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Kenshin Kawakami

Kenshin Kawakami

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: June 22, 1975 in Tokushima, Japan
High School: Tokushima Commercial (Tokushima City, JP)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves in 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 2009
Team: Braves 2009-2010
Agents: Dan Evans West Coast Sports Mgmt [*]
Final Game: September 9, 2010
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2009 34 ATL NL 7 12 .368 3.86 32 25 3 0 0 1 156.1 153 73 67 15 57 6 105 6 1 8 669 107 1.343 8.8 0.9 3.3 6.0 1.84
2010 35 ATL NL 1 10 .091 5.15 18 16 1 0 0 0 87.1 98 57 50 10 32 10 59 1 0 4 391 76 1.489 10.1 1.0 3.3 6.1 1.84
2 Yrs 8 22 .267 4.32 50 41 4 0 0 1 243.2 251 130 117 25 89 16 164 7 1 12 1060 94 1.395 9.3 0.9 3.3 6.1 1.84
162 Game Avg. 6 16 .267 4.32 37 31 3 0 0 1 182 188 97 87 19 67 12 123 5 1 9 792 94 1.395 9.3 0.9 3.3 6.1 1.84

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2009 34 ATL NL 156.1 32 25 73 4.20 4.53 -0.07 0.13 97.8 4.63 7 0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.8 22 .524 .505 $8,333,666
2010 35 ATL NL 87.1 18 16 57 5.87 4.41 0.08 0.16 97.0 4.35 -15 -1.5 .1 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .418 .491 $7,333,666
2 Seasons 243.2 50 41 130 4.80 4.49 -0.02 0.14 97.5 4.53 -8 -0.7 .8 -0.2 0.9 16 .486 .498 $15,667,332

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2009 34 ATL NL 32 669 589 73 153 40 10 15 6 5 57 105 .260 .328 .438 .766 .290 258 12 6 10 7 6 4
2010 35 ATL NL 18 391 345 57 98 29 6 10 7 2 32 59 .284 .340 .490 .830 .311 169 5 1 6 7 10 6
2 Yrs 50 1060 934 130 251 69 16 25 13 7 89 164 .269 .332 .457 .790 .298 427 17 7 16 14 16 10
162 Game Avg. 37 792 698 97 188 52 12 19 10 5 67 123 .269 .332 .457 .790 .298 319 13 5 12 10 12 7
MLB Averages .260 .329 .410 .740 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2009 34 ATL NL 4.4 0.4 688 0.2 12.9 -12.7 1.10 0.4 -0.2 4.6 0.5 1.10 0.9 2 1 4
2010 35 ATL NL -13.4 -1.3 402 -1.4 6.3 -7.6 .97 -1.0 -0.4 -10.4 -1.0 0.97 -11.1 0 0 1
2 Yrs -9.0 -0.9 1090 -1.2 19.2 -20.4 1.05 -0.6 -0.5 -5.8 -0.6 1.05 -10.2 2 1 5

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2009 34 ATL NL 32 25 7 10 8 0 2 12 13 .480 2 4 0 0 13 52% 50.4 83 16 12 4 0 12 3.5 3.0 5.7 91 5 14 5 1 125
2010 35 ATL NL 18 16 1 10 5 0 3 5 11 .313 1 2 0 0 7 44% 46.6 72 27 8 7 0 8 3.4 3.0 5.3 89 6 3 7 0 111
2 Yrs 50 41 8 20 13 0 5 17 24 .415 3 6 0 0 20 49% 49 83 16 20 11 0 20 3.5 3.0 5.6 90 11 17 12 1 125
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 100 -8 4.5 4.5 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2009 34 ATL NL 32 7 3 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 0 0 6 1.103 2 1 4 2 2 3 0 7 5 0 5 0 5.9 27
2010 35 ATL NL 18 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .972 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 18
2 Yrs 50 9 4 0 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 0 0 1.055 2 1 5 2 2 5 0 9 5 0 5 0 5.2 25

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2009 34 ATL NL 669 48% 2.2% 15.7% 8.5% 9.7% 43% 0.72 1.06 71% 19% 5.9% 10% 124 12 10%
2010 35 ATL NL 391 54% 2.6% 15.1% 8.2% 11.5% 46% 0.65 0.99 72% 21% 6.5% 13% 72 5 7%
2 Yrs 1060 51% 2.4% 15.5% 8.4% 10.4% 44% 0.69 1.03 72% 20% 6.2% 11% 196 17 9%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.2% 8.7% 7.7% 33% 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2009 34 ATL NL 670 2471 3.69 1553 63% 28% 12% 27% 32% 72% 2% 45% 83% 59% 4% 28 11 21% 144 81 5 32% 20 11 -1 0 0
2010 35 ATL NL 391 1458 3.73 896 61% 27% 14% 27% 33% 73% 7% 45% 82% 59% 5% 18 8 16% 64 31 3 27% 8 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 1061 3929 3.70 2449 62% 28% 13% 27% 33% 72% 4% 45% 82% 59% 4% 46 19 20% 208 112 8 30% 28 11 -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 58% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2009 34 ATL NL 669 153 12 2 15 0 16 9 6 4 11 37 19 4 51% 4 8 3 238 6 5 55% 5 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 24 0
2010 35 ATL NL 391 98 7 2 10 0 7 6 4 3 7 40 19 6 48% 6 4 0 139 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2 Yrs 1060 251 19 4 25 0 23 15 10 7 18 77 38 10 49% 10 12 3 377 13 7 65% 12 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 40 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2009 34 7 12 .368 3.86 32 25 3 0 0 1 156.1 153 73 67 15 57 6 105 6 1 8 669 107 1.343 8.8 0.9 3.3 6.0 1.84 107
2010 35 8 22 .267 4.32 50 41 4 0 0 1 243.2 251 130 117 25 89 16 164 7 1 12 1060 94 1.395 9.3 0.9 3.3 6.1 1.84 94

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2009 34 8 8 .500 4.05 151.0 154 76 68 15 57 101 6 1.397 9.2 3.4 6.0 1.77 0.9 32
2010 35 3 6 .333 5.61 85.0 101 59 53 10 33 58 1 1.576 10.7 3.5 6.1 1.76 1.1 18
2 Yrs 11 14 .440 4.61 236.0 255 135 121 25 90 159 7 1.462 9.7 6.1 1.77 1.0 50

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Losses s c a p y
2009 NL  12 (10th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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