2B Wataru Higaki #22
Niigata Hakuchoh NYK
Age: 28 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Good
12/31/1914
 OA: 43 POT: 43
BNN Index | NYK | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
2B WATARU HIGAKI #22 - AGE: 28 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
73 236 76 12 0 0 27 32 24 .322 .401 .373 13 0.9
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 75 70 76 81
BABIP 50 47 51 59
Avoid K's 98 93 99 98
Gap 39 38 39 39
Power 7 6 8 7
Eye 58 55 59 58
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 57 38
Errors: - 64 48
Arm: 4 41 35
Turn DP: - 60 -
Framing: 5 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 16
1st Base: 40 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 58 Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 39
Stealing Aggressiveness: 72
Stealing Ability: 83
Baserunning Inst.: 85
Sacrifice Bunt: 45
Bunt for Hit: 8
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/01/1914 @ YMTK Loss, 0-6 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
08/30/1914 YMTK Loss, 5-7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/29/1914 YMTK Win, 4-3 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
08/28/1914 YMTK Loss, 6-7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
08/26/1914 @ YMTK Loss, 2-3 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
08/25/1914 @ YMTK Win, 8-4 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 1
08/18/1914 AOMR Win, 5-3 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
08/17/1914 AOMR Win, 2-1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/15/1914 @ AOMR Win, 10-1 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
08/14/1914 @ AOMR Win, 5-2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Wataru is slow to catch on.
Low: Baseball IQ
Birthday:06/28/1886
Born in:Tokyo, TOK
Nationality:Japanese
Height:173 cm
Weight:87 kg
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:7 Years, 108 Days
Service This Yr:195 Days
40-Man Service:1 Year, 153 Days
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
StatsPlus
S+ Player Report
NIHON YAKYU KYOKAI 1914 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 73 236 76 12 0 0 27 39 32 24 .322 .401 .373 .774 .370 .051 121
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 59 278 1 0 0 3 6 3 88 12 13 10 56.5 37.3 5.53 .9  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   88 31 6 0 0 7 13 13 8 1 3 0 .352 .431 .420 .852
Versus Right   148 45 6 0 0 20 26 19 16 2 3 1 .304 .382 .345 .727
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   84 24 4 0 0 5 15 10 9 2 0 0 .286 .354 .333 .688
May   70 23 1 0 0 12 9 11 7 1 3 0 .329 .415 .343 .757
July   45 14 5 0 0 5 7 8 5 0 2 1 .311 .426 .422 .848
August   37 15 2 0 0 5 8 3 3 0 1 0 .405 .450 .459 .909
Postseason   34 10 1 0 0 4 8 6 2 1 2 1 .294 .405 .324 .728
Last Year   396 121 24 1 3 55 70 55 39 5 2 1 .306 .387 .394 .781
2 Years Ago   361 108 23 1 0 41 46 44 27 8 8 2 .299 .371 .368 .740
Career   2382 762 135 10 5 272 387 291 189 30 29 11 .320 .392 .391 .783
Home   120 41 8 0 0 15 22 20 11 2 5 0 .342 .430 .408 .838
Road   116 35 4 0 0 12 17 12 13 1 1 1 .302 .369 .336 .705
Grass   236 76 12 0 0 27 39 32 24 3 6 1 .322 .401 .373 .774
Day   146 41 4 0 0 19 24 23 17 3 0 1 .281 .376 .308 .684
Night   90 35 8 0 0 8 15 9 7 0 6 0 .389 .444 .478 .922
As Starter   217 71 12 0 0 25 36 31 23 2 6 1 .327 .410 .382 .793
As Reliever / Substitution   19 5 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 .263 .286 .263 .549
Pinch Hitting   10 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 .200 .182 .200 .382
Close/Late   48 14 1 0 0 7 4 6 4 1 0 0 .292 .364 .312 .676
Inning 1-3   85 26 6 0 0 9 16 13 11 1 4 1 .306 .400 .376 .776
Inning 4-6   77 29 5 0 0 9 13 7 5 1 2 0 .377 .424 .442 .865
Inning 7-9   65 18 1 0 0 8 9 11 7 1 0 0 .277 .377 .292 .669
Extra Innings   9 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .400 .333 .733
0 Outs   77 20 6 0 0 1 16 11 10 1 6 0 .260 .348 .338 .686
