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Name	Team	Age
Tadao Yamazaki	Retired (1978, Age 37)	86
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 3 (1973)	RF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Bobby Doerr League	0	6 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B-	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	A-	F
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D+	B+	B+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A-	0	8/16/1941
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (---)
C+ (48.6 %)	D  (16.8 %)	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

1973

Majors

64.92

162

156

0

0 / 15

2 / 12

0 / 7

1 / 9

0 / 4

0 / 11

0 / 6

3 / 64

1974

Majors

64.92

162

156

0

0 / 12

0 / 13

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 7

1 / 9

0 / 5

1 / 64

1975

Majors

51.62

162

94

0

-1 / 7

-6 / 5

-2 / 6

-2 / 8

-3 / 9

-2 / 12

-4 / 4

-20 / 51

1976

Majors

64.91

162

155

0

0 / 10

-2 / 7

-2 / 8

-1 / 8

-1 / 9

-3 / 11

-3 / 11

-12 / 64

1977

Majors

36.02

162

47

0

-3 / 5

-7 / 7

-3 / 2

-4 / 5

-5 / 7

-2 / 7

-2 / 3

-26 / 36

1978

Majors

21.91

162

17

0

-4 / 5

-2 / 2

-3 / 2

-1 / 2

-2 / 4

-4 / 1

-2 / 5

-18 / 21

Total

972

625

0

-8 / 54

-15 / 46

-10 / 33

-7 / 42

-11 / 40

-10 / 51

-11 / 34

-72 / 300

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1978-11-01	Tadao Yamazaki has retired from the Kansas City Royals
1973-04-01	The Kansas City Royals have promoted Tadao Yamazaki to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have promoted Jin Nagao to the major league team. The Kansas City Royals have designated Eddie Snow for assignment. The Kansas City Royals have designated Harry Philley for assignment.