RF Katsuya Kakunaka #3
Yomiuri Giants NPB
Age: 35 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Great
06/13/2022
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RF KATSUYA KAKUNAKA #3 - AGE: 35 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
51 137 42 9 0 4 20 21 16 .307 .399 .460 3 1.4
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 40 35 40 40
Gap 35 35 40 35
Power 30 30 35 30
Eye 55 50 55 55
Avoid K's 60 55 60 60
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 30 50
Errors: - 30 50
Arm: 20 55 55
Turn DP: - 25 -
Ability: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 55
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: 50
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 55
Stealing Ability: 45
Baserunning Inst.: 60
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 35
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
06/12/2022 CHIB Win, 9-2 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
06/11/2022 CHIB Win, 3-2 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0
06/10/2022 CHIB Win, 10-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
06/09/2022 HOKK Win, 4-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/08/2022 HOKK Win, 10-6 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/07/2022 HOKK Loss, 0-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/05/2022 @ SB Loss, 3-4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/04/2022 @ SB Loss, 5-10 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 0
06/03/2022 @ SB Loss, 0-5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
06/02/2022 ORI Loss, 0-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
PERSONALITY
Kakunaka never shows any lack of effort.
High: Loyalty, Work Ethic
Low: Adaptability
Birthday:05/25/1987
Born in:Nanao, ISH
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 11"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$1,400,000
Signed Through:2024 Season
Major Service:11 Years, 102 Days
Service This Yr:80 Days
40-Man Service:9 Years, 22 Days
Pro Service:15 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
NIPPON PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE 2022 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 51 137 42 9 0 4 20 21 21 16 .307 .399 .460 .859 .377 .153 158
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 34 159 0 1 0 2 1 0 63 13 3 2 60.0 26.1 7.04 1.4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   32 13 1 0 2 8 5 2 6 0 0 0 .406 .441 .625 1.066
Versus Right   105 29 8 0 2 12 16 19 10 0 1 0 .276 .387 .410 .797
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   19 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 0 1 0 .105 .227 .158 .385
March   4 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100
April   33 12 4 0 1 5 5 8 2 0 0 0 .364 .488 .576 1.064
May   61 21 4 0 2 10 13 7 7 0 0 0 .344 .412 .508 .920
June   39 7 1 0 1 4 2 5 6 0 1 0 .179 .273 .282 .555
Spring Training   46 8 3 1 0 8 4 11 7 0 0 1 .174 .345 .283 .627
Last Year   391 106 23 2 5 45 44 53 70 4 5 10 .271 .369 .379 .748
2 Years Ago   402 97 17 8 6 41 50 63 68 2 6 1 .241 .344 .368 .712
Career   4659 1312 239 45 69 551 575 600 685 40 43 51 .282 .367 .397 .764
Home   85 23 6 0 1 9 12 17 11 0 1 0 .271 .392 .376 .769
Road   52 19 3 0 3 11 9 4 5 0 0 0 .365 .411 .596 1.007
Grass   21 8 1 0 2 4 5 3 2 0 0 0 .381 .458 .714 1.173
Turf   116 34 8 0 2 16 16 18 14 0 1 0 .293 .388 .414 .802
Day   51 12 2 0 2 6 6 4 9 0 0 0 .235 .291 .392 .683
Night   86 30 7 0 2 14 15 17 7 0 1 0 .349 .456 .500 .956
As Starter   120 36 8 0 4 18 19 19 14 0 1 0 .300 .396 .467 .862
As Reliever / Substitution   17 6 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 .353 .421 .412 .833
Pinch Hitting   12 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .333 .429 .417 .845
