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Name Team Age
Kuniyuki Yoshioka Retired (1979, Age 41) Died (2012, Age 74)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 9
(1969)		 1B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ford Hernandez League 0 10 years (21 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B  B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- B  B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C  C+ D+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D+ D 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C- B+ B+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 10/18/1938
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (3B)
A+ (98.4 %) A+ (96.7 %) C+ (45.3 %)

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Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG AVG
1970 AHP 75 300 93 20 1 4 35 25 57 .786 .363 .423 .310
1970 HHP 67 259 72 11 2 12 47 21 46 .807 .332 .475 .278
1970 LHP 68 136 46 11 0 5 20 11 18 .917 .388 .529 .338
1970 RHP 130 423 119 20 3 11 62 35 85 .757 .336 .421 .281
1971 AHP 71 289 77 10 1 12 48 26 64 .761 .328 .433 .266
1971 HHP 71 264 75 10 3 2 34 33 52 .729 .361 .367 .284
1971 LHP 60 127 43 2 3 5 32 16 21 .927 .407 .520 .339
1971 RHP 133 426 109 18 1 9 50 43 95 .691 .325 .366 .256
1972 AHP 76 297 82 18 7 5 46 22 56 .760 .326 .434 .276
1972 HHP 66 241 64 11 1 8 29 22 61 .750 .331 .419 .266
1972 LHP 63 124 38 11 3 4 24 9 30 .891 .351 .540 .306
1972 RHP 125 414 108 18 5 9 51 35 87 .715 .322 .394 .261
1973 AHP 69 267 65 5 2 12 46 32 55 .734 .322 .412 .243
1973 HHP 66 238 66 12 3 8 39 26 46 .800 .346 .454 .277
1973 LHP 62 116 32 3 1 2 21 11 17 .704 .333 .371 .276
1973 RHP 126 389 99 14 4 18 64 47 84 .783 .333 .450 .254
1974 AHP 71 283 88 14 1 9 48 20 52 .816 .353 .463 .311
1974 HHP 71 266 64 14 1 4 31 24 50 .654 .308 .346 .241
1974 LHP 60 132 30 6 1 3 16 15 27 .662 .306 .356 .227
1974 RHP 131 417 122 22 1 10 63 29 75 .761 .339 .422 .293
1975 AHP 56 183 54 8 0 4 23 20 42 .772 .368 .404 .295
1975 HHP 53 158 36 8 0 0 20 21 24 .599 .320 .278 .228
1975 LHP 43 74 10 2 0 0 4 5 17 .352 .190 .162 .135
1975 RHP 94 267 80 14 0 4 39 36 49 .783 .386 .397 .300
1976 AHP 48 97 31 3 1 2 13 8 18 .810 .377 .433 .320
1976 HHP 53 118 26 5 1 1 16 10 30 .584 .279 .305 .220
1976 LHP 26 46 13 1 0 2 11 7 7 .805 .370 .435 .283
1976 RHP 56 169 44 7 2 1 18 11 41 .653 .309 .343 .260
1977 AHP 57 155 30 1 1 2 16 16 39 .525 .273 .252 .194
1977 HHP 48 119 40 9 3 0 21 13 18 .864 .402 .462 .336
1977 LHP 35 61 14 2 0 0 7 8 14 .581 .319 .262 .230
1977 RHP 78 213 56 8 4 2 30 21 43 .698 .332 .366 .263
1978 AHP 55 91 16 3 0 1 6 13 22 .515 .274 .242 .176
1978 HHP 44 82 14 3 1 3 10 10 12 .602 .261 .341 .171
1978 LHP 23 41 9 2 1 1 4 6 7 .703 .312 .390 .220
1978 RHP 49 132 21 4 0 3 12 17 27 .511 .253 .258 .159
Total AHP 578 1962 536 82 14 51 281 182 405 .742 .335 .407 .273
Total HHP 539 1745 457 83 15 38 247 180 339 .723 .331 .392 .262
Total LHP 440 857 235 40 9 22 139 88 158 .758 .339 .419 .274
Total RHP 922 2850 758 125 20 67 389 274 586 .726 .331 .394 .266
Total 1117 3707 993 165 29 89 528 362 744 .733 .333 .400 .268
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1979-11-01Kuniyuki Yoshioka has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1979-04-01The Arizona Desert Sponges have promoted Gary Benson to the major league team. The Arizona Desert Sponges have promoted Kunio Niiyama to the major league team. The Arizona Desert Sponges have promoted Willard Shay to the major league team. The Arizona Desert Sponges have waived Kuniyuki Yoshioka. The Arizona Desert Sponges have waived Hajime Kanai.
1978-07-09Kuniyuki Yoshioka of the Arizona Desert Sponges is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1977-09-24Kuniyuki Yoshioka of the Arizona Desert Sponges is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1973-07-04Kuniyuki Yoshioka of the Arizona Desert Sponges is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1972-10-07Kuniyuki Yoshioka of the Arizona Desert Sponges is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.