Akinori Otsuka

Akinori Otsuka

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 13, 1972 in Chiba, Japan
Signed
as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres in 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2004
Teams (by GP): Padres/Rangers 2004-2007
Agents: Don Nomura,Joe Urbon [*]
Final Game: July 1, 2007
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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
2004 32 SDP NL 73 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 RoY-3
2005 33 SDP NL 66 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 34 TEX AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 35 TEX AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Yrs 236 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (2 yrs) 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDP (2 yrs) 139 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 139 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 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
2004 32 SDP NL 73 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $700,000 1 RoY-3
2005 33 SDP NL 66 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $800,000 1
2006 34 TEX AL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,750,000 1
2007 35 TEX AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $3,000,000 1
4 Seasons 236 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $6,250,000
TEX (2 yrs) 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $4,750,000
SDP (2 yrs) 139 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $1,500,000

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 PwrSpd
2004 32 SDP NL 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .257 .000 .327 .000 .417 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2005 33 SDP NL 1 1 0 0.0 100 .000 .258 .000 .326 .000 .410 .000 .736 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
4 Yrs 2 2 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .258 .000 .326 .000 .414 .000 .740 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 1 1 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .258 .000 .326 .000 .414 .000 .740 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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
2005 33 SDP NL NLDS STL L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 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
2004 32 SDP NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
2005 33 SDP NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
4 Yrs 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.8% 8.4% 8.1% 34% 1.99 5.3 32.1 7.6 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.8% 11%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2004 32 SDP NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.11 -0.2 0
2005 33 SDP NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.12 -0.2 0
2006 34 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 35 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Yrs -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 1.12 -0.4 0

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
2004 32 SDP NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 33 SDP NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
2004 32 SDP NL 1 0% 0 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% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 33 SDP NL 1 100% 0 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% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 67% 11% 33% 15% 52% 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 PAu Pitu Stru
2004 32 SDP NL 1 4 4.00 3 75% 33% 0% 33% 33% 67% 0% 50% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2005 33 SDP NL 1 4 4.00 3 75% 0% 67% 33% 0% 100% 0% 75% 33% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 2 8 4.00 6 75% 17% 33% 33% 17% 83% 0% 63% 60% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

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
2004 32 73 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 33 139 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 34 202 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 35 236 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
2004 32 73 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 73
2005 33 66 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 66
2 Yrs 139 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 139
162 Game Avg. 162 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 139

* 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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