Tag: Player Trade
Rakuten Eagles acquire Keiji Oyama in deal with Chunichi Dragons
by Gen on Jan.23, 2012 @ 5:06 pm, under NPB
The Rakuten Eagles announced today that they acquired Keiji Oyama (31) from the Chunichi Dragons for an undisclosed amount of money.
Dragons' official announcement
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Career Stats
| Year | Tm | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | AVG | SLG | OBP | OPS |
| 2008 | HAM | 27 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .172 | .207 | .200 | .407 |
| 2009 | CHU | 59 | 137 | 122 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 31 | 1 | .156 | .238 | .243 | .480 |
| 2010 | CHU | 35 | 76 | 65 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 3 | .215 | .262 | .260 | .533 |
| 2011 | CHU | 51 | 102 | 82 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 31 | 0 | .280 | .390 | .394 | .788 |
| Totals | 172 | 346 | 298 | 28 | 61 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 84 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 85 | 9 | .205 | .282 | .287 | .572 | |
Daily Sports: Buffaloes trade Keisuke Kaneko to Hawks for Hideaki Takahashi
by Gen on Jan.17, 2012 @ 4:19 pm, under NPB
Daily Sports is reporting that the Orix Buffaloes have agreed to send INF Keisuke Kaneko (26) to the Softbank Hawks for RHP Hideaki Takahashi (29).
UPDATE @ 7:17pm -
Softbank Hawks Official Announcement - Kaneko was assigned the number 4.
Orix Bufflaoes Official Announcement - Takahashi was assigned the number 54.
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Career Stats - Hideaki Takahashi
| Year | Tm | G | W | L | Sv | CG | ShO | BF | IP | NP | HR | BB | HBP | SO | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
| 2005 | SOF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 14.1 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4.40 | 1.74 |
| 2006 | SOF | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 21.0 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 5.14 | 1.29 |
| 2008 | SOF | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 31.0 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 4.06 | 1.35 |
| 2009 | SOF | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 207 | 47.2 | 43 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 26 | 4.91 | 1.36 |
| 2010 | SOF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 24.1 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 5.55 | 1.60 |
| 2011 | SOF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13.50 | 2.10 |
| Totals | 46 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 627 | 141.2 | 144 | 16 | 61 | 16 | 124 | 6 | 0 | 86 | 79 | 5.02 | 1.45 | |
Career Stats - Keisuke Kaneko
| Year | Tm | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2006 | SOF | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
| 2008 | SOF | 32 | 44 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | .118 | .231 | .147 | .378 |
| 2009 | SOF | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2010 | ORI | 31 | 51 | 46 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | .217 | .265 | .304 | .570 |
| 2011 | ORI | 11 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 |
| Totals | 96 | 124 | 105 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 1 | .143 | .211 | .190 | .401 | |
Rakuten Eagles to send Yusuke Kusuki to Yakult Swallows for Yoshitaka Hashimoto
by Gen on Dec.12, 2011 @ 6:51 am, under NPB
Sports Hochi is reporting that the Rakuten Eagles will be sending outfielder Yusuke Kusuki (27) to the Yakult Swallows for pitcher Yoshitaka Hashimoto (32). Both teams could officially announce the deal some time today.
UPDATE @ 4:05pm - The Yakult Swallows' have announced the deal on their team website.
UPDATE 12/15 @ 2:33pm - The Swallows held a press conference for Kusuki today and assigned him the number 56. He also agreed to a salary of 9.8M yen.
UPDATE 12/20 @ 4:29pm - The Eagles held a press conference to introduce Hashimoto to the media today. He was assigned the number 38.
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Career Stats - Yusuke Kusuki
| Year | Tm | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2010 | RAK | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 |
| Totals | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | |
Career Stats - Yoshitaka Hashimoto
| Year | Tm | G | W | L | Sv | CG | ShO | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | HBP | SO | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
| 2005 | HAM | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 21.0 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3.86 | 1.48 |
| 2006 | HAM | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 315 | 73.0 | 89 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 27 | 3.33 | 1.38 |
| 2007 | HAM | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8.0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.38 | 1.25 |
| 2009 | YAK | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 20.0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1.35 | 0.90 |
| 2010 | YAK | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 19.0 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 5.68 | 1.89 |
| 2011 | YAK | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 18.2 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 4.34 | 1.61 |
| Totals | 90 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 692 | 159.2 | 185 | 18 | 41 | 5 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 63 | 3.55 | 1.42 | |
Rakuten sends Matsuzaki to Hanshin for Uezono
by Gen on Dec.08, 2011 @ 9:44 pm, under NPB
The Hanshin Tigers and Rakuten Eagles announced a one-to-one trade that sends Keiji Uezono (27) to Rakuten for Shingo Matsuzaki (28).
