Makoto Matsubara

Makoto Matsubara
Born: January 13, 1944
Iino, Saitama JP
Primary Position: First base
All Position(s) Played: 2B, 3B, C, OF, SS
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 178
Career: 1962-1981

Makoto Matsubara compiled a career batting average of .276 with 331 home runs and 1180 RBI in his 2303-game career with the Taiyo Whales, Yokohama Taiyo Whales and Yomiuri Giants. He began playing during the 1962 season and last took the field during the 1981 campaign.

Taiyo Whales

Yokohama Taiyo Whales

Yomiuri Giants

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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
1962	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	34	35	31	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	.194	.286	.226	.512	7	1	0	0	0	0
1963	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	11	17	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.176	.176	.176	.353	3	2	0	0	0	0
1964	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	78	114	102	12	27	6	2	1	7	1	1	10	14	.265	.330	.392	.723	40	7	0	2	0	0
1965	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	125	338	310	38	75	19	2	6	29	3	3	22	35	.242	.296	.374	.670	116	11	2	3	1	0
1966	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	129	516	477	49	140	32	2	10	56	3	3	27	54	.294	.329	.432	.761	206	6	2	3	7	4
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	126	451	409	41	101	28	0	14	58	5	6	36	65	.247	.312	.418	.730	171	15	3	2	1	0
1968	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	133	565	515	81	143	24	2	28	86	14	7	42	65	.278	.338	.495	.833	255	18	6	0	2	0
1969	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	130	546	493	53	125	23	1	18	67	2	6	48	46	.254	.319	.414	.732	204	11	1	0	4	2
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	128	515	455	73	128	14	0	30	85	4	6	50	71	.281	.358	.510	.868	232	14	6	1	3	2
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	129	520	465	58	114	19	1	23	65	5	4	49	41	.245	.319	.439	.758	204	12	3	0	3	5
1972	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	130	546	495	69	134	27	0	25	74	3	2	42	41	.271	.330	.477	.806	236	16	4	0	5	0
1973	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	130	538	507	55	141	24	0	24	78	3	0	19	54	.278	.305	.467	.772	237	20	4	0	8	1
1974	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	128	535	496	74	157	26	2	21	83	9	4	28	24	.317	.350	.504	.854	250	13	2	1	8	1
1975	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	126	526	486	68	136	23	0	23	83	9	2	36	40	.280	.329	.469	.798	228	14	1	0	3	0
1976	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	126	522	478	67	138	25	2	33	85	6	5	36	41	.289	.333	.556	.890	266	10	0	0	8	3
1977	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	129	568	516	87	146	26	1	34	110	5	5	45	45	.283	.342	.535	.877	276	10	3	1	3	4
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	129	551	499	70	164	45	0	16	91	4	2	39	36	.329	.376	.515	.891	257	14	4	0	9	5
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	122	470	428	55	114	22	0	13	62	4	2	35	26	.266	.326	.409	.734	175	9	4	0	3	6
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	111	357	340	33	89	21	0	11	53	2	1	15	24	.262	.294	.421	.715	143	9	1	0	1	2
1981	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	36	67	60	3	14	0	0	1	8	0	0	4	3	.233	.299	.283	.582	17	5	2	0	1	0
Totals				2190	8297	7579	991	2095	405	15	331	1180	82	59	587	739	.276	.330	.465	.794	3523	217	48	13	70	35

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1962	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	C	33					.000
1963	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	7					.000
1963	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	C	1					.000
1964	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	65					.000
1964	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	2					.000
1964	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	C	1					.000
1965	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	9					.000
1965	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	C	3					.000
1965	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	104					.000
1966	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	40					.000
1966	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	113					.000
1966	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	C	1					.000
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	77					.000
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	60					.000
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	OF	29					.000
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	2B	17					.000
1968	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	SS	5					.000
1968	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	4					.000
1968	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	133					.000
1968	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	2B	1					.000
1969	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	2					.000
1969	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	130					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	SS	7					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	2B	2					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	124					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	1					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	45					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	2B	4					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	SS	2					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	108					.000
1972	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	4					.000
1972	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	130					.000
1973	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	130					.000
1973	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	1					.000
1974	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	SS	3					.000
1974	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	2B	2					.000
1974	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	128					.000
1975	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	125					.000
1975	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	2B	1					.000
1975	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	1					.000
1976	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	2B	4					.000
1976	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	125					.000
1976	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	1					.000
1976	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	OF	1					.000
1977	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	129					.000
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	2B	3					.000
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	1B	127					.000
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	2B	3					.000
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	1B	118					.000
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	3B	1					.000
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	1B	89					.000
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	OF	19					.000
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	2B	1					.000
1981	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	27					.000
Totals					2303	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1962	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1963	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1964	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1965	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1966	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1967	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1968	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1969	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1970	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1971	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1972	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1973	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1974	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1975	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1976	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1977	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1978	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1979	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1980	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1981	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants

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