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Akinori Iwamura

Akinori Iwamura

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 9, 1979 in Ehime, Japan
High School: Uwajima Hagashi (Uwajima Hagashi, JP) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 2007
Teams (by GP): Rays/DevilRays/Pirates/Athletics 2007-2010
Agents: Alan Nero [*]
Final Game: September 26, 2010
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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
2007 28 TBD AL 123 559 491 82 140 21 10 7 34 12 8 58 114 .285 .359 .411 .770 105 202 2 1 4 5 0 *5/4D
2008 29 TBR AL 152 707 627 91 172 30 9 6 48 8 6 70 131 .274 .349 .380 .729 93 238 2 4 3 3 3 *4
2009 30 TBR AL 69 260 231 28 67 16 2 1 22 9 1 24 44 .290 .355 .390 .745 98 90 1 1 1 3 0 4/5
2010 31 TOT MLB 64 229 196 21 34 7 1 2 13 3 1 31 41 .173 .285 .250 .535 48 49 4 0 1 1 0 45
2010 31 PIT NL 54 193 165 18 30 6 1 2 9 3 1 26 31 .182 .292 .267 .558 54 44 4 0 1 1 0 4
2010 31 OAK AL 10 36 31 3 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 10 .129 .250 .161 .411 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
4 Yrs 408 1755 1545 222 413 74 22 16 117 32 16 183 330 .267 .345 .375 .720 92 579 9 6 9 12 3
162 Game Avg. 162 697 613 88 164 29 9 6 46 13 6 73 131 .267 .345 .375 .720 92 230 4 2 4 5 1
TBR (3 yrs) 344 1526 1349 201 379 67 21 14 104 29 15 152 289 .281 .354 .393 .747 98 530 5 6 8 11 3
PIT (1 yr) 54 193 165 18 30 6 1 2 9 3 1 26 31 .182 .292 .267 .558 54 44 4 0 1 1 0
OAK (1 yr) 10 36 31 3 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 10 .129 .250 .161 .411 16 5 0 0 0 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 354 1562 1380 204 383 68 21 14 108 29 15 157 299 .278 .351 .388 .739 96 535 5 6 8 11 3
NL (1 yr) 54 193 165 18 30 6 1 2 9 3 1 26 31 .182 .292 .267 .558 54 44 4 0 1 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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 Awards
2007 28 TBD AL 123 559 3 1 3 -6 2 2 0.3 19 20 2.0 .501 .501 2.6 -0.3 26 $1,800,000 *5/4D
2008 29 TBR AL 152 707 -3 -0 3 2 3 5 0.8 24 29 2.9 .503 .503 2.6 0.7 27 $2,400,000 *4
2009 30 TBR AL 69 260 -0 2 1 -1 1 3 0.4 9 12 1.2 .504 .502 1.3 0.1 13 $3,250,000 4/5
2010 31 PIT NL 54 193 -8 -2 -0 -12 1 -21 -2.2 5 -16 -1.7 .459 .486 -0.4 -1.2 -4 $4,850,000 4
2010 31 OAK AL 10 36 -3 0 0 -3 0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .445 .497 -0.1 -0.3 -1 $ 5
4 Seasons 408 1755 -11 1 7 -20 7 -17 -1.3 58 41 4.0 .496 .498 6.0 -1.0 61 $12,300,000
TBR (3 yrs) 344 1526 -0 2 7 -5 6 9 1.5 52 61 6.1 .503 .502 6.5 0.4 66 $7,450,000
PIT (1 yr) 54 193 -8 -2 -0 -12 1 -21 -2.2 5 -16 -1.7 .459 .486 -0.4 -1.2 -4 $4,850,000
OAK (1 yr) 10 36 -3 0 0 -3 0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .445 .497 -0.1 -0.3 -1 $

