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 Pitching

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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
2004 32 SDP NL 7 2 .778 1.75 73 0 18 0 0 2 77.1 56 16 15 6 26 6 87 0 0 0 312 222 1.060 6.5 0.7 3.0 10.1 3.35 RoY-3
2005 33 SDP NL 2 8 .200 3.59 66 0 17 0 0 1 62.2 55 28 25 3 34 8 60 2 0 1 276 107 1.420 7.9 0.4 4.9 8.6 1.76
2006 34 TEX AL 2 4 .333 2.11 63 0 48 0 0 32 59.2 53 17 14 3 11 0 47 0 0 3 232 218 1.073 8.0 0.5 1.7 7.1 4.27
2007 35 TEX AL 2 1 .667 2.51 34 0 13 0 0 4 32.1 26 10 9 0 9 1 23 0 0 0 131 182 1.082 7.2 0.0 2.5 6.4 2.56
4 Seasons 13 15 .464 2.44 236 0 96 0 0 39 232.0 190 71 63 12 80 15 217 2 0 4 951 170 1.164 7.4 0.5 3.1 8.4 2.71
162 Game Avg. 4 4 .464 2.44 68 0 28 0 0 11 67 55 20 18 3 23 4 63 1 0 1 274 170 1.164 7.4 0.5 3.1 8.4 2.71
TEX (2 yrs) 4 5 .444 2.25 97 0 61 0 0 36 92.0 79 27 23 3 20 1 70 0 0 3 363 204 1.076 7.7 0.3 2.0 6.8 3.50
SDP (2 yrs) 9 10 .474 2.57 139 0 35 0 0 3 140.0 111 44 40 9 60 14 147 2 0 1 588 150 1.221 7.1 0.6 3.9 9.5 2.45
AL (2 yrs) 4 5 .444 2.25 97 0 61 0 0 36 92.0 79 27 23 3 20 1 70 0 0 3 363 204 1.076 7.7 0.3 2.0 6.8 3.50
NL (2 yrs) 9 10 .474 2.57 139 0 35 0 0 3 140.0 111 44 40 9 60 14 147 2 0 1 588 150 1.221 7.1 0.6 3.9 9.5 2.45

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2005 33 SDP NL NLDS L STL 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
2004 32 SDP NL 73 312 282 16 56 8 2 6 11 1 26 87 .199 .266 .305 .571 .265 86 6 0 4 0 6
2005 33 SDP NL 66 276 235 28 55 11 1 3 4 0 34 60 .234 .336 .328 .663 .302 77 8 2 5 0 8
2006 34 TEX AL 63 232 220 17 53 4 2 3 2 2 11 47 .241 .276 .318 .594 .292 70 8 0 0 1 0
2007 35 TEX AL 34 131 119 10 26 7 0 0 3 2 9 23 .218 .269 .277 .547 .265 33 1 0 1 2 1
4 Seasons 236 951 856 71 190 30 5 12 20 5 80 217 .222 .289 .311 .600 .283 266 23 2 10 3 15
162 Game Avg. 68 274 247 20 55 9 1 3 6 1 23 63 .222 .289 .311 .600 .283 77 7 1 3 1 4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
2004 32 SDP NL 73 73 18 7 2 7 2 5 29% 41 34 20 8 40% 8 1.655 45 11 17 50 12 11 15 58 13 10 14 19 3.2 17
2005 33 SDP NL 66 66 17 2 8 7 1 6 14% 30 22 16 4 25% 8 1.990 42 9 15 37 17 12 10 56 7 14 7 15 2.8 16
2006 34 TEX AL 63 63 48 2 4 36 32 4 89% 43 7 6 2 33% 9 1.771 37 13 12 48 6 9 4 59 0 7 0 17 2.8 14
2007 35 TEX AL 34 34 13 2 1 7 4 3 57% 18 11 2 0 0% 8 1.637 20 3 9 21 4 9 2 32 0 4 0 10 2.9 15
4 Seasons 236 236 96 13 15 57 39 18 68% 132 74 44 14 32% 1.778 144 36 53 156 39 41 31 205 20 35 21 61 2.9 16

