P Sumitomo Kawai #97
Age: 32 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal    
12/16/2024
P SUMITOMO KAWAI #97 - AGE: 32 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G GS Rec SV ERA IP HA HR BB K WHIP WAR
0 0 0-0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0
PITCHING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.
Stuff 6 6 7 6
Movement 5 5 5 5
Control 5 5 5 5
PITCHING RATINGS
Pitch Cur. Pot.
Fastball 7 7
Slider 7 7
 
 
 
OTHER PITCHING RATINGS
Velocity 94-96 Mph
Stamina 1
Suggested Role Strictly BP
Groundball Percentage 35 %
Hold Runners 7
Defense 2
RUN/BUNT RATINGS
Running Speed: 3
Stealing Ability: 6
Baserunning Inst.: 6
Sacrifice Bunt: 9
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result Start IP H R ER BB K Dec
09/26/2023 @ SEN Win, 7-6 2.0 4 2 2 1 1 Win
09/24/2023 @ TAK Win, 4-2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Save
09/22/2023 CHI Loss, 2-4 1.0 2 2 2 1 2 Loss
09/20/2023 CHI Loss, 2-3 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
09/17/2023 NAR Win, 6-4 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Win
09/16/2023 NAR Loss, 3-22 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
09/09/2023 TAK Win, 8-6 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 Save
09/04/2023 @ CHI Win, 2-0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 Save
09/03/2023 @ CHI Win, 3-1 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 Save
09/01/2023 @ NAR Win, 3-2 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Save
PERSONALITY
Leader Ability:Very High
Loyalty:High
Desire f. Win:Very High
Greed:Normal
Intelligence:Normal
Work Ethic:High
Birthday:01/01/1992
Born in:Miyakonojo, MIY
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 4"
Weight:250 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:None, Free Agent
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:
Service This Yr:
40-Man Service:
Pro Service:
Arbitration Eligibility:
Option Years:
Contract Extension:
Drafted:2010, 12th Pick in Round 4
LEAGUE OF THE RISING SUN 2023 PITCHING STATS
Pitching G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG CG% SHO QS QS%
Overall 43 0 5 1 25 2.15 46.0 36 11 11 3 10 41 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Pitching SVO BS SV% RA GF R/9 H/9 K/9 BB/9 FIP WHIP FIP- WAR BABIP        
Overall 29 3 89.3 43 38 9.20 7.04 8.02 1.96 2.86 1.00 68 0.9 .264        
Pitching AB H 2B 3B HR R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS      
vs. LHB 79 17 4 1 1 6 6 14 0 1 1 .215 .279 .329 .608      
vs. RHB 89 19 4 0 2 5 4 27 1 1 0 .213 .245 .326 .571      
LEAGUE OF THE RISING SUN 2023 PITCHING SPLITS
Split G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K  
August 23 0 3 0 14 2.22 24.1 21 6 6 1 4 20  
September 10 0 2 1 5 3.27 11.0 10 4 4 0 4 12  
Spring Training 9 0 0 0 4 0.00 9.0 3 0 0 0 2 8  
Postseason 5 0 0 0 3 2.08 4.1 3 1 1 2 1 3  
Last Year 43 0 5 1 25 2.15 46.0 36 11 11 3 10 41  
2 Years Ago 58 0 2 8 29 3.31 68.0 57 33 25 8 16 75  
