RF Motoshige Kitamura #21
Austin Rangers 3L
Age: 32 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good    
12/31/2024
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RF MOTOSHIGE KITAMURA #21 - AGE: 32 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
85 290 64 6 1 2 25 37 56 .221 .313 .269 7 -0.4
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 4 4 4 4
Gap 4 3 4 4
Power 4 3 4 4
Eye 5 5 6 6
Avoid K's 5 5 5 6
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 6 6
Errors: - 5 6
Arm: 1 5 7
Turn DP: - 1 -
Ability: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 4
1st Base: - Center Field: 3
2nd Base: - Right Field: 7
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 6
Stealing Ability: 10
Baserunning Inst.: 8
Sacrifice Bunt: 2
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/16/2024 RM Win, 8-4 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
10/14/2024 @ RM Win, 6-5 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
10/13/2024 RM Loss, 1-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10/10/2024 @ RM Loss, 5-8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/08/2024 RM Win, 6-5 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0
10/07/2024 RM Loss, 2-5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10/02/2024 @ SEA Win, 3-0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/29/2024 SEA Win, 7-2 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0
09/28/2024 SEA Win, 3-2 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
09/22/2024 @ LV Win, 8-3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Leader Ability:High
Loyalty:Very High
Desire f. Win:Low
Greed:High
Intelligence:High
Work Ethic:High
Birthday:10/27/1992
Born in:Sakura, CHI
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 0"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$4,200,000
Signed Through:2024 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 66 Days
Service This Yr:150 Days
40-Man Service:7 Years, None
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
MENARD'S THIRD LEAGUE 2024 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 85 290 64 6 1 2 25 34 37 56 .221 .313 .269 .582 .284 .048 67
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 81 335 4 0 0 9 0 4 78 9 7 2 77.8 26.5 2.97 -0.4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   63 10 1 0 0 4 2 5 14 1 0 1 .159 .229 .175 .403
Versus Right   227 54 5 1 2 21 32 32 42 3 0 3 .238 .336 .295 .631
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
May   83 27 2 1 2 7 8 3 14 2 0 1 .325 .348 .446 .794
June   46 9 3 0 0 3 5 4 10 0 0 1 .196 .275 .261 .535
July   67 9 0 0 0 7 8 15 14 2 0 1 .134 .294 .134 .428
August   51 11 0 0 0 1 7 8 11 0 0 1 .216 .333 .216 .549
September   43 8 1 0 0 7 6 7 7 0 0 0 .186 .300 .209 .509
Spring Training   9 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 .444 .538 .444 .983
Postseason   44 12 3 0 0 4 3 4 8 0 0 0 .273 .333 .341 .674
Last Year   330 79 15 1 2 33 37 43 51 1 4 4 .239 .333 .309 .642
Career   1586 410 53 4 22 170 217 237 239 11 4 19 .259 .359 .339 .698
Home   149 35 5 1 1 13 20 17 21 3 0 2 .235 .316 .302 .618
Road   141 29 1 0 1 12 14 20 35 1 0 2 .206 .311 .234 .545
Grass   249 56 5 1 2 23 30 33 48 3 0 3 .225 .319 .277 .597
Turf   41 8 1 0 0 2 4 4 8 1 0 1 .195 .277 .220 .496
Day   102 19 3 1 0 6 12 10 18 2 0 2 .186 .267 .235 .503
Night   188 45 3 0 2 19 22 27 38 2 0 2 .239 .338 .287 .625
As Starter   285 64 6 1 2 25 34 37 55 4 0 4 .225 .318 .274 .592
As Reliever / Substitution   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   63 7 0 0 0 0 6 5 13 0 0 0 .111 .176 .111 .288
Inning 1-3   76 23 2 1 1 9 11 15 14 2 0 3 .303 .427 .395 .822
Inning 4-6   115 24 3 0 1 10 10 10 19 1 0 0 .209 .270 .261 .531
Inning 7-9   94 17 1 0 0 6 13 12 22 1 0 1 .181 .278 .191 .469
Extra Innings   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   94 21 3 0 2 6 17 12 19 1 0 1 .223 .315 .319 .634
1 Outs   93 21 1 1 0 10 13 19 14 3 0 2 .226 .359 .258 .617
2 Outs   103 22 2 0 0 9 4 6 23 0 0 1 .214 .264 .233 .497
Scoring Position   89 17 0 0 0 22 9 11 15 4 0 2 .191 .283 .191 .474
Bases Empty   143 37 5 1 1 1 19 15 29 0 0 2 .259 .338 .329 .666
Runner on 1st   58 10 1 0 1 2 6 11 12 0 0 0 .172 .304 .241 .546
