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Masanori
Murakami		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: May 6, 1944 in Japan, , OTSUKI
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Platinum Arm 1975   
All-Star Selections 1975   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 20 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 7 6 7 4 3 3
1965 21 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 6 6 6 3 3 3
1966 22 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 6 6 6 3 3 3
1967 23 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 10 10 10 6 6 6 3 3 3
1968 24 TOR AL $ 2,178,571 6 10 10 10 7 6 6 3 3 3
1969 25 TOR AL $ 3,821,429 6 10 10 10 7 7 7 3 3 3
1970 26 TOR AL $ 4,750,000 6 10 10 10 7 7 7 3 3 3
1971 27 TOR AL $ 8,750,000 6 10 10 10 8 7 7 3 3 3
1972 28 TOR AL $ 8,750,000 6 10 10 10 8 8 8 3 3 3
1973 29 TOR AL $ 8,750,000 6 10 9 10 8 8 8 4 4 4
1974 30 NYA AL $ 5,500,000 6 10 9 9 8 8 8 4 4 4
1975 31 NYA AL $ 5,500,000 6 10 9 9 8 8 8 4 4 4
1976 32 NYA AL $ 5,500,000 6 10 9 9 8 8 8 4 4 4
1977 33 NYA AL $ 5,500,000 6 10 9 9 8 8 8 5 4 4
1978 34 NYA AL $ 8,000,000 6 10 9 9 8 8 8 4 3 3
1979 35 NYA AL $ 8,000,000 6 10 8 9 8 7 7 3 3 3
1980 36 CLN NL $ 8,000,000 6 8 7 7 7 6 6 3 3 3
1981 37 CLN NL $ 500,000 6 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,750,000 6 10 10 10 8 8 8 5 4 4
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 20 TOR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 21 TOR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 22 TOR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 23 TOR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 24 TOR AL $ 2,178,571   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 25 TOR AL $ 3,821,429   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 26 TOR AL $ 4,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 27 TOR AL $ 8,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 28 TOR AL $ 8,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 29 TOR AL $ 8,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 30 NYA AL $ 5,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 31 NYA AL $ 5,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1976 32 NYA AL $ 5,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1977 33 NYA AL $ 5,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1978 34 NYA AL $ 8,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1979 35 NYA AL $ 8,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1980 36 CLN NL $ 8,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1981 37 CLN NL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,750,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1964 20 TOR AL 5 4 .556 15 14 0 0 0 97.3 72 32 7 21 102 2.96 .206 .253 .352 .605 9.6
    AAA   10 5 .667 18 18 3 3 0 128.7 109 38 15 26 197 2.66 .225 .264 .367 .631  
1965 21 TOR AL 12 15 .444 44 44 2 1 0 285.0 215 102 27 105 307 3.22 .210 .286 .351 .637 22.9
1966 22 TOR AL 14 16 .467 44 44 1 0 0 288.0 213 90 23 85 335 2.81 .205 .269 .338 .607 22.9
1967 23 TOR AL 8 14 .364 36 36 0 0 0 227.3 200 110 34 92 269 4.35 .235 .313 .411 .723 6.5
1968 24 TOR AL 13 11 .542 37 36 0 0 0 240.3 160 84 33 85 275 3.15 .187 .263 .366 .629 16.1
1969 25 TOR AL 15 9 .625 34 34 2 0 0 233.7 180 82 25 66 251 3.16 .210 .267 .364 .631 18.7
1970 26 TOR AL 11 15 .423 36 36 2 2 0 228.0 190 101 33 67 227 3.99 .220 .279 .415 .695 11.3
1971 27 TOR AL 17 12 .586 34 34 2 0 0 235.7 181 92 28 61 249 3.51 .211 .267 .374 .640 18.4
1972 28 TOR AL 11 13 .458 34 34 2 0 0 243.0 208 111 26 63 233 4.11 .229 .281 .382 .663 14.8
