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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 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
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 0 312 224 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 1 276 108 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 3 232 220 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 0 131 184 1.082 7.2 0.0 2.5 6.4 2.56
4 Yrs 13 15 .464 2.44 236 0 96 0 0 39 232.0 190 71 63 12 80 15 217 2 0 4 951 171 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 1 274 171 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 3 363 206 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 1 588 151 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 3 363 206 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 1 588 151 1.221 7.1 0.6 3.9 9.5 2.45

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
2004 32 SDP NL 77.1 73 0 16 1.86 4.66 -0.05 -0.34 91.3 3.99 18 1.8 1.6 0.4 2.8 26 .525 .511 $700,000 RoY-3
2005 33 SDP NL 62.2 66 0 28 4.02 4.51 -0.22 -0.34 91.8 4.03 -0 0.0 1.6 -0.1 0.3 6 .500 .500 $800,000
2006 34 TEX AL 59.2 63 0 17 2.56 4.98 0.05 -0.37 101.0 4.61 13 1.3 1.7 0.3 2.1 21 .520 .508 $1,750,000
2007 35 TEX AL 32.1 34 0 10 2.78 5.02 -0.04 -0.37 101.6 4.76 7 0.7 1.5 0.1 1.1 11 .520 .504 $3,000,000
4 Seasons 232.0 236 0 71 2.75 4.75 -0.07 -0.35 95.4 4.26 38 3.8 1.6 0.6 6.3 64 .516 .506 $6,250,000
TEX (2 yrs) 92.0 97 0 27 2.64 4.99 0.02 -0.37 101.2 4.66 20 2.0 1.6 0.4 3.2 32 .520 .506 $4,750,000
SDP (2 yrs) 140.0 139 0 44 2.83 4.59 -0.12 -0.34 91.5 4.00 18 1.8 1.6 0.2 3.1 32 .513 .506 $1,500,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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*

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
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 5
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 6
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 2
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 3
4 Yrs 236 951 856 71 190 30 5 12 20 5 80 217 .222 .289 .311 .600 .283 266 23 2 10 3 15 16
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 5
MLB Averages .267 .334 .425 .760 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2004 32 SDP NL 20.8 2.1 323 3.0 9.6 -6.6 1.63 1.4 0.5 18.1 1.9 1.63 14.6 38 19 16
2005 33 SDP NL 1.7 0.2 283 -0.2 9.1 -9.3 1.97 0.4 -0.5 3.6 0.4 1.97 1.6 40 11 15
2006 34 TEX AL 15.7 1.5 242 1.3 8.6 -7.4 1.77 1.2 -0.5 15.0 1.4 1.77 16.9 37 13 12
2007 35 TEX AL 7.4 0.7 136 1.1 3.8 -2.7 1.63 0.6 0.1 7.8 0.8 1.63 9.4 20 3 9
4 Yrs 45.5 4.5 984 5.1 31.1 -26.0 1.76 3.5 -0.6 44.6 4.5 1.76 42.5 135 46 52

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
2004 32 SDP NL 73 73 18 7 2 7 2 5 29% 41 34 20 8 40% 8 1.627 38 19 16 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 1.972 40 11 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 1.772 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 1.635 20 3 9 21 4 9 2 32 0 4 0 10 2.9 15
4 Yrs 236 236 96 13 15 57 39 18 68% 132 74 44 14 32% 1.764 135 46 52 156 39 41 31 205 20 35 21 61 2.9 16

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%
2004 32 SDP NL 312 49% 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 47% 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 48% 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 Yrs 951 48% 1.3% 22.8% 8.4% 4.9% 25% 1.06 1.32 66% 18% 4.4% 11% 193 23 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 8.4% 8.1% 34% 0.80 1.08 70% 19% 7.8% 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
2004 32 SDP NL 313 1260 4.03 807 64% 24% 24% 27% 25% 76% 4% 48% 68% 51% 6% 19 10 27% 83 49 6 14% 15 3 -1 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 133 502 3.77 314 63% 25% 16% 28% 32% 75% 2% 47% 79% 59% 5% 7 2 18% 24 14 1 22% 0 4 -2 0 0
4 Yrs 954 3703 3.88 2319 63% 25% 21% 26% 28% 75% 4% 47% 73% 52% 7% 67 31 22% 207 114 14 18% 24 21 -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 59% 5% 22% 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
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 Yrs 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 53% 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+
2004 32 7 2 .778 1.75 73 0 18 0 0 2 77.1 56 16 15 6 26 6 87 0 0 0 312 224 1.060 6.5 0.7 3.0 10.1 3.35 224
2005 33 9 10 .474 2.57 139 0 35 0 0 3 140.0 111 44 40 9 60 14 147 2 0 1 588 151 1.221 7.1 0.6 3.9 9.5 2.45 151
2006 34 11 14 .440 2.43 202 0 83 0 0 35 199.2 164 61 54 12 71 14 194 2 0 4 820 169 1.177 7.4 0.5 3.2 8.7 2.73 169
2007 35 13 15 .464 2.44 236 0 96 0 0 39 232.0 190 71 63 12 80 15 217 2 0 4 951 171 1.164 7.4 0.5 3.1 8.4 2.71 171

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
2004 32 6 2 .750 1.89 76.0 58 18 16 6 27 85 0 1.118 6.9 3.2 10.1 3.15 0.7 73
2005 33 3 3 .500 4.20 60.0 58 31 28 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 Yrs 16 7 .696 2.60 225.0 192 72 65 12 83 210 2 1.222 7.7 8.4 2.53 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 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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