Player Report for #35 Hiroshi Kato

11-24-2020

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P Hiroshi Kato #35

Age: 34

Bats: L

Throws: L

Morale: Normal

G	GS	Rec	SV	ERA	IP	HA	HR	BB	K	WHIP
14	12	2-7	0	6.57	63.0	75	8	31	48	1.68

	Overall	Potential
Stuff
Movement
Control

Pitching Ratings (OSA)
	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Potential
Stuff	52	54	51	54
Movement	49	49	49	50
Control	49	49	49	50

Pitch Ratings
Pitch	Current	Potential
Fastball	48	48
Slider	43	43
Curveball	37	40
Changeup	48	48
Splitter	55	56
Cutter	49	50

Other Pitching Ratings
Velocity	90-92 Mph
Stamina	76
Suggested Role	Starter
Groundball Percentage	60 %
Hold Runners	68
Defense	55

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	3
Stealing Ability:	27
Baserunning Inst.:	44
Sacrifice Bunt:	77
Bunt for Hit:	7

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Vs.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
09-17-2020	HAN	Win, 10-1		1.0	0	0	0	0	1
09-01-2020	YAK	Loss, 1-11		1.0	0	0	0	0	0
08-29-2020	SHO	Win, 2-1	X	8.0	4	1	1	2	4	Win
08-22-2020	@ SEI	Loss, 4-5	X	8.0	9	4	1	0	7
08-15-2020	RAK	Loss, 2-3	X	8.0	7	3	3	3	6	Loss
08-09-2020	@ NIP	Win, 5-2	X	8.0	6	2	2	1	6
08-04-2020	@ SHO	Win, 2-1	X	7.2	8	1	0	2	9
07-28-2020	NIP	Loss, 0-2	X	7.1	9	2	2	0	5	Loss
07-21-2020	CHI	Loss, 1-5	X	7.1	10	5	5	2	7	Loss
07-14-2020	@ SUR	Loss, 3-4	X	8.0	6	3	3	2	5

Personality Ratings
Leader Ability:	19
Loyalty:	17
Desire for Winning:	58
Greed:	93
Intelligence:	32
Work Ethic:	39

Hiroshi Kato
Birthday:	10-28-1986
Born in:	Iruma (Saitama)
Nationality:	Japanese
Height:	6' 2"
Weight:	237 lbs
Local Popularity:	Unknown
National Pop.:	Unknown

Status
Contract:	None, Free Agent
Salary:	-
Signed Through:	-
Major Service:	13 Years, 67 Days
Service This Yr:	114 Days
40-Man Service:	15 Years, 63 Days
Pro Service:	16 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	Out of option years
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	-

Development
Development Report

Nippon Professional Baseball League 2020 Pitching Stats

Pitching	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	14	12	2	7	0	6.57	63.0	75	48	46	8	31	48	0	0.0	0	5	41.7
Pitching	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	ERC	WHIP	VORP	BABIP
Overall	0	0	0.0	2	1	15.43	10.71	6.86	4.43	5.71	1.68	-11.4	.333
Pitching	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	74	23	7	0	3	10	6	14	0	0	0	.311	.362	.527	.890
vs. RHB	183	52	17	0	5	38	25	34	0	3	2	.284	.376	.459	.835

Nippon Professional Baseball League 2020 Pitching Splits

Split	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K
April	5	5	2	1	0	5.55	24.1	32	17	15	3	8	22
May	5	5	0	4	0	6.21	29.0	29	20	20	3	20	17
June	2	2	0	2	0	12.91	7.2	14	11	11	2	3	8
September	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Spring Training	8	1	1	2	0	7.43	13.1	17	14	11	2	12	8
Last Year	27	16	5	7	0	5.22	108.2	114	65	63	14	37	85
2 Years Ago	28	28	7	13	0	5.57	148.2	177	95	92	29	54	125
Career	278	265	94	82	0	4.43	1565.1	1595	834	770	199	541	1388
Home	9	7	0	5	0	5.93	44.0	44	29	29	4	23	30
Road	5	5	2	2	0	8.05	19.0	31	19	17	4	8	18
Grass	6	4	2	1	0	5.31	20.1	28	14	12	3	5	19
Turf	8	8	0	6	0	7.17	42.2	47	34	34	5	26	29
Day	5	5	0	3	0	10.18	20.1	29	25	23	5	14	11
Night	9	7	2	4	0	4.85	42.2	46	23	23	3	17	37

