Sotan Kono
Hall of Fame Inductee
Retired
Sotan Kono
Birthdate:
Dec. 9, 1996 (74 y, 8 m, 22 d)
Born In:
Sakura, CHI, JPN
Nationality:
Japanese
Position:
LF
Bats/Throws:
R/R
Height/Weight:
6'2"/202
Entry:
2014 Draft - Round: 9, Overall: 317, Team: New York Mets
Contract:
Free Agent
ML Service Time:
None
Player Awards
Award Date Team
MVP / Batter of the Year 2034 (2nd) Boston (PBL)
2033 (2nd) Baltimore (PBL)
2032 (3rd) Baltimore (PBL)
2031 (2nd) Baltimore (PBL)
2030 (3rd) New York (PBL)
2029 New York (PBL)
2026 New York (PBL)
2024 Oakland (PBL)
2020 Oakland (PBL)
All-Star 2034 Boston (PBL)
2033 Baltimore (PBL)
2032 Baltimore (PBL)
2031 Baltimore (PBL)
2030 New York (PBL)
2029 New York (PBL)
2028 New York (PBL)
2027 New York (PBL)
2026 New York (PBL)
2025 New York (PBL)
2024 Oakland (PBL)
2023 Oakland (PBL)
2022 Oakland (PBL)
2021 Oakland (PBL)
2020 Oakland (PBL)
2018 Sacramento (PCL)
2017 Midland (TEX)
League Champ 2037 Boston (PBL)
Silver Slugger 2037 - DH Boston (PBL)
2034 - LF Boston (PBL)
Championship Series MVP 2037 Boston (PBL)
Batter of the Month Aug 2038 Boston (PBL)
Jun 2036 Boston (PBL)
Oct 2034 Boston (PBL)
Jul 2034 Boston (PBL)
Aug 2033 Baltimore (PBL)
Aug 2032 Baltimore (PBL)
Jul 2030 New York (PBL)
Jul 2028 New York (PBL)
Aug 2027 New York (PBL)
May 2025 Oakland (PBL)
Jul 2024 Oakland (PBL)
Jun 2024 Oakland (PBL)
May 2024 Oakland (PBL)
Sep 2022 Oakland (PBL)
Aug 2022 Oakland (PBL)
Jun 2022 Oakland (PBL)
Sep 2020 Oakland (PBL)
Jul 2020 Oakland (PBL)
Aug 2019 Oakland (PBL)
Rookie of the Month Aug 2019 Oakland (PBL)
Player of the Week May 30, 2039 Atlanta (PBL)
Aug 2, 2038 Boston (PBL)
Sep 28, 2037 Boston (PBL)
Aug 25, 2036 Boston (PBL)
Jul 17, 2034 Boston (PBL)
Jun 26, 2034 Boston (PBL)
Jun 12, 2034 Boston (PBL)
Apr 17, 2034 Boston (PBL)
Aug 15, 2033 Baltimore (PBL)
Jul 25, 2033 Baltimore (PBL)
Apr 11, 2033 Baltimore (PBL)
Sep 27, 2032 Baltimore (PBL)
Aug 2, 2032 Baltimore (PBL)
Sep 15, 2031 Baltimore (PBL)
Jul 15, 2030 New York (PBL)
Sep 10, 2029 New York (PBL)
Jun 25, 2029 New York (PBL)
Apr 30, 2029 New York (PBL)
Aug 14, 2028 New York (PBL)
Jun 19, 2028 New York (PBL)
May 4, 2026 New York (PBL)
Apr 20, 2026 New York (PBL)
Aug 18, 2025 New York (PBL)
Sep 4, 2023 Oakland (PBL)
May 15, 2023 Oakland (PBL)
Aug 24, 2020 Oakland (PBL)
Jul 20, 2020 Oakland (PBL)
Jul 13, 2020 Oakland (PBL)
May 25, 2020 Oakland (PBL)
Jul 2, 2018 Sacramento (PCL)
May 28, 2018 Sacramento (PCL)
Jul 24, 2017 Midland (TEX)
Jun 26, 2017 Midland (TEX)
Hall of Fame Metrics
Metric Score
Black Ink91
Grey Ink362
Similar Players (LF)
Note: See Baseball Reference formula (primary position)
Leaderboard Appearances
Year GS Rank
2022 161 5
2023 161 6
2037 159 9
Year PA Rank
2020 711 9
2021 709 10
2022 707 9
2029 715 5
2037 726 2
Year AB Rank
2020 649 6
2021 642 10
2022 641 8
2023 647 6
2027 629 9
2029 649 4
2037 660 2
