Minoru Kamata

Minoru Kamata
Born: March 8, 1939
, Hyogo JP
Primary Position: Second base
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 3B, OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 165
Career: 1957-1972

Minoru Kamata compiled a career batting average of .234 with 24 home runs and 264 RBI in his 1482-game career with the Osaka Tigers, Hanshin Tigers and Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. He began playing during the 1957 season and last took the field during the 1972 campaign.

Osaka Tigers

Hanshin Tigers

Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes

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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
1957	Foreign Major	JPCL	Osaka Tigers	45	92	85	4	11	1	0	0	5	1	0	1	13	.129	.169	.141	.310	12	2	3	3	0	0
1958	Foreign Major	JPCL	Osaka Tigers	67	139	128	9	23	4	3	1	13	3	1	3	18	.180	.203	.281	.484	36	0	1	6	1	0
1959	Foreign Major	JPCL	Osaka Tigers	106	371	360	31	86	16	4	2	17	1	6	2	23	.239	.245	.322	.567	116	8	1	7	1	0
1960	Foreign Major	JPCL	Osaka Tigers	130	468	449	32	119	16	3	3	39	11	8	14	35	.265	.288	.334	.622	150	4	1	3	1	1
1961	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	130	522	500	56	130	17	4	4	36	14	11	9	29	.260	.273	.334	.607	167	9	1	10	2	1
1962	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	133	571	532	41	106	10	5	1	23	2	10	25	59	.199	.238	.242	.481	129	9	3	9	2	1
1963	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	110	416	400	43	104	12	3	1	26	5	4	13	13	.260	.282	.312	.594	125	5	0	1	2	0
1964	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	53	154	148	11	26	2	1	0	6	2	1	3	11	.176	.196	.203	.399	30	2	1	1	1	0
1965	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	88	227	213	13	45	4	1	1	10	4	1	12	31	.211	.252	.254	.506	54	6	0	1	1	1
1966	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	92	272	250	20	50	8	1	2	12	2	3	16	11	.200	.248	.264	.512	66	3	0	6	0	4
1967	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	112	441	420	52	105	15	1	2	16	16	4	9	50	.250	.266	.305	.571	128	3	1	9	2	0
1968	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	124	429	390	38	89	11	2	3	25	15	4	17	25	.228	.261	.290	.551	113	5	1	19	2	1
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	114	302	278	24	63	10	2	2	18	2	3	13	20	.227	.263	.299	.561	83	5	1	9	1	1
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	108	213	186	23	54	5	3	2	12	3	2	12	12	.290	.333	.382	.715	71	5	0	15	0	0
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	62	116	104	5	28	2	0	0	6	3	1	4	9	.269	.296	.288	.585	30	0	0	8	0	1
1972	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	8	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	2	0	0
Totals				1482	4743	4451	403	1041	133	33	24	264	84	59	153	360	.234	.261	.295	.555	1312	66	14	109	16	11

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1957	Foreign Major	JPCL	Osaka Tigers	3B	32					.000
1957	Foreign Major	JPCL	Osaka Tigers	2B	13					.000
1958	Foreign Major	JPCL	Osaka Tigers	2B	49					.000
1958	Foreign Major	JPCL	Osaka Tigers	3B	19					.000
1959	Foreign Major	JPCL	Osaka Tigers	2B	93					.000
1959	Foreign Major	JPCL	Osaka Tigers	3B	19					.000
1960	Foreign Major	JPCL	Osaka Tigers	2B	130					.000
1961	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	2B	127					.000
1962	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	2B	133					.000
1963	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	2B	96					.000
1964	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	2B	42					.000
1965	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	2B	81					.000
1966	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	2B	88					.000
1967	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	2B	112					.000
1967	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	3B	1					.000
1968	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	2B	123					.000
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	2B	114					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	2B	67					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	3B	45					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	2B	46					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	1B	1					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	OF	1					.000
1972	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	2B	6					.000
Totals					1438	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1957	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Osaka Tigers
1958	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Osaka Tigers
1959	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Osaka Tigers
1960	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Osaka Tigers
1961	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1962	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1963	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1964	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1965	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1966	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1967	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
1968	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
1969	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
1970	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1971	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1972	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers

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