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Name	Team	Age
Tsukasa Tanaka	Retired (1988, Age 37)	Died (2026, Age 75)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 11 (1977)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Branch Rickey League	0	10 years (32 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	B-	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D-	C+	C+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	7/6/1951
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	1
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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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

62.91

157

105

5

1 / 2

1 / 10

4 / 8

6 / 15

1 / 8

2 / 6

2 / 13

17 / 62

1978

Majors

51.76

128

103

33

3 / 12

0 / 5

0 / 6

1 / 6

3 / 10

1 / 8

0 / 4

8 / 51

1979

Majors

58.39

145

117

17

0 / 6

1 / 8

0 / 4

1 / 8

2 / 13

0 / 12

0 / 7

4 / 58

1980

Majors

58.94

147

119

15

3 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 7

3 / 58

1981

Majors

64.48

162

130

0

0 / 8

1 / 12

0 / 7

1 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 7

1 / 10

3 / 64

1982

Majors

33.08

83

67

47

0 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 9

0 / 33

1983

Majors

43.20

137

63

20

0 / 5

1 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 5

1 / 43

1984

Majors

64.48

162

130

0

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 12

0 / 7

1 / 11

1 / 64

1985

Majors

56.00

142

113

20

-4 / 9

-5 / 4

-2 / 11

-6 / 4

-4 / 13

-3 / 8

-4 / 7

-28 / 56

1986

Majors

60.13

162

105

0

-3 / 10

-5 / 10

-3 / 10

-6 / 6

-2 / 5

-4 / 9

-2 / 10

-25 / 60

1987

Majors

61.56

162

113

0

0 / 8

-1 / 16

-1 / 8

-5 / 8

-8 / 9

-3 / 6

-2 / 6

-20 / 61

1988

Minors

44.00

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 6

1 / 7

1 / 5

2 / 44

Total

1587

1165

157

0 / 91

-7 / 100

-2 / 90

-8 / 86

-8 / 102

-6 / 91

-3 / 94

-34 / 654

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1988-11-01	Tsukasa Tanaka has retired from the Kansas City Prairie Princes
1988-04-01	The Kansas City Prairie Princes have promoted William Delgado to the major league team. The Kansas City Prairie Princes have promoted Bill Stringer to the major league team. The Kansas City Prairie Princes have designated Albie Christensen for assignment. The Kansas City Prairie Princes have designated Tsukasa Tanaka for assignment.
1985-09-07	Tsukasa Tanaka of the Kansas City Prairie Princes is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1984-10-01	Tsukasa Tanaka of the Kansas City Prairie Princes is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1983-08-16	Tsukasa Tanaka of the Kansas City Prairie Princes is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1982-07-03	Tsukasa Tanaka of the Kansas City Prairie Princes is injured and is expected to be out 54 days.
1980-08-18	Tsukasa Tanaka of the Kansas City Prairie Princes is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1979-08-30	Tsukasa Tanaka of the Kansas City Prairie Princes is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1978-06-25	Tsukasa Tanaka of the Kansas City Prairie Princes is injured and is expected to be out 39 days.
1977-07-11	Tsukasa Tanaka of the Kansas City Prairie Princes is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
1977-04-01	The Kansas City Prairie Princes have promoted Joe Morgan to the major league team. The Kansas City Prairie Princes have promoted Tsukasa Tanaka to the major league team. The Kansas City Prairie Princes have promoted Hank Angley to the major league team. The Kansas City Prairie Princes have promoted Shinji Kajimoto to the major league team.