Rakuten Eagles announcement - Hanshin Tigers announcement
UPDATE 12/19 @ 2:21pm - The Tigers held a press conference at their team offices in Nishinomiya today in order to introduce Matsuzaka to the media.
UPDATE 12/20 @ 4:31pm - The Eagles introduced Uezono to the media today. He was assigned the number 47.
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2011 Season - Shingo Matsuzaki
| Level | G | W | L | SV | HLD | CG | SHO | PCT | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | IBB | HB | SO | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Ichi-gun | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 20 | 5.1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ni-gun | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | .333 | 139 | 31.2 | 33 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 4.55 |
2011 Season - Keiji Uezono
| Level | G | W | L | SV | HLD | CG | SHO | PCT | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | IBB | HB | SO | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA |
| Ni-gun | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | .250 | 160 | 38.0 | 39 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 3.08 |
Seibu sends Taketoshi Goto to Yokohama for Shingo Takeyama
by Gen on Nov.22, 2011 @ 2:01 pm, under NPB
The Seibu Lions and Yokohama Bay Stars announced a trade today: the Lions will send 31-year-old INF Taketoshi Goto to the Bay Stars for 27-year-old C Shingo Takeyama.
UPDATE 11/25 @ 3:52pm - The Bay Stars held a press conference today to introduce Goto. He was also assigned the number 55 and signed for 17M yen (down 3M yen from last year).
UPDATE 12/2 @ 4:56pm - The Lions announced the addition of Takeyama today. He was also assigned the number 52.
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Taketoshi Goto - Career Stats
| Year | Tm | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2003 | SEI | 101 | 272 | 252 | 30 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 116 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 57 | 9 | .262 | .313 | .460 | .774 |
| 2004 | SEI | 24 | 52 | 47 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1 | .191 | .269 | .234 | .503 |
| 2005 | SEI | 25 | 47 | 39 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | .205 | .340 | .308 | .648 |
| 2007 | SEI | 20 | 42 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | .162 | .220 | .162 | .387 |
| 2008 | SEI | 49 | 184 | 166 | 34 | 50 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 100 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 31 | 3 | .301 | .370 | .602 | .972 |
| 2009 | SEI | 54 | 161 | 147 | 13 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 64 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 33 | 4 | .293 | .348 | .435 | .785 |
| 2010 | SEI | 16 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .138 | .242 | .138 | .380 |
| 2011 | SEI | 24 | 37 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | .152 | .243 | .212 | .455 |
| Totals | 313 | 828 | 750 | 90 | 191 | 41 | 2 | 28 | 320 | 104 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 69 | 5 | 181 | 20 | .255 | .320 | .427 | .748 | |
Shingo Takeyama - Career Stats
| Year | Tm | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2008 | YOK | 33 | 81 | 74 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 1 | .230 | .269 | .270 | .540 |
| 2009 | YOK | 49 | 130 | 120 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 2 | .242 | .289 | .283 | .572 |
| 2010 | YOK | 95 | 298 | 257 | 15 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 56 | 5 | .187 | .246 | .245 | .493 |
| 2011 | YOK | 46 | 102 | 88 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 4 | .125 | .188 | .193 | .383 |
| Totals | 223 | 611 | 539 | 28 | 105 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 134 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 34 | 6 | 140 | 12 | .195 | .249 | .249 | .499 | |
Yakult Swallows send Ryo Kawashima to the Rakuten Eagles for cash
by Gen on Nov.21, 2011 @ 5:19 pm, under NPB
The Yakult Swallows announced today that they traded 30-year-old RHP Ryo Kawashima to the Rakuten Eagles for cash.
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Career Stats
| Year | Tm | G | W | L | Sv | CG | ShO | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | HBP | SO | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
| 2004 | YAK | 23 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 574 | 139.1 | 115 | 26 | 39 | 3 | 128 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 49 | 3.17 | 1.11 |
| 2005 | YAK | 20 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 516 | 128.1 | 120 | 13 | 35 | 2 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 40 | 2.81 | 1.21 |
| 2006 | YAK | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 47.0 | 43 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 3.83 | 1.26 |
| 2007 | YAK | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265 | 65.2 | 58 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 3.43 | 1.11 |
| 2008 | YAK | 20 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 497 | 115.0 | 115 | 19 | 44 | 2 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 60 | 4.70 | 1.38 |
| 2009 | YAK | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 315 | 73.0 | 72 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 39 | 4.81 | 1.33 |
| 2010 | YAK | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 16.1 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2.20 | 1.41 |
| 2011 | YAK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.00 | 2.00 |
| Totals | 105 | 38 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2448 | 587.2 | 541 | 85 | 185 | 12 | 424 | 16 | 1 | 256 | 239 | 3.66 | 1.24 | |
Rakuten Eagles to acquire Yusuke Kosai from Softbank Hawks via trade
by Gen on Nov.07, 2011 @ 12:40 pm, under NPB
The Rakuten Eagles are looking to to acquire 28-year-old Yusuke Kosai from the Softbank Hawks in what appears to be a cash trade. An announcement will likely be made within the next couple of days.
