Taiichi
Nobusuke
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: April 16, 1978 in Japan
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 26 TIT KL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
2005 27 DDR KL $ 365,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
2006 28 DDR KL $ 550,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6
2007 29 NE KL $ 1,785,000   4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
2008 30 NE KL $ 1,785,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
2009 31 NYE HL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4
2010 32 JBR HL     4 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,785,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hank Aaron Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 26 TIT KL 132 242 24 65 9 1 5 26 0 0 13 56 .269 .307 .376 .683 26.2 4.9
2005 27 DDR KL 144 434 42 102 20 1 18 66 0 0 37 121 .235 .303 .410 .713 55.8 8.4
2006 28 DDR KL 110 360 48 86 17 3 15 52 0 0 27 103 .239 .304 .428 .732 46.4 8.1
2007 29 NYE HL 77 249 28 55 8 0 9 28 0 0 22 66 .221 .304 .361 .665 28.8 2.9
2008 30 NE KL 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
    AAA   109 358 45 99 15 0 19 54 2 1 34 85 .277 .339 .478 .817 57.4  
2009 31 NYE HL 8 34 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 14 .147 .237 .206 .443 1.6 0.0
    AAA   100 339 37 87 15 1 7 45 2 1 28 85 .257 .313 .369 .682 39.3  
2010 32 AA   138 487 60 129 21 1 15 69 3 2 43 105 .265 .325 .405 .729 63.9  
6 Years Sim 472 1323 146 313 56 5 47 174 0 0 102 361 .237 .302 .393 .695 158.5 24.3
2 Years AAA 209 697 82 186 30 1 26 99 4 2 62 170 .267 .339 .425 .764 96.7  
1 Years AA 138 487 60 129 21 1 15 69 3 2 43 105 .265 .334 .405 .738 63.9  
3 Years Minors 347 1184 142 315 51 2 41 168 7 4 105 275 .266 .337 .416 .753 160.6  
162 Game Average 454 50 107 19 1 16 59 0 0 35 123 .237 .302 .393 .695 54.4  
Career Highs 144 434 48 102 20 3 18 66 0 0 37 121 .269 .307 .428 .732 55.8  
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   1028 106 240 47 3 36 131 0 0 79 292 .233 .298 .390 .688 117.0
vs LH   295 40 73 9 2 11 43 0 0 23 69 .247 .315 .403 .718 36.4
Home 229 626 70 145 25 2 24 87 0 0 39 166 .232 .291 .393 .684 68.7
Away 243 697 76 168 31 3 23 87 0 0 63 195 .241 .311 .393 .704 84.7
RISP   320 0 78 13 2 11 116 0 0 38 94 .244 .327 .400 .727 43.0
Pinch Hitting   141 8 39 2 2 3 17 0 0 12 30 .277 .338 .383 .721 18.1
Close/Late   218 19 57 10 1 5 23 0 0 25 66 .261 .348 .385 .733 29.0
Mar/Apr 80 215 25 55 4 2 9 27 0 0 21 59 .256 .335 .419 .753 29.7
May 72 207 22 47 7 0 7 28 0 0 10 50 .227 .278 .362 .640 19.7
June 95 271 28 67 17 1 10 37 0 0 18 76 .247 .303 .428 .731 33.7
July 70 190 19 42 11 0 4 21 0 0 20 56 .221 .299 .342 .641 19.8
August 72 209 23 45 11 1 6 22 0 0 14 58 .215 .274 .364 .638 20.1
Sep/Oct 83 231 29 57 6 1 11 39 0 0 19 62 .247 .315 .424 .739 30.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hoover Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2004 26 TIT KL C 57 42 385.0 348 30 4 1 .990 8.84 62 19 .306 0 1.2
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2005 27 DDR KL C 122 110 983.0 849 69 13 2 .986 8.40 185 54 .292 2 3.9
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2006 28 DDR KL C 98 83 753.7 625 45 11 2 .984 8.00 93 26 .280 2 3.1
2007 29 NYE HL C 69 65 570.0 426 28 3 1 .993 7.17 47 15 .319 0 2.3
2008 30 NE KL C 1 1 8.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 1 0 .000 0 0.1
2009 31 NYE HL C 8 8 71.7 67 4 4 0 .947 8.92 10 4 .400 0 0.2
  C 355 309 2771.3 2322 177 35 6 .986 8.12 398 118 .296 4 10.8
  CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   358 309 2777.3 2322 177 36 6 .986 8.10 398 118 .296 4 10.8
Career Highs   123 110 985.0 849 69 14 2 1.000 9.00 185 54 .400 2  
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
2004 26 TIT KL 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100
Career Post-Season Batting 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100
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  1. Emilio Cedillo (967)
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  6. Angelo Salinas (930)
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  8. Delmar Alustiza (923)
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History
Drafted in 20th round, 393rd overall pick, by Tittybong in 2004
Had first career hit on 4/6/2004, off Harry Burrows (RR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/2004, off Gale Topping (RR)
2/4/2005: Gets a new one-year contract worth $365,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/3/2005, hitting .391 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
2/4/2006: Gets a new one-year contract worth $550,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/21/2006 with a Broken Hand, out for 6 weeks
Drove in 7 runs against Raleigh on 6/9/2006
Signed as a free agent by New England on 2/10/2007 to a 2-year deal worth $1,785,000 per year
Injured on 6/30/2007 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Signed as a free agent by New York on 3/7/2009 to a minor league contract
Injured on 5/4/2009 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/9/2009 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/9/2009 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Johnsonville on 4/4/2010 to a minor league deal