1B Seiya Inoue #48
Hiroshima Toyo Carp NPB
Age: 36 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
10/01/2025
 OA: 26 POT: 26
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1B SEIYA INOUE #48 - AGE: 36 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
52 133 24 3 0 4 14 16 40 .180 .275 .293 0 -0.5
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 30 35 30 30
Gap 35 35 35 35
Power 40 40 40 40
Eye 50 50 50 50
Avoid K's 40 45 40 40
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 45 30
Errors: - 40 25
Arm: 20 40 40
Turn DP: - 45 -
Ability: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 55 Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 35
Stealing Ability: 40
Baserunning Inst.: 55
Sacrifice Bunt: 45
Bunt for Hit: 30
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/18/2025 @ YOKO Loss, 5-6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/17/2025 @ YAK Win, 9-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
09/14/2025 CHUN Win, 5-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
09/06/2025 YOM Win, 5-1 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/05/2025 YOM Loss, 2-3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/31/2025 CHUN Win, 6-4 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0
08/26/2025 HAN Loss, 6-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/24/2025 @ YOKO Win, 7-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/23/2025 @ YOKO Win, 11-7 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 0
08/17/2025 YAK Win, 8-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Inoue is an extremely hard worker and is intelligent on and off the field. He is well-respected by his teammates.
High: Adaptability, Work Ethic, Intelligence
Low: Greed
Birthday:07/03/1989
Born in:Hiroshima, HIR
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5' 11"
Weight:240 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$234,000
Signed Through:2025 Season
Major Service:9 Years, 69 Days
Service This Yr:191 Days
40-Man Service:4 Years, 40 Days
Pro Service:11 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
NIPPON PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE 2025 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 52 133 24 3 0 4 14 14 16 40 .180 .275 .293 .568 .242 .113 57
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 36 159 2 2 0 2 6 2 39 7 0 2 0.0 11.3 2.52 -0.5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   42 7 0 0 3 5 6 8 11 1 0 1 .167 .308 .381 .689
Versus Right   91 17 3 0 1 9 8 8 29 1 6 1 .187 .257 .253 .510
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
March   10 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 0 1 0 .100 .308 .100 .408
April   13 4 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 1 0 1 .308 .375 .385 .760
May   5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
June   27 6 1 0 2 4 4 3 5 0 2 1 .222 .323 .481 .804
July   30 4 0 0 1 3 4 5 9 0 1 0 .133 .257 .233 .490
August   30 5 0 0 1 3 3 3 11 1 1 0 .167 .235 .267 .502
September   18 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 .222 .222 .278 .500
Spring Training   31 4 0 0 2 6 3 3 8 0 1 0 .129 .206 .323 .528
Last Year   123 31 8 0 5 19 13 15 27 1 4 2 .252 .340 .439 .779
2 Years Ago   10 2 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 .200 .200 .800 1.000
Career   3007 712 142 4 111 423 338 338 740 23 39 41 .237 .320 .397 .717
Home   56 10 1 0 1 7 9 10 12 0 4 2 .179 .324 .250 .574
Road   77 14 2 0 3 7 5 6 28 2 2 0 .182 .235 .325 .560
Grass   73 15 1 0 2 11 10 12 19 2 5 2 .205 .326 .301 .627
Turf   60 9 2 0 2 3 4 4 21 0 1 0 .150 .203 .283 .486
Day   80 15 2 0 3 7 10 11 24 1 4 0 .188 .283 .325 .608
Night   53 9 1 0 1 7 4 5 16 1 2 2 .170 .262 .245 .508
As Starter   119 23 3 0 4 13 13 14 34 2 5 1 .193 .279 .319 .599
As Reliever / Substitution   14 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 0 1 1 .071 .235 .071 .307
Pinch Hitting   8 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 1 1 .000 .273 .000 .273
Close/Late   36 8 1 0 1 6 4 7 10 1 3 1 .222 .356 .333 .689
Inning 1-3   36 8 0 0 2 5 6 5 12 0 1 0 .222 .317 .389 .706
Inning 4-6   47 7 2 0 1 3 4 4 12 1 1 0 .149 .212 .255 .467
Inning 7-9   42 7 1 0 0 4 2 6 12 0 3 2 .167 .300 .190 .490
Extra Innings   8 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 0 .250 .300 .625 .925