UPDATE @ 6:25pm - Both the Hawks and Eagles announced the deal as being done.
Career Stats
| Year | Tm | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | AVG | OPB | SLG | OPS |
| 2006 | SOF | 11 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 | .063 | .000 | .063 |
| 2007 | SOF | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 |
| 2008 | SOF | 39 | 106 | 101 | 12 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 2 | .267 | .302 | .396 | .698 |
| 2009 | SOF | 43 | 64 | 57 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 1 | .228 | .286 | .368 | .659 |
| 2011 | SOF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 98 | 195 | 181 | 20 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 48 | 3 | .227 | .273 | .343 | .617 | |
Yomiuri Giants acquire Saburo from the Chiba Lotte Marines for Takahito Kudo
by Gen on Jun.29, 2011 @ 4:38 pm, under NPB
The Yomiuri Giants and Chiba Lotte Marines have agreed upon a trade that will send 30-year-old OF Takahito Kudo to Lotte for 35-year-old OF Saburo.
UPDATE 6/30 @ 12:09am - As Steve mentions in the comments below, Lotte will also be receiving cash in the trade.
UPDATE 6/30 @ 12:20am - Forgot to mention that it was Lotte that approached the Giants.
UPDATE 6/30 @ 6:46am - Saburo's registered name will probably be Omura. His uniform number is still unknown and it isn't certain if he'll start at Ichi-gun.
UPDATE 6/30 @ 7:04am - It seems Saburo will get the number 0. The Giants will also be holding a press conference to introduce Saburo at Tokyo Dome later today.
UPDATE 6/30 @ 4:32pm - The Giants held a press conference for Saburo today at Tokyo Dome and announced that he'll be wearing the number 0 and this his name will be registered as Omura.
UPDATE 7/5 @ 3:03pm - The Marines held a press conference for Kudo at QVC Marine today. He was also assigned the nubmer 3.
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Saburo's Career Stats
| Yr | Tm | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | DP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1995 | LOT | 28 | 61 | 48 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 0 | .188 | .333 | .229 | .568 |
| 1996 | LOT | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 1997 | LOT | 33 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .179 | .233 | .250 | .483 |
| 1998 | LOT | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1999 | LOT | 108 | 156 | 130 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 27 | 0 | .231 | .306 | .300 | .606 |
| 2000 | LOT | 95 | 314 | 263 | 42 | 71 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 101 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 41 | 4 | .270 | .355 | .384 | .740 |
| 2001 | LOT | 108 | 284 | 240 | 37 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 45 | 8 | .229 | .296 | .300 | .599 |
| 2002 | LOT | 131 | 512 | 441 | 67 | 126 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 190 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 36 | 9 | 93 | 4 | .286 | .348 | .431 | .783 |
| 2003 | LOT | 80 | 333 | 286 | 44 | 78 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 133 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 66 | 2 | .273 | .338 | .465 | .807 |
| 2004 | LOT | 89 | 295 | 258 | 31 | 66 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 103 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 54 | 12 | .256 | .331 | .399 | .733 |
| 2005 | LOT | 107 | 394 | 351 | 68 | 110 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 183 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 77 | 6 | .313 | .380 | .521 | .903 |
| 2006 | LOT | 115 | 344 | 298 | 38 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 107 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 84 | 6 | .218 | .295 | .359 | .661 |
| 2007 | LOT | 133 | 528 | 472 | 67 | 127 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 184 | 68 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 4 | 105 | 5 | .269 | .331 | .390 | .725 |
| 2008 | LOT | 105 | 390 | 346 | 43 | 100 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 144 | 56 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 70 | 5 | .289 | .359 | .416 | .779 |
| 2009 | LOT | 119 | 489 | 427 | 71 | 134 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 228 | 68 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 48 | 1 | 121 | 7 | .314 | .377 | .534 | .918 |
| 2010 | LOT | 125 | 513 | 452 | 58 | 118 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 194 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 2 | 118 | 14 | .261 | .344 | .429 | .774 |
| 2011 | LOT | 19 | 78 | 70 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 3 | .271 | .346 | .414 | .760 |
| Totals | 1406 | 4725 | 4112 | 604 | 1114 | 235 | 25 | 109 | 1726 | 541 | 78 | 50 | 98 | 47 | 430 | 38 | 940 | 76 | .271 | .342 | .420 | .765 | |
Takahito Kudo's Career Stats
| Yr | Tm | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | DP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2005 | HAM | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2007 | HAM | 72 | 231 | 215 | 23 | 62 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 76 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 44 | 0 | .288 | .329 | .353 | .682 |
| 2008 | HAM | 104 | 233 | 199 | 20 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 0 | .256 | .307 | .322 | .630 |
| 2009 | YOM | 49 | 56 | 51 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | .255 | .296 | .333 | .630 |
| 2010 | YOM | 40 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .231 | .333 | .231 | .564 |
| Totals | 270 | 563 | 504 | 58 | 132 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 163 | 32 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 121 | 0 | .262 | .309 | .323 | .633 | |
Hanshin Tigers send Hirotaka Egusa to Seibu Lions for Haruki Kurose
by Gen on May.24, 2011 @ 8:52 pm, under NPB
The Seibu Lions traded 26-year-old Haruki Kurose to the Hanshin Tigers for 30-year-old Hirotaka Egusa.
