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Name	Team	Age
Kensaku Nakatani	Retired (1980, Age 34)	Died (2026, Age 80)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 55 (1976)	CF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jumbo Brown League	0	2 years (91 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C-	C+	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A+	A	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
C+	D-	D+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B	0	7/5/1946
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	1
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
D  (12.9 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1976

Majors

28.73

162

30

0

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 5

1 / 28

1977

Majors

15.81

162

2

0

0 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 5

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 15

1978

Minors

19.00

0 / 2

0 / 6

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 5

0 / 1

0 / 19

1979

Minors

19.00

1 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 4

2 / 19

1979

Majors

5.33

42

2

0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 5

1980

Minors

13.00

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 13

1980

Majors

4.86

49

0

0

-4 / 0

-4 / 3

-3 / 1

-7 / 0

-1 / 0

-1 / 0

-3 / 0

-23 / 4

Total

415

34

0

-3 / 16

-4 / 24

-2 / 15

-7 / 17

-1 / 6

-1 / 10

-1 / 15

-19 / 103

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1980-11-01	Kensaku Nakatani has retired from the Pittsburgh Postbundy
1980-05-26	The Pittsburgh Postbundy have designated Kensaku Nakatani for assignment.
1979-08-16	The Pittsburgh Postbundy have promoted Kensaku Nakatani to the major league team.
1978-04-01	The Pittsburgh Postbundy have promoted Jack Rice to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Postbundy have promoted Al Williams to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Postbundy have designated Kensaku Nakatani for assignment. The Pittsburgh Postbundy have sent John Brottem to the minors.
1976-04-01	The Pittsburgh Postbundy have promoted George Guzman to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Postbundy have promoted Kensaku Nakatani to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Postbundy have promoted Wes Boney to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Postbundy have designated Sammy Shaw for assignment. The Pittsburgh Postbundy have designated Hal Gentile for assignment. The Pittsburgh Postbundy have designated Doug Pittinger for assignment.