3B Ryuji Tamura #72
Age: 37 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
05/12/1975
3B RYUJI TAMURA #72 - AGE: 37 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
10 29 8 1 0 0 1 2 8 .276 .323 .310 0 0.4
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
05/11/1975 @ VES Loss, 3-5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/10/1975 @ VES Win, 6-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/09/1975 @ VES Loss, 6-7 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
05/08/1975 VES Win, 3-1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
05/07/1975 KIN Loss, 0-3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
05/06/1975 KIN Win, 4-2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
05/04/1975 @ KOB Loss, 3-8 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
05/03/1975 @ KOB Win, 1-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/02/1975 @ KOB Win, 8-3 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
05/01/1975 @ KOB Loss, 1-6 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:09/17/1937
Born in:Takasaki, GUM
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 11"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$12,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:13 Years, 73 Days
Service This Yr:11 Days
40-Man Service:1 Year, 109 Days
Pro Service:18 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1957, 1st Pick in Round 2
BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF NIPPON 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 10 29 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 8 .276 .323 .310 .633 .283 .034 94
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 9 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0.0 3.1 3.95 .4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Versus Right   28 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 8 0 0 0 .286 .333 .321 .655
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   14 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
May   29 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 8 0 0 0 .276 .323 .310 .633
Last Year   322 61 9 0 12 33 27 23 72 1 3 5 .189 .254 .329 .583
2 Years Ago   337 68 10 1 3 19 21 36 75 0 0 0 .202 .279 .264 .543
Career   2634 556 80 9 80 276 263 209 557 8 18 11 .211 .271 .339 .611
Home   7 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 .143 .333 .143 .476
Road   22 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 .318 .318 .364 .682
Grass   29 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 8 0 0 0 .276 .323 .310 .633
Day   11 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 .364 .462 .455 .916
Night   18 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
As Starter   28 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 .286 .333 .321 .655
As Reliever / Substitution   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Inning 1-3   8 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 .375 .500 .375 .875
Inning 4-6   11 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .364 .364 .455 .818
Inning 7-9   10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
0 Outs   13 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 .385 .467 .385 .851
1 Outs   9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556
2 Outs   7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Scoring Position   6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Bases Empty   20 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 .300 .364 .350 .714
Runner on 1st   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Runner on 2nd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 .188 .188 .188 .375
First Pitch   5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Count 0-1   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 0-2   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 1-1   2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Count 1-2   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Count 2-1   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 2-2   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Full Count   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Behind in Count   9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
Ahead in Count   5 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .571 .400 .971
Batting 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 8th   28 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 .286 .333 .321 .655
Low Leverage   14 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .286 .286 .357 .643
Medium Leverage   14 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
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
1961 Denki - BAN 23 25 23 6 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 2 0 .261 .261 .304 .565 58 56 -0.0
1962 Denki - BAN 24 6 9 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 94 95 -0.0
1963 Denki - BAN 25 86 156 34 1 0 6 14 16 3 0 0 39 0 1 .218 .233 .340 .572 72 67 -0.7
1964 Denki - BAN 26 82 129 24 2 1 1 8 13 13 0 1 23 0 1 .186 .259 .240 .499 50 47 -0.7
1965 Denki - BAN 27 47 41 7 2 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 .171 .209 .366 .575 74 79 0.1
