RF Ukyo Ota #17
Sapporo Bears BAN
Age: 28 | Bats: R | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
09/02/1963
BNN Index | BAN | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
RF UKYO OTA #17 - AGE: 28 - BATS: R - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
109 427 121 18 2 12 54 20 72 .283 .315 .419 6 2.7
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 3 3 3
Gap 2 2 2
Power 3 3 3
Eye 2 2 2
Avoid K's 3 3 3
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 1 3
Errors: - 1 4
Arm: 1 2 4
Turn DP: - 1 -
Framing: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 2
1st Base: - Center Field: 1
2nd Base: - Right Field: 4
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 2
Stealing Aggressiveness: 5
Stealing Ability: 4
Baserunning Inst.: 5
Sacrifice Bunt: 1
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/01/1963 DNK Win, 10-2 4 1 1 4 1 0 1 0
08/31/1963 DNK Win, 7-0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/29/1963 KYO Loss, 4-6 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
08/28/1963 KYO Loss, 1-11 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/28/1963 KYO Loss, 2-5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/26/1963 @ YOK Loss, 4-4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/25/1963 @ YOK Win, 9-5 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
08/24/1963 @ YOK Loss, 4-12 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/23/1963 RAK Loss, 1-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
08/22/1963 RAK Win, 7-6 4 1 2 3 1 1 2 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:10/11/1934
Born in:Osaka, OSA
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 9"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$34,000
Signed Through:1963 Season
Major Service:7 Years, 105 Days
Service This Yr:124 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:10 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1953, 2nd Pick in Round 2
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 109 427 121 18 2 12 54 53 20 72 .283 .315 .419 .734 .326 .136 113
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 107 454 2 0 0 4 0 5 179 32 6 3 66.7 57.0 4.84 2.7  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   129 38 5 1 4 17 13 12 24 1 0 1 .295 .357 .442 .799
Versus Right   298 83 13 1 8 37 40 8 48 4 0 1 .279 .296 .409 .705
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   26 7 1 0 1 4 1 0 3 0 0 1 .269 .296 .423 .719
May   104 27 4 0 4 15 12 5 22 1 0 0 .260 .291 .413 .704
June   109 31 5 1 1 7 12 5 18 1 0 0 .284 .313 .376 .689
July   108 37 5 1 4 16 12 3 10 2 0 0 .343 .354 .519 .873
August   102 25 4 0 2 12 16 7 21 1 0 1 .245 .297 .343 .640
September   4 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .400 1.000 1.400
All-Star Game   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Last Year   518 131 22 2 7 67 62 41 77 5 0 4 .253 .310 .344 .653
2 Years Ago   514 154 16 2 16 63 67 47 60 5 1 2 .300 .357 .432 .789
Career   2207 612 85 8 55 290 275 166 290 23 4 14 .277 .329 .398 .726
Home   212 64 13 1 7 32 26 6 35 3 0 2 .302 .323 .472 .795
Road   215 57 5 1 5 22 27 14 37 2 0 0 .265 .307 .367 .675
Grass   427 121 18 2 12 54 53 20 72 5 0 2 .283 .315 .419 .734
Day   190 54 5 2 7 28 28 11 32 4 0 2 .284 .324 .442 .766
Night   237 67 13 0 5 26 25 9 40 1 0 0 .283 .308 .401 .709
As Starter   425 121 18 2 12 54 53 20 72 5 0 2 .285 .316 .421 .738
As Reliever / Substitution   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   90 22 2 0 2 10 9 6 14 1 0 0 .244 .289 .333 .622
