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Syo-Go
Shinsaku		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 160
 
Born: February 15, 1987 in Japan
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2016   
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
2006 19 CHN NL     2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 20 CHN NL     3 3 3 3 4 4 6 7 7 2 2 2 4 4 4
2008 21 CHN NL     4 4 3 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5
2009 22 CHN NL     4 4 4 5 5 5 7 8 7 2 3 3 6 6 6
2010 23 CHN NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
2011 24 CHN NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
2012 25 CHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6
2013 26 CHN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6
2014 27 CHN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
2015 28 CHN NL $ 1,042,857   7 7 7 5 6 5 8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
2016 29 CHN NL $ 1,292,857   8 8 8 5 6 5 8 8 8 2 3 3 7 7 7
2017 30 CHN NL $ 1,292,857   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 2 3 2 7 7 7
2018 31 TOR AL $ 2,690,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 7 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6
2019 32 TOR AL $ 2,690,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6
2020 33 TOR AL $ 2,690,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 7 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6
2021 34 WSH NL $ 3,400,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 7 8 7 2 2 2 6 6 6
2022 35 WSH NL $ 3,400,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 7 8 7 2 3 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,400,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7
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
2006 19 A   76 289 37 54 5 2 10 31 7 2 13 88 .187 .222 .322 .544 21.1  
2007 20 A   130 461 66 102 25 8 12 37 21 4 43 105 .221 .288 .388 .676 54.8  
2008 21 A   138 538 72 131 24 10 19 64 25 9 54 97 .243 .313 .431 .744 74.9  
2009 22 A   136 503 96 158 38 2 32 96 23 5 66 69 .314 .394 .588 .982 110.4  
2010 23 AAA   129 521 85 136 30 4 22 79 14 7 45 97 .261 .320 .461 .780 76.1  
2011 24 AAA   137 556 122 156 26 4 25 100 28 5 60 106 .281 .351 .477 .827 94.8  
2012 25 CHN NL 129 305 55 69 21 1 8 26 21 4 21 66 .226 .288 .380 .669 35.1 4.2
2013 26 CHN NL 146 459 63 105 23 1 11 42 24 5 24 121 .229 .277 .355 .632 48.6 3.2
2014 27 CHN NL 153 546 63 142 35 4 12 67 42 12 28 101 .260 .301 .405 .706 68.6 9.0
2015 28 CHN NL 149 514 64 126 26 4 8 71 38 6 33 101 .245 .291 .358 .649 58.5 8.3
2016 29 CHN NL 108 180 42 62 16 2 5 31 18 3 6 30 .344 .365 .539 .904 33.8 8.0
2017 30 CHN NL 115 217 28 62 12 1 6 39 11 2 12 40 .286 .328 .433 .761 32.0 6.6
2018 31 TOR AL 104 401 61 101 24 1 12 53 22 4 20 70 .252 .291 .406 .698 49.1 5.0
2019 32 TOR AL 162 602 68 144 29 4 9 86 19 3 18 104 .239 .264 .346 .609 53.0 2.4
2020 33 TOR AL 132 453 59 142 37 1 10 49 18 6 18 76 .313 .344 .466 .810 68.2 10.6
2021 34 WSH NL 136 323 40 76 16 0 9 31 8 4 15 75 .235 .277 .368 .646 33.4 3.6
2022 35 WSH NL 141 408 46 102 15 2 5 49 11 3 21 93 .250 .289 .333 .622 40.2 2.1
11 Years Sim 1475 4408 589 1131 254 21 95 544 232 52 216 877 .257 .296 .388 .684 520.4 63.1
2 Years AAA 266 1077 207 292 56 8 47 179 42 12 105 203 .271 .341 .469 .810 170.9  
4 Years A 480 1791 271 445 92 22 73 228 76 20 176 359 .248 .317 .447 .764 261.1  
6 Years Minors 746 2868 478 737 148 30 120 407 118 32 281 562 .257 .326 .455 .781 432.0  
162 Game Average 484 64 124 27 2 10 59 25 5 23 96 .257 .296 .388 .684 57.2  
Career Highs 162 602 68 144 37 4 12 86 42 12 33 121 .344 .365 .539 .904 68.6  
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   3565 465 922 208 17 80 442 182 44 171 724 .259 .297 .394 .691 414.2
vs LH   843 124 209 46 4 15 102 50 8 45 153 .248 .292 .365 .657 91.8
Home 747 2202 273 546 114 10 50 280 102 27 101 450 .248 .286 .377 .662 235.6
Away 728 2206 316 585 140 11 45 264 130 25 115 427 .265 .306 .400 .706 270.4
RISP   1136 0 286 60 7 18 412 0 0 65 226 .252 .293 .364 .658 117.4
Pinch Hitting   307 44 78 17 2 8 42 16 4 14 62 .254 .294 .401 .695 35.7
Close/Late   574 73 132 29 0 9 55 0 0 24 117 .230 .266 .328 .593 46.6
Mar/Apr 239 767 115 189 50 8 21 108 34 7 40 167 .246 .293 .415 .707 91.6
May 258 770 101 186 39 2 10 86 54 9 41 155 .242 .282 .336 .619 76.8
June 224 597 76 146 37 2 15 63 21 2 27 128 .245 .282 .389 .670 65.3
