Player Report for #31 Tsunesaburo Higuchi

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Tuesday, October 4th, 2022

Name:	Tsunesaburo Higuchi	Contract:	Major League Contract
Nickname:		Salary:	$6,000,000
Birthday:	06-11-1989	Signed Through:	2024 Season
Age:	33	Years of Major League Service:	11 Years, None
Born in:	Hamamatsu (Shizuoka)	Major League Service Days this Year:	184 Days
Nationality:	Japanese
Height:	6' 0"	Years on 40-Man Roster:	11 Years, None
Weight:	198 lbs	Years of Pro Service:	13 Years
		Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Position:	C	Minor League Option Years:	3 option years left
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right	Contract Extension	-
Status:	Completely Rested	Drafted	2009, 22nd Pick in Round 10
Morale:	Good	Local Popularity (National)	Very Popular (Popular)

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LBSQ

Batting Ratings (SISA)

Running & Bunting Ratings		Fielding Ratings
Running Speed:	8	Catcher 66 (Arm: 52)
Stealing Ability:	4
Baserunning Instincts:	14
Sacrifice Bunt:	1
Bunt for Hit:	12
Hitter Type:	Pull Hitter

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Opponent	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB
10-04-2022	SFG	Loss, 2-6	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
10-02-2022	@ SEA	Loss, 5-11	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
10-01-2022	@ SEA	Win, 6-4	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
09-29-2022	@ SEA	Loss, 2-9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-27-2022	@ LAD	Win, 11-10	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
09-26-2022	@ LAD	Loss, 2-7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09-25-2022	OAK	Loss, 2-4	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
09-24-2022	OAK	Loss, 1-2	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
09-23-2022	OAK	Loss, 3-7	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
09-22-2022	@ CHC	Win, 8-2	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0

lbsq 2022 Batting Stats

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO	VORP
Overall	132	485	119	40	4	14	90	63	61	48	.245	.333	.431	.764	.707	.186	8.9
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	121	561	7	0	0	26	0	8	209	58	0	0	0.0	67.2	4.54
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		121	32	10	2	2	21	11	17	17	1	0	1	.264	.357	.430	.787
Versus Right		364	87	30	2	12	69	52	44	31	7	0	6	.239	.325	.431	.757
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
This Week		9	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.556	.889
Last Week		21	2	0	0	1	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.095	.136	.238	.374
April		65	16	5	0	2	11	12	12	6	2	0	1	.246	.362	.415	.778
May		89	18	7	1	1	5	11	12	12	0	0	1	.202	.304	.337	.641
June		76	23	7	2	2	17	11	9	7	2	0	1	.303	.375	.526	.901
July		79	21	7	1	3	20	9	6	6	1	0	2	.266	.330	.494	.823
August		81	20	8	0	5	22	14	10	8	2	0	0	.247	.323	.531	.853
September		82	17	4	0	0	11	5	12	8	1	0	2	.207	.320	.256	.576
October		13	4	2	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.308	.308	.692	1.000
Spring Training		85	27	4	0	0	7	13	8	11	1	0	0	.318	.372	.365	.737
Last Year		500	150	47	3	19	92	83	65	50	6	0	5	.300	.382	.520	.902
2 Years Ago		525	161	39	1	18	84	96	64	40	7	0	4	.307	.382	.488	.869
Career		5452	1582	418	23	208	865	936	701	563	60	0	40	.290	.372	.490	.861
Home		241	58	20	2	8	56	29	34	25	6	0	3	.241	.335	.440	.774
Road		244	61	20	2	6	34	34	27	23	2	0	4	.250	.332	.422	.754
Grass		485	119	40	4	14	90	63	61	48	8	0	7	.245	.333	.431	.764
Day		158	32	13	1	2	20	13	16	19	1	0	2	.203	.282	.335	.618
Night		327	87	27	3	12	70	50	45	29	7	0	5	.266	.357	.477	.834
Pinch Hitting		8	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.375	.775
Close/Late		103	27	7	1	2	20	12	10	15	2	0	1	.262	.328	.408	.735
Inning 1-3		148	38	16	2	4	32	21	21	13	4	0	2	.257	.349	.473	.822
Inning 4-6		165	39	13	1	7	32	22	22	17	1	0	4	.236	.339	.455	.793
Inning 7-9		160	37	9	1	2	22	17	15	17	3	0	0	.231	.292	.338	.630
Extra Innings		12	5	2	0	1	4	3	3	1	0	0	1	.417	.563	.833	1.396
0 Outs		184	42	16	0	3	19	26	27	15	4	0	3	.228	.330	.364	.694
1 Outs		150	39	15	2	3	27	24	19	21	4	0	2	.260	.343	.447	.790
2 Outs		151	38	9	2	8	44	13	15	12	0	0	2	.252	.327	.497	.824
Scoring Position		146	40	9	1	7	73	12	17	10	8	0	1	.274	.337	.493	.830
Bases Empty		225	51	17	3	4	4	33	28	27	0	0	2	.227	.318	.382	.700
Runner on 1st		114	28	14	0	3	13	18	16	11	0	0	4	.246	.358	.447	.806
Runner on 2nd		34	7	0	0	2	9	3	6	5	0	0	0	.206	.325	.382	.707
Runner on 3rd		16	5	1	0	1	8	1	0	1	2	0	0	.313	.278	.563	.840
Runner on 1st & 2nd		46	12	4	0	2	16	4	7	0	0	0	0	.261	.358	.478	.837
Runner on 1st & 3rd		22	5	1	0	1	11	2	0	1	1	0	1	.227	.250	.409	.659
Runner on 2nd & 3rd		11	4	1	1	1	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	.364	.429	.909	1.338
Bases Loaded		17	7	2	0	0	19	0	2	3	4	0	0	.412	.391	.529	.921
Two Strikes		201	39	8	1	5	23	26	28	48	1	0	4	.194	.303	.318	.622
First Pitch		84	27	11	2	3	21	12	0	0	3	0	1	.321	.318	.607	.925
Count 0-1		45	13	5	0	2	11	3	0	0	1	0	2	.289	.313	.533	.846
Count 0-2		31	8	2	0	1	7	5	0	12	0	0	2	.258	.303	.419	.722
Count 1-0		53	13	4	0	4	15	8	0	0	1	0	0	.245	.241	.547	.788
Count 1-1		45	10	2	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.217	.311	.529
Count 1-2		68	14	5	0	2	9	7	0	20	0	0	2	.206	.229	.368	.596
Count 2-0		14	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429
Count 2-1		35	13	8	0	0	7	6	0	0	1	0	0	.371	.361	.600	.961
Count 2-2		64	11	1	0	2	4	4	0	12	0	0	0	.172	.172	.281	.453
Count 3-0		0	0	0	0	0	1	3	13	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000
Count 3-1		8	2	0	0	0	3	4	20	0	0	0	0	.250	.786	.250	1.036
Full Count		38	6	0	1	0	3	10	28	4	1	0	0	.158	.507	.211	.718
Behind in Count		144	35	12	0	5	27	15	0	32	1	0	6	.243	.272	.431	.702
Ahead in Count		110	30	14	0	4	29	21	33	0	2	0	0	.273	.434	.509	.944