Career 388 0 21 29 119 4.33 428.2 415 221 206 70 190 416  
Home 9 0 1 1 3 4.00 9.0 9 4 4 1 2 11  
Road 8 0 2 0 6 2.70 10.0 8 3 3 0 4 5  
Grass 19 0 4 0 13 2.08 21.2 19 5 5 0 6 18  
Turf 14 0 1 1 6 3.29 13.2 12 5 5 1 2 14  
Day 10 0 2 0 6 1.59 11.1 11 2 2 0 1 11  
Night 23 0 3 1 13 3.00 24.0 20 8 8 1 7 21  
As Reliever / Substitution 33 0 5 1 19 2.55 35.1 31 10 10 1 8 32  
CAREER PITCHING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER HR BB K CG SHO WHIP BABIP FIP WAR ERA+
2015 Hyakujuu - LRS-JPN 23 19 0 2 2 1 8.68 18.2 32 21 18 6 14 15 0 0 2.46 .400 8.01 -0.7 50
2016 Hyakujuu - LRS-JPN 24 26 0 1 0 1 1.60 33.2 24 6 6 3 19 38 0 0 1.28 .266 3.82 0.4 276
2017 Hyakujuu - LRS-JPN 25 18 0 0 1 0 6.23 26.0 32 19 18 8 16 21 0 0 1.85 .316 7.08 -0.8 67
2017 Kure - LRS-JPN 25 27 0 2 1 0 2.92 24.2 21 9 8 3 10 23 0 0 1.26 .273 4.14 0.1 141
2017 Total - LRS-JPN 25 45 0 2 2 0 4.62 50.2 53 28 26 11 26 44 0 0 1.56 .296 5.65 -0.8 90
2018 Kure - LRS-JPN 26 57 0 2 7 24 4.66 48.1 47 25 25 8 25 44 0 0 1.49 .298 5.10 -0.3 93
2019 Kure - LRS-JPN 27 38 0 3 0 13 4.60 45.0 38 24 23 7 16 45 0 0 1.20 .282 4.69 0.1 101
2019 Seoul - LRS-JPN 27 23 0 1 2 2 5.81 26.1 35 17 17 6 13 31 0 0 1.82 .392 5.96 -0.3 81
2019 Total - LRS-JPN 27 61 0 4 2 15 5.05 71.1 73 41 40 13 29 76 0 0 1.43 .326 5.16 -0.1 93
2020 Rio Grande Valley - LRS-JPN 28 27 0 1 5 0 9.50 36.0 46 39 38 12 33 30 0 0 2.19 .330 8.47 -1.5 47
2021 Sagamihara - LRS-JPN 29 52 0 2 2 24 2.73 56.0 47 17 17 6 18 53 0 0 1.16 .270 3.61 0.6 154
2022 Sagamihara - LRS-JPN 30 58 0 2 8 29 3.31 68.0 57 33 25 8 16 75 0 0 1.07 .271 3.17 1.2 131
2023 Sagamihara - LRS-JPN 31 43 0 5 1 25 2.15 46.0 36 11 11 3 10 41 0 0 1.00 .264 2.86 0.9 196
Total LRS-JPN 388 0 21 29 119 4.33 428.2 415 221 206 70 190 416 0 0 1.41 .297 4.74 -0.3 128
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 FIP WAR ERA+
2010 Osaka Toin HS - HS 18 19 0 0 2 12 3.63 22.1 24 9 9 1 6 22 0 0 1.34 .397 3.35 0.4 129
2010 Yamato - A 18 6 0 0 1 3 5.40 6.2 9 4 4 1 3 1 0 0 1.80 .308 5.14 -0.3 46
2011 Yamato - A 19 29 0 2 3 18 3.38 29.1 23 11 11 1 18 22 0 0 1.40 .268 2.82 0.1 81
2012 Nagano - A 20 29 0 1 1 21 1.73 26.0 18 6 5 0 12 18 0 0 1.15 .247 2.78 0.3 191
2013 Sentai - A 21 34 0 0 3 22 3.56 30.1 27 12 12 5 13 32 0 0 1.32 .289 3.93 0.1 108
2013 Gojira - AAA 21 8 0 0 0 5 3.52 7.2 9 3 3 0 4 9 0 0 1.70 .429 1.82 0.2 112
2014 Sentai - A 22 4 0 1 0 2 0.00 3.1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0.30 .200 0.00 0.2 999
2014 Gojira - AAA 22 50 0 1 5 29 3.72 48.1 46 22 20 6 20 51 0 0 1.37 .323 4.09 0.1 107
2015 Gojira - AAA 23 26 0 2 2 16 4.88 24.0 14 13 13 4 8 38 0 0 0.92 .233 3.19 0.3 83
Total MD-JPN AAA 84 0 3 7 50 4.05 80.0 69 38 36 10 32 98 0 0 1.26 .314 3.60 100.0
Total RK-JPN A 102 0 4 8 66 3.01 95.2 78 33 32 7 46 78 0 0 1.30 .271 3.22 149.0
Total NK-JPN HS 19 0 0 2 12 3.63 22.1 24 9 9 1 6 22 0 0 1.34 .397 3.35 128.9
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 FIP WAR ERA+
