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Wa-Na
Sotan		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: March 5, 1984 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
2006 22 HOU NL     4 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 3 4 4 4
2007 23 HOU NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
2008 24 HOU NL     5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 4 5 4 6 6 6
2009 25 HOU NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
2010 26 HOU NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
2011 27 SFN NL     5 5 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
2012 28 HOU NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 5 4 6 6 6
2013 29 HOU NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 8 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
2014 30 HOU NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 5 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
2015 31 HOU NL $ 800,000   6 6 5 7 8 8 5 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
2016 32 HOU NL $ 800,000   6 6 5 7 8 8 5 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
2017 33 HOU NL $ 836,000   5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
2018 34 HOU NL $ 836,000   6 6 5 7 8 8 5 6 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
2019 35 HOU NL $ 2,250,000   5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 5 3 4 4 4 4 4
2020 36 HOU NL $ 2,250,000   6 6 5 7 8 8 5 5 5 3 4 4 5 5 5
2021 37 HOU NL     5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 4 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,250,000   6 6 6 7 8 8 6 6 6 4 5 5 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 22 A   82 258 33 58 5 1 8 32 4 5 40 69 .225 .329 .345 .674 31.7  
2007 23 AA   11 46 8 12 2 0 4 12 0 0 1 9 .261 .277 .565 .842 7.3  
    A   124 473 105 136 15 2 37 93 11 9 52 93 .288 .358 .562 .920 91.6  
2008 24 AAA   95 382 74 107 18 2 35 81 5 1 35 91 .280 .341 .613 .953 77.5  
    AA   43 154 38 44 5 3 19 42 3 3 29 24 .286 .399 .727 1.126 41.5  
2009 25 HOU NL 34 44 6 15 3 0 3 8 2 2 3 13 .341 .383 .614 .997 9.1 1.8
    AAA   99 416 73 131 18 2 36 80 2 11 41 84 .315 .376 .627 1.004 87.8  
2010 26 HOU NL 87 97 15 24 1 3 2 6 3 1 9 18 .247 .311 .381 .693 11.6 1.5
2011 27 HOU NL 14 15 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .333 .533 1.0 0.0
  SFN NL 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
  TOT   20 19 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 .158 .158 .263 .421 0.6 0.0
    AAA   87 304 54 88 9 1 26 58 7 4 36 61 .289 .365 .582 .947 62.4  
2012 28 HOU NL 58 163 25 40 10 0 4 27 1 1 13 38 .245 .308 .380 .688 19.6 2.3
    AAA   66 254 50 92 16 1 18 52 4 3 23 25 .362 .415 .646 1.061 59.0  
    AA   13 15 6 5 1 0 2 5 0 0 3 0 .333 .444 .800 1.244 4.7  
2013 29 HOU NL 124 222 27 55 18 1 5 21 5 2 15 49 .248 .301 .405 .707 25.7 2.8
2014 30 HOU NL 128 233 32 60 16 1 13 45 1 2 27 47 .258 .337 .502 .839 36.9 6.0
2015 31 HOU NL 125 306 36 59 16 2 9 33 4 4 25 65 .193 .253 .346 .599 26.0 0.3
2016 32 HOU NL 108 248 43 59 14 1 15 45 4 2 12 60 .238 .279 .484 .763 33.8 5.3
2017 33 HOU NL 146 460 68 130 21 2 23 81 11 5 25 86 .283 .320 .487 .807 71.3 11.9
2018 34 HOU NL 148 543 75 141 25 0 31 98 8 9 42 130 .260 .318 .477 .795 80.8 12.7
2019 35 HOU NL 126 294 36 70 8 2 10 42 2 3 22 78 .238 .292 .381 .672 32.6 3.6
2020 36 HOU NL 93 195 23 48 9 1 7 30 3 3 9 58 .246 .282 .410 .692 21.0 2.2
2021 37 HOU NL 55 111 16 23 6 0 5 23 1 0 5 29 .207 .241 .396 .638 11.0 0.9
13 Years Sim 1252 2935 405 727 147 14 127 460 45 34 207 678 .248 .300 .437 .737 379.9 51.3
4 Years AAA 347 1356 251 418 61 6 115 271 18 19 135 261 .308 .371 .617 .988 286.8  
3 Years AA 67 215 52 61 8 3 25 59 3 3 33 33 .284 .381 .698 1.079 53.4  
2 Years A 206 731 138 194 20 3 45 125 15 14 92 162 .265 .346 .486 .832 123.3  
9 Years Minors 620 2302 441 673 89 12 185 455 36 36 260 456 .292 .364 .583 .947 463.4  
162 Game Average 379 52 94 19 1 16 59 5 4 26 87 .248 .300 .437 .737 49.2  
Career Highs 148 543 75 141 25 3 31 98 11 9 42 130 .341 .383 .614 .997 80.8  
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   2374 340 614 121 12 107 387 41 30 174 540 .259 .312 .455 .767 328.7
vs LH   561 65 113 26 2 20 73 4 4 33 138 .201 .249 .362 .611 49.8
Home 609 1458 186 346 69 5 64 228 19 20 102 356 .237 .289 .423 .712 176.0
Away 643 1477 219 381 78 9 63 232 26 14 105 322 .258 .311 .451 .762 202.4
RISP   804 0 195 41 0 40 332 0 0 59 199 .243 .293 .443 .736 105.7
Pinch Hitting   451 54 106 19 4 11 53 8 3 33 102 .235 .289 .368 .657 48.3
Close/Late   448 69 94 12 3 14 48 0 0 21 113 .210 .246 .344 .590 37.6
Mar/Apr 198 495 72 131 22 3 30 84 4 4 36 111 .265 .315 .503 .818 76.9
