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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 Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1969 LHP 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .667 .333 .333 .000 .333
1969 RHP 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
1970 LHP 1 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1.167 .500 .667 .000 .667
1970 RHP 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .167 .167 .000 .167
1971 LHP 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
1971 RHP 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .667 .333 .333 .000 .333
1974 LHP 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 .500 .500 .000 .500
1974 RHP 2 8 3 1 0 0 3 0 2 .875 .375 .500 .125 .375
1978 LHP 58 71 21 3 1 0 4 10 9 .749 .383 .366 .070 .296
1978 RHP 41 92 25 3 2 3 7 9 13 .792 .346 .446 .174 .272
1979 LHP 36 57 16 2 0 0 5 3 9 .632 .317 .316 .035 .281
1979 RHP 26 65 13 1 0 0 9 6 16 .483 .268 .215 .015 .200
1980 LHP 56 90 28 3 1 3 15 7 13 .817 .350 .467 .156 .311
1980 RHP 38 94 18 4 0 2 6 4 18 .522 .224 .298 .106 .191
1981 LHP 38 62 14 2 0 0 6 9 7 .582 .324 .258 .032 .226
1981 RHP 47 100 19 5 0 0 6 3 24 .454 .214 .240 .050 .190
Total LHP 194 292 84 10 2 3 32 29 41 .714 .348 .366 .079 .288
Total RHP 160 370 80 14 2 5 32 22 77 .569 .263 .305 .089 .216
Total 345 662 164 24 4 8 64 51 118 .634 .301 .332 .085 .248
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.