Close/Late   40 14 2 0 1 8 5 5 4 0 0 0 .350 .422 .475 .897
Inning 1-3   34 10 3 0 1 7 8 8 2 0 0 0 .294 .429 .471 .899
Inning 4-6   49 13 3 0 2 4 8 5 8 0 1 0 .265 .333 .449 .782
Inning 7-9   50 15 3 0 1 8 4 7 6 0 0 0 .300 .386 .420 .806
Extra Innings   4 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
0 Outs   49 11 4 0 0 2 5 9 4 0 1 0 .224 .345 .306 .651
1 Outs   48 19 4 0 1 8 6 6 5 0 0 0 .396 .463 .542 1.005
2 Outs   40 12 1 0 3 10 10 6 7 0 0 0 .300 .391 .550 .941
Scoring Position   35 11 1 0 1 15 6 6 3 0 1 0 .314 .415 .429 .843
Bases Empty   82 27 8 0 1 1 10 12 7 0 0 0 .329 .415 .463 .878
Runner on 1st   20 4 0 0 2 4 5 3 6 0 0 0 .200 .304 .500 .804
Runner on 2nd   8 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Runner on 3rd   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   11 4 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .636 1.000
Runner on 1st & 3rd   3 2 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .800 1.000 1.800
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   6 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Bases Loaded   5 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .429 .200 .629
Two Strikes   63 14 3 0 1 11 9 8 16 0 0 0 .222 .310 .317 .627
First Pitch   18 8 2 0 2 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 .444 .474 .889 1.363
Count 0-1   12 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .417 .750
Count 0-2   9 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .444 .778
Count 1-0   15 7 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .467 .467 .733 1.200
Count 1-1   11 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545
Count 1-2   17 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 .235 .235 .294 .529
Count 2-0   4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Count 2-1   11 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .455 .818
Count 2-2   22 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 .182 .182 .364 .545
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 .333 .750 .333 1.083
Full Count   15 3 0 0 0 4 5 8 2 0 0 0 .200 .478 .200 .678
Behind in Count   38 11 3 0 0 5 3 0 9 0 0 0 .289 .289 .368 .658
Ahead in Count   33 13 3 0 1 4 7 12 0 0 0 0 .394 .556 .576 1.131
Batting Leadoff   2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Batting 4th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   37 8 2 0 0 3 5 4 5 0 1 0 .216 .293 .270 .563
Batting 6th   54 15 5 0 2 5 9 10 4 0 0 0 .278 .391 .481 .872
Batting 7th   29 13 1 0 2 10 5 5 5 0 0 0 .448 .529 .690 1.219
Batting 8th   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 9th   7 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .429 .556 .571 1.127
Low Leverage   47 16 3 0 2 6 9 6 6 0 0 0 .340 .415 .532 .947
Medium Leverage   59 17 6 0 1 5 7 9 7 0 0 0 .288 .382 .441 .823
High Leverage   30 9 0 0 1 9 5 6 2 0 1 0 .300 .417 .400 .817
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
2007 Chiba Lotte - NPB 20 9 17 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 .235 .235 .235 .471 39 25 -0.0
2008 Chiba Lotte - NPB 21 10 18 2 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 4 0 0 .111 .273 .278 .551 62 60 -0.0
2009 Chiba Lotte - NPB 22 10 18 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 1 0 .167 .250 .278 .528 55 41 -0.0
2010 Chiba Lotte - NPB 23 13 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 6 0 0 .000 .182 .000 .182 -41 -54 -0.3
2011 Chiba Lotte - NPB 24 51 154 41 5 1 0 10 9 9 4 3 30 2 0 .266 .318 .312 .629 86 89 0.4
2012 Chiba Lotte - NPB 25 128 477 149 30 5 3 61 52 38 5 4 67 8 4 .312 .366 .415 .782 129 145 4.2
2013 Chiba Lotte - NPB 26 125 462 133 26 6 5 43 65 50 4 3 63 10 6 .288 .360 .403 .763 124 135 3.9
2014 Chiba Lotte - NPB 27 133 451 125 22 5 8 57 62 76 6 4 66 9 1 .277 .385 .401 .787 132 148 4.4
