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Ikushirou
Takeru		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 180
 
Born: November 30, 1988 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
2009 20 TEX AL     5 5 4 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 4 3 5 4
2010 21 TEX AL     5 5 4 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 5 4 5 4
2011 22 TEX AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 5 4 5 5
2012 23 TEX AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 6 4 5 5
2013 24 TEX AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 8 8 5 6 6
2014 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 7 7 8 8 6 7 7
2015 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 7 8 8 7 8 8 6 7 7
2016 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 7 8 7 7 8 8 6 8 7
2017 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 7 8 7 7 8 8 5 6 6
2018 29 PIT NL $ 1,528,571   7 7 6 3 4 4 7 8 7 7 8 7 5 6 6
2019 30 CHA AL     7 7 6 3 3 3 7 8 7 7 8 7 5 6 6
2020 31 SEA AL $ 511,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 7 8 8 7 8 7 5 6 6
2021 32 SEA AL $ 511,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 8 7 7 7 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 4 3 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,528,571   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 8 8 7 8 8 6 8 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
2009 20 AA   81 340 55 83 17 4 4 32 11 8 31 89 .244 .307 .353 .660 36.4  
    A   5 16 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .313 .450 .313 .763 2.8  
2010 21 AA   138 537 79 156 26 11 12 68 9 11 57 123 .291 .359 .447 .806 81.8  
2011 22 AAA   8 26 5 6 2 1 0 4 0 0 5 7 .231 .355 .385 .739 3.8  
    AA   126 508 64 148 24 4 13 73 12 6 54 106 .291 .359 .431 .791 77.7  
2012 23 TEX AL 6 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 1.0 0.2
    AAA   95 355 40 92 21 4 6 38 19 6 58 75 .259 .363 .392 .755 54.4  
    AA   27 107 23 38 7 3 7 23 3 3 15 21 .355 .434 .673 1.107 26.8  
2013 24 TEX AL 30 83 13 24 2 0 2 9 2 3 14 15 .289 .392 .386 .777 12.4 1.7
    AAA   127 510 88 165 39 4 16 89 11 6 72 106 .324 .407 .510 .917 99.7  
2014 25 TEX AL 18 50 4 12 2 0 0 5 2 1 6 10 .240 .321 .280 .601 4.7 0.4
  PIT NL 61 215 28 52 14 3 6 26 8 5 30 48 .242 .333 .419 .752 29.3 4.3
  TOT   79 265 32 64 16 3 6 31 10 6 36 58 .242 .331 .392 .724 34.0 4.6
    AAA   59 219 32 54 6 0 5 36 4 1 37 44 .247 .355 .342 .698 30.2  
2015 26 PIT NL 152 557 72 147 35 4 6 45 38 11 68 112 .264 .341 .373 .714 78.8 12.2
2016 27 PIT NL 151 526 79 138 32 6 10 44 32 8 56 89 .262 .333 .403 .736 71.6 10.9
2017 28 PIT NL 158 601 65 155 34 1 7 66 38 14 81 118 .258 .345 .353 .698 78.1 15.3
2018 29 PIT NL 118 419 54 106 22 3 2 31 32 15 60 88 .253 .347 .334 .681 51.6 6.7
2019 30 PIT NL 38 154 18 31 9 2 0 5 7 2 11 27 .201 .255 .286 .540 11.3 0.2
  CHA AL 54 170 22 42 7 0 0 11 8 2 17 42 .247 .316 .288 .604 16.6 1.1
  TOT   92 324 40 73 16 2 0 16 15 4 28 69 .225 .287 .287 .574 27.9 1.3
2020 31 SEA AL 49 111 16 29 7 0 1 17 2 2 11 24 .261 .320 .351 .671 12.5 0.9
2021 32 SEA AL 27 59 7 12 2 1 1 9 0 0 4 16 .203 .254 .322 .576 5.0 0.2
    AAA   17 30 6 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 .233 .303 .233 .536 2.3  
10 Years Sim 862 2949 383 748 166 20 35 268 169 63 362 589 .254 .334 .359 .693 372.7 54.0
5 Years AAA 306 1140 171 324 68 9 27 170 34 13 175 237 .284 .379 .431 .809 190.3  
4 Years AA 372 1492 221 425 74 22 36 196 35 28 157 339 .285 .353 .436 .789 222.8  
1 Years A 5 16 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .313 .450 .313 .763 2.8  
10 Years Minors 683 2648 394 754 142 31 63 367 69 41 336 583 .285 .365 .433 .798 415.9  
162 Game Average 554 71 140 31 3 6 50 31 11 68 110 .254 .334 .359 .693 70.1  
Career Highs 158 601 79 155 35 6 10 66 38 15 81 118 .289 .500 .403 .777 78.8  
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   2339 312 615 135 16 29 220 141 53 287 435 .263 .342 .372 .714 313.6
vs LH   610 71 133 31 4 6 48 28 10 75 154 .218 .302 .311 .614 62.7
Home 438 1461 191 378 92 11 20 141 79 31 192 295 .259 .344 .378 .721 199.6
Away 424 1488 192 370 74 9 15 127 90 32 170 294 .249 .325 .341 .665 176.7
RISP   648 0 158 33 3 11 219 0 0 87 132 .244 .325 .355 .680 80.8
Pinch Hitting   38 7 12 1 1 1 6 2 0 3 5 .316 .357 .474 .831 6.6
Close/Late   331 53 94 17 1 7 37 0 0 38 73 .284 .357 .405 .762 48.0
