Shingo Takatsu

Shingo Takatsu

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 25, 1968 in Hiroshima, Japan
High School: Hiroshima Technical (Hiroshima, JP)
Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox in 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 2004
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Mets 2004-2005

Final Game: October 2, 2005
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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	35	CHW	AL	6	4	.600	2.31	59	0	45	0	0	19	62.1	40	17	16	6	21	3	50	2	0	1	245	204	0.979	5.8	0.9	3.0	7.2	2.38	RoY-2
2005	36	NYM-min	AAA	0	1	.000	3.38	7	1	2	0	0	0	8.0	6	3	3	3	1	0	10	0	0	0	31		0.875	6.8	3.4	1.1	11.2	10.00	NFK · IL
2005	36	TOT	MLB	2	2	.500	5.20	40	0	24	0	0	8	36.1	41	21	21	11	19	2	38	0	0	1	168	86	1.651	10.2	2.7	4.7	9.4	2.00
2005	36	CHW	AL	1	2	.333	5.97	31	0	20	0	0	8	28.2	30	19	19	9	16	1	32	0	0	1	130	76	1.605	9.4	2.8	5.0	10.0	2.00
2005	36	NYM	NL	1	0	1.000	2.35	9	0	4	0	0	0	7.2	11	2	2	2	3	1	6	0	0	0	38	183	1.826	12.9	2.3	3.5	7.0	2.00
2007	38	YKU	Fgn	0	5	.000	6.17	25	0		0	0	13	23.1	32	17	16	4	7	2	15	0	0	0	110		1.671	12.3	1.5	2.7	5.8	2.14	YKU · JPCL
2009	40	SFG-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.87	14	0	7	0	0	0	18.1	25	14	14	5	4	0	16	1	0	1	83		1.582	12.3	2.5	2.0	7.9	4.00	FRE · PCL
2 Yrs				8	6	.571	3.38	99	0	69	0	0	27	98.2	81	38	37	17	40	5	88	2	0	2	413	137	1.226	7.4	1.6	3.6	8.0	2.20
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.571	3.38	68	0	47	0	0	19	68	56	26	25	12	27	3	60	1	0	1	284	137	1.226	7.4	1.6	3.6	8.0	2.20

CHW (2 yrs)				7	6	.538	3.46	90	0	65	0	0	27	91.0	70	36	35	15	37	4	82	2	0	2	375	135	1.176	6.9	1.5	3.7	8.1	2.22
NYM (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	2.35	9	0	4	0	0	0	7.2	11	2	2	2	3	1	6	0	0	0	38	183	1.826	12.9	2.3	3.5	7.0	2.00

AL (2 yrs)				7	6	.538	3.46	90	0	65	0	0	27	91.0	70	36	35	15	37	4	82	2	0	2	375	135	1.176	6.9	1.5	3.7	8.1	2.22
NL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	2.35	9	0	4	0	0	0	7.2	11	2	2	2	3	1	6	0	0	0	38	183	1.826	12.9	2.3	3.5	7.0	2.00

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	35	CHW	AL	62.1	59	0	17	2.45	5.03	0.09	-0.37	101.0	4.62	14	1.4	1.4	0.1	2.1	23	.524	.509	$750,000	RoY-2
2005	36	CHW	AL	28.2	31	0	19	5.97	4.67	0.23	-0.35	105.5	4.30	-6	-0.5	1.2	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.482	.497	$2,500,000
2005	36	NYM	NL	7.2	9	0	2	2.35	4.59	-0.19	-0.35	95.4	4.22	2	0.2	2.0	0.1	0.3	2	.518	.501	$
2 Seasons				98.2	99	0	38	3.47	4.89	0.11	-0.37	101.9	4.50	10	1.0	1.4	0.1	2.0	24	.510	.502	$3,250,000

CHW (2 yrs)				91.0	90	0	36	3.56	4.92	0.13	-0.37	102.4	4.52	9	0.9	1.3	-0.0	1.7	21	.510	.503	$3,250,000
NYM (1 yr)				7.2	9	0	2	2.35	4.59	-0.19	-0.35	95.4	4.22	2	0.2	2.0	0.1	0.3	2	.518	.501	$

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	35	CHW	AL	59	245	220	17	40	6	0	6	1	0	21	50	.182	.259	.291	.550	.207	64	5	2	2	0	3	1
2005	36	CHW	AL	31	130	111	19	30	6	1	9	2	1	16	32	.270	.359	.586	.945	.296	65	0	0	2	1	1	0
2005	36	NYM	NL	9	38	35	2	11	1	0	2	0	0	3	6	.314	.368	.514	.883	.333	18	1	0	0	0	1	2
2005	36	TOT	MLB	40	168	146	21	41	7	1	11	2	1	19	38	.281	.361	.568	.930	.306	83	1	0	2	1	2	2
2 Yrs				99	413	366	38	81	13	1	17	3	1	40	88	.221	.301	.402	.702	.244	147	6	2	4	1	5	3
162 Game Avg.				68	284	251	26	56	9	1	12	2	1	27	60	.221	.301	.402	.702	.244	101	4	1	3	1	3	2
MLB Averages																.265	.333	.423	.756	.296