UPDATE 5/26 @ 11:00pm
The Tigers held a press conference to introduce Kurose today. They was also assigned the number 66.
UPDATE 5/27 @ 7:58pm
The Lions held a press conference for Egusa today. He was assigned the number 14.
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Egusa's Career Stats
| Yr | Tm | G | W | L | Sv | CG | ShO | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | HBP | SO | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
| 2003 | HAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.00 | 2.00 |
| 2004 | HAN | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 16.1 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2.76 | 1.59 |
| 2005 | HAN | 51 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 306 | 70.2 | 65 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 74 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 21 | 2.67 | 1.32 |
| 2006 | HAN | 36 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 416 | 96.2 | 89 | 5 | 46 | 6 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 38 | 3.54 | 1.40 |
| 2007 | HAN | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 60.0 | 57 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 1.95 | 1.50 |
| 2008 | HAN | 55 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 58.1 | 55 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 2.78 | 1.44 |
| 2009 | HAN | 62 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 274 | 63.0 | 50 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 65 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 2.71 | 1.43 |
| 2010 | HAN | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 19.1 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 5.12 | 1.81 |
| Totals | 285 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1692 | 387.1 | 363 | 22 | 196 | 17 | 393 | 23 | 2 | 142 | 127 | 2.95 | 1.44 | |
Kurose 's Career Stats
| Yr | Tm | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2007 | SEI | 12 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 |
| 2008 | SEI | 18 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .211 | .302 | .342 | .644 |
| 2009 | SEI | 24 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
| 2010 | SEI | 8 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .278 | .278 | .389 | .667 |
| Totals | 62 | 105 | 94 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 2 | .213 | .253 | .287 | .540 | |
Yakult Swallows send Yuji Onizaki to Seibu Lions for Chikara Onodera
by Gen on May.24, 2011 @ 8:06 am, under NPB
Sanspo is reporting that the Yakult Swallows have acquired Chikara Onodera from the Seibu Lions for money. The Swallows could make an official announcement of the deal sometime as early as today.
UPDATE @ 8:37pm
The deal will actually send 30-year-old Onodera to the Swallows for 28-year-old Yuji Onizaki.
UPDATE 5/25 @ 10:39pm
The Swallows held a press conference for Onodera at Jingu Stadium today. He was also assigned the number 29.
UPDATE 5/27 @ 7:58pm
The Lions held a press conference for Onizaki today. He was assigned the number 56.
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Onodera's Career Stats
| Tm | Yr | G | W | L | Sv | CG | ShO | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | HBP | SO | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
| 2003 | SEI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3.1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10.80 | 3.30 |
| 2004 | SEI | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 32.0 | 26 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 3.38 | 1.41 |
| 2005 | SEI | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 42.0 | 50 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 4.29 | 1.45 |
| 2006 | SEI | 59 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 60.2 | 51 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 2.82 | 1.14 |
| 2007 | SEI | 44 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 64.1 | 85 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 37 | 5.18 | 1.68 |
| 2008 | SEI | 50 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 55.2 | 54 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 22 | 3.56 | 1.37 |
| 2009 | SEI | 47 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 54.1 | 49 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 3.98 | 1.34 |
| 2010 | SEI | 41 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 41.2 | 42 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 3.67 | 1.15 |
| Totals | 300 | 23 | 24 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1527 | 354.0 | 364 | 29 | 127 | 12 | 266 | 21 | 0 | 166 | 155 | 3.94 | 1.39 | |
Onizaki's Career Stats
| Yr | Tm | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | DP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2008 | YAK | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2009 | YAK | 15 | 50 | 45 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .356 | .408 | .533 | .941 |
| 2010 | YAK | 60 | 96 | 87 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | .195 | .239 | .264 | .503 |
| 2011 | YAK | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 |
| Totals | 86 | 160 | 145 | 17 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 0 | .228 | .277 | .324 | .602 | |