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Name	Team	Age
Arata Kaji	Retired (1983, Age 36)	Died (2021, Age 74)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 42 (1977)	2B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Bobby Doerr League	0	6 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	C
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A-	B+	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B-	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	4/22/1947
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
C+ (46.2 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (RF)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH
1977	PIT	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	48
1978	PIT	0	0	117	1	4	0	0	0	19
1979	SD	0	0	120	1	5	0	0	0	23
1980	SD	0	0	128	0	1	0	0	2	17
1981	SD	0	0	128	0	4	0	0	0	13
1982	SD	0	0	126	0	4	0	0	0	16

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1983-11-01	Arata Kaji has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1983-04-18	The San Diego Chargers have waived Arata Kaji.
1983-03-25	The San Diego Chargers have promoted Mark Hogan to the major league team. The San Diego Chargers have designated Arata Kaji for assignment.
1977-04-01	The Pittsburgh Miners have renamed Akimitsu Koba to Arata Kaji.
1977-04-01	The Pittsburgh Miners have promoted Akimitsu Koba to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Miners have designated Jim Hearn for assignment.