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Portrait of Tsuyoshi Nishioka

Tsuyoshi Nishioka SS

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
2 254 .215 .267 .236 64 -0.6
Birth Date7-27-1984
Height6' 1"
Weight175 lbs
Age39 years, 8 months, 22 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2011 MIN 26 68 240 50 5 0 0 15 43 1 2 4 .226 .278 .249 63 -9.7 -1.6 -4.1 -0.7
2012 MIN 27 3 14 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .071 .000 83 -0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0
Career71254505001644124.215.267.23664-10.0-1.6-4.0-0.6

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2011 MIN MLB AL 68 240 .247 .309 .383 .281 104 -12.2 6.5 2.6 63 8 -4.1 -1.6 -9.7 -0.7
2011 FTM A+ FSL 4 15 .269 .331 .409 .400 101 0.8 0.4 0.2 124 0 -0.1 -1.0 0.3 0.0
2011 ROC AAA INT 3 14 .276 .352 .428 .364 87 0.5 0.4 0.2 115 0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.1
2012 MIN MLB AL 3 14 .268 .330 .420 .000 96 -2.6 0.4 0 83 7 0.1 0.0 -0.3 0.0
2012 ROC AAA INT 101 431 .258 .326 .393 .293 94 -7.1 12.8 -0.2 88 0 0.0 -2.4 -4.8 0.5

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2011 FTM A+ FSL 15 12 4 4 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 1 0 .333 .467 .417 .083 0 0
2011 MIN MLB AL 240 221 14 50 5 0 0 55 19 15 43 2 4 .226 .278 .249 .023 0 3
2011 ROC AAA INT 14 12 0 4 1 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 0 .333 .429 .417 .083 0 0
2012 ROC AAA INT 431 392 42 101 18 1 2 127 34 32 53 7 7 .258 .315 .324 .066 1 5
2012 MIN MLB AL 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .000 .071 .000 .000 1 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2011 948 0.5601 0.4251 0.8362 0.5669 0.2446 0.8704 0.7353 0.1638 -0.0022
2012 53 0.5094 0.4717 0.8000 0.7407 0.1923 0.8500 0.6000 0.2000 -0.0035
Career10010.55740.42760.83430.57610.24180.86930.72810.1657-0.0023

Injury History  —  No longer being updated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
2012-04-22 - Minors - - - Not Disclosed - -
2012-03-11 2012-03-14 Camp 3 0 Right Fingers Sprain Little Finger - -
2011-09-10 2011-09-29 15-DL 19 18 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2011-08-22 2011-08-29 DTD 7 7 Left Trunk Soreness - -
2011-08-20 2011-08-21 DTD 1 1 - Back Spasms - -
2011-06-23 2011-06-23 DTD 0 0 - Thigh Soreness Hamstring -
2011-04-08 2011-06-15 60-DL 68 59 Left Lower Leg Fracture Fibula -
2011-03-14 2011-03-16 Camp 2 0 - Thigh Strain Quadriceps -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2012 MIN $3,000,000
2011 MIN $3,000,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$6,000,000
2 yrTotal$6,000,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
1 y 8 d2013

Details
  • 2013. Signed by Hanshin Tigers of Japanese Central League.
  • 3 years/$9.25M (2011-13). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 12/16/10. 11:$3M, 12:$3M, 13:$3M, 14:$4M club option, $0.25M buyout. Minnesota won negotiating rights 11/26/10 with $5.329M bid after Nishioka was posted by Chiba Lotte of Japan. Sent outright to Triple-A by Minnesota 8/20/12. Released by Minnesota at player's request 9/28/12. Nishioka forfeits 2013 salary and 2014 buyout.
  • 2003-10. Chiba Lotte Marines of Japanese Pacific League.
  • Selected by Chiba Lotte 2002 in first round of Japanese draft.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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