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Batting

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Rk Yrs From To ASG G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Birthdate Debut Birthplace
1 Jim Bowie 1 1994 1994 0 6 15 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .214 .214 .214 .429 Feb 17, 1965 Aug 3, 1994 Tokyo
2 Steve Chitren 2 1990 1991 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 8, 1967 Sep 15, 1990 Tokyo
3 Kosuke Fukudome 2 2008 2009 1 296 1193 1000 158 258 63 8 21 112 18 14 174 216 .258 .367 .400 .767 Apr 26, 1977 Mar 31, 2008 Kagoshima
4 Kazuo Fukumori 1 2008 2008 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 4, 1976 Mar 31, 2008 Miyakonojo
5 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 9 1997 2005 1 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 1, 1968 Apr 5, 1997 Kobe
6 Craig House 1 2000 2000 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 8, 1977 Aug 6, 2000 Okinawa
7 Kei Igawa 2 2007 2008 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 Jul 13, 1979 Apr 7, 2007 Oarai
8 Tadahito Iguchi 4 2005 2008 0 493 2078 1841 267 494 91 11 44 205 48 13 189 387 .268 .338 .401 .739 Dec 4, 1974 Apr 4, 2005 Tokyo
9 Hideki Irabu 6 1997 2002 0 24 34 28 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .107 .138 .107 .245 May 15, 1969 Jul 10, 1997 Hyogo
10 Kazuhisa Ishii 4 2002 2005 0 98 191 164 10 18 0 1 1 10 0 0 4 73 .110 .131 .140 .271 Sep 9, 1973 Apr 6, 2002 Chiba
11 Akinori Iwamura 3 2007 2009 0 344 1526 1349 201 379 67 21 14 104 29 15 152 289 .281 .354 .393 .747 Feb 9, 1979 Apr 2, 2007 Ehime
12 Kenji Johjima 4 2006 2009 0 462 1722 1609 166 431 84 1 48 198 7 5 66 148 .268 .310 .411 .721 Jun 8, 1976 Apr 3, 2006 Nagasaki
13 Takashi Kashiwada 1 1997 1997 0 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 14, 1971 May 1, 1997 Tokyo
14 Kenshin Kawakami 1 2009 2009 0 32 49 41 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 .098 .159 .098 .257 Jun 22, 1975 Apr 11, 2009 Tokushima
15 Masao Kida 5 1999 2005 0 7 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 Sep 12, 1968 Apr 5, 1999 Tokyo
16 Masahide Kobayashi 2 2008 2009 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 24, 1974 Apr 2, 2008 Yamanashi
17 Satoru Komiyama 1 2002 2002 0 22 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 Sep 15, 1965 Apr 4, 2002 Chiba
18 Hiroki Kuroda 2 2008 2009 0 49 104 82 3 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 27 .146 .213 .159 .372 Feb 10, 1975 Apr 4, 2008 Osaka
19 Masumi Kuwata 1 2007 2007 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 1, 1968 Jun 10, 2007 Osaka
20 Hideki Matsui 7 2003 2009 2 916 3816 3348 536 977 196 11 140 597 12 7 416 485 .292 .370 .482 .852 Jun 12, 1974 Mar 31, 2003 Kanazawa
21 Kazuo Matsui 6 2004 2009 0 603 2477 2231 326 605 123 20 32 210 101 17 175 393 .271 .325 .387 .712 Oct 23, 1975 Apr 6, 2004 Osaka
