Hideki Irabu Batting Statistics and History

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Hideki Irabu

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: May 5, 1969 in Hyogo, Japan
High School: Chiba (Chiba, JP) (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1997 (Age 28)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Rangers/Expos 1997-2002
Agents: Don Nomura [*]
Final Game: July 12, 2002 (Age 33)
Died: July 27, 2011 in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1988	19	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1989	20	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1990	21	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1991	22	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1992	23	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1993	24	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1994	25	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1995	26	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1996	27	LOT	Fgn																										LOT · JPPL
1997	28	NYY-min	AAA,A+,AA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CLB,TAM,NCH · IL,FLOR,EL
1997	28	NYY	AL	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	29	NYY	AL	29	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1999	30	NYY	AL	32	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
2000	31	WSN-min	AAA,A+	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OTT,JUP · IL,FLOR
2000	31	MON	NL	11	18	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.125	.125	.125	.250	-37	2	1	0	2	0	0	1
2001	32	WSN-min	AAA,A+	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OTT,JUP · IL,FLOR
2001	32	MON	NL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2002	33	TEX	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	34	HAN	Fgn																										HAN · JPCL
2004	35	HAN	Fgn																										HAN · JPCL
6 Yrs				126	34	28	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.107	.138	.107	.245	-36	3	1	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	44	36	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	17	.107	.138	.107	.245	-36	4	1	0	6	0	0

NYY (3 yrs)				74	13	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.111	.200	.111	.311	-16	1	0	0	3	0	0
MON (2 yrs)				14	21	19	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.105	.105	.105	.211	-47	2	1	0	2	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				112	13	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.111	.200	.111	.311	-16	1	0	0	3	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				14	21	19	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.105	.105	.105	.211	-47	2	1	0	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1997	28	NYY	AL	13	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$2,325,000	1
1998	29	NYY	AL	29	5	0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$2,925,000	1
1999	30	NYY	AL	32	7	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	0	$3,125,000	1
2000	31	MON	NL	11	18	-2	-0	-0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$4,125,000	1
2001	32	MON	NL	3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.485	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0	$2,500,000	/1
2002	33	TEX	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$550,000	1
6 Seasons				126	34	-4	-0	-0	0	6	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	2	$15,550,000

NYY (3 yrs)				74	13	-1	-0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$8,375,000
MON (2 yrs)				14	21	-3	-0	-0	0	3	-0	-0.0	1	0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	-0.0	1	$6,625,000
TEX (1 yr)				38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$550,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1997	28	NYY	AL	1	1	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.271	.000	.341	.000	.429	.000	.770	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1998	29	NYY	AL	5	4	0	0.0	107	1.000	.250	.268	.250	.336	.250	.427	.500	.763	33	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1999	30	NYY	AL	7	6	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.272	.200	.345	.000	.436	.200	.781	-42	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
2000	31	MON	NL	18	17	0	0.0	119	.222	.125	.277	.125	.355	.125	.452	.250	.807	-37	.000	-3.5	-0.3	.133	.000	.000
2001	32	MON	NL	3	3	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.270	.000	.341	.000	.442	.000	.783	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				34	31	0	0.0	115	.200	.107	.274	.138	.349	.107	.444	.245	.793	-36	.000	-6.0	-0.6	.154	.036	.000
162 Game Avg.				44	40	0	0.0	115	.200	.107	.274	.138	.349	.107	.444	.245	.793	-36	.000	-6.0	-0.6	.154	.036	.000

NYY (3 yrs)				13	11	0	0.0	110	.333	.111	.270	.200	.341	.111	.431	.311	.772	-16		-1.6	-0.2	.250	.111	.000
MON (2 yrs)				21	20	0	0.0	118	.167	.105	.276	.105	.353	.105	.451	.211	.803	-47		-4.4	-0.4	.111	.000	.000