Inning 1-3   171 52 9 2 6 26 23 4 24 3 0 0 .304 .315 .485 .800
Inning 4-6   134 40 6 0 4 16 16 8 28 0 0 2 .299 .347 .433 .780
Inning 7-9   122 29 3 0 2 12 14 8 20 2 0 0 .238 .280 .311 .592
0 Outs   120 37 3 1 2 9 24 8 18 1 0 0 .308 .349 .400 .749
1 Outs   143 40 7 1 3 23 18 9 29 4 0 0 .280 .314 .406 .720
2 Outs   164 44 8 0 7 22 11 3 25 0 0 2 .268 .290 .445 .735
Scoring Position   109 28 3 0 4 42 14 2 24 5 0 2 .257 .271 .394 .666
Bases Empty   231 68 11 1 7 7 26 13 37 0 0 0 .294 .332 .442 .774
Runner on 1st   87 25 4 1 1 5 13 5 11 0 0 0 .287 .326 .391 .717
Runner on 2nd   46 9 2 0 1 9 4 2 11 0 0 2 .196 .260 .304 .564
Runner on 3rd   11 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 2 0 0 .273 .231 .273 .503
Runner on 1st & 2nd   27 8 1 0 1 9 5 0 5 0 0 0 .296 .296 .444 .741
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 .333 .250 .333 .583
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   11 2 0 0 1 6 2 0 3 1 0 0 .182 .167 .455 .621
Bases Loaded   8 4 0 0 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .875 1.375
Two Strikes   182 35 3 0 1 11 15 10 72 2 0 0 .192 .232 .225 .457
First Pitch   70 21 4 2 3 11 10 0 0 0 0 1 .300 .310 .543 .853
Count 0-1   46 19 4 0 1 6 7 0 0 1 0 0 .413 .404 .565 .969
Count 0-2   28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 .107 .107 .107 .214
Count 1-0   44 17 3 0 1 6 6 0 0 2 0 1 .386 .383 .523 .906
Count 1-1   45 13 2 0 2 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 .289 .289 .467 .756
Count 1-2   61 16 2 0 0 6 4 0 27 1 0 0 .262 .258 .295 .553
Count 2-0   11 5 0 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .455 .455 .727 1.182
Count 2-1   20 7 1 0 3 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .350 .350 .850 1.200
Count 2-2   59 9 0 0 1 4 3 0 22 1 0 0 .153 .150 .203 .353
Count 3-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 .667
Count 3-1   8 4 1 0 0 1 2 8 0 0 0 0 .500 .750 .625 1.375
Full Count   34 7 1 0 0 1 8 10 11 0 0 0 .206 .386 .235 .622
Behind in Count   135 38 6 0 1 12 11 0 39 2 0 0 .281 .277 .348 .626
Ahead in Count   84 33 5 0 5 19 12 10 0 2 0 1 .393 .454 .631 1.085
Batting Leadoff   10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 3rd   415 121 18 2 12 54 53 20 70 5 0 2 .292 .324 .431 .755
Batting 9th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   192 53 10 1 5 10 20 8 30 1 0 2 .276 .310 .417 .727
Medium Leverage   168 48 5 1 6 26 24 9 33 1 0 0 .286 .320 .435 .755
High Leverage   66 20 3 0 1 18 9 3 9 3 0 0 .303 .319 .394 .713
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
1956 Kyoto - BAN 21 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 -126 -0.3
1956 Sapporo - BAN 21 9 8 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .250 .222 .250 .472 31 13 -0.0
1956 Total - BAN 21 29 15 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 .133 .176 .133 .310 -13 -52 -0.3
1957 Sapporo - BAN 22 45 53 20 4 0 5 21 11 0 0 1 5 0 0 .377 .370 .736 1.106 207 210 0.8
1958 Sapporo - BAN 23 82 92 23 2 0 1 11 9 15 2 3 6 0 2 .250 .357 .304 .661 88 90 0.1
1959 Sapporo - BAN 24 87 99 24 2 1 2 11 13 12 0 0 12 0 0 .242 .324 .343 .668 94 90 0.1
1960 Sapporo - BAN 25 137 489 137 21 1 12 61 58 30 4 3 57 1 1 .280 .325 .401 .726 107 106 2.7
1961 Sapporo - BAN 26 136 514 154 16 2 16 63 67 47 2 5 60 8 6 .300 .357 .432 .789 119 115 3.4
1962 Sapporo - BAN 27 140 518 131 22 2 7 67 62 41 4 5 77 5 6 .253 .310 .344 .653 89 85 1.6
1963 Sapporo - BAN 28 109 427 121 18 2 12 54 53 20 2 5 72 6 3 .283 .315 .419 .734 105 113 2.7
Total BAN 765 2207 612 85 8 55 290 275 166 14 23 290 20 18 .277 .329 .398 .726 105 104 11.1
