RF Ukyo Ota #17
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
12/31/1961
RF UKYO OTA #17 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
136 514 154 16 2 16 63 47 60 .300 .357 .432 8 3.2
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/10/1961 KIN Loss, 2-4 5 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
10/09/1961 KIN Loss, 7-14 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
10/07/1961 @ KIN Loss, 0-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10/06/1961 @ KIN Loss, 0-6 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
10/01/1961 @ KYO Loss, 2-4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
09/30/1961 @ KYO Loss, 1-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
09/29/1961 @ KYO Loss, 1-6 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/28/1961 YOK Win, 3-0 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
09/27/1961 YOK Loss, 2-3 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/26/1961 YOK Loss, 4-6 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:10/11/1934
Born in:Osaka, OSA
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 9"
Weight:180 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$6,300
Signed Through:1962 Season
Major Service:5 Years, 129 Days
Service This Yr:156 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 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 1961 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 136 514 154 16 2 16 63 67 47 60 .300 .357 .432 .789 .347 .132 112
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 134 568 2 7 0 9 1 5 222 34 8 6 57.1 79.4 5.62 3.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   174 57 8 1 7 25 22 16 21 2 1 0 .328 .380 .506 .886
Versus Right   340 97 8 1 9 38 45 31 39 3 0 2 .285 .346 .394 .740
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   97 27 4 1 3 15 9 11 18 1 0 0 .278 .349 .433 .782
June   104 24 4 1 3 12 16 12 13 2 0 0 .231 .305 .375 .680
July   113 45 6 0 3 15 13 8 9 1 0 0 .398 .434 .531 .965
August   91 30 0 0 2 10 13 6 9 1 1 1 .330 .374 .396 .769
September   105 27 2 0 5 11 15 10 11 0 0 1 .257 .328 .419 .747
October   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
All-Star Game   3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Postseason   18 4 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 .222 .222 .556 .778
Last Year   489 137 21 1 12 61 58 30 57 3 1 4 .280 .325 .401 .726
2 Years Ago   99 24 2 1 2 11 13 12 12 0 1 0 .242 .324 .343 .668
Career   1262 360 45 4 36 169 160 105 141 13 4 8 .285 .341 .413 .754
Home   253 83 12 1 5 29 30 23 26 3 0 1 .328 .382 .443 .825
Road   261 71 4 1 11 34 37 24 34 2 1 1 .272 .333 .421 .755
Grass   514 154 16 2 16 63 67 47 60 5 1 2 .300 .357 .432 .789
Day   239 66 10 2 9 33 33 15 20 3 0 2 .276 .320 .448 .768
Night   275 88 6 0 7 30 34 32 40 2 1 0 .320 .388 .418 .807
As Starter   512 152 16 2 16 62 67 47 60 5 1 2 .297 .355 .430 .785
As Reliever / Substitution   2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Pinch Hitting   2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Close/Late   102 28 2 0 5 13 13 8 10 2 0 2 .275 .333 .441 .775
Inning 1-3   200 68 8 0 6 29 32 18 25 1 1 0 .340 .393 .470 .863
Inning 4-6   175 44 5 1 3 12 15 17 22 0 0 0 .251 .318 .343 .661
Inning 7-9   139 42 3 1 7 22 20 12 13 4 0 2 .302 .357 .489 .846
0 Outs   173 56 8 0 5 19 28 11 17 2 1 0 .324 .360 .457 .817
1 Outs   189 49 4 1 5 19 27 20 27 3 0 1 .259 .329 .370 .699