0 Outs   39 6 1 0 2 2 5 6 12 0 6 0 .154 .267 .333 .600
1 Outs   48 9 1 0 1 7 5 2 18 2 0 1 .188 .226 .271 .497
2 Outs   46 9 1 0 1 5 4 8 10 0 0 1 .196 .327 .283 .610
Scoring Position   36 6 0 0 0 9 5 8 9 2 6 2 .167 .333 .167 .500
Bases Empty   78 14 2 0 4 4 6 4 24 0 0 0 .179 .220 .359 .578
Runner on 1st   19 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 7 0 0 0 .211 .348 .263 .611
Runner on 2nd   11 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 6 1 .000 .313 .000 .313
Runner on 3rd   4 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 .250 .200 .250 .450
Runner on 1st & 2nd   12 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .308 .250 .558
Runner on 1st & 3rd   4 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 .250 .650
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 .000 .667 .000 .667
Bases Loaded   5 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 .200 .333 .200 .533
Two Strikes   84 9 0 0 2 8 9 9 40 2 0 0 .107 .189 .179 .368
First Pitch   13 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 .308 .400 .538 .938
Count 0-1   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 0-2   13 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 .231 .231 .462 .692
Count 1-0   9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .222 .222 .333 .556
Count 1-1   10 4 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 .400 .500 .800 1.300
Count 1-2   37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-0   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 2-1   7 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 .714 1.286
Count 2-2   19 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 10 1 0 0 .158 .150 .158 .308
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Full Count   15 3 0 0 1 3 7 9 4 1 0 0 .200 .480 .400 .880
Behind in Count   57 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 26 0 1 0 .053 .053 .105 .158
Ahead in Count   19 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 2 0 .368 .500 .474 .974
Batting 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 6th   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Batting 7th   19 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 10 0 3 0 .053 .100 .053 .153
Batting 8th   51 9 1 0 0 6 6 6 17 1 0 1 .176 .271 .196 .467
Batting 9th   58 13 2 0 4 7 8 9 11 1 3 1 .224 .333 .466 .799
Low Leverage   59 8 0 0 3 3 4 3 19 0 2 1 .136 .190 .288 .479
Medium Leverage   51 11 3 0 1 5 5 8 15 0 0 0 .216 .322 .333 .655
High Leverage   22 5 0 0 0 6 5 5 5 2 4 1 .227 .367 .227 .594
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
2014 Chiba Lotte - NPB 24 36 95 20 4 0 2 7 9 6 2 1 23 0 0 .211 .269 .316 .585 69 69 0.0
2015 Chiba Lotte - NPB 25 5 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .182 .250 .182 .432 28 23 -0.1
2016 Chiba Lotte - NPB 26 35 99 23 5 0 2 16 7 5 3 0 19 0 0 .232 .290 .343 .633 83 87 0.2
2017 Chiba Lotte - NPB 27 35 113 26 7 0 0 11 5 5 1 0 26 0 0 .230 .269 .292 .561 63 61 -0.1
2018 Chiba Lotte - NPB 28 133 476 139 26 2 24 99 59 63 3 6 106 1 0 .292 .374 .506 .880 153 166 5.4
2019 Chiba Lotte - NPB 29 129 429 108 16 1 24 65 60 67 9 3 98 0 0 .252 .362 .462 .824 137 149 4.5
2020 Chiba Lotte - NPB 30 143 534 118 31 0 18 70 60 46 7 4 145 2 2 .221 .289 .380 .669 93 91 0.5
2021 Chiba Lotte - NPB 31 136 482 121 22 0 18 59 60 60 8 2 105 3 5 .251 .342 .409 .751 124 126 2.2
2022 Chiba Lotte - NPB 32 136 502 98 20 1 12 60 49 54 4 4 148 1 1 .195 .277 .311 .587 72 75 -0.7
2023 Hiroshima Toyo - NPB 33 8 10 2 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .200 .200 .800 1.000 180 176 0.2
2024 Hiroshima Toyo - NPB 34 53 123 31 8 0 5 19 13 15 2 1 27 0 0 .252 .340 .439 .779 126 124 0.7
2025 Hiroshima Toyo - NPB 35 52 133 24 3 0 4 14 14 16 2 2 40 0 2 .180 .275 .293 .568 63 57 -0.5
Total NPB 901 3007 712 142 4 111 423 338 338 41 23 740 7 10 .237 .320 .397 .717 108 113 12.4
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
2014 Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) - AA 24 58 212 80 11 0 14 46 44 18 1 1 29 0 0 .377 .427 .627 1.054 151 142 2.1
2015 Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) - AA 25 54 167 54 9 0 7 40 25 29 1 2 32 0 0 .323 .422 .503 .925 123 120 1.2
