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Akiru
Matsumoto		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 210
 
Born: February 5, 1965 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1984 19 BRK FL     8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 8 10 9
1985 20 BRK FL     9 9 8 7 7 7 10 11 11 5 6 6 9 10 10
1986 21 BRK FL     11 11 10 9 10 10 12 12 12 5 6 6 10 12 11
1987 22 BRK FL     12 12 12 9 10 10 13 13 13 6 6 6 11 13 12
1988 23 BIR FL $ 300,000   14 14 13 11 11 11 13 13 13 6 7 7 12 13 13
1989 24 BIR FL $ 300,000   17 17 16 12 12 12 13 14 13 7 7 7 12 13 13
1990 25 BAL JL $ 300,000   18 18 17 12 12 12 14 14 14 7 8 8 11 13 13
1991 26 HAK FL $ 300,000   19 19 19 12 12 12 14 14 14 8 8 8 11 13 13
1992 27 HAK FL $ 990,000   20 20 19 11 12 12 14 14 14 8 9 9 11 13 13
1993 28 HAK FL $ 990,000   20 20 20 12 12 12 14 14 14 9 10 10 11 13 13
1994 29 HAK FL $ 2,660,000   20 20 19 12 12 12 14 14 14 9 10 10 11 13 13
OOTP6 Min Ratings     8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 8 10 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,660,000   20 20 20 12 12 12 14 14 14 9 10 10 12 13 13
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1984 19 AA   136 522 69 165 13 2 15 81 14 10 52 97 .316 .378 .435 .813 83.3  
1985 20 AA   137 528 87 153 26 2 20 96 23 7 57 70 .290 .359 .460 .819 87.4  
1986 21 AAA   137 576 121 172 19 4 42 117 15 9 62 107 .299 .367 .564 .931 113.9  
1987 22 AAA   137 570 111 194 22 1 42 143 13 8 41 87 .340 .385 .604 .988 119.5  
1988 23 BIR FL 59 229 20 57 17 1 0 26 0 0 7 42 .249 .276 .332 .608 18.2 0.4
    AAA   91 374 45 103 11 2 12 52 8 4 20 61 .275 .312 .412 .724 47.2  
1989 24 BIR FL 92 343 53 98 16 5 12 50 0 0 25 60 .286 .332 .466 .798 51.7 7.3
    AAA   60 244 46 93 13 3 15 58 5 4 26 32 .381 .441 .643 1.084 59.0  
1990 25 BAL JL 145 555 70 161 30 4 11 75 32 11 34 97 .290 .332 .418 .750 75.2 11.0
1991 26 HAK FL 137 329 54 101 21 4 8 45 0 0 23 58 .307 .356 .468 .824 51.2 7.6
1992 27 HAK FL 155 613 86 212 33 10 6 72 0 0 36 93 .346 .383 .462 .845 95.2 16.4
1993 28 HAK FL 143 515 69 161 29 5 7 69 0 0 30 79 .313 .351 .429 .780 72.3 11.4
1994 29 HAK FL 156 572 85 194 37 7 11 106 1 0 42 90 .339 .388 .486 .874 96.8 16.7
7 Years Sim 887 3156 437 984 183 36 55 443 33 11 197 519 .312 .354 .445 .799 460.5 70.8
4 Years AAA 425 1764 323 562 65 10 111 370 41 25 149 287 .319 .374 .556 .929 339.7  
2 Years AA 273 1050 156 318 39 4 35 177 37 17 109 167 .303 .369 .448 .817 170.6  
6 Years Minors 698 2814 479 880 104 14 146 547 78 42 258 454 .313 .372 .515 .887 510.3  
162 Game Average 576 79 179 33 6 10 80 6 2 35 94 .312 .354 .445 .799 84.1  
Career Highs 156 613 86 212 37 10 12 106 32 11 42 97 .346 .388 .486 .874 96.8  
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   2212 322 703 130 24 37 287 21 7 142 368 .318 .361 .448 .810 332.8
vs LH   944 115 281 53 12 18 156 12 4 55 151 .298 .336 .436 .772 131.5
Home 445 1565 231 490 94 18 28 240 18 6 95 243 .313 .353 .450 .803 232.1
Away 442 1591 206 494 89 18 27 203 15 5 102 276 .310 .354 .440 .794 232.1
RISP   858 0 271 51 10 15 363 0 0 67 155 .316 .362 .451 .813 132.6
Pinch Hitting   81 15 23 4 0 1 8 0 0 8 13 .284 .356 .370 .726 10.5
Close/Late   344 44 103 21 0 9 45 0 0 20 73 .299 .339 .439 .778 48.2
Mar/Apr 110 386 54 119 26 8 6 52 2 3 16 70 .308 .335 .464 .799 54.4
May 129 436 61 149 28 2 9 64 4 1 29 82 .342 .387 .477 .864 72.9
June 164 563 66 175 38 4 9 81 9 2 33 99 .311 .349 .440 .789 81.4
July 146 507 66 150 26 7 9 63 4 2 33 73 .296 .343 .428 .771 70.0
August 154 570 91 176 27 11 8 94 6 1 34 84 .309 .348 .437 .785 81.9
Sep/Oct 184 694 99 215 38 4 14 89 8 2 52 111 .310 .359 .437 .796 103.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1988 23 BIR FL RF 33 32 288.0 60 2 3 0 .954 1.94   0.8
    LF 26 26 222.7 54 0 0 0 1.000 2.18    
1989 24 BIR FL RF 88 88 756.7 165 4 10 1 .944 2.01   1.8
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1990 25 BAL JL 3B 101 98 874.7 65 197 7 11 .974 2.70   2.9
    1B 28 27 229.7 245 22 3 24 .989 10.46   0.8
    LF 10 10 89.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.1
    RF 3 0 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17    
1991 26 HAK FL 1B 62 59 490.3 508 34 2 40 .996 9.95   0.5
    LF 7 7 52.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.90   0.2
