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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 R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1978 Away 46 83 0 18 4 1 2 5 11 16 0 0 0 .670 .309 .361 .145 .217
1978 Home 43 80 0 28 2 2 1 6 8 6 0 0 0 .880 .418 .463 .113 .350
1979 Away 27 54 0 10 1 0 0 5 1 10 0 0 0 .404 .200 .204 .019 .185
1979 Home 30 68 0 19 2 0 0 9 8 15 0 0 0 .664 .355 .309 .029 .279
1980 Away 50 98 0 29 5 1 2 13 10 12 0 0 0 .783 .355 .429 .133 .296
1980 Home 41 86 0 17 2 0 3 8 1 19 0 0 0 .530 .205 .326 .128 .198
1981 Away 8 88 0 17 3 0 0 6 8 20 0 0 0 .488 .260 .227 .034 .193
1981 Home 8 74 0 16 4 0 0 6 4 11 0 0 0 .527 .256 .270 .054 .216
Total Away 131 323 0 74 13 2 4 29 30 58 0 0 0 .612 .293 .319 .090 .229
Total Home 122 308 0 80 10 2 4 29 21 51 0 0 0 .653 .309 .344 .084 .260
Total 345 662 70 164 24 4 8 64 51 118 3 4 13 .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.