Player Report for #10 Minoru Kiyomizu

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Saturday, July 1st, 1961

AB	199
HR	1
RBI	12
AVG	.266
OPS	.698

Name:	Minoru Kiyomizu	Contract:	Major League Contract
Nickname:		Salary:	$56,300
Birthday:	11-10-1929	Signed Through:	1961 Season
Age:	31	Years of Major League Service:	10 Years, 54 Days
Born in:	Chigasaki (Kanagawa)	Major League Service Days this Year:	81 Days
Nationality:	Japanese
Height:	6' 1"	Years on 40-Man Roster:	10 Years, 54 Days
Weight:	184 lbs	Years of Pro Service:	12 Years
		Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Position:	LF	Minor League Option Years:	3 option years left
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Left	Contract Extension	-
Status:	Completely Rested	Drafted	-
Morale:	Angry	Local Popularity (National)	Unknown (Unknown)

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Batting Ratings (OSA)

Running & Bunting Ratings		Fielding Ratings
Running Speed:	56	Left Field 69 (Arm: 37)
Stealing Ability:	15	Center Field 32 (Arm: 37)
Baserunning Instincts:	13	Right Field 72 (Arm: 37)
Sacrifice Bunt:	24
Bunt for Hit:	5
Hitter Type:	Normal

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Opponent	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB
06-30-1961	BAL	Win, 5-0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
06-29-1961	BAL	Win, 4-1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
06-28-1961	BAL	Win, 3-2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
06-26-1961	DC	Loss, 9-13	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
06-26-1961	DC	Loss, 6-8	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
06-25-1961	DC	Loss, 0-5	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
06-24-1961	DC	Loss, 1-8	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
06-23-1961	CHC	Win, 5-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
06-22-1961	CHC	Loss, 3-5	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
06-21-1961	CHC	Loss, 8-14	5	1	2	3	1	0	0	0

American Baseball Association 1961 Batting Stats

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO	VORP
Overall	62	199	53	13	1	1	12	19	21	22	.266	.341	.357	.698	.613	.090	-1.7
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	50	223	2	0	0	2	0	1	71	15	0	2	0.0	25.1	4.49
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		45	8	4	0	0	2	6	4	6	1	0	0	.178	.240	.267	.507
Versus Right		154	45	9	1	1	10	13	17	16	0	0	2	.292	.370	.383	.753
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
This Week		18	5	3	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	.278	.381	.444	.825
Last Week		16	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	5	0	0	0	.125	.125	.313	.438
April		39	8	1	0	0	1	2	3	5	0	0	1	.205	.279	.231	.510
May		76	25	5	1	0	6	11	10	6	1	0	1	.329	.409	.421	.830
June		84	20	7	0	1	5	6	8	11	0	0	0	.238	.304	.357	.661
Spring Training		62	18	4	0	0	3	10	6	9	1	0	0	.290	.348	.355	.703
Last Year		352	105	19	5	5	40	45	31	43	2	0	3	.298	.358	.423	.782
2 Years Ago		540	162	22	5	13	76	71	49	43	5	0	3	.300	.358	.431	.790
Career		4971	1461	232	69	85	603	671	537	492	41	0	29	.294	.363	.420	.783
Home		96	28	7	0	1	8	10	8	14	1	0	1	.292	.349	.396	.745
Road		103	25	6	1	0	4	9	13	8	0	0	1	.243	.333	.320	.654
Grass		177	48	12	1	1	11	17	19	19	1	0	2	.271	.347	.367	.714
Turf		22	5	1	0	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	0	.227	.292	.273	.564
Day		81	18	5	0	0	4	4	8	7	0	0	1	.222	.300	.284	.584
Night		118	35	8	1	1	8	15	13	15	1	0	1	.297	.368	.407	.775
Pinch Hitting		12	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	.417	.667
Close/Late		47	13	5	1	0	3	4	1	3	1	0	1	.277	.300	.426	.726
Inning 1-3		66	23	6	0	1	7	10	8	11	0	0	0	.348	.419	.485	.904
Inning 4-6		63	14	0	0	0	1	4	10	2	0	0	1	.222	.338	.222	.560
Inning 7-9		64	14	6	1	0	4	5	3	9	1	0	1	.219	.261	.344	.605
Extra Innings		6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833
0 Outs		72	21	6	0	0	0	10	7	9	0	0	0	.292	.354	.375	.729
1 Outs		64	20	5	1	0	4	7	5	6	1	0	1	.313	.366	.422	.788
2 Outs		63	12	2	0	1	8	2	9	7	0	0	1	.190	.301	.270	.571
Scoring Position		37	11	1	0	1	11	4	5	5	1	0	0	.297	.372	.405	.777
Bases Empty		130	31	8	1	0	0	12	15	15	0	0	0	.238	.317	.315	.633
Runner on 1st		32	11	4	0	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	2	.344	.400	.469	.869
Runner on 2nd		8	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425
Runner on 3rd		4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Runner on 1st & 2nd		15	8	1	0	1	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	.533	.563	.800	1.363
Runner on 1st & 3rd		4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650
Runner on 2nd & 3rd		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167
Bases Loaded		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Two Strikes		87	17	7	1	0	2	10	11	22	0	0	2	.195	.300	.299	.599
First Pitch		35	13	2	0	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.371	.371	.514	.886
Count 0-1		14	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.267	.357	.624
Count 0-2		14	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	.286	.333	.500	.833
Count 1-0		16	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375
Count 1-1		18	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.444	.444	.889
Count 1-2		34	7	2	0	0	1	4	0	10	0	0	1	.206	.229	.265	.493
Count 2-0		11	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636
Count 2-1		17	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.235	.353	.588
Count 2-2		24	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	.167	.167	.208	.375
Count 3-0		0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000
Count 3-1		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
Full Count		15	2	1	1	0	1	2	11	4	0	0	0	.133	.500	.333	.833
Behind in Count		62	15	6	0	0	3	7	0	14	1	0	2	.242	.262	.339	.600
Ahead in Count		45	11	3	0	0	2	5	10	0	0	0	0	.244	.382	.311	.693

