2B Niito Katagiri #2
Age: 43 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
01/20/1975
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2B NIITO KATAGIRI #2 - AGE: 43 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
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:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:18 Years, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:18 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
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 - BAN 18 76 269 82 5 9 0 44 38 13 3 3 35 3 7 .305 .340 .390 .731 109 102 0.9
1950 Fukuoka - BAN 19 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 46 35 -0.0
1955 Fukuoka - BAN 24 106 405 125 24 4 7 50 73 38 4 5 13 2 1 .309 .369 .440 .809 117 106 2.7
1956 Fukuoka - BAN 25 138 530 130 27 1 6 32 65 39 1 0 21 0 1 .245 .298 .334 .632 74 70 -0.2
1957 Fukuoka - BAN 26 119 425 114 23 1 3 41 42 36 1 4 19 0 2 .268 .324 .348 .672 88 79 -0.3
1958 Fukuoka - BAN 27 127 415 110 19 3 4 42 53 55 4 3 28 2 3 .265 .354 .354 .709 103 100 0.9
1959 Fukuoka - BAN 28 123 407 94 18 1 5 43 41 43 2 1 27 0 1 .231 .307 .317 .624 82 74 -0.3
1960 Fukuoka - BAN 29 139 419 97 24 1 2 43 31 43 1 5 38 1 1 .232 .301 .308 .609 72 73 -0.6
1961 Fukuoka - BAN 30 133 418 95 16 1 6 37 45 54 4 4 45 0 2 .227 .319 .313 .632 73 67 -0.1
1962 Fukuoka - BAN 31 135 425 103 20 3 5 51 44 50 2 5 38 0 0 .242 .322 .339 .660 88 84 0.4
1963 Fukuoka - BAN 32 132 413 100 20 0 4 31 37 37 0 1 42 0 1 .242 .304 .320 .623 81 76 -0.6
1964 Fukuoka - BAN 33 19 48 17 4 1 1 2 7 4 2 0 3 0 0 .354 .426 .542 .968 178 178 0.5
1965 Fukuoka - BAN 34 62 164 33 12 0 3 19 18 14 1 1 13 0 1 .201 .267 .329 .596 76 72 -1.1
1966 Fukuoka - BAN 35 28 47 4 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 0 0 .085 .104 .149 .253 -23 -19 -1.0
1967 Fukuoka - BAN 36 36 50 9 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 9 0 0 .180 .176 .240 .416 25 25 -0.4
Total BAN 1385 4439 1114 218 25 46 437 500 427 25 33 341 8 20 .251 .318 .342 .660 86 81 1.0
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
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 -23.1 .750
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
1963 Fukuoka - INT 2B 131 131 253 363 68 632 16 .975 1073.1 5.17 -9.3 .946
1964 Fukuoka - INT 2B 16 13 31 50 9 84 3 .964 112.0 6.51 -2.0 .944
1964 Fukuoka - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1965 Fukuoka - INT 2B 52 44 94 126 25 231 11 .952 390.0 5.08 -9.9 .881
1965 Fukuoka - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1966 Fukuoka - INT 1B 3 2 19 1 1 20 0 1.000 18.0 10.00 +0.1 1.055
1966 Fukuoka - INT 2B 23 10 37 33 14 71 1 .986 104.0 6.06 -3.7 .835
1966 Fukuoka - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1967 Fukuoka - INT 1B 10 6 57 6 8 63 0 1.000 58.0 9.78 +0.7 1.067
1967 Fukuoka - INT 2B 26 4 17 25 9 43 1 .977 73.0 5.18 -1.9 .942
1967 Fukuoka - INT SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 13 8 76 7 9 83 0 1.000 76.0 9.83 +0.8 1.065
TOTAL 2B 1246 1188 2672 3636 845 6516 208 .968 10012.0 5.67 -58.7 .966
TOTAL SS 104 82 153 221 38 400 26 .935 756.2 4.45 -23.0 .778
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.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 1; Eye: 3.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 1; Eye: 3.
08/14/1964 Injured (sprained knee),day-to-day for 3 weeks.
10/14/1967 Retired from professional baseball.
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
1963 11 5
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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