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Name Team Age
Kazuaki Katahira Retired (1982, Age 41) Died (2019, Age 78)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 4
(1973)
3B L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Murray Maddux League 0 9 years (114 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
A- B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D+ D+
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ C+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
0 5/3/1941
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
3 4 7
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (2B)
(60.7 %) D+ (27.8 %) D+ (21.7 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT
1973 3B NYN 116 116 1046.33 349 70 267 12 15 -3 2.90 .966
1974 3B NYN 128 128 1152.33 378 84 284 10 22 +8 2.87 .974
1975 3B NYN 142 142 1278.66 428 79 339 10 21 +14 2.94 .977
1976 3B NYN 116 116 1023.0 336 69 259 8 14 +9 2.89 .976
RF NYN 27 27 218.33 42 39 1 2 0 -5 1.65 .952
1977 2B NYN 17 17 155.0 77 34 41 2 9 -4 4.35 .974
3B NYN 53 53 463.66 155 38 110 7 6 -5 2.87 .955
SS NYN 1 1 7.0 6 3 3 0 0 0 7.71 1.000
1978 2B NYN 8 8 70.33 35 13 21 1 4 -4 4.35 .971
3B NYN 55 54 469.0 173 32 134 7 13 +7 3.19 .960
SS NYN 2 2 17.0 4 2 1 1 0 -1 1.59 .750
1979 1B NYN 6 6 56.0 51 49 2 0 4 0 8.20 1.000
2B NYN 2 2 18.0 10 5 5 0 0 0 5.00 1.000
3B NYN 11 0 17.0 5 1 3 1 0 0 2.12 .800
LF NYN 32 32 280.0 57 55 1 1 0 -2 1.80 .982
RF NYN 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
1980 1B NYN 16 16 138.0 144 141 3 0 10 -1 9.39 1.000
2B NYN 6 6 59.0 28 13 15 0 1 -1 4.27 1.000
3B NYN 26 26 241.0 82 15 63 4 3 +6 2.91 .951
LF NYN 2 2 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.59 1.000
CF NYN 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
RF NYN 1 1 8.0 2 1 1 0 0 -1 2.25 1.000
1981 1B NYN 4 4 35.0 36 35 1 0 4 0 9.26 1.000
2B NYN 3 3 30.0 17 11 6 0 0 -1 5.10 1.000
3B NYN 19 18 165.33 62 15 45 2 4 0 3.27 .968
SS NYN 1 1 9.0 4 0 4 0 2 0 4.00 1.000
LF NYN 3 3 25.0 5 4 0 1 0 0 1.44 .800
RF NYN 2 2 21.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.29 1.000
1982 2B NYN 2 2 18.0 11 3 8 0 0 0 5.50 1.000
3B NYN 15 15 130.0 51 9 41 1 3 0 3.46 .980
RF NYN 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
Pos Total 1B 26 26 229.0 231 225 6 0 18 -1 9.08 1.000
2B 38 38 350.33 178 79 96 3 14 -10 4.50 .983
3B 681 668 5986.31 2019 412 1545 62 101 +36 2.94 .969
SS 4 4 33.0 14 5 8 1 2 -1 3.55 .929
LF 37 37 322.0 65 62 1 2 0 -2 1.76 .969
CF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
RF 32 32 264.33 52 48 2 2 0 -6 1.70 .962
Total 819 806 7193.97 2561 833 1658 70 135 +16 3.12 .973
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1982-11-01Kazuaki Katahira has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1982-08-06The New York Knights have waived Kazuaki Katahira.
1982-07-18The New York Knights have promoted Woody Shoch to the major league team. The New York Knights have designated Kazuaki Katahira for assignment.
1974-04-16Kazuaki Katahira of the New York Knights is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1973-05-10Kazuaki Katahira of the New York Knights is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1973-04-01The New York Knights have promoted Kazuaki Katahira to the major league team. The New York Knights have designated Jim Botz for assignment.
1972-07-07Trade #1547286 has been completed between the New York Knights and the Los Angeles Rascals. The Los Angeles Rascals receive Ben Autry from the New York Knights in exchange for Draft Pick 1973 Round 1 LAA (Kazuaki Katahira), Draft Pick 1974 Round 1 LAA (Con Butland).