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| Name | Team | Age |
| Taka Tanaka | Retired (1971, Age 35) | Died (2000, Age 64) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 1, Pick 22 (1961) |
2B | L/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Ashburn Crawford League | 0 | 6 years (81 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 6/17/1936 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alt Pos (SS) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (88.9 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
| Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (C) |
| (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
| Alt Pos (1B) | Alt Pos (3B) | |
| (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Team | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | PH |
| 1962 | ARI | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1963 | ARI | 0 | 8 | 39 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 1964 | COL | 0 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1965 | COL | 0 | 14 | 41 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1966 | COL | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 1967 | COL-WAS | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1968 | WAS | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | WAS | 0 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1970 | WAS | 0 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1971-11-01 | Taka Tanaka has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1971-05-13 | The Washington Monuments have waived Taka Tanaka. |
| 1971-04-01 | The Washington Monuments have promoted Junichi Fujii to the major league team. The Washington Monuments have promoted Charlie English to the major league team. The Washington Monuments have sent Rick Spence to the minors. The Washington Monuments have designated Taka Tanaka for assignment. The Washington Monuments have sent Creepy Lobert to the minors. |
| 1968-09-13 | Taka Tanaka of the Washington Monuments is injured and is expected to be out 20 days. |
| 1967-07-07 | Taka Tanaka of the Washington Monuments is injured and is expected to be out 16 days. |
| 1967-04-23 | Trade #1491752 has been completed between the Washington Monuments and the Colorado Stoners. The Colorado Stoners receive Draft Pick - 1969 Round 2 (WAS), Draft Pick 1968 Round 2 WAS (Jim Maldonado) from the Washington Monuments in exchange for Taka Tanaka. |
| 1967-04-11 | Taka Tanaka of the Colorado Stoners is injured and is expected to be out 17 days. |
| 1967-03-01 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Mariano Astacio to the minors. |
| 1966-08-14 | The Colorado Stoners have placed Taka Tanaka on the trade block. |
| 1966-07-02 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Huck McMath to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1966-04-30 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. |
| 1966-04-30 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Charlie Dolan to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1965-10-02 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Charlie Dolan to the minors. |
| 1965-09-02 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Huck McMath to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1965-08-20 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Dutch Francona to the minors. |
| 1965-08-16 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Ozzie Hall to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1965-08-12 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Dutch Francona to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Ozzie Hall to the minors. The Colorado Stoners have sent Charlie Dolan to the minors. |
| 1965-08-11 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Ozzie Hall to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have promoted Charlie Dolan to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Dutch Francona to the minors. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1965-07-27 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Ozzie Hall to the minors. |
| 1965-07-27 | The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1965-07-13 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Dutch Francona to the minors. |
| 1965-07-09 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Charlie Dolan to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1965-06-20 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have promoted Harley Quinn to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Julio Hernandez to the minors. The Colorado Stoners have sent Mule DiSarcina to the minors. |
| 1965-06-19 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Mule DiSarcina to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1965-05-12 | Taka Tanaka of the Colorado Stoners is injured and is expected to be out 30 days. |
| 1965-05-09 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Dutch Francona to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Ozzie Hall to the minors. The Colorado Stoners have sent Charlie Dolan to the minors. |
| 1965-05-06 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Charlie Dolan to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1965-05-05 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Charlie Dolan to the minors. |
| 1965-05-03 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Charlie Dolan to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1965-05-01 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Charlie Dolan to the minors. |
| 1965-04-26 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Charlie Dolan to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1964-08-27 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Ozzie Hall to the minors. |
| 1964-08-25 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Ozzie Hall to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1964-08-01 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Verne Hickman to the minors. |
| 1964-07-30 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Verne Hickman to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Lorenzo Rivera to the minors. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1964-06-29 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Julio Hernandez to the minors. |
| 1964-06-27 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Julio Hernandez to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have promoted Ozzie Hall to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Harley Quinn to the minors. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1964-06-10 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Verne Hickman to the minors. |
| 1964-05-13 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Morton Sobell to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1964-05-12 | Taka Tanaka of the Colorado Stoners is injured and is expected to be out 28 days. |
| 1964-05-08 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Charlie Dolan to the minors. |
| 1964-05-06 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Verne Hickman to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1964-05-01 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Julio Hernandez to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have promoted Ern Davis to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Joe Aldridge to the minors. The Colorado Stoners have sent Morton Sobell to the minors. The Colorado Stoners have sent Verne Hickman to the minors. |
| 1964-04-30 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Joe Aldridge to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have promoted Verne Hickman to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Julio Hernandez to the minors. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1964-04-29 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Verne Hickman to the minors. |
| 1964-04-25 | The Colorado Stoners have promoted Verne Hickman to the major league team. The Colorado Stoners have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1963-10-05 | The Arizona Sun have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Charlie Dolan to the minors. |
| 1963-10-01 | The Arizona Sun have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1963-08-29 | The Arizona Sun have promoted Jesse Franklin to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have promoted Jimmy Dugan to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Lee Jackson to the minors. The Arizona Sun have sent John Shields to the minors. The Arizona Sun have sent Oscar Wall to the minors. |
| 1963-08-25 | The Arizona Sun have promoted Charlie Dolan to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1963-08-23 | The Arizona Sun have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Oscar Wall to the minors. |
| 1963-08-21 | The Arizona Sun have promoted Oscar Wall to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have promoted John Shields to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Lee Jackson to the minors. The Arizona Sun have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1963-08-08 | The Arizona Sun have promoted Lee Jackson to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Jesse Franklin to the minors. The Arizona Sun have sent Morton Sobell to the minors. |
| 1963-08-07 | The Arizona Sun have promoted Charlie Dolan to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1963-07-13 | The Arizona Sun have promoted Morton Sobell to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have promoted Bobby Brooks to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Harley Quinn to the minors. The Arizona Sun have sent Lorenzo Rivera to the minors. The Arizona Sun have sent Verne Hickman to the minors. |
| 1963-07-02 | The Arizona Sun have promoted Verne Hickman to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1963-06-30 | Taka Tanaka of the Arizona Sun is injured and is expected to be out 11 days. |
| 1963-06-27 | The Arizona Sun have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent John Shields to the minors. |
| 1963-06-11 | The Arizona Sun have promoted Jimmy Dugan to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1963-06-10 | Taka Tanaka of the Arizona Sun is injured and is expected to be out 16 days. |
| 1963-04-29 | The Arizona Sun have promoted Taka Tanaka to the major league team. The Arizona Sun have designated Reddy Gerard for assignment. |
| 1963-03-07 | The Arizona Sun have sent Taka Tanaka to the minors. |
| 1963-03-07 | The Arizona Sun have renamed Bill Kearse to Taka Tanaka. |
| 1962-08-28 | Trade #1397624 has been completed between the Arizona Hombre Atomicos and the Cincinnati Big Red Machine. The Cincinnati Big Red Machine receive Bobby Brodowski, Al Hammond from the Arizona Hombre Atomicos in exchange for Bill Kearse, Heinie Howard. |