2B Niito Katagiri #2
Fukuoka Falcons BAN
Age: 31 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
10/04/1962
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
2B NIITO KATAGIRI #2 - AGE: 31 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
135 425 103 20 3 5 51 50 38 .242 .322 .339 0 0.4
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 3 3 3
Gap 3 3 3
Power 1 1 1
Eye 3 3 3
Avoid K's 4 4 4
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 3 1
Errors: - 4 3
Arm: 1 3 2
Turn DP: - 5 -
Framing: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 2
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 4 Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 1
Stealing Aggressiveness: 5
Stealing Ability: 3
Baserunning Inst.: 1
Sacrifice Bunt: 5
Bunt for Hit: 3
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/01/1962 @ OSA Win, 6-3 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
10/01/1962 @ OSA Loss, 2-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/29/1962 @ OSA Loss, 3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/28/1962 @ KIN Loss, 3-6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/27/1962 @ KIN Loss, 4-9 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
09/26/1962 KIN Loss, 2-3 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
09/25/1962 @ NAG Win, 10-1 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
09/24/1962 VES Win, 2-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/23/1962 VES Win, 2-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
09/22/1962 VES Loss, 1-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:04/05/1931
Born in:Goshogawara, AOM
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 9"
Weight:180 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$3,316
Signed Through:1962 Season
Major Service:13 Years, None
Service This Yr:154 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:1949, 6th Pick in Round 3
JAPANESE BASEBALL ASSOCIATION 1949 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 76 269 82 5 9 0 44 38 13 35 .305 .340 .390 .731 .342 .086 86
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 76 288 3 1 0 10 14 3 105 14 3 7 30.0 32.0 3.91 -1.8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   64 17 1 2 0 17 7 2 11 1 2 0 .266 .284 .344 .627
Versus Right   205 65 4 7 0 27 31 11 24 2 12 3 .317 .357 .405 .762
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Career   269 82 5 9 0 44 38 13 35 3 14 3 .305 .340 .390 .731
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON 1962 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 135 425 103 20 3 5 51 44 50 38 .242 .322 .339 .660 .300 .096 88
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 131 482 2 4 0 13 6 5 144 28 0 0 0.0 47.2 3.68 .4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   117 24 3 2 1 17 8 12 5 1 1 0 .205 .277 .291 .568
Versus Right   308 79 17 1 4 34 36 38 33 4 5 2 .256 .338 .357 .695
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   7 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Last Week   18 5 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 .278 .350 .333 .683
May   82 17 4 2 1 10 8 13 3 1 0 0 .207 .312 .341 .654
June   77 21 6 0 0 8 12 6 7 2 2 0 .273 .318 .351 .668
July   92 25 5 1 2 18 9 11 10 1 1 1 .272 .352 .413 .765
August   85 22 3 0 2 9 11 13 6 1 1 0 .259 .354 .365 .718
September   82 16 2 0 0 5 3 7 12 0 2 1 .195 .267 .220 .486
October   7 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Last Year   418 95 16 1 6 37 45 54 45 4 14 4 .227 .319 .313 .632
2 Years Ago   419 97 24 1 2 43 31 43 38 5 5 1 .232 .301 .308 .609
Career   3448 869 171 15 38 339 394 358 230 27 121 19 .252 .323 .343 .667
Home   199 46 10 1 3 29 25 31 21 1 4 1 .231 .336 .337 .673
Road   226 57 10 2 2 22 19 19 17 4 2 1 .252 .308 .341 .649
Grass   425 103 20 3 5 51 44 50 38 5 6 2 .242 .322 .339 .660
Day   187 46 11 1 3 23 18 23 21 1 2 1 .246 .330 .364 .694
