2B Sadahige 'Crazy Train' Taniguchi #56
Kansas City Tornadoes ABL
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good    
12/31/2027
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2B SADAHIGE 'CRAZY TRAIN' TANIGUCHI #56 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
73 86 15 2 0 0 5 12 25 .174 .283 .198 0 -0.6
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 68
Gap 42
Power 7
Eye 69
Avoid K's 53
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 62 15
Errors: - 80 46
Arm: 4 47 14
Turn DP: - 100 -
Ability: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 63
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: 83 Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 89
Stealing Ability: 72
Baserunning Inst.: 65
Sacrifice Bunt: 69
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/09/2027 @ GEO Loss, 0-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10/07/2027 GEO Loss, 5-9 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/06/2027 GEO Win, 7-3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
10/05/2027 GEO Win, 11-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/03/2027 @ GEO Win, 6-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/20/2027 @ GEO Loss, 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/12/2027 EUR Loss, 4-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/09/2027 OAK Win, 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/06/2027 @ MAP Win, 10-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/03/2027 POR Win, 17-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Leader Ability:Very Low
Loyalty:Normal
Desire f. Win:Very High
Greed:Normal
Intelligence:Normal
Work Ethic:Very High
Birthday:12/12/2000
Born in:Unknown
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 10"
Weight:175 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$1,300,000
Signed Through:2029 Season
Major Service:5 Years, None
Service This Yr:180 Days
40-Man Service:5 Years, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:2018, 21st Pick in Round 2
ADULT BASEBALL LEAGUE 2027 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 73 86 15 2 0 0 5 12 12 25 .174 .283 .198 .481 .229 .023 29
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 23 102 1 0 0 1 3 0 17 2 0 0 0.0 5.8 2.09 -0.6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   27 6 0 0 0 3 6 4 6 0 1 0 .222 .323 .222 .545
Versus Right   59 9 2 0 0 2 4 8 19 0 2 1 .153 .265 .186 .451
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   23 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 .087 .160 .087 .247
May   7 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 .000 .222 .000 .222
June   1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
July   43 10 2 0 0 4 6 9 10 0 2 0 .233 .365 .279 .644
August   11 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 .182 .182 .182 .364
September   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Spring Training   64 15 3 0 1 11 11 9 18 0 2 0 .234 .329 .328 .657
Postseason   17 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .176 .222 .294 .516
Last Year   359 100 15 1 1 42 47 42 71 4 7 3 .279 .355 .334 .690
2 Years Ago   399 109 13 2 0 29 52 46 76 0 5 4 .273 .354 .316 .670
Career   1659 445 52 11 3 154 230 198 357 11 27 12 .268 .348 .318 .667
Home   34 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 11 0 2 0 .088 .184 .088 .272
Road   52 12 2 0 0 5 9 8 14 0 1 1 .231 .344 .269 .613
Grass   86 15 2 0 0 5 12 12 25 0 3 1 .174 .283 .198 .481
Day   41 8 1 0 0 4 5 5 13 0 2 0 .195 .283 .220 .502
Night   45 7 1 0 0 1 7 7 12 0 1 1 .156 .283 .178 .461
As Starter   70 12 2 0 0 3 8 12 21 0 3 1 .171 .301 .200 .501
As Reliever / Substitution   16 3 0 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 .188 .188 .188 .375
Close/Late   28 5 1 0 0 2 3 1 11 0 2 0 .179 .207 .214 .421
Inning 1-3   21 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 6 0 0 0 .143 .308 .143 .451
Inning 4-6   26 5 1 0 0 2 4 6 7 0 0 1 .192 .364 .231 .594
Inning 7-9   30 6 1 0 0 3 2 1 9 0 3 0 .200 .226 .233 .459
Extra Innings   9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
0 Outs   13 2 0 0 0 0 4 6 4 0 3 1 .154 .450 .154 .604
1 Outs   33 5 0 0 0 1 5 3 12 0 0 0 .152 .222 .152 .374
