Akihiro Yano

Akihiro Yano
Born: December 6, 1968
Osaka, Osaka JP
Primary Position: Catcher
All Position(s) Played: OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 179
Career: 1991-2010

Akihiro Yano compiled a career batting average of .274 with 112 home runs and 570 RBI in his 1669-game career with the Chunichi Dragons and Hanshin Tigers. He began playing during the 1991 season and last took the field during the 2010 campaign.

Chunichi Dragons

Hanshin Tigers

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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
1991	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	22	30	27	2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	15	.111	.172	.222	.395	6	0	0	1	0	0
1992	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	72	118	108	10	28	6	0	0	8	0	1	8	20	.259	.314	.315	.628	34	3	1	0	1	0
1993	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	24	39	31	5	10	0	0	1	3	0	0	6	4	.323	.447	.419	.867	13	1	1	1	0	2
1994	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	35	53	46	5	10	2	0	1	2	0	1	3	9	.217	.280	.326	.606	15	2	1	3	0	1
1995	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	57	123	115	14	28	2	2	1	5	1	0	7	31	.243	.293	.322	.614	37	5	1	0	0	1
1996	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	56	124	104	26	36	3	0	7	19	1	0	13	16	.346	.426	.577	1.003	60	2	3	2	2	0
1997	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	83	244	214	24	54	8	0	3	19	1	0	22	32	.252	.331	.332	.662	71	3	3	5	0	1
1998	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	110	340	285	27	60	18	0	3	20	1	2	27	63	.211	.288	.305	.593	87	9	4	24	0	3
1999	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	113	418	369	39	112	13	2	3	27	5	2	36	74	.304	.371	.374	.745	138	14	5	6	2	2
2000	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	114	428	376	41	101	12	1	5	26	1	2	35	87	.269	.334	.346	.680	130	9	4	9	4	4
2001	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	119	364	327	26	79	10	1	8	30	1	1	28	72	.242	.301	.352	.653	115	10	1	5	3	0
2002	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	66	253	221	31	71	18	2	6	27	1	1	24	51	.321	.395	.502	.897	111	6	3	5	0	4
2003	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	126	484	433	65	142	25	5	14	79	1	0	38	84	.328	.392	.506	.897	219	8	8	4	1	6
2004	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	138	551	502	38	143	23	3	11	65	1	3	35	110	.285	.338	.408	.747	205	19	7	4	3	7
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	138	550	499	53	135	26	0	19	71	1	1	32	113	.271	.323	.437	.760	218	12	8	9	2	1
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	133	501	453	42	124	20	3	17	78	0	0	32	94	.274	.323	.444	.766	201	12	3	8	5	1
2007	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	106	401	356	25	84	14	1	6	42	0	0	34	92	.236	.307	.331	.639	118	9	3	7	1	0
2008	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	119	404	371	20	102	17	1	4	36	0	1	16	100	.275	.305	.358	.663	133	13	2	10	5	1
2009	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	30	83	75	9	23	1	1	2	8	1	0	8	17	.307	.373	.427	.800	32	1	0	0	0	1
2010	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	8	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				1669	5517	4921	503	1347	218	22	112	570	16	15	406	1089	.274	.335	.395	.730	1945	138	58	103	29	35

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
1991	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	14						.000
1991	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	OF	1						.000
1992	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	65						.000
1993	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	21						.000
1993	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	OF	1						.000
1994	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	26						.000
1995	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	41						.000
1996	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	38						.000
1996	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	OF	12						.000
1997	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	60						.000
1997	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	OF	22						.000
1998	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	109						.000
1999	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	111						.000
2000	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	113						.000
2001	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	OF	4						.000
2001	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	108						.000
2002	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	66						.000
2003	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	123						.000
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	138	1130	76	3	11	.998	8.739	8
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	132	1001	75	6	7	.994	8.152	5
2007	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	101	720	56	3	8	.996	7.683	3
2008	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	116	748	63	2	7	.998	6.991	4
2009	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	26	144	14	2	1	.988	6.077	0
2010	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0
Totals					1449	3743	284	16	34	.996	2.779	20	0	0

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1991	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
1992	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
1993	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
1994	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
1995	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
1996	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
1997	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
1998	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1999	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
2000	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
2001	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
2002	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
2003	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
2004	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
2005	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
2006	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
2007	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
2008	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
2009	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
2010	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers	March 26, 2010	May 8, 2010

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