Night   238 57 9 2 2 28 26 27 17 4 4 1 .239 .315 .319 .634
As Starter   421 103 20 3 5 51 44 50 38 5 6 2 .245 .324 .342 .666
As Reliever / Substitution   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   96 18 4 1 2 5 10 5 10 0 6 0 .188 .228 .312 .540
Inning 1-3   124 31 8 1 0 18 11 12 10 1 0 1 .250 .319 .331 .649
Inning 4-6   159 42 8 1 3 25 19 30 13 4 0 1 .264 .376 .384 .760
Inning 7-9   142 30 4 1 2 8 14 8 15 0 6 0 .211 .253 .296 .549
0 Outs   140 37 9 0 4 12 23 13 11 1 4 0 .264 .325 .414 .739
1 Outs   140 32 6 1 0 19 13 12 13 4 2 1 .229 .287 .286 .572
2 Outs   145 34 5 2 1 20 8 25 14 0 0 1 .234 .351 .317 .668
Scoring Position   117 30 7 2 1 45 9 18 12 5 6 1 .256 .348 .376 .724
Bases Empty   225 53 10 0 4 4 22 22 17 0 0 0 .236 .304 .333 .637
Runner on 1st   83 20 3 1 0 2 13 10 9 0 0 1 .241 .330 .301 .631
Runner on 2nd   31 5 1 1 0 4 1 8 2 0 5 0 .161 .333 .258 .591
Runner on 3rd   7 3 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .429 .556 .429 .984
Runner on 1st & 2nd   40 12 3 1 0 12 3 3 4 0 0 0 .300 .349 .425 .774
Runner on 1st & 3rd   12 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 .250 .333 .250 .583
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   15 6 2 0 1 13 4 3 2 0 1 0 .400 .500 .733 1.233
Bases Loaded   12 1 1 0 0 8 0 0 2 4 0 1 .083 .118 .167 .284
Two Strikes   153 26 4 0 1 15 7 19 38 1 0 2 .170 .269 .216 .484
First Pitch   84 23 5 0 1 11 12 4 0 1 4 0 .274 .303 .369 .672
Count 0-1   49 13 3 2 0 5 8 0 0 1 1 0 .265 .260 .408 .668
Count 0-2   29 6 1 0 0 3 1 0 10 0 0 1 .207 .233 .241 .475
Count 1-0   48 14 2 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 .292 .292 .438 .729
Count 1-1   36 16 4 0 1 9 5 0 0 2 0 0 .444 .421 .639 1.060
Count 1-2   53 9 3 0 1 9 2 0 15 1 0 0 .170 .167 .283 .450
Count 2-0   16 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 .188 .188 .375
Count 2-1   27 7 2 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .259 .444 .704
Count 2-2   35 7 0 0 0 2 3 0 7 0 0 1 .200 .222 .200 .422
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   12 1 0 0 0 1 2 16 0 0 0 0 .083 .607 .083 .690
Full Count   36 4 0 0 0 1 1 19 6 0 0 0 .111 .418 .111 .529
Behind in Count   131 28 7 2 1 17 11 0 25 2 1 1 .214 .216 .321 .537
Ahead in Count   103 25 4 1 2 11 12 27 0 0 1 0 .243 .400 .359 .759
Batting 2nd   9 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Batting 5th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 6th   11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .182 .273
Batting 7th   50 7 1 0 0 5 3 7 4 2 1 0 .140 .237 .160 .397
Batting 8th   348 93 18 3 5 46 40 43 31 3 5 2 .267 .348 .379 .728
Batting 9th   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   173 39 7 1 1 10 15 16 13 0 1 0 .225 .291 .295 .586
Medium Leverage   167 48 11 0 4 24 26 29 14 0 0 2 .287 .399 .425 .824
High Leverage   79 14 2 2 0 17 3 5 11 5 5 0 .177 .213 .253 .467
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
1949 Tokyo Rakisuta - JBA 18 76 269 82 5 9 0 44 38 13 3 3 35 3 7 .305 .340 .390 .731 85 86 -1.8
1950 Fukuoka - BAN 19 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 45 36 -0.0
1955 Fukuoka - BAN 24 106 405 125 24 4 7 50 73 38 4 5 13 2 1 .309 .369 .440 .809 116 116 3.0
1956 Fukuoka - BAN 25 138 530 130 27 1 6 32 65 39 1 0 21 0 1 .245 .298 .334 .632 73 76 0.0
1957 Fukuoka - BAN 26 119 425 114 23 1 3 41 42 36 1 4 19 0 2 .268 .324 .348 .672 88 91 0.1
1958 Fukuoka - BAN 27 127 415 110 19 3 4 42 53 55 4 3 28 2 3 .265 .354 .354 .709 102 108 1.2
1959 Fukuoka - BAN 28 123 407 94 18 1 5 43 41 43 2 1 27 0 1 .231 .307 .317 .624 80 81 0.2
1960 Fukuoka - BAN 29 139 419 97 24 1 2 43 31 43 1 5 38 1 1 .232 .301 .308 .609 72 75 -1.0
1961 Fukuoka - BAN 30 133 418 95 16 1 6 37 45 54 4 4 45 0 2 .227 .319 .313 .632 73 73 0.0
1962 Fukuoka - BAN 31 135 425 103 20 3 5 51 44 50 2 5 38 0 0 .242 .322 .339 .660 85 88 0.4
Total JBA 76 269 82 5 9 0 44 38 13 3 3 35 3 7 .305 .340 .390 .731 85 86 -1.8