July 218 647 84 177 33 1 13 81 41 11 32 128 .274 .311 .388 .699 78.1
August 261 805 103 217 45 4 17 109 44 14 41 149 .270 .311 .399 .710 97.5
Sep/Oct 275 822 110 216 50 4 19 97 38 9 35 150 .263 .296 .403 .699 96.7
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
2012 25 CHN NL 2B 41 38 308.3 73 97 3 19 .983 4.96   0.6
    3B 23 15 140.0 9 38 0 3 1.000 3.02   0.1
    SS 17 13 123.0 15 53 3 10 .958 4.98   0.7
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2013 26 CHN NL SS 80 72 601.7 96 245 14 47 .961 5.10   1.9
    2B 41 31 270.0 55 101 5 18 .969 5.20   0.7
    3B 11 3 47.0 4 14 1 1 .947 3.45   0.2
2014 27 CHN NL 2B 105 103 870.3 179 308 5 63 .990 5.04   4.4
    CF 34 32 292.0 105 1 4 0 .964 3.27   1.3
    SS 2 1 9.0 1 3 1 0 .800 4.00   0.0
    3B 3 1 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
2015 28 CHN NL 2B 131 129 1118.3 203 369 3 66 .995 4.60   5.9
    CF 3 3 26.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.1
    SS 2 1 14.0 2 5 1 1 .875 4.50   0.1
    3B 2 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2016 29 CHN NL 2B 32 25 239.3 38 85 2 14 .984 4.63   1.3
    SS 11 0 37.0 5 18 1 1 .958 5.59   0.4
    3B 12 0 29.0 2 10 0 1 1.000 3.72   0.4
2017 30 CHN NL 2B 27 25 218.0 43 65 4 10 .964 4.46   0.7
    SS 25 10 117.3 21 37 3 9 .951 4.45   0.8
    3B 5 0 11.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
2018 31 TOR AL 2B 104 104 931.0 176 302 6 54 .988 4.62   3.5
2019 32 TOR AL 2B 162 162 1454.3 277 574 14 135 .984 5.27   7.4
2020 33 TOR AL 2B 122 119 1041.0 204 405 5 107 .992 5.27   3.9
    3B 2 2 18.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.1
    SS 2 2 16.0 3 5 2 1 .800 4.50   0.0
2021 34 WSH NL 3B 56 42 411.3 36 79 6 8 .950 2.52   1.3
    SS 25 20 186.0 37 70 0 17 1.000 5.18   1.1
    2B 27 0 54.7 9 27 0 4 1.000 5.93   0.3
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2022 35 WSH NL 3B 112 105 917.3 71 195 10 18 .964 2.61   3.0
    2B 15 1 42.0 10 21 0 4 1.000 6.64   0.3
    SS 6 3 29.0 5 9 0 2 1.000 4.34   0.1
  2B 807 737 6547.3 1267 2354 47 494 .987 4.98   29.1
  3B 226 168 1584.0 126 343 17 31 .965 2.66   5.2
  SS 170 122 1133.0 185 445 25 88 .962 5.00   5.1
  CF 37 35 318.0 111 1 4 0 .966 3.17   1.4
  LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1242 1062 9585.3 1689 3143 93 613 .981 4.54   40.7
Career Highs   162 162 1454.3 286 574 20 135 .993 5.27    
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
2015 28 CHN NL 7 24 3 5 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 .208 .208 .250 .458
2016 29 CHN NL 7 13 4 5 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 3 .385 .385 .462 .846
2017 30 CHN NL 8 16 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .438 .813
2018 31 TOR AL 20 70 6 11 4 0 1 8 3 0 10 15 .157 .268 .257 .525
2019 32 TOR AL 18 61 8 13 4 0 1 4 0 2 2 16 .213 .262 .328 .589
Career Post-Season Batting 60 184 22 40 11 0 2 17 5 4 12 37 .217 .275 .310 .585
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.
Games
2019-1-162
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 58th overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 2006
Injured on 8/4/2007 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/16/2010 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/16/2010 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/12/2011 with a Bruised Heel, out for 3 days
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/24/2012, off Jason Bergmann (HOU)
1/29/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,042,857 through salary arbitration
1/29/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,292,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 7/8/2016
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2016
1/29/2017: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,292,857 through salary arbitration
8/3/2017: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $2,690,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Chicago (N) to Toronto on 3/30/2018 (Going to CHN: P Ramon Aguirre. Going to TOR: 2B Syo-go Shinsaku)
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against New York (A) on 4/20/2018
Injured on 6/1/2018 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 8 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/9/2021 to a 2-year deal worth $3,400,000 per year
Injured on 9/6/2021 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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