2 Outs   40 8 2 0 0 4 1 3 9 0 0 0 .200 .256 .250 .506
Scoring Position   28 5 1 0 0 5 1 3 10 0 1 0 .179 .258 .214 .472
Bases Empty   44 6 1 0 0 0 6 7 14 0 0 0 .136 .255 .159 .414
Runner on 1st   14 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 1 .286 .412 .286 .697
Runner on 2nd   8 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Runner on 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Runner on 1st & 2nd   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Runner on 1st & 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   8 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .625
Two Strikes   45 2 1 0 0 2 3 4 25 0 0 1 .044 .140 .067 .207
First Pitch   14 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .357 .357 .429 .786
Count 0-1   9 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .444 .444 .444 .889
Count 0-2   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 1-1   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Count 1-2   15 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 .067 .125 .067 .192
Count 2-0   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 2-2   14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 0 .000 .833 .000 .833
Full Count   9 1 1 0 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 0 .111 .385 .222 .607
Behind in Count   31 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 17 0 0 1 .161 .188 .161 .349
Ahead in Count   13 3 0 0 0 2 3 8 0 0 3 0 .231 .524 .231 .755
Batting Leadoff   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 7th   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 8th   8 2 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 .250 .500 .250 .750
Batting 9th   68 13 2 0 0 5 6 9 21 0 3 0 .191 .286 .221 .506
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
2023 Kansas City - ABL 22 156 559 153 16 6 1 51 78 70 4 6 128 7 7 .274 .355 .329 .684 77 79 0.6
2024 Kansas City - ABL 23 83 256 68 6 2 1 27 41 28 0 1 57 3 1 .266 .337 .316 .653 71 70 0.2
2025 Kansas City - ABL 24 114 399 109 13 2 0 29 52 46 4 0 76 0 1 .273 .354 .316 .670 75 78 0.2
2026 Kansas City - ABL 25 106 359 100 15 1 1 42 47 42 3 4 71 3 6 .279 .355 .334 .690 81 79 0.3
2027 Kansas City - ABL 26 73 86 15 2 0 0 5 12 12 1 0 25 0 0 .174 .283 .198 .481 27 29 -0.6
Total ABL 532 1659 445 52 11 3 154 230 198 12 11 357 13 15 .268 .348 .318 .667 74 75 0.7
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
2017 Chunichi - COL 16 38 155 55 8 1 4 29 37 30 0 2 33 7 9 .355 .455 .497 .951 140 147 0.0
2018 Chunichi - COL 17 48 182 64 5 2 2 49 39 40 2 2 31 16 10 .352 .469 .434 .903 127 129 0.0
2018 San Angelo - A 17 87 359 97 17 2 2 26 36 32 3 3 94 11 11 .270 .332 .345 .678 85 90 0.0
2019 San Angelo - A 18 160 657 191 37 11 6 66 120 99 3 1 171 25 21 .291 .386 .408 .793 111 111 0.0
2020 San Angelo - A 19 155 613 171 28 6 5 63 89 95 5 5 133 24 21 .279 .377 .369 .746 102 108 0.0
2021 Wichita - AA 20 51 198 48 5 2 2 20 27 29 1 2 48 9 4 .242 .339 .318 .657 72 79 0.0
2022 Wichita - AA 21 31 121 43 8 4 0 23 28 34 0 1 33 15 4 .355 .494 .488 .981 153 161 0.0
2022 Joplin - AAA 21 47 183 48 9 2 4 17 45 24 1 2 21 6 7 .262 .348 .399 .747 87 89 0.0
Total AAA 47 183 48 9 2 4 17 45 24 1 2 21 6 7 .262 .348 .399 .747 87 89
Total AA 82 319 91 13 6 2 43 55 63 1 3 81 24 8 .285 .402 .382 .784 105 112
Total A 402 1629 459 82 19 13 155 245 226 11 9 398 60 53 .282 .371 .379 .751 102 105
Total Pro Feeder 86 337 119 13 3 6 78 76 70 2 4 64 23 19 .353 .462 .463 .925 133 137
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
2023 Kansas City - ABL 22 7 24 4 1 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 6 0 0 .167 .259 .292 .551 0 0 0.0
2025 Kansas City - ABL 24 17 54 17 3 1 0 7 6 5 1 1 9 0 0 .315 .377 .407 .784 0 0 0.0
2026 Kansas City - ABL 25 12 42 12 1 0 0 11 4 2 0 1 13 0 0 .286 .311 .310 .621 0 0 0.0
2027 Kansas City - ABL 26 5 17 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .176 .222 .294 .516 0 0 0.0
Total ABL 41 137 36 5 3 0 20 13 10 2 2 30 0 0 .263 .318 .343 .661 72 63
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2017 Chunichi - COL 2B 38 38 81 97 27 186 8 .957 332.0 4.83 -3.3 .954
2018 Chunichi - COL 2B 48 48 75 122 25 208 11 .947 411.1 4.31 -2.9 .964
2019 San Angelo - A 2B 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 3.0 6.00 0.0 .000