Total BAN 1032 3448 869 171 15 38 339 394 358 19 27 230 5 11 .252 .323 .343 .667 86 88 4.0
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
1949 Total - 18 21 93 39 13 4 0 22 31 10 2 1 6 20 7 .419 .481 .645 1.126 100 100 1.5
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1949 Tokyo Rakisuta - INT SS 76 76 134 196 32 356 26 .927 673.1 4.41 -21.3 .850
1950 Fukuoka - INT 2B 5 0 3 4 0 7 0 1.000 9.0 7.00 -0.3 .998
1950 Fukuoka - INT SS 6 0 1 3 1 4 0 1.000 7.0 5.14 +0.3 1.034
1955 Fukuoka - INT 2B 106 105 251 292 83 561 18 .968 880.0 5.55 +5.3 1.055
1955 Fukuoka - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1956 Fukuoka - INT 2B 135 133 357 397 103 783 29 .963 1132.2 5.99 -3.3 .976
1956 Fukuoka - INT SS 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 5.0 5.40 +0.0 1.073
1957 Fukuoka - INT 2B 116 116 265 364 92 643 14 .978 966.2 5.86 -7.2 .975
1957 Fukuoka - INT SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.2 0.00 -0.7 .000
1958 Fukuoka - INT 2B 116 115 251 335 99 607 21 .965 960.0 5.49 -8.6 .951
1958 Fukuoka - INT SS 10 6 12 14 3 26 0 1.000 56.0 4.18 +0.0 1.004
1959 Fukuoka - INT 2B 122 121 268 413 92 700 19 .973 1024.2 5.98 -7.1 .956
1959 Fukuoka - INT SS 4 0 3 4 0 7 0 1.000 6.2 9.45 +0.4 1.063
1960 Fukuoka - INT 2B 136 136 291 406 89 723 26 .964 1109.2 5.65 -8.2 .957
1960 Fukuoka - INT SS 3 0 1 3 2 4 0 1.000 4.0 9.00 +0.1 1.054
1961 Fukuoka - INT 2B 131 129 248 442 76 713 23 .968 1082.1 5.74 +2.6 .993
1962 Fukuoka - INT 2B 131 131 306 386 86 718 26 .964 1094.2 5.69 -5.1 .955
TOTAL 2B 998 986 2240 3039 720 5455 176 .968 8259.2 5.75 -31.9 .974
TOTAL SS 104 82 153 221 38 400 26 .935 756.2 4.45 -21.2 .867
PLAYER HISTORY
06/27/1949 Drafted in the 1949 first-year player draft by the Tokyo Rakisuta Rams. (Round 3, Pick 6, 22nd overall pick).
08/01/1949 Wins the JBA Rookie of the Month Award.
09/19/1949 Wins the 1949 Japanese Baseball Association Championship with the Tokyo Rakisuta Rams.
10/01/1949 Wins the JBA Rookie of the Month Award.
11/01/1949 Injured (bruised back),day-to-day for one week.
01/01/1950 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
07/28/1950 Was traded by the Rakisuta Rams to the Fukuoka Falcons, along with C Meguru Morioka, in exchange for C Hirofumi Kato.
04/01/1951 Outstandingly completed training to improve his two-strike approach at the Fukuoka Falcons development complex.
11/19/1952 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Fukuoka Falcons development complex.
04/29/1954 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Fukuoka Falcons development complex.
06/19/1955 Injured (hamstring tightness),day-to-day for 1 day.
07/31/1955 Was selected to the 1955 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
07/31/1955 Injured (strained posterior cruciate ligament),out for 6 weeks.
08/22/1956 Injured (knee contusion),day-to-day for one week.
09/13/1957 Injured (torn hamstring),out for 6 weeks.
05/10/1958 Goes 5-5 against the Osaka Sailors, with 1 RBI and 1 R.
09/22/1961 Injured (gout),out for 4 days.
05/01/1962 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Fukuoka Falcons development complex.
07/09/1962 Goes 5-5 against the Osaka Sailors, with 2 2B, 8 RBI and 3 R.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1956 133 9
1960 136 3
Year AB Rank
1955 405 9
1956 530 10
Year H Rank
1955 125 9
Year TB Rank
1955 178 10
Year 2B Rank
1955 24 5
1956 27 9
Year 3B Rank
1955 4 6
Year SB Rank
1955 2 3
Year R Rank
1955 73 5
Year IBB Rank
1961 8 5
1962 4 3
Year HP Rank
1949 3 7
1955 4 3
1958 4 10
Year SH Rank
1949 14 10
1955 21 1
1956 17 5
1957 29 1
1958 15 2
1959 14 3
1961 14 2
Year SF Rank
1955 5 5
1960 5 7
Year EBH Rank
1955 35 9
Year AVG Rank
1955 .309 3
Year OBP Rank
1955 .369 4
Year SLG Rank
1955 .440 5
Year RC Rank
1955 67.97 8
Year RC/27 Rank
1955 5.83 5
Year ISO Rank
1955 .131 6
Year wOBA Rank
1955 .368 5
Year OPS Rank
1955 .809 5
Year WAR Rank
1955 3.5 9
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