Year Hits Rank
2020 235 1
2021 185 6
2022 207 2
2023 199 4
2025 198 5
2027 189 5
2028 180 9
2029 188 2
2034 179 8
Year K Rank
2019 170 2
2027 166 5
2029 162 8
2037 187 4
Year TB Rank
2020 468 1
2021 343 3
2022 382 2
2023 387 1
2024 372 1
2025 393 2
2026 357 3
2027 367 2
2028 335 2
2029 351 1
2030 333 3
2031 332 2
2032 329 4
2033 324 4
2034 338 1
2036 303 9
2037 363 2
2038 309 2
Year 2B Rank
2019 41 7
2020 60 1
2025 41 9
2026 40 7
2037 37 9
2038 38 9
Year 3B Rank
2020 7 9
2021 10 3
2023 6 10
2024 8 2
2026 7 8
2027 9 3
2028 8 3
2029 5 10
2040 7 9
Year HR Rank
2020 53 1
2021 37 2
2022 43 2
2023 47 1
2024 49 1
2025 48 2
2026 42 5
2027 42 3
2028 34 7
2029 43 1
2030 46 2
2031 42 1
2032 40 1
2033 47 1
2034 42 1
2036 40 4
2037 49 1
2038 34 8
2039 36 9
2040 33 10
Year SB Rank
2024 25 10
Year RBI Rank
2020 135 2
2021 106 6
2022 142 1
2023 149 1
2024 142 1
2025 144 1
2026 118 6
2027 122 4
2028 119 4
2029 122 2
2030 108 3
2031 101 7
2032 104 7
2033 103 7
2034 118 1
2036 115 4
2037 136 2
2038 104 6
2039 99 10
Year R Rank
2019 95 8
2020 141 1
2021 116 3
2022 118 2
2023 116 2
2024 118 3
2025 118 2
2029 113 1
2030 104 2
2031 102 4
2034 113 2
2037 100 8
2038 99 8
Year IBB Rank
2020 12 2
2022 10 3
2023 9 1
2024 7 5
2025 12 3
2026 10 4
2027 15 1
2028 11 2
2029 11 5
2031 10 2
2032 15 1
2039 9 9
Year HBP Rank
2025 11 10
2027 12 8
2029 15 4
Year SF Rank
2019 7 9
2025 12 2
2027 9 2
2041 8 6
Year XBH Rank
2019 72 3
2020 120 1
2021 74 5
2022 87 1
2023 88 1
2024 86 2
2025 94 2
2026 89 3
2027 85 2
2028 79 2
2029 72 2
2030 69 4
2031 78 1
2032 78 2
2033 75 2
2034 74 3
2036 68 7
2037 90 1
2038 77 1
2040 58 9
Year Avg Rank
2020 0.362 2
2022 0.323 4
2023 0.308 10
2024 0.323 4
2025 0.315 7
2026 0.319 3
2028 0.295 10
2031 0.320 2
2032 0.305 8
2033 0.305 4
2034 0.299 10
2038 0.300 10
Year OBP Rank
2020 0.413 3
2024 0.381 9
2026 0.374 10
2031 0.390 1
2038 0.372 10
Year SLG Rank
2020 0.721 1
2021 0.534 2
2022 0.596 2
2023 0.598 1
2024 0.667 1
2025 0.626 2
2026 0.643 1
2027 0.584 2
2028 0.549 4
2029 0.541 3
2030 0.558 2
2031 0.645 1
2032 0.602 1
2033 0.659 1
2034 0.564 1
2036 0.579 2
2037 0.550 4
2038 0.583 2
2040 0.567 2
Year ISO Rank
2019 0.216 8
2020 0.359 1
2021 0.246 2
2022 0.273 2
2023 0.291 1
2024 0.344 1
2025 0.311 2
2026 0.324 3
2027 0.283 2
2028 0.254 4
2029 0.251 3
2030 0.275 2
2031 0.324 1
2032 0.296 1
2033 0.354 1
2034 0.265 1
2036 0.289 1
2037 0.291 2
2038 0.283 3
2040 0.287 2
Year OPS Rank
2020 1.134 1
2021 0.879 8
2022 0.975 2
2023 0.966 2
2024 1.047 1
2025 1.002 2
2026 1.017 1
2027 0.937 4
2028 0.910 5
2029 0.895 4
2030 0.896 4
2031 1.034 1
2032 0.958 2
2033 1.034 2
2034 0.911 3
2036 0.938 3
2038 0.955 2
2040 0.912 3
Year G Rank
2022 161 6
2023 161 7
2037 159 10
Year WAR Rank
2020 10.9 1
2021 5.4 5
2022 7.5 2
2023 6.1 2
2024 6.3 2
2025 6.7 4
2026 6.0 6
2027 6.6 3
2029 6.3 4
2030 5.4 5
2031 6.6 3
2033 5.9 5
2038 5.1 7