Akinori Otsuka
[edit] Biography
Born on January 13, 1972 in Chiba, Japan, Akinori Otsuka (Akinori Otsuka) played for the San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers over the course of his 3 year career. Otsuka broke into the bigs on April 6, 2004 with the San Diego Padres, and put up a 1.75 ERA in 77.1 innings pitched in 2004, his rookie year.
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| 2004
| SD
| N
| 73
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 1.75
| 87
| 16
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 77.1
| 56
| 6
| 26
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 2005
| SD
| N
| 66
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 3.59
| 60
| 28
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 62.2
| 55
| 3
| 34
| 8
| 1
| 2
|
| 2006
| TEX
| A
| 63
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 2.11
| 47
| 17
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 59.2
| 53
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 2007
| TEX
| A
| 34
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 2.51
| 23
| 10
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 32.1
| 26
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 139
| 0
| 9
| 10
| 2.57
| 147
| 44
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 140
| 111
| 9
| 60
| 14
| 1
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 97
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 2.25
| 70
| 27
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 92
| 79
| 3
| 20
| 1
| 3
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 236
| 0
| 13
| 15
| 2.44
| 217
| 71
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 232
| 190
| 12
| 80
| 15
| 4
| 2
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 2004
| SD
| N
| P
| 73
| 0
| 77.1
| 7
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 1
| 0
| .900
|
| 2005
| SD
| N
| P
| 66
| 0
| 62.2
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 2006
| TEX
| A
| P
| 63
| 0
| 59.2
| 3
| 10
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| .929
|
| 2007
| TEX
| A
| P
| 34
| 0
| 32.1
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| .800
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 236
| 0
| 232
| 17
| 30
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 20
| 5
| 0
| .904
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 2004
| SD
| N
| 73
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2005
| SD
| N
| 66
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2006
| TEX
| A
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2007
| TEX
| A
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 139
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 97
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 236
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by San Diego Padres (December 9, 2003).
- Traded by San Diego Padres with Adam Eaton and Billy Killian to Texas Rangers in exchange for Adrian Gonzalez, Terrmel Sledge and Chris Young (January 6, 2006).
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