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Akinori
Otsuka		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 205
 
Born: January 13, 1972 in Japan
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 32 SDN NL $ 525,000 3 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 8 8
2005 33 SDN NL $ 525,000 3 5 4 5 8 7 7 7 8 8
2006 34 SDN NL $ 300,000 3 5 4 5 7 6 7 7 8 7
2007 35 SDN NL $ 300,000 3 5 4 4 7 6 7 7 8 7
2008 36 SDN NL $ 794,286 2 4 3 3 6 5 6 6 7 6
2009 37 SDN NL   2 4 3 3 6 5 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   2 4 3 3 6 5 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 794,286 3 5 5 5 8 7 7 7 8 8
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
2004 32 SDN NL $ 525,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2005 33 SDN NL $ 525,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2006 34 SDN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2007 35 SDN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2008 36 SDN NL $ 794,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2009 37 SDN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 794,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 32 SDN NL 5 3 .625 74 0 0 0 2 86.3 74 29 7 26 50 3.02 .225 .281 .337 .618 7.7
2005 33 SDN NL 3 0 1.000 35 0 0 0 2 41.3 54 25 8 14 26 5.44 .314 .362 .517 .879 1.3
2006 34 SDN NL 5 3 .625 57 0 0 0 1 72.7 74 28 6 18 50 3.47 .258 .302 .436 .737 5.6
2007 35 SDN NL 5 0 1.000 62 0 0 0 1 88.7 99 42 9 19 49 4.26 .285 .322 .432 .754 5.8
2008 36 SDN NL 3 2 .600 68 0 0 0 0 77.3 75 34 4 31 42 3.96 .256 .325 .348 .673 5.1
2009 37 SDN NL 0 1 .000 12 0 0 0 1 14.0 15 10 1 7 4 6.43 .283 .355 .377 .732 0.0
6 Years Sim 21 9 .700 308 0 0 0 7 380.3 391 168 35 115 221 3.98 .264 .315 .403 .719 25.5
Season Average 3 1 .750 51 0 0 0 1 63.4 65 28 5 19 36 3.98 .264 .315 .403 .719  
Career Highs 5 3 1.000 74 0 0 0 2 88.7 99 42 9 31 50 6.43 .314 .362 .517 .879  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   217 96 17 73 128   .263 .323 .393 .716
vs LH   174 72 18 42 93   .266 .310 .415 .725
Home 9 1 .900 144 0 0 0 0 179.7 160 66 16 50 107 3.31 .240 .292 .362 .655
Away 12 8 .600 164 0 0 0 7 200.6 231 102 19 65 114 4.58 .284 .337 .437 .774
Mar/Apr 0 0 .000 49 0 0 0 2 58.0 75 30 7 16 34 4.66 .302 .345 .456 .800
May 5 1 .833 64 0 0 0 3 81.7 87 36 12 21 47 3.97 .273 .318 .442 .760
June 4 4 .500 45 0 0 0 0 53.3 51 22 3 17 30 3.71 .250 .308 .368 .675
July 5 3 .625 49 0 0 0 2 55.7 66 33 6 23 38 5.34 .289 .355 .456 .811
August 5 0 1.000 58 0 0 0 0 79.7 64 24 4 16 42 2.71 .218 .259 .328 .587
Sep/Oct 2 1 .667 43 0 0 0 0 52.0 48 23 3 22 30 3.98 .254 .332 .360 .692
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
2004 32 SDN NL 74 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
2005 33 SDN NL 37 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0
2006 34 SDN NL 57 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .333 .619 0.6 0.2
2007 35 SDN NL 62 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .091 .000 .091 -0.5 0.0
2008 36 SDN NL 68 12 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .417 .583 1.0 0.0
2009 37 SDN NL 12 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.2
6 Years Sim 310 39 3 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 10 .103 .167 .231 .397 0.9 0.4
162 Game Average 20 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .103 .167 .231 .397 0.5  
Career Highs 74 12 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .333 .333 .667 1.000 1.0  
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   35 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 10 .086 .158 .200 .358 0.6
vs LH   4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4
Home 145 19 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .158 .238 .368 .607 1.8
Away 165 20 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .050 .095 .100 .195 -0.8
RISP   12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.5
Close/Late   8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.0
Mar/Apr 48 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1
May 57 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .222 .300 .333 .633 0.9
June 22 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.1
July 41 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
August 47 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Sep/Oct 35 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .800 1.000 1.1
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    
2004 32 SDN NL P 74 0 86.3 5 9 2 0 .875 1.46    
2005 33 SDN NL P 35 0 41.3 3 4 1 1 .875 1.52    
2006 34 SDN NL P 57 0 72.7 4 10 1 0 .933 1.73    
2007 35 SDN NL P 62 0 88.7 4 17 0 3 1.000 2.13    
2008 36 SDN NL P 68 0 77.3 3 7 2 0 .833 1.16    
2009 37 SDN NL P 12 0 14.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.93    
Career Totals   308 0 380.3 19 50 6 4 .920 1.63    
Career Highs   74 0 88.7 5 17 2 3 1.000 2.13    
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Danny Patterson (989)
  2. Cedrick Deas (982)
  3. Chris Frances (981)
  4. Leo Chaidez (978)
  5. Jose Ramirez (975)
  6. Kevin Cave (971)
  7. Gerald Toles (970)
  8. Zane Smith (970)
  9. Tomas Olivarez (970)
  10. Jay Powell (969)
History
Earned first career win on 5/7/2004
Had first career hit (double) on 5/9/2006, off Mike Hinkley (WSH)
Injured on 8/28/2006 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
1/29/2008: Gets a new one-year contract worth $794,286 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 9/10/2008, off Livan Hernandez (ATL)
1/29/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $794,286 through salary arbitration
Released by San Diego on 7/18/2009
 
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