +0.2 1.011
1955 Kyoto - INT 3B 22 7 13 20 1 33 0 1.000 84.2 3.51 +1.8 1.060
1955 Kyoto - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1955 Kyoto - INT LF 12 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 19.1 1.40 +0.4 .981
1956 Sapporo - INT 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1956 Kyoto - INT 2B 5 0 1 4 1 5 0 1.000 6.2 6.75 -0.5 .819
1956 Kyoto - INT 3B 17 8 10 18 3 31 3 .903 75.1 3.35 +0.1 .974
1956 Sapporo - INT 3B 59 55 42 112 5 162 8 .951 468.1 2.96 +2.1 1.041
1956 Kyoto - INT SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1956 Sapporo - INT SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1956 Kyoto - INT LF 6 1 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 20.2 2.18 +0.8 1.221
1956 Kyoto - INT RF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Sapporo - INT 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Sapporo - INT 3B 140 132 95 215 12 331 21 .937 1070.1 2.61 +2.8 1.028
1958 Sapporo - INT 2B 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 2.2 6.75 -0.5 .507
1958 Sapporo - INT 3B 133 130 100 243 16 360 17 .953 1058.1 2.92 +2.3 1.018
1958 Sapporo - INT SS 3 3 1 7 1 10 2 .800 20.0 3.60 -0.8 .824
1959 Sapporo - INT 3B 128 124 82 278 16 371 11 .970 1056.1 3.07 +9.9 1.051
1959 Sapporo - INT SS 9 8 21 17 4 42 4 .905 72.1 4.73 -2.4 .797
1960 Sapporo - INT 3B 136 136 91 278 18 389 20 .949 1144.2 2.90 +3.7 1.033
1961 Sapporo - INT 3B 119 118 87 214 18 325 24 .926 973.2 2.78 -1.5 .993
1961 Sapporo - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1962 Sapporo - INT 3B 134 132 86 273 20 381 22 .942 1088.1 2.97 -1.6 .981
1962 Sapporo - INT LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1963 Sapporo - INT 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.2 .000
1963 Sapporo - INT 3B 103 96 66 167 15 244 11 .955 824.0 2.54 +0.4 .996
1963 Sapporo - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 2B 15 1 6 15 1 21 0 1.000 32.2 5.79 -0.9 .897
TOTAL 3B 991 938 672 1818 124 2627 137 .948 7844.0 2.86 +20.1 1.017
TOTAL SS 15 11 22 24 5 52 6 .885 97.1 4.25 -3.3 .805
TOTAL LF 19 1 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 42.0 1.71 +1.2 1.118
TOTAL RF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1950 Drafted in the 1950 first-year player draft by the Vesutan Bees. (Round 1, Pick 10, 10th overall pick).
04/01/1951 Detrimentally completed training to improve his running mechanics at the Vesutan Bees development complex.
05/01/1951 Named the #15 prospect in the BAN
06/17/1952 Released by the Vesutan Bees.
06/23/1952 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Vesutan Bees organization.
06/24/1952 Released by the Vesutan Bees.
06/25/1952 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Kinboshi Kites organization.
06/25/1952 Released by the Kinboshi Kites.
06/28/1952 Signed a minor league contract with majors option with the Kyoto Owls organization.
04/29/1954 Outstandingly completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Kyoto Owls development complex.
04/21/1955 Injured (neck stiffness),day-to-day for 4 days.
04/29/1955 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Kyoto Owls development complex.
10/09/1955 Wins the 1955 BAN Championship Series with the Kyoto Owls.
07/26/1956 Was traded by the Kyoto Owls to the Sapporo Bears, along with RF Ukyo Ota, in exchange for RP Kyouichi Mizutani and 2B Ryuu Nakagawa.
07/25/1961 Injured (calf strain),out for 3-4 weeks.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 2; Eye: 2.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1957 132 9
1958 133 10
1960 136 5
1962 132 10
Year K Rank
1962 89 7
Year 2B Rank
1959 32 3
Year 3B Rank
1960 7 7
Year SB Rank
1960 12 8
Year IBB Rank
1957 5 9
Year SH Rank
1959 18 4
1960 30 2
1961 23 2
1962 20 2
1963 12 5
Year SF Rank
1962 5 8
1963 5 3
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