Jim Murakami  
Starting Pitcher | Dublin Deadbeat Drunks

Pitching
Murakami's bread and butter pitch is his slider. I've seen it baffle many a lefty. Murakami will give up home runs, but rarely with the game on the line. Murakami can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. He doesn't hold runners very close, which gives his catcher a bit of a workout. Murakami is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Murakami has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Dublin Deadbeat Drunks have been known to use Murakami as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2003 PAR 89 69 74 49 44 48 44 50 54 75 0 50 84 0 0 0 26 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 63 291
2004 SEA 89 69 74 52 44 48 44 50 54 80 0 50 84 0 0 0 27 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 299
2005 SEA 87 69 74 53 44 48 44 50 54 80 0 58 86 0 0 0 28 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 305
2006 SEA 87 69 74 53 44 48 44 50 54 80 0 58 86 0 0 0 28 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 305
2007 DUB 91 69 74 53 44 48 44 50 54 85 0 63 86 0 0 0 30 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 316
2008 DUB 91 68 74 53 44 48 44 50 54 86 0 65 86 0 0 0 31 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 316
2009 DUB 92 68 74 53 44 48 44 50 54 87 0 65 88 0 0 0 32 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 319
2010 DUB 93 68 74 53 44 48 44 50 54 87 0 67 88 0 0 0 33 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 321
2011 DUB 93 69 74 53 44 48 44 50 54 87 0 68 88 0 0 0 34 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 321
2012 DUB 92 66 74 51 44 48 44 50 54 87 0 68 89 0 0 0 35 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 315
2013 DUB 91 68 74 52 44 48 44 50 54 87 0 68 90 0 0 0 36 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 317
2014 DUB 91 68 74 52 44 48 44 50 54 87 0 69 90 0 0 0 37 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 316
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History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.