CF Norichika 'Nori' Aoki #27
Orix Buffaloes NPB
Age: 41 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
05/22/2023
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CF NORICHIKA 'NORI' AOKI #27 - AGE: 41 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
24 92 19 7 0 0 4 8 25 .207 .277 .283 1 -0.5
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 11 11 11 11
Gap 9 9 9 9
Power 5 5 5 5
Eye 7 7 7 7
Avoid K's 10 10 10 10
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 4 3
Errors: - 7 4
Arm: 1 10 4
Turn DP: - 6 -
Ability: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: 1
2nd Base: - Right Field: 1
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 9
Stealing Ability: 5
Baserunning Inst.: 14
Sacrifice Bunt: 12
Bunt for Hit: 6
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
05/20/2023 HOKK Loss, 11-13 7 4 3 0 0 1 2 0
05/18/2023 CHIB Loss, 2-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/17/2023 CHIB Win, 5-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/16/2023 CHIB Loss, 0-4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
05/10/2023 @ SEIB Loss, 4-5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/08/2023 @ SEIB Loss, 1-4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
05/05/2023 SB Win, 5-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
05/03/2023 @ CHIB Loss, 1-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
04/29/2023 RAKU Win, 6-4 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0
04/28/2023 RAKU Win, 4-2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Aoki is too focused on personal production.
Personality Class: Selfish
High: Greed
Low: Leader, Loyalty, Work Ethic
Birthday:01/05/1982
Born in:Miyazaki, MIY
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 9"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$2,640,000
Signed Through:2023 Season
Major Service:12 Years, 71 Days
Service This Yr:59 Days
40-Man Service:12 Years, 71 Days
Pro Service:20 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
NIPPON PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE 2023 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 24 92 19 7 0 0 4 11 8 25 .207 .277 .283 .560 .247 .076 59
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 23 102 1 1 0 2 1 0 26 7 1 1 50.0 7.1 2.50 -0.5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   23 4 2 0 0 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 .174 .240 .261 .501
Versus Right   69 15 5 0 0 3 10 6 20 0 1 1 .217 .289 .290 .579
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   15 5 1 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 .333 .375 .400 .775
March   16 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 0 0 1 .125 .176 .125 .301
April   45 11 5 0 0 2 6 6 11 0 1 0 .244 .333 .356 .689
May   31 6 2 0 0 0 4 2 7 0 0 0 .194 .242 .258 .500
Spring Training   65 17 2 0 3 8 8 4 14 2 3 1 .262 .306 .431 .736
Last Year   341 80 14 0 8 43 45 29 80 1 6 14 .235 .319 .346 .666
2 Years Ago   521 137 23 2 10 51 55 31 109 2 9 15 .263 .322 .372 .694
Career   6369 1979 320 29 148 666 1023 652 915 25 52 143 .311 .386 .440 .826
Home   44 12 4 0 0 2 8 5 9 0 0 0 .273 .347 .364 .711
Road   48 7 3 0 0 2 3 3 16 0 1 1 .146 .212 .208 .420
Grass   16 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 .062 .118 .062 .180
Turf   76 18 7 0 0 3 10 8 19 0 1 0 .237 .310 .329 .638
Day   32 9 4 0 0 1 7 3 8 0 0 0 .281 .343 .406 .749
Night   60 10 3 0 0 3 4 5 17 0 1 1 .167 .242 .217 .459
As Starter   91 19 7 0 0 4 11 8 25 0 1 1 .209 .280 .286 .566
As Reliever / Substitution   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   26 6 3 0 0 1 3 3 11 0 1 1 .231 .333 .346 .679
Inning 1-3   29 5 3 0 0 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 .172 .172 .276 .448
Inning 4-6   31 8 1 0 0 2 5 5 6 0 0 0 .258 .361 .290 .651
