LF Yutaro Itayama #65
Age: 31 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
10/28/2025
LF YUTARO ITAYAMA #65 - AGE: 31 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 30 30 35 30
Gap 40 40 45 40
Power 35 35 35 35
Eye 45 45 45 45
Avoid K's 45 40 45 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 35 55
Errors: - 40 55
Arm: 20 55 50
Turn DP: - 35 -
Ability: 25 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 60
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 25 Right Field: 50
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 60
Stealing Ability: 35
Baserunning Inst.: 55
Sacrifice Bunt: 60
Bunt for Hit: 35
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/07/2025 @ YOM Loss, 4-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/01/2025 YOM Loss, 4-6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
08/30/2025 @ HAN Win, 7-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/28/2025 @ HIRO Win, 13-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/27/2025 @ HIRO Loss, 3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/23/2025 YOKO Win, 7-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/22/2025 YOKO Loss, 4-6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/20/2025 @ YOM Win, 3-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/16/2025 HIRO Win, 2-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/13/2025 CHUN Loss, 2-3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Born to be a captain of men.
Personality Class: Captain
High: Leader, Loyalty, Work Ethic, Intelligence
Low: Adaptability, Greed
Birthday:03/27/1994
Born in:Yokohama, KAN
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 11"
Weight:175 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:None, Free Agent
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:5 Years, 10 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:1 Year, 126 Days
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
NIPPON PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE 2025 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 81 110 20 6 0 2 15 8 13 37 .182 .268 .291 .559 .243 .109 60
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 16 124 0 1 0 1 1 0 32 8 4 1 80.0 9.4 2.74 -0.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   22 5 1 0 1 3 4 4 8 0 0 0 .227 .346 .409 .755
Versus Right   88 15 5 0 1 12 3 9 29 0 1 0 .170 .247 .261 .509
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
March   8 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 .125 .300 .125 .425
April   24 6 3 0 1 5 3 2 5 0 0 0 .250 .308 .500 .808
May   38 8 3 0 0 6 3 5 15 0 1 0 .211 .302 .289 .592
June   13 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 .154 .312 .385 .697
July   15 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 .133 .188 .133 .321
August   9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
September   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Spring Training   32 4 2 0 0 1 3 4 9 0 1 2 .125 .263 .188 .451
Last Year   177 27 7 0 3 14 11 22 57 1 2 1 .153 .249 .243 .492
2 Years Ago   357 84 13 3 12 37 45 45 107 1 7 2 .235 .323 .389 .713
Career   794 165 31 4 18 74 74 92 251 3 12 3 .208 .291 .325 .616
Home   67 15 4 0 2 12 6 8 22 0 0 0 .224 .307 .373 .680
Road   43 5 2 0 0 3 2 5 15 0 1 0 .116 .208 .163 .371
Grass   17 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 .118 .211 .235 .446
Turf   93 18 4 0 2 14 8 11 31 0 1 0 .194 .279 .301 .580
Day   33 4 4 0 0 0 3 7 10 0 0 0 .121 .275 .242 .517
Night   77 16 2 0 2 15 5 6 27 0 1 0 .208 .265 .312 .577
As Starter   48 10 3 0 1 6 4 5 20 0 0 0 .208 .283 .333 .616
As Reliever / Substitution   62 10 3 0 1 9 4 8 17 0 1 0 .161 .257 .258 .515
Pinch Hitting   32 6 3 0 1 6 3 2 8 0 1 0 .188 .235 .375 .610
Close/Late   67 12 4 0 0 9 3 7 18 0 0 0 .179 .257 .239 .496
Inning 1-3   17 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 .176 .222 .235 .458
Inning 4-6   20 4 1 0 1 3 3 2 8 0 1 0 .200 .273 .400 .673
Inning 7-9   63 12 4 0 1 11 4 8 17 0 0 0 .190 .282 .302 .583
Extra Innings   10 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 .100 .250 .100 .350
0 Outs   30 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 9 0 1 0 .000 .091 .000 .091
1 Outs   40 10 4 0 0 6 1 5 12 0 0 0 .250 .333 .350 .683
2 Outs   40 10 2 0 2 9 2 5 16 0 0 0 .250 .333 .450 .783
Scoring Position   36 8 1 0 2 15 3 3 11 0 1 0 .222 .282 .417 .699
