Akinori Iwamura
Akinori Iwamura
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 176 lb.

Born: February 9, 1979 in Ehime, Japan
High School: Uwajima Hagashi (Uwajima Hagashi, JP) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 2007
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Standard Batting

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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 96 90 1 1 1 3 0 4/5
3 Seasons 344 1526 1349 201 379 67 21 14 104 29 15 152 289 .281 .354 .393 .747 98 530 5 6 8 11 3
162 Game Avg. 162 719 635 95 178 32 10 7 49 14 7 72 136 .281 .354 .393 .747 98 250 2 3 4 5 1

Advanced Batting

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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 5.6 109 .349 .290 .268 .355 .338 .390 .431 .745 .769 96 .550 -0.6 -0.1 .741 .238 .100 1.8
3 Seasons 1526 1009 202 5.4 106 .345 .281 .269 .354 .337 .393 .423 .747 .760 98 .530 -2.1 -0.2 .709 .235 .112 18.9
162 Game Avg. 719 475 95 5.4 106 .345 .281 .269 .354 .337 .393 .423 .747 .760 98 .530 -2.1 -0.2 .709 .235 .112 9

Postseason Batting

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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 Season (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*

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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%
3 Seasons 1526 0.9% 18.9% 10.0% 6.7% 27% 1.90 4.7 96.4 13.0 0.86 0.99 69% 20% 2.7% 9%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
3 Seasons 13 0 36% 702 29 15 66% 28 14 1 1 0 0 3 1 10 54 38% 108 79 29 25 17 8 64 23 38
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.63 7 0 7 2 5 4 3 0 8 4 50% 75 2 3% 37 14 38% 243 28 12% 20 10 50% 23 7 30% 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% 34 14 41% 0
2009 30 TBR AL 260 70% 67 11 2 2 0 0 0 1.31 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 44 1 2% 21 7 33% 171 22 13% 19 9 47% 17 6 35% 0
3 Seasons 1526 69% 379 60 11 3 0 0 0 1.09 14 0 28 8 6 7 7 0 19 8 42% 210 5 2% 106 36 34% 744 93 13% 74 35 47% 74 27 36% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 559 2212 3.96 1322 60% 26% 18% 26% 29% 74% 0% 44% 75% 31% 5% 27 4 17% 94 49 11% 62 28 24% 0 0 0
2008 29 TBR AL 707 2925 4.14 1735 59% 29% 13% 29% 29% 71% 1% 42% 81% 22% 5% 38 2 17% 117 53 12% 82 51 19% 0 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
3 Seasons 1526 6224 4.08 3684 59% 28% 15% 27% 29% 72% 0% 43% 79% 25% 5% 79 7 17% 255 122 11% 173 94 22% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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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

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 R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2007 28 123 561 495 81 144 22 10 7 33 12 60 114 .291 .365 .418 .784 76 123
2008 29 152 711 632 89 177 31 9 6 47 8 72 131 .280 .356 .386 .742 87 152
2009 30 69 264 235 27 71 17 2 1 22 10 25 44 .302 .367 .404 .772 35 69
3 Seasons 344 1536 1362 197 392 70 21 14 102 30 157 289 .288 .361 .401 .762 198 344
162 Game Avg. 162 723 641 93 185 33 10 7 48 14 74 136 .288 .361 .401 .762 93 344

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1679), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Jocko Fields (966)
  2. Jeff Keppinger (955)
  3. Les Mallon (950)
  4. Lou Merloni (949)
  5. Alberto Callaspo (948)
  6. George Myatt (947)
  7. Maicer Izturis (945)
  8. Footsie Blair (944)
  9. Bret Barberie (944)
  10. Craig Shipley (944)
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  1. Bama Rowell (960)
  2. Ramon Martinez (947)
  3. Jeff Frye (947)
  4. John Wathan (946)
  5. Footsie Blair (944)
  6. Russ Wrightstone (943)
  7. Homer Bush (940)
  8. Gene Baker (939)
  9. Tony Graffanino (939)
  10. Craig Counsell (938)
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  2. Bama Rowell (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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