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
2004 32 SDP NL 312 51% 1.9% 27.9% 8.3% 5.1% 29% 0.98 1.20 61% 16% 7.2% 14% 55 6 11%
2005 33 SDP NL 276 53% 1.1% 21.7% 12.3% 5.4% 27% 1.04 1.33 62% 18% 3.8% 6% 63 8 13%
2006 34 TEX AL 232 52% 1.3% 20.3% 4.7% 3.9% 17% 1.10 1.32 74% 20% 4.2% 12% 50 8 16%
2007 35 TEX AL 131 50% 0.0% 17.6% 6.9% 5.3% 27% 1.23 1.63 75% 21% 0.0% 12% 25 1 4%
4 Seasons 951 52% 1.3% 22.8% 8.4% 4.9% 25% 1.06 1.32 66% 18% 4.4% 11% 193 23 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2004 32 SDP NL 312 1257 4.03 806 64% 24% 24% 27% 25% 76% 4% 49% 68% 51% 6% 19 10 27% 83 49 6 14% 15 3 0 0 0
2005 33 SDP NL 276 1067 3.87 628 59% 24% 22% 26% 29% 76% 7% 45% 72% 49% 10% 28 9 18% 50 25 4 18% 6 11 0 0 0
2006 34 TEX AL 232 874 3.77 570 65% 27% 17% 25% 31% 73% 0% 48% 76% 54% 6% 13 10 22% 50 26 3 26% 3 3 0 0 0
2007 35 TEX AL 131 497 3.79 312 63% 25% 15% 28% 32% 75% 2% 47% 80% 58% 5% 7 2 18% 24 14 1 22% 0 4 0 0 0
4 Seasons 951 3695 3.89 2316 63% 25% 21% 26% 28% 75% 4% 47% 73% 52% 7% 67 31 22% 207 114 14 18% 24 21 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
2004 32 SDP NL 312 56 3 1 6 0 6 5 1 4 2 18 4 4 22% 5 0 1 114 11 1 92% 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 33 SDP NL 276 55 8 2 3 0 11 1 2 2 1 20 6 3 30% 6 1 1 113 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2006 34 TEX AL 232 53 10 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 2 11 3 4 27% 2 3 0 91 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2007 35 TEX AL 131 26 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 57% 3 0 0 48 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Seasons 951 190 25 5 12 0 20 6 6 7 5 56 17 11 30% 16 4 2 366 20 5 80% 18 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
2004 32 7 2 .778 1.75 73 0 18 0 0 2 77.1 56 16 15 6 26 6 87 0 0 0 312 222 1.060 6.5 0.7 3.0 10.1 3.35 222
2005 33 9 10 .474 2.57 139 0 35 0 0 3 140.0 111 44 40 9 60 14 147 2 0 1 588 150 1.221 7.1 0.6 3.9 9.5 2.45 150
2006 34 11 14 .440 2.43 202 0 83 0 0 35 199.2 164 61 54 12 71 14 194 2 0 4 820 168 1.177 7.4 0.5 3.2 8.7 2.73 168
2007 35 13 15 .464 2.44 236 0 96 0 0 39 232.0 190 71 63 12 80 15 217 2 0 4 951 170 1.164 7.4 0.5 3.1 8.4 2.71 170

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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
2004 32 6 2 .750 1.89 76.0 58 18 16 6 27 86 0 1.118 6.9 3.2 10.2 3.19 0.7 73
2005 33 3 3 .500 4.05 60.0 58 30 27 3 36 57 2 1.567 8.7 5.4 8.6 1.58 0.5 66
2006 34 5 1 .833 2.05 57.0 51 14 13 3 11 45 0 1.088 8.1 1.7 7.1 4.09 0.5 63
2007 35 2 1 .667 2.25 32.0 25 9 8 0 9 23 0 1.063 7.0 2.5 6.5 2.56 0.0 34
4 Seasons 16 7 .696 2.56 225.0 192 71 64 12 83 211 2 1.222 7.7 8.4 2.54 0.5 236

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (972), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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