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
1951 Boston - ABA	21	121	401	111	25	5	7	34	51	48	3	2	70	2	4	.277	.357	.416	.773	-0.6
1952 Boston - ABA	22	131	376	101	18	5	5	36	44	43	1	1	32	0	1	.269	.344	.383	.727	4.8
1953 Boston - ABA	23	151	532	156	25	8	12	65	84	64	5	4	58	0	3	.293	.372	.438	.810	8.8
1954 Boston - ABA	24	130	414	132	22	9	8	45	57	49	1	3	28	2	1	.319	.390	.473	.863	22.3
1955 Boston - ABA	25	147	522	155	15	4	10	63	88	60	3	3	40	3	2	.297	.371	.398	.769	9.3
1956 Boston - ABA	26	147	547	164	26	9	8	77	74	54	3	2	44	1	2	.300	.365	.424	.789	12.5
1957 Boston - ABA	27	145	545	163	25	10	7	85	71	63	4	8	50	1	0	.299	.371	.420	.791	11.7
1958 Detroit - ABA	28	64	253	80	10	6	5	34	30	21	1	4	27	0	0	.316	.366	.462	.828	14.3
1958 Boston - ABA	28	85	290	79	12	2	4	36	37	34	0	6	35	0	0	.272	.342	.369	.711	-2.6
1958 Total - ABA	28	149	543	159	22	8	9	70	67	55	1	10	62	0	0	.293	.353	.413	.766	11.7
1959 Detroit - ABA	29	138	540	162	22	5	13	76	71	49	3	5	43	0	3	.300	.358	.431	.790	13.7
1960 Detroit - ABA	30	125	352	105	19	5	5	40	45	31	3	2	43	0	2	.298	.358	.423	.782	13.2
1961 Detroit - ABA	31	62	199	53	13	1	1	12	19	21	2	1	22	0	2	.266	.341	.357	.698	-1.7
Total ABA		1446	4971	1461	232	69	85	603	671	537	29	41	492	9	20	.294	.363	.420	.783	105.8

