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Name	Team	Age
Ryuji Shimizu	Retired (1990, Age 38)	Died (2018, Age 66)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 6 (1980)	RP	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Satchel Paige League	0	9 years (93 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	D	D-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D+	D	C-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D+	D	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
D+	B-	B-
Leadership	Mentor Value
D	D+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D	0	9/9/1952
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1980	Minors	2.00	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 2
1980	Majors	51.65	0 / 13	0 / 20	0 / 18	0 / 51
1981	Majors	42.97	0 / 10	0 / 11	0 / 21	0 / 42
1982	Majors	43.29	1 / 9	1 / 19	0 / 15	2 / 43
1983	Majors	29.08	0 / 2	0 / 9	0 / 18	0 / 29
1984	Majors	43.80	0 / 10	2 / 15	0 / 18	2 / 43
1985	Majors	42.49	0 / 9	1 / 15	0 / 18	1 / 42
1986	Majors	48.02	0 / 9	-7 / 17	0 / 22	-7 / 48
1987	Majors	47.20	1 / 9	-6 / 22	2 / 16	-3 / 47
1988	Majors	48.43	-2 / 6	-6 / 21	1 / 21	-7 / 48
1989	Majors	47.53	-2 / 5	-7 / 21	-4 / 21	-13 / 47
1990	Minors	7.00	0 / 1	0 / 3	1 / 3	1 / 7
1990	Majors	22.00	0 / 0	1 / 10	0 / 12	1 / 22
Total			-2 / 83	-21 / 183	0 / 205	-23 / 471

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1990-11-01	Ryuji Shimizu has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1990-06-15	The Kansas City Blue Notes have waived Ryuji Shimizu.
1990-04-01	The Kansas City Blue Notes have promoted Ned Encarnacion to the major league team. The Kansas City Blue Notes have designated Ryuji Shimizu for assignment.
1985-07-02	Ryuji Shimizu of the Kansas City Blue Notes is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1983-07-25	Ryuji Shimizu of the Kansas City Blue Notes is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1980-04-11	The Kansas City Blue Notes have promoted Ryuji Shimizu to the major league team.