Saburo Asaoka

Saburo Asaoka
Born: February 8, 1914
, Osaka JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 123
Career: 1936-1942

Saburo Asaoka compiled a career record of 63 wins and 58 losses and a 2.47 ERA in his 213-game pitching career with the Tokyo Senators, Tsubasa and Taiyo. He began playing during the 1936 season and last took the field during the 1942 campaign.

Tokyo Senators

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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	WP	BF
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	3	1	.750	3.90	13	4	6	1	0		64.7	76	34	28	3	24		20	1	1	289
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	2	0	1.000	3.07	9	4	3	1	0		29.3	26	14	10	0	20		17	0	0	126
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	3	8	.273	3.66	20	11	6	6	1		105.7	91	58	43	5	60		33	2	1	462
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	5	12	.294	4.24	23	11	11	4	1		121.0	107	71	57	1	73		38	1	2	542
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	7	5	.583	3.62	19	12	4	8	2		104.3	94	57	42	7	48		39	0	0	458
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	8	9	.471	2.94	21	14	7	10	0		137.7	133	69	45	4	55		39	0	3	602
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	9	8	.529	1.31	34	23	8	9	2		212.7	173	53	31	4	84		86	2	1	875
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tsubasa	14	9	.609	1.66	41	26	12	20	7		281.7	199	71	52	8	106		85	0	0	1126
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Taiyo	11	6	.647	1.61	29	17	8	10	3		179.3	123	41	32	7	75		45	0	0	714
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Taiyo	1	0	1.000	1.89	4	4	0	1	1		19.0	15	5	4	0	2		3	0	0	73
Totals				63	58	.521	2.47	213	126	65	70	17	0	1255.3	1037	473	344	39	547	0	405	6	8	5267

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
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	17	47	40	8	8	2	2	0	7	1		5	8	.200	.289	.350	.639	14		0	2
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	9	14	10	4	2	0	1	0	1	0		3	1	.200	.385	.400	.785	4		0	1
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	27	59	52	4	7	2	0	0	4	0		7	7	.135	.237	.173	.410	9		0	0
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	31	64	54	5	6	1	0	0	5	0		8	6	.111	.226	.130	.355	7		0	2
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	22	53	46	5	8	2	0	2	11	0		4	3	.174	.240	.348	.588	16		0	3
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	25	68	52	3	12	1	0	0	6	1		14	10	.231	.394	.250	.644	13		0	2
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	85	314	263	31	55	6	3	3	22	5		45	31	.209	.326	.289	.615	76		1	4	1
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tsubasa	65	185	160	14	33	4	1	0	8	2		22	29	.206	.302	.244	.546	39		0	3	0
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Taiyo	43	101	83	6	19	0	0	0	8	1		16	6	.229	.354	.229	.582	19		0	2
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Taiyo	101	425	379	28	75	10	2	1	24	8	1	43	42	.198	.281	.243	.524	92		1	2
Totals				425	1330	1139	108	225	28	9	6	96	18	1	167	143	.198	.301	.254	.555	289	0	2	21	1	0

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	P	9					.000
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	OF	6					.000
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	P	13					.000
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	OF	4					.000
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	P	23					.000
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	P	20					.000
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	1B	1					.000
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	2B	1					.000
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	3B	1					.000
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	OF	1					.000
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	1B	58					.000
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	P	21					.000
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	P	19					.000
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	OF	1					.000
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	OF	1					.000
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	2B	6					.000
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	P	34					.000
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	OF	10					.000
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Senators	3B	1					.000
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tsubasa	P	41					.000
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tsubasa	1B	21					.000
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tsubasa	2B	2					.000
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tsubasa	OF	2					.000
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Taiyo	OF	8					.000
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Taiyo	3B	3					.000
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Taiyo	P	29					.000
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Taiyo	OF	91					.000
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Taiyo	1B	7					.000
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Taiyo	2B	6					.000
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Taiyo	P	4					.000
Totals					444	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1936	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League (Fall)	Tokyo Senators
1937	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League (Fall)	Tokyo Senators
1938	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League (Fall)	Tokyo Senators
1939	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Tokyo Senators
1940	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Tsubasa
1941	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Taiyo
1942	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Taiyo

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