Choji Murata

Choji Murata
Born: November 27, 1949
Toyoda-gun, Hiroshima JP
Deceased: November 11, 2022
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 171
Career: 1968-1990

Choji Murata compiled a career record of 215 wins and 177 losses, with 33 saves, and a 3.24 ERA in his 604-game pitching career with the Tokyo Orions and Lotte Orions. He began playing during the 1968 season and last took the field during the 1990 campaign.

Tokyo Orions

Lotte Orions

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1968	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	0	1	.000	3.86	3	0	1	0	0		7.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	29
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	6	8	.429	3.57	37	20	3	5	5		146.3	110	64	58	11	80	2	90	2	0	5	615
1970	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	5	6	.455	4.78	21	12	5	2	0		79.0	76	51	42	7	43	2	48	3	0	3	351
1971	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	12	8	.600	3.33	43	27	9	8	1		194.3	183	82	72	25	61	1	122	7	0	9	813
1972	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	3	3	.500	6.46	16	5	6	0	0		46.0	56	34	33	10	22	0	30	3	0	3	213
1973	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	8	11	.421	3.21	40	24	9	6	1		157.0	134	69	56	6	79	3	104	4	2	6	672
1974	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	12	10	.545	2.69	32	28	2	8	1	1	180.7	151	75	54	10	87	1	108	11	1	11	765
1975	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	9	12	.429	2.21	39	17	21	11	2	13	191.7	128	56	47	15	65	2	120	6	0	3	759
1976	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	21	11	.656	1.82	46	24	21	18	5	4	257.3	209	67	52	13	73	3	202	8	0	13	1037
1977	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	17	14	.548	2.68	47	28	17	15	2	6	235.0	216	85	70	15	62	2	180	8	0	10	975
1978	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	14	13	.519	2.90	37	27	9	17	3	3	223.3	188	84	72	18	58	2	174	15	0	10	907
1979	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	17	12	.586	2.96	37	32	4	21	3	2	255.0	224	99	84	26	55	2	230	5	0	10	1035
1980	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	9	9	.500	3.89	27	22	4	11	1	2	178.0	169	90	77	14	83	3	135	8	0	2	772
1981	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	19	8	.704	2.97	32	31	0	16	2	0	230.7	237	99	76	18	55	0	154	6	0	6	970
1982	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	4	1	.800	2.90	6	6	0	3	2	0	40.3	35	14	13	4	11	0	27	2	0	0	166
1984	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	0	1	.000	6.00	5	1	3	0	0	0	9.0	13	6	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	39
1985	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	17	5	.773	4.30	24	24	0	10	0	0	173.7	181	89	83	20	65	0	93	7	1	11	752
1986	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	8	11	.421	3.94	23	23	0	5	0	0	155.3	164	82	68	23	32	2	106	8	1	4	658
1987	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	7	9	.438	4.34	21	21	0	3	2	0	130.7	151	68	63	15	42	1	74	4	1	12	573
1988	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	10	7	.588	3.89	20	20	0	5	1	0	145.7	123	65	63	22	45	1	120	6	0	7	599
1989	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	7	9	.438	2.50	22	22	0	16	3	0	179.7	143	58	50	17	69	0	135	5	1	6	739
1990	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	10	8	.556	4.51	26	19	7	4	2	2	115.7	120	62	58	14	56	0	103	6	1	17	524
Totals				215	177	.548	3.24	604	433	121	184	36	33	3331.3	3019	1402	1200	304	1144	27	2363	124	8	148	13963

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH
1968	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	37	44	43	1	5	0	0	2	0	0	22	.116	.116	.116	.233	5	1	1
1970	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	26	25	21	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	12	.048	.048	.048	.095	1	0	4
1971	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	45	68	62	4	4	0	1	2	1	2	23	.065	.094	.113	.207	7	1	4
1972	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	16	14	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	.231	.231	.231	.462	3	0	1
1973	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	41	46	42	1	6	0	0	3	1	0	7	.143	.143	.143	.286	6	0	4
1974	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	33	66	58	1	5	1	0	4	0	0	20	.086	.086	.103	.190	6	3	8
Totals				202	264	240	9	25	1	1	12	2	2	89	.104	.112	.121	.232	29	5	22

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1968	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	P	3					.000
1968	Foreign Major	JPPL	Tokyo Orions	2B	1					.000
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	37					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	OF	3					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	21					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	1B	2					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	43					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	OF	2					.000
1972	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	16					.000
1973	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	40					.000
1973	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	OF	1					.000
1974	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	32					.000
1974	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	1B	1					.000
1975	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	39					.000
1975	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	OF	1					.000
1976	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	46					.000
1976	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	OF	3					.000
1976	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	1B	1					.000
1977	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	47					.000
1978	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	37					.000
1979	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	37					.000
1980	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	27					.000
1981	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	32					.000
1982	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	6					.000
1984	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	5					.000
1985	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	24					.000
1986	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	23					.000
1987	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	21					.000
1988	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	20					.000
1989	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	22					.000
1990	Foreign Major	JPPL	Lotte Orions	P	26					.000
Totals					619	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1968	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Tokyo Orions
1969	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1970	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1971	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1972	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1973	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1974	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1975	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1976	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1977	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1978	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1979	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1980	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1981	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1982	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1984	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1985	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1986	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1987	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1988	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1989	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions
1990	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Lotte Orions

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