3B Ryuji Tamura #72
Osaka Sailors BAN
Age: 37 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
08/11/1975
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
3B RYUJI TAMURA #72 - AGE: 37 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
68 192 41 5 0 7 18 21 46 .214 .296 .349 1 0.3
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/09/1975 @ FUK Win, 5-4 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
08/08/1975 @ FUK Loss, 1-5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/07/1975 NAG Loss, 1-3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/05/1975 NAG Loss, 1-3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/31/1975 VES Loss, 1-11 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 0
07/30/1975 VES Win, 6-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/28/1975 @ KIN Win, 6-3 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
07/27/1975 @ KIN Loss, 2-6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
07/26/1975 @ KIN Win, 3-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/24/1975 KOB Loss, 0-6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 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:14 Years, 16 Days
Service This Yr:102 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 68 192 41 5 0 7 18 20 21 46 .214 .296 .349 .645 .284 .135 84
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 65 216 2 3 0 2 0 1 67 12 1 2 33.3 20.3 3.52 .3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   19 5 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 .263 .348 .316 .664
Versus Right   173 36 4 0 7 17 18 18 43 0 0 2 .208 .290 .353 .643
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   11 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .182 .250 .273 .523
May   69 15 3 0 0 4 3 7 15 0 0 0 .217 .289 .261 .550
June   59 12 1 0 4 9 7 4 16 1 0 0 .203 .250 .424 .674
July   53 12 0 0 3 5 10 9 11 0 0 2 .226 .359 .396 .756
August   11 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .182 .250 .273 .523
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   2797 589 84 9 87 293 282 228 595 9 18 13 .211 .272 .340 .613
Home   90 19 2 0 3 8 8 13 16 0 0 0 .211 .311 .333 .644
Road   102 22 3 0 4 10 12 8 30 1 0 2 .216 .283 .363 .646
Grass   192 41 5 0 7 18 20 21 46 1 0 2 .214 .296 .349 .645
Day   101 21 3 0 3 10 9 13 17 1 0 1 .208 .302 .327 .628
Night   91 20 2 0 4 8 11 8 29 0 0 1 .220 .290 .374 .664
As Starter   190 40 4 0 7 17 20 21 45 1 0 2 .211 .294 .342 .636
As Reliever / Substitution   2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   30 6 2 0 2 5 2 4 6 0 0 0 .200 .294 .467 .761
Inning 1-3   67 15 2 0 2 7 8 3 18 0 0 0 .224 .257 .343 .600
Inning 4-6   69 14 1 0 2 2 6 11 17 0 0 1 .203 .321 .304 .625
Inning 7-9   53 11 1 0 3 8 6 7 11 1 0 1 .208 .306 .396 .703
Extra Innings   3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
0 Outs   73 15 0 0 3 4 9 7 21 0 0 2 .205 .293 .329 .621
1 Outs   52 13 2 0 2 8 9 8 12 1 0 0 .250 .344 .404 .748
2 Outs   67 13 3 0 2 6 2 6 13 0 0 0 .194 .260 .328 .589
Scoring Position   42 6 1 0 1 8 4 8 8 1 0 0 .143 .275 .238 .513
Bases Empty   121 27 2 0 4 4 11 11 33 0 0 2 .223 .299 .339 .637
Runner on 1st   29 8 2 0 2 6 5 2 5 0 0 0 .276 .323 .552 .874
Runner on 2nd   15 2 1 0 0 1 1 7 3 0 0 0 .133 .409 .200 .609
Runner on 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   10 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 .100 .100 .400 .500
Runner on 1st & 3rd   5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 .200 .167 .200 .367
Bases Loaded   4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Two Strikes   86 15 0 0 4 8 7 7 46 0 0 1 .174 .245 .314 .559
First Pitch   30 8 0 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .267 .312 .367 .679
Count 0-1   12 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .417 .750
Count 0-2   18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 1 .167 .211 .167 .377
Count 1-0   18 5 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 .278 .333 .444 .778
Count 1-1   22 6 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .591 .864
Count 1-2   29 4 0 0 2 4 2 0 15 0 0 0 .138 .138 .345 .483
Count 2-0   9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
Count 2-1   9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Count 2-2   28 6 0 0 1 2 3 0 12 0 0 0 .214 .214 .321 .536
Count 3-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .800 .000 .800
Count 3-1   5 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .583 .000 .583
Full Count   11 2 0 0 1 2 2 7 7 0 0 0 .182 .500 .455 .955
Behind in Count   59 11 1 0 2 5 4 0 27 0 0 1 .186 .200 .305 .505
Ahead in Count   42 8 3 0 0 3 6 12 0 1 0 1 .190 .375 .262 .637
Batting 2nd   5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Batting 6th   4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 8th   183 37 5 0 7 18 18 21 42 1 0 2 .202 .290 .344 .634
Low Leverage   86 21 3 0 3 5 7 8 17 0 0 1 .244 .316 .384 .700
Medium Leverage   81 17 1 0 2 7 11 10 23 1 0 1 .210 .301 .296 .597
High Leverage   23 3 1 0 2 6 2 3 5 0 0 0 .130 .231 .435 .666
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 68 192 41 5 0 7 18 20 21 2 1 46 1 2 .214 .296 .349 .645 79 84 0.3
Total BAN 1125 2797 589 84 9 87 293 282 228 13 9 595 35 24 .211 .272 .340 .613 79 76 2.4
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 67 65 32 122 9 162 8 .951 541.2 2.56 +0.4 .987
TOTAL 2B 75 36 121 100 14 235 14 .940 371.0 5.36 -11.1 .825
TOTAL 3B 749 682 410 1462 117 1986 114 .943 5888.1 2.86 +6.4 .999
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.
05/29/1975 Injured (oblique strain),out for 5 days.
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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