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
2012 Oakland - LBSQ	22	56	140	43	7	1	8	24	24	15	0	1	15	0	0	.307	.372	.543	.915	14.1
2013 Oakland - LBSQ	23	128	482	128	36	2	15	68	67	48	2	6	65	0	1	.266	.331	.442	.773	17.4
2014 Oakland - LBSQ	24	136	538	151	36	2	17	90	78	68	6	4	65	0	0	.281	.365	.450	.815	31.4
2015 Oakland - LBSQ	25	136	578	179	48	2	22	86	115	77	3	2	60	1	0	.310	.392	.514	.906	58.9
2016 Oakland - LBSQ	26	141	571	174	39	1	24	99	108	77	1	7	42	0	0	.305	.384	.503	.887	52.6
2017 Oakland - LBSQ	27	136	542	157	42	3	26	86	100	70	6	4	59	0	0	.290	.375	.522	.897	51.2
2018 Oakland - LBSQ	28	135	546	164	46	3	25	77	100	74	1	4	54	0	0	.300	.382	.533	.915	55.3
2019 Oakland - LBSQ	29	136	545	156	38	1	20	69	102	82	5	11	65	1	1	.286	.378	.470	.848	36.5
2020 Anaheim - LBSQ	30	134	525	161	39	1	18	84	96	64	4	7	40	3	0	.307	.382	.488	.869	40.7
2021 Anaheim - LBSQ	31	136	500	150	47	3	19	92	83	65	5	6	50	0	0	.300	.382	.520	.902	39.9
2022 Houston - LBSQ	32	132	485	119	40	4	14	90	63	61	7	8	48	0	0	.245	.333	.431	.764	8.9
Total LBSQ	11 yrs.	1406	5452	1582	418	23	208	865	936	701	40	60	563	5	2	.290	.372	.490	.861	406.8

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
2009 Lely Resort - R	19	7	26	3	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	3	0	0	.115	.233	.115	.349	-2.6
2009 Minneapolis - R	19	45	153	44	5	0	0	17	14	11	2	3	22	0	0	.288	.337	.320	.658	2.7
2009 Total - R	19	52	179	47	5	0	0	19	15	14	3	3	25	0	0	.263	.322	.291	.612	0.2
2009 Lepanto - A	19	8	31	11	1	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	7	0	0	.355	.394	.387	.781	2.3
2010 Lepanto - A	20	57	222	69	5	1	3	29	28	23	2	1	31	0	0	.311	.379	.383	.762	9.7
2010 Wichita - AA	20	52	193	53	8	1	0	13	19	13	0	0	37	0	0	.275	.320	.326	.647	0.8
2011 Wichita - AA	21	66	247	75	18	1	4	44	41	21	0	3	44	0	0	.304	.354	.433	.787	11.8
2011 East Dubuque - AAA	21	50	137	33	6	0	1	11	12	17	1	2	30	0	0	.241	.325	.307	.631	0.2
Total LBSQAAA		50	137	33	6	0	1	11	12	17	1	2	30	0	0	.241	.325	.307	.631	0.2
Total LBSQAA		118	440	128	26	2	4	57	60	34	0	3	81	0	0	.291	.340	.386	.726	12.6
Total LBSQA		65	253	80	6	1	3	31	34	25	2	1	38	0	0	.316	.381	.383	.764	12.0
Total LBSQR		52	179	47	5	0	0	19	15	14	3	3	25	0	0	.263	.322	.291	.612	0.2