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	35	CHW	AL	16.8	1.6	252	2.7	6.3	-3.7	1.30	1.7	0.3	21.0	2.0	1.30	23.2	28	8	21
2005	36	TOT	MLB	-1.9	-0.2	173	-0.5	3.7	-4.2	1.30	-0.5	0.1	-4.3	-0.4	1.30	-10.7	14	7	16
2005	36	CHW	AL	-3.7	-0.4	135	0.6	3.0	-2.5	1.30	-0.2	0.6	-1.1	-0.1	1.30	-7.5	11	5	12
2005	36	NYM	NL	1.8	0.2	38	-1.0	0.7	-1.8	1.29	-0.3	-0.5	-3.2	-0.3	1.29	-3.2	3	2	4
2 Yrs				14.9	1.4	425	2.2	10.1	-7.9	1.30	1.2	0.4	16.7	1.6	1.30	12.6	42	15	37

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2004	35	CHW	AL	59	59	45	6	4	20	19	1	95%	24	4	25	3	12%	9	1.297	28	8	21	35	9	15	13	46	13	12	14	13	3.2	16
2005	36	TOT	MLB	40	40	24	2	2	11	8	3	73%	16	4	24	11	46%		1.297	14	7	16	21	4	15	13	27	6	16	8	5	2.7	18
2005	36	CHW	AL	31	31	20	1	2	9	8	1	89%	13	3	16	5	31%	9	1.299	11	5	12	18	3	10	10	21	4	11	6	4	2.8	18
2005	36	NYM	NL	9	9	4	1	0	2	0	2	0%	3	1	8	6	75%	7	1.292	3	2	4	3	1	5	3	6	2	5	2	1	2.6	17
2 Yrs				99	99	69	8	6	31	27	4	87%	40	8	49	14	29%		1.297	42	15	37	56	13	30	26	73	19	28	22	18	3.0	17

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	35	CHW	AL	245	51%	2.5%	20.4%	8.6%	4.9%	30%	0.66	0.80	67%	15%	7.1%	18%	42	5	12%
2005	36	TOT	MLB	168	58%	6.6%	22.6%	11.3%	11.3%	46%	0.65	1.00	58%	18%	17.5%	5%	22	1	5%
2005	36	CHW	AL	130	57%	6.9%	24.6%	12.3%	12.3%	53%	0.63	1.04	55%	17%	18.8%	2%	15	0	0%
2005	36	NYM	NL	38	61%	5.3%	15.8%	7.9%	7.9%	27%	0.71	0.89	71%	21%	13.3%	12%	7	1	14%
2 Yrs				413	54%	4.1%	21.3%	9.7%	7.5%	38%	0.65	0.86	63%	16%	11.6%	13%	64	6	9%
MLB Averages					45%	2.8%	16.7%	8.4%	8.0%	34%	0.80	1.08	70%	18%	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	35	CHW	AL	245	972	3.97	592	61%	35%	15%	21%	29%	65%	3%	40%	77%	55%	5%	12	7	16%	39	18	2	34%	3	2	0	0	0
2005	36	TOT	MLB	168	703	4.18	423	60%	35%	16%	24%	26%	65%	3%	39%	76%	57%	5%	9	6	15%	26	14	0	29%	2	1	0	0	0
2005	36	CHW	AL	130	549	4.22	326	59%	35%	16%	23%	25%	65%	2%	38%	75%	57%	5%	6	5	15%	19	10	0	31%	2	0	0	0	0
2005	36	NYM	NL	38	154	4.05	97	63%	32%	13%	25%	30%	68%	7%	43%	80%	55%	8%	3	1	18%	7	4	0	17%	0	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs				413	1675	4.06	1015	61%	35%	15%	22%	28%	65%	3%	40%	77%	55%	5%	21	13	16%	65	32	2	32%	5	3	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	81%	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	35	CHW	AL	245	40	3	1	6	0	6	1	5	3	3	5	2	2	40%	1	1	0	87	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2005	36	TOT	MLB	168	41	2	0	11	0	9	5	6	6	5	12	3	4	25%	2	1	0	55	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2005	36	CHW	AL	130	30	2	0	9	0	4	3	6	5	4	9	3	4	33%	0	1	0	43	2	1	67%	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2005	36	NYM	NL	38	11	0	0	2	0	5	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	0%	2	0	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				413	81	5	1	17	0	15	6	11	9	8	17	5	6	29%	3	2	0	142	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		53%							70%

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	35	6	4	.600	2.31	59	0	45	0	0	19	62.1	40	17	16	6	21	3	50	2	0	1	245	204	0.979	5.8	0.9	3.0	7.2	2.38	204
2005	36	8	6	.571	3.38	99	0	69	0	0	27	98.2	81	38	37	17	40	5	88	2	0	2	413	137	1.226	7.4	1.6	3.6	8.0	2.20	137

Neutralized Pitching

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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	35	5	1	.833	2.21	61.0	39	17	15	6	20	49	2	0.967	5.8	3.0	7.2	2.45	0.9	59
2005	36	2	2	.500	5.00	36.0	40	22	20	11	19	38	0	1.639	10.0	4.8	9.5	2.00	2.8	40
2 Yrs		7	3	.700	3.25	97.0	79	39	35	17	39	87	2	1.216	7.3		8.1	2.23	1.6	99

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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