Player Report for #47 Hidekazu Gato

04/26/1981

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LF Hidekazu Gato #47

Age: 36

Bats: L

Throws: L

Morale: Normal

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0

	Overall	Potential
Contact
Gap
Power
Eye
Avoid K's

Batting Ratings (OSA)
	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Potential
Contact	7	7	8	7
Gap	1	1	1	2
Power	11	10	11	11
Eye	3	3	3	3
Avoid K's	10	10	10	11

Fielding Ratings
	Catcher	Infield	Outfield
Range:	-	1	6
Errors:	-	2	8
Arm:	1	2	12
Turn DP:	-	1	-
Ability:	1	-	-

Position Ratings
Pitcher:	-	Shortstop:	-
Catcher:	-	Left Field:	6
1st Base:	2	Center Field:	-
2nd Base:	-	Right Field:	5
3rd Base:	-

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	10
Stealing Ability:	6
Baserunning Inst.:	3
Sacrifice Bunt:	6
Bunt for Hit:	1

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Vs.	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB

Personality Ratings
Leader Ability:	Normal
Loyalty:	High
Desire f. Win:	Very Low
Greed:	Normal
Intelligence:	Very Low
Work Ethic:	Low

Hidekazu Gato
Birthday:	12/16/1931
Born in:	Kiryu (Gumma)
Nationality:	Japanese
Height:	6' 5"
Weight:	229 lbs
Local Popularity:	Fair
National Pop.:	Unknown

Status
Contract:	RETIRED
Salary:	-
Signed Through:	-
Major Service:	5 Years, 39 Days
Service This Yr:	None
40-Man Service:	8 Years, 41 Days
Pro Service:	15 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	Out of option years
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	1952, 14th Pick in Round 7

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+	VORP
1957 Cincinnati - ABA	25	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-1.3
1958 Cincinnati - ABA	26	18	12	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	.167	.214	.167	.381	10	-1.8
1959 Cincinnati - ABA	27	20	17	4	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	.235	.278	.235	.513	46	-1.0
1960 Cincinnati - ABA	28	68	138	41	4	0	7	22	19	8	0	1	15	1	2	.297	.333	.478	.812	127	5.5
1961 Cincinnati - ABA	29	97	245	59	6	0	10	35	26	10	2	2	21	1	1	.241	.274	.388	.662	88	-8.8
1962 Cincinnati - ABA	30	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-36	-1.5
Total ABA		213	426	107	10	0	17	59	49	18	4	4	45	2	3	.251	.285	.394	.680	92	-8.9

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+	VORP
1952 Total - COL	20	57	267	75	1	1	3	42	56	15	2	3	37	36	14	.281	.321	.326	.646	100	0.0
1952 Montebello - A	20	48	196	61	4	1	6	18	32	23	0	1	30	1	2	.311	.382	.434	.815	142	12.7
1952 Corpus Christi - AA	20	11	43	11	0	0	2	5	5	1	0	0	6	0	0	.256	.273	.395	.668	77	0.3
1953 Corpus Christi - AA	21	89	343	122	14	2	4	41	43	43	3	5	35	1	3	.356	.426	.443	.870	130	21.2
1954 Corpus Christi - AA	22	99	395	133	14	1	15	62	73	38	2	6	46	1	4	.337	.392	.491	.883	130	21.3
1955 Victoria - AA	23	30	116	46	3	0	8	15	24	10	0	1	10	0	0	.397	.441	.629	1.070	194	16.7
1955 Kitchener - AAA	23	18	43	12	2	1	0	3	3	3	0	0	4	1	0	.279	.326	.372	.698	96	0.9
1956 Kitchener - AAA	24	52	109	24	1	0	4	13	11	6	0	1	12	0	0	.220	.259	.339	.598	66	-5.1
1957 Kitchener - AAA	25	34	77	28	0	0	5	16	12	4	2	1	11	0	2	.364	.405	.558	.963	169	8.9
1959 Kitchener - AAA	27	16	45	14	0	0	2	4	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.311	.326	.444	.771	109	1.3
1960 Kitchener - AAA	28	56	145	44	0	1	11	26	18	6	2	0	14	1	1	.303	.340	.545	.885	143	11.5
1962 Kitchener - AAA	30	36	142	40	3	0	14	29	23	6	2	0	14	0	0	.282	.320	.599	.919	149	9.8
1963 Victoria - AA	31	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.9
1963 Kitchener - AAA	31	57	61	13	2	0	1	5	6	2	0	0	12	0	0	.213	.238	.295	.533	57	-3.8
1964 Kitchener - AAA	32	57	152	40	3	0	8	16	18	4	1	1	25	0	1	.263	.285	.441	.726	114	4.8
1965 Kitchener - AAA	33	62	122	36	0	0	9	23	18	8	1	1	19	0	0	.295	.341	.516	.857	146	9.5
1966 Kitchener - AAA	34	13	15	4	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.267	.250	.267	.517	52	-0.5
1967 Kitchener - AAA	35	13	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	-68	-1.7
Total GHL		414	920	255	11	2	54	139	112	41	8	5	119	2	4	.277	.312	.470	.782	120	35.6
Total STL		230	901	312	31	3	29	123	145	92	5	12	97	2	7	.346	.405	.484	.889	135	58.6
Total SCL		48	196	61	4	1	6	18	32	23	0	1	30	1	2	.311	.382	.434	.815	142	12.7