1973 29 TOR AL 10 14 .417 34 34 2 0 0 216.7 213 120 29 75 216 4.98 .251 .313 .429 .743 9.2
1974 30 NYA AL 13 9 .591 31 31 1 1 0 221.3 184 80 26 55 195 3.25 .221 .273 .375 .648 19.2
1975 31 NYA AL 19 7 .731 31 31 5 1 0 220.7 176 71 25 56 179 2.90 .215 .270 .369 .639 20.4
1976 32 NYA AL 18 6 .750 34 34 6 1 0 255.3 213 90 26 59 190 3.17 .223 .273 .369 .642 23.8
1977 33 NYA AL 15 8 .652 35 35 4 2 0 247.0 215 102 28 57 184 3.72 .230 .275 .400 .675 17.6
1978 34 NYA AL 12 12 .500 36 36 5 1 0 258.3 233 94 22 65 172 3.27 .238 .286 .364 .649 17.7
1979 35 NYA AL 12 17 .414 32 32 3 0 0 211.3 214 91 19 63 168 3.88 .259 .311 .390 .701 11.2
1980 36 NYA AL 3 3 .500 11 9 0 0 0 73.0 75 29 8 17 49 3.58 .260 .302 .419 .721 5.1
  PHN NL 4 4 .500 10 8 0 0 0 72.3 62 28 6 23 46 3.48 .226 .288 .354 .642 4.9
  CLN NL 0 1 .000 5 4 0 0 0 5.0 11 7 1 5 5 12.60 .423 .516 .654 1.170 0.0
  TOT   7 8 .467 26 21 0 0 0 150.3 148 64 15 45 100 3.83 .251 .306 .399 .705 10.0
    AAA   0 2 .000 4 3 0 0 0 26.3 24 12 5 8 25 4.10 .233 .288 .427 .715  
1981 37 A   17 9 .654 31 31 6 4 0 245.3 135 29 13 53 274 1.06 .159 .209 .228 .437  
18 Years Sim 212 190 .527 573 566 37 9 0 3859.3 3215 1516 426 1120 3652 3.54 .223 .282 .379 .661 270.3
2 Years AAA 10 7 .588 22 21 3 3 0 155.0 133 50 20 34 222 2.90 .226 .268 .378 .646  
1 Years A 17 9 .654 31 31 6 4 0 245.3 135 29 13 53 274 1.06 .159 .209 .228 .437  
3 Years Minors 27 16 .628 53 52 9 7 0 400.3 268 79 33 87 496 1.78 .187 .233 .289 .522  
Season Average 12 11 .522 33 33 2 0 0 227.0 189 89 25 65 214 3.54 .223 .282 .379 .661  
Career Highs 19 17 .750 44 44 6 2 0 288.0 233 120 34 105 335 4.98 .259 .313 .429 .743  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2437 1095 306 817 2436   .237 .293 .398 .691
vs LH   778 421 120 303 1216   .190 .245 .330 .575
Home 99 95 .510 287 283 17 4 0 1948.6 1559 720 196 561 1888 3.33 .217 .273 .370 .643
Away 113 95 .543 286 283 21 5 0 1910.6 1656 796 230 559 1764 3.75 .230 .285 .388 .674
Mar/Apr 38 36 .514 95 95 5 1 0 645.3 580 277 76 176 591 3.86 .237 .288 .397 .685
May 35 30 .538 100 100 8 1 0 661.3 541 249 65 181 651 3.39 .220 .273 .355 .629
June 31 32 .492 91 91 7 3 0 618.6 501 250 76 193 563 3.64 .217 .277 .385 .662
July 41 33 .554 103 103 10 4 0 720.3 558 226 65 214 667 2.82 .212 .271 .351 .622
August 37 33 .529 97 97 6 0 0 671.3 557 268 76 186 660 3.59 .223 .277 .384 .661
Sep/Oct 30 26 .536 87 80 4 0 0 542.3 478 246 68 170 520 4.08 .233 .292 .409 .701
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1964 20 TOR AL 15 37 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 9 .162 .184 .189 .373 0.9 0.0
1965 21 TOR AL 44 89 6 9 3 0 0 4 1 0 1 23 .101 .110 .135 .245 -1.7 0.0
1966 22 TOR AL 44 90 3 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 31 .089 .128 .111 .239 -1.4 0.0
1967 23 TOR AL 36 77 7 9 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 24 .117 .150 .130 .280 -1.0 0.0
1968 24 TOR AL 37 80 1 7 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 25 .088 .098 .100 .198 -3.5 0.0
1980 36 AAA   1 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8  
1981 37 A   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
5 Years Sim 176 373 19 39 8 0 0 18 3 1 9 112 .105 .127 .126 .253 -6.7 0.0
1 Years AAA 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8  
1 Years A 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2 Years Minors 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7  
162 Game Average 343 17 35 7 0 0 16 2 0 8 103 .105 .127 .126 .253 -6.2  
Career Highs 44 90 7 9 3 0 0 4 1 1 3 31 .162 .184 .189 .373 0.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   237 14 19 3 0 0 11 3 1 5 70 .080 .102 .093 .195 -8.8