2 Outs   152 49 4 1 6 25 12 16 16 0 0 1 .322 .391 .480 .871
Scoring Position   128 35 4 0 3 42 15 17 16 5 1 1 .273 .351 .375 .726
Bases Empty   286 87 6 2 7 7 33 21 35 0 0 1 .304 .354 .413 .766
Runner on 1st   100 32 6 0 6 14 19 9 9 0 0 0 .320 .376 .560 .936
Runner on 2nd   52 13 2 0 2 11 6 5 1 0 1 0 .250 .316 .404 .720
Runner on 3rd   16 5 0 0 1 9 3 3 3 1 0 1 .312 .429 .500 .929
Runner on 1st & 2nd   24 7 1 0 0 4 0 4 5 0 0 0 .292 .393 .333 .726
Runner on 1st & 3rd   18 5 1 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 0 .278 .350 .333 .683
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   8 2 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Bases Loaded   10 3 0 0 0 10 0 1 4 4 0 0 .300 .267 .300 .567
Two Strikes   186 41 7 1 2 15 16 11 60 0 0 0 .220 .264 .301 .565
First Pitch   81 24 3 1 2 10 11 7 0 3 0 1 .296 .348 .432 .780
Count 0-1   48 20 1 0 2 7 8 0 0 1 1 1 .417 .420 .562 .982
Count 0-2   39 9 0 0 1 3 2 0 11 0 0 0 .231 .231 .308 .538
Count 1-0   73 28 2 0 6 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 .384 .384 .658 1.041
Count 1-1   51 16 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 .314 .308 .314 .621
Count 1-2   67 10 1 0 0 3 1 0 27 0 0 0 .149 .149 .164 .313
Count 2-0   20 6 0 0 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .750 1.050
Count 2-1   39 15 3 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .385 .385 .538 .923
Count 2-2   59 15 3 1 0 3 7 0 19 0 0 0 .254 .254 .339 .593
Count 3-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 .000 .875 .000 .875
Count 3-1   15 4 0 0 0 4 5 22 0 0 0 0 .267 .703 .267 .969
Full Count   21 7 3 0 1 6 6 11 3 0 0 0 .333 .562 .619 1.182
Behind in Count   154 39 2 0 3 13 11 0 38 1 1 1 .253 .256 .325 .581
Ahead in Count   148 53 5 0 10 25 26 29 0 0 0 0 .358 .463 .595 1.058
Batting Leadoff   16 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .125 .263 .125 .388
Batting 2nd   288 82 10 1 8 32 39 22 37 4 1 2 .285 .335 .410 .745
Batting 4th   8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Batting 5th   105 33 5 1 3 19 10 13 16 1 0 0 .314 .387 .467 .853
Batting 6th   97 35 1 0 5 11 18 9 7 0 0 0 .361 .415 .526 .941
Low Leverage   227 69 6 2 6 16 25 21 35 2 0 0 .304 .360 .427 .787
Medium Leverage   203 60 5 0 8 27 30 15 17 1 1 1 .296 .345 .438 .784
High Leverage   82 23 5 0 2 20 11 11 8 2 0 1 .280 .365 .415 .779
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 .789 107 112 3.2
Total BAN 516 1262 360 45 4 36 169 160 105 8 13 141 9 9 .285 .341 .413 .754 107 108 6.7
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 POSTSEASON 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 Sapporo - BAN 26 4 18 4 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .222 .222 .556 .778 98 101 0.6
Total BAN 4 18 4 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .222 .222 .556 .778 98 101
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 RF 127 127 237 11 2 256 8 .969 1061.2 2.10 +9.2 1.063
1961 Sapporo - INT CF 7 7 16 0 0 16 0 1.000 61.0 2.36 -2.2 .887
TOTAL LF 32 2 14 0 0 15 1 .933 81.0 1.56 -3.2 .749
TOTAL CF 47 45 97 0 0 98 1 .990 362.2 2.41 -10.8 .891
TOTAL RF 275 238 469 14 3 492 9 .982 2076.0 2.09 +20.6 1.065
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.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1961 134 7
Year AB Rank
1961 514 10
Year H Rank
1961 154 4
Year IBB Rank
1961 7 10
Year SF Rank
1961 5 9
Year AVG Rank
1961 .300 8
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