Nippon Baseball Ni-Gun League 2020 Pitching Stats

Pitching	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	8	8	1	3	0	2.45	62.1	59	21	17	3	12	49	0	0.0	0	7	87.5
Pitching	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	ERC	WHIP	VORP	BABIP
Overall	0	0	0.0	0	0	10.40	8.52	7.07	1.73	2.69	1.14	17.8	.299
Pitching	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	65	19	3	0	2	11	1	14	0	0	0	.292	.303	.431	.734
vs. RHB	174	40	11	2	1	10	11	35	0	2	1	.230	.280	.333	.613

Nippon Baseball Ni-Gun League 2020 Pitching Splits

Split	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K
July	3	3	0	2	0	3.97	22.2	25	10	10	2	4	17
August	5	5	1	1	0	1.59	39.2	34	11	7	1	8	32
Career	14	10	2	3	0	2.62	82.1	80	31	24	5	18	63
Home	4	4	1	3	0	3.23	30.2	30	11	11	3	7	22
Road	4	4	0	0	0	1.71	31.2	29	10	6	0	5	27
Grass	7	7	1	3	0	2.48	54.1	53	19	15	3	11	43
Turf	1	1	0	0	0	2.25	8.0	6	2	2	0	1	6
Day	7	7	0	3	0	2.65	54.1	55	20	16	3	10	45
Night	1	1	1	0	0	1.13	8.0	4	1	1	0	2	4

Career Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP
2010 Hiroshima - NPB	23	7	7	3	1	0	2.95	39.2	34	15	13	1	19	31	0	0	1.34	.284	10.6
2011 Hiroshima - NPB	24	20	20	9	5	0	3.14	120.1	105	47	42	9	47	91	0	0	1.26	.274	27.5
2012 Hiroshima - NPB	25	21	21	7	5	0	3.76	122.0	109	55	51	11	44	104	0	0	1.25	.289	20.9
2013 Hiroshima - NPB	26	34	34	16	7	0	3.91	205.0	187	92	89	26	67	190	0	0	1.24	.282	30.2
2014 Hiroshima - NPB	27	35	35	5	14	0	4.88	199.1	215	115	108	31	44	199	0	0	1.30	.328	2.5
2015 Chunichi - NPB	28	32	32	11	11	0	4.61	183.2	207	115	94	23	53	183	1	0	1.42	.348	15.3
2016 Chunichi - NPB	29	29	29	14	7	0	4.38	178.2	174	92	87	20	62	169	0	0	1.32	.311	22.8
2017 Chunichi - NPB	30	31	31	15	5	0	3.90	196.1	198	95	85	27	83	163	1	0	1.43	.304	30.3
2018 Hanshin - NPB	31	28	28	7	13	0	5.57	148.2	177	95	92	29	54	125	0	0	1.55	.336	-10.5
2019 Orix - NPB	32	5	5	1	2	0	7.66	24.2	28	21	21	5	10	22	0	0	1.54	.324	-6.5
2019 Hokkaido - NPB	32	22	11	4	5	0	4.50	84.0	86	44	42	9	27	63	1	0	1.35	.309	7.6
2019 Total - NPB	32	27	16	5	7	0	5.22	108.2	114	65	63	14	37	85	1	0	1.39	.313	1.1
2020 Yomiuri - NPB	33	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	.000	1.2
2020 Seibu - NPB	33	12	12	2	7	0	6.79	61.0	75	48	46	8	31	47	0	0	1.74	.342	-12.5
2020 Total - NPB	33	14	12	2	7	0	6.57	63.0	75	48	46	8	31	48	0	0	1.68	.333	-11.4
Total NPB		278	265	94	82	0	4.43	1565.1	1595	834	770	199	541	1388	3	0	1.36	.311	139.2

