Akinori Otsuka
Akinori Otsuka
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
Final Game: July 1, 2007
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2004 SDP NL 32 P 73 0 77.1 20 7 11 2 1 .900 2.09 0.25 .965 1.84 0.47 RoY-3
2005 SDP NL 33 P 66 0 62.2 13 5 7 1 1 .923 1.72 0.18 .962 1.75 0.46
2006 TEX AL 34 P 63 0 59.2 14 3 10 1 2 .929 1.96 0.21 .957 1.55 0.41
2007 TEX AL 35 P 34 0 32.1 5 2 2 1 0 .800 1.11 0.12 .960 1.59 0.42
4 Seasons P 236 0 232.0 52 17 30 5 4 .904 1.82 0.20 .962 1.71 0.44
4 Seasons TOT 236 0 232.0 52 17 30 5 4 .904 1.82 0.20 .865 1.71 0.44

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2004 SDP NL 32 73 0 69 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 SDP NL 33 66 0 62 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 TEX AL 34 63 0 1 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 TEX AL 35 34 0 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 236 0 135 236 236 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
2004 SDP NL 32 323 65% 29% 14 86% 0 7 1 6 11 10 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 50%
2005 SDP NL 33 283 66% 31% 9 78% 0 5 0 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 33%
2006 TEX AL 34 242 76% 37% 11 91% 0 3 0 3 10 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0
2007 TEX AL 35 137 76% 39% 3 100% 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
4 Seasons 985 70% 33% 37 86% 0 17 1 12 30 26 3 5 1 0 4 4 4 3 4 0 6 50%
MLB Averages 75% 31% 88% 81%

* 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.

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