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Takahashi
Kaoru		  
Nickname: Hurricane
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 155
 
Born: June 23, 1986 in Japan
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2005 19 WSH NL     3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
2006 20 WSH NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
2007 21 WSH NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2008 22 WSH NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
2009 23 WSH NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4
2010 24 WSH NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4
2011 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
2012 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 3 3 3
2013 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 4 4 4
2014 28 BOS AL $ 1,528,571   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 9 9 4 4 4
2015 29 BOS AL $ 1,528,571   4 4 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
2016 30 BOS AL $ 1,528,571   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
2017 31 SFN NL $ 1,400,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
2018 32 SFN NL $ 1,400,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
2019 33 SFN NL $ 1,400,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
2020 34 BAL AL     5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
2021 35 TEX AL $ 620,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4
2022 36 NYN NL $ 2,250,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,250,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2005 19 A   80 289 41 69 14 2 8 28 10 10 45 50 .239 .341 .384 .725 39.0  
2006 20 AA   73 274 42 83 17 1 13 57 7 6 37 33 .303 .386 .515 .900 51.6  
    A   67 241 37 73 15 2 12 45 8 13 41 46 .303 .404 .531 .935 47.3  
2007 21 AAA   65 235 29 60 16 1 9 31 4 6 23 62 .255 .322 .447 .769 32.3  
    AA   72 283 54 76 9 3 12 40 10 6 35 51 .269 .349 .449 .798 44.8  
2008 22 AA   137 518 95 148 31 4 24 100 13 11 68 91 .286 .369 .500 .869 92.0  
2009 23 AAA   138 436 62 112 21 4 19 67 14 8 42 103 .257 .322 .454 .776 63.8  
2010 24 WSH NL 17 36 8 6 0 0 1 3 3 0 1 15 .167 .189 .250 .439 2.0 0.0
    AAA   96 315 45 87 19 6 7 47 13 5 27 81 .276 .333 .441 .775 45.5  
2011 25 WSH NL 7 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .077 .200 .077 .277 0.1 0.0
  BOS AL 110 362 35 64 18 0 12 33 4 5 37 97 .177 .253 .326 .578 28.4 0.0
  TOT   117 375 36 65 18 0 12 33 4 5 39 101 .173 .251 .317 .568 28.5 0.0
2012 26 BOS AL 154 501 63 106 28 5 13 58 1 5 65 148 .212 .303 .365 .668 54.9 4.9
2013 27 BOS AL 137 427 68 94 26 1 23 78 0 2 61 122 .220 .319 .447 .766 63.9 9.4
2014 28 BOS AL 150 511 57 110 23 4 21 82 7 7 56 174 .215 .292 .399 .692 59.5 6.0
2015 29 BOS AL 119 417 48 86 17 1 17 61 12 9 61 126 .206 .309 .374 .683 51.0 4.0
2016 30 BOS AL 142 496 63 96 25 1 20 67 5 5 60 163 .194 .280 .369 .649 53.3 3.5
2017 31 SFN NL 105 114 29 27 7 0 5 16 3 1 18 43 .237 .341 .430 .771 17.5 3.5
2018 32 SFN NL 86 132 17 24 7 1 6 20 2 2 14 37 .182 .257 .386 .643 14.4 0.8
2019 33 SFN NL 120 231 34 52 9 1 12 41 3 4 28 70 .225 .317 .429 .746 31.7 4.5
2020 34 BAL AL 81 186 30 40 7 0 9 28 1 1 20 49 .215 .288 .398 .686 22.7 2.0
2021 35 CHA AL 58 207 33 49 8 0 8 30 3 3 24 60 .237 .315 .391 .706 25.9 3.1
  TEX AL 56 220 35 48 5 3 16 48 3 4 20 61 .218 .285 .486 .771 31.3 4.8
  TOT   114 427 68 97 13 3 24 78 6 7 44 121 .227 .300 .440 .740 57.2 7.8
2022 36 NYN NL 90 196 25 45 5 2 6 33 2 8 31 49 .230 .333 .367 .701 23.1 2.2
13 Years Sim 1432 4049 546 848 185 19 169 598 49 56 498 1218 .209 .296 .390 .686 479.7 48.7
3 Years AAA 299 986 136 259 56 11 35 145 31 19 92 246 .263 .326 .448 .775 141.6  
3 Years AA 282 1075 191 307 57 8 49 197 30 23 140 175 .286 .369 .490 .859 188.3  
2 Years A 147 530 78 142 29 4 20 73 18 23 86 96 .268 .373 .451 .824 86.2  
8 Years Minors 728 2591 405 708 142 23 104 415 79 65 318 517 .273 .354 .466 .820 416.2  
162 Game Average 458 61 95 20 2 19 67 5 6 56 137 .209 .296 .390 .686 54.3  
Career Highs 154 511 68 110 28 5 24 82 12 9 65 174 .237 .341 .447 .771 63.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2995 412 629 132 16 130 453 33 45 360 888 .210 .295 .395 .690 361.2
vs LH   1054 134 219 53 3 39 145 16 11 138 330 .208 .300 .375 .675 125.6
Home 722 1998 290 430 94 9 94 308 21 18 227 580 .215 .296 .412 .709 253.6
Away 710 2051 256 418 91 10 75 290 28 38 271 638 .204 .296 .368 .664 233.2
RISP   1038 0 241 57 9 44 404 0 0 147 306 .232 .322 .432 .754 152.7
Pinch Hitting   209 31 50 10 1 11 40 2 1 32 72 .239 .339 .455 .793 33.7
Close/Late   464 79 103 17 2 21 76 0 0 65 146 .222 .318 .403 .721 63.5
Mar/Apr 229 661 98 149 33 2 28 91 4 9 78 198 .225 .310 .408 .718 84.4
May 296 860 116 191 57 6 42 152 16 8 107 261 .222 .307 .449 .756 123.2
June 250 686 71 135 29 2 16 77 8 14 91 198 .197 .291 .315 .606 65.0
July 174 480 63 101 23 0 16 65 6 5 53 144 .210 .289 .358 .647 51.7
August 241 699 101 136 21 6 35 107 5 7 98 211 .195 .294 .392 .686 86.7
Sep/Oct 242 663 97 136 22 3 32 106 10 13 71 206 .205 .282 .392 .674 75.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2010 24 WSH NL LF 12 12 92.0 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.2
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2011 25 WSH NL CF 7 7 34.4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.83   0.1
    3B 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BOS AL CF 107 107 916.6 196 6 0 1 1.000 1.98   2.0
    3B 1 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 114 114 951.0 203 6 0 1 1.000 1.98   2.1
      3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      RF 1 0 .6 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2012 26 BOS AL CF 153 153 1302.3 340 15 4 5 .989 2.45   1.7
    LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2013 27 BOS AL CF 98 97 827.0 221 4 1 1 .996 2.45   2.2
    RF 38 37 311.7 59 2 3 0 .953 1.76    
2014 28 BOS AL CF 147 144 1255.0 309 12 0 1 1.000 2.30   2.2
    LF 1 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    RF 5 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
2015 29 BOS AL CF 119 119 1040.0 303 6 0 1 1.000 2.67   1.2
2016 30 BOS AL CF 78 77 683.0 193 8 0 1 1.000 2.65   3.5
    LF 63 60 536.0 115 8 1 3 .992 2.07    
    RF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
2017 31 SFN NL CF 6 4 40.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.93   0.4
    RF 5 5 37.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.95    
    LF 8 4 36.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2018 32 SFN NL RF 8 8 71.0 15 0 2 0 .882 1.90   0.5
    CF 8 6 64.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.83    
    LF 9 6 55.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    SS 4 0 7.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.57   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
2019 33 SFN NL RF 23 22 193.3 28 2 2 0 .938 1.40   1.5
    LF 20 13 127.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.91    
    CF 16 11 96.0 32 3 0 0 1.000 3.28    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
2020 34 BAL AL CF 43 23 246.7 79 4 0 2 1.000 3.03   1.8
    LF 12 5 62.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    RF 12 5 51.0 19 1 0 0 1.000 3.53    
    SS 4 3 26.3 7 7 1 5 .933 4.79   0.1
2021 35 CHA AL CF 28 28 243.3 75 1 0 0 1.000 2.81   1.8
    LF 23 23 203.9 46 2 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
    RF 2 2 12.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.71   0.0
    1B 1 1 6.9 7 1 0 1 1.000 10.43   0.0
  TEX AL CF 28 28 253.7 78 1 0 0 1.000 2.80   0.8
    LF 23 23 212.7 49 2 1 1 .981 2.16   0.0
    RF 1 1 13.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.0
    1B 0 0 7.1 8 2 0 1 1.000 12.68   0.0
  TOT   CF 56 56 497.0 153 2 0 0 1.000 2.81   2.6
      LF 46 46 416.6 95 4 1 1 .990 2.14   0.0
      RF 3 3 26.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.04   0.0
      1B 1 1 14.0 15 3 0 2 1.000 11.57   0.0
2022 36 NYN NL RF 38 27 234.7 43 0 0 0 1.000 1.65   1.4
    CF 27 12 128.7 44 0 0 0 1.000 3.08    
    LF 14 12 102.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.94    
  CF 865 816 7130.7 1903 60 5 12 .997 2.48   17.7
  LF 188 158 1438.6 316 14 2 4 .994 2.06   0.2
  RF 136 107 938.3 177 6 7 0 .963 1.76   3.4
  SS 11 3 37.3 8 9 1 6 .944 4.10   0.2
  1B 3 1 18.0 19 4 0 4 1.000 11.50   0.0
  3B 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1205 1085 9568.8 2423 93 15 26 .994 2.37   21.4
Career Highs   156 153 1306.3 340 16 4 7 1.000 3.05    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 36 NYN NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
2014-4-174
2016-2-163
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
 