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year/Team/League

Age

RBI

AVG

OBP

SLG

OPS

VORP

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1951 Boston - ML	CF	73	73	154	3	0	161	4	.975	636.2	2.22
1951 Boston - ML	RF	30	28	65	1	0	68	2	.971	254.2	2.33
1951 Boston - ML	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	6.0	0.00
1952 Boston - ML	RF	65	64	137	8	0	146	1	.993	557.0	2.34
1952 Boston - ML	LF	9	7	17	0	0	17	0	1.000	62.0	2.47
1952 Boston - ML	CF	17	17	44	1	0	45	0	1.000	142.2	2.84
1953 Boston - ML	CF	118	113	283	3	0	290	4	.986	990.2	2.60
1953 Boston - ML	RF	12	11	28	0	0	28	0	1.000	97.0	2.60
1953 Boston - ML	LF	8	8	17	0	0	18	1	.944	72.0	2.13
1954 Boston - ML	RF	57	54	108	5	0	114	1	.991	473.1	2.15
1954 Boston - ML	LF	10	7	16	0	0	18	2	.889	69.0	2.09
1954 Boston - ML	CF	41	36	100	2	0	103	1	.990	328.0	2.80
1955 Boston - ML	LF	59	58	110	0	0	111	1	.991	517.2	1.91
1955 Boston - ML	CF	44	40	117	0	0	118	1	.992	364.2	2.89
1955 Boston - ML	RF	30	27	69	3	1	75	3	.960	239.1	2.71
1956 Boston - ML	CF	57	55	157	3	0	161	1	.994	501.1	2.87
1956 Boston - ML	RF	73	71	162	5	0	169	2	.988	646.2	2.32
1956 Boston - ML	LF	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	4.0	4.50
1957 Boston - ML	RF	136	134	265	7	1	274	2	.993	1179.2	2.08
1958 Boston - ML	RF	59	59	136	4	2	142	2	.986	516.0	2.44
1958 Boston - ML	CF	10	10	30	1	1	33	2	.939	96.0	2.91
1958 Detroit - ML	LF	63	63	144	3	1	149	2	.987	547.1	2.42
1958 Detroit - ML	CF	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50
1959 Detroit - ML	CF	88	87	166	1	0	169	2	.988	739.0	2.03
1959 Detroit - ML	LF	51	51	89	1	0	92	2	.978	433.0	1.87
1960 Detroit - ML	LF	52	49	88	1	0	94	5	.947	432.1	1.85
1960 Detroit - ML	RF	8	5	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	43.0	1.67
1960 Detroit - ML	CF	27	23	71	3	0	74	0	1.000	203.2	3.27
1960 Detroit - ML	C	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.1	7.71	0	0	0	0.0
1961 Detroit - ML	LF	41	41	70	3	1	73	0	1.000	344.0	1.91
1961 Detroit - ML	CF	10	9	27	1	0	29	1	.966	81.2	3.09
1961 Detroit - ML	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00
1961 Detroit - ML	RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.2	0.00
1961 Detroit - ML	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00

Player History
01-02-1951	Drafted in the 1951 inaugural draft (Round 2, Pick 16, 32nd overall Pick) by the Boston Morrills.
01-02-1951	Named the #21 prospect in the ABA
03-22-1951	Injured (strained back muscle), day-to-day for one week.
04-16-1951	Named the #18 prospect in the ABA
08-16-1951	Injured (fractured hand), out for 3 weeks.
01-01-1952	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 73 (77); Power: 47 (51); Eye: 70 (82).
04-15-1952	Named the #32 prospect in the ABA
05-11-1952	Goes 5-5 against the Los Angeles Quakes, with 1 2B, 1 3B, 4 RBI and 2 R.
06-25-1952	Injured (dead arm syndrome), out for 1-2 weeks.
01-01-1953	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 84 (86); Power: 57 (57); Eye: 81 (90).
01-01-1954	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 87 (87); Power: 52 (52); Eye: 76 (82).
05-31-1954	Wins the ABA LL Player of the Week Award.
07-05-1954	Injured (back spasms), out for 3-4 weeks.
08-31-1954	Injured (strained thigh muscle), day-to-day for 6 days.
01-01-1955	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 80 (80); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 63 (67).
01-01-1956	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 94 (95); Power: 43 (43); Eye: 59 (62).
07-05-1956	Injured (blurred vision), day-to-day for 6 days.
01-01-1957	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 84 (85); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 75 (77).
04-04-1957	Injured (stiff neck), day-to-day for 5 days.
04-06-1957	Injured (scratched cornea), out for 2-3 weeks.
07-29-1957	Injured (bruised wrist), day-to-day for 5 days.
08-01-1957	Injured (dislocated finger), day-to-day for 3 days.
01-01-1958	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 91 (91); Power: 41 (41); Eye: 73 (75).
07-20-1958	Was traded by the Boston Morrills to the Detroit Bears in exchange for 3B S. Morrow, 1B E. Rivera.
07-26-1958	Injured (bruised finger), day-to-day for 3 days.
01-01-1959	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 86 (86); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 74 (76).
03-19-1959	Injured (fractured finger), out for 3 days.
09-11-1959	Injured (torn abdominal muscle), out for 8 months.
01-01-1960	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 79 (79); Power: 38 (38); Eye: 66 (66).
01-01-1961	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 64 (64); Power: 25 (25); Eye: 76 (76).
04-14-1961	Injured (concussion), out for one week.

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	H	Rank
1955	155	8
1956	164	6
1958	159	8
1959	162	7

Year	2B	Rank
1956	26	7

Year	3B	Rank
1953	8	4
1954	9	5
1956	9	6
1957	10	2
1958	8	8

Year	HP	Rank
1953	5	5

Year	SH	Rank
1952	0	1
1953	0	1
1954	0	1
1955	0	1
1956	0	1
1957	0	1
1958	0	1
1959	0	1
1960	0	1

Year	SF	Rank
1957	8	2
1958	10	1

Year	AVG	Rank
1953	.293	10
1955	.297	5
1956	.300	8
1957	.299	10
1959	.300	8