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Name	Team	Age
Tanaka	Retired (1978, Age 34)	Died (2023, Age 79)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 21 (1966)	2B	L/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Billy Williams League	0	3 years (53 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	B+	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A+	A+	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D	C-	C+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D-	C	C
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	4/20/1944
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (3B)
B+ (73.3 %)	B+ (71.0 %)	F  (3.4 %)

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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

1966

Minors

33.00

8 / 10

2 / 4

4 / 4

4 / 4

3 / 6

0 / 1

1 / 4

22 / 33

1967

Minors

22.00

1 / 2

2 / 5

3 / 3

2 / 2

2 / 4

3 / 4

1 / 2

14 / 22

1968

Minors

19.00

1 / 1

0 / 0

4 / 4

3 / 5

1 / 2

5 / 6

0 / 1

14 / 19

1969

Minors

20.00

0 / 2

0 / 2

4 / 5

1 / 2

2 / 3

2 / 4

1 / 2

10 / 20

1969

Majors

0.83

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1970

Minors

28.00

0 / 1

3 / 3

6 / 9

2 / 6

0 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 4

12 / 28

1970

Majors

15.40

38

29

0

1 / 1

3 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 2

5 / 15

1970

Pos (2B)

118.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

12 / 118

1971

Majors

67.81

162

141

0

2 / 7

2 / 7

1 / 10

6 / 12

2 / 10

4 / 8

7 / 13

24 / 67

1972

Majors

59.46

162

111

0

0 / 8

1 / 4

1 / 6

3 / 13

1 / 9

4 / 11

1 / 8

11 / 59

1973

Majors

55.73

162

103

0

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 8

1 / 3

0 / 10

1 / 10

0 / 9

2 / 55

1974

Majors

19.00

0 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 5

1 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 1

2 / 19

1975

Majors

8.00

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 8

1976

Majors

13.00

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 5

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 13

1977

Majors

17.00

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 17

1978

Majors

20.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 7

0 / 20

Total

524

384

0

13 / 48

13 / 45

24 / 70

24 / 61

11 / 55

20 / 57

11 / 59

128 / 513

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1978-11-01	Tanaka has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1977-09-02	The Cincinnati Lumberjacks have waived Tanaka.
1977-09-02	The Cincinnati Lumberjacks have acquired Tanaka from the waiver wire.
1975-04-01	The Brooklyn Warewolves have waived Tanaka.
1975-04-01	The Brooklyn Warewolves have acquired Tanaka from the waiver wire.
1974-04-05	The Chicago Metal Gear have waived Tanaka.
1974-03-03	The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Tom Hesketh to the major league team. The Chicago Metal Gear have designated Tanaka for assignment.
1970-09-05	The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Gus Montoyo to the major league team. The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Tanaka to the major league team. The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Ed Frederick to the major league team.
1970-08-01	The Chicago Metal Gear have sent Tanaka to the minors.
1970-07-16	The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Tanaka to the major league team.
1969-07-13	The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Jack Rigby to the major league team. The Chicago Metal Gear have sent Tanaka to the minors.
1969-07-01	The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Tanaka to the major league team.
1969-04-05	The Chicago Metal Gear have demoted Tanaka to the minor leagues.
1969-03-01	The Chicago Metal Gear have renamed Mark Tolman to Tanaka.
1968-10-26	The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Bill Hisner to the major league team. The Chicago Metal Gear have promoted Mark Tolman to the major league team. The Chicago Metal Gear have sent Harry Leach to the minors. The Chicago Metal Gear have designated Candy Hisner for assignment.