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All Star Reserve
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Remembering the Hall of Famers: Kangorou Yataro
LF Kangorou Yataro:
Kangourou Yataro was one of the most feared sluggers in the early days of the league. Known for his fearsome power and tremendous batting eye, Yataro was an 11 time All Star and won 4 Silver Slugger Awards(only 7 players have won at least 4 SS's). Despite a sudden loss in power at the end of his career that left him short of 500 career HR- he finished with 493- Yataro had 4 consecutive 50 HR seasons from 2009 to 2012.
Yataro was one of the key players on those early Pittsburgh teams which dominated so much. His efforts contributed to 8 World Series championships for Pittsburgh, including 6 in a row from 2008 to 2013. It is difficult to pick out a particular postseason run for Yataro as being the "best," since he had only one that could even be considered bad. Still, his 2009 run was probably the most incredible. He batted .423 with a .651 OBP. He collected 5 extra base hits in 26 at bats, and had a 17 to 1 walk to strikeout rate.
Yataro's stats:
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Career Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams
2003 70 230 61 14 1 2 26 21 28 53 2 0 .265 .345 .361 .706 PIT
2004 148 500 138 15 2 34 88 76 71 110 0 0 .276 .366 .518 .884 PIT,NL
2005 156 531 140 26 5 36 108 106 104 108 0 0 .264 .384 .535 .919 PIT,NL
2006 154 539 124 24 1 27 80 88 81 124 2 0 .230 .331 .429 .759 PIT
2007 137 439 121 29 1 22 75 87 85 92 0 0 .276 .393 .497 .890 PIT
2008 153 525 151 26 3 35 118 84 80 86 2 0 .288 .382 .549 .930 PIT,NL
2009 152 531 149 18 0 55 139 106 99 75 0 0 .281 .394 .625 1.019 PIT,NL
2010 157 540 163 26 1 58 153 124 103 60 4 0 .302 .414 .676 1.090 PIT,NL
2011 146 510 168 22 1 50 119 115 90 52 0 0 .329 .430 .671 1.101 PIT,NL
2012 149 515 168 24 3 52 153 113 92 58 1 0 .326 .428 .687 1.116 PIT,NL
2013 148 504 175 29 1 37 106 117 96 68 0 0 .347 .452 .629 1.081 PIT,NL
2014 149 517 146 22 0 26 107 98 81 87 1 0 .282 .380 .476 .855 PIT,NL
2015 150 495 126 26 1 28 82 86 72 67 0 0 .255 .349 .481 .830 PIT,NL
2016 151 497 154 22 0 24 90 94 82 68 2 1 .310 .408 .499 .907 PIT,NL
2017 115 387 100 9 0 5 42 45 41 65 0 1 .258 .329 .320 .650 PIT
2018 41 89 10 1 0 2 8 6 9 26 0 0 .112 .194 .191 .385 PIT
Total 2176 7349 2094 333 20 493 1494 1366 1214 1199 14 2 .285 .386 .537 .923
Career Minor League Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
2003, AAA 80 313 86 15 0 9 43 42 35 69 2 2 .275 .338 .409 .747
Career Postseason Batting Stats
Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
2004 11 36 12 2 1 1 4 7 9 7 0 0 .333 .467 .528 .994
2005 13 48 13 1 0 5 9 12 8 14 0 0 .271 .375 .604 .979
2006 7 29 11 2 0 5 11 9 4 6 0 0 .379 .455 .966 1.420
2007 14 49 8 2 1 0 5 3 6 13 0 0 .163 .255 .245 .499
2008 12 47 13 0 0 4 11 6 7 7 0 0 .277 .370 .532 .902
2009 10 26 11 3 0 2 4 10 17 1 0 0 .423 .651 .769 1.420
2010 12 42 15 2 0 3 8 8 10 5 0 0 .357 .481 .619 1.100
2011 13 50 10 1 0 4 11 7 7 5 0 0 .200 .298 .460 .758
2012 12 51 16 5 0 4 16 9 8 5 0 0 .314 .407 .647 1.054
2013 13 53 20 6 0 2 16 13 7 9 0 0 .377 .450 .604 1.054
2014 12 48 16 5 0 2 9 9 4 8 0 0 .333 .385 .563 .947
2015 14 56 14 6 0 4 15 9 4 14 0 0 .250 .300 .571 .871
Total 143 535 159 35 2 36 119 102 91 94 0 0 .297 .399 .572 .971
Player History
Drafted in 9th round, 141st overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 2003...
Had first career hit on 7/6/2003, off Paul Pender (LA)...
Hit first career homerun on 8/21/2003, off Mose Orr (HAR)...
Drove in 6 runs against Harrisburg on 4/7/2004...
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 6/13/2005...
Was selected to the 2005 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2005, hitting .471 with 4 HR, 10 RBI...