    RF 5 5 49.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.92    
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1992 27 HAK FL 1B 151 151 1309.0 1422 88 7 110 .995 10.38   2.6
    RF 2 0 5.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1993 28 HAK FL 1B 106 106 911.7 959 55 6 72 .994 10.01   0.6
    3B 31 29 255.0 13 64 1 8 .987 2.72   1.1
    RF 2 2 15.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
1994 29 HAK FL 1B 153 150 1327.0 1510 97 11 122 .993 10.90   2.8
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 500 493 4267.7 4644 296 29 368 .994 10.42   7.3
  3B 138 127 1138.7 79 262 8 19 .977 2.70   4.0
  RF 134 127 1123.0 238 6 13 1 .949 1.96   2.7
  LF 45 43 365.7 79 0 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.3
Career Totals   817 790 6895.0 5040 564 50 388 .991 7.31   14.3
Career Highs   157 151 1332.0 1510 219 11 122 .996 10.86    
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
1989 24 BIR FL 4 15 3 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 .333 .375 .467 .842
1993 28 HAK FL 8 17 4 8 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 .471 .500 .706 1.206
1994 29 HAK FL 10 42 9 16 5 0 2 8 0 1 0 5 .381 .395 .643 1.038
Career Post-Season Batting 22 74 16 29 7 2 2 15 0 1 2 9 .392 .416 .622 1.037
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.
Batting Average
1992-1-.346
1994-3-.339
CAR-20-.312
 On-Base Pct
1992-6-.383
1994-7-.388
 At-Bats
1992-5-613
 Hits
1992-2-212
1994-5-194
 Singles
1992-2-163
1994-4-139
 RBIs
1994-6-106
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Michael Sturgeon (897)
  7. Chick Hustle (895)
  8. Lance Hacker (894)
  9. Dick Allen (894)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 19th overall pick, by Buffalo in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Brock Rutherford (MAN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/2/1973, off Bill Bombay (MAN)
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1973, hitting .378 with 9 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1974, hitting .423 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1974, hitting .480 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/9/1976, hitting .538 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/16/1976, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/19/1976
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1976, hitting .381 with 9 HR, 30 RBI
Won Super Slugger Award in 1976, hitting .296 with 41 HR, 106 RBI
Traded from Buffalo to Honolulu on 7/21/1977 (Going to BUF: P V. Fowler, RF M. Cervantes. Going to HON: 1B M. Masutto, P B. Max, P T. Vogler, P K. Gunner)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Chicago on 8/3/1977
Won Player of the Week award on 8/6/1977, hitting .448 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 5/13/1978 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/24/1978, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1978, hitting .360 with 6 HR, 21 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/14/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $18,000,000 per year
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/30/1979
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/5/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $10,999,000 per year
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1980, hitting .358 with 6 HR, 16 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/4/1980, hitting .625 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Injured on 7/26/1980 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Louisville on 2/1/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $8,501,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 7/23/1981, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Marquette on 2/2/1982 to a 2-year deal worth $7,000,000 per year
Released by Marquette on 2/3/1982
Signed as a free agent by Phoenix on 2/8/1982 to a 1-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Injured on 6/3/1982 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Washington on 7/23/1982
Signed as a free agent by Phoenix on 2/28/1983 to a 1-year deal worth $350,000 per year
Released by Phoenix on 5/11/1983
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1984
 
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