Player Report for #35 Izo Kato

04/26/1981

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C Izo Kato #35

Age: 37

Bats: R

Throws: R

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	9	9	9	10
Gap	2	2	2	3
Power	1	1	1	2
Eye	9	10	9	9
Avoid K's	14	15	14	17

Fielding Ratings
	Catcher	Infield	Outfield
Range:	-	2	4
Errors:	-	5	6
Arm:	6	10	10
Turn DP:	-	9	-
Ability:	5	-	-

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

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	5
Stealing Ability:	7
Baserunning Inst.:	8
Sacrifice Bunt:	10
Bunt for Hit:	5

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

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

Izo Kato
Birthday:	05/06/1939
Born in:	Hirara (Okinawa)
Nationality:	Japanese
Height:	5' 11"
Weight:	209 lbs
Local Popularity:	Unknown
National Pop.:	Unknown

Status
Contract:	RETIRED
Salary:	-
Signed Through:	-
Major Service:	4 Years, 95 Days
Service This Yr:	None
40-Man Service:	6 Years, 143 Days
Pro Service:	14 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	Out of option years
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	1962, 11th Pick in Round 3

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
1969 Philadelphia - ABA	30	35	98	19	3	0	1	7	11	8	0	2	7	0	0	.194	.250	.255	.505	49	-4.6
1970 Philadelphia - ABA	31	37	113	35	1	0	0	12	12	7	0	1	4	0	1	.310	.347	.319	.666	90	-0.3
1971 Philadelphia - ABA	32	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-23	-0.4
1972 Philadelphia - ABA	33	4	12	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	198	2.1
1973 Philadelphia - ABA	34	41	119	39	1	1	3	19	13	4	1	2	4	1	0	.328	.349	.429	.778	121	7.9
1974 Philadelphia - ABA	35	46	151	36	2	0	1	13	17	14	2	2	12	0	1	.238	.308	.272	.579	68	-3.2
1975 Philadelphia - ABA	36	20	68	18	1	0	0	5	8	5	0	0	7	1	0	.265	.315	.279	.594	69	-0.7
Total ABA		186	564	153	8	1	5	56	63	39	3	7	36	2	2	.271	.318	.316	.634	82	0.7

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
1962 Total - COL	23	63	286	87	7	1	3	52	73	25	2	3	5	11	4	.304	.361	.367	.728	100	0.0
1962 Costa Mesa - A	23	33	125	26	4	1	0	9	12	14	1	1	7	0	0	.208	.291	.256	.547	58	-2.4
1963 Costa Mesa - A	24	108	408	108	19	2	10	56	45	44	5	3	31	0	2	.265	.341	.395	.736	114	18.0
1964 Costa Mesa - A	25	86	319	97	13	0	9	38	47	36	4	3	14	0	1	.304	.378	.429	.808	135	23.6
1964 Alice - AA	25	17	54	14	1	0	0	5	6	10	1	0	5	0	0	.259	.385	.278	.662	100	1.3
1965 Keswick - AAA	26	34	77	15	2	0	0	7	9	4	0	1	4	0	0	.195	.232	.221	.452	35	-5.9
1966 Alice - AA	27	27	105	28	7	0	0	10	10	10	0	1	2	1	0	.267	.328	.333	.661	98	3.7
1966 Keswick - AAA	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	491	0.0
1967 Costa Mesa - A	28	41	161	43	3	0	4	21	20	16	2	1	8	0	0	.267	.339	.360	.699	101	7.9
1967 Alice - AA	28	7	28	8	3	0	2	5	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	.286	.394	.607	1.001	198	4.2
1968 Kingsville - AA	29	1	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	278	0.9
1968 Peterborough - AAA	29	114	439	128	13	4	4	28	54	34	6	4	11	0	2	.292	.348	.367	.715	127	23.0
1970 Brantford - AAA	31	16	58	16	3	0	0	3	4	9	1	0	5	0	0	.276	.382	.328	.710	108	2.1
1971 Brantford - AAA	32	83	335	88	7	0	2	16	26	29	5	0	17	0	1	.263	.331	.301	.632	82	0.2
1972 Brantford - AAA	33	92	337	88	6	1	5	26	26	23	2	2	11	0	0	.261	.310	.329	.640	96	7.6
1973 Brantford - AAA	34	14	53	13	3	1	0	7	4	8	0	0	3	0	0	.245	.344	.340	.684	97	1.2
1975 Brantford - AAA	36	23	83	21	0	0	0	13	5	9	0	2	8	0	1	.253	.319	.253	.572	57	-2.7
1976 Harlingen - AA	37	43	87	25	1	0	0	10	6	11	0	2	8	0	0	.287	.360	.299	.659	95	1.4
1976 Brantford - AAA	37	8	17	7	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.474	.471	.944	168	2.4
Total GHL		385	1400	377	35	6	11	101	128	118	14	9	59	0	4	.269	.330	.326	.657	99	27.8
Total STL		95	278	77	13	0	2	31	27	34	3	3	15	1	0	.277	.358	.345	.704	110	11.5
Total SCL		268	1013	274	39	3	23	124	124	110	12	8	60	0	3	.270	.346	.383	.729	111	47.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RNG	ZR	EFF	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1969 Philadelphia - ML	C	24	21	135	11	1	147	1	.993	196.0	6.70	+0.1	.908	2	17	7	41.2
1969 Philadelphia - ML	LF	6	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	29.1	0.92	-0.1	.975
1969 Philadelphia - ML	RF	4	1	5	1	1	7	1	.857	21.0	2.57	-0.0	.991
1970 Philadelphia - ML	C	16	13	85	6	0	92	1	.989	123.0	6.66	-2.1	1.018	2	16	2	12.5
1970 Philadelphia - ML	LF	19	17	33	0	0	36	3	.917	149.0	1.99	-6.5	.781
1970 Philadelphia - ML	RF	2	1	3	0	0	4	1	.750	14.0	1.93	-0.8	.746
1971 Philadelphia - ML	C	2	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	8.0	5.63	-0.2	.000	0	1	0	0.0
1971 Philadelphia - ML	RF	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	-0.0	.994
1972 Philadelphia - ML	C	4	3	18	4	0	22	0	1.000	28.1	6.99	-0.7	1.038	1	3	0	0.0
1973 Philadelphia - ML	C	28	24	140	18	2	161	3	.981	221.2	6.42	+1.8	.974	1	21	10	47.6
1973 Philadelphia - ML	LF	8	7	9	0	0	12	3	.750	62.0	1.31	-2.6	.714
1973 Philadelphia - ML	RF	5	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	11.1	1.59	-0.0	.993
1974 Philadelphia - ML	C	25	23	139	24	3	166	3	.982	203.0	7.23	+3.7	.955	5	34	19	55.9
1974 Philadelphia - ML	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	+0.0	1.010
1974 Philadelphia - ML	LF	13	12	14	1	0	15	0	1.000	113.2	1.19	-2.6	.787
1974 Philadelphia - ML	RF	3	0	6	0	0	7	1	.857	20.1	2.66	-0.1	.986
1975 Philadelphia - ML	C	17	15	88	9	0	97	0	1.000	137.1	6.36	-1.1	1.022	1	25	6	24.0
1975 Philadelphia - ML	RF	3	2	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	20.0	2.70	-1.5	.745