Bases Empty   62 12 5 0 0 0 1 6 22 0 0 0 .194 .265 .274 .539
Runner on 1st   12 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Runner on 2nd   9 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 .222 .364 .556 .919
Runner on 3rd   7 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Runner on 1st & 2nd   8 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 3 0 0 0 .250 .333 .750 1.083
Runner on 1st & 3rd   4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   6 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Two Strikes   59 11 6 0 1 8 2 2 37 0 0 0 .186 .213 .339 .552
First Pitch   9 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .111 .200 .111 .311
Count 0-1   11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
Count 0-2   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Count 1-1   13 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .538 .846
Count 1-2   22 6 3 0 0 5 1 0 15 0 0 0 .273 .273 .409 .682
Count 2-0   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   6 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 2-2   18 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 10 0 0 0 .111 .111 .278 .389
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .857 .000 .857
Full Count   11 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 .273 .385 .545 .930
Behind in Count   41 7 3 0 0 5 2 0 21 0 0 0 .171 .171 .244 .415
Ahead in Count   18 3 0 0 0 4 1 10 0 0 1 0 .167 .464 .167 .631
Batting Leadoff   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 2nd   19 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 .105 .190 .158 .348
Batting 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 5th   10 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600
Batting 6th   11 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 .364 .417 .455 .871
Batting 7th   35 6 4 0 1 5 5 3 15 0 0 0 .171 .237 .371 .608
Batting 8th   20 4 0 0 1 3 1 3 6 0 0 0 .200 .304 .350 .654
Batting 9th   13 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 .077 .294 .077 .371
Low Leverage   32 9 2 0 1 4 1 7 10 0 0 0 .281 .410 .438 .848
Medium Leverage   29 3 2 0 0 0 1 4 12 0 0 0 .103 .212 .172 .385
High Leverage   49 8 2 0 1 11 5 2 15 0 1 0 .163 .196 .265 .461
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
2016 Hanshin - NPB 22 40 106 25 5 1 0 5 9 7 0 0 31 1 0 .236 .283 .302 .585 69 65 -0.1
2017 Hanshin - NPB 23 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -142 -0.1
2018 Hanshin - NPB 24 20 35 9 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 1 14 0 0 .257 .308 .343 .651 87 90 0.1
2021 Hanshin - NPB 27 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -122 -0.0
2022 Hanshin - NPB 28 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .286 .000 .286 -8 26 -0.0
2023 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 29 108 357 84 13 3 12 37 45 45 2 1 107 2 1 .235 .323 .389 .713 111 113 1.4
2024 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 30 73 177 27 7 0 3 14 11 22 1 1 57 4 3 .153 .249 .243 .492 48 40 -0.9
2025 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 31 81 110 20 6 0 2 15 8 13 0 0 37 4 1 .182 .268 .291 .559 57 60 -0.2
Total NPB 331 794 165 31 4 18 74 74 92 3 3 251 11 5 .208 .291 .325 .616 81 80 0.2
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
2016 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 22 66 187 45 6 3 1 21 18 10 0 0 36 3 2 .241 .279 .321 .600 41 59 -0.8
2017 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 23 98 307 62 12 5 3 26 36 26 4 0 73 2 1 .202 .273 .303 .576 36 57 -1.5
2018 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 24 94 349 98 19 4 5 36 54 40 0 2 76 14 4 .281 .353 .401 .754 78 87 0.3
2019 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 25 108 337 81 11 3 8 40 42 28 1 1 79 7 3 .240 .300 .362 .662 55 70 -0.8
2020 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 26 100 316 99 12 6 15 62 54 30 3 5 67 7 3 .313 .373 .532 .905 142 140 2.2
2021 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 27 64 140 38 6 1 4 28 22 22 1 0 35 1 2 .271 .374 .414 .789 104 94 0.3
2022 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 28 86 159 41 11 1 1 31 32 21 2 4 41 2 0 .258 .344 .358 .703 81 79 0.2
2023 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 29 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -139 -0.1
Total NGN 621 1796 464 77 23 37 244 258 177 11 12 408 36 15 .258 .327 .389 .715 77 85