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP
2010 Hiroshima - AAA	23	1	1	0	0	0	7.72	4.2	7	6	4	1	3	1	0	0	2.14	.316	-1.9
2011 Hiroshima - AAA	24	5	1	1	0	0	1.76	15.1	14	4	3	1	3	13	0	0	1.11	.289	3.8
2020 Yomiuri - AAA	33	8	8	1	3	0	2.45	62.1	59	21	17	3	12	49	0	0	1.14	.299	17.8
Total NGN		14	10	2	3	0	2.62	82.1	80	31	24	5	18	63	0	0	1.19	.299	19.7

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP
2010 Hiroshima - NGN	23	1	1	0	0	0	2.45	7.1	4	2	2	0	1	8	0	0	0.68	.211	0.0
2013 Hiroshima - NPB	26	1	1	0	1	0	8.44	5.1	6	5	5	1	2	4	0	0	1.50	.294	0.0
2016 Chunichi - NPB	29	2	2	0	1	0	7.71	9.1	11	8	8	3	5	12	0	0	1.71	.381	0.0
2017 Chunichi - NPB	30	2	2	0	1	0	7.50	12.0	17	10	10	3	1	13	0	0	1.50	.412	0.0
Total NPB		5	5	0	3	0	7.76	26.2	34	23	23	7	8	29	0	0	1.58	.375	0.0
Total NGN		1	1	0	0	0	2.45	7.1	4	2	2	0	1	8	0	0	0.68	.211	0.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
2010 Hiroshima - ML	P	7	7	0	5	2	6	1	.833	39.2	1.13
2010 Hiroshima - AAA	P	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.500	4.2	1.93
2011 Hiroshima - ML	P	20	20	4	13	1	20	3	.850	120.1	1.27
2011 Hiroshima - AAA	P	5	1	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	15.1	2.35
2012 Hiroshima - ML	P	21	21	1	18	2	20	1	.950	122.0	1.40
2013 Hiroshima - ML	P	34	34	9	23	0	33	1	.970	205.0	1.40
2014 Hiroshima - ML	P	35	35	4	21	3	28	3	.893	199.1	1.13
2015 Chunichi - ML	P	32	32	10	28	1	40	2	.950	183.2	1.86
2016 Chunichi - ML	P	29	29	7	36	0	45	2	.956	178.2	2.17
2017 Chunichi - ML	P	31	31	10	29	1	43	4	.907	196.1	1.79
2018 Hanshin - ML	P	28	28	3	25	2	30	2	.933	148.2	1.70
2019 Orix - ML	P	5	5	2	3	0	5	0	1.000	24.2	1.82
2019 Hokkaido - ML	P	22	11	3	18	1	23	2	.913	84.0	2.25
2020 Seibu - ML	P	12	12	3	12	0	16	1	.938	61.0	2.21
2020 Yomiuri - ML	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00
2020 Yomiuri - AAA	P	8	8	4	9	0	13	0	1.000	62.1	1.88

