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Micheal Nakamura

Micheal Yoshihide Nakamura

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 6, 1976 in Nara, Japan
High School: Wesley (Melbourne, AU)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 2003
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Twins 2003-2004

Final Game: July 31, 2004
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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
2003 26 MIN AL 0 0 7.82 12 0 7 0 0 1 12.2 20 11 11 4 2 0 14 1 0 0 62 60 1.737 14.2 2.8 1.4 9.9 7.00
2004 27 TOR AL 0 3 .000 7.36 19 0 2 0 0 0 25.2 27 23 21 7 7 0 24 2 0 3 114 66 1.325 9.5 2.5 2.5 8.4 3.43
2 Yrs 0 3 .000 7.51 31 0 9 0 0 1 38.1 47 34 32 11 9 0 38 3 0 3 176 64 1.461 11.0 2.6 2.1 8.9 4.22
162 Game Avg. 0 7 .000 7.51 68 0 20 0 0 2 84 103 75 70 24 20 0 83 7 0 7 386 64 1.461 11.0 2.6 2.1 8.9 4.22
MIN (1 yr) 0 0 7.82 12 0 7 0 0 1 12.2 20 11 11 4 2 0 14 1 0 0 62 60 1.737 14.2 2.8 1.4 9.9 7.00
TOR (1 yr) 0 3 .000 7.36 19 0 2 0 0 0 25.2 27 23 21 7 7 0 24 2 0 3 114 66 1.325 9.5 2.5 2.5 8.4 3.43

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
2003 26 MIN AL 12.2 12 0 11 7.82 4.66 -0.03 -0.35 100.5 4.36 -5 -0.5 .3 0.1 -0.2 -3 .462 .497 $
2004 27 TOR AL 25.2 19 0 23 8.06 4.91 0.28 -0.36 105.2 4.49 -10 -1.0 .9 0.0 -0.7 -7 .449 .494 $
2 Seasons 38.1 31 0 34 7.98 4.83 0.18 -0.36 103.7 4.45 -15 -1.4 .6 0.1 -0.9 -10 .454 .496 $
MIN (1 yr) 12.2 12 0 11 7.82 4.66 -0.03 -0.35 100.5 4.36 -5 -0.5 .3 0.1 -0.2 -3 .462 .497 $
TOR (1 yr) 25.2 19 0 23 8.06 4.91 0.28 -0.36 105.2 4.49 -10 -1.0 .9 0.0 -0.7 -7 .449 .494 $

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
2003 26 MIN AL 12 62 59 11 20 4 1 4 1 0 2 14 .339 .371 .644 1.015 .390 38 0 1 0 0 0 1
2004 27 TOR AL 19 114 103 23 27 6 2 7 4 0 7 24 .262 .319 .563 .882 .274 58 0 2 1 1 0 1
2 Yrs 31 176 162 34 47 10 3 11 5 0 9 38 .290 .337 .593 .930 .316 96 0 3 1 1 0 2
162 Game Avg. 68 386 355 75 103 22 7 24 11 0 20 83 .290 .337 .593 .930 .316 211 0 7 2 2 0 4
MLB Averages .265 .334 .425 .759 .296

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2003 26 MIN AL -4.0 -0.4 63 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .13 -0.3 0.2 -6.3 -0.6 0.13 -7.7 1 1 9
2004 27 TOR AL -6.9 -0.6 121 -0.7 1.2 -2.0 .66 -0.5 -0.6 -6.8 -0.6 0.66 -4.7 3 6 9
2 Yrs -10.9 -1.0 184 -0.7 1.4 -2.1 .48 -0.7 -0.8 -13.1 -1.2 0.48 -12.4 4 7 18

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
2003 26 MIN AL 12 12 7 0 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 8 4 50% 8 .131 1 1 9 2 0 10 4 8 4 4 4 6 3.2 19
2004 27 TOR AL 19 19 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 13 3 23% 6 .663 3 6 9 5 3 11 8 11 9 3 11 1 4.1 23
2 Yrs 31 31 9 0 3 1 1 0 100% 5 3 21 7 33% .476 4 7 18 7 3 21 12 19 13 7 15 7 3.7 21

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%
2003 26 MIN AL 62 55% 6.5% 22.6% 3.2% 14.5% 45% 0.41 0.60 66% 13% 15.4% 19% 12 0 0%
2004 27 TOR AL 114 57% 6.1% 21.1% 6.1% 13.2% 56% 0.57 0.77 64% 16% 14.9% 8% 19 0 0%
2 Yrs 176 56% 6.3% 21.6% 5.1% 13.6% 51% 0.51 0.71 65% 15% 15.1% 12% 31 0 0%
MLB Averages 45% 2.8% 16.7% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 0.81 1.09 70% 19% 8.0% 11% 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
2003 26 MIN AL 62 222 3.58 141 64% 29% 17% 22% 32% 71% 0% 45% 76% 60% 3% 2 1 21% 13 5 0 14% 2 1 0 0 0
2004 27 TOR AL 114 438 3.84 272 62% 33% 15% 23% 30% 67% 0% 42% 78% 59% 6% 7 6 18% 20 12 3 33% 4 1 0 0 0
2 Yrs 176 660 3.75 413 63% 31% 15% 23% 31% 69% 0% 43% 77% 59% 5% 9 7 19% 33 17 3 26% 6 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 62% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 26%

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
2003 26 MIN AL 62 20 1 0 4 0 5 3 1 2 2 7 3 2 43% 1 0 0 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 27 TOR AL 114 27 1 0 7 0 1 3 4 5 2 10 8 2 80% 1 3 1 35 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2 Yrs 176 47 2 0 11 0 6 6 5 7 4 17 11 4 65% 2 3 1 60 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
MLB Averages 53% 70%

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+
2003 26 0 0 7.82 12 0 7 0 0 1 12.2 20 11 11 4 2 0 14 1 0 0 62 60 1.737 14.2 2.8 1.4 9.9 7.00 60
2004 27 0 3 .000 7.51 31 0 9 0 0 1 38.1 47 34 32 11 9 0 38 3 0 3 176 64 1.461 11.0 2.6 2.1 8.9 4.22 64

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
2003 26 0 1 .000 7.62 13.0 20 12 11 4 2 14 1 1.692 13.8 1.4 9.7 7.00 2.8 12
2004 27 1 1 .500 6.58 26.0 26 21 19 7 7 25 2 1.269 9.0 2.4 8.7 3.57 2.4 19
2 Yrs 1 2 .333 6.92 39.0 46 33 30 11 9 39 3 1.410 10.6 9.0 4.33 2.5 31

* 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.

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