Tetsuharu Kawakami

Tetsuharu Kawakami "God of Hitting"
Born: March 23, 1920
Kuma-gun, Kumamoto JP
Deceased: October 28, 2013
Primary Position: First base
All Position(s) Played: P
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 165
Career: 1938-1958

Tetsuharu Kawakami compiled a career batting average of .313 with 181 home runs and 1319 RBI in his 1979-game career with the Tokyo Kyojin and Yomiuri Giants. He began playing during the 1938 season and last took the field during the 1958 campaign.

Yomiuri Giants

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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
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	0	1	.000	3.00	1	1	0	0	0		6.0	4	4	2	0	3		4	0	1	0	27
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	2	2	.500	2.56	11	8	2	2	1		59.7	55	21	17	2	26		23	1	0	1	254
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	6	4	.600	2.37	18	13	5	5	1		102.7	81	46	27	2	64		54	2	0	3	449
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	3	2	.600	1.00	6	2	3	1	0		27.0	18	7	3	1	22		15	1	0	1	118
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	0	0		17.36	3	1	1	0	0		4.7	10	9	9	0	6		1	1	0	0	29
Totals				11	9	.550	2.61	39	25	11	8	2	0	200.0	168	87	58	5	121	0	97	5	1	5	877

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
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	39	155	133	24	35	3	3	3	24	2		20	16	.263	.359	.398	.758	53		0	2
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	23	38	35	0	7	0	0	0	2	0		3	1	.200	.263	.200	.463	7		0	0
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	94	385	343	60	116	17	12	4	75	8		37	19	.338	.400	.493	.893	169		1	0	4
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	104	446	392	51	122	23	9	9	66	7		50	27	.311	.386	.485	.870	190		0	0	4
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	86	387	339	44	105	21	9	4	57	5		46	21	.310	.395	.460	.856	156		2	0
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	72	321	274	22	73	7	3	3	27	5	2	46	18	.266	.374	.347	.721	95		1	0
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	70	317	279	45	85	20	4	10	67	2	1	38	13	.305	.388	.513	.901	143		0	0
1947	Foreign Major	JPBL	Yomiuri Giants	119	510	443	56	137	30	7	6	57	16	5	65	17	.309	.400	.449	.849	199		2	0
1948	Foreign Major	JPBL	Yomiuri Giants	135	566	504	69	150	26	6	25	105	12	3	58	26	.298	.375	.522	.896	263		4	0
1949	Foreign Major	JPBL	Yomiuri Giants	134	596	545	84	180	36	10	24	129	9	3	49	24	.330	.388	.565	.953	308		2	0
1950	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	138	619	559	102	175	34	6	29	119	34	6	56	29	.313	.380	.551	.931	308	12	4	0
1951	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	97	424	374	74	141	27	2	15	81	14	6	48	6	.377	.450	.580	1.031	217	9	2	0
1952	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	118	522	478	62	153	28	4	4	82	15	5	42	21	.320	.377	.421	.798	201	11	2	0
1953	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	121	518	467	74	162	26	6	6	77	22	8	44	14	.347	.411	.467	.878	218	10	7	0
1954	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	129	561	510	64	164	27	8	8	87	26	8	41	25	.322	.370	.453	.823	231	14	2	1	7
1955	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	120	515	435	55	147	15	1	12	79	17	10	69	33	.338	.425	.460	.885	200	10	3	0	8	34
1956	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	128	542	490	54	160	23	4	5	67	16	13	46	36	.327	.387	.420	.807	206	10	3	2	1	22
1957	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	128	518	465	54	132	26	3	5	52	6	5	40	37	.284	.344	.385	.729	179	10	4	6	3	13
1958	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	124	480	435	34	107	19	2	9	66	4	5	25	39	.246	.290	.361	.651	157	9	5	7	8	1
Totals				1979	8420	7500	1028	2351	408	99	181	1319	220	80	823	422	.313	.383	.467	.850	3500	95	44	18	35	70

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	P	11					.000
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	1B	1					.000
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	P	1					.000
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	1B	38					.000
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	P	18					.000
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	1B	83					.000
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	P	6					.000
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	P	3					.000
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	1B	103					.000
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	1B	86					.000
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyo Kyojin	1B	62					.000
1947	Foreign Major	JPBL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	70					.000
1948	Foreign Major	JPBL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	119					.000
1949	Foreign Major	JPBL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	135					.000
1950	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	134					.000
1951	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	138					.000
1952	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	95					.000
1953	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	117					.000
1954	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	121					.000
1955	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	129					.000
1956	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	118					.000
1957	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	128					.000
1958	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	124					.000
Totals					1840	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1938	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League (Fall)	Tokyo Kyojin
1939	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Tokyo Kyojin
1940	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Tokyo Kyojin
1941	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Tokyo Kyojin
1942	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Tokyo Kyojin
1946	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Tokyo Kyojin
1947	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Yomiuri Giants
1948	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Yomiuri Giants
1949	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Yomiuri Giants
1950	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1951	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1952	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1953	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1954	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1955	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1956	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1957	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1958	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants

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