Takao Obana

Takao Obana
Born: August 7, 1957
Ito-gun, Wakayama JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 178
Career: 1978-1991

Takao Obana compiled a career record of 112 wins and 135 losses, with 29 saves, and a 3.82 ERA in his 425-game pitching career with the Yakult Swallows. He began playing during the 1978 season and last took the field during the 1991 campaign.

Yakult Swallows

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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
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	1	0	1.000	4.05	7	1	2	0	0	0	13.3	15	6	6	3	4	0	6	1	0	0	58
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	4	9	.308	4.93	36	22	5	2	1	0	137.0	163	84	75	15	49	4	75	7	0	1	615
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	8	13	.381	3.01	34	26	4	10	0	1	209.3	182	91	70	20	70	2	123	2	0	3	857
1981	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	6	6	.500	4.23	30	19	3	4	1	0	125.7	135	65	59	18	34	2	84	4	0	2	532
1982	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	12	16	.429	2.60	42	32	9	14	2	4	246.0	226	84	71	21	45	4	154	6	0	2	996
1983	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	11	10	.524	4.69	41	16	19	4	0	6	165.0	193	93	86	19	44	9	88	2	0	1	712
1984	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	14	8	.636	3.45	45	20	16	8	1	7	175.0	172	70	67	27	47	9	106	3	0	6	723
1985	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	11	8	.579	4.39	40	25	11	10	1	7	205.0	229	108	100	23	57	3	107	12	1	4	893
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	9	17	.346	4.25	34	27	5	9	1	1	201.3	241	105	95	22	39	7	86	8	0	4	878
1987	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	11	15	.423	3.96	33	29	3	9	2	3	206.7	227	111	91	24	37	7	145	5	0	4	869
1988	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	9	16	.360	2.87	31	31	0	10	3	0	232.0	242	81	74	17	42	5	125	1	0	2	949
1989	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	11	8	.579	4.40	27	25	0	8	0	0	167.7	225	91	82	21	35	1	77	2	0	4	738
1990	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	0	1	.000	4.98	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.7	29	17	12	2	6	1	9	2	0	0	100
1991	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	5	8	.385	4.35	21	14	4	3	0	0	97.3	109	55	47	10	19	2	40	3	0	4	416
Totals				112	135	.453	3.82	425	291	81	91	12	29	2203.0	2388	1061	935	242	528	56	1225	58	1	37	9336

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	7	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	36	36	31	1	2	0	0	1	13	.065	.094	.065	.158	2	0	0	4
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	34	72	67	4	6	0	2	1	34	.090	.103	.090	.192	6	0	0	4
1981	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	30	38	36	1	3	0	3	1	13	.083	.108	.083	.191	3	0	0	1
1982	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	42	86	78	3	8	0	2	2	29	.103	.125	.103	.228	8	1	0	6
1983	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	41	49	48	3	6	0	0	0	21	.125	.125	.125	.250	6	2	0	1
1984	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	46	61	53	3	7	0	4	3	22	.132	.179	.132	.311	7	0	0	5
1985	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	40	75	62	0	7	1	2	4	13	.113	.167	.129	.296	8	0	0	9
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	34	72	64	3	11	1	1	2	29	.172	.197	.188	.384	12	1	0	6
1987	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	33	74	62	1	8	0	4	4	24	.129	.182	.129	.311	8	1	0	8
1988	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	31	79	70	0	2	0	1	0	31	.029	.042	.029	.071	2	1	1	8
1989	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	27	58	50	1	6	0	2	2	17	.120	.154	.120	.274	6	1	0	6
1990	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	4	9	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	3
1991	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	21	33	20	0	4	0	2	6	9	.200	.385	.200	.585	4	0	0	7
Totals				426	746	650	22	72	2	24	27	257	.111	.147	.114	.261	74	7	1	68

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	P	7					.000
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	P	36					.000
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	P	34					.000
1981	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	P	30					.000
1982	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	P	42					.000
1982	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	1B	1					.000
1983	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	P	41					.000
1984	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	P	45					.000
1985	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	P	40					.000
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	P	34					.000
1987	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	P	33					.000
1988	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	P	31					.000
1989	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	P	27					.000
1990	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	P	4					.000
1991	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	P	21					.000
Totals					426	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1978	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows
1979	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows
1980	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows
1981	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows
1982	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows
1983	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows
1984	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows
1985	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows
1986	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows
1987	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows
1988	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows
1989	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows
1990	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows
1991	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows

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