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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
B	A-	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	C+	A
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	D+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D	C+	C+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	5/3/1941
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
3	4	7
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (2B)
B  (60.7 %)	D+ (27.8 %)	D+ (21.7 %)

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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

1973

Majors

54.14

132

116

30

1 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 4

0 / 9

1 / 54

1974

Majors

60.15

148

128

14

1 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 13

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 4

0 / 9

1 / 60

1975

Majors

66.26

162

142

0

-1 / 12

-6 / 6

-2 / 9

-2 / 7

-4 / 11

-2 / 11

-3 / 10

-20 / 66

1976

Majors

62.69

162

143

0

-2 / 15

0 / 6

-3 / 14

-5 / 8

-3 / 7

-1 / 5

-2 / 7

-16 / 62

1977

Majors

48.30

162

71

0

-1 / 9

-7 / 7

-1 / 7

-4 / 6

-4 / 4

-2 / 11

-1 / 4

-20 / 48

1978

Majors

46.39

162

64

0

-1 / 6

-3 / 3

0 / 9

-1 / 7

-1 / 6

-3 / 13

-3 / 2

-12 / 46

1979

Majors

36.88

162

41

0

-4 / 5

-4 / 5

-2 / 2

-2 / 6

0 / 9

-1 / 2

-1 / 7

-14 / 36

1980

Majors

37.08

162

52

0

0 / 5

0 / 6

-1 / 5

-2 / 7

-5 / 6

-3 / 5

-1 / 3

-12 / 37

1981

Majors

28.27

162

31

0

-6 / 1

-7 / 4

-3 / 5

-5 / 8

-6 / 1

-2 / 5

-1 / 4

-30 / 28

1982

Majors

16.12

95

18

0

-5 / 6

-4 / 1

-5 / 1

-6 / 3

-7 / 2

-4 / 2

0 / 1

-31 / 16

Total

1509

806

44

-18 / 75

-31 / 56

-17 / 72

-27 / 67

-30 / 65

-18 / 62

-12 / 56

-153 / 453

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1982-11-01	Kazuaki Katahira has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1982-08-06	The New York Knights have waived Kazuaki Katahira.
1982-07-18	The New York Knights have promoted Woody Shoch to the major league team. The New York Knights have designated Kazuaki Katahira for assignment.
1974-04-16	Kazuaki Katahira of the New York Knights is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1973-05-10	Kazuaki Katahira of the New York Knights is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1973-04-01	The New York Knights have promoted Kazuaki Katahira to the major league team. The New York Knights have designated Jim Botz for assignment.
1972-07-07	Trade #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).