Masahiro Kawai

Masahiro Kawai
Born: September 27, 1964
, Okayama JP
Primary Position: Shortstop
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 162
Career: 1984-2006

Masahiro Kawai compiled a career batting average of .266 with 43 home runs and 322 RBI in his 1909-game career with the Yomiuri Giants and Chunichi Dragons. He began playing during the 1984 season and last took the field during the 2006 campaign.

Yomiuri Giants

Chunichi Dragons

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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
1984	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	18	11	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.111	.273	.111	.384	1	0	0	0	0	0
1985	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	35	27	23	1	5	4	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	.217	.280	.391	.671	9	0	1	2	0	0
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	48	37	31	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.194	.265	.226	.491	7	0	2	3	0	0
1987	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	58	49	38	8	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.211	.318	.316	.634	12	1	2	5	0	1
1988	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	53	81	71	7	19	1	2	2	6	3	0	3	11	.268	.307	.423	.729	30	1	1	6	0	0
1989	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	98	381	319	40	81	9	5	5	28	6	4	23	46	.254	.312	.361	.673	115	4	5	32	2	0
1990	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	94	406	309	53	89	19	2	9	32	9	5	32	34	.288	.356	.450	.806	139	4	3	58	4	0
1991	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	126	561	439	53	110	17	2	2	36	8	0	49	56	.251	.331	.312	.643	137	6	5	66	2	0
1992	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	98	398	330	42	85	13	1	5	23	4	5	20	38	.258	.312	.348	.660	115	9	6	42	0	0
1993	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	131	553	462	58	134	23	2	5	35	2	10	43	64	.290	.350	.381	.731	176	9	1	45	2	0
1994	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	130	567	473	69	143	18	4	0	33	3	0	54	51	.302	.376	.357	.733	169	13	3	35	2	0
1995	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	108	467	371	51	97	13	0	2	19	3	3	47	47	.261	.348	.313	.660	116	12	2	47	0	0
1996	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	126	549	440	50	102	14	0	2	22	5	1	48	49	.232	.310	.277	.588	122	7	3	56	2	0
1997	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	124	507	416	68	120	21	2	6	25	2	3	39	40	.288	.355	.392	.747	163	6	5	45	2	0
1998	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	93	300	266	27	68	14	1	1	16	2	1	17	36	.256	.301	.327	.628	87	8	1	14	2	1
1999	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	82	186	149	19	44	1	0	0	14	0	2	17	12	.295	.371	.302	.673	45	3	1	19	0	1
2000	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	54	74	58	8	11	1	0	0	4	0	1	8	9	.190	.294	.207	.501	12	0	1	6	1	0
2001	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	73	64	52	6	15	3	0	2	5	0	0	2	11	.288	.315	.462	.776	24	0	0	10	0	0
2002	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	88	132	114	11	25	5	0	1	8	0	0	3	25	.219	.246	.289	.535	33	4	1	14	0	0
2003	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	72	90	80	5	19	3	1	0	3	0	1	1	10	.238	.247	.300	.547	24	3	0	9	0	0
2004	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	80	34	23	4	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	4	.261	.393	.391	.784	9	2	1	6	0	0
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	69	24	17	1	5	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	5	.294	.294	.412	.706	7	0	0	7	0	0
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	51	29	22	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.273	.304	.273	.577	6	0	1	6	0	0
Totals				1909	5527	4512	591	1199	186	22	43	322	47	36	418	570	.266	.333	.345	.678	1558	92	45	533	19	3

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1984	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	13						.000
1985	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	26						.000
1985	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3B	2						.000
1985	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2B	10						.000
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3B	6						.000
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	22						.000
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2B	17						.000
1987	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3B	8						.000
1987	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2B	25						.000
1987	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	22						.000
1987	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	OF	2						.000
1988	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	7						.000
1988	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	OF	21						.000
1988	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3B	2						.000
1988	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2B	19						.000
1989	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	92						.000
1989	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2B	3						.000
1989	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3B	10						.000
1990	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	94						.000
1991	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	126						.000
1992	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	95						.000
1993	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	131						.000
1994	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	129						.000
1995	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	108						.000
1996	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	125						.000
1997	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	123						.000
1998	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	89						.000
1999	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2B	6						.000
1999	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3B	32						.000
1999	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	OF	3						.000
1999	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	26						.000
2000	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2B	5						.000
2000	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	15						.000
2000	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3B	14						.000
2001	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3B	21						.000
2001	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2B	2						.000
2001	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	18						.000
2002	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3B	37						.000
2002	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	28						.000
2002	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2B	19						.000
2003	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3B	40						.000
2003	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	4						.000
2003	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2B	23						.000
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	3B	63	11	23	2	4	.944	.540
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	3B	44	0	20	0	0	1.000	.455
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	SS	2	0	0	0	0		.000
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	2B	1	4	2	0	1	1.000	6.000
Totals					1733	15	45	2	5	.968	.035

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1984	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1985	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1986	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1987	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1988	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1989	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1990	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1991	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1992	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1993	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1994	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1995	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1996	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1997	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1998	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1999	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2000	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2001	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2002	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2003	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2004	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2005	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2006	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons

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