Inning 7-9   28 4 2 0 0 0 2 2 10 0 1 1 .143 .226 .214 .440
Extra Innings   4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .500 .600 .750 1.350
0 Outs   34 13 5 0 0 2 9 4 9 0 1 1 .382 .462 .529 .991
1 Outs   27 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 0 .074 .107 .074 .181
2 Outs   31 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 9 0 0 0 .129 .206 .194 .399
Scoring Position   28 4 0 0 0 4 1 1 9 0 1 0 .143 .172 .143 .315
Bases Empty   53 14 7 0 0 0 9 5 14 0 0 1 .264 .339 .396 .735
Runner on 1st   11 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 .091 .231 .091 .322
Runner on 2nd   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Runner on 1st & 2nd   8 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Runner on 1st & 3rd   4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   47 6 2 0 0 1 5 4 25 0 0 1 .128 .212 .170 .382
First Pitch   12 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .237
Count 0-1   6 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 0-2   10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .100 .100 .200 .300
Count 1-0   9 5 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 .556 .556 .889 1.444
Count 1-1   9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .222 .333
Count 1-2   15 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 1 .067 .125 .067 .192
Count 2-0   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   6 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167
Count 2-2   7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Full Count   15 2 1 0 0 0 3 4 7 0 0 0 .133 .316 .200 .516
Behind in Count   31 5 1 0 0 0 4 0 14 0 0 1 .161 .188 .194 .381
Ahead in Count   18 8 4 0 0 2 4 3 0 0 1 0 .444 .524 .667 1.190
Batting 5th   7 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 .286 .375 .429 .804
Batting 6th   65 14 5 0 0 3 9 6 18 0 1 1 .215 .292 .292 .584
Batting 7th   19 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .158 .200 .211 .411
Batting 9th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   38 4 3 0 0 0 2 5 7 0 1 0 .105 .209 .184 .394
Medium Leverage   32 10 3 0 0 2 7 1 9 0 0 1 .312 .353 .406 .759
High Leverage   22 5 1 0 0 2 2 2 9 0 0 0 .227 .292 .273 .564
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 OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2004 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 22 10 15 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 0 .200 .250 .200 .450 32 23 -0.1
2005 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 23 144 588 202 26 4 3 28 100 37 5 1 113 29 7 .344 .387 .417 .803 133 140 5.3
2006 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 24 146 599 192 26 3 13 62 112 68 8 1 78 41 12 .321 .396 .439 .836 142 157 7.2
2007 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 25 143 557 193 26 2 20 58 114 80 8 3 66 17 6 .346 .434 .508 .942 172 180 7.7
2008 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 26 112 444 154 29 5 14 64 85 42 10 3 47 31 9 .347 .413 .529 .942 171 186 6.8
2009 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 27 142 531 161 23 2 16 66 87 75 13 4 65 18 10 .303 .400 .444 .844 144 159 6.3
2010 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 28 143 583 209 44 1 14 63 92 63 18 3 61 19 4 .358 .435 .509 .944 173 191 8.6
2011 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 29 144 583 170 18 5 4 44 73 51 9 0 55 8 3 .292 .358 .360 .718 109 114 3.0
2012 Milwaukee - MLB 30 151 520 150 37 4 10 50 81 43 13 5 55 30 8 .288 .355 .433 .787 121 118 3.1
2013 Milwaukee - MLB 31 155 597 171 20 3 8 37 80 55 11 3 40 20 12 .286 .356 .370 .726 110 108 2.1
2014 Kansas City - MLB 32 132 491 140 22 6 1 43 63 43 6 1 49 17 8 .285 .349 .360 .710 103 100 2.0
2015 San Francisco - MLB 33 93 355 102 12 3 5 26 42 30 6 0 25 14 5 .287 .353 .380 .733 114 112 1.6
