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2008 Orix Buffaloes Fielding?

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2008 Orix Buffaloes Fielding?
Hi Everybody - I am looking at the 2008 fielding data, and trying to get a better idea as to the actual fielding skill of the players during 2008. "Errors" don't really tell us much. What I'd like to ask is that for anybody who follows Orix or NPB in general, is to rate each player on a 1 to 5 basis, where "1" is Gold Glove caliber (the best fielders), and "5" is absolutely atrocious. League average is a "3."

For outfielders, I'd like to know which actual positions they played (as opposed to generic "Outfield"). Who plays left field, who plays center field, who plays right field?

Also, for outfielders and catchers, can you please give a little note as to whether they have a good, average, or poor throwing arm?

2008 Orix Buffaloes
Catchers:
Takeshi Hidaka
Daisuke Maeda
Fumihiro Suzuki
Toshiya Tsuji

First Basemen:
Alex Cabrera
Hirotoshi Kitagawa
Masahiro Abe
Makoto Shiozaki
Kuniyuki Kimoto

Second Basemen:
Mitsutaka Gotoh
Ikki Shimamura
Masahiro Abe
Makoto Moriyama
Makoto Shiozaki

Third Basemen:
Hirotoshi Kitagawa
Makoto Shiozaki
Greg LaRocca
Ikki Shimamura

Shortstop:
Keiji Obiki
Mitsutaka Gotoh
Makoto Moriyama
Makoto Shiozaki
Masahiro Abe

Outfielders:
Tomotaka Sakaguchi
Shinji Shimoyama
Osamu Hamanaka
Arihito Muramatsu
Hiroyuji Oze
Yuichiro Mukae
Tuffy Rhodes
Ryota Aikawa
Katsuaki Furuki
Shintaro Yoshida

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: 2008 Orix Buffaloes Fielding?
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Feb 16, 2009 10:56 AM | YBS Fan ]

- "Errors" don't really tell us much.

You are correct. Unfortunately, what I've posted is all the data the league makes available.

- Who plays [left, center, and right] field?

Outfielder          LF  CF  RF  OF
Tomotaka Sakaguchi   0 139   0 139
Shinji Shimoyama    14  21  97 119	
Osamu Hamanaka      25   0  45  70
Arihito Muramatsu   53   0  22  70
Hiroyuji Oze         5   3   1  58
Yuichiro Mukae      23   0  10  32
Tuffy Rhodes        26   0   3  27	
Ryota Aikawa         7   0   2   9	
Katsuaki Furuki      0   0   8   8	
Shintaro Yoshida     2   0   2   4
The numbers are games played at the various outfield positions.

If you find this information useful, please feel free to drop in some coins. If you're with an MLB club, please write me and allow me to show you the kinds of data (like the above) that I track which the NPB doesn't publish.
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