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Mark Fidrych League
10-18-2157
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
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed B+ Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL
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 LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1969 2B MIL 2 2 17.0 12 3 9 0 0 0 6.35 1.000
1970 SS MIL 3 2 19.0 10 1 9 0 1 0 4.74 1.000
1971 2B MIL 1 1 8.0 9 2 7 0 2 -1 10.12 1.000
1974 SS ARI 2 2 18.0 5 2 3 0 0 0 2.50 1.000
1978 SS KC 40 30 282.0 140 35 99 6 17 -15 4.28 .957
CF KC 5 1 15.2 4 4 0 0 0 0 2.30 1.000
1979 SS KC 20 17 144.0 64 20 43 1 4 +3 3.94 .984
CF KC 8 6 56.2 9 9 0 0 0 0 1.43 1.000
LF KC 9 4 47.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 1.53 1.000
RF KC 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
C KC 1 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 13.64 1.000
1980 SS KC 73 32 373.2 193 90 101 2 26 +1 4.60 .990
2B KC 2 2 18.0 10 4 5 1 1 +1 4.50 .900
LF KC 4 0 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.64 1.000
1981 SS KC 81 30 385.2 188 65 121 2 27 -3 4.34 .989
2B KC 1 1 8.0 6 2 3 1 0 +1 5.62 .833
C KC 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total SS 219 113 1222.1 600 213 376 11 75 -14 4.34 .982
CF 13 7 72.1 13 13 0 0 0 0 1.62 1.000
LF 13 4 58.0 10 10 0 0 0 0 1.55 1.000
2B 6 6 51.0 37 11 24 2 3 +1 6.18 .946
RF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
C 2 0 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 5.42 1.000
Total 254 131 1414.1 662 249 400 13 78 0 0 0 NaN% -13 4.13 .980
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.