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Bobby Doerr League
6-17-2028
Tsutomu Kadota Shortstop
Retired (2009, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .259 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .695 Status Retired (2009) Option Years 0  
H 502 Age 55 (OS 55) Date of Birth 04-05-1973
HR 45 Drafted Round 4, Pick 54
(2002)
Majors Svc Time 6 years
(23 games)
RBI 197
SB 71
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B+ Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 0
2B B- (55.3%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 0
3B D- (9.7%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
2003 Away 13 19 3 3 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 .568 .304 .263 .105 .158
2003 Home 13 26 2 7 3 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 1 .821 .321 .500 .231 .269
2004 Away 54 203 25 41 7 2 4 19 15 45 3 0 1 .579 .264 .315 .113 .202
2004 Home 51 186 23 52 4 1 8 29 13 34 0 2 2 .767 .327 .441 .161 .280
2005 Away 44 170 19 43 4 3 3 18 7 35 2 0 3 .647 .282 .365 .112 .253
2005 Home 45 160 23 45 5 1 1 17 13 36 0 0 9 .679 .335 .344 .062 .281
2006 Away 50 163 21 47 2 3 2 14 21 32 12 4 7 .747 .373 .374 .086 .288
2006 Home 49 167 19 44 6 1 2 18 17 37 7 4 4 .681 .333 .347 .084 .263
2007 Away 49 186 20 55 8 0 7 17 24 38 8 7 5 .834 .382 .452 .156 .296
2007 Home 67 272 41 67 5 4 8 25 17 65 14 4 7 .673 .291 .382 .136 .246
2008 Away 46 173 23 41 7 0 3 16 10 39 14 3 3 .612 .283 .329 .092 .237
2008 Home 39 138 18 36 5 2 4 14 15 33 8 7 5 .751 .338 .413 .152 .261
2009 Away 14 43 3 12 0 0 2 7 2 4 2 0 1 .723 .304 .419 .140 .279
2009 Home 14 32 3 9 0 0 0 1 3 6 0 1 0 .624 .343 .281 .000 .281
Total Away 270 957 114 242 28 9 21 91 83 195 42 14 20 .683 .316 .367 .114 .253
Total Home 278 981 129 260 28 9 24 106 80 216 29 18 28 .707 .321 .385 .120 .265
Total 548 1938 243 502 56 18 45 197 163 411 71 32 48 .695 .319 .376 .117 .259
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2009-11-01Tsutomu Kadota has retired from the Kansas City Royals
2007-09-11Tsutomu Kadota of the Kansas City Royals is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
2007-04-10The Kansas City Royals have placed Tsutomu Kadota on the trade block.
2004-05-05The Kansas City Royals have promoted Quilvio Zitzmann to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Tsutomu Kadota to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have designated Brian Simmons for assignment. The Kansas City Royals have designated Jim Smith for assignment.
2003-05-31The Kansas City Royals have designated Tsutomu Kadota for assignment.
2003-03-25The Kansas City Royals have promoted Clete Schoonmaker to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Paul Hooper to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Bubba McDaniel to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Tsutomu Kadota to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have sent Joe Higgins to the minors. The Kansas City Royals have designated Al Miller for assignment.
2002-04-26The Kansas City Royals have acquired Tsutomu Kadota from the waiver wire.
2002-04-01The Minnesota Twins have waived Tsutomu Kadota.
2001-03-25Trade #1895764 has been completed between the Colorado Space Ghosts and the Minnesota Twins. The Minnesota Twins receive Ronn Moreno, Draft Pick 2003 Round 3 KC (Marty Cruz), Draft Pick 2002 Round 4 COL (Tsutomu Kadota), Draft Pick 2003 Round 3 COL (Aurelio Brideweser), Draft Pick 2001 Round 2 COL (George Bischoff) from the Colorado Space Ghosts in exchange for Jiro Yoshida.