2010 Osaka Toin HS - NK-JPN HS 18 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 0.00 0.0 0
2013 Sentai - RK-JPN A 21 2 0 0 1 1 18.00 1.0 2 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 5.00 .500 0.00 0.0 0
2014 Sentai - RK-JPN A 22 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4.50 1.000 0.00 0.0 0
2014 Gojira - MD-JPN AAA 22 4 0 0 0 2 0.00 4.2 1 1 0 0 2 8 0 0 0.64 .125 0.00 0.0 0
Total MD-JPN AAA 4 0 0 0 2 0.00 4.2 1 1 0 0 2 8 0 0 0.64 .125 1.84 999.0
Total RK-JPN A 3 0 0 1 1 10.80 1.2 3 2 2 0 5 3 0 0 4.80 .600 6.63 412.4
Total NK-JPN HS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 3.20 999.0
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2010 Yamato - A P 6 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 6.2 1.35 -0.1 .000
2010 Osaka Toin HS - HS P 19 0 1 8 0 9 0 1.000 22.1 3.63 -0.0 .000
2011 Yamato - A P 29 0 1 6 0 7 0 1.000 29.1 2.15 -0.2 .000
2012 Nagano - A P 29 0 3 2 0 5 0 1.000 26.0 1.73 -0.2 .000
2013 Gojira - AAA P 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7.2 0.00 -0.0 .000
2013 Sentai - A P 34 0 0 4 0 5 1 .800 30.1 1.19 -0.7 .801
2014 Gojira - AAA P 50 0 2 8 2 10 0 1.000 48.1 1.86 +1.5 1.386
2014 Sentai - A P 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.1 2.70 -0.0 .995
2015 Gojira - AAA P 26 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 24.0 0.38 -0.0 .998
2015 Hyakujuu - INT P 19 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 18.2 0.48 -0.0 1.008
2016 Hyakujuu - INT P 26 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 33.2 0.27 -0.0 1.011
2017 Kure - INT P 27 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 24.2 0.73 -0.0 1.009
2017 Hyakujuu - INT P 18 0 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 26.0 1.38 -0.0 1.009
2018 Kure - INT P 57 0 4 7 1 11 0 1.000 48.1 2.05 +0.0 .998
2019 Kure - INT P 38 0 1 4 1 5 0 1.000 45.0 1.00 +0.1 1.002
2019 Seoul - INT P 23 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 26.1 0.68 +0.0 1.002
2020 Rio Grande Valley - INT P 26 0 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 36.0 1.50 +0.6 1.162
2021 Sagamihara - INT P 51 0 2 7 0 10 1 .900 56.0 1.45 -0.8 .795
2022 Sagamihara - INT P 58 0 4 8 0 12 0 1.000 68.0 1.59 +0.9 1.171
2023 Sagamihara - INT P 43 0 3 9 1 13 1 .923 46.0 2.35 -0.6 .891
TOTAL P 591 0 23 80 5 106 3 .972 626.2 1.48 +0.4 1.026
PLAYER HISTORY
11/03/2009 Joined the Osaka Toin HS Eijisu Masters.
01/01/2010 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 11 (56); Movement: 1 (74); Control: 1 (54).
06/11/2010 Released by the Osaka Toin HS Eijisu Masters.
06/20/2010 Drafted in the 2010 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 12, 48th overall Pick) by the Kawaguchi Transmitters.
07/17/2010 Injured (elbow soreness), out for 1-2 weeks.
01/01/2011 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 3 (6); Movement: 2 (6); Control: 1 (5).
08/27/2011 Injured (elbow soreness), out for 2 weeks.
10/08/2011 Won the 2011 Ruukii Kyuugi Dokaben with the Yamato Battleships!
