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Katsujirou
Noritoshi		  
Nickname: Gaijin
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: May 11, 1997 in Kyoto, JAPAN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2029   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2025 28 CLE HL $ 3,650,000  
2026 29 CLE HL $ 3,650,000  
2027 30 CLE HL $ 3,650,000  
2028 31 CLE HL $ 3,650,000  
2029 32 CLE HL $ 3,650,000  
2030 33 CLE HL $ 2,000,000  
2031 34 CLE HL $ 2,000,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,000,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,650,000  
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2025 28 CLE HL $ 3,650,000  
2026 29 CLE HL $ 3,650,000  
2027 30 CLE HL $ 3,650,000  
2028 31 CLE HL $ 3,650,000  
2029 32 CLE HL $ 3,650,000  
2030 33 CLE HL $ 2,000,000  
2031 34 CLE HL $ 2,000,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,000,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,650,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Pitcher of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2025 28 CLE HL 1 4 .200 92 2 0 0 7 89.3 60 17 4 15 89 1.71 .190 .236 .269 .505 13.3
2026 29 CLE HL 1 6 .143 87 0 0 0 12 81.7 66 35 7 20 73 3.86 .217 .275 .345 .620 7.8
2027 30 CLE HL 3 1 .750 111 0 0 0 2 93.7 101 37 6 17 82 3.56 .281 .327 .398 .726 7.3
2028 31 CLE HL 5 7 .417 110 0 0 0 2 102.0 121 59 11 20 89 5.21 .296 .335 .452 .787 3.9
2029 32 CLE HL 1 2 .333 97 0 0 0 3 82.3 95 37 13 25 71 4.04 .289 .342 .474 .816 4.8
2030 33 CLE HL 6 4 .600 86 0 0 0 8 81.0 85 53 6 23 65 5.89 .262 .320 .388 .708 4.5
2031 34 CLE HL 2 1 .667 34 0 0 0 3 31.3 34 21 5 16 28 6.03 .276 .357 .423 .780 0.9
2032 35 AAA   0 0 .000 19 0 0 0 0 17.3 35 24 9 7 8 12.46 .398 .442 .784 1.226  
7 Years Sim 19 25 .432 617 2 0 0 37 561.3 562 259 52 136 497 4.15 .260 .311 .394 .705 42.5
1 Years AAA 0 0 .000 19 0 0 0 0 17.3 35 24 9 7 8 12.46 .398 .442 .784 1.226  
Season Average 2 3 .400 88 0 0 0 5 80.2 80 37 7 19 71 4.15 .260 .311 .394 .705  
Career Highs 6 7 .750 111 2 0 0 12 102.0 121 59 13 25 89 6.03 .296 .357 .474 .816  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   333 171 33 93 318   .253 .302 .391 .693
vs LH   229 88 19 43 179   .270 .306 .398 .703
Home 10 11 .476 314 2 0 0 15 281.0 303 147 22 66 249 4.71 .273 .314 .401 .715
Away 9 14 .391 303 0 0 0 25 280.3 259 112 30 70 248 3.60 .246 .293 .385 .678
Mar/Apr 5 6 .455 88 0 0 0 14 79.3 87 46 9 19 72 5.22 .281 .322 .452 .774
May 4 7 .364 111 1 0 0 4 98.3 89 50 12 25 98 4.58 .237 .284 .396 .681
June 1 2 .333 109 1 0 0 2 99.0 106 39 8 21 96 3.55 .276 .314 .388 .702
July 1 4 .200 91 0 0 0 4 81.0 93 48 7 23 72 5.34 .290 .337 .433 .770
August 3 2 .600 109 0 0 0 6 107.0 94 38 7 20 77 3.20 .236 .273 .337 .609
Sep/Oct 5 4 .556 109 0 0 0 10 96.6 93 38 9 28 82 3.54 .247 .300 .375 .675
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hitter of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2025 28 CLE HL 92 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2 0.0
2026 29 CLE HL 87 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2027 30 CLE HL 111 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2028 31 CLE HL 110 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2029 32 CLE HL 97 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2031 34 CLE HL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
6 Years Sim 531 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .100 .000 .100 -0.6 0.0
162 Game Average 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .100 .000 .100 -0.2  
Career Highs 111 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2
Home 206 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Away 159 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 72 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
Sep/Oct 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won In-Game Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2025 28 CLE HL P 92 2 89.3 4 17 2 2 .913 2.12    
2026 29 CLE HL P 87 0 81.7 5 9 0 1 1.000 1.54    
2027 30 CLE HL P 111 0 93.7 8 13 1 1 .955 2.02    
2028 31 CLE HL P 110 0 102.0 4 14 0 2 1.000 1.59    
2029 32 CLE HL P 97 0 82.3 3 15 0 0 1.000 1.97    
2030 33 CLE HL P 86 0 81.0 4 12 0 1 1.000 1.78    
2031 34 CLE HL P 34 0 31.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.15    
Career Totals   617 2 561.3 29 83 3 7 .974 1.80    
Career Highs   111 2 102.0 8 17 2 2 1.000 2.12    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2026 29 CLE HL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 1 4.3 4 2 1 1 4 4.16 .250 .294 .500 .794
2027 30 CLE HL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 1 5.3 4 0 0 1 4 0.00 .200 .238 .300 .538
2028 31 CLE HL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 1 8.0 4 2 0 2 9 2.25 .148 .207 .148 .355
2029 32 CLE HL 1 1 .500 8 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 6 0 2 4 7.71 .222 .276 .296 .572
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 26 0 0 0 3 24.7 18 10 1 6 21 3.65 .200 .250 .289 .539
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2026 29 CLE HL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
2025-5-92
2026-4-87
2027-1-111
2028-2-110
2029-6-97
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 160)
 
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History
Drafted in 47th round, 1123rd overall pick, by Mexico City in 2023
Released by Mexico City on 7/1/2023
Earned first career win on 4/18/2025
Won World Championship with Cleveland in 2029
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/28/2030 to a 6-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Released by Cleveland on 9/14/2032
 
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