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Nobukazu
Takemura		  
Nickname: Zen
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: April 4, 1982 in Japan
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2014    2016   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2003 21 LA FF $ 300,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4
2004 22 LA FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4
2005 23 LA FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5
2006 24 MS FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5
2007 25 MS FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
2008 26 MS FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 7 7 7 0 0 0 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 27 MS FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10
2010 28 MS FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10
2011 29 MS FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10
2012 30 MS FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10
2013 31 MS FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
2014 32 MS FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10
2015 33 MS FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 10 10
2016 34 MS FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9
2017 35 MS FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 7 8 8 8
2018 36 MS FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8
2019 37 MS FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6
2020 38 MS FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2003 21 LA FF 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
    AAA   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
    AA   135 470 48 129 27 0 1 52 1 1 65 103 .274 .363 .338 .701 60.6  
2004 22 LA FF 162 616 59 140 39 1 5 31 1 3 73 149 .227 .311 .318 .629 60.4 5.6
2005 23 LA FF 162 569 53 138 38 1 4 50 1 1 82 88 .243 .337 .334 .671 67.4 10.8
2006 24 LA FF 52 191 26 58 10 2 6 20 0 0 25 21 .304 .393 .471 .864 34.1 8.0
  MS FF 103 355 51 104 22 0 10 52 1 0 46 48 .293 .381 .439 .820 59.1 14.2
  TOT   155 546 77 162 32 2 16 72 1 0 71 69 .297 .385 .451 .836 93.2 22.2
2007 25 MS FF 148 579 78 160 36 1 8 63 2 0 63 73 .276 .349 .383 .733 73.4 14.5
2008 26 MS FF 154 561 78 148 34 0 13 74 0 1 82 44 .264 .362 .394 .756 81.4 16.5
2009 27 MS FF 152 548 74 146 31 0 16 65 0 0 64 18 .266 .346 .411 .757 73.8 14.1
2010 28 MS FF 153 539 75 135 26 2 14 78 0 0 78 12 .250 .347 .384 .731 70.5 14.6
2011 29 MS FF 153 524 58 136 28 1 14 58 0 0 65 12 .260 .339 .397 .736 70.4 12.8
2012 30 MS FF 134 486 69 135 24 1 23 76 1 1 57 14 .278 .352 .473 .825 79.1 15.6
2013 31 MS FF 155 522 59 130 22 1 23 71 1 0 64 13 .249 .331 .427 .758 75.9 15.4
2014 32 MS FF 156 552 82 165 35 2 24 75 2 0 61 10 .299 .371 .500 .871 97.5 20.8
2015 33 MS FF 125 427 66 120 19 0 18 57 1 0 56 12 .281 .368 .452 .820 69.3 16.5
2016 34 MS FF 155 585 86 145 20 1 17 69 0 0 61 17 .248 .318 .373 .691 69.6 13.6
2017 35 MS FF 154 565 45 129 15 0 9 47 0 0 49 37 .228 .291 .303 .594 48.0 6.7
2018 36 MS FF 159 543 56 145 16 0 9 54 3 0 48 34 .267 .331 .346 .677 64.3 10.8
2019 37 MS FF 157 565 49 138 10 0 5 39 0 0 45 52 .244 .300 .288 .588 46.3 3.4
2020 38 MS FF 89 230 11 50 3 0 1 15 0 0 14 39 .217 .267 .243 .511 13.7 0.0
18 Years Sim 2526 8961 1075 2323 428 13 219 994 13 6 1033 693 .259 .338 .383 .721 1154.5 213.8
1 Years AAA 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
1 Years AA 135 470 48 129 27 0 1 52 1 1 65 103 .274 .363 .338 .701 60.6  
2 Years Minors 136 471 48 130 27 0 1 53 1 1 65 103 .276 .364 .340 .704 61.1  
162 Game Average 574 68 148 27 0 14 63 0 0 66 44 .259 .338 .383 .721 74.0  
Career Highs 162 616 86 165 39 2 24 78 3 3 82 149 .299 .385 .500 .871 97.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6670 781 1702 308 8 157 742 7 4 717 470 .255 .330 .374 .704 837.5
vs LH   2291 294 621 120 5 62 252 6 2 316 223 .271 .360 .409 .769 345.4
Home 1270 4418 531 1133 207 7 123 492 3 2 531 342 .256 .338 .390 .728 596.5
Away 1256 4543 544 1190 221 6 96 502 10 4 502 351 .262 .337 .377 .714 586.4
RISP   1930 0 514 80 5 49 733 0 0 286 155 .266 .356 .389 .746 284.7
Pinch Hitting   114 7 33 3 0 3 20 0 0 10 9 .289 .341 .395 .736 15.6
Close/Late   1182 118 308 66 4 32 147 0 0 153 93 .261 .346 .404 .750 168.9
Mar/Apr 380 1371 167 365 85 1 30 146 1 0 147 94 .266 .339 .395 .734 183.5
May 448 1632 211 442 66 3 41 168 1 1 169 127 .271 .341 .390 .731 218.8
June 415 1464 190 395 80 3 42 189 5 1 177 113 .270 .348 .415 .763 214.3
July 385 1360 143 334 53 3 37 150 2 2 146 98 .246 .322 .371 .693 165.9
