Hirokazu Kato

Hirokazu Kato
Born: October 9, 1951
Taku, Saga JP
Deceased: January 21, 2008
Tokyo, JP
Primary Position: Outfield
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B
Bats: Switch
Throws: Left
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 160
Career: 1972-1990

Hirokazu Kato compiled a career batting average of .271 with 23 home runs and 176 RBI in his 1063-game career with the Nishitetsu Lions, Hanshin Tigers and Yokohama Taiyo Whales. He began playing during the 1972 season and last took the field during the 1990 campaign.

Nishitetsu Lions

Hanshin Tigers

Yokohama Taiyo Whales

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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
1972	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nishitetsu Lions	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	7	7	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	.333	.429	.667	1.095	4	0	0	0	0	0
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	31	29	27	7	6	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	4	.222	.276	.259	.535	7	0	1	0	0	0
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	91	174	160	37	37	5	2	2	7	6	4	9	26	.231	.285	.325	.610	52	3	3	2	0	0
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	112	413	379	63	119	18	3	7	21	34	14	22	46	.314	.360	.433	.792	164	2	5	7	0	0
1981	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	57	196	180	22	40	6	3	1	4	14	3	12	30	.222	.275	.306	.580	55	6	1	3	0	0
1982	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	60	84	79	10	13	0	0	0	1	6	3	5	17	.165	.214	.165	.379	13	1	0	0	0	0
1983	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	80	80	72	13	10	3	1	1	2	8	0	6	19	.139	.205	.250	.455	18	0	0	2	0	0
1984	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	109	343	304	39	84	13	1	2	25	14	4	21	42	.276	.322	.345	.667	105	3	0	17	1	0
1985	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	129	522	436	63	122	16	5	4	35	48	18	44	60	.280	.350	.367	.717	160	6	3	39	0	0
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	75	299	268	33	85	8	5	3	30	22	8	13	43	.317	.352	.418	.770	112	1	2	15	1	1
1987	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	97	231	198	26	53	10	1	1	15	7	7	22	30	.268	.342	.343	.686	68	2	1	9	1	1
1988	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	72	89	80	13	20	6	0	0	10	2	0	7	16	.250	.307	.325	.632	26	7	0	1	1	3
1989	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	76	90	76	6	20	6	0	1	21	3	1	10	16	.263	.344	.382	.726	29	3	1	0	3	2
1990	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	63	60	54	7	17	1	0	1	4	1	1	6	10	.315	.383	.389	.772	21	2	0	0	0	0
Totals				1063	2619	2321	342	628	93	22	23	176	169	67	179	361	.271	.326	.359	.686	834	36	17	95	7	7

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1976	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	OF	1					.000
1977	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	2B	1					.000
1977	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	OF	1					.000
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	OF	5					.000
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	2B	3					.000
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	OF	56					.000
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	2B	26					.000
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	3B	1					.000
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	OF	60					.000
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	2B	57					.000
1981	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	OF	53					.000
1982	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	OF	25					.000
1983	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	OF	49					.000
1983	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	2B	1					.000
1984	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	OF	93					.000
1985	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	OF	127					.000
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	OF	73					.000
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	1B	7					.000
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	2B	6					.000
1987	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	OF	52					.000
1987	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	2B	3					.000
1988	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	OF	14					.000
1989	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	OF	8					.000
1990	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	OF	2					.000
Totals					724	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1972	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nishitetsu Lions
1976	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1977	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1978	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1979	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1980	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1981	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1982	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1983	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1984	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1985	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1986	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1987	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1988	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1989	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1990	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales

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