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Mark Fidrych League
10-22-2157
Akinori Murata Shortstop
Retired (1983, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .248 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .634 Status Deceased (2017) Option Years 0  
H 164 Age at Death 68 Date of Birth 05-03-1949
HR 8 Drafted Round 3, Pick 38
(1967)		 Majors Svc Time 4 years
(24 games)
RBI 64
SB 3
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A 
Speed B+ Bunt D  Control D-   Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF D- (4.6%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (92.2%) CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% 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 
1967 Minors 18 59.00 5 / 5 12 / 12 10 / 12 5 / 5 7 / 11 5 / 5 9 / 9 53 / 59
1967 Pos (2B) 18 37.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 16 / 37
1968 Minors 19 49.00 5 / 5 6 / 6 6 / 9 3 / 5 5 / 7 11 / 12 5 / 5 41 / 49
1968 Pos (2B) 19 6.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 6
1969 Minors 20 23.00 1 / 1 1 / 1 4 / 6 3 / 3 2 / 3 4 / 5 4 / 4 19 / 23
1969 Majors 20 1.09 2 2 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1970 Minors 21 23.00 3 / 4 1 / 1 2 / 5 2 / 2 2 / 3 2 / 2 6 / 6 18 / 23
1970 Majors 21 2.36 9 2 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2
1971 Minors 22 25.00 5 / 6 5 / 7 0 / 3 2 / 5 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 2 14 / 25
1971 Majors 22 0.56 1 1 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
1972 Minors 23 29.00 3 / 3 2 / 2 3 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 8 14 / 29
1973 Minors 24 23.00 1 / 1 0 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 2 2 / 7 0 / 3 3 / 5 8 / 23
1974 Minors 25 25.00 0 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 4 2 / 4 3 / 5 9 / 25
1974 Majors 25 2.14 12 2 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2
1975 Majors 26 19.00 0 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 3 / 19
1976 Majors 27 17.00 1 / 1 2 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 5 2 / 4 0 / 0 6 / 17
1977 Majors 28 18.00 1 / 1 0 / 1 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 6 2 / 5 5 / 18
1978 Majors 29 37.33 162 31 0 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 4 1 / 9 1 / 5 3 / 37
1979 Majors 30 30.49 162 28 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 8 0 / 3 1 / 8 0 / 2 1 / 30
1980 Majors 31 40.01 162 34 0 1 / 7 0 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 10 2 / 40
1981 Majors 32 38.47 154 31 8 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 38
1982 Minors 33 22.00 0 / 3 1 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 0 1 / 7 2 / 22
1983 Majors 34 14.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 14
Total 664 131 8 26 / 56 33 / 58 32 / 83 17 / 63 24 / 71 30 / 82 38 / 83 219 / 539
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1983-11-01Akinori Murata has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1983-04-01The Kansas City Athletics have waived Akinori Murata.
1982-04-01The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Pete Tucker to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Drew Judd to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Brick Fredrickson to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have sent Mike Parker to the minors. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Tony Masteller for assignment. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Akinori Murata for assignment.
1981-08-25Akinori Murata of the Kansas City Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1978-04-01The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Davey Sewell to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Akinori Murata to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Monte McCurdy to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Greg Engle to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated George Misuraca for assignment. The Kansas City Athletics have sent Hughie Burris to the minors.
1978-03-25The Kansas City Athletics have acquired Akinori Murata from the waiver wire.
1975-04-08The Arizona Bad Gnus have waived Akinori Murata.
1975-04-01The Arizona Bad Gnus have promoted Ned Funderburk to the major league team. The Arizona Bad Gnus have designated Akinori Murata for assignment.
1974-09-19The Arizona Bad Gnus have promoted Akinori Murata to the major league team.
1971-10-03The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have sent Tiago Pascucci to the minors. The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have sent Trick Canseco to the minors. The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have sent Justin Roneberg to the minors. The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have sent Boomer Leroux to the minors. The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have sent Akinori Murata to the minors. The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have sent Dirk de Caster to the minors.
1971-10-01The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have promoted Akinori Murata to the major league team.
1971-03-25The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have sent Akinori Murata to the minors.
1970-09-22The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have promoted Akinori Murata to the major league team.
1969-10-03The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have sent Vic Krsnich to the minors. The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have sent Jeff Bruce to the minors. The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have sent Akinori Murata to the minors. The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have sent Leonys Cespedes to the minors. The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have sent Pudge Valentine to the minors.
1969-09-30The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have promoted Akinori Murata to the major league team.
1967-04-04The Milwaukee Bad Gnus have renamed Steve Arnold to Akinori Murata.