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Bobby Doerr League
6-3-2028
Tadao Yamazaki Right Field
Retired (1978, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .258 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .729 Status Retired (1978) Option Years 0  
H 648 Age 86 (OS 87) Date of Birth 08-16-1941
HR 67 Drafted Round 1, Pick 3
(1973)
Majors Svc Time 6 years
(0 games)
RBI 307
SB 64
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR B+
Speed Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF C+ (48.6%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF (16.8%)   Health A- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1973 LHP 86 189 64 12 2 9 34 14 32 .950 .384 .566 .228 .339
1973 RHP 141 428 131 30 3 12 65 38 78 .838 .363 .474 .168 .306
1974 LHP 82 180 40 6 0 6 21 15 40 .638 .282 .356 .133 .222
1974 RHP 146 459 119 19 1 17 50 49 92 .754 .338 .416 .157 .259
1975 LHP 68 178 39 7 2 3 14 18 41 .624 .293 .331 .112 .219
1975 RHP 112 204 42 13 0 2 22 27 36 .597 .298 .299 .093 .206
1976 LHP 64 155 44 11 3 2 21 16 37 .781 .349 .432 .148 .284
1976 RHP 136 454 114 19 3 10 49 51 89 .698 .325 .372 .121 .251
1977 LHP 41 75 21 5 0 2 10 10 13 .791 .365 .427 .147 .280
1977 RHP 42 119 25 3 0 3 17 13 26 .604 .293 .311 .101 .210
1978 LHP 8 22 2 0 0 1 1 2 7 .394 .167 .227 .136 .091
1978 RHP 16 44 7 0 0 0 3 5 12 .404 .245 .159 .000 .159
Total LHP 349 799 210 41 7 23 101 75 170 .744 .326 .418 .155 .263
Total RHP 593 1708 438 84 7 44 206 183 333 .721 .330 .391 .135 .256
Total 690 2507 648 125 14 67 307 258 503 .729 .329 .400 .141 .258
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1978-11-01Tadao Yamazaki has retired from the Kansas City Royals
1973-04-01The Kansas City Royals have promoted Tadao Yamazaki to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Jin Nagao to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have designated Eddie Snow for assignment. The Kansas City Royals have designated Harry Philley for assignment.