22 Daisuke Matsuzaka 3 2007 2009 0 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 Sep 13, 1980 Apr 5, 2007 Tokyo
23 Jeff McCurry 5 1995 1999 0 106 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 21, 1970 May 6, 1995 Tokyo
24 Keith McDonald 2 2000 2001 0 8 11 9 3 3 0 0 3 5 0 0 2 2 .333 .455 1.333 1.788 Feb 8, 1973 Jul 4, 2000 Yokosuka
25 Masanori Murakami 2 1964 1965 0 54 16 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .125 .125 .125 .250 May 6, 1944 Sep 1, 1964 Otsuki
26 Mike Nakamura 2 2003 2004 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 6, 1976 Jun 7, 2003 Nara
27 Norihiro Nakamura 1 2005 2005 0 17 41 39 1 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 .128 .171 .179 .350 Jul 24, 1973 Apr 10, 2005 Osaka
28 Hideo Nomo 12 1995 2008 1 233 543 485 22 65 14 1 4 26 0 0 13 222 .134 .156 .192 .348 Aug 31, 1968 May 2, 1995 Osaka
29 Takahito Nomura 1 2002 2002 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 10, 1969 Apr 3, 2002 Kouchi
30 Tomokazu Ohka 10 1999 2009 0 139 275 240 8 33 2 0 0 15 1 0 10 95 .138 .172 .146 .318 Mar 18, 1976 Jul 19, 1999 Kyoto
31 Hideki Okajima 3 2007 2009 1 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 25, 1975 Apr 2, 2007 Kyoto
32 Akinori Otsuka 4 2004 2007 0 135 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 13, 1972 Apr 6, 2004 Chiba
33 Stephen Randolph 3 2003 2007 0 105 16 15 4 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .333 .333 .533 .867 May 1, 1974 Mar 31, 2003 Okinawa
34 Dave Roberts 10 1999 2008 0 832 3090 2707 437 721 95 53 23 213 243 58 307 362 .266 .342 .366 .708 May 31, 1972 Aug 7, 1999 Okinawa
35 Takashi Saito 4 2006 2009 1 177 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Feb 14, 1970 Apr 9, 2006 Miyagi
36 Kazuhiro Sasaki 4 2000 2003 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Feb 22, 1968 Apr 5, 2000 Sendai City
37 Tsuyoshi Shinjo 3 2001 2003 0 303 960 876 98 215 41 4 20 100 9 6 55 128 .245 .299 .370 .668 Jan 28, 1972 Apr 3, 2001 Fukuoka
38 Ichiro Suzuki 9 2001 2009 9 1426 6607 6099 973 2030 228 68 84 515 341 79 412 597 .333 .378 .434 .811 Oct 22, 1973 Apr 2, 2001 Kasugai
39 Mac Suzuki 6 1996 2002 0 28 30 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .080 .115 .080 .195 May 31, 1975 Jul 7, 1996 Kobe
40 Kazuhito Tadano 2 2004 2005 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 Apr 25, 1980 Apr 27, 2004 Tokyo
41 So Taguchi 8 2002 2009 0 672 1524 1369 197 382 74 7 19 163 39 12 102 195 .279 .332 .385 .717 Jul 2, 1969 Jun 10, 2002 Hyogo Prefecture
42 Ken Takahashi 1 2009 2009 0 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 16, 1969 May 2, 2009 Kanagawa
43 Shingo Takatsu 2 2004 2005 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 25, 1968 Apr 9, 2004 Hiroshima