1966 Denki - BAN 28 50 67 20 6 1 3 7 10 6 0 0 7 0 1 .299 .356 .552 .908 184 186 0.6
1967 Denki - BAN 29 76 136 29 3 1 4 18 14 13 1 1 21 0 1 .213 .285 .338 .623 90 90 -0.0
1968 Denki - BAN 30 78 181 38 10 2 3 17 23 15 1 0 37 1 1 .210 .274 .337 .611 90 92 0.5
1969 Denki - BAN 31 87 212 47 7 0 8 28 25 15 0 0 26 5 1 .222 .273 .368 .641 95 95 0.2
1970 Denki - BAN 32 38 105 10 0 0 7 10 8 6 0 0 24 2 1 .095 .144 .295 .439 34 39 -0.1
1971 Denki - BAN 33 135 457 112 20 1 15 68 55 36 2 3 111 10 2 .245 .301 .392 .693 90 86 1.3
1972 Osaka - BAN 34 130 430 89 8 2 16 48 41 39 2 2 101 10 9 .207 .275 .347 .621 77 71 0.8
1973 Osaka - BAN 35 109 337 68 10 1 3 19 21 36 0 0 75 2 2 .202 .279 .264 .543 61 56 -0.0
1974 Osaka - BAN 36 108 322 61 9 0 12 33 27 23 5 1 72 2 1 .189 .254 .329 .583 70 64 0.2
1975 Osaka - BAN 37 10 29 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 8 0 0 .276 .323 .310 .633 84 94 0.4
Total BAN 1067 2634 556 80 9 80 276 263 209 11 8 557 34 22 .211 .271 .339 .611 79 75 2.5
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%
1961 Denki - INT 3B 8 0 2 5 1 8 1 .875 17.2 3.57 -0.3 .892
1961 Denki - INT SS 5 0 2 3 0 5 0 1.000 9.0 5.00 -0.1 .875
1962 Denki - INT 3B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 1.038
1962 Denki - INT SS 1 0 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 7.2 4.70 +0.0 .803
1963 Denki - INT 2B 23 23 52 54 7 113 7 .938 190.0 5.02 -6.3 .810
1963 Denki - INT 3B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.1 2.70 +0.0 1.054
1963 Denki - INT SS 21 0 3 9 1 14 2 .857 35.0 3.09 -0.7 .889
1964 Denki - INT 2B 19 13 40 28 3 69 1 .986 118.2 5.16 -0.2 .958
1964 Denki - INT 3B 15 0 1 8 1 10 1 .900 36.2 2.21 -0.5 .970
1964 Denki - INT SS 11 2 5 8 2 15 2 .867 31.2 3.69 -2.5 .662
1965 Denki - INT 2B 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 8.0 2.25 +0.1 1.039
1965 Denki - INT 3B 10 0 3 7 0 11 1 .909 15.0 6.00 +0.1 .941
1965 Denki - INT SS 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 0.0 .000
1966 Denki - INT 2B 6 0 7 3 0 11 1 .909 9.0 10.00 -0.3 .771
1966 Denki - INT 3B 12 8 10 12 0 25 3 .880 81.2 2.42 -2.7 .805
1966 Denki - INT SS 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.1 1.078
1967 Denki - INT 2B 5 0 4 4 0 8 0 1.000 8.1 8.64 -0.5 .833
1967 Denki - INT 3B 30 23 22 51 5 81 8 .901 213.0 3.08 -3.4 .880
1967 Denki - INT SS 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 1.000 3.0 6.00 +0.0 .000
1968 Denki - INT 2B 7 0 3 3 0 6 0 1.000 10.1 5.23 -0.1 1.055
1968 Denki - INT 3B 42 37 23 87 3 118 8 .932 325.1 3.04 -0.9 .993
1969 Denki - INT 2B 9 0 13 6 3 24 5 .792 26.0 6.58 -3.8 .383
1969 Denki - INT 3B 53 46 28 96 12 136 12 .912 402.1 2.77 -2.0 .980
1970 Denki - INT 3B 37 37 31 74 4 109 4 .963 305.1 3.09 +2.2 1.015
1971 Denki - INT 3B 132 131 61 241 24 320 18 .944 1110.1 2.45 +0.6 .998
1972 Osaka - INT 3B 129 128 76 321 25 414 17 .959 1086.2 3.29 +7.0 1.021
1973 Osaka - INT 2B 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1.000 0.2 27.00 0.0 .000
1973 Osaka - INT 3B 104 104 66 203 13 288 19 .934 881.2 2.75 +3.0 1.012
1974 Osaka - INT 3B 107 103 55 233 20 302 14 .954 866.2 2.99 +2.8 1.019
1975 Osaka - INT 3B 9 9 1 19 1 20 0 1.000 74.2 2.41 +2.1 1.164
TOTAL 2B 75 36 121 100 14 235 14 .940 371.0 5.36 -11.1 .825
TOTAL 3B 691 626 379 1359 109 1844 106 .943 5421.1 2.89 +8.1 1.002
TOTAL SS 42 2 15 23 4 42 4 .905 91.1 3.74 -3.1 .796
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1957 Drafted in the 1957 first-year player draft by the Denki Dynamics. (Round 2, Pick 1, 13th overall pick).
07/16/1957 Named the #34 prospect in the BAN
11/19/1957 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at third base at the Denki Dynamics development complex.
03/28/1958 Successfully completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Denki Dynamics development complex.
05/01/1958 Named the #27 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1958 Named the #33 prospect in the BAN
10/13/1958 Named the #38 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1959 Named the #41 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1959 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at third base at the Denki Dynamics development complex.
07/16/1959 Named the #69 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1960 Named the #63 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1960 Named the #63 prospect in the BAN
10/14/1960 Named the #96 prospect in the BAN
04/30/1961 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at third base at the Denki Dynamics development complex.
05/01/1961 Named the #85 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1961 Named the #69 prospect in the BAN
05/09/1962 Injured (undisclosed injury),out for 6 months.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 2; Eye: 2.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 2; Eye: 2.
06/13/1970 Injured (fractured fibula),out for 3-4 months.
10/17/1971 Was traded by the Denki Dynamics to the Osaka Sailors, along with SP Yugoro Yoshida, in exchange for RP Atsushi Shimizu and CF Kosei Kubota.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1971 131 9
Year K Rank
1972 101 4
Year IBB Rank
1971 5 9
1973 4 7
1974 3 10
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