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Tadahito Iguchi

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: December 4, 1974 in Tanashi, Japan jp

High School: Kokugakuin Kugayama (Tokyo, Japan)

School: Aoyama Gakuin University (Japan)

Debut: April 4, 2005 (Age 30-121d, 18,601st in major league history)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 2008 (Age 33-299d)
vs. WSN 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Rocky Hall • Previously: Dick Moss

Full Name: Tadahito Iguchi

Nicknames: Tad

Pronunciation: \ta-da-HEAT-oh Ig-GOO-chee\

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2005 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.4

1841

494

.268

267

RBI

205

OBP

.338

SLG

.401

OPS

.739

OPS+

Summary of 44 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 11 tying, 10 go ahead

3 Tms
CHW	39
PHI	3
SDP	2

Platoon
vs RHP	28
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Home	26
Away	18

Outs
2	18
1	13
0	13

16 Opps
DET	6
CHC	5
CLE	5
TBD	3
SEA	3
NYY	3
KCR	3
BOS	3
HOU	3
TEX	2
BAL	2
TOR	2
ARI	1
MIN	1
NYM	1
LAD	1

38 Pitchers
Jake Westbrook	2
Chad Durbin	2
Ted Lilly	2
Scott Elarton	2
Curt Schilling	2
Rich Hill	2
Jake Woods	1
J.P. Howell	1
Chris Sampson	1
Brian Burres	1
Russ Springer	1
CC Sabathia	1
Brian Meadows	1
Brad Lidge	1
Scott Kazmir	1
Mark Hendrickson	1
Jim Johnson	1
Randy Johnson	1
Jeremy Bonderman	1
Rafael Betancourt	1
Miguel Batista	1
Yusmeiro Petit	1
Virgil Vasquez	1
Nick Regilio	1
Scott Schoeneweis	1
Mark Prior	1
Jonathan Broxton	1
Justin Verlander	1
Brian Anderson	1
Shawn Chacón	1
Vicente Padilla	1
Nate Robertson	1
Justin Speier	1
Matt Guerrier	1
Bronson Arroyo	1
Eddie Guardado	1
Kyle Farnsworth	1
Scott Eyre	1

14 Parks
Guaranteed (CHI)	23
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	3
CitizensBank (PHI)	2
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	16
9	12
78	7
8	5
89	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	10
3	9
5	9
4	5
6	4
1	4
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	40
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	25
1--	7
-2-	4
123	2
12-	2
--3	2
-23	1
1-3	1

71 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	25
1 on	13
2 on	4
3 on	2
Any on	19

Inning
1	4
2	5
3	4
4	7
5	4
6	2
7	7
8	7
9	2
Extra	2

1-3	13
4-6	13
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	4
+2	3
+1	1
Tied	10
-1	5
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	7

Ahead	14
Tied	10
Behind	20

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	6
0-1	6
3-1	5
0-2	4
0-0	4
1-0	4
1-1	4
2-2	4
1-2	3
2-1	3
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	42
PH	2

OrderPos
2nd	39
6th	2
7th	1
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	18

