So Taguchi
So Taguchi
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 163 lb.

Born: July 2, 1969 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
High School: Nishinomiya Kita (Nishinomiya, Hyogo)
Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 2002
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2002 STL NL 32 OF 14 2 36.2 14 11 2 1 0 .929 1.4 45.8 0.4 -0.4 0.8 1 3.19 0.93 .986 2.18 1.84
2002 STL NL 32 LF 8 0 11.2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0.8 82.3 0.8 0.5 0.3 0 2.31 0.38 .975 1.93 1.51
2002 STL NL 32 CF 6 2 25.0 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 0.6 28.8 -0.4 -0.9 0.5 1 3.60 1.67 .990 2.56 2.13
2003 STL NL 33 OF 38 8 114.2 32 30 2 0 1 1.000 3.4 35.6 1.4 -0.5 1.9 2 2.51 0.84 .984 2.17 1.85
2003 STL NL 33 CF 16 5 58.2 21 19 2 0 1 1.000 2.6 53.2 0.6 -1.2 1.8 2 3.22 1.31 .986 2.50 2.14
2003 STL NL 33 RF 13 1 28.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -29.3 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 1.57 0.38 .980 2.10 1.72
2003 STL NL 33 LF 11 2 27.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 65.9 1.5 1.4 0.1 0 1.98 0.55 .983 1.91 1.54
2003 STL NL 33 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -300.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.40
2004 STL NL 34 OF 103 36 445.0 102 99 1 2 0 .980 1.5 4.0 2.5 2.6 -0.1 -1 2.02 0.97 .982 2.16 1.85
2004 STL NL 34 LF 53 15 192.0 42 40 0 2 0 .952 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 1.88 0.75 .981 1.85 1.48
2004 STL NL 34 CF 31 18 176.2 43 43 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 3.4 2.5 2.2 0.3 -2 2.19 1.39 .986 2.53 2.26
2004 STL NL 34 RF 28 3 76.1 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0.9 14.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1 2.00 0.61 .982 2.09 1.71
2005 STL NL 35 OF 131 90 873.0 190 183 5 2 1 .989 4.4 6.0 4.4 6.0 -1.6 0 1.94 1.44 .984 2.19 1.86
2005 STL NL 35 RF 57 35 318.2 80 75 3 2 0 .975 1.8 6.8 1.8 3.8 -2.0 0 2.20 1.37 .980 2.10 1.75
2005 STL NL 35 LF 52 27 280.1 52 50 2 0 1 1.000 4.2 18.0 4.2 1.8 2.4 0 1.67 1.00 .985 1.94 1.52
2005 STL NL 35 CF 50 28 274.0 58 58 0 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -7.0 -1.6 0.4 -2.0 0 1.91 1.16 .986 2.51 2.15
2006 STL NL 36 OF 123 71 734.2 191 182 3 6 0 .969 -0.1 -0.2 1.9 3.6 -1.7 -2 2.27 1.50 .984 2.22 1.88
2006 STL NL 36 LF 70 35 361.2 89 87 1 1 0 .989 -0.2 -0.7 -0.2 2.4 -2.6 0 2.19 1.26 .982 1.97 1.54
2006 STL NL 36 CF 59 35 353.1 97 90 2 5 0 .948 1.1 3.7 2.1 1.1 1.0 -1 2.34 1.56 .989 2.58 2.20
2006 STL NL 36 RF 7 1 19.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -61.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 -1 2.29 0.71 .980 2.11 1.74
2006 STL NL 36 2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 4.95 4.40
2006 STL NL 36 DH 1
2007 STL NL 37 OF 109 64 616.0 178 172 3 3 2 .983 -4.1 -8.0 -0.1 6.3 -6.4 -4 2.56 1.61 .984 2.30 1.94
2007 STL NL 37 CF 63 41 380.1 120 118 1 1 1 .992 -0.4 -1.3 2.6 4.7 -2.1 -3 2.82 1.89 .987 2.71 2.30
2007 STL NL 37 LF 41 21 212.1 53 49 2 2 1 .962 -5.2 -29.4 -4.2 0.1 -4.3 -1 2.16 1.24 .985 2.00 1.55
2007 STL NL 37 RF 8 2 23.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 77.1 1.5 1.5 0.0 0 1.93 0.63 .980 2.16 1.81
2007 STL NL 37 2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.8 -480.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.20
2008 PHI NL 38 OF 48 12 169.2 35 33 0 2 0 .943 -1.5 -10.6 -2.5 -0.3 -2.2 1 1.75 0.69 .986 2.21 1.91
2008 PHI NL 38 LF 38 2 89.2 24 22 0 2 0 .917 -0.1 -1.3 -1.1 0.3 -1.4 1 2.21 0.58 .983 1.90 1.47
2008 PHI NL 38 RF 11 9 72.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -11.7 -0.7 -0.6 -0.1 0 1.38 1.00 .982 2.12 1.83
2008 PHI NL 38 CF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 0.00 0.00 2.59 2.30
2009 CHC NL 39 LF 3 2 15.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -3.0 -240.0 -2.0 -0.4 -1.6 -1 1.20 0.67 1.000 1.92 1.53
2009 CHC NL 39 OF 3 2 18.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -2.9 -193.3 -1.9 -0.3 -1.6 -1 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.20 1.90
2009 CHC NL 39 RF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.80
8 Seasons OF 569 285 3007.2 745 712 17 16 4 .979 2.1 0.8 6.1 17.0 -10.9 -4 2.18 1.28 .984 2.22 1.88
8 Seasons LF 276 104 1190.0 272 258 6 8 2 .971 -1.9 -1.9 -0.9 6.4 -7.3 -1 2.00 0.96 .983 1.94 1.52
7 Seasons CF 226 130 1276.0 349 336 7 6 2 .983 2.1 2.0 5.1 6.3 -1.2 -3 2.42 1.52 .987 2.59 2.22
7 Seasons RF 125 51 541.2 124 118 4 2 0 .984 1.9 4.2 1.9 4.3 -2.4 0 2.03 0.98 .981 2.11 1.75
3 Seasons 2B 3 0 6.0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 -1.1 -220.0 -1.1 -0.3 -0.8 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.33