2016 Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) - AA 26 69 240 82 19 1 15 50 45 23 8 3 47 1 0 .342 .412 .617 1.029 145 135 2.0
2017 Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) - AA 27 51 120 35 6 0 7 21 28 19 2 1 17 0 0 .292 .394 .517 .911 119 115 0.7
2018 Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) - AA 28 3 10 7 1 0 1 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .700 .700 1.100 1.800 328 282 0.3
2019 Chiba Lotte (Ni-Gun) - AA 29 10 35 12 0 0 4 12 7 8 0 3 7 0 0 .343 .435 .686 1.120 166 143 0.4
2023 Orix (Ni-Gun) - AA 33 35 27 7 1 0 6 14 10 8 0 0 9 0 0 .259 .429 .963 1.392 231 183 0.5
Total NGN 280 811 277 47 1 54 191 161 105 12 10 142 1 0 .342 .420 .602 1.022 144 134
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
2020 Chiba Lotte - NPB 30 10 40 13 2 0 0 5 5 3 2 0 7 0 0 .325 .400 .375 .775 127 133 -0.7
2021 Chiba Lotte - NPB 31 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -113 -1.7
2023 Hiroshima Toyo - NPB 33 6 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .333 .400 .333 .733 119 108 0.1
Total NPB 18 55 16 2 0 0 5 5 4 2 0 12 0 0 .291 .361 .327 .688 101 102
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2020 Chiba Lotte - INT 1B 143 143 1102 76 94 1184 6 .995 1283.1 8.26 +1.1 1.010
2021 Chiba Lotte - INT 1B 136 136 1067 99 76 1179 13 .989 1217.1 8.62 -2.8 .972
2022 Chiba Lotte - INT 1B 136 136 1075 78 96 1161 8 .993 1245.1 8.33 +1.2 1.007
2023 Orix (Ni-Gun) - AA 1B 19 0 15 3 1 18 0 1.000 28.1 5.72 +0.6 1.321
2023 Hiroshima Toyo - INT 1B 2 2 9 3 0 12 0 1.000 15.0 7.20 +0.5 1.274
2024 Hiroshima Toyo - INT 1B 33 29 211 19 18 234 4 .983 269.2 7.68 -1.0 .953
2025 Hiroshima Toyo - INT 1B 40 36 294 21 30 319 4 .987 340.0 8.34 +1.3 1.036
TOTAL 1B 509 482 3773 299 315 4107 35 .991 4399.0 8.33 +1.0 .999
PLAYER HISTORY
10/24/2013 Drafted by the Chiba Lotte Marines in the 5th round of the 2013 NPB Draft from Nihon Seimei (Indus)
07/03/2020 Injured (Strained Achilles tendon), day-to-day for 3 weeks.
10/26/2020 Wins the 2020 NPB JPL Final Stage MVP Award.
11/11/2020 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $690,000 with the Chiba Lotte Marines organization.
11/15/2020 Wins the 2020 NPB JPL Glove Wizard Award at 1B.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
11/05/2021 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $892,500 through arbitration.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
11/10/2022 Was not offered arbitration and became a free agent.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 50 (50).
02/20/2023 Signed a minor league contract with the Orix Buffaloes organization.
04/23/2023 Did not elect for free agency and will remain in the Orix organization.
05/21/2023 Released by the Orix organization.
05/27/2023 Signed a minor league contract ($16,000 bonus) with the Orix Buffaloes organization.
08/25/2023 Released by the Orix organization.
09/02/2023 Signed a minor league contract ($16,000 bonus) with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp organization.
10/23/2023 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $230,000 with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp organization.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 50 (50).
04/08/2024 Wins the NPB JCL Player of the Week Award.
05/01/2024 Injured (Severe hip strain), out for 5 weeks.
06/03/2024 Released by the Hiroshima Toyo organization.
06/06/2024 Signed a minor league contract ($17,000 bonus) with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp organization.
10/21/2024 Wins the 2024 Japan Series with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
11/14/2024 Became a free agent.
12/01/2024 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $234,000 with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp organization.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (35); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 50 (50).
06/06/2025 Injured (Bruised forearm), day-to-day for 2 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
2020 143 1
2021 136 9
2022 136 10
Year PA Rank
2020 603 9
Year AB Rank
2020 534 8
2022 502 10
Year K Rank
2020 145 8
2022 148 5
Year 2B Rank
2020 31 3
Year HP Rank
2020 7 10
2021 8 7
Year SF Rank
2022 4 6
Year EBH Rank
2020 49 7
Year OBP Rank
2021 .342 10
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