AL (4 yrs)				13	11	0	0.0	110	.333	.111	.270	.200	.341	.111	.431	.311	.772	-16		-1.6	-0.2	.250	.111	.000
NL (2 yrs)				21	20	0	0.0	118	.167	.105	.276	.105	.353	.105	.451	.211	.803	-47		-4.4	-0.4	.111	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1999	30	NYY	AL	ALCS	BOS	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1997	28	NYY	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							0.00	100%	0%
1998	29	NYY	AL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.3			0.00		20%	50%	0.0%	0%
1999	30	NYY	AL	7	0.0%	42.9%	14.3%	0.0%		3.00	1.3					14%	0%
2000	31	MON	NL	18	0.0%	38.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3		16.0	1.67	7.00	50%	18%	0.0%	33%
2001	32	MON	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						2.00	2.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%
6 Yrs				34	0.0%	38.2%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	13.00	2.2		28.0	1.60	4.33	44%	15%	0.0%	20%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	8.0%	34%	1.88	5.3	31.4	7.4	0.75	1.08	70%	23%	8.0%	14%

Win Probability*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1997	28	NYY	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.29	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.11	-0.3	0
1998	29	NYY	AL	-0.4	-0.0	5	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.01	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.05	-0.4	0
1999	30	NYY	AL	-0.9	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.88	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.15	-1.1	0
2000	31	MON	NL	-3.5	-0.3	18	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.96	-0.2	0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.91	-2.6	0
2001	32	MON	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.99	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.82	-0.9	0
2002	33	TEX	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
6 Yrs				-6.0	-0.6	34	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.96	-0.4	0.0	-4.7	-0.4	0.98	-5.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stD	1^stD3
1997	28	NYY	AL	0		0	0		0	0
1998	29	NYY	AL	1	0%	1	0		0	0
1999	30	NYY	AL	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1
2000	31	MON	NL	2	50%	6	1	0%	1	1
2001	32	MON	NL	0		0	0		0	0
6 Yrs				3	25%	8	1	0%	2	2

Situational Batting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1997	28	NYY	AL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1998	29	NYY	AL	5	40%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
1999	30	NYY	AL	7	14%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	8	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2000	31	MON	NL	18	22%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	5	1	20%	5	0	0%	12	2	17%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
2001	32	MON	NL	3	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				34	21%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	11	1	9%	10	1	10%	28	3	11%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	S/SO	L/SO%	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1997	28	NYY	AL	1	1	1.00	1	100%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
1998	29	NYY	AL	5	16	3.20	14	88%	36%	7%	43%	14%	64%	0%	56%	89%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	1	1	33%	0	0	0
1999	30	NYY	AL	7	26	3.71	17	65%	41%	29%	12%	18%	59%	0%	38%	50%	43%	0%	0	0	14%	1	0	0%	0	0	1	2	33%	0	0	0
2000	31	MON	NL	18	57	3.17	46	81%	28%	26%	22%	24%	72%	0%	58%	64%	44%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	2	5	29%	0	0	0
2001	32	MON	NL	3	7	2.33	6	86%	0%	33%	17%	50%	100%	0%	86%	67%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
5 Yrs				34	107	3.15	84	79%	30%	24%	23%	24%	70%	0%	55%	66%	47%	0%	0	0	3%	1	0	0%	0	0	4	8	31%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%					28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1997	28	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1998	29	42	6	5	0	1	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	1	0	1
1999	30	74	13	9	0	1	0	1	6	.111	.200	.111	.311	-16	1	0	3
2000	31	85	31	25	1	3	1	1	13	.120	.154	.120	.274	-29	3	1	5
2001	32	88	34	28	1	3	1	1	13	.107	.138	.107	.245	-36	3	1	5
2002	33	126	34	28	1	3	1	1	13	.107	.138	.107	.245	-36	3	1	5

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1997	28	13	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	13
1998	29	29	5	4	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	29
1999	30	32	7	4	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	32
2000	31	11	18	16	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	11
2001	32	3	3	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3
5 Yrs		88	34	28	1	13	.000	.034	.000	.034	88
162 Game Avg.		162	63	52	2	24	.000	.034	.000	.034	88

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