Akinori Otsuka

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: January 13, 1972 in Chiba, Japan jp

High School: Yokoshiba Keiai HS (Japan)

School: Tokai University (Japan)

Debut: April 6, 2004 (Age 32-084d, 18,397th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: July 1, 2007 (Age 35-169d)
vs. BOS 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2004 season

Agents: Don Nomura, Joe Urbon

Full Name: Akinori Otsuka

Pronunciation: \AK-in-orie OTS-ka\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.6

ERA

2.44

236

232.0

217

WHIP

1.164

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2006 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2006 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 4	TEX		BOS	W,10-4		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	4 (1)	Apr 6	TEX		DET	L,6-10		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (2)	Apr 9	TEX		DET	W,5-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	9 (1)	Apr 11	TEX	@	LAA	L,4-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	11 (1)	Apr 14	TEX	@	OAK	W,6-3		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	13 (1)	Apr 16	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-3		5	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
7	14	Apr 18	TEX	@	SEA	W,7-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	15	Apr 19	TEX	@	SEA	L,6-9		1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	18 (2)	Apr 22	TEX		TBD	W,6-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	20 (1)	Apr 24	TEX		OAK	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	21	Apr 25	TEX		OAK	W,6-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	24 (2)	Apr 29	TEX	@	CLE	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	26 (1)	May 1	TEX	@	TBD	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	27	May 2	TEX	@	TBD	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	28	May 3	TEX		BAL	W,2-1		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	32 (3)	May 7	TEX		NYY	L,5-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	33	May 8	TEX		MIN	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
18	35 (1)	May 10	TEX		MIN	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	37 (1)	May 15	TEX	@	NYY	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	38	May 16	TEX	@	NYY	L,13-14	GF	4	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
21	40 (1)	May 18	TEX	@	NYY	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	44 (3)	May 22	TEX		LAA	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
23	47 (2)	May 25	TEX		OAK	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	48	May 26	TEX		OAK	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	50 (1)	May 28	TEX		OAK	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	52 (1)	May 30	TEX		SEA	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	54 (1)	Jun 2	TEX	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	58 (3)	Jun 7	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	61 (2)	Jun 10	TEX	@	BOS	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	62	Jun 11 (1)	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	67 (4)	Jun 15	TEX		CHW	L,2-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	68	Jun 16	TEX		ARI	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	70 (1)	Jun 18	TEX		ARI	W,10-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
34	72 (1)	Jun 21	TEX		SDP	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	73	Jun 22	TEX		SDP	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	74	Jun 23	TEX	@	COL	W,8-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	80 (5)	Jun 30	TEX		HOU	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	82 (1)	Jul 2	TEX		HOU	L,5-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	86 (3)	Jul 7	TEX		MIN	W,9-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	88 (1)	Jul 9	TEX		MIN	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	90 (1)	Jul 14	TEX	@	BAL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	94 (3)	Jul 18	TEX	@	TOR	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	95	Jul 19	TEX	@	TOR	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
44	98 (2)	Jul 22	TEX	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	102 (3)	Jul 26	TEX		NYY	L,7-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	104 (1)	Jul 29	TEX		KCR	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	108 (3)	Aug 2	TEX	@	MIN	W,10-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	109	Aug 3	TEX	@	LAA	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	112 (2)	Aug 6	TEX	@	LAA	L,1-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	117 (4)	Aug 11	TEX		SEA	W,14-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	118	Aug 12	TEX		SEA	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
52	123 (4)	Aug 18	TEX	@	DET	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	124	Aug 19	TEX	@	DET	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	125	Aug 20	TEX	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	129 (3)	Aug 24	TEX	@	TBD	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	132 (2)	Aug 27	TEX		OAK	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
57	134 (1)	Aug 30	TEX		BAL	L,4-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	135	Aug 31	TEX		BAL	W,7-5	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	138 (2)	Sep 3	TEX		CLE	W,5-2	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	140 (1)	Sep 5	TEX	@	OAK	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
61	144 (3)	Sep 10	TEX	@	SEA	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
62	148 (3)	Sep 15	TEX		LAA	L,1-2		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	152 (3)	Sep 19	TEX		SEA	L,7-9		7	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
							63gm		59.2	3	10	1	14	2