1 Outs   93 30 3 0 0 10 20 10 10 2 0 1 .323 .387 .355 .742
2 Outs   66 26 3 0 0 16 3 11 4 0 0 0 .394 .481 .439 .920
Scoring Position   75 26 3 0 0 27 7 8 7 3 6 0 .347 .395 .387 .782
Bases Empty   125 41 9 0 0 0 26 22 14 0 0 1 .328 .432 .400 .832
Runner on 1st   36 9 0 0 0 0 6 2 3 0 0 0 .250 .289 .250 .539
Runner on 2nd   28 9 0 0 0 5 4 4 2 0 3 0 .321 .406 .321 .728
Runner on 3rd   10 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Runner on 1st & 2nd   19 7 1 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 .368 .400 .421 .821
Runner on 1st & 3rd   8 3 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 3 0 0 .375 .333 .375 .708
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   4 3 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 .750 .750 1.250 2.000
Bases Loaded   6 2 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Two Strikes   105 32 3 0 0 10 16 22 24 0 0 1 .305 .430 .333 .763
First Pitch   33 13 2 0 0 3 8 0 0 1 2 0 .394 .382 .455 .837
Count 0-1   33 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 .212 .206 .273 .479
Count 0-2   14 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 .357 .357 .429 .786
Count 1-0   18 11 2 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 .611 .611 .722 1.333
Count 1-1   19 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 .263 .263 .316 .579
Count 1-2   35 14 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Count 2-0   7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .250 .286 .536
Count 2-1   12 5 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .417 .417 .583 1.000
Count 2-2   25 8 0 0 0 2 4 0 6 0 0 1 .320 .346 .320 .666
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   9 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 .111 .429 .111 .540
Full Count   31 5 2 0 0 3 7 22 9 0 0 0 .161 .509 .226 .735
Behind in Count   82 26 3 0 0 10 5 0 9 1 1 0 .317 .313 .354 .667
Ahead in Count   46 19 4 0 0 4 15 10 0 1 1 0 .413 .509 .500 1.009
Batting Leadoff   25 7 3 0 0 2 3 2 2 0 1 0 .280 .333 .400 .733
Batting 2nd   127 44 5 0 0 17 21 22 12 1 5 1 .346 .444 .386 .830
Batting 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   38 10 2 0 0 1 4 3 4 1 0 0 .263 .310 .316 .625
Batting 5th   29 12 1 0 0 3 10 4 4 0 0 0 .414 .485 .448 .933
Batting 6th   11 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 .273 .250 .364 .614
Batting 8th   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Batting 9th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   91 28 3 0 0 7 14 19 9 1 0 1 .308 .429 .341 .769
Medium Leverage   116 39 8 0 0 9 24 11 14 0 6 0 .336 .394 .405 .799
High Leverage   29 9 1 0 0 11 1 2 1 2 0 0 .310 .333 .345 .678
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1909 Niigata - AFIL-2 22 115 483 144 17 2 1 43 74 48 3 4 35 19 10 .298 .362 .348 .710 106 111 3.8
1910 Japan - TRN 23 8 28 7 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 .250 .323 .250 .573 69 77 -0.0
1910 Niigata - AFIL-2 23 116 476 155 32 1 1 52 85 60 2 4 40 21 14 .326 .400 .403 .804 127 130 4.5
1911 Niigata - AFIL-2 24 110 430 158 27 5 0 54 73 52 2 6 24 18 7 .367 .433 .453 .886 151 158 5.7
1912 Niigata - AFIL-2 25 104 361 108 23 1 0 41 46 44 2 8 27 15 9 .299 .371 .368 .740 111 114 1.7
1913 Niigata - AFIL-2 26 110 396 121 24 1 3 55 70 55 1 5 39 23 6 .306 .387 .394 .781 118 125 2.9
1914 Niigata - AFIL-2 27 73 236 76 12 0 0 27 39 32 1 3 24 13 10 .322 .401 .373 .774 115 121 0.9
Total NYK 628 2382 762 135 10 5 272 387 291 11 30 189 109 56 .320 .392 .391 .783 122 127
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1909 Niigata - NYK 22 7 23 9 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .391 .417 .522 .938 171 167 1.3
1910 Niigata - NYK 23 12 54 24 2 0 1 7 10 2 1 1 1 0 1 .444 .466 .537 1.003 182 191 1.3
1911 Niigata - NYK 24 14 54 18 6 0 0 5 7 6 0 0 5 0 2 .333 .400 .444 .844 139 139 0.9
1912 Niigata - NYK 25 11 44 14 2 0 1 6 6 5 0 0 4 3 1 .318 .388 .432 .820 134 143 0.2
1913 Niigata - NYK 26 7 26 8 1 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 1 0 1 .308 .400 .346 .746 109 113 -0.5
