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Billy Williams League
9-4-2071
Tanaka Second Base
Retired (1978, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .248 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .649 Status Deceased (2023) Option Years 0  
H 359 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 04-20-1944
HR 9 Drafted Round 2, Pick 21
(1966)		 Majors Svc Time 3 years
(53 games)
RBI 151
SB 50
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A+ Contact vs. L A+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R D  Power vs. L C- Velocity D+   Mentor vR C 
Speed B- Bunt C+ Control F    Mentor vL C 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF B+ (71.0%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 0
3B F  (3.4%) RF B+ (73.3%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1966 Minors 22 33.00 8 / 10 2 / 4 4 / 4 4 / 4 3 / 6 0 / 1 1 / 4 22 / 33
1967 Minors 23 22.00 1 / 2 2 / 5 3 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 4 3 / 4 1 / 2 14 / 22
1968 Minors 24 19.00 1 / 1 0 / 0 4 / 4 3 / 5 1 / 2 5 / 6 0 / 1 14 / 19
1969 Minors 25 20.00 0 / 2 0 / 2 4 / 5 1 / 2 2 / 3 2 / 4 1 / 2 10 / 20
1969 Majors 25 0.83 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1970 Minors 26 28.00 0 / 1 3 / 3 6 / 9 2 / 6 0 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 4 12 / 28
1970 Majors 26 15.40 38 29 0 1 / 1 3 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 5 / 15
1970 Pos (2B) 26 118.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 12 / 118
1971 Majors 27 67.81 162 141 0 2 / 7 2 / 7 1 / 10 6 / 12 2 / 10 4 / 8 7 / 13 24 / 67
1972 Majors 28 59.46 162 111 0 0 / 8 1 / 4 1 / 6 3 / 13 1 / 9 4 / 11 1 / 8 11 / 59
1973 Majors 29 55.73 162 103 0 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 8 1 / 3 0 / 10 1 / 10 0 / 9 2 / 55
1974 Majors 30 19.00 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 5 1 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 2 / 19
1975 Majors 31 8.00 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 8
1976 Majors 32 13.00 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 13
1977 Majors 33 17.00 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 17
1978 Majors 34 20.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 7 0 / 20
Total 524 384 0 13 / 48 13 / 45 24 / 70 24 / 61 11 / 55 20 / 57 11 / 59 128 / 513
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1978-11-01Tanaka has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1977-09-02The Cincinnati Lumberjacks have waived Tanaka.
1977-09-02The Cincinnati Lumberjacks have acquired Tanaka from the waiver wire.
1975-04-01The Brooklyn Warewolves have waived Tanaka.
1975-04-01The Brooklyn Warewolves have acquired Tanaka from the waiver wire.
1974-04-05The Chicago Metal Gear have waived Tanaka.
1974-03-03The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Tom Hesketh to the major league team. The Chicago Metal Gear have designated Tanaka for assignment.
1970-09-05The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Gus Montoyo to the major league team. The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Tanaka to the major league team. The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Ed Frederick to the major league team.
1970-08-01The Chicago Metal Gear have sent Tanaka to the minors.
1970-07-16The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Tanaka to the major league team.
1969-07-13The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Jack Rigby to the major league team. The Chicago Metal Gear have sent Tanaka to the minors.
1969-07-01The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Tanaka to the major league team.
1969-04-05The Chicago Metal Gear have demoted Tanaka to the minor leagues.
1969-03-01The Chicago Metal Gear have renamed Mark Tolman to Tanaka.
1968-10-26The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Bill Hisner to the major league team. The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Mark Tolman to the major league team. The Chicago Metal Gear have sent Harry Leach to the minors. The Chicago Metal Gear have designated Candy Hisner for assignment.