Chiba Lotte Marines nab Yasuhiko Yabuta
by Gen on Nov.23, 2009 @ 6:02 pm, under NPB
The Chiba Lotte Marines announced that they have signed Yasuhiko Yabuta to a 1 year deal worth 40M yen.
MLB Stats
| Year | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | ShO | Sv | SvO | IP | H | R | ER | HR | HBP | BB | SO | WHIP |
| 2008 | KC | 1 | 3 | 4.78 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.2 | 41 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 25 | 1.54 |
| 2009 | KC | 2 | 1 | 13.50 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 2.57 |
| Totals | 3 | 4 | 7.14 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51.2 | 70 | 42 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 34 | 1.82 | |
NPB Stats
| Year | Team | G | W | L | Sv | CG | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | HBP | SO | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| 1996 | Lotte | 18 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 376 | 92.0 | 79 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 37 | 3.62 |
| 1997 | Lotte | 25 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 621 | 146.1 | 144 | 16 | 48 | 2 | 74 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 64 | 3.94 |
| 1998 | Lotte | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 448 | 100.1 | 123 | 15 | 40 | 1 | 45 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 54 | 4.84 |
| 1999 | Lotte | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 57.0 | 68 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 31 | 4.89 |
| 2000 | Lotte | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6.2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 13.50 |
| 2001 | Lotte | 27 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 414 | 97.1 | 94 | 15 | 40 | 3 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 42 | 3.88 |
| 2002 | Lotte | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 11.1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 8.74 |
| 2003 | Lotte | 17 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 304 | 68.2 | 74 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 45 | 5.90 |
| 2004 | Lotte | 66 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 328 | 77.1 | 62 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 24 | 2.79 |
| 2005 | Lotte | 51 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 220 | 55.2 | 42 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 3.07 |
| 2006 | Lotte | 47 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 232 | 55.0 | 43 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 2.62 |
| 2007 | Lotte | 58 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 264 | 62.2 | 64 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 2.73 |
| Totals | 343 | 44 | 59 | 9 | 7 | 3550 | 830.1 | 818 | 101 | 303 | 20 | 553 | 34 | 10 | 400 | 372 | 4.03 | |
=== UPDATE 11/28/2009 8:33pm JST
The Marines held a press conference for Yabuta today.
Yabuta signed a 1-year deal worth 50M yen. He has not been assigned a uniform number yet.
=== UPDATE 12/4/2009 11:12pm JST
Yabuta's uniform number will be 49.