Runner on 2nd   20 7 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 .350 .409 .350 .759
Runner on 3rd   10 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 .100 .167 .100 .267
Runner on 1st & 2nd   29 5 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 .172 .250 .172 .422
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   10 1 0 0 0 5 2 3 4 1 0 1 .100 .333 .100 .433
Bases Loaded   14 2 0 0 0 9 1 3 4 2 0 0 .143 .263 .143 .406
Two Strikes   129 21 3 0 2 10 15 18 56 2 0 2 .163 .272 .233 .504
First Pitch   51 12 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 .250 .255 .505
Count 0-1   24 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .269 .292 .561
Count 0-2   27 6 1 0 1 2 3 0 11 0 0 0 .222 .222 .370 .593
Count 1-0   26 9 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 .346 .333 .385 .718
Count 1-1   26 7 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .269 .269 .538
Count 1-2   40 7 1 0 0 2 3 0 23 0 0 0 .175 .175 .200 .375
Count 2-0   14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .214 .214 .429
Count 2-1   16 5 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .312 .312 .438 .750
Count 2-2   35 6 0 0 1 3 3 0 13 1 0 1 .171 .189 .257 .446
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   4 1 0 0 0 1 6 12 0 0 0 0 .250 .812 .250 1.062
Full Count   27 2 1 0 0 3 6 18 9 1 0 1 .074 .447 .111 .558
Behind in Count   91 19 3 0 1 5 8 0 34 1 0 1 .209 .215 .275 .490
Ahead in Count   60 18 1 1 0 9 13 19 0 1 0 0 .300 .463 .350 .812
Batting 3rd   6 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 .000 .222 .000 .222
Batting 6th   36 5 0 0 0 1 4 5 8 0 0 0 .139 .244 .139 .383
Batting 7th   173 37 4 0 0 14 19 25 32 1 0 3 .214 .322 .237 .559
Batting 8th   75 22 2 1 2 9 10 5 15 2 0 1 .293 .337 .427 .764
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
2018 Chicago - 3L 25 61 240 70 8 0 6 30 29 39 1 1 28 11 6 .292 .391 .400 .791 119 124 2.5
2019 Chicago - 3L 26 88 351 83 9 1 5 38 46 54 7 3 65 13 5 .236 .347 .311 .658 83 93 1.6
2020 Chicago - 3L 27 107 375 114 15 1 7 44 71 64 3 2 39 24 4 .304 .408 .405 .813 126 138 5.0
2021 Chicago - SL 28 39 148 31 5 1 2 9 23 19 1 1 22 5 1 .209 .302 .297 .599 75 78 0.5
2022 Chicago - SL 29 25 30 8 1 0 0 4 1 4 1 0 6 1 1 .267 .371 .300 .671 96 102 0.2
2023 Austin - 3L 30 102 330 79 15 1 2 33 37 43 4 1 51 6 1 .239 .333 .309 .642 79 84 1.5
2024 Austin - 3L 31 85 290 64 6 1 2 25 34 37 4 4 56 7 2 .221 .313 .269 .582 59 67 -0.4
Total SL 64 178 39 6 1 2 13 24 23 2 1 28 6 2 .219 .314 .298 .611 79 82 0.7
Total 3L 443 1586 410 53 4 22 170 217 237 19 11 239 61 18 .259 .359 .339 .698 93 102 10.2
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
2018 Hialeah - AAA 25 15 58 28 2 2 5 20 14 8 0 0 0 6 2 .483 .545 .845 1.390 224 216 0.0
2019 Hialeah - AAA 26 3 12 5 2 0 2 6 6 4 1 0 2 1 0 .417 .588 1.083 1.672 283 267 0.0
2021 Hialeah - AAA 28 9 36 5 1 0 1 5 4 4 0 1 6 0 0 .139 .220 .250 .470 26 19 0.0
2022 Hialeah - AAA 29 62 219 60 6 2 5 38 41 47 3 3 29 12 7 .274 .404 .388 .793 116 115 0.0
Total 3AAA 18 70 33 4 2 7 26 20 12 1 0 2 7 2 .471 .554 .886 1.440 236 226
Total SAAA 71 255 65 7 2 6 43 45 51 3 4 35 12 7 .255 .380 .369 .749 104 103
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
2018 Chicago - 3L 25 4 19 8 2 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 3 0 1 .421 .455 .526 .981 0 0 0.0
2019 Chicago - 3L 26 10 40 10 2 0 0 4 5 4 0 0 10 2 0 .250 .318 .300 .618 0 0 0.0
2019 Chicago - SL 26 7 27 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 1 0 .222 .214 .333 .548 0 0 0.0
2019 Chicago - PL 26 2 9 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .333 .778 1.111 0 0 0.0
2019 Total - PL 26 19 76 19 6 0 1 6 8 4 0 1 17 4 0 .250 .284 .368 .652 0 0 0.0
2020 Chicago - 3L 27 8 31 9 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 6 2 2 .290 .371 .290 .662 0 0 0.0
2020 Chicago - PL 27 4 20 5 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0 0 0.0
2020 Total - PL 27 12 51 14 0 0 0 4 6 3 1 0 7 3 2 .275 .327 .275 .602 0 0 0.0
2021 Chicago - PL 28 3 12 4 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0 0 0.0
2023 Austin - 3L 30 8 25 8 1 1 2 9 5 4 0 0 4 2 0 .320 .414 .680 1.094 0 0 0.0
2023 Austin - SL 30 4 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 .143 .200 .286 .486 0 0 0.0
