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Akinori Otsuka P

Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
11	236	232	13	15	39	2.44	5.3

Birth Date	1-13-1972
Height	6' 0"
Weight	210 lbs

Age	52 years, 3 months, 10 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2004	SDN	MLB	73	77.3	7	2	2	56	26	87	6	92	6.5	3.0	0.7	10.1	0%	.259	1.06	2.71	1.75	73	2.58	53.2	2.5
2005	SDN	MLB	66	62.7	2	8	1	55	34	60	3	91	7.9	4.9	0.4	8.6	0%	.294	1.42	3.41	3.59	92	3.88	83.5	1.1
2006	TEX	MLB	63	59.7	2	4	32	53	11	47	3	109	8.0	1.7	0.5	7.1	0%	.292	1.07	2.81	2.11	81	3.64	74.2	1.3
2007	TEX	MLB	34	32.3	2	1	4	26	9	23	0	102	7.2	2.5	0.0	6.4	0%	.263	1.08	2.71	2.51	95	4.66	96.5	0.3
Career		MLB	236	232.0	13	15	39	190	80	217	12	98	7.4	3.1	0.5	8.4	53%	.278	1.16	2.93	2.44	83	3.49	72.8	5.3

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
1997	OSA	npb	JPL	52	0	82.7	4	5	7	44	46	127	2		4.8	5.0	0.2	13.8	0%	-.240	1.09	-2.09	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
1998	OSA	npb	JPL	49	0	55.3	3	2	35	43	25	74	5		7.0	4.1	0.8	12.0	0%	-.365	1.23	-1.64	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
1999	OSA	npb	JPL	25	0	29.7	1	4	6	24	10	32	1		7.3	3.0	0.3	9.7	0%	-.535	1.14	-1.85	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2000	OSA	npb	JPL	39	0	41.7	1	3	24	31	13	49	3		6.7	2.8	0.6	10.6	0%	-.431	1.06	-1.79	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2001	OSA	npb	JPL	48	0	56.0	2	5	26	42	15	82	7		6.8	2.4	1.1	13.2	0%	-.337	1.02	-2.11	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2002	OSA	npb	JPL	41	1	42.3	2	1	22	22	3	54	4		4.7	0.6	0.9	11.5	0%	-.295	0.59	-1.99	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2003	CHU	npb	JCL	51	0	43.0	1	3	17	31	5	56	4		6.5	1.0	0.8	11.7	0%	-.409	0.84	2.06	2.09	0	0.00	0.0
2004	SDN	MLB	NL	73	0	77.3	7	2	2	56	26	87	6	92	6.5	3.0	0.7	10.1	0%	.259	1.06	2.71	1.75	73	2.58	53.2
2005	SDN	MLB	NL	66	0	62.7	2	8	1	55	34	60	3	91	7.9	4.9	0.4	8.6	0%	.294	1.42	3.41	3.59	92	3.88	83.5
2006	TEX	MLB	AL	63	0	59.7	2	4	32	53	11	47	3	109	8.0	1.7	0.5	7.1	0%	.292	1.07	2.81	2.11	81	3.64	74.2
2006	JPN	wor	WBC	3	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		0.0	2.9	0.0	8.7	0%	.000	0.32	2.79	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2007	TEX	MLB	AL	34	0	32.3	2	1	4	26	9	23	0	102	7.2	2.5	0.0	6.4	0%	.263	1.08	2.71	2.51	95	4.66	96.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2007-07-02	2007-10-01	60-DL	91	81	Right	Forearm	Inflammation		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2007	TEX	$3,000,000
2006	TEX	$1,750,000
2005	SDN	$800,000
2004	SDN	$700,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$6,250,000
4 yr	Total	$6,250,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
4 y	Don Nomura

Details
non-tendered 12/12/07 avoided arbitration 1/07, 1 year/$3M (07) acquired in trade from SD 12/05 SD exercised $1.75M 06 club option 11/05 2 year/$1.5M (04-05)+$1.75M 06 club option 04:$0.7M, 05:$0.8M, 06:$1.75M club option SD pd $0.3M to Chunichi for rights

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2008-12-15 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What type of deal do you see Koji Uehara getting? Who's works better for the Giants, him or Randy on a one year deal? (rpartee from Tucson)	Couple years, couple million per. He was a dominant starter, but Japanese workloads mean most don't have long careers. I'm not sure if he's a closer, but I think he can have a couple solid, Akinori Otsuka type seasons at worst. Since I'm not sure if he can or even wants to start, comparing him to Johnson isn't fair. For Johnson, I think he has to go somewhere with a top notch medical staff. The Giants or Dodgers make a lot of sense there, maybe Texas. (Will Carroll)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Akinori Otsuka threw 308 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2007, including pitches thrown in . In 2007, he relied primarily on his Slider (84mph) and Fourseam Fastball (90mph), also mixing in a Curve (78mph). He also rarely threw a Sinker (83mph), Change (86mph), Cutter (87mph) and Splitter (83mph).