vs LH   136 5 20 5 0 0 7 0 0 4 42 .147 .171 .184 .355 1.3
Home 90 179 10 18 4 0 0 11 2 0 7 59 .101 .134 .123 .257 -2.8
Away 86 194 9 21 4 0 0 7 1 1 2 53 .108 .121 .129 .249 -4.7
RISP   94 0 12 3 0 0 17 0 0 3 30 .128 .152 .160 .311 -0.2
Close/Late   18 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .056 .100 .111 .211 -0.6
Mar/Apr 26 58 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 28 .086 .117 .086 .203 -1.9
May 29 58 2 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 15 .069 .098 .086 .185 -2.6
June 26 55 4 9 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 15 .164 .164 .200 .364 0.4
July 33 67 3 8 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 18 .119 .155 .134 .289 -0.2
August 37 82 3 7 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 22 .085 .096 .110 .206 -2.7
Sep/Oct 25 53 6 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 .113 .145 .151 .296 -0.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1964 20 TOR AL P 15 14 97.3 7 7 1 0 .933 1.29    
1965 21 TOR AL P 44 44 285.0 16 33 1 9 .980 1.55    
1966 22 TOR AL P 44 44 288.0 14 36 0 1 1.000 1.56    
1967 23 TOR AL P 36 36 227.3 6 38 2 1 .957 1.74    
1968 24 TOR AL P 37 36 240.3 11 32 0 0 1.000 1.61    
1969 25 TOR AL P 34 34 233.7 7 24 2 2 .939 1.19    
1970 26 TOR AL P 36 36 228.0 10 31 0 1 1.000 1.62    
1971 27 TOR AL P 34 34 235.7 14 28 1 4 .977 1.60    
1972 28 TOR AL P 34 34 243.0 11 31 2 0 .955 1.56    
1973 29 TOR AL P 34 34 216.7 11 24 0 2 1.000 1.45    
1974 30 NYA AL P 31 31 221.3 6 28 2 0 .944 1.38    
1975 31 NYA AL P 31 31 220.7 10 32 0 1 1.000 1.71    
1976 32 NYA AL P 34 34 255.3 21 44 0 3 1.000 2.29    
1977 33 NYA AL P 35 35 247.0 13 34 1 1 .979 1.71    
1978 34 NYA AL P 36 36 258.3 16 38 0 3 1.000 1.88    
1979 35 NYA AL P 32 32 211.3 6 36 2 1 .955 1.79    
1980 36 NYA AL P 11 9 73.0 3 11 1 0 .933 1.73    
  PHN NL P 10 8 72.3 3 11 1 0 .933 1.74    
  CLN NL P 5 4 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80    
Career Totals   573 566 3859.3 185 519 16 29 .978 1.64    
Career Highs   44 44 288.0 21 44 2 9 1.000 2.29    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1968 24 TOR AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.7 6 3 1 4 5 4.77 .286 .400 .524 .924
1969 25 TOR AL 0 2 .000 4 4 0 0 0 26.0 27 17 8 16 29 5.88 .262 .361 .573 .934
1971 27 TOR AL 0 3 .000 3 3 1 0 0 20.0 22 13 6 8 19 5.85 .275 .341 .575 .916
1974 30 NYA AL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 6.3 6 1 1 1 5 1.42 .240 .269 .400 .669
1975 31 NYA AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 8 4 1 2 10 4.50 .250 .294 .500 .794
1976 32 NYA AL 2 0 1.000 2 2 1 0 0 16.0 7 2 1 3 12 1.13 .127 .172 .255 .427
1977 33 NYA AL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 14 9 5 4 14 5.40 .241 .290 .569 .859
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 9 .182 15 15 2 0 0 97.0 90 49 23 38 94 4.55 .241 .311 .505 .816
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1968 24 TOR AL 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Career Post-Season Batting 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1966-5-2.81
1969-9-3.16
1974-2-3.25
1975-2-2.90
1976-6-3.17
1978-7-3.27
 Wins
1971-5-17
1975-2-19
1976-5-18
 Losses
1970-10-15
1973-8-14
1979-8-17
CAR-41-190
 Winning Pct
1975-4-.731
1976-2-.750
1977-8-.652
 Games Started
1965-1-44
1966-2-44
1969-8-34
1970-3-36
1971-6-34
1972-10-34
1973-10-34
1976-9-34
1977-5-35
1978-3-36
CAR-22-566
 Shutouts
1970-9-2
1974-7-1
1975-7-1
1977-6-2
Innings Pitched
1976-7-255.3
CAR-44-3859.3
 Homeruns Allowed
1967-10-34
1968-7-33
1970-4-33
1971-6-28
1973-9-29
1976-9-26
1977-7-28
CAR-16-426
 Strikeouts
1965-4-307
1966-2-335
