Hideji Kato

Hideji Kato
Born: May 24, 1948
Haibara-gun, Shizuoka JP
Primary Position: First base
All Position(s) Played: OF
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 165
Career: 1969-1987

Hideji Kato compiled a career batting average of .297 with 347 home runs and 1268 RBI in his 2028-game career with the Hankyu Braves, Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, Yomiuri Giants and Nankai Hawks. He began playing during the 1969 season and last took the field during the 1987 campaign.

Hankyu Braves

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes

Yomiuri Giants

Nankai Hawks

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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
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	9	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	0	0	0
1970	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	35	74	69	10	23	6	2	4	13	2	0	4	8	.333	.365	.652	1.017	45	1	0	0	1	0
1971	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	122	496	445	80	143	35	2	25	92	18	4	39	74	.321	.383	.578	.960	257	2	7	2	3	0
1972	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	118	428	362	59	105	25	2	13	54	11	4	55	43	.290	.384	.478	.862	173	3	4	1	6	6
1973	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	118	494	436	69	147	27	6	20	91	16	5	41	51	.337	.395	.564	.959	246	6	7	0	10	3
1974	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	120	476	428	65	138	25	2	19	75	24	11	37	55	.322	.373	.523	.897	224	7	2	2	7	1
1975	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	126	521	456	74	141	22	1	32	97	12	10	57	58	.309	.388	.572	.960	261	4	4	0	4	6
1976	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	120	497	430	68	129	20	3	28	82	8	3	51	68	.300	.376	.556	.932	239	7	7	0	9	6
1977	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	120	489	423	64	135	27	4	19	73	4	3	53	64	.319	.401	.537	.937	227	4	8	0	5	9
1978	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	120	500	427	65	109	16	4	24	86	7	3	55	80	.255	.344	.480	.824	205	6	8	0	10	6
1979	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	122	520	448	84	163	32	2	35	104	14	3	59	64	.364	.437	.679	1.116	304	6	5	1	7	9
1980	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	130	561	484	72	154	26	3	28	97	5	4	59	84	.318	.394	.558	.952	270	3	8	0	10	7
1981	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	127	534	468	63	147	25	2	17	79	4	3	54	67	.314	.384	.485	.869	227	5	4	0	8	3
1982	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	129	524	456	57	107	21	1	21	84	1	3	55	83	.235	.314	.423	.737	193	10	2	2	9	2
1983	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	75	279	253	33	66	9	2	10	36	6	1	25	49	.261	.326	.431	.757	109	2	0	0	1	1
1984	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	130	572	499	65	126	16	1	14	72	1	2	60	91	.253	.332	.373	.705	186	6	4	0	9	0
1985	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	129	523	455	73	130	24	0	26	78	2	3	64	58	.286	.373	.510	.883	232	9	1	0	3	2
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	68	119	105	6	23	3	0	3	13	0	0	11	31	.219	.303	.333	.636	35	4	2	0	1	1
1987	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nankai Hawks	110	293	262	24	68	8	0	9	42	1	0	27	37	.260	.331	.393	.724	103	8	2	0	2	2
Totals				2028	7909	6914	1031	2055	367	37	347	1268	136	62	807	1067	.297	.372	.512	.883	3537	93	75	8	105	64

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1969	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	1B	5					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	OF	25					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	1B	2					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	1B	87					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	OF	38					.000
1972	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	1B	96					.000
1972	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	OF	34					.000
1973	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	1B	116					.000
1974	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	OF	4					.000
1974	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	1B	117					.000
1975	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	OF	2					.000
1975	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	1B	123					.000
1976	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	1B	119					.000
1977	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	1B	101					.000
1978	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	1B	106					.000
1979	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	1B	87					.000
1980	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	1B	117					.000
1981	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	1B	114					.000
1982	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hankyu Braves	1B	30					.000
1983	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	1B	67					.000
1984	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	1B	46					.000
1986	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	24					.000
1987	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nankai Hawks	1B	32					.000
1987	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nankai Hawks	OF	3					.000
Totals					1495	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1969	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hankyu Braves
1970	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hankyu Braves
1971	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hankyu Braves
1972	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hankyu Braves
1973	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hankyu Braves
1974	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hankyu Braves
1975	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hankyu Braves
1976	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hankyu Braves
1977	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hankyu Braves
1978	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hankyu Braves
1979	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hankyu Braves
1980	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hankyu Braves
1981	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hankyu Braves
1982	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hankyu Braves
1983	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1984	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
1985	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
1986	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1987	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nankai Hawks

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