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Hiroshi Katayama

Positions: Pitcher and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Born: April 19, 1987 in Mihara-gun, Japan jp

High School: Hotoku Gakuen HS (Japan)

Full Name: Hiroshi Katayama

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2008	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		8	9	.471	3.38	3.71	28	12		3	2	0	138.1	126	57	52	9	52	0	109	10	0	5	587	1.287	8.2	0.6	3.4	7.1	2.10
2008	21	-7.1	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		2	7	.222	3.65	3.99	18	12		2	1	0	79.0	70	35	32	4	35	0	71	8	0	2	346	1.329	8.0	0.5	4.0	8.1	2.03
2008	21	-5.1	Rakuten	JPEL	Fgn		6	2	.750	3.03	3.34	10			1	1	0	59.1	56	22	20	5	17	0	38	2	0	3	241	1.230	8.5	0.8	2.6	5.8	2.24
2009	22	-4.5	Rakuten	JPEL	Fgn		3	5	.375	5.52	6.70	12			0	0	0	45.2	50	34	28	4	25	0	32	2	0	3	214	1.642	9.9	0.8	4.9	6.3	1.28
2009	22	-1.3	Phoenix	AZFL	Fal		0	1	.000	7.71	7.71	12	0	1	0	0	0	11.2	9	10	10	4	7	0	11	1	0	0	50	1.371	6.9	3.1	5.4	8.5	1.57
2010	23	-5.3	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		1	2	.333	1.88	2.17	53	1	14	0	0	0	62.1	45	15	13	3	26	2	59	2	0	3	255	1.139	6.5	0.4	3.8	8.5	2.27
2011	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		2	3	.400	3.18	3.42	68	1	13	0	0	1	73.2	64	28	26	4	17	0	68	4	0	3	303	1.100	7.8	0.5	2.1	8.3	4.00
2011	24	-4.2	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		2	3	.400	3.43	3.75	59	1	10	0	0	0	57.2	55	24	22	3	15	0	55	2	0	2	241	1.214	8.6	0.5	2.3	8.6	3.67
2011-12	24	-1.5	Adelaide	AUBL	Fgn		0	0		2.25	2.25	9	0	3	0	0	1	16.0	9	4	4	1	2	0	13	2	0	1	62	0.688	5.1	0.6	1.1	7.3	6.50
2012	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		4	3	.571	3.46	3.81	57	0	6	0	0	0	52.0	61	22	20	2	16	0	40	4	0	3	232	1.481	10.6	0.3	2.8	6.9	2.50
2012	25	-3.1	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		0	2	.000	3.77	3.77	41	0	6	0	0	0	28.2	36	12	12	2	12	0	21	2	0	2	134	1.674	11.3	0.6	3.8	6.6	1.75
2012	25	-2.2	Rakuten	JPEL	Fgn		4	1	.800	3.09	3.86	16			0	0	0	23.1	25	10	8	0	4	0	19	2	0	1	98	1.243	9.6	0.0	1.5	7.3	4.75
2013	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		4	2	.667	2.39	2.39	42	0	8	0	0	0	60.1	50	16	16	1	23	0	34	5	0	0	254	1.210	7.5	0.1	3.4	5.1	1.48
2013	26	-1.8	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		3	1	.750	3.03	3.03	31	0	8	0	0	0	35.2	38	12	12	1	16	0	22	2	0	0	160	1.514	9.6	0.3	4.0	5.6	1.38
2013	26	-0.7	Rakuten	JPEL	Fgn		1	1	.500	1.46	1.46	11			0	0	0	24.2	12	4	4	0	7	0	12	3	0	0	94	0.770	4.4	0.0	2.6	4.4	1.71
2014	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		1	2	.333	2.00	3.50	27	0	1	0	0	0	18.0	18	7	4	0	9	1	11	3	0	0	81	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	5.5	1.22
2014	27	0.3	Rakuten	JPEL	Fgn		1	1	.500	1.59	3.18	23			0	0	0	17.0	16	6	3	0	5	0	11	2	0	0	71	1.235	8.5	0.0	2.6	5.8	2.20
2014	27	-0.6	Rakuten	JPPL	Fgn		0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	10	6.000	18.0	0.0	36.0	0.0	0.00

2016	29	2.2	Rakuten	JPEL	Fgn		0	2	.000	4.32	5.40	11			0	0	1	8.1	5	5	4	0	4	0	11	2	0	0	36	1.080	5.4	0.0	4.3	11.9	2.75
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Foreign (8 seasons)					Foreign		23	28	.451	3.20	3.61	298	14	42	3	2	2	458.2	419	184	163	23	172	3	364	32	0	17	1962	1.289	8.2	0.5	3.4	7.1	2.12
NPB (6 seasons)					NPB		8	16	.333	3.13	3.37	206	14	39	2	1	0	264.1	246	99	92	13	108	3	228	17	0	9	1146	1.339	8.4	0.4	3.7	7.8	2.11
Other (1 season)					Other		0	1	.000	7.71	7.71	12	0	1	0	0	0	11.2	9	10	10	4	7	0	11	1	0	0	50	1.371	6.9	3.1	5.4	8.5	1.57
All Levels (8 Seasons)							23	29	.442	3.31	3.71	310	14	43	3	2	2	470.1	428	194	173	27	179	3	375	33	0	17	2012	1.291	8.2	0.5	3.4	7.2	2.10