May 229 567 78 126 26 1 21 77 9 8 46 124 .222 .282 .383 .664 61.4
June 199 472 56 106 24 1 14 60 10 2 31 103 .225 .277 .369 .646 48.5
July 188 406 61 103 22 3 18 71 7 5 25 100 .254 .303 .456 .759 54.0
August 215 474 61 127 24 2 20 81 5 9 27 102 .268 .305 .454 .759 62.5
Sep/Oct 223 521 77 134 29 4 24 87 10 6 42 138 .257 .319 .466 .785 75.1
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2009 25 HOU NL 1B 10 7 60.0 68 2 1 3 .986 10.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2010 26 HOU NL 1B 20 11 108.0 106 8 0 7 1.000 9.50 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 3 0 2.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 11.59 1 0 .000 1 0.0
2011 27 HOU NL 1B 5 1 20.0 26 2 1 2 .966 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SFN NL 1B 2 1 5.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 7 2 25.0 33 2 1 2 .972 12.60   0.1
2012 28 HOU NL C 44 44 368.0 283 15 2 0 .993 7.29 44 8 .182 0 1.5
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2013 29 HOU NL 1B 44 36 295.0 278 22 4 19 .987 9.15 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    C 19 14 120.0 92 2 1 0 .989 7.05 13 1 .077 0 0.6
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2014 30 HOU NL C 32 30 274.0 226 19 2 0 .992 8.05 34 12 .353 0 1.5
    1B 24 18 168.7 174 13 2 19 .989 9.98 0 0 .000 0 0.3
2015 31 HOU NL C 66 63 579.3 459 30 8 2 .984 7.60 83 17 .205 2 1.9
    1B 13 8 79.7 87 4 1 5 .989 10.28 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 32 HOU NL C 54 41 389.7 255 25 2 0 .993 6.47 65 18 .277 0 2.2
    1B 17 14 120.0 128 7 2 9 .985 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
2017 33 HOU NL C 127 104 978.7 708 42 12 0 .984 6.90 160 30 .188 1 3.6
    1B 6 1 14.3 13 2 0 0 1.000 9.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2018 34 HOU NL C 137 135 1211.7 862 56 11 3 .988 6.82 197 36 .183 1 2.6
2019 35 HOU NL C 67 57 524.0 378 31 6 1 .986 7.02 93 23 .247 0 3.3
    1B 11 8 89.7 97 8 1 6 .991 10.54 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2020 36 HOU NL C 35 29 279.7 193 12 4 0 .981 6.60 39 5 .128 0 1.8
    1B 13 8 77.0 83 5 0 8 1.000 10.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2021 37 HOU NL C 23 21 199.7 160 5 2 0 .988 7.44 28 2 .071 1 1.0
    1B 6 1 17.7 17 1 1 1 .947 9.17 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 608 538 4928.0 3617 239 50 6 .987 7.04 757 152 .201 6 20.1
  1B 173 114 1059.0 1089 75 13 79 .989 9.89 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  CF 2 0 3.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 7.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   787 652 5997.6 4710 315 63 86 .988 7.54 757 152 .201 6 21.9
Career Highs   137 135 1211.7 862 56 12 19 1.000 12.60 197 36 .353 2  
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
2014 30 HOU NL 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
2017 33 HOU NL 5 19 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .263 .300 .316 .616
Career Post-Season Batting 7 19 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .263 .333 .316 .649
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.
Homeruns
2018-10-31
 Strikeouts
2018-10-130
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  4. Ben Moniz (931)
  5. Ramon Hernandez (913)
  6. James Adorno (910)
  7. Jed Morris (902)
  8. Corky Miller (900)
  9. Michael Barrett (893)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 55th overall pick, by Houston in 2006
Injured on 6/14/2009 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 8/13/2009, off Neil Clothier (SFN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/27/2009, off Kirk Saarloos (PHI)
Was claimed off waivers by San Francisco on 5/13/2011
Injured on 6/29/2011 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 4 days
Released by San Francisco on 10/5/2011
Signed as a free agent by Houston on 2/27/2012 to a minor league contract
Injured on 8/13/2012 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for one week
1/29/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
1/29/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $800,000 through salary arbitration
1/29/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $800,000 through salary arbitration
9/11/2016: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $836,000 per year, for 2 years
8/9/2018: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $2,250,000 per year, for 2 years
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 9/22/2018
9/2/2020: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $544,000 per year, for 2 years
Released by Houston on 8/9/2021
 
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