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So Taguchi

Cardinals Career team 2002–2007
Number #99
Position Outfielder
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 57
Height 5' 10"
Weight 169 lbs
Birth Place Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Born Jul 2, 1969

Key Insights

2009
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Brad Lidge has struck Taguchi out 5 times in 10 plate appearances, 50% of everything between them.

5 strikeouts in 10 plate appearances.
He is a different player against this opponent

Taguchi carries a .714 career OPS; against Tom Glavine it is .138, over 15 plate appearances.

1 for 14 with 0 home runs.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Taguchi has hit .455/.500/.727 against Jorge De La Rosa in 12 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

5 for 11 with 0 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .676 OPS median across his matchups.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the LAD, Taguchi has hit .371 and slugged .581 over 65 plate appearances, his best of any club.

23 hits, 2 home runs and 11 strikeouts, against a .345 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Taguchi is 7 for 17 against Paul Maholm, a .412 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

18 career plate appearances.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Taguchi more often than Chris Capuano: 33 plate appearances, in which Taguchi has hit .200/.242/.300.

6 hits, 0 home runs and 2 strikeouts across 33 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 2, 1969
Birth Place Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Height 5' 10"
Weight 169 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right