Akinori Otsuka

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: January 13, 1972 in Chiba, Japan jp

High School: Yokoshiba Keiai HS (Japan)

School: Tokai University (Japan)

Last Game: July 1, 2007 (Age 35-169d)
vs. BOS 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Don Nomura, Joe Urbon

Full Name: Akinori Otsuka

Pronunciation: \AK-in-orie OTS-ka\

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.6

ERA

2.44

236

232.0

217

WHIP

1.164

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1997	25	-3.1	Kintetsu	JPPL	Fgn		4	5	.444	2.07	2.40	52	0	18	0	0	7	82.2	44	22	19	2	46	5	127	1	1	5	333	1.089	4.8	0.2	5.0	13.8	2.76
1998	26	-2.1	Kintetsu	JPPL	Fgn		3	2	.600	2.11	3.09	49	0	44	0	0	35	55.1	43	19	13	5	25	4	74	3	2	5	235	1.229	7.0	0.8	4.1	12.0	2.96
1999	27	-0.9	Kintetsu	JPPL	Fgn		1	4	.200	2.73	3.64	25	0	21	0	0	6	29.2	24	12	9	1	10	2	32	2	0	0	125	1.146	7.3	0.3	3.0	9.7	3.20
2000	28	0.4	Kintetsu	JPPL	Fgn		1	3	.250	2.38	2.38	39	0	36	0	0	24	41.2	31	11	11	3	13	1	49	0	0	4	166	1.056	6.7	0.6	2.8	10.6	3.77
2001	29	1.0	Kintetsu	JPPL	Fgn		2	5	.286	4.02	4.02	48	0	43	0	0	26	56.0	42	25	25	7	15	2	82	0	1	5	228	1.018	6.8	1.1	2.4	13.2	5.47
2002	30	2.5	Kintetsu	JPPL	Fgn		2	1	.667	1.28	1.49	41	0	30	0	0	22	42.1	22	7	6	4	3	0	54	0	0	1	153	0.591	4.7	0.9	0.6	11.5	18.00
2003	31	2.4	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		1	3	.250	2.09	2.09	51	0	34	0	0	17	43.0	31	10	10	4	5	0	56	1	1	0	164	0.837	6.5	0.8	1.0	11.7	11.20
2004	32	2.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	7	2	.778	1.75	1.86	73	0	18	0	0	2	77.1	56	16	15	6	26	6	87	0	0	0	312	1.060	6.5	0.7	3.0	10.1	3.35
2005	33	3.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	2	8	.200	3.59	4.02	66	0	17	0	0	1	62.2	55	28	25	3	34	8	60	2	0	1	276	1.420	7.9	0.4	4.9	8.6	1.76
2006	34	5.6	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	2	4	.333	2.11	2.56	63	0	48	0	0	32	59.2	53	17	14	3	11	0	47	0	0	3	232	1.073	8.0	0.5	1.7	7.1	4.27
2007	35	6.6	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	2	1	.667	2.51	2.78	34	0	13	0	0	4	32.1	26	10	9	0	9	1	23	0	0	0	131	1.082	7.2	0.0	2.5	6.4	2.56
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (4 seasons)					Majors		13	15	.464	2.44	2.75	236	0	96	0	0	39	232.0	190	71	63	12	80	15	217	2	0	4	951	1.164	7.4	0.5	3.1	8.4	2.71
Foreign (7 seasons)					Foreign		14	23	.378	2.39	2.72	305	0	226	0	0	137	350.2	237	106	93	26	117	14	474	7	5	20	1404	1.010	6.1	0.7	3.0	12.2	4.05
All Levels (11 Seasons)							27	38	.415	2.41	2.73	541	0	322	0	0	176	582.2	427	177	156	38	197	29	691	9	5	24	2355	1.071	6.6	0.6	3.0	10.7	3.51