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 PwrSpd
2007 28 TBD AL 559 370 77 5.6 105 .355 .285 .269 .359 .336 .411 .420 .770 .756 105 .543 4.1 0.4 .734 .253 .126 8.8
2008 29 TBR AL 707 469 89 5.1 106 .337 .274 .269 .349 .337 .380 .423 .729 .760 93 .511 -5.6 -0.5 .678 .220 .105 6.9
2009 30 TBR AL 260 170 36 5.6 106 .349 .290 .265 .355 .333 .390 .425 .745 .759 98 .550 0.4 0.0 .741 .238 .100 1.8
2010 31 TOT MLB 229 169 16 2.5 100 .208 .173 .260 .285 .329 .250 .409 .535 .738 48 .251 -14.0 -1.4 .491 .245 .077 2.4
2010 31 PIT NL 193 142 14 2.6 101 .211 .182 .260 .292 .329 .267 .409 .558 .738 54 .266 -10.4 -1.0 .514 .255 .085 2.4
2010 31 OAK AL 36 27 2 2.0 99 .190 .129 .259 .250 .327 .161 .406 .411 .733 16 .172 -3.6 -0.4 .370 .194 .032
4 Yrs 1755 1178 218 4.9 105 .328 .267 .267 .345 .335 .375 .420 .720 .756 92 .498 -15.1 -1.5 .678 .236 .107 21.3
162 Game Avg. 697 468 87 4.9 105 .328 .267 .267 .345 .335 .375 .420 .720 .756 92 .498 -15.1 -1.5 .678 .236 .107 8
TBR (3 yrs) 1526 1009 202 5.3 106 .345 .281 .268 .354 .336 .393 .422 .747 .758 98 .530 -1.1 -0.1 .709 .235 .112 18.9
PIT (1 yr) 193 142 14 2.6 101 .211 .182 .260 .292 .329 .267 .409 .558 .738 54 .267 -10.4 -1.0 .514 .255 .085 2.4
OAK (1 yr) 36 27 2 2.0 99 .190 .129 .259 .250 .327 .161 .406 .411 .733 16 .172 -3.6 -0.4 .370 .194 .032
AL (4 yrs) 1562 1036 204 5.3 106 .342 .278 .268 .351 .336 .388 .422 .739 .758 96 .523 -4.7 -0.5 .700 .234 .110 18.9
NL (1 yr) 193 142 14 2.6 101 .211 .182 .260 .292 .329 .267 .409 .558 .738 54 .267 -10.4 -1.0 .514 .255 .085 2.4

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
2008 29 TBR AL ALDS CHW W 4 19 18 3 7 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 4 .389 .421 .722 1.143 13 0 0 0 0 0
2008 29 TBR AL ALCS BOS W 7 34 29 4 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 5 .207 .324 .276 .599 8 0 0 0 0 1
2008 29 TBR AL WS PHI L 5 20 19 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .263 .300 .316 .616 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (3 Series) 16 73 66 8 18 4 1 1 5 2 0 7 12 .273 .342 .409 .752 27 0 0 0 0 1
1 ALDS 4 19 18 3 7 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 4 .389 .421 .722 1.143 13 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 7 34 29 4 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 5 .207 .324 .276 .599 8 0 0 0 0 1
1 WS 5 20 19 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .263 .300 .316 .616 6 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
2007 28 TBD AL 559 1.3% 20.4% 10.4% 6.8% 27% 1.97 4.3 70.1 14.4 0.90 0.98 67% 20% 4.0% 12%
2008 29 TBR AL 707 0.9% 18.5% 9.9% 6.4% 26% 1.87 4.8 104.5 13.1 0.88 1.02 70% 19% 2.5% 8%
2009 30 TBR AL 260 0.4% 16.9% 9.2% 7.3% 28% 1.83 5.3 231.0 10.5 0.72 0.94 73% 22% 1.0% 6%
2010 31 TOT MLB 229 0.9% 17.9% 13.5% 4.4% 29% 1.32 4.8 98.0 15.1 1.23 1.53 67% 15% 3.1% 7%
2010 31 PIT NL 193 1.0% 16.1% 13.5% 4.7% 30% 1.19 5.3 82.5 18.3 1.21 1.57 69% 16% 3.5% 7%
2010 31 OAK AL 36 0.0% 27.8% 13.9% 2.8% 25% 2.00 3.1 7.8 1.33 1.29 58% 5% 0.0% 11%
4 Yrs 1755 0.9% 18.8% 10.4% 6.4% 27% 1.80 4.7 96.6 13.2 0.90 1.06 69% 19% 2.8% 9%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.7% 7.8% 34% 2.05 5.0 34.2 7.8 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 28 TBD AL 4.1 0.4 594 -0.4 8.5 -9.0 .92 0.2 -0.6 -1.3 -0.1 0.89 0.5 0.61 1
2008 29 TBR AL -5.6 -0.5 729 0.4 11.9 -11.5 .98 -0.2 0.5 3.4 0.3 0.92 -1.8 0
2009 30 TBR AL 0.4 0.0 276 -0.6 3.7 -4.3 .97 -0.1 -0.5 1.3 0.1 0.98 0.9 1.30 2
2010 31 TOT MLB -14.0 -1.4 236 -0.6 3.0 -3.5 .93 -1.0 0.4 -9.1 -0.9 0.92 -10.0 1.03 12
2010 31 PIT NL -10.4 -1.0 198 -0.6 2.6 -3.2 .99 -0.8 0.1 -8.2 -0.8 0.93 -8.0 1.03 12
2010 31 OAK AL -3.6 -0.4 38 0.0 0.4 -0.4 .62 -0.2 0.3 -0.9 -0.1 0.89 -1.9 0
4 Yrs -15.0 -1.5 1835 -1.2 27.1 -28.3 .95 -1.1 -0.2 -5.6 -0.6 0.92 -10.3 1.04 15