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VORP
2013 Oakland - LBSQ	23	4	17	7	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	.412	.444	.471	.915	0.0
2015 Oakland - LBSQ	25	11	46	12	3	0	2	7	12	8	0	0	2	0	0	.261	.370	.457	.827	0.0
Total LBSQ		15	63	19	4	0	2	8	13	9	0	0	6	0	0	.302	.389	.460	.849	0.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
2012 Oakland - ML	C	39	29	186	12	0	200	2	.990	278.2	6.39	4	33	9	27.3
2012 Oakland - ML	RF	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25
2012 Oakland - ML	LF	3	3	6	1	0	7	0	1.000	25.0	2.52
2012 Oakland - ML	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00
2012 Oakland - ML	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00
2013 Oakland - ML	C	125	125	881	93	5	978	4	.996	1118.2	7.84	6	185	65	35.1
2013 Oakland - ML	2B	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00
2014 Oakland - ML	C	135	135	815	72	3	898	11	.988	1190.1	6.71	7	180	52	28.9
2014 Oakland - ML	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.1	0.00
2015 Oakland - ML	C	134	134	871	82	6	962	9	.991	1195.0	7.18	8	231	59	25.5
2015 Oakland - ML	CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.1	0.00
2016 Oakland - ML	C	134	134	774	74	4	865	17	.980	1183.2	6.45	9	172	48	27.9
2017 Oakland - ML	C	136	136	822	83	2	913	8	.991	1196.0	6.81	9	208	57	27.4
2018 Oakland - ML	C	134	134	739	89	4	835	7	.992	1194.0	6.24	5	197	58	29.4
2018 Oakland - ML	RF	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	11.0	1.64
2019 Oakland - ML	C	136	136	780	75	6	865	10	.988	1193.0	6.45	8	176	49	27.8
2020 Anaheim - ML	C	134	134	739	69	5	818	10	.988	1187.2	6.12	9	174	49	28.2
2021 Anaheim - ML	C	136	136	737	84	2	832	11	.987	1225.2	6.03	12	162	58	35.8
2022 Houston - ML	C	123	121	696	73	9	775	6	.992	1091.0	6.34	5	165	42	25.5
2022 Houston - ML	RF	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00

Player History
03-03-2009	Drafted in the 2009 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 22, 238th overall Pick) by the Texas Rangers.
06-01-2009	Was traded by the Texas Rangers to the Oakland Athletics, along with C A. Rogers, in exchange for a 1st draft pick, a 3rd draft pick.
01-01-2010	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 36 (48); Power: 13 (38); Eye: 29 (66).
05-31-2010	Was selected to the 2010 LBSQ Single A All-Star Game.
01-01-2011	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 43 (57); Power: 19 (50); Eye: 35 (66).
01-01-2012	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 47 (61); Power: 25 (59); Eye: 65 (66).
11-29-2012	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $276,451 through automatic renewal.
01-01-2013	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 57 (61); Power: 45 (59); Eye: 69 (66).
10-26-2013	Wins the 2013 LBSQ NL Gant dor� at C.
11-18-2013	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $276,451 through automatic renewal.
01-01-2014	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 64 (61); Power: 56 (59); Eye: 69 (66).
11-22-2014	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $5,011,200 through arbitration.
01-01-2015	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 68 (63); Power: 61 (59); Eye: 69 (66).
11-20-2015	Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $5,146,500 through arbitration.
01-01-2016	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 68 (63); Power: 61 (59); Eye: 69 (66).
05-12-2016	Signed a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $29,100,000 with the Oakland Athletics organization.
09-12-2016	Wins the LBSQ NL Player of the Week Award.
01-01-2017	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (63); Power: 60 (59); Eye: 66 (69).
07-10-2017	Was selected to the 2017 lbsq All-Star Game.
01-01-2018	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 66 (63); Power: 61 (59); Eye: 65 (74).
01-01-2019	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (63); Power: 60 (59); Eye: 66 (79).
01-01-2020	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 67 (63); Power: 61 (59); Eye: 66 (85).
02-17-2020	Was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Anaheim Angels, along with MR R. Christensen, in exchange for C A. Ola, SP R. Boone, SP N. Lewis, SP B. Moody, SP B. Piper.
07-06-2020	Was selected to the 2020 lbsq All-Star Game.
01-01-2021	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (63); Power: 60 (59); Eye: 67 (89).
11-19-2021	Became a free agent.
12-30-2021	Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $18,000,000 with the Houston Astros organization.
01-01-2022	SISA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 52 (62); Power: 59 (59); Eye: 67 (93).

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	2B	Rank
2015	48	3
2021	47	6

Year	SF	Rank
2019	11	5