2016 Seattle - MLB 34 118 417 118 24 4 4 28 63 34 9 1 45 7 9 .283 .349 .388 .738 106 102 1.4
2017 Toronto - MLB 35 12 32 9 1 0 3 8 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 .281 .294 .594 .888 128 125 0.2
2017 New York - MLB 35 27 102 29 7 1 0 8 16 13 1 0 10 5 0 .284 .371 .373 .743 111 110 0.5
2017 Houston - MLB 35 71 202 55 12 1 2 19 28 15 2 4 29 5 2 .272 .323 .371 .694 87 82 0.0
2017 Total - MLB 35 110 336 93 20 2 5 35 48 29 3 5 44 10 2 .277 .335 .393 .728 98 95 0.7
2018 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 36 127 495 162 37 3 10 67 85 51 19 2 48 3 4 .327 .409 .475 .884 155 175 6.1
2019 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 37 134 489 145 19 2 16 58 84 61 11 3 72 1 2 .297 .385 .442 .826 139 154 4.7
2020 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 38 136 531 152 28 0 20 58 79 55 12 2 90 7 4 .286 .365 .452 .817 137 139 4.6
2021 Orix - NPB 39 141 521 137 23 2 10 51 55 31 15 2 109 3 4 .263 .322 .372 .694 103 103 1.3
2022 Orix - NPB 40 103 341 80 14 0 8 43 45 29 14 1 80 2 2 .235 .319 .346 .666 87 86 -0.4
2023 Orix - NPB 41 24 92 19 7 0 0 4 11 8 1 0 25 1 1 .207 .277 .283 .560 61 59 -0.5
Total MLB 759 2716 774 135 22 33 219 377 234 48 15 258 98 44 .285 .350 .387 .738 109 107 10.9
Total NPB 1649 6369 1979 320 29 148 666 1023 652 143 25 915 181 68 .311 .386 .440 .826 139 149 60.7
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 OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2006 Japan - TRN 24 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 100 38 -0.0
2009 Japan - TRN 27 9 37 12 1 0 0 7 4 4 0 1 4 1 1 .324 .381 .351 .732 100 81 -0.1
2014 Northwest Arkansas - AA 32 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .100 .182 .100 .282 -25 5 -0.1
2015 Sacramento - AAA 33 4 13 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .286 .231 .516 37 50 -0.1
2016 Tacoma - AAA 34 24 96 31 5 0 1 7 17 8 1 2 13 4 0 .323 .374 .406 .780 104 104 0.4
2017 Japan - TRN 35 6 22 4 3 0 0 2 5 6 1 0 3 0 0 .182 .379 .318 .697 100 108 0.1
Total PCL 28 109 34 5 0 1 7 18 9 1 2 13 4 0 .312 .364 .385 .749 96 98
Total TEX 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .100 .182 .100 .282 -25 5
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 OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2014 Kansas City - MLB 32 6 41 8 0 0 0 3 7 5 1 1 3 1 0 .195 .292 .195 .487 42 46 -0.1
2020 Tokyo Yakult - NPB 38 8 31 11 3 0 1 3 4 3 1 0 3 1 1 .355 .429 .548 .977 183 198 0.1
Total MLB 6 41 8 0 0 0 3 7 5 1 1 3 1 0 .195 .292 .195 .487 42 46
Total NPB 8 31 11 3 0 1 3 4 3 1 0 3 1 1 .355 .429 .548 .977 183 198
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2012 Milwaukee - MLB LF 13 7 14 0 0 14 0 1.000 76.0 1.66 0.0 .000
2012 Milwaukee - MLB CF 19 13 22 1 0 24 1 .958 120.0 1.73 0.0 .000
2012 Milwaukee - MLB RF 107 99 195 7 2 204 2 .990 896.0 2.03 0.0 .000
2013 Milwaukee - MLB CF 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 0.0 .000
2013 Milwaukee - MLB RF 149 145 289 9 0 301 3 .990 1288.1 2.08 0.0 .000
2014 Kansas City - MLB LF 5 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2014 Kansas City - MLB RF 119 118 209 5 1 216 2 .991 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2015 San Francisco - MLB LF 86 82 135 4 0 139 0 1.000 714.1 1.75 0.0 .000
2015 San Francisco - MLB RF 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 15.1 0.59 0.0 .000
2016 Seattle - MLB LF 99 88 160 4 2 164 0 1.000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2016 Seattle - MLB CF 15 14 28 1 0 30 1 .967 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2017 Houston - MLB P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.0 .000
2017 Houston - MLB LF 56 48 62 6 1 68 0 1.000 393.2 1.55 0.0 .000
2017 New York - MLB LF 5 4 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 34.0 2.12 0.0 .000
2017 Toronto - MLB LF 3 3 5 1 0 6 0 1.000 24.0 2.25 0.0 .000
