C Ryutaro Umeno #6
Yokohama DeNA BayStars NPB
Age: 35 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Angry
10/17/2026
 OA: 35 POT: 35
BNN Index | NPB | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
C RYUTARO UMENO #6 - AGE: 35 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: ANGRY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
46 115 21 4 0 2 11 11 34 .183 .264 .270 0 0.5
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 35 35 35 35
Gap 45 45 45 45
Power 40 40 40 40
Eye 45 45 45 45
Avoid K's 40 40 40 40
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 40 50
Errors: - 55 50
Arm: 65 50 50
Turn DP: - 50 -
Ability: 65 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 65 Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 55
Stealing Ability: 50
Baserunning Inst.: 50
Sacrifice Bunt: 60
Bunt for Hit: 55
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/16/2026 @ CHUN Loss, 0-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/10/2026 @ YOM Win, 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/09/2026 @ YOM Win, 3-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/06/2026 @ HIRO Loss, 3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/05/2026 @ HIRO Win, 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/03/2026 CHUN Loss, 2-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
08/28/2026 YAK Win, 7-5 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 0
08/26/2026 @ HAN Win, 6-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/23/2026 HIRO Win, 5-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/22/2026 HIRO Win, 4-3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
PERSONALITY
Ryutaro has leadership credentials.
High: Leader, Adaptability
Birthday:06/17/1991
Born in:Kyoto, KYO
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 8"
Weight:175 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$1,040,000
Signed Through:2027 Season
Major Service:13 Years, 96 Days
Service This Yr:188 Days
40-Man Service:13 Years, 96 Days
Pro Service:11 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 46 115 21 4 0 2 11 7 11 34 .183 .264 .270 .533 .253 .087 57
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 36 131 2 0 0 3 2 1 31 6 0 0 0.0 8.5 2.30 .5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   46 4 2 0 0 2 4 5 14 0 1 1 .087 .192 .130 .323
Versus Right   69 17 2 0 2 9 3 6 20 1 1 1 .246 .312 .362 .674
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
March   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
April   23 8 1 0 2 5 3 2 5 1 0 0 .348 .385 .652 1.037
May   26 4 1 0 0 2 1 1 6 0 1 0 .154 .185 .192 .377
June   20 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 1 1 .100 .143 .100 .243
July   16 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 1 .188 .316 .250 .566
August   17 2 1 0 0 3 0 5 5 0 0 0 .118 .318 .176 .495
September   10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
Spring Training   31 9 3 0 0 3 4 3 9 0 1 0 .290 .353 .387 .740
Last Year   237 57 12 0 5 34 21 16 61 3 9 2 .241 .291 .354 .645
2 Years Ago   320 70 13 2 6 32 33 27 73 1 7 2 .219 .283 .328 .611
Career   3726 879 185 15 74 418 382 316 865 29 131 29 .236 .299 .353 .652
Home   66 14 4 0 1 9 4 10 19 0 1 1 .212 .325 .318 .643
Road   49 7 0 0 1 2 3 1 15 1 1 1 .143 .173 .204 .377
Grass   14 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 .143 .188 .357 .545
Turf   101 19 4 0 1 9 6 11 31 0 2 1 .188 .274 .257 .532
Day   102 15 3 0 0 7 4 10 32 0 2 2 .147 .237 .176 .413
Night   13 6 1 0 2 4 3 1 2 1 0 0 .462 .467 1.000 1.467
As Starter   111 19 4 0 1 9 6 10 34 1 2 2 .171 .250 .234 .484
As Reliever / Substitution   4 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 1.250 1.850
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Close/Late   38 10 2 0 2 9 4 2 10 0 2 0 .263 .300 .474 .774
Inning 1-3   31 3 1 0 0 0 2 6 11 0 0 0 .097 .243 .129 .372
Inning 4-6   38 7 1 0 0 2 1 3 10 1 0 2 .184 .273 .211 .483
Inning 7-9   39 9 2 0 1 7 3 1 11 0 2 0 .231 .250 .359 .609
Extra Innings   7 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 .286 .375 .714 1.089
0 Outs   39 5 0 0 2 5 3 4 13 1 2 0 .128 .205 .282 .487
1 Outs   38 7 2 0 0 3 3 4 13 0 0 2 .184 .295 .237 .532
2 Outs   38 9 2 0 0 3 1 3 8 0 0 0 .237 .293 .289 .582
Scoring Position   20 4 2 0 0 8 1 5 3 1 2 0 .200 .346 .300 .646
Bases Empty   71 14 2 0 1 1 4 5 23 0 0 1 .197 .260 .268 .527
Runner on 1st   24 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 8 0 0 1 .125 .192 .250 .442
Runner on 2nd   6 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 .167 .167 .333 .500
Runner on 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   6 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Runner on 1st & 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .400 .000 .400
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Bases Loaded   1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .667 .000 .667
Two Strikes   60 7 1 0 0 3 1 6 34 0 0 1 .117 .209 .133 .342
First Pitch   15 4 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 .267 .312 .600 .912
Count 0-1   9 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .556 .778
Count 0-2   10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 .200 .273 .200 .473
Count 1-0   8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 .375 .375 .750
Count 1-1   9 4 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .556 1.000
Count 1-2   18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 .056 .056 .056 .111
Count 2-0   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Count 2-2   16 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 0 0 0 .125 .125 .188 .312