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2005...
Injured on 6/1/2007 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/2007, hitting .526 with 4 HR, 9 RBI...
Hit 3 homeruns against Rochester, driving in 8 runs on 4/3/2008...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/2008, hitting .478 with 8 HR, 15 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2008, hitting .341 with 13 HR, 35 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 6/9/2008...
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2008, hitting .407 with 2 HR, 11 RBI...
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2008...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/2009, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/2009, hitting .563 with 3 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2009, hitting .384 with 8 HR, 22 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 6/25/2009...
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game...
Drove in 8 runs against Rochester on 9/26/2009...
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2009...
Won Silver Slugger Award in 2009, hitting .281 with 55 HR, 139 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Harrisburg on 4/9/2010...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Portland on 4/11/2010...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/2010, hitting .483 with 4 HR, 14 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2010, hitting .333 with 9 HR, 26 RBI...
Drove in 7 runs against San Diego on 6/26/2010...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/2010, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 14 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2010, hitting .354 with 9 HR, 32 RBI...
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game...
Hit 3 homeruns against Harrisburg, driving in 5 runs on 7/21/2010...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2010, hitting .375 with 13 HR, 26 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Sacramento on 9/2/2010...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/2010, hitting .458 with 6 HR, 13 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Rochester on 9/25/2010...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2010, hitting .333 with 11 HR, 29 RBI...
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2010...
Won Silver Slugger Award in 2010, hitting .302 with 58 HR, 153 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/2011, hitting .520 with 5 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2011, hitting .473 with 11 HR, 28 RBI...
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game...
Hit 3 homeruns against Harrisburg, driving in 5 runs on 8/21/2011...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/2011, hitting .474 with 5 HR, 10 RBI...
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2011...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2012, hitting .354 with 12 HR, 31 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2012, hitting .413 with 10 HR, 28 RBI...
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/2012, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 12 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Portland on 8/14/2012...
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 9/2/2012...
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2012...
Won Silver Slugger Award in 2012, hitting .326 with 52 HR, 153 RBI...
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game...
Hit for the cycle against Harrisburg on 7/16/2013...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/2013, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2013, hitting .407 with 4 HR, 20 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Kansas City on 10/15/2013...
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2013...
Won Silver Slugger Award in 2013, hitting .347 with 37 HR, 106 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Sacramento on 6/11/2014...
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Hartford on 7/19/2014...
Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game...
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 2015...
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/2016, hitting .481 with 3 HR, 8 RBI...
Had 2000th career hit on 4/24/2017, off Roger Copeland (HAR)...
Retired in 2019.
Batting Leader Boards Appearances
AVG
2011 - .329 - 6th
2012 - .326 - 10th
2013 - .347 - 1st
OBP
2005 - .384 - 10th
2007 - .393 - 6th
2008 - .382 - 9th
2009 - .394 - 7th
2010 - .414 - 4th
2011 - .430 - 1st
2012 - .428 - 2nd
2013 - .452 - 1st
2014 - .380 - 6th
2016 - .408 - 3rd
SLG
2004 - .518 - 9th
2005 - .535 - 10th
2008 - .549 - 3rd
2009 - .625 - 1st
2010 - .676 - 1st
2011 - .671 - 1st
2012 - .687 - 1st
2013 - .629 - 1st
OPS
2004 - .884 - 10th
2005 - .919 - 8th
2007 - .890 - 8th
2008 - .930 - 4th
2009 - 1.019 - 1st
2010 - 1.090 - 1st
2011 - 1.101 - 1st
2012 - 1.116 - 1st
2013 - 1.081 - 1st
2014 - .855 - 9th
2016 - .907 - 6th
Triples
2005 - 5 - 10th
Homeruns
2004 - 34 - 7th
2005 - 36 - 6th
2008 - 35 - 5th
2009 - 55 - 1st
2010 - 58 - 1st
2011 - 50 - 1st
2012 - 52 - 1st
2013 - 37 - 3rd
RBI
2005 - 108 - 8th
2008 - 118 - 3rd
2009 - 139 - 1st
2010 - 153 - 1st
2011 - 119 - 2nd
2012 - 153 - 1st
2013 - 106 - 6th
2014 - 107 - 5th
Runs
2005 - 106 - 3rd
2006 - 88 - 9th
2009 - 106 - 3rd
2010 - 124 - 1st
2011 - 115 - 3rd
2012 - 113 - 5th
2013 - 117 - 1st
2014 - 98 - 8th
BB
2005 - 104 - 1st
2006 - 81 - 6th
2007 - 85 - 3rd
2008 - 80 - 6th
2009 - 99 - 3rd
2010 - 103 - 2nd
2011 - 90 - 4th
2012 - 92 - 4th
2013 - 96 - 2nd
2014 - 81 - 10th
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