1914 Niigata - NYK 27 10 34 10 1 0 0 4 8 6 1 1 2 2 0 .294 .405 .324 .728 103 106 -0.1
Total NYK 61 235 83 15 0 2 25 37 24 2 2 15 5 6 .353 .414 .443 .857 141 145
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1909 Niigata - AFIL-2 1B 2 0 4 0 1 4 0 1.000 4.0 9.00 0.0 .000
1909 Niigata - AFIL-2 2B 111 110 176 285 44 475 14 .971 1005.2 4.13 +7.5 1.028
1910 Niigata - AFIL-2 2B 113 111 163 302 49 478 13 .973 987.0 4.24 +4.5 1.020
1910 Japan - TRN 2B 6 6 11 16 1 29 2 .931 52.0 4.67 -0.7 .813
1910 Japan - TRN 3B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 -0.1 1.057
1910 Japan - TRN SS 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 +0.0 1.055
1911 Niigata - AFIL-2 1B 1 0 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 2.0 22.50 0.0 .000
1911 Niigata - AFIL-2 2B 106 103 181 263 49 458 14 .969 908.1 4.40 +4.1 1.008
1911 Niigata - AFIL-2 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1912 Niigata - AFIL-2 1B 2 0 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 5.0 9.00 +0.0 .000
1912 Niigata - AFIL-2 2B 92 87 150 227 40 389 12 .969 750.1 4.52 -4.0 .981
1912 Niigata - AFIL-2 LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.2 1.35 +0.0 .997
1913 Niigata - AFIL-2 1B 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 0.0 .000
1913 Niigata - AFIL-2 2B 54 51 81 121 21 207 5 .976 438.0 4.15 -1.4 .979
1914 Niigata - AFIL-2 1B 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 0.0 .000
1914 Niigata - AFIL-2 2B 64 58 91 135 31 233 7 .970 500.1 4.07 -5.3 .939
1914 Niigata - AFIL-2 LF 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 +0.0 .990
TOTAL 1B 8 0 18 0 2 18 0 1.000 14.0 11.57 +0.0 .000
TOTAL 2B 546 526 853 1349 235 2269 67 .970 4641.2 4.27 +4.6 .998
TOTAL 3B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 -0.1 1.057
TOTAL SS 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 +0.0 1.055
TOTAL LF 6 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 10.2 2.53 +0.0 .992
PLAYER HISTORY
02/12/1909 Joined the Niigata Hakuchoh.
03/19/1909 Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the Niigata Hakuchoh development complex.
06/06/1909 Was selected to the 1909 Nihon Yakyu Kyokai All-Star Game.
01/01/1910 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 54 (56); Power: 24 (26); Eye: 54 (54).
04/01/1910 Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the Niigata Hakuchoh development complex.
07/03/1910 Injured (mild abdominal strain),day-to-day for 4 days.
08/11/1910 Goes 5-5 against the Fukushima Kamome, with 1 2B, 1 RBI and 2 R.
08/20/1910 Wins the 1910 NYK NL Pennant Series MVP Award.
08/30/1910 Wins the 1910 Japan Series MVP Award.
08/31/1910 Wins the 1910 Nihon Yakyu Kyokai Japan Series with the Niigata Hakuchoh!
09/10/1910 Wins the 1910 NYK NL Tonbokiri at 2B.
09/13/1910 Finished 3rd in 1910 NYK NL Nobushige voting.
12/18/1910 Named to the 1910 Copa Mundial for the Japan Samurai.
01/01/1911 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 51 (55); Power: 25 (27); Eye: 55 (56).
05/01/1911 Wins the NYK NL Batter of the Month Award.
05/10/1911 Goes 5-5 against the Hakodate Daiouika, with 1 2B, 1 RBI and 2 R.
06/04/1911 Was selected to the 1911 Nihon Yakyu Kyokai All-Star Game.
09/15/1911 Wins the 1911 NYK NL Tonbokiri at 2B.
09/18/1911 Wins the 1911 NYK NL Nobushige.
01/01/1912 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 76 (84); Power: 7 (9); Eye: 55 (55).
01/01/1913 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 73 (81); Power: 6 (8); Eye: 57 (57).
06/04/1913 Was selected to the 1913 Nihon Yakyu Kyokai All-Star Game.
01/01/1914 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 76 (84); Power: 7 (8); Eye: 60 (60).
06/01/1914 Injured on 05/27/1914, diagnosed with a strained groin muscle, will miss 5 weeks.
06/27/1914 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 2 weeks.
12/02/1914 Injured (flu-like symptoms),day-to-day for 2 days.
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