1 Season DH 1
8 Seasons TOT 630 285 3013.2 749 714 18 17 4 .977 1.0 0.4 5.0 16.7 -11.7 -4 0 2.19 1.16 .962 2.25 1.83
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
2002 STL NL 32 19 2 19 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 14 0 8 2
2003 STL NL 33 43 8 43 38 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 16 13 38 0 13 5
2004 STL NL 34 109 36 109 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 31 28 103 0 19 4
2005 STL NL 35 143 90 143 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 50 57 131 0 23 3
2006 STL NL 36 134 71 134 124 0 0 0 1 0 0 70 59 7 123 0 21 1
2007 STL NL 37 130 64 130 110 0 0 0 1 0 0 41 63 8 109 0 38 6
2008 PHI NL 38 88 12 88 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 1 11 48 0 38 22
2009 CHC NL 39 6 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 3 1
8 Seasons 672 285 672 571 0 0 0 3 0 0 276 226 125 569 0 163 44
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 -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2002 STL NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 60% 72% 30% 4 75%
2003 STL NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 121 56% 74% 39% 12 50%
2004 STL NL 34 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 17 13 76.5% 4 0 0.0% 0 860 52% 75% 37% 83 48%
2005 STL NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 9 9 0 7 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 22 13 59.1% 9 0 0.0% 2 1176 58% 77% 35% 113 45%
2006 STL NL 36 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 19 18 0 11 2 0 10 8 1 5 0 0 6 6 0 51 34 66.7% 16 1 2.0% 0 1618 56% 75% 38% 184 48%
2007 STL NL 37 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 13 10 0 14 4 1 6 3 0 3 1 0 3 2 1 39 20 51.3% 17 2 5.1% 0 958 58% 76% 41% 124 40%
2008 PHI NL 38 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 13 10 76.9% 3 0 0.0% 0 405 50% 70% 35% 45 49%
2009 CHC NL 39 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 70 59% 54% 24% 8 25%
8 Seasons 8 0 7 1 4 6 0 3 0 2 52 46 0 41 10 1 26 19 1 14 3 0 16 15 1 149 93 62.4% 53 3 2.0% 3 5251 56% 75% 37% 573 46%
MLB Averages 62.6% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2002 STL NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50.0% 3 1 12.5% 1 114 67% 75% 50% 22 45%
2003 STL NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 9 5 55.6% 2 2 22.2% 0 275 67% 76% 40% 43 47%
2004 STL NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 3 0 27 11 40.7% 16 0 0.0% 0 773 53% 72% 35% 90 48%
2005 STL NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 12 1 0 6 2 0 4 2 0 3 2 0 30 11 36.7% 19 0 0.0% 0 1185 57% 75% 35% 122 48%
2006 STL NL 36 5 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 17 10 0 22 3 1 4 1 1 6 2 0 5 4 0 54 20 37.0% 32 2 3.7% 0 1578 57% 75% 38% 191 48%
2007 STL NL 37 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 22 12 0 18 1 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 10 6 1 61 20 32.8% 40 1 1.6% 0 1672 53% 77% 41% 223 53%
2008 PHI NL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 31 48% 68% 35% 3 0%
7 Seasons 6 0 5 1 3 7 0 1 2 3 65 40 2 58 7 1 17 5 1 25 4 1 25 16 1 190 72 37.9% 112 6 3.2% 1 5628 56% 75% 38% 694 49%
MLB Averages 43.4% 1.8% 56% 74% 39% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2003 STL NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 121 60% 73% 40% 12 42%
2004 STL NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 5 62.5% 2 1 12.5% 0 332 57% 73% 38% 32 53%
2005 STL NL 35 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 19 12 0 6 2 1 5 1 0 4 1 0 7 3 0 41 19 46.3% 21 1 2.4% 2 1357 60% 75% 34% 146 53%
2006 STL NL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 87 62% 70% 38% 10 50%
2007 STL NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 99 45% 76% 34% 9 56%
2008 PHI NL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 323 54% 76% 40% 29 38%
2009 CHC NL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 73% 55% 27% 1 100%
7 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 2 24 16 0 10 4 1 10 2 1 5 2 0 11 4 0 60 28 46.7% 29 2 3.3% 2 2330 58% 74% 36% 239 51%
MLB Averages 48.7% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
2003 STL NL 33 8 100% 75% 38% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 STL NL 36 10 70% 70% 20% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 STL NL 37 12 75% 92% 50% 1 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 30 80% 80% 37% 2 50% 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 93%

* 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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