1B Sho Nakata #51
Yokohama DeNA BayStars NPB
Age: 37 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
04/27/2026
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1B SHO NAKATA #51 - AGE: 37 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
18 18 6 0 0 2 4 0 5 .333 .350 .667 0 0.3
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 40 35 40 40
Gap 30 30 30 30
Power 55 50 55 55
Eye 45 40 45 45
Avoid K's 50 50 50 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 35 30
Errors: - 60 55
Arm: 20 65 60
Turn DP: - 30 -
Ability: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 25
1st Base: 55 Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 35
Stealing Ability: 45
Baserunning Inst.: 50
Sacrifice Bunt: 45
Bunt for Hit: 30
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
04/25/2026 @ YAK Loss, 6-7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/24/2026 @ YAK Win, 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
04/22/2026 @ YOM Win, 7-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/21/2026 @ YOM Win, 8-3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/19/2026 HIRO Loss, 2-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/18/2026 HIRO Loss, 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/17/2026 HIRO Loss, 3-8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/16/2026 @ HAN Win, 6-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/15/2026 @ HAN Loss, 2-7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/14/2026 @ HAN Win, 4-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Nakata is a field general.
Personality Class: Captain
High: Leader, Loyalty
Birthday:04/22/1989
Born in:Hiroshima, HIR
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 0"
Weight:220 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$1,800,000
Signed Through:2027 Season
Major Service:16 Years, 53 Days
Service This Yr:38 Days
40-Man Service:10 Years, 15 Days
Pro Service:18 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
NIPPON PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE 2026 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 18 18 6 0 0 2 4 5 0 5 .333 .350 .667 1.017 .419 .333 191
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 2 20 1 0 0 0 0 1 12 2 0 0 0.0 4.5 9.29 .3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   5 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .200 .800 1.000
Versus Right   13 5 0 0 1 2 3 0 3 1 0 1 .385 .400 .615 1.015
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 .667 1.000 1.667
March   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
April   15 6 0 0 2 4 5 0 3 1 0 1 .400 .412 .800 1.212
Spring Training   18 3 0 0 1 3 4 3 4 0 0 0 .167 .286 .333 .619
Last Year   329 78 13 0 12 37 41 27 80 4 4 4 .237 .299 .386 .685
2 Years Ago   482 105 15 2 21 66 56 46 125 7 1 7 .218 .292 .388 .679
Career   7341 1785 316 10 339 1167 883 690 1642 81 18 78 .243 .312 .427 .739
Home   8 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .625 .875
Road   10 4 0 0 1 3 4 0 3 1 0 1 .400 .417 .700 1.117
Grass   2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Turf   16 5 0 0 2 4 4 0 5 1 0 1 .312 .333 .688 1.021
Day   6 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .833 1.167
Night   12 4 0 0 1 2 4 0 4 1 0 1 .333 .357 .583 .940
As Starter   8 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 .250 .333 .625 .958
As Reliever / Substitution   10 4 0 0 1 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 .400 .364 .700 1.064
Pinch Hitting   10 4 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 .400 .364 .700 1.064
Close/Late   8 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 .250 .222 .250 .472
Inning 1-3   2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500
Inning 4-6   5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 .400 .500 .400 .900
Inning 7-9   9 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 .222 .200 .556 .756
Extra Innings   2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
0 Outs   5 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 .400 .500 1.000 1.500
1 Outs   6 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .667 .571 1.167 1.738
2 Outs   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Scoring Position   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .200 .167 .200 .367
Bases Empty   11 4 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 .364 .417 .636 1.053
Runner on 1st   2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500
Runner on 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Two Strikes   9 3 0 0 2 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333
First Pitch   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 0-1   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 0-2   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-1   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 1-2   5 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400
Count 2-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 2-2   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 3-1   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Full Count   2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500
Behind in Count   8 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 .375 .375 .750 1.125
Ahead in Count   4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .333 .250 .583
Batting 6th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 7th   9 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 1 .222 .300 .556 .856
Batting 9th   8 4 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .444 .875 1.319
Low Leverage   9 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 .222 .222 .556 .778
Medium Leverage   3 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 .667 .600 1.667 2.267
High Leverage   6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2009 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 20 22 36 10 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 15 0 0 .278 .289 .333 .623 80 78 0.1
2010 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 21 65 210 49 5 1 9 22 20 15 3 2 61 0 0 .233 .291 .395 .687 97 102 0.9
2011 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 22 143 527 125 32 2 18 91 49 31 6 8 133 4 0 .237 .283 .408 .691 97 100 1.7
2012 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 23 144 547 131 25 1 24 77 79 50 5 4 101 5 4 .239 .307 .420 .727 108 116 2.9
