Kazunari Tsuruoka

Kazunari Tsuruoka
Born: May 30, 1977
Takasago, Hyogo JP
Primary Position: Catcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 185
Career: 2000-2016

Kazunari Tsuruoka compiled a career batting average of .235 with 18 home runs and 140 RBI in his 719-game career with the Yokohama BayStars, Yomiuri Giants, Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Hanshin Tigers. He began playing during the 2000 season and last took the field during the 2016 campaign.

Yokohama BayStars

Yomiuri Giants

Hanshin Tigers

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Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2000	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
2001	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	9	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	12	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0	0	0	0	0
2004	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	25	60	55	6	22	2	1	2	5	0	2	2	13	.400	.421	.582	1.003	32	0	0	3	0	1
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	24	30	28	3	8	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	4	.286	.333	.464	.798	13	3	1	0	0	0
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	60	146	127	7	31	8	1	3	16	0	0	11	39	.244	.312	.394	.706	50	5	2	5	1	1
2007	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	36	87	69	3	15	3	0	0	8	0	0	11	10	.217	.349	.261	.610	18	3	3	4	0	3
2008	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	27	61	52	4	15	2	0	0	2	1	0	4	7	.288	.339	.327	.666	17	3	0	5	0	1
2008	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	31	56	48	4	8	2	0	2	6	0	0	6	12	.167	.259	.333	.593	16	2	0	2	0	0
2009	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	59	160	142	17	37	10	0	5	18	1	0	8	30	.261	.303	.437	.739	62	4	1	8	1	3
2010	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	32	43	35	4	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.229	.325	.257	.582	9	2	2	3	0	1
2011	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	34	63	55	6	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	.218	.283	.236	.520	13	0	1	3	0	1
2012	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	102	229	201	9	38	8	1	1	15	0	0	19	39	.189	.258	.254	.512	51	4	0	8	1	3
2013	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	108	318	280	27	70	18	0	3	40	1	0	26	50	.250	.312	.346	.658	97	7	1	7	4	3
2014	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	77	163	154	10	34	5	1	0	12	0	0	3	30	.221	.239	.266	.505	41	10	1	4	1	0
2015	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	70	179	153	16	35	8	0	1	15	0	0	15	43	.229	.296	.301	.597	46	2	0	10	1	1
2016	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	10	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				719	1620	1423	118	335	70	4	18	140	3	2	114	303	.235	.296	.328	.624	467	45	12	62	9	18

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
2000	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	1						.000
2002	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	10						.000
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	7	24	1	0	0	1.000	3.571	1
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	34	211	18	0	3	1.000	6.735	0
2007	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	32	183	14	4	4	.980	6.156	3
2008	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	C	29	116	7	0	1	1.000	4.241	1
2008	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	26	106	10	1	2	.991	4.462	0
2009	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	C	54	301	29	1	4	.997	6.111	3
2010	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	C	31	93	7	0	1	1.000	3.226	1
2011	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	C	29	116	9	1	2	.992	4.310	0
2012	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	C	101	428	46	2	4	.996	4.693	4
2013	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	C	107	606	48	4	13	.994	6.112	5
2014	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	76	376	41	3	7	.993	5.487	3
2015	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	70	426	36	1	6	.998	6.600	1
2016	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	10	24	1	1	0	.962	2.500	0
Totals					617	3010	267	18	47	.995	5.311	22	0	0

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	First Appearance	Final Appearance
2000	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
2001	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
2002	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
2004	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
2005	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
2006	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
2007	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
2008	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2008	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
2009	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2010	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants	March 31, 2010	September 10, 2010
2011	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants	April 12, 2011	October 12, 2011
2012	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	March 30, 2012	October 8, 2012
2013	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	April 3, 2013	October 5, 2013
2014	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers	April 10, 2014	October 1, 2014
2015	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers	May 6, 2015	October 4, 2015
2016	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers

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