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+	VORP
1960 Cincinnati - ABA	28	5	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	0.0
1961 Cincinnati - ABA	29	6	24	4	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	5	0	1	.167	.310	.167	.477	0	0.0
Total ABA		11	38	4	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	7	0	1	.105	.227	.105	.333	0	0.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RNG	ZR	EFF	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1957 Cincinnati - ML	RF	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	+0.0	1.006
1958 Cincinnati - ML	1B	7	0	8	0	2	8	0	1.000	10.0	7.20	+0.1	1.072
1958 Cincinnati - ML	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.2	0.00	0.0	.000
1959 Cincinnati - ML	1B	5	0	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	7.0	7.71	0.0	.000
1959 Cincinnati - ML	LF	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.2	5.40	-0.0	.949
1959 Cincinnati - ML	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0	.000
1959 Cincinnati - ML	RF	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0	.000
1960 Cincinnati - ML	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0	.000
1960 Cincinnati - ML	LF	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	18.0	1.00	-0.1	.962
1960 Cincinnati - ML	CF	9	7	8	1	0	9	0	1.000	64.0	1.27	-0.1	.981
1960 Cincinnati - ML	RF	26	16	32	1	0	33	0	1.000	166.1	1.79	-0.8	.969
1961 Cincinnati - ML	1B	5	0	23	0	0	23	0	1.000	17.1	11.94	+0.0	1.088
1961 Cincinnati - ML	LF	32	30	51	4	0	55	0	1.000	271.2	1.82	-1.9	.950
1961 Cincinnati - ML	CF	13	11	32	2	0	34	0	1.000	95.1	3.21	-3.8	.866
1961 Cincinnati - ML	RF	15	10	20	1	0	23	2	.913	92.0	2.05	-1.2	.925
1962 Cincinnati - ML	LF	3	3	5	0	0	6	1	.833	16.2	2.70	-0.1	.984

Player History
06/15/1952	Drafted in the 1952 first-year player draft (Round 7, Pick 14, 118th overall pick) by the Chicago Clout, out of college (Maryland).
08/18/1952	Wins the SCL NL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1953	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 2 (5); Eye: 4 (6).
04/28/1953	Goes 0-4 against the Brownsville Eagles, ending his hitting streak at 20 games.
06/16/1953	Injured (chronic back soreness), out for 5 weeks.
01/01/1954	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (9); Power: 3 (5); Eye: 5 (6).
05/18/1954	Goes 0-3 against the Harlingen Herons, ending his hitting streak at 21 games.
06/13/1954	Injured (hamstring strain), out for 3-4 weeks.
07/11/1954	Was selected to the 1954 South Texas League All-Star Game.
08/02/1954	Injured (shoulder soreness), day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
11/12/1954	Was traded by the Chicago Clout to the Cincinnati Rivermen, along with SS Kyle Shaftoe, in exchange for 2B Lee Parkinson, RF Ben Clark.
01/01/1955	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (8); Power: 5 (7); Eye: 4 (4).
08/08/1955	Wins the STL GL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1956	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 6 (8); Eye: 3 (3).
08/07/1956	Injured (torn labrum (Shoulder)), out for 10 months.
01/01/1957	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 7 (8); Eye: 3 (3).
10/14/1957	Won the 1957 American Baseball Association Heckel Cup with the Cincinnati Rivermen!
01/01/1958	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 10 (10); Eye: 3 (3).
04/03/1958	Injured (strained back), out for 3 weeks.
04/19/1958	Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 2 weeks.
01/01/1959	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 11 (11); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 3 (3).
08/25/1959	Injured (heat exhaustion), day-to-day for 2 days.
01/01/1960	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 11 (11); Power: 11 (11); Eye: 2 (2).
01/01/1961	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (12); Power: 13 (13); Eye: 2 (2).
10/11/1961	Won the 1961 American Baseball Association Heckel Cup with the Cincinnati Rivermen!
01/01/1962	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 12 (12); Eye: 2 (2).
05/10/1962	Goes 5-5 against the St. Catherines Wildcats, with 2 HR, 2 RBI and 2 R.
05/14/1962	Wins the GHL MKL Player of the Week Award.
05/19/1962	Injured (post-concussion syndrome), out for 4-5 months.
10/06/1962	Won the 1962 American Baseball Association Heckel Cup with the Cincinnati Rivermen!
01/01/1963	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 10 (10); Eye: 2 (2).
01/01/1964	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 12 (12); Eye: 2 (2).
05/16/1964	Injured (intercostal strain), out for 1-2 weeks.
05/25/1964	Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 5 days.
01/01/1965	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 10 (10); Eye: 3 (3).
05/03/1965	Injured (pinched nerve (neck)), out for 4 weeks.
05/25/1965	Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 2 weeks.
01/01/1966	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 10 (10); Eye: 4 (4).
01/01/1967	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (7); Power: 11 (11); Eye: 3 (3).
08/31/1967	Retired from professional baseball.

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	IBB	Rank
1961	4	9