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  1. Richard Hidalgo (892)
  2. Larry Deacon (891)
  3. Jonas Cisneros (889)
  4. Laynce Nix (888)
  5. Anthony Mondella (881)
  6. Wily Mo Pena (880)
  7. Eusebio Pineda (879)
  8. Jeremy Larock (877)
  9. Josh Barfield (869)
  10. Waldo Bennett (866)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Washington in 2005
Had first career hit on 6/17/2010, off Travis Blackley (PHI)
Injured on 8/7/2010 with a Bruised Jaw, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 9/16/2010, off Oliver Perez (PHI)
Traded from Washington to Boston on 4/28/2011 (Going to WSH: P Brandon Claussen. Going to BOS: P C.C. Sabathia, CF Takahashi Kaoru, RF Anthony Mondella, SS Juan Oliveros)
Injured on 6/23/2011 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 5 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/16/2013, hitting .409 with 6 HR, 11 RBI
1/29/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
1/29/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/4/2015 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
1/29/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by San Francisco on 2/6/2017 to a 3-year deal worth $1,400,000 per year
Hit 3 homeruns against Colorado, driving in 7 runs on 9/29/2019
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/22/2020 to a 2-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Released by Baltimore on 9/26/2020
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/15/2021 to a 2-year deal worth $2,931,000 per year
Was claimed off waivers by New York (A) on 7/2/2021
Released by New York (A) on 7/19/2021
Signed as a free agent by Texas on 8/1/2021 to a 1-year deal worth $620,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 9/5/2021
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/2/2022 to a 2-year deal worth $2,250,000 per year
Injured on 6/25/2022 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
 
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