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
2020 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - NGN 26 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .750 1.350 263 275 -0.6
2021 Hanshin - NPB 27 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 100 118 0.0
2022 Hanshin - NPB 28 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 74 73 -0.0
2023 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 29 7 20 2 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 10 0 0 .100 .280 .150 .430 33 45 -0.7
Total NPB 19 29 4 2 0 0 1 3 6 0 0 14 0 0 .138 .286 .207 .493 49 59
Total NGN 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .750 1.350 263 275
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2020 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 2B 6 3 5 8 2 13 0 1.000 33.0 3.55 -0.3 1.005
2020 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA LF 24 0 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 49.0 1.47 -0.2 .991
2020 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA RF 20 20 37 0 0 37 0 1.000 153.0 2.18 +1.0 1.001
2021 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 1B 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.2 6.75 +0.1 1.057
2021 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 2B 10 6 15 20 8 35 0 1.000 55.1 5.69 +0.3 .995
2021 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2021 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA LF 10 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 13.0 2.77 +0.0 .996
2021 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA RF 21 20 35 2 1 37 0 1.000 163.2 2.03 +0.1 1.005
2021 Hanshin - INT RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 -0.2 .996
2022 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA LF 57 20 63 4 3 71 4 .944 248.2 2.42 +1.5 1.029
2022 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA RF 11 0 2 0 0 3 1 .667 14.0 1.29 -0.0 1.007
2022 Hanshin - INT RF 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 18.0 1.00 -0.0 .985
2023 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA LF 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.2 1.86 -0.3 .996
2023 Tokyo Yakult - INT LF 101 101 178 3 0 184 3 .984 895.2 1.82 -0.5 .979
2023 Tokyo Yakult - INT RF 6 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 21.1 1.69 -0.3 .983
2024 Tokyo Yakult - INT LF 52 48 81 1 0 85 3 .965 429.2 1.72 -2.3 .947
2024 Tokyo Yakult - INT RF 4 1 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 18.0 2.50 +0.3 .984
2025 Tokyo Yakult - INT 2B 6 0 0 5 1 5 0 1.000 8.2 5.19 +0.2 .998
2025 Tokyo Yakult - INT LF 25 6 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 97.1 1.20 -0.3 .982
2025 Tokyo Yakult - INT RF 36 10 30 0 0 32 2 .938 153.2 1.76 -0.2 .938
TOTAL 1B 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.2 6.75 +0.1 1.057
TOTAL 2B 22 9 20 33 11 53 0 1.000 97.0 4.92 +0.3 .997
TOTAL LF 274 175 349 8 3 367 10 .973 1743.0 1.84 -2.1 .981
TOTAL RF 103 54 116 2 1 121 3 .975 545.2 1.95 +0.7 .984
PLAYER HISTORY
10/22/2015 Drafted by the Hanshin Tigers in the 6th round of the 2015 NPB Draft from Asia Univ.
07/11/2020 Was selected to the 2020 Nippon Baseball Ni-Gun League All-Star Game.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 30 (40); Eye: 45 (50).
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 45 (50).
11/16/2022 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $150,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 45 (50).
04/08/2023 Released by the Hanshin organization.
04/10/2023 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows organization.
10/26/2023 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $242,000 with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows organization.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 45 (50).
10/23/2024 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $284,000 with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows organization.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (35); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 45 (45).
02/18/2025 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for 3 days.
09/09/2025 Released by the Tokyo Yakult organization.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 3B Rank
2023 3 9
Wednesday, September 15th , 2021 - OOTP Baseball 22.8 Build 71