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Portrait of Akinori Otsuka

Akinori Otsuka Rangers

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG TAv WARP
4 2 .000 .000 .000 .052 5
Birth Date1-13-1972
Height6' 0"
Weight210 lbs
BatsR
ThrowsR

Standard

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB BB SO HBP SF SH RBI SB CS AVG OBP SLG TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2004 SDN 32 73 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .061 21.0 0.7 2.1
2005 SDN 33 66 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .043 7.0 -0.4 0.7
2006 TEX 34 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.0 1.4
2007 TEX 35 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.4 0.8
Career2362200000001000000.000.000.000.05228.00.95.0

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
YEAR Team Lg G PA TAv oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG oppTAv BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ FRAA BRR BVORP BWARP VORP WARP
2004 SDN MLB 73 1 .061 .338 .379 .511 .000 .000 104 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.0 -0.2 0.0 21.0 2.1
2005 SDN MLB 66 1 .043 .201 .316 .327 .000 .000 84 -0.2 0.0 0.1 -0.4 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 7.0 0.7
2006 TEX MLB 63 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4
2007 TEX MLB 34 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
CareerMLB2.052.270.347.419.260.00094-0.40.00.31.00.0-0.5-0.028.02.8

Statistics For All Levels

Year Team Lg PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO TAv VORP FRAA WARP
2004 SDN MLB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .061 21.0 0.7 2.1
2005 SDN MLB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .043 7.0 -0.4 0.7
2006 TEX MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1.0 1.4
2007 TEX MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 -0.4 0.8

Injury History beta

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2007-07-02 2007-10-01 60-DL 91 81 Right Forearm Inflammation -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 TEX $3,000,000
2006 TEX $1,750,000
2005 SDN $800,000
2004 SDN $700,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$6,250,000
4 yrTotal$6,250,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 yDon Nomura

Details
  • non-tendered 12/12/07 avoided arbitration 1/07, 1 year/$3M (07)
  • acquired in trade from SD 12/05
  • SD exercised $1.75M 06 club option 11/05
  • 2 year/$1.5M (04-05)+$1.75M 06 club option
  • 04:$0.7M, 05:$0.8M, 06:$1.75M club option
  • SD pd $0.3M to Chunichi for rights

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2008-12-15 13:00:00What type of deal do you see Koji Uehara getting? Who's works better for the Giants, him or Randy on a one year deal?
(rpartee from Tucson)
Couple years, couple million per. He was a dominant starter, but Japanese workloads mean most don't have long careers. I'm not sure if he's a closer, but I think he can have a couple solid, Akinori Otsuka type seasons at worst. Since I'm not sure if he can or even wants to start, comparing him to Johnson isn't fair. For Johnson, I think he has to go somewhere with a top notch medical staff. The Giants or Dodgers make a lot of sense there, maybe Texas. (Will Carroll)


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