44 Koji Uehara 1 2009 2009 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 Apr 3, 1975 Apr 8, 2009 Osaka
45 Keiichi Yabu 2 2005 2008 0 60 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 Sep 28, 1968 Apr 9, 2005 Mie
46 Yasuhiko Yabuta 2 2008 2009 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 9, 1973 Apr 5, 2008 Osaka
47 Masato Yoshii 5 1998 2002 0 151 247 204 10 25 3 0 1 13 1 1 9 76 .123 .164 .152 .316 Apr 20, 1965 Apr 5, 1998 Osaka
Totals 172 1964 2009 18 8001 26603 23823 3424 6674 1087 206 454 2495 849 227 2104 3771 .280 .341 .400 .741
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Pitching

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Rk Yrs From To ASG W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF Birthdate Debut Birthplace
1 Steve Chitren 2 1990 1991 0 2 4 .333 3.58 64 0 24 0 0 4 78.0 66 33 31 8 36 4 66 4 1 4 335 Jun 8, 1967 Sep 15, 1990 Tokyo
2 Kazuo Fukumori 1 2008 2008 0 0 0 20.25 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 11 9 9 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 26 Aug 4, 1976 Mar 31, 2008 Miyakonojo
3 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 9 1997 2005 1 45 44 .506 3.71 517 8 191 0 0 33 720.1 691 324 297 76 265 37 447 18 6 16 3031 Aug 1, 1968 Apr 5, 1997 Kobe
4 Craig House 1 2000 2000 0 1 1 .500 7.24 16 0 3 0 0 0 13.2 13 11 11 3 17 0 8 2 0 0 69 Jul 8, 1977 Aug 6, 2000 Okinawa
5 Kei Igawa 2 2007 2008 0 2 4 .333 6.66 16 13 1 0 0 0 71.2 89 54 53 15 37 1 53 4 1 5 337 Jul 13, 1979 Apr 7, 2007 Oarai
6 Hideki Irabu 6 1997 2002 0 34 35 .493 5.15 126 80 28 4 2 16 514.0 547 307 294 91 175 3 405 18 6 25 2236 May 15, 1969 Jul 10, 1997 Hyogo
7 Kazuhisa Ishii 4 2002 2005 0 39 34 .534 4.44 105 102 0 2 2 0 564.0 508 310 278 70 354 12 435 17 2 22 2496 Sep 9, 1973 Apr 6, 2002 Chiba
8 Takashi Kashiwada 1 1997 1997 0 3 1 .750 4.31 35 0 11 0 0 0 31.1 35 15 15 4 18 0 19 3 0 4 145 May 14, 1971 May 1, 1997 Tokyo
9 Kenshin Kawakami 1 2009 2009 0 7 12 .368 3.86 32 25 3 0 0 1 156.1 153 73 67 15 57 6 105 6 1 8 669 Jun 22, 1975 Apr 11, 2009 Tokushima
10 Masao Kida 5 1999 2005 0 1 1 .500 5.83 65 2 24 0 0 1 95.2 114 66 62 9 39 3 68 6 0 10 432 Sep 12, 1968 Apr 5, 1999 Tokyo
11 Masahide Kobayashi 2 2008 2009 0 4 5 .444 5.10 67 0 36 0 0 6 65.1 77 39 37 10 18 2 39 2 0 5 289 May 24, 1974 Apr 2, 2008 Yamanashi
12 Satoru Komiyama 1 2002 2002 0 0 3 .000 5.61 25 0 13 0 0 0 43.1 53 29 27 7 12 4 33 3 0 1 194 Sep 15, 1965 Apr 4, 2002 Chiba
13 Hiroki Kuroda 2 2008 2009 0 17 17 .500 3.74 52 51 0 2 2 0 300.2 291 144 125 25 66 9 203 8 0 10 1261 Feb 10, 1975 Apr 4, 2008 Osaka
14 Masumi Kuwata 1 2007 2007 0 0 1 .000 9.43 19 0 3 0 0 0 21.0 25 23 22 6 15 4 12 1 0 0 103 Apr 1, 1968 Jun 10, 2007 Osaka
15 Daisuke Matsuzaka 3 2007 2009 0 37 21 .638 4.00 73 73 0 1 0 0 431.2 400 196 192 47 204 3 409 22 0 18 1873 Sep 13, 1980 Apr 5, 2007 Tokyo
