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Name	Team	Age
Norio Yamada	Retired (1980, Age 34)	42
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 38 (1977)	2B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Old Jeter Wood League	0	2 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B-	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A	A+	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C-	D+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	5/9/1946
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (RF)
A+ (98.2 %)	D- (4.4 %)	F  (3.5 %)

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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

1977

Majors

28.57

162

30

0

1 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 1

0 / 4

2 / 28

1978

Majors

18.65

162

7

0

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 18

1979

Minors

14.00

0 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 3

1 / 14

1980

Minors

20.00

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 1

0 / 20

Total

324

37

0

1 / 10

0 / 7

1 / 8

1 / 16

0 / 16

0 / 12

0 / 11

3 / 80

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1980-11-01	Norio Yamada has retired from the Brooklyn Dodgers
1979-04-01	The Brooklyn Dodgers have designated Norio Yamada for assignment. The Brooklyn Dodgers have sent Billy Wagner to the minors.
1977-04-01	The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Norio Yamada to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have sent Bobby Sisco to the minors.