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2007 28 TBD AL 2 0 39% 255 12 8 60% 12 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 23 43% 43 31 12 13 9 4 27 6 20
2008 29 TBR AL 9 0 35% 332 8 6 57% 8 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 21 33% 48 34 14 9 7 2 19 9 9
2009 30 TBR AL 2 0 30% 115 9 1 90% 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 37% 17 14 3 3 1 2 18 8 9
2010 31 TOT MLB 5 0 30% 89 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 32% 8 8 0 3 1 2 8 3 4
2010 31 PIT NL 4 0 30% 80 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 28% 8 8 0 3 1 2 7 3 3
2010 31 OAK AL 1 0 33% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
4 Yrs 18 0 35% 791 32 16 67% 31 15 1 1 0 0 3 1 13 56 38% 116 87 29 28 18 10 72 26 42

Situational Hitting*

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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2007 28 TBD AL 559 69% 140 21 3 1 0 0 0 0.61 7 0 7 2 5 4 3 0 8 4 50% 75 2 3% 37 14 38% 243 28 12% 20 10 50% 16 7 44% 0
2008 29 TBR AL 707 69% 172 28 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 12 5 1 3 3 0 9 3 33% 91 2 2% 48 15 31% 330 43 13% 35 16 46% 24 18 75% 0
2009 30 TBR AL 260 70% 67 11 2 2 0 0 0 1.30 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 44 1 2% 21 7 33% 171 22 13% 19 9 47% 10 3 30% 0
2010 31 TOT MLB 229 79% 34 5 0 12 4 0 1 1.03 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 32 4 13% 17 6 35% 105 11 10% 3 3 100% 5 3 60% 0
2010 31 PIT NL 193 79% 30 4 0 12 4 0 1 1.03 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 28 4 14% 15 5 33% 85 7 8% 2 2 100% 5 3 60% 0
2010 31 OAK AL 36 78% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 20 4 20% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1755 70% 413 65 11 15 4 0 1 1.04 16 0 31 10 6 7 9 0 20 9 45% 242 9 4% 123 42 34% 849 104 12% 77 38 49% 55 31 56% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

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 PAu Pitu Stru
2007 28 TBD AL 560 2213 3.95 1322 60% 26% 18% 26% 29% 74% 0% 44% 75% 31% 5% 27 4 17% 94 49 11% 62 28 24% -1 0 0
2008 29 TBR AL 708 2930 4.14 1738 59% 29% 13% 29% 29% 71% 1% 42% 81% 22% 5% 38 2 17% 117 53 12% 82 51 19% -1 0 0
2009 30 TBR AL 260 1087 4.18 627 58% 28% 16% 25% 30% 72% 0% 41% 78% 23% 5% 14 1 17% 44 20 11% 29 15 27% 0 0 0
2010 31 TOT MLB 229 890 3.89 525 59% 28% 16% 26% 30% 72% 0% 42% 78% 28% 6% 14 0 17% 38 15 12% 27 15 22% 0 0 0
2010 31 PIT NL 193 745 3.86 443 59% 28% 16% 26% 31% 72% 0% 43% 78% 30% 5% 10 0 15% 29 12 11% 22 12 23% 0 0 0
2010 31 OAK AL 36 145 4.03 82 57% 32% 16% 27% 26% 68% 0% 39% 77% 22% 11% 4 0 25% 9 3 14% 5 3 20% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1757 7120 4.05 4212 59% 28% 15% 27% 29% 72% 0% 43% 79% 26% 5% 93 7 17% 293 137 11% 200 109 22% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 28 123 559 491 82 140 21 10 7 34 12 8 58 114 .285 .359 .411 .770 105 202 2 1 4 5 0
2008 29 275 1266 1118 173 312 51 19 13 82 20 14 128 245 .279 .353 .394 .747 98 440 4 5 7 8 3
2009 30 344 1526 1349 201 379 67 21 14 104 29 15 152 289 .281 .354 .393 .747 98 530 5 6 8 11 3
2010 31 408 1755 1545 222 413 74 22 16 117 32 16 183 330 .267 .345 .375 .720 92 579 9 6 9 12 3

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 28 123 558 490 81 139 21 10 7 34 12 58 114 .284 .357 .410 .768 72 123
2008 29 152 704 625 89 170 30 9 6 47 8 69 131 .272 .347 .378 .724 81 152
2009 30 69 260 231 28 67 16 2 1 22 9 24 44 .290 .355 .390 .745 32 69
2010 31 64 231 197 22 35 7 1 2 14 3 32 41 .178 .291 .254 .545 15 64
4 Yrs 408 1753 1543 220 411 74 22 16 117 32 183 330 .266 .344 .374 .718 200 408
162 Game Avg. 162 696 613 87 163 29 9 6 46 13 73 131 .266 .344 .374 .718 79 408

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

At Bats s c a p y
2008 AL  627 (9th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2008 AL  707 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
2007 AL  10 (2nd)
2008 AL  9 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2008 AL  131 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
2008 AL  127 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2007 AL  8 (7th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2008 AL  469 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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