2013 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 24 108 407 124 14 1 28 73 67 45 6 1 77 1 2 .305 .381 .550 .932 166 180 5.1
2014 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 25 144 531 143 18 0 27 100 64 58 6 7 89 0 0 .269 .344 .456 .800 129 139 4.7
2015 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 26 143 539 142 26 0 30 102 72 64 1 7 120 1 0 .263 .339 .479 .817 134 142 4.3
2016 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 27 141 569 142 26 1 25 110 61 47 3 5 126 2 1 .250 .308 .431 .738 111 118 2.9
2017 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 28 129 472 102 23 0 16 67 56 61 5 4 103 0 1 .216 .310 .367 .676 95 103 1.6
2018 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 29 140 540 143 32 0 25 106 61 43 3 13 81 0 1 .265 .316 .463 .778 122 129 3.5
2019 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 30 124 450 109 21 0 24 80 55 55 5 4 83 0 0 .242 .329 .449 .778 123 130 3.5
2020 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 31 117 427 89 15 2 22 55 49 43 3 1 106 2 3 .208 .285 .407 .692 97 99 0.6
2021 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - NPB 32 142 538 103 19 0 20 68 58 47 7 5 164 3 3 .191 .263 .338 .601 76 78 0.6
2022 Chunichi - NPB 33 86 302 73 16 0 11 39 33 20 6 2 71 0 1 .242 .300 .404 .704 110 115 1.5
2023 Yokohama DeNA - NPB 34 122 417 111 14 0 25 69 54 37 7 5 102 2 2 .266 .333 .480 .812 139 152 3.4
2024 Yokohama DeNA - NPB 35 134 482 105 15 2 21 66 56 46 7 7 125 5 1 .218 .292 .388 .679 102 109 1.8
2025 Yokohama DeNA - NPB 36 132 329 78 13 0 12 37 41 27 4 4 80 2 2 .237 .299 .386 .685 97 100 0.6
2026 Yokohama DeNA - NPB 37 18 18 6 0 0 2 4 5 0 1 1 5 0 0 .333 .350 .667 1.017 180 191 0.3
Total NPB 2054 7341 1785 316 10 339 1167 883 690 78 81 1642 27 21 .243 .312 .427 .739 113 120 39.9
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2010 Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) - AA 21 8 27 9 5 0 2 7 10 7 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .471 .741 1.211 169 145 0.3
2013 Japan - WBC 24 6 21 6 0 0 0 2 3 3 1 1 3 0 0 .286 .385 .286 .670 73 80 -0.1
2017 Japan - WBC 28 6 21 5 1 0 3 8 5 4 0 0 2 1 0 .238 .360 .714 1.074 158 148 0.2
2017 Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) - AA 28 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .500 1.200 1.700 268 206 0.1
2019 Hokkaido Nippon Ham (Ni-Gun) - AA 30 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 129 123 0.0
Total NGN 12 34 12 6 0 3 9 11 8 0 0 3 0 0 .353 .476 .794 1.270 181 152
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2022 Chunichi - NPB 33 13 22 8 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 .364 .364 .455 .818 145 138 -0.1
2024 Yokohama DeNA - NPB 35 3 10 3 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 .300 .333 .400 .733 119 119 -0.7
2025 Yokohama DeNA - NPB 36 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 16 6 -0.7
Total NPB 21 37 12 3 0 0 8 6 1 0 1 10 1 0 .324 .333 .405 .739 121 116
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2020 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT 1B 38 38 288 17 23 308 3 .990 329.2 8.33 +0.6 1.010
2020 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT LF 4 4 11 1 1 12 0 1.000 42.0 2.57 +0.4 .000
2021 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham - INT 1B 140 140 1075 95 81 1178 8 .993 1296.2 8.12 +6.1 1.023
2022 Chunichi - INT 1B 72 72 543 46 46 590 1 .998 651.2 8.13 +3.4 1.041
2023 Yokohama DeNA - INT 1B 114 112 808 52 66 863 3 .997 1005.2 7.70 +1.1 1.007
2023 Yokohama DeNA - INT LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2024 Yokohama DeNA - INT 1B 133 133 963 82 85 1051 6 .994 1185.0 7.94 +2.1 1.023
2025 Yokohama DeNA - INT 1B 96 85 626 42 56 671 3 .996 762.0 7.89 +0.5 1.003
2025 Yokohama DeNA - INT LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2026 Yokohama DeNA - INT 1B 6 2 21 1 1 22 0 1.000 23.0 8.61 +0.2 1.018
2026 Yokohama DeNA - INT LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 599 582 4324 335 358 4683 24 .995 5253.2 7.98 +14.0 1.019
TOTAL LF 4 4 11 1 1 12 0 1.000 42.0 2.57 +0.4 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
10/25/2007 Drafted by the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the 1st round of the 2007 NPB HS draft from Osaka Toin HS.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
06/06/2021 Injured (Bruised shin), day-to-day for 5 days.
11/16/2021 Became a free agent.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
02/22/2022 Signed a minor league contract with the Chunichi Dragons organization.
05/02/2022 Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
06/26/2022 Injured (Strained back), out for 2-3 weeks.
08/13/2022 Injured (Fractured foot), out for 3-4 weeks.
10/23/2022 Wins the 2022 Japan Series with the Chunichi Dragons.
11/16/2022 Became a free agent.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
02/20/2023 Signed a minor league contract with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars organization.
05/31/2023 Collects his 1000th career Nippon Professional Baseball League RBI!
07/03/2023 Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
09/09/2023 Hits his 300th career Nippon Professional Baseball League home run!
09/14/2023 Goes 5-5 against the Hanshin Tigers, with 1 2B, 0 RBI and 1 R.
09/18/2023 Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
10/01/2023 Wins the NPB JCL Batter of the Month Award.
11/14/2023 Became a free agent.
11/30/2023 Signed a 4-year contract worth a total of $7,200,000 with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars organization.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
06/09/2024 Suspended 5 games after ejection following a brawl.
07/22/2024 Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
08/12/2024 Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
03/01/2025 Injured (quadriceps strain),day-to-day for one week.
07/24/2025 Injured (bruised toe),day-to-day for 1 day.
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year K Rank
2021 164 2
Year HR Rank
2023 25 8
2024 21 10
Year RBI Rank
2021 68 9
2023 69 9
Year SF Rank
2021 5 3
2023 5 4
2024 7 1
2025 4 4
Year AVG Rank
2023 .266 6
Year OBP Rank
2023 .333 10
Year SLG Rank
2023 .480 6
Year RC/27 Rank
2023 5.50 8
Year ISO Rank
2023 .213 7
Year wOBA Rank
2023 .350 7
Year OPS Rank
2023 .812 7
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