Player History
11-05-2010	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $200,000 through arbitration.
01-01-2011	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 41 (37); Movement: 29 (39); Control: 36 (23).
03-02-2011	Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $430,000 with the Hiroshima Locomotives organization.
07-14-2011	Injured (strained back muscle), day-to-day for 2 weeks.
10-16-2011	Won the 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball League Round 1 with the Hiroshima Locomotives!
01-01-2012	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 58 (59); Movement: 44 (42); Control: 57 (69).
10-15-2012	Won the 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball League Round 1 with the Hiroshima Locomotives!
01-01-2013	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 58 (59); Movement: 44 (42); Control: 57 (62).
04-28-2013	Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $1,770,000 with the Hiroshima Locomotives organization.
07-18-2013	Was selected to the 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball League All-Star Game.
08-01-2013	Wins the NPB JCL Pitcher of the Month Award.
01-01-2014	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 62 (59); Movement: 44 (42); Control: 64 (62).
12-07-2014	Was traded by the Hiroshima Locomotives to the Chunichi Plainsmen in exchange for 2B S. Motsuzuki, MR T. Miyashita, RF M. Gato.
12-16-2014	Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $3,820,000 with the Chunichi Plainsmen organization.
01-01-2015	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 61 (59); Movement: 44 (42); Control: 62 (62).
01-01-2016	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 57 (59); Movement: 41 (46); Control: 60 (60).
10-17-2016	Won the 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball League Round 1 with the Chunichi Plainsmen!
01-01-2017	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 57 (58); Movement: 44 (47); Control: 49 (50).
11-06-2017	Became a free agent.
01-01-2018	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 56 (57); Movement: 44 (45); Control: 49 (50).
01-25-2018	Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $740,000 with the Hanshin Golden Lions organization.
08-27-2018	Injured (fever), day-to-day for 2 days.
11-06-2018	Became a free agent.
01-01-2019	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 55 (57); Movement: 49 (50); Control: 49 (50).
02-04-2019	Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $200,000 with the Hokkaido Loyalists organization.
07-14-2020	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Yomiuri Greenfish organization.
11-09-2020	Became a free agent.

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	SH	Rank
2014	12	5
2015	11	8
2017	12	5

Year	GS	Rank
2013	34	6
2014	35	1
2015	32	4
2016	29	10
2017	31	5

Year	W	Rank
2013	16	3
2015	11	8
2016	14	4
2017	15	3

Year	L	Rank
2014	14	3
2015	11	5
2018	13	4

Year	Winning %	Rank
2013	.696	1
2016	.667	5
2017	.750	1

Year	IP	Rank
2013	205.0	8
2015	183.2	6
2017	196.1	6

Year	BF	Rank
2013	867	8
2014	858	10
2015	811	4
2017	857	5

Year	HRA	Rank
2013	26	3
2014	31	2
2015	23	3
2016	20	6
2017	27	2
2018	29	1

Year	BB	Rank
2013	67	10
2017	83	3

Year	K	Rank
2013	190	4
2014	199	3
2015	183	3
2016	169	3
2017	163	3

Year	WP	Rank
2013	8	4
2014	7	4
2016	9	3
2017	6	10

Year	ERA	Rank
2013	3.91	10

Year	BABIP	Rank
2013	.282	8

Year	WHIP	Rank
2013	1.24	5
2014	1.30	9
2016	1.32	8

Year	K/BB	Rank
2013	2.84	5
2014	4.52	4
2015	3.45	5
2016	2.73	6

Year	RA/9	Rank
2013	11.41	5
2014	12.10	9
2016	12.09	8

Year	H/9	Rank
2013	8.21	3
2016	8.76	9

Year	BB/9	Rank
2013	2.94	8
2014	1.99	5
2015	2.60	8
2016	3.12	8

Year	K/9	Rank
2013	8.34	3
2014	8.98	2
2015	8.97	2
2016	8.51	1
2017	7.47	5
2018	7.57	10

Year	VORP	Rank
2013	30.2	8

Year	QS	Rank
2013	22	3
2015	17	9
2016	17	8
2017	20	3

Year	QSP	Rank
2013	.647	3
2016	.586	8
2017	.645	9

Year	CG	Rank
2015	1	9

Year	CGP	Rank
2015	.031	10

Year	SHO	Rank
2010	0	10
2011	0	6
2012	0	9
2013	0	7
2014	0	2
2015	0	5
2016	0	4
2017	0	9
2018	0	7
2020	0	4

Year	GB%	Rank
2013	0.52	8
2014	0.50	9
2015	0.55	5
2016	0.53	10