Player History
06/15/1962	Drafted in the 1962 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 11, 47th overall pick) by the Atlanta Rebels, out of college (Texas).
07/08/1962	Signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Rebels organization with a signing bonus of $13,400.
07/11/1962	Injured (knee tendinitis), day-to-day for 5 days.
01/01/1963	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (9); Power: 2 (2); Eye: 3 (4).
06/03/1963	Was selected to the 1963 Southern California League All-Star Game.
01/01/1964	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (7); Power: 1 (2); Eye: 5 (5).
06/08/1964	Was selected to the 1964 Southern California League All-Star Game.
07/27/1964	Wins the SCL SL Player of the Week Award.
09/03/1964	Won the 1964 Golden Horseshoe League Ontario Series with the Keswick Ice Fishers!
01/01/1965	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (8); Power: 2 (2); Eye: 6 (7).
01/01/1966	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 11 (11); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 6 (6).
05/11/1966	Injured (broken bone in elbow), out for 6 months.
01/01/1967	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (9); Power: 2 (3); Eye: 6 (6).
06/03/1967	Released by the Atlanta organization.
01/01/1968	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (11); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 5 (5).
04/04/1968	Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Boston Colonials organization.
06/03/1968	Wins the GHL MCL Player of the Week Award.
06/07/1968	Was selected to the 1968 Golden Horseshoe League All-Star Game.
09/30/1968	Became a minor league free agent.
10/25/1968	Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $71,000 with the Philadelphia Blue Rocks organization.
01/01/1969	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 6 (6).
01/01/1970	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (12); Power: 2 (2); Eye: 6 (6).
01/01/1971	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (12); Power: 3 (3); Eye: 7 (7).
06/03/1971	Injured (partially torn labrum), out for 6 weeks.
01/01/1972	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (12); Power: 2 (2); Eye: 7 (7).
06/09/1972	Was selected to the 1972 Golden Horseshoe League All-Star Game.
07/11/1972	Injured (strained rib cage muscle), day-to-day for 2 weeks.
07/14/1972	Injured (wrist tendinitis), out for 3 weeks.
08/12/1972	Injured (sprained elbow), out for 3 weeks.
01/01/1973	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 11 (11); Power: 2 (2); Eye: 7 (7).
01/01/1974	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 2 (2); Eye: 7 (7).
01/01/1975	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 2 (2); Eye: 9 (9).
08/15/1975	Injured (cold), day-to-day for 1 day.
01/01/1976	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (10); Power: 1 (2); Eye: 9 (9).
09/02/1976	Retired from professional baseball.