16 Jeff McCurry 5 1995 1999 0 3 12 .200 5.89 111 0 34 0 0 1 128.1 169 91 84 24 63 4 60 6 0 4 594 Jan 21, 1970 May 6, 1995 Tokyo
17 Masanori Murakami 2 1964 1965 0 5 1 .833 3.43 54 1 21 0 0 9 89.1 65 34 34 10 23 5 100 3 1 3 357 May 6, 1944 Sep 1, 1964 Otsuki
18 Mike Nakamura 2 2003 2004 0 0 3 .000 7.51 31 0 9 0 0 1 38.1 47 34 32 11 9 0 38 3 0 3 176 Sep 6, 1976 Jun 7, 2003 Nara
19 Hideo Nomo 12 1995 2008 1 123 109 .530 4.24 323 318 2 16 9 0 1976.1 1768 993 932 251 908 31 1918 38 17 109 8462 Aug 31, 1968 May 2, 1995 Osaka
20 Takahito Nomura 1 2002 2002 0 0 0 8.56 21 0 2 0 0 0 13.2 11 14 13 2 18 4 9 2 1 2 71 Jan 10, 1969 Apr 3, 2002 Kouchi
21 Tomokazu Ohka 10 1999 2009 0 51 68 .429 4.26 202 178 11 5 1 0 1070.0 1182 568 506 140 302 27 590 34 2 35 4620 Mar 18, 1976 Jul 19, 1999 Kyoto
22 Hideki Okajima 3 2007 2009 1 12 4 .750 2.72 198 0 30 0 0 6 192.0 155 58 58 20 61 6 176 4 0 2 788 Dec 25, 1975 Apr 2, 2007 Kyoto
23 Akinori Otsuka 4 2004 2007 0 13 15 .464 2.44 236 0 96 0 0 39 232.0 190 71 63 12 80 15 217 2 0 4 951 Jan 13, 1972 Apr 6, 2004 Chiba
24 Stephen Randolph 3 2003 2007 0 10 7 .588 5.52 109 6 18 0 0 0 155.0 144 103 95 22 136 7 134 4 2 9 742 May 1, 1974 Mar 31, 2003 Okinawa
25 Takashi Saito 4 2006 2009 1 15 10 .600 2.05 236 0 168 0 0 83 245.1 171 59 56 15 77 8 297 12 0 4 974 Feb 14, 1970 Apr 9, 2006 Miyagi
26 Kazuhiro Sasaki 4 2000 2003 2 7 16 .304 3.14 228 0 201 0 0 129 223.1 165 90 78 24 77 13 242 9 0 15 925 Feb 22, 1968 Apr 5, 2000 Sendai City
27 Mac Suzuki 6 1996 2002 0 16 31 .340 5.72 117 67 11 1 1 0 465.2 501 326 296 67 265 16 327 18 1 44 2126 May 31, 1975 Jul 7, 1996 Kobe
28 Kazuhito Tadano 2 2004 2005 0 1 1 .500 4.47 15 4 2 0 0 0 54.1 59 31 27 6 18 0 40 3 0 2 241 Apr 25, 1980 Apr 27, 2004 Tokyo
29 Ken Takahashi 1 2009 2009 0 0 1 .000 2.96 28 0 5 0 0 0 27.1 23 9 9 2 14 1 23 2 1 2 116 Apr 16, 1969 May 2, 2009 Kanagawa
30 Shingo Takatsu 2 2004 2005 0 8 6 .571 3.38 99 0 69 0 0 27 98.2 81 38 37 17 40 5 88 2 0 2 413 Nov 25, 1968 Apr 9, 2004 Hiroshima
31 Junichi Tazawa 1 2009 2009 0 2 3 .400 7.46 6 4 1 0 0 0 25.1 43 23 21 4 9 0 13 3 0 0 130 Jun 6, 1986 Aug 7, 2009 Yokohama
32 Koji Uehara 1 2009 2009 0 2 4 .333 4.05 12 12 0 0 0 0 66.2 71 33 30 7 12 1 48 0 0 0 279 Apr 3, 1975 Apr 8, 2009 Osaka
33 Keiichi Yabu 2 2005 2008 0 7 6 .538 4.00 100 0 25 0 0 1 126.0 127 67 56 9 58 7 92 16 1 7 564 Sep 28, 1968 Apr 9, 2005 Mie
34 Yasuhiko Yabuta 2 2008 2009 0 3 4 .429 7.14 43 0 15 0 0 0 51.2 70 42 41 9 24 0 34 0 0 5 245 Jun 9, 1973 Apr 5, 2008 Osaka
35 Masato Yoshii 5 1998 2002 0 32 47 .405 4.62 162 118 9 3 0 0 757.1 805 408 389 112 222 17 447 23 2 17 3219 Apr 20, 1965 Apr 5, 1998 Osaka
Totals 113 1964 2009 6 502 531 .486 4.31 3547 1062 1066 34 17 357 9147.2 8920 4725 4377 1152 3733 256 7196 298 45 399 39489
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