1967-5-269
1968-5-275
1969-3-251
1970-6-227
1971-3-249
1972-4-233
1973-5-216
1974-2-195
1975-8-179
1976-5-190
1977-5-184
1978-2-172
1979-2-168
CAR-13-3652
 Walks Allowed
1965-10-105
 Walks per 9IP
1971-9-2.3
1972-6-2.3
1974-7-2.2
1975-6-2.3
1976-4-2.1
1977-7-2.1
1978-8-2.3
 Hits per 9IP
1965-5-6.8
1966-4-6.7
1968-2-6.0
1969-6-6.9
1971-6-6.9
1972-6-7.7
1974-5-7.5
1975-5-7.2
1976-7-7.5
1977-6-7.8
1978-7-8.1
CAR-26-7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP
1965-3-9.7
1966-2-10.5
1967-2-10.6
1968-3-10.3
1969-4-9.7
1970-4-9.0
1971-2-9.5
1972-3-8.6
1973-2-9.0
1974-2-7.9
1975-5-7.3
1976-10-6.7
1977-5-6.7
1978-7-6.0
1979-1-7.2
CAR-15-8.5
 WHiP
1965-8-1.12
1966-3-1.03
1968-4-1.02
1969-4-1.05
1970-10-1.13
1971-5-1.03
1972-3-1.12
1974-2-1.08
1975-2-1.05
1976-4-1.07
1977-2-1.10
1978-4-1.15
CAR-14-1.12
 OAVG
1965-6-.210
1966-4-.205
1968-1-.187
1969-6-.210
1970-10-.220
1971-7-.211
1972-6-.229
1974-5-.221
1975-5-.215
1976-5-.223
1977-6-.230
1978-7-.238
CAR-21-.223
 OOBP
1965-8-.286
1966-4-.269
1968-4-.263
1969-4-.267
1970-10-.279
1971-5-.267
1972-4-.281
1973-10-.313
1974-2-.273
1975-2-.270
1976-4-.273
1977-1-.275
1978-3-.286
CAR-14-.282
 OSLG
1966-7-.338
 OOPS
1966-5-.607
1969-10-.631
1974-5-.648
1975-2-.639
1976-8-.642
1978-5-.649
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 188    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 48    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  3. Gary Peters (876)
  4. Rollie Fingers (875)
  5. Milt Wilcox (874)
  6. Don Sutton (862)
  7. Jim Kaat (862)
  8. Frank Tanana (848)
  9. John Denny (845)
  10. Don Newcombe (844)
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  1. Hal Reniff (989)
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  3. Bob Veale (988)
  4. Rube Melton (988)
  5. Joe Horlen (988)
  6. Bill Singer (986)
  7. Charlie Beamon (984)
  8. Mickey Lolich (983)
  9. Mike Cuellar (982)
  10. Tex Hughson (981)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Toronto in 1964
Had first career hit on 7/6/1964, off Joe Moeller (MIN)
Earned first career win on 7/10/1964
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1965, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1966, going 4-2, 1.75
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,178,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/2/1968 with a Spasms Back, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,821,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,750,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/4/1970 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
9/1/1970: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $8,750,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 9/18/1970 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/22/1973 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/2/1974 to a 4-year deal worth $5,500,000 per year
Injured on 10/8/1974 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1977, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1977, going 5-0, 0.92
9/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $8,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from New York (A) to Philadelphia on 6/1/1980 (Going to NYA: P Jerry Augustine. Going to PHN: P Masanori Murakami, RF Jose Ortiz)
Traded from Philadelphia to Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1980 (Going to PHN: P Dave Laroche. Going to CLN: P Richard Dotson, P Masanori Murakami, P Mike Jones)
7/31/1980: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $500,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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