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Full Count   16 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 9 0 0 0 .125 .364 .125 .489
Behind in Count   37 5 0 0 1 2 1 0 16 0 0 1 .135 .158 .216 .374
Ahead in Count   22 4 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 .182 .321 .182 .503
Batting 2nd   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Batting 7th   9 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .222 .300 .222 .522
Batting 8th   96 18 4 0 2 9 7 9 30 1 2 2 .188 .269 .292 .560
Batting 9th   10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
Low Leverage   36 10 2 0 0 2 1 2 11 0 0 0 .278 .316 .333 .649
Medium Leverage   54 6 1 0 0 1 4 4 16 1 0 1 .111 .183 .130 .313
High Leverage   25 5 1 0 2 8 2 5 7 0 2 1 .200 .355 .480 .835
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
2014 Hanshin - NPB 22 92 249 49 13 2 7 21 23 10 2 2 78 0 1 .197 .232 .349 .581 71 59 -0.1
2015 Hanshin - NPB 23 56 138 33 9 1 4 18 16 6 1 0 33 0 2 .239 .276 .406 .682 101 93 0.5
2016 Hanshin - NPB 24 37 89 12 0 0 0 4 3 6 0 0 22 1 0 .135 .189 .135 .324 -3 -38 -1.0
2017 Hanshin - NPB 25 112 282 58 9 2 2 33 22 24 4 3 63 1 0 .206 .275 .273 .548 63 36 -1.0
2018 Hanshin - NPB 26 132 386 100 27 1 8 47 45 39 1 1 67 5 1 .259 .328 .396 .724 114 100 1.7
2019 Hanshin - NPB 27 129 433 115 22 3 9 59 49 34 6 3 83 14 3 .266 .326 .393 .718 113 104 2.3
2020 Hanshin - NPB 28 98 298 78 17 0 7 29 36 33 0 2 77 5 1 .262 .333 .389 .723 114 112 1.7
2021 Hanshin - NPB 29 127 434 109 25 4 7 43 46 43 2 3 89 3 1 .251 .320 .376 .695 97 96 2.6
2022 Fukuoka SoftBank - NPB 30 122 415 103 19 0 8 48 41 33 3 5 96 5 0 .248 .305 .352 .657 84 84 1.9
2023 Fukuoka SoftBank - NPB 31 105 330 74 15 0 9 39 40 34 4 5 89 5 2 .224 .300 .352 .652 84 82 1.5
2024 Fukuoka SoftBank - NPB 32 104 320 70 13 2 6 32 33 27 2 1 73 4 0 .219 .283 .328 .611 70 69 0.7
2025 Fukuoka SoftBank - NPB 33 73 237 57 12 0 5 34 21 16 2 3 61 1 1 .241 .291 .354 .645 80 74 0.7
2026 Yokohama DeNA - NPB 34 46 115 21 4 0 2 11 7 11 2 1 34 0 0 .183 .264 .270 .533 55 57 0.5
Total NPB 1233 3726 879 185 15 74 418 382 316 29 29 865 44 12 .236 .299 .353 .652 88 81 12.2
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
2014 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 22 5 16 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 0 .375 .444 .438 .882 152 165 0.2
2015 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 23 31 110 33 7 0 5 20 14 8 3 2 21 1 2 .300 .358 .500 .858 144 148 1.1
2016 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 24 44 114 26 2 0 3 16 17 19 3 2 24 2 1 .228 .348 .325 .672 92 97 0.4
2017 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -138 -0.0
2018 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 26 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 186 204 0.0
2020 Hanshin (Ni-Gun) - AA 28 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 472 546 0.2
Total NGN 83 247 69 10 0 8 37 33 29 6 4 49 3 3 .279 .364 .417 .781 122 127
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 - INT C 97 0 627 68 4 698 3 .996 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000 0 0 0 0.0
2021 Hanshin - INT C 120 118 920 77 10 1000 3 .997 1057.0 8.49 +2.7 1.231 6 85 21 24.7
2022 Fukuoka SoftBank - INT C 122 119 990 70 7 1061 1 .999 1066.0 8.95 +2.4 .963 5 85 26 30.6
2023 Fukuoka SoftBank - INT C 104 103 826 57 10 888 5 .994 914.1 8.69 +1.8 1.031 2 97 19 19.6
2024 Fukuoka SoftBank - INT C 104 96 805 54 11 865 6 .993 865.2 8.93 +0.7 .923 4 85 15 17.6
2025 Fukuoka SoftBank - INT C 72 71 606 33 3 640 1 .998 630.1 9.12 +1.4 1.162 2 59 10 16.9
2025 Fukuoka SoftBank - INT SS 1 0 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 8.2 4.15 +0.1 1.051
2026 Yokohama DeNA - INT C 44 36 285 26 3 312 1 .997 333.0 8.41 +3.1 1.721 0 23 8 34.8
TOTAL C 663 543 5059 385 48 5464 20 .996 4866.1 10.07 +12.1 1.109 19 434 99 22.8
TOTAL SS 1 0 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 8.2 4.15 +0.1 1.051
PLAYER HISTORY
10/25/2013 Drafted by the Hanshin Tigers in the 4th round of the 2012 NPB Draft from Fukuoka University
07/15/2021 Was selected to the 2021 Nippon Professional Baseball League All-Star Game.
11/20/2021 Wins the 2021 NPB JCL Golden Glove Award at C.
12/05/2021 Became a free agent.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 45 (45).
02/04/2022 Signed a 4-year contract worth a total of $12,560,000 with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks organization.
05/23/2022 Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
07/17/2022 Was selected to the 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball League All-Star Game.
11/19/2022 Wins the 2022 Japan Series with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
11/28/2022 Wins the 2022 NPB JPL Golden Glove Award at C.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 40 (40).
11/24/2023 Wins the 2023 NPB JPL Golden Glove Award at C.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
11/24/2024 Wins the 2024 NPB JPL Golden Glove Award at C.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (40).
12/09/2025 Became a free agent.
12/24/2025 Signed a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,080,000 with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars organization.
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (35); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 45 (45).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 3B Rank
2021 4 7
Year SF Rank
2022 5 8
2023 5 7
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