Mar/Apr 126 477 69 121 29 4 6 45 32 17 72 96 .254 .352 .369 .721 65.3
May 133 478 69 124 33 4 4 45 28 9 56 95 .259 .336 .370 .706 62.4
June 145 481 48 123 30 4 6 46 18 11 47 90 .256 .320 .372 .692 57.2
July 125 408 67 117 25 3 5 40 38 8 50 79 .287 .362 .400 .762 63.7
August 142 492 45 109 17 1 8 40 20 12 58 99 .222 .303 .309 .612 49.0
Sep/Oct 191 613 85 154 32 4 6 52 33 6 79 130 .251 .335 .346 .681 78.7
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 23 TEX AL RF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    CF 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
2013 24 TEX AL RF 26 23 205.0 44 0 1 0 .978 1.93   0.9
    LF 2 1 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    2B 1 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
2014 25 TEX AL LF 17 15 112.1 23 0 1 0 .958 1.85   0.4
    RF 1 1 7.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.25   0.0
  PIT NL LF 56 52 494.5 101 1 5 0 .953 1.86   1.1
    RF 5 3 31.8 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.98   0.0
  TOT   LF 73 67 606.6 124 1 6 0 .954 1.85   1.5
      RF 6 4 39.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.85   0.0
2015 26 PIT NL LF 134 129 1135.0 235 5 4 4 .984 1.90   3.1
    RF 11 11 96.7 20 1 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
2016 27 PIT NL LF 128 125 1095.0 215 12 7 2 .970 1.87   1.6
    CF 13 3 47.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.71    
    RF 3 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
2017 28 PIT NL LF 98 98 852.3 211 5 5 1 .977 2.28   2.2
    CF 59 59 529.7 162 6 2 2 .988 2.85    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2018 29 PIT NL LF 118 118 1029.0 250 3 9 1 .966 2.21   1.0
2019 30 PIT NL LF 31 31 303.7 61 1 2 0 .969 1.84   0.5
    RF 3 3 34.5 7 0 1 0 .875 1.83   0.0
    CF 2 2 15.9 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.40   0.0
  CHA AL LF 44 43 344.0 69 2 2 1 .973 1.86   1.0
    RF 5 4 39.1 8 0 1 0 .889 1.84   0.0
    CF 2 2 18.1 6 1 0 1 1.000 3.48   0.0
  TOT   LF 75 74 647.7 130 3 4 1 .971 1.85   1.5
      RF 8 7 73.6 15 0 2 0 .882 1.83   0.0
      CF 4 4 34.0 12 1 0 1 1.000 3.44   0.0
2020 31 SEA AL RF 15 15 129.0 20 0 1 0 .952 1.40   0.9
    CF 15 13 118.3 40 0 2 0 .952 3.04    
    LF 12 1 28.7 8 2 0 0 1.000 3.14    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2021 32 SEA AL CF 8 8 73.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.97   0.5
    LF 8 7 65.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.94    
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 648 620 5471.3 1191 31 35 9 .972 2.01   10.9
  CF 103 89 822.3 242 7 4 3 .984 2.73   0.5
  RF 73 61 566.3 110 1 4 0 .965 1.76   1.9
  2B 1 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   826 770 6864.5 1544 40 43 12 .974 2.08   13.3
Career Highs   158 157 1383.0 373 12 9 4 1.000 2.50    
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
2013 24 TEX AL 6 20 4 5 1 0 1 4 0 1 2 6 .250 .318 .450 .768
2014 25 PIT NL 6 22 4 5 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 7 .227 .292 .409 .701
Career Post-Season Batting 12 42 8 10 2 0 2 5 2 2 4 13 .238 .304 .429 .733
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
2017-9-158
 Triples
2016-6-6
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
 
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  4. Anselmo Lizarraga (947)
  5. Alex Sanchez (945)
  6. Fernando Santiago (943)
  7. Rich Thompson (937)
  8. Carlos Bauza (936)
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  10. Larry Bigbie (933)
History
Injured on 5/9/2004 with a Bruised Neck, out for 3 days
Released by Oakland on 3/30/2008
Drafted in 4th round, 118th overall pick, by Texas in 2009
Traded from Texas to Pittsburgh on 7/25/2014 (Going to PIT: P Roy Halladay, LF Ikushirou Takeru, RF Vincent Blue. Going to TEX: P Rich Harden, C James Young, RF Jimmy Hauck, CF Efren Garduno, P Justin Lao)
1/29/2018: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/25/2018 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 5 weeks
1/29/2019: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Released by Pittsburgh on 5/14/2019
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 7/20/2019 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Released by Chicago (A) on 10/26/2019
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/12/2020 to a 2-year deal worth $511,000 per year
 
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