August 433 1515 173 370 66 0 32 152 2 2 192 135 .244 .332 .351 .683 184.7
Sep/Oct 465 1619 191 417 78 3 37 189 2 0 202 126 .258 .342 .378 .720 215.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2003 21 LA FF 1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2004 22 LA FF 1B 162 162 1462.3 1363 119 9 125 .994 9.12   1.3
2005 23 LA FF 1B 162 162 1451.3 1310 92 9 93 .994 8.69   1.0
2006 24 LA FF 1B 51 49 454.9 428 36 2 32 .996 9.18   0.4
  MS FF 1B 102 96 847.4 797 68 5 61 .994 9.19   0.8
  TOT   1B 153 145 1302.3 1225 104 7 93 .995 9.18   1.3
2007 25 MS FF 1B 144 140 1274.7 1376 111 10 113 .993 10.50   3.6
2008 26 MS FF 1B 149 145 1319.3 1326 111 9 113 .994 9.80   3.5
2009 27 MS FF 1B 150 146 1303.0 1491 94 16 117 .990 10.95   3.6
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2010 28 MS FF 1B 150 145 1341.3 1535 105 10 148 .994 11.00   2.5
2011 29 MS FF 1B 152 147 1329.3 1610 93 17 125 .990 11.53   2.1
2012 30 MS FF 1B 130 129 1156.3 1376 74 9 121 .994 11.29   2.4
2013 31 MS FF 1B 150 146 1317.3 1551 102 4 127 .998 11.29   3.6
2014 32 MS FF 1B 154 147 1348.7 1560 95 9 145 .995 11.04   2.9
2015 33 MS FF 1B 123 117 1048.0 1222 84 13 97 .990 11.22   1.6
2016 34 MS FF 1B 151 145 1312.7 1480 106 14 144 .991 10.87   1.6
2017 35 MS FF 1B 131 128 1135.7 1241 83 11 105 .992 10.49   1.6
    2B 20 20 182.0 42 33 1 16 .987 3.71   0.4
2018 36 MS FF 1B 152 146 1284.0 1456 90 14 144 .991 10.84   1.4
2019 37 MS FF 1B 156 148 1287.0 1383 107 10 146 .993 10.42   2.0
2020 38 MS FF 1B 76 58 544.0 547 35 5 49 .991 9.63   0.9
  1B 2446 2356 21219.3 23053 1605 176 2005 .993 10.46   36.8
  2B 20 20 182.0 42 33 1 16 .987 3.71   0.4
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   2467 2376 21403.3 23095 1638 177 2021 .993 10.40   37.1
Career Highs   162 162 1462.3 1610 119 17 148 1.000 11.53    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2006 24 MS FF 15 60 11 18 3 0 1 7 0 0 6 14 .300 .364 .400 .764
2007 25 MS FF 10 41 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 6 .122 .182 .195 .377
2008 26 MS FF 5 16 4 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 .188 .316 .625 .941
2009 27 MS FF 5 16 1 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .313 .450 .500 .950
2010 28 MS FF 5 16 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 .188 .333 .188 .521
2011 29 MS FF 14 59 4 17 1 0 2 10 0 0 0 1 .288 .288 .407 .695
2012 30 MS FF 6 19 5 8 3 0 1 3 0 0 5 0 .421 .520 .737 1.257
2013 31 MS FF 5 19 2 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 .263 .300 .474 .774
2014 32 MS FF 14 54 6 17 6 0 1 9 0 0 4 0 .315 .373 .481 .854
2015 33 MS FF 15 59 12 18 2 0 7 11 0 0 5 2 .305 .364 .695 1.059
2016 34 MS FF 18 70 5 18 3 0 1 10 0 0 5 7 .257 .316 .343 .659
Career Post-Season Batting 112 429 56 117 23 0 17 62 0 0 40 33 .273 .337 .445 .782
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
2004-1-162
2005-1-162
2018-1-159
2019-5-157
CAR-19-2526
 At-Bats
2004-4-616
2016-9-585
CAR-23-8961
 Runs
2016-8-86
 Hits
CAR-34-2323
 Total Bases
CAR-40-3434
 Singles
CAR-29-1663
Doubles
2004-7-39
2005-8-38
2008-10-34
2014-5-35
CAR-23-428
 Walks
2004-6-73
2005-3-82
2006-9-71
2008-5-82
2010-8-78
2011-10-65
CAR-25-1033
 Strikeouts
2004-1-149
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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  1. Steve McLaughlin (858)
  2. Jerry Rivers (844)
  3. Gerald Batts (826)
  4. Leo Brailsford (823)
  5. Karl Immell (821)
  6. Ed Abrams (810)
  7. Antonio Herrera (808)
  8. Floyd Perreira (802)
  9. Herme Moreira (801)
  10. Delmar Barrie (797)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Louisiana in 2003
Had first career hit on 9/22/2003, off Oscar DeCosta (Con)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/2004, off Nicholas Robey (Ten)
Traded from Louisiana to Mississippi on 6/3/2006 (Going to Lou: RF E. Wheeler, 1B L. Augustine. Going to Mis: RF A. Cowling, 1B N. Takemura)
Won National Cup with Mississippi in 2006
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Maryland on 5/31/2007
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Tennessee on 8/8/2007
Injured on 9/14/2012 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Won National Cup with Mississippi in 2012
Hit 3 homeruns against Florida, driving in 3 runs on 6/16/2014
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game
Won National Cup with Mississippi in 2014
Injured on 6/11/2015 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks
Won National Cup with Mississippi in 2015
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 4/21/2018, off Gregg Sibley (ON)
 
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