11/05/2011 Was traded by the Kawaguchi Transmitters to the Neo-Tokyo Akira, along with CL P. Rico, MR H. Noguchi, SS I. Kono, in exchange for RF C. Cavazos, CL S. Ueda, SP K. Oka, a 2nd draft pick.
01/01/2012 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 4 (6); Movement: 4 (6); Control: 1 (4).
09/09/2012 Injured (surgery to remove bone chips (elbow)), out for 4-5 months.
12/06/2012 Was traded by the Neo-Tokyo Akira to the Hyakujuu Shinkansen, along with CF N. Sugiyama, CF S. Ohayashi, a 7th draft pick, a 8th draft pick, a 9th draft pick, a 10th draft pick, $2,000,000, in exchange for LF K. Tanaka, CL S. Kichida.
01/01/2013 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (7); Movement: 4 (6); Control: 2 (4).
10/01/2013 Injured (abdominal soreness), day-to-day for 2 days.
01/01/2014 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 6 (7); Movement: 5 (6); Control: 2 (4).
09/26/2014 Won the 2014 Minarai Doumei Sun & Moon Unification with the Gojira Godziras!
11/04/2014 Named Minor League Pitcher of the Year by the Hyakujuu Shinkansen organization.
01/01/2015 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 6 (6); Control: 4 (5).
01/01/2016 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 8 (8); Movement: 6 (6); Control: 5 (5).
04/06/2016 Injured (undisclosed injury), out for 2 weeks.
11/29/2016 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $81,500 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2017 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 7 (7); Control: 5 (5).
04/25/2017 Injured (sore back), day-to-day for 6 days.
08/06/2017 Was traded by the Hyakujuu Shinkansen to the Kure Arsenal in exchange for MR Alonso González, a 9th draft pick.
12/04/2017 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $81,500 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 6 (6); Control: 5 (5).
12/04/2018 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $81,500 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 8 (8); Movement: 6 (6); Control: 5 (6).
08/04/2019 Was selected to the 2019 League of the Rising Sun All-Star Game.
08/18/2019 Was traded by the Kure Arsenal to the Seoul Crushers, along with 2B Mitsuhide Sato, in exchange for a 6th draft pick, $1,500,000.
12/01/2019 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $300,000 through automatic renewal.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 6 (6); Control: 6 (6).
04/14/2020 Got claimed off waivers by Kawaguchi while with Neo-Tokyo.
12/01/2020 Drafted in the rule 5 draft (Round 3, Pick 18, 82nd overall Pick) by the Neo-Tokyo Akira, from the Rio Grande Valley Ocelots.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 6 (6); Control: 6 (6).
04/05/2021 Released by the Neo-Tokyo organization, returned to the Rio Grande Valley Ocelots.
04/05/2021 Released by the Rio Grande Valley Ocelots.
04/12/2021 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $650,000 with the Sagamihara Cretins organization.
08/24/2021 Injured (sore elbow), out for 1-2 weeks.
09/02/2021 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 4 days.
11/05/2021 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $787,500 through arbitration.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 5 (5); Control: 6 (6).
10/21/2022 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $1,040,000 with the Sagamihara Cretins organization.
10/25/2022 Finished 3rd in 2022 LRS-JPN BBG Reliever of the Year Award voting.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 5 (5); Control: 6 (6).
05/10/2023 Injured (back stiffness), day-to-day for 3 days.
06/01/2023 Wins the LRS-JPN BBG Pitcher of the Month Award.
06/20/2023 Injured (bone chips (elbow)), out for 8 weeks.
10/16/2023 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $2,320,000 with the Sagamihara Cretins organization.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 7 (7); Movement: 5 (5); Control: 5 (5).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year G Rank
2018 57 9
2021 52 5
2022 58 8
Year SV Rank
2018 24 1
2019 13 6
2021 24 4
2022 29 2
2023 25 5
Year HLD Rank
2017 13 8
Year RA Rank
2018 57 8
2021 52 5
2022 58 8
Year GF Rank
2018 47 1
2021 42 5
2022 48 2
2023 38 5
Year SHO Rank
2015 0 5
2016 0 5
2017 0 6
2018 0 8
2019 0 6
2019 0 4
2020 0 5
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