Namako
Ruji
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 220
 
Born: June 16, 1987 in Japan
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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 22 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
2010 23 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 2 3 3 6 7 6
2011 24 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 3 3 6 7 6
2012 25 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 6 2 3 3 7 7 7
2013 26 MD FF     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 3 3 6 7 7
2014 27 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 5 3 3 3 7 8 7
2015 28 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 5 3 3 3 6 7 7
2016 29 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 3 3 6 7 7
2017 30 MD FF $ 300,000   5 5 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 6
2018 31 UT GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 6
2019 32 UT GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 6
2020 33 UT GE $ 300,000   4 4 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 3 3 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 8 7
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
2009 22 MD FF 29 63 6 11 3 0 0 4 0 2 1 16 .175 .235 .222 .458 1.7 0.0
    AAA   94 301 28 68 12 2 0 27 8 6 36 29 .226 .309 .279 .588 27.1  
2010 23 MD FF 37 73 10 15 4 2 0 8 6 0 4 10 .205 .265 .315 .580 8.0 1.1
    AAA   37 130 15 45 9 0 0 16 3 2 12 9 .346 .401 .415 .817 20.3  
2011 24 MD FF 58 100 10 25 3 1 0 8 1 3 5 10 .250 .286 .300 .586 7.1 0.4
    AAA   33 124 22 37 8 1 3 20 2 4 9 9 .298 .346 .452 .797 17.4  
2012 25 MD FF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   138 522 60 141 21 5 13 63 15 7 47 45 .270 .330 .404 .735 69.9  
2013 26 AAA   127 479 54 122 24 6 15 63 11 3 48 47 .255 .323 .424 .746 66.7  
2014 27 MD FF 37 129 12 26 3 0 0 5 6 2 9 13 .202 .270 .225 .494 7.3 0.0
    AAA   120 453 53 129 18 2 6 53 12 5 37 39 .285 .339 .373 .712 57.2  
2015 28 MD FF 121 225 28 57 7 1 5 29 13 8 14 34 .253 .298 .360 .658 26.0 5.0
2016 29 MD FF 118 181 21 48 7 1 3 20 5 3 8 18 .265 .313 .365 .677 17.9 3.0
2017 30 MD FF 101 130 11 26 6 1 0 10 1 1 9 16 .200 .262 .262 .524 8.0 0.3
2018 31 AAA   114 382 49 89 10 2 11 32 9 7 48 37 .233 .319 .356 .675 45.7  
    AA   8 14 1 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 .357 .400 .714 1.114 3.5  
2019 32 UT GE 60 114 7 24 4 1 1 11 1 4 5 15 .211 .256 .289 .546 6.0 0.0
    AAA   29 39 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 4 6 .128 .209 .179 .389 0.7  
2020 33 AAA   113 322 47 78 12 0 6 27 8 2 18 40 .242 .282 .335 .618 30.8  
9 Years Sim 563 1016 105 232 37 7 9 95 33 23 55 132 .228 .280 .305 .585 81.9 9.7
9 Years AAA 805 2752 330 714 116 18 54 303 68 37 259 261 .259 .333 .374 .706 335.8  
1 Years AA 8 14 1 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 .357 .438 .714 1.152 3.5  
10 Years Minors 813 2766 331 719 116 19 55 305 68 37 260 261 .260 .333 .375 .708 339.3  
162 Game Average 292 30 66 10 2 2 27 9 6 15 37 .228 .280 .305 .585 23.6  
Career Highs 121 225 28 57 7 2 5 29 13 8 14 34 .265 .313 .365 .677 26.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   804 84 183 31 6 5 69 26 15 47 93 .228 .283 .300 .583 62.5
vs LH   212 21 49 6 1 4 26 7 8 8 39 .231 .268 .325 .593 15.9
Home 279 506 55 127 15 5 7 52 18 12 22 56 .251 .295 .342 .637 46.6
Away 284 510 50 105 22 2 2 43 15 11 33 76 .206 .266 .269 .534 31.8
RISP   212 0 54 9 3 2 80 0 0 16 17 .255 .308 .354 .662 22.8
Pinch Hitting   143 11 32 2 1 1 10 4 1 8 19 .224 .275 .273 .547 10.4
Close/Late   163 37 43 2 1 1 16 0 0 11 20 .264 .318 .307 .625 15.6
Mar/Apr 59 100 8 23 5 0 1 11 2 0 7 17 .230 .313 .310 .623 8.9
May 80 127 13 34 5 3 0 11 1 6 7 17 .268 .319 .354 .673 11.4
June 88 148 21 32 6 0 3 12 6 1 9 23 .216 .272 .318 .589 12.8
July 96 158 17 37 7 1 1 17 9 3 8 14 .234 .282 .310 .592 13.3
August 112 208 20 48 5 2 2 16 5 7 13 26 .231 .281 .303 .584 15.8
Sep/Oct 128 275 26 58 9 1 2 28 10 6 11 35 .211 .252 .273 .524 16.2
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
2009 22 MD FF LF 22 19 152.0 35 1 0 1 1.000 2.13   0.6
    CF 3 1 13.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.64    
    RF 2 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
2010 23 MD FF CF 17 16 132.0 45 1 2 0 .958 3.14   0.8
    RF 10 5 46.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.93    
    LF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2011 24 MD FF LF 22 12 123.3 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.92   1.6
    CF 14 13 112.0 46 0 0 0 1.000 3.70    
    RF 9 1 22.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.45    
2012 25 MD FF RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2014 27 MD FF LF 36 36 301.0 54 1 2 0 .965 1.64   0.3
2015 28 MD FF CF 48 32 318.0 109 1 1 1 .991 3.11   1.6
    LF 27 6 103.3 26 1 4 0 .871 2.35    
    RF 13 10 84.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.36    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2016 29 MD FF RF 33 23 212.7 48 2 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.6
    LF 15 5 58.7 15 0 1 0 .938 2.30    
    CF 7 6 55.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2017 30 MD FF RF 22 16 143.7 40 1 2 0 .953 2.57   0.5
    CF 15 6 69.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.73    
    LF 9 0 15.7 4 0 2 0 .667 2.30    
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
2019 32 UT GE RF 18 11 112.7 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.7
    LF 20 8 99.3 18 0 2 0 .900 1.63    
    CF 11 7 67.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.55    
  LF 154 86 858.3 192 3 11 1 .947 2.04   2.5
  CF 115 81 767.0 266 2 3 1 .989 3.14   2.4
  RF 108 67 631.0 159 3 3 0 .982 2.31   1.8
  3B 3 0 4.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
  SS 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   383 234 2265.3 618 10 17 3 .974 2.50   6.8
Career Highs   89 48 507.3 157 3 5 1 1.000 3.22    
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bill Bettencourt (984)
  2. Lew Coltrane (977)
  3. Houston Grear (975)
  4. Eusebio Labarbera (968)
  5. Robert Kraus (967)
  6. Rudolph Peltier (964)
  7. Dustin Oyama (964)
  8. Phillip Koepke (961)
  9. Scott Moore (960)
  10. Jeremy Hilger (960)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 69th overall pick, by Maryland in 2009
Had first career hit on 4/19/2009, off J.J. Cobb (Ten)
Injured on 4/28/2010 with a Bruised Ulna, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/1/2013 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 4/28/2015, off Thomas Sperry (Lou)
Traded from Maryland to Utah on 7/21/2018 (Going to MD: P Bailey Muldoon, P Jason Leaper, RF Glenn Ackerman, UT's 2nd, 3rd and 4th round picks in 2019. Going to UT: P James Yim, P Amor Duen, CF Namako Ruji)