2015 Chiba Lotte - NPB 28 111 427 125 20 5 6 52 57 47 1 2 52 8 4 .293 .363 .405 .768 125 137 3.6
2016 Chiba Lotte - NPB 29 143 525 178 30 5 8 69 74 68 6 6 64 12 4 .339 .417 .461 .877 158 175 6.6
2017 Chiba Lotte - NPB 30 110 383 103 17 4 8 44 44 62 4 2 44 6 1 .269 .375 .397 .772 127 140 3.3
2018 Chiba Lotte - NPB 31 112 411 109 23 2 7 57 44 48 5 6 63 3 3 .265 .345 .382 .727 113 124 2.7
2019 Chiba Lotte - NPB 32 108 368 95 17 1 8 48 47 55 5 4 63 2 2 .258 .359 .375 .734 116 127 2.6
2020 Chiba Lotte - NPB 33 115 402 97 17 8 6 41 50 63 1 2 68 5 6 .241 .344 .368 .712 106 107 1.3
2021 Yomiuri - NPB 34 122 391 106 23 2 5 45 44 53 10 4 70 5 2 .271 .369 .379 .748 123 128 2.2
2022 Yomiuri - NPB 35 51 137 42 9 0 4 20 21 21 0 0 16 3 2 .307 .399 .460 .859 146 158 1.4
Total NPB 1351 4659 1312 239 45 69 551 575 600 51 40 685 74 36 .282 .367 .397 .764 124 135 36.3
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 Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) - AA 23 82 261 80 16 4 2 30 45 26 2 0 32 16 10 .307 .374 .421 .795 105 108 1.7
2011 Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) - AA 24 75 257 83 15 5 7 39 33 39 8 3 29 9 5 .323 .423 .502 .925 138 133 2.4
2012 Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) - AA 25 16 67 26 8 1 2 10 16 6 2 1 7 1 0 .388 .447 .627 1.074 173 164 0.9
2013 Japan - WBC 26 5 9 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 .111 .200 .111 .311 -21 11 -0.2
2013 Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) - AA 26 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 42 106 0.0
2014 Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) - AA 27 2 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .375 .375 .375 .750 94 98 0.0
2017 Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) - AA 30 5 14 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 .214 .312 .214 .527 39 56 -0.0
2018 Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) - AA 31 11 28 6 2 0 1 7 4 10 1 1 7 0 0 .214 .425 .393 .818 113 119 0.2
2019 Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) - AA 32 4 6 3 0 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .786 .500 1.286 240 230 0.3
Total NGN 198 645 204 41 10 12 89 103 93 15 5 81 27 15 .316 .412 .467 .878 126 125
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
2021 Yomiuri - NPB 34 3 9 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .364 .222 .586 79 95 -1.1
Total NPB 3 9 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 .222 .364 .222 .586 79 95
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2020 Chiba Lotte - INT LF 113 113 221 6 1 231 4 .983 1013.2 2.02 -0.7 .995
2021 Yomiuri - INT LF 96 96 159 6 0 167 2 .988 815.1 1.82 -4.7 .976
2021 Yomiuri - INT RF 12 11 19 1 0 20 0 1.000 101.2 1.77 -0.1 .996
2022 Yomiuri - INT LF 9 6 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 63.2 1.84 +0.1 .971
2022 Yomiuri - INT RF 28 27 47 0 0 47 0 1.000 246.0 1.72 -0.3 .984
TOTAL LF 218 215 393 12 1 411 6 .985 1892.2 1.93 -5.3 .986
TOTAL RF 40 38 66 1 0 67 0 1.000 347.2 1.73 -0.3 .987
PLAYER HISTORY
10/25/2006 Drafted by the Chiba Lotte Marines in the 7th round of the 2006 NPB Draft from Koichi Fighting Dos (Indy).
09/03/2020 Injured (Mild calf strain), day-to-day for 5 days.
11/16/2020 Wins the 2020 NPB JPL Glove Wizard Award at LF.
12/01/2020 Became a free agent.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 55 (55).
01/05/2021 Signed a 4-year contract worth a total of $5,480,000 with the Yomiuri Giants organization.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 50 (50).
05/14/2022 Injured (Groin soreness), day-to-day for 5 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 3B Rank
2020 8 2
Year BB Rank
2020 63 7
Year HP Rank
2021 10 5
Year SF Rank
2021 4 6
Year AVG Rank
2021 .271 10
Year OBP Rank
2021 .369 4
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