2017 New York - MLB CF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 8.0 2.25 0.0 .000
2017 Toronto - MLB CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 0.0 .000
2017 Houston - MLB RF 16 8 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 94.0 1.44 0.0 .000
2017 New York - MLB RF 23 19 37 0 0 38 1 .974 171.1 1.94 0.0 .000
2017 Toronto - MLB RF 8 4 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 38.0 0.71 0.0 .000
2020 Tokyo Yakult - INT LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2020 Tokyo Yakult - INT CF 136 136 389 16 1 409 4 .990 1195.1 3.05 -5.4 .987
2021 Orix - INT RF 141 141 240 10 4 251 1 .996 1241.2 1.81 -2.4 .993
2022 Orix - INT LF 3 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 13.0 2.77 -0.3 .964
2022 Orix - INT CF 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 5.2 4.76 +0.2 .995
2022 Orix - INT RF 8 6 14 0 0 14 0 1.000 59.0 2.14 -1.7 .869
TOTAL P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.0 .000
TOTAL LF 271 233 391 15 3 406 0 1.000 1257.0 2.91 -0.3 .964
TOTAL CF 176 165 446 18 1 470 6 .987 1340.0 3.12 -5.3 .987
TOTAL RF 573 542 1003 31 7 1043 9 .991 3803.2 2.45 -4.2 .986
PLAYER HISTORY
01/17/2012 Signed as an international free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
12/05/2013 Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Kansas City Royals for P Will Smith.
11/04/2014 Became a free agent.
01/19/2015 Signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.
11/04/2015 Became a free agent.
12/03/2015 Signed as a free agent with the Seattle Mariners.
11/03/2016 Claimed off waivers by the Houston Astros from the Seattle Mariners.
07/31/2017 Was traded by the Houston Astros to the Toronto Blue Jays, along with RF Teoscar Hernandez, in exchange for P Francisco Liriano.
08/29/2017 Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.
09/02/2017 Signed a 1-year contract with the New York Mets organization.
10/30/2017 Released by the New York Mets.
03/30/2020 Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
05/16/2020 Injured (Bruised wrist), day-to-day for 1 day.
06/15/2020 Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
07/05/2020 Injured (Foot contusion), out for 1-2 weeks.
07/18/2020 Was selected to the 2020 Nippon Professional Baseball League All-Star Game.
11/16/2020 Became a free agent.
12/31/2020 Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $7,920,000 with the Orix Buffaloes organization.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (13); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 9 (9).
06/01/2021 Injured (Knee contusion), day-to-day for one week.
08/04/2021 Goes 5-5 against the Saitama Seibu Lions, with 1 RBI and 1 R.
08/22/2021 Injured (Mild shoulder strain), day-to-day for 4 days.
09/02/2021 Injured (Sprained ankle), day-to-day for 3 days.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 12 (12); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 7 (7).
05/08/2022 Injured (Mild calf strain), day-to-day for 2 days.
06/27/2022 Wins the NPB JPL Player of the Week Award.
08/11/2022 Scores his 1000th career Nippon Professional Baseball League run!
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 11 (11); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 7 (7).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
2021 141 7
Year PA Rank
2013 674 9
Year H Rank
2013 171 9
2020 152 6
2021 137 10
Year 2B Rank
2012 37 10
2020 28 5
Year SB Rank
2012 30 9
Year IBB Rank
2020 8 2
2021 3 9
2022 6 6
Year HP Rank
2012 13 4
2013 11 6
2016 9 9
2020 12 1
2021 15 2
2022 14 1
Year SH Rank
2014 8 7
Year AVG Rank
2020 .286 6
Year OBP Rank
2020 .365 3
Year RC Rank
2020 89.91 10
Year RC/27 Rank
2020 6.07 8
Year WOBA Rank
2020 .353 9
Year OPS Rank
2020 .817 9
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