2020 San Angelo - A 2B 155 155 255 362 98 625 8 .987 1401.1 3.96 +6.8 1.025
2021 Wichita - AA 2B 49 48 91 135 51 226 0 1.000 431.1 4.72 +4.1 1.058
2021 Wichita - AA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2022 Wichita - AA 2B 32 31 49 75 19 124 0 1.000 275.0 4.06 -0.1 .998
2022 Wichita - AA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2022 Joplin - AAA SS 47 47 77 103 29 202 22 .891 415.1 3.90 -11.4 .867
2023 Kansas City - ML 2B 155 155 256 548 149 817 13 .984 1405.0 5.15 +2.0 1.005
2023 Kansas City - ML 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.1 0.00 0.0 .000
2023 Kansas City - ML SS 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 1.000 4.0 6.75 0.0 .000
2024 Kansas City - ML 2B 75 70 136 243 57 383 4 .990 622.1 5.48 +1.4 1.008
2024 Kansas City - ML 3B 3 1 0 3 1 3 0 1.000 12.0 2.25 +0.1 1.041
2024 Kansas City - ML SS 2 2 4 9 3 14 1 .929 18.0 6.50 +0.1 1.010
2025 Kansas City - ML 2B 110 110 173 385 111 570 12 .979 979.2 5.13 -2.1 .990
2025 Kansas City - ML SS 4 3 2 6 3 8 0 1.000 29.0 2.48 +0.0 1.011
2026 Kansas City - ML 2B 106 106 180 369 99 551 2 .996 944.2 5.23 +1.2 1.005
2027 Kansas City - ML 2B 57 23 54 108 33 163 1 .994 254.1 5.73 -0.5 .992
2027 Kansas City - ML SS 10 0 2 8 2 10 0 1.000 17.1 5.19 +0.1 1.020
TOTAL 2B 826 784 1352 2444 669 3855 59 .985 7060.0 4.84 +6.6 1.003
TOTAL 3B 6 1 0 3 1 3 0 1.000 20.1 1.33 +0.1 1.041
TOTAL SS 65 52 87 127 38 237 23 .903 483.2 3.98 -11.3 .884
PLAYER HISTORY
06/07/2017 Joined the Chunichi Dragons.
08/14/2017 Wins the Pro Feeder CL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (20); Power: - (1); Eye: - (14).
04/22/2018 Injured (strained oblique), out for one week.
06/04/2018 Wins the Pro Feeder CL Player of the Week Award.
06/07/2018 Released by the Chunichi Dragons.
06/07/2018 Drafted in the 2018 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 21, 46th overall pick) by the Kansas City Tornadoes.
06/21/2018 Signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Tornadoes organization with a signing bonus of $400,000.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (20); Power: - (1); Eye: - (14).
07/07/2019 Was selected to the 2019 SINGLE A All-Star Game.
07/15/2019 Goes 0-4 against the Barrow Frosties, ending his hitting streak at 23 games.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (20); Power: - (1); Eye: - (14).
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (19); Power: - (2); Eye: - (15).
05/09/2021 Injured (broken kneecap), out for 4 months.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (16); Power: - (1); Eye: - (15).
04/04/2022 Named the #61 prospect in the ABL
07/01/2022 Injured (broken kneecap), out for 7-8 months.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (73); Power: - (4); Eye: - (70).
04/03/2023 Named the #63 prospect in the ABL
04/18/2023 Injured (concussion), day-to-day for 2 days.
06/13/2023 Injured (mild hamstring strain), day-to-day for 1 day.
08/04/2023 Injured (quadriceps soreness), day-to-day for 1 day.
11/19/2023 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $500,000 through automatic renewal.
12/16/2023 Signed a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $6,500,000 with the Kansas City Tornadoes organization.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (71); Power: - (3); Eye: - (71).
03/17/2024 Injured (strained hamstring), out for 5 weeks.
05/17/2024 Injured (mild oblique strain), day-to-day for one week.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (69); Power: - (4); Eye: - (70).
03/21/2025 Injured (sore knee), out for one week.
07/03/2025 Injured (thumb contusion), out for 2 days.
09/08/2025 Injured (wrist tendinitis), out for 2 weeks.
09/27/2025 Injured (strained oblique), out for 2 weeks.
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (70); Power: - (6); Eye: - (68).
05/17/2026 Injured (back stiffness), day-to-day for 2 weeks.
07/10/2026 Injured (fractured finger), out for 5-6 weeks.
01/01/2027 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (68); Power: - (6); Eye: - (68).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year SH Rank
2023 6 5
2024 6 5
Year SF Rank
2023 6 10
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