Masahiro Yamamoto
Masahiro Yamamoto
Born: August 11, 1965
Ota Ward, Tokyo JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 192
Career: 1986-2015
Masahiro Yamamoto compiled a career record of 232 wins and 172 losses and a 3.39 ERA in his 606-game pitching career with the Chunichi Dragons and Vero Beach Dodgers. He began playing during the 1986 season and last took the field during the 2015 campaign.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1987 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1988 | A | FLOR | Vero Beach Dodgers | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.00 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 148.7 | 125 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1988 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.55 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 48.7 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 184 |
| 1989 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 9 | 9 | .500 | 2.93 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 181.0 | 172 | 66 | 59 | 14 | 56 | 8 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 757 |
| 1990 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.55 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 152.0 | 154 | 67 | 60 | 23 | 45 | 3 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 646 |
| 1991 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.62 | 33 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 144.0 | 158 | 73 | 58 | 14 | 43 | 3 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 618 |
| 1992 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.43 | 30 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 170.7 | 158 | 73 | 65 | 22 | 49 | 4 | 135 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 709 |
| 1993 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 17 | 5 | .773 | 2.05 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 188.3 | 140 | 46 | 43 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 132 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 710 |
| 1994 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 19 | 8 | .704 | 3.49 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 214.0 | 203 | 86 | 83 | 19 | 46 | 3 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 868 |
| 1995 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.82 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 74.7 | 70 | 43 | 40 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 302 |
| 1996 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.67 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 154.7 | 159 | 72 | 63 | 17 | 38 | 2 | 119 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 647 |
| 1997 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 18 | 7 | .720 | 2.92 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 206.7 | 174 | 74 | 67 | 26 | 57 | 4 | 159 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 838 |
| 1998 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.66 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 182.0 | 185 | 74 | 74 | 14 | 60 | 3 | 131 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 769 |
| 1999 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.96 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 | 149 | 55 | 52 | 16 | 44 | 6 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 661 |
| 2000 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.61 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 151.7 | 129 | 50 | 44 | 16 | 36 | 4 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 608 |
| 2001 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.63 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 163.7 | 160 | 69 | 66 | 12 | 44 | 4 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 672 |
| 2002 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.96 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86.3 | 90 | 40 | 38 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 352 |
| 2003 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.58 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.0 | 156 | 69 | 62 | 19 | 35 | 5 | 121 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 653 |
| 2004 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.15 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 157.0 | 153 | 56 | 55 | 16 | 43 | 3 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 653 |
| 2005 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.89 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116.0 | 137 | 63 | 63 | 12 | 31 | 2 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 513 |
| 2006 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.32 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 170.7 | 147 | 65 | 63 | 11 | 36 | 3 | 124 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 686 |
| 2007 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 2 | 10 | .167 | 5.07 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 108.3 | 124 | 68 | 61 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 469 | |
| 2008 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.16 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 133.7 | 127 | 54 | 47 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 544 | |
| 2009 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 1 | 4 | .200 | 10.67 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 45 | 34 | 32 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 137 | |
| 2010 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.21 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47.7 | 55 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 205 |
| 2012 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.94 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.3 | 52 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 264 |
| 2013 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.46 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.7 | 80 | 37 | 35 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 314 |
| 2014 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 |
| 2015 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Totals | 232 | 172 | .574 | 3.39 | 606 | 531 | 21 | 85 | 33 | 5 | 3497.3 | 3351 | 1436 | 1318 | 350 | 895 | 76 | 2415 | 69 | 3 | 46 | 13862 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 8 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 35 | 62 | 54 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .093 | .109 | .093 | .202 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 26 | 58 | 47 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .149 | .231 | .149 | .380 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 34 | 50 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 33 | 60 | 52 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .231 | .231 | .269 | .500 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 27 | 72 | 60 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 29 | 86 | 66 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 25 | .152 | .222 | .152 | .374 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 12 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .227 | .261 | .273 | .534 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 26 | 55 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .106 | .160 | .106 | .266 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 29 | 84 | 72 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .222 | .260 | .264 | .524 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 30 | 68 | 55 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .182 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 25 | 60 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .085 | .218 | .085 | .303 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 28 | 58 | 48 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25 | .188 | .278 | .188 | .465 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 30 | 57 | 49 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .143 | .176 | .143 | .319 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 21 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .125 | .160 | .125 | .285 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 28 | 61 | 49 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .204 | .291 | .204 | .495 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 27 | 60 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .133 | .204 | .133 | .337 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 22 | 36 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .000 | .115 | .000 | .115 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 27 | 56 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .077 | .119 | .077 | .196 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 19 | 38 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .030 | .030 | .030 | .061 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 23 | 45 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .056 | .128 | .083 | .212 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 8 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .000 | .188 | .000 | .188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 13 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .000 | .050 | .000 | .050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 16 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .071 | .278 | .071 | .349 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 585 | 1209 | 979 | 50 | 134 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 399 | .137 | .198 | .145 | .343 | 142 | 21 | 0 | 153 | 2 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| 1987 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| 1988 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| 1988 | A | FLOR | Vero Beach Dodgers | P | 25 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 4 | .870 | .800 |
| 1989 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| 1990 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| 1991 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| 1992 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| 1993 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| 1994 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| 1995 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| 1996 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| 1997 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| 1998 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| 1999 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| 2000 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| 2001 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| 2002 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| 2003 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| 2004 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| 2005 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 22 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .909 |
| 2006 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 27 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.333 |
| 2007 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 19 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.263 |
| 2008 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 23 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .943 | 1.435 |
| 2009 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 |
| 2010 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.375 |
| 2012 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.154 |
| 2013 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 16 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.438 |
| 2014 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 2015 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| Totals | 606 | 30 | 163 | 7 | 13 | .965 | .318 |
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