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Name	Team	Age
Yoshiro Kitano	Retired (2004, Age 38)	51
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 7 (1992)	2B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Gibson Feller League	0	13 years (9 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B	B+
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
B-	0	10/13/1966
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	3
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (3B)
A+ (98.7 %)	F  (2.3 %)	F  (1.4 %)

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Skill grades calculated using approximate current ratings minus past improvements.
Year	Contact vs R	Power vs R	Contact vs L	Power vs L	Speed	Arm	Range
1992	A-	B+	B+	A-	A-	C	A-
1993	A-	B+	B+	A	A-	C	A-
1994	A	A-	B+	A	A-	C	A
1995	A	A-	B+	A	A-	C+	A
1996	A	A-	B+	A	A-	C+	A
1997	A	A-	B+	A	A-	C+	A
1998	A	A-	B+	A	A-	C+	A
1999	A	A-	B+	A	A-	C+	A
2000	A	A-	B+	A	A-	C+	A+
2001	A	A-	B+	A	A-	C	A
2002	A-	B+	B+	A-	A-	C	A
2003	A-	B+	B+	A-	A-	C	A-
2004	A-	B	B+	B+	B+	C	A-

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2004-11-01	Yoshiro Kitano has retired from the Minnesota Polars
2004-04-03	Yoshiro Kitano of the Minnesota Polars is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
2003-07-04	Yoshiro Kitano of the Minnesota Polars is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
2000-04-29	Yoshiro Kitano of the Minnesota Polars is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1992-04-01	The Minnesota Polars have promoted Yoshiro Kitano to the major league team.