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2005-05-03	CHW		KCR	Brian Anderson	behind 0-2	b 3	2	1--	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	2	4	0.208	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Uribe Scores
2	2	2	1	2005-05-07	CHW	@	TOR	Ted Lilly	ahead 4-1	t 2	2	--3	5,(3-1) 11BS1>B.BX	2	2	4	0.108	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Podsednik Scores
3	3	3	1	2005-05-16	CHW		TEX	Nick Regilio	behind 5-6	b 8	0	---	9,(3-2) ..BBCSFFBFX	1	2	PH	0.292	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	2005-05-22	CHW	@	CHC	Mark Prior	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	4	0.123	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	2005-06-05	CHW		CLE	Rafael Betancourt	behind 1-3	b 7	2	1--	4,(2-1) .11FB1BX	2	2	4	0.337	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); P. Ozuna Scores
6	6	6	1	2005-07-17	CHW	@	CLE	Scott Elarton	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	---	3,(0-2) FSX	1	2	4	0.068	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
7	7	7	1	2005-07-20	CHW		DET	Nate Robertson	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	4	0.093	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	8	1	2005-07-24	CHW		BOS	Bronson Arroyo	tied 2-2	b 2	2	-2-	8,(3-2) BCSBBFFX	2	2	4	0.179	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); S. Podsednik Scores
9	9	9	1	2005-08-04	CHW		TOR	Justin Speier	tied 4-4	b 8	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	2	4	0.251	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	10	1	2005-08-09	CHW	@	NYY	Shawn Chacón	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	3,(1-1) SBX	1	2	4	0.127	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	11	1	2005-08-12	CHW	@	BOS	Curt Schilling	behind 5-9	t 9	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	4	0.003	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	12	1	2005-08-21	CHW		NYY	Randy Johnson	behind 0-1	b 4	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	4	0.130	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	13	1	2005-08-26	CHW	@	SEA	Eddie Guardado	tied 3-3	t 12	2	-2-	3,(1-1) BCX	2	2	4	0.447	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Uribe Scores
14	14	14	1	2005-09-14	CHW	@	KCR	J.P. Howell	behind 0-3	t 3	0	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	2	4	0.170	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Crede Scores; S. Podsednik Scores
15	15	15	1	2005-10-01	CHW	@	CLE	Jake Westbrook	tied 1-1	t 7	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	2	4	0.392	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Blum Scores; P. Ozuna Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2006-04-13	CHW	@	DET	Justin Verlander	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	2	4	0.094	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
17	17	2	1	2006-04-25	CHW	@	SEA	Jake Woods	ahead 9-0	t 7	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	4	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); S. Podsednik Scores
18	18	3	1	2006-05-05	CHW		KCR	Scott Elarton	behind 0-1	b 7	0	---	6,(3-2) BCBSBX	1	2	4	0.209	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
19	19	4	1	2006-05-18	CHW	@	TBD	Mark Hendrickson	tied 2-2	t 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	0.138	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	5	1	2006-05-20	CHW		CHC	Rich Hill	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	123	5,(2-2) CBBFX	4	2	4	0.228	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Crede Scores; J. Uribe Scores; S. Podsednik Scores
21	21	6	2	2006-05-20	CHW		CHC	Rich Hill	ahead 5-0	b 5	0	1--	5,(3-1) 1BBF1B>X	2	2	4	0.025	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); S. Podsednik Scores
22	22	7	1	2006-06-25	CHW		HOU	Russ Springer	behind 2-9	b 8	0	12-	6,(3-2) BFBBSX	3	2	4	0.031	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Cintrón Scores; S. Podsednik Scores
23	23	8	2	2006-06-25	CHW		HOU	Brad Lidge	behind 5-9	b 9	2	123	3,(1-1) BFX	4	2	4	0.489	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); A. Pierzynski Scores; A. Cintrón Scores; S. Podsednik Scores
24	24	9	1	2006-07-02	CHW	@	CHC	Scott Eyre	behind 9-13	t 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	0.021	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
25	25	10	1	2006-07-09	CHW		BOS	Curt Schilling	behind 0-3	b 4	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	2	4	0.094	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
26	26	11	1	2006-07-23	CHW		TEX	Vicente Padilla	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	2	4	0.121	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Cintrón Scores/unER; T. Iguchi Scores/unER
27	27	12	1	2006-07-29	CHW	@	BAL	Jim Johnson	ahead 5-3	t 3	2	-23	5,(3-1) *BBFBX	3	2	4	0.175	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Anderson Scores; S. Podsednik Scores
28	28	13	1	2006-08-09	CHW		NYY	Kyle Farnsworth	behind 2-7	b 8	1	---	5,(2-2) BBFCX	1	2	4	0.018	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
29	29	14	1	2006-08-30	CHW		TBD	Brian Meadows	behind 2-4	b 8	2	--3	7,(3-2) *BBCFFBX	2	2	4	0.383	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Uribe Scores
30	30	15	1	2006-09-10	CHW		CLE	CC Sabathia	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	4,(1-2) BLCX	2	2	4	0.139	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); P. Ozuna Scores
31	31	16	1	2006-09-19	CHW		DET	Chad Durbin	ahead 6-0	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) ...BX	1	2	4	0.004	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
32	32	17	1	2006-09-20	CHW		DET	Jeremy Bonderman	behind 1-4	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	0.091	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
33	33	18	1	2006-09-30	CHW	@	MIN	Matt Guerrier	ahead 5-0	t 7	2	---	6,(2-2) FBBCFX	1	6	4	0.019	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	2007-04-04	CHW		CLE	Jake Westbrook	behind 3-5	b 4	2	1--	5,(2-2) SBFBX	2	8	4	0.222	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Pierzynski Scores
35	35	2	1	2007-04-20	CHW	@	DET	Chad Durbin	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	5,(1-2) BCSFX	1	2	4	0.116	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
36	36	3	1	2007-06-08	CHW		HOU	Chris Sampson	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	2	4	0.095	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
37	37	4	1	2007-06-28	CHW	@	TBD	Scott Kazmir	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	4	0.084	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	5	1	2007-07-05	CHW		BAL	Brian Burres	ahead 5-0	b 2	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	2	4	0.048	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Uribe Scores
39	39	6	1	2007-07-24 (2)	CHW		DET	Virgil Vasquez	behind 1-7	b 6	0	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	2	4	0.028	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	7	1	2007-07-30	PHI	@	CHC	Ted Lilly	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	4	0.061	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
41	41	8	1	2007-08-23	PHI		LAD	Jonathan Broxton	behind 1-5	b 8	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	2	4	0.025	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
42	42	9	1	2007-08-27	PHI		NYM	Scott Schoeneweis	ahead 7-2	b 7	1	-2-	2,(0-1) .SX	2	9	PH	0.010	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Coste Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	2008-04-26	SDP		ARI	Yusmeiro Petit	tied 7-7	b 13	1	---	6,(3-2) FBBBFX	1	7	4	0.428	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	2	1	2008-05-16	SDP	@	SEA	Miguel Batista	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	---	3,(0-2) SFX	1	2	4	0.070	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)