2023 Austin - PL 30 6 20 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 .300 .300 .350 .650 0 0 0.0
2023 Total - PL 30 18 59 16 4 1 2 10 5 5 0 0 15 3 1 .271 .328 .475 .803 0 0 0.0
2024 Austin - 3L 31 13 44 12 3 0 0 4 3 4 0 0 8 0 0 .273 .333 .341 .674 0 0 0.0
2024 Austin - PL 31 4 14 4 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 .286 .333 .500 .833 0 0 0.0
2024 Total - PL 31 17 58 16 3 0 1 7 5 5 0 0 11 0 0 .276 .333 .379 .713 0 0 0.0
Total PL 19 75 22 3 0 3 9 9 1 0 0 13 3 1 .293 .303 .453 .756 112 118
Total SL 11 41 8 5 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 12 1 0 .195 .209 .317 .526 41 39
Total 3L 43 159 47 8 1 2 21 18 17 1 1 31 6 3 .296 .365 .396 .761 110 116
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2018 Chicago - ML CF 31 28 73 2 1 76 1 .987 251.0 2.69 +2.7 1.052
2018 Chicago - ML RF 33 33 79 2 0 82 1 .988 290.1 2.51 +6.2 1.115
2019 Chicago - ML CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2019 Chicago - ML RF 88 88 188 4 0 195 3 .985 785.2 2.20 +8.4 1.064
2020 Chicago - ML CF 5 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 13.0 2.08 +0.7 1.461
2020 Chicago - ML RF 98 98 208 3 1 216 5 .977 855.0 2.22 +15.2 1.106
2021 Chicago - ML CF 12 12 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 97.1 2.22 +1.5 1.089
2021 Hialeah - AAA CF 9 9 21 2 0 23 0 1.000 77.0 2.69 -1.1 .935
2021 Chicago - ML RF 27 27 57 3 0 60 0 1.000 242.2 2.23 +2.3 1.057
2022 Hialeah - AAA LF 8 6 16 0 0 16 0 1.000 59.0 2.44 +0.3 1.027
2022 Chicago - ML CF 4 3 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 28.0 2.89 +0.6 1.101
2022 Hialeah - AAA CF 55 53 123 4 2 128 1 .992 470.0 2.43 +3.8 1.041
2022 Chicago - ML RF 6 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 24.0 0.75 +0.0 1.025
2022 Hialeah - AAA RF 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 9.0 4.00 +0.1 1.033
2023 Austin - ML CF 99 89 233 10 1 244 1 .996 786.2 2.78 +6.6 1.037
2023 Austin - ML RF 2 2 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 18.0 4.50 +1.1 1.179
2024 Austin - ML CF 56 54 105 4 1 109 0 1.000 443.0 2.21 +0.3 1.004
TOTAL LF 8 6 16 0 0 16 0 1.000 59.0 2.44 +0.3 1.027
TOTAL CF 273 248 591 22 5 616 3 .995 2172.0 2.54 +15.1 1.034
TOTAL RF 255 251 547 12 1 568 9 .984 2224.2 2.26 +33.4 1.088
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/2018 Entered the United States Silver League as a free agent from Japan.
01/23/2018 Signed a 6-year contract worth a total of $60,000,000 with the Chicago Hawks organization.
05/02/2018 Named the #58 prospect in the 3L
06/01/2018 Wins the 3L 3L Rookie of the Month Award.
06/11/2018 Injured (oblique strain), out for 2-3 weeks.
07/01/2018 Injured (forearm soreness), day-to-day for one week.
07/08/2018 Injured on 07/04/2018, diagnosed with a herniated disc, will miss 3-4 weeks.
08/13/2018 Wins the 3AAA L3AAA Player of the Week Award.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 6 (6).
08/29/2019 Injured on 08/26/2019, diagnosed with a strained calf muscle, will miss 3-4 weeks.
09/25/2019 Injured (bruised thumb), day-to-day for one week.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 5 (5); Eye: 5 (5).
06/15/2020 Wins the 3L 3L Player of the Week Award.
09/24/2020 Wins the 2020 Round 1 with the Chicago Hawks.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (5); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 5 (5).
05/01/2021 Injured (fractured hand), out for 7 weeks.
08/10/2021 Injured on 08/09/2021, diagnosed with a separated shoulder, will miss 3 weeks.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (5); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 5 (5).
11/09/2022 Was not offered arbitration and became a free agent.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 5 (5).
01/19/2023 Signed a 2-year contract worth a total of $8,400,000 with the Austin Rangers organization.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 4 (4); Power: 4 (4); Eye: 5 (6).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year SB Rank
2020 24 2
Year R Rank
2020 71 7
Year BB Rank
2020 64 8
Year OBP Rank
2020 .408 9
Year RC/27 Rank
2020 7.21 8
Year WAR Rank
2020 5.0 4
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