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
1953 Total - 18 43 186 75 19 0 4 43 72 22 2 2 10 5 4 .403 .467 .570 1.037 100 100 2.5
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1956 Sapporo - INT LF 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 7.0 2.57 -0.0 .977
1956 Kyoto - INT LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.0 1.50 -1.8 .326
1956 Sapporo - INT CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1956 Sapporo - INT RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1956 Kyoto - INT RF 17 1 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 31.2 1.71 +1.1 1.186
1957 Sapporo - INT LF 7 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 12.0 1.50 -0.0 .965
1957 Sapporo - INT RF 9 4 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 47.1 1.33 -0.1 .990
1958 Sapporo - INT LF 13 2 6 0 0 7 1 .857 39.0 1.38 -1.0 .817
1958 Sapporo - INT RF 8 8 17 0 0 17 0 1.000 67.0 2.28 +0.9 1.122
1959 Sapporo - INT LF 7 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 17.0 1.59 -0.4 .728
1959 Sapporo - INT RF 9 8 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 73.0 1.85 +0.7 1.000
1960 Sapporo - INT CF 39 38 81 0 0 82 1 .988 298.2 2.44 -8.7 .892
1960 Sapporo - INT RF 104 90 187 3 1 191 1 .995 793.1 2.16 +8.8 1.068
1961 Sapporo - INT CF 7 7 16 0 0 16 0 1.000 61.0 2.36 -2.2 .887
1961 Sapporo - INT RF 127 127 237 11 2 256 8 .969 1061.2 2.10 +9.2 1.063
1962 Sapporo - INT CF 2 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 17.0 3.18 -0.9 .834
1962 Sapporo - INT RF 133 129 239 11 0 254 4 .984 1118.2 2.01 +9.1 1.049
1963 Sapporo - INT RF 107 107 162 10 1 175 3 .983 921.0 1.68 +6.8 1.079
TOTAL LF 32 2 14 0 0 15 1 .933 81.0 1.56 -3.2 .749
TOTAL CF 49 47 103 0 0 104 1 .990 379.2 2.44 -11.7 .888
TOTAL RF 515 474 870 35 4 921 16 .983 4115.2 1.98 +36.5 1.063
PLAYER HISTORY
06/05/1953 Drafted in the 1953 first-year player draft by the Kyoto Owls. (Round 2, Pick 2, 14th overall pick).
10/11/1953 Named the #56 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1954 Named the #42 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1954 Named the #70 prospect in the BAN
05/01/1955 Named the #43 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1955 Named the #46 prospect in the BAN
10/10/1955 Named the #35 prospect in the BAN
02/12/1956 Detrimentally completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the Kyoto Owls development complex.
05/01/1956 Named the #34 prospect in the BAN
07/16/1956 Named the #52 prospect in the BAN
07/26/1956 Was traded by the Kyoto Owls to the Sapporo Bears, along with 3B Kohsuke Takayama, in exchange for RP Kyouichi Mizutani and 2B Ryuu Nakagawa.
05/04/1961 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for 3 days.
05/19/1961 Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for 2 days.
07/24/1961 Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award.
07/31/1961 Was selected to the 1961 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
08/16/1961 Injured (bruised ankle),day-to-day for 3 days.
09/20/1962 Goes 5-5 against the Hosho Reliables, with 2 RBI and 1 R.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 3; Eye: 2.
07/31/1963 Was selected to the 1963 Baseball Association of Nippon All-Star Game.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1961 134 7
1962 132 10
Year AB Rank
1961 514 10
1962 518 6
Year H Rank
1961 154 4
Year 2B Rank
1962 22 10
Year IBB Rank
1961 7 10
1962 3 10
Year SF Rank
1961 5 9
1962 5 8
Year AVG Rank
1961 .300 8
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