Norichika Aoki

Norichika Aoki is a former Major League Baseball Player who was active in the Majors between 2012-2017. He last appeared for the New York Mets in 2017. Aoki was born on January 5th, 1982 in Hyuga City, Japan and is currently 44 years old. He was signed as an undrafted international free agent by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2012. Made his Major League Debut on April 6th, 2012 at the age of 30. He struck out swinging in his first at bat against Jaime Garcia. His most frequent teammate throughout his career, based on statistics listed below was Masanori Ishikawa [14 seasons]. Aoki played 2 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers organization, 1 season with the Houston Astros, 1 season with the New York Mets, 1 season with the Toronto Blue Jays, 1 season with the ...

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Kansas City Royals, 1 season with the San Francisco Giants and 1 season with the Seattle Mariners. Participated in the MLB Wild Card Series 1x [2014], the MLB Division Series 1x [2014], the MLB Championship Series 1x [2014] and the MLB World Series 1x [2014]. Hit a career high 1 home runs with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2012. Had a career high 5 runs batted in with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2012. Had a career high 3 Stolen Bases for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2012. Had a career high .288 Batting Average for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2012. Had a career high .787 OPS for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2012. Led the Japanese Central League (Intl) with a .346 Batting Average, 114 Runs and a .83 Strikeout-Walk Ratio in 2007. Led the Japanese Central League (Intl) with a .400 On Base Percentage and 87 Runs in 2009. Led the Japanese Central League (Intl) with a .358 Batting Average in 2010. Led the Japanese Central League (Intl) with 643 Plate Appearances and 583 At Bats in 2011. Led the National League (MLB) with a 5.93 Strikeout Percentage and a .73 Strikeout-Walk Ratio in 2013. Led the Japanese Central League (Intl) with 37 Doubles and 19 Hit By Pitch in 2018. Led the Japanese Central League (Intl) with a .82 Strikeout-Walk Ratio in 2020. Led the Japanese Central League (Intl) with 10 Hit By Pitch and a 8.60 Strikeout Percentage in 2021.

Awards: Named World Baseball Classic All-Star in 2x [2009,2009].

Career Transactions: Traded from Brewers to Royals for Will Smith on December 5th, 2013. Signed a 1-year free agent contract for 2015 worth $4m with the San Francisco Giants on January 20th, 2015Signed a 1-year free agent contract for 2016 worth $6m with the Seattle Mariners on December 5th, 2015Claimed off waivers from Mariners by Astros on November 28th, 2016. Traded by Astros with Teoscar Hernandez to Blue Jays for Francisco Liriano on July 31st, 2017. Signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets on September 2nd, 2017.

Career Notes: Played for Japan in World Baseball Classic in 2006. Played for Japan in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Played for Japan in World Baseball Classic in 2009. Played for Japan in World Baseball Classic in 2017.

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
2004	Yakult	Jap Cen	Intl		-	22				10	15	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	0	3	.200	.250	.200	.450	.000	.000	.000	6.25	37.50	6.00	0.00
2006	Yakult	Jap Cen	Intl		-	24				146	599	112	192	26	3	13	62	41	12	68	78	8	4	1	2	3	263	680	42	150	.321	.396	.439	.835	.280	.118	.352	10.00	11.47	1.15	46.08
2007	Yakult Swallows	Jap Cen	Intl		23	25			128	143	557	114	193	26	2	20	58	17	6	80	66	8	4	3	15	4	283	652	48	145	.346	.434	.508	.942	.325	.162	.365	12.27	10.12	0.83	27.85
2008	Yakult Swallows	Jap Cen	Intl		-	26			132	112	444	85	154	29	5	14	64	31	0	42	47	10	1	3	6	10	235	500	48	106	.347	.413	.529	.942	.347	.182	.363	8.40	9.40	1.12	31.71
2009	Yakult Swallows	Jap Cen	Intl		-	27			120	142	531	87	161	23	2	16	66	18	10	75	65	13	1	4	4	9	236	624	41	120	.303	.400	.444	.844	.298	.141	.319	12.02	10.42	0.87	33.19
2010	Yakult Swallows	Jap Cen	Intl		-	28			127	144	583	92	209	44	1	14	63	19	4	63	61	18	0	3	7	10	297	667	59	150	.358	.435	.509	.944	.285	.151	.382	9.45	9.15	0.97	41.64
2011	Yakult Swallows	Jap Cen	Intl		-	29			112	144	583	73	170	18	5	4	44	8	3	51	55	9	0	0	6	6	210	643	27	143	.292	.358	.360	.718	.165	.068	.317	7.93	8.55	1.08	145.75
2012	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	MLB	MIL	7	30	9/87	1/9237	110	151	520	81	150	37	4	10	50	30	8	43	55	13	7	5	1	6	225	588	51	99	.288	.355	.433	.788	.269	.145	.304	7.31	9.35	1.28	52.00
2013	Milwaukee Brewers	NL	MLB	MIL	7	31	9/8	1/298	103	155	597	80	171	20	3	8	37	20	12	55	40	11	8	3	1	9	221	674	31	140	.286	.356	.370	.726	.189	.084	.295	8.16	5.93	0.73	74.63
2014	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Tex	AA	KCA	1	32				3	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	1	.100	.182	.100	.282	.000	.000	.111	0.00	9.09	0.00	0.00
2014	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	KCA	23	32	9/D7R	1/298	103	132	491	63	140	22	6	1	43	17	8	43	49	6	8	1	0	5	177	549	29	111	.285	.349	.360	.709	.181	.075	.314	7.83	8.93	1.14	491.00
2015	Sacramento River Cats	PCL	AAA	SFN	6	33	7/	1/		4	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	0	3	.231	.286	.231	.517	.077	.000	.231	7.14	0.00	0.00	0.00
2015	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	SFN	23	33	7/9	1/9268	104	93	355	42	102	12	3	5	26	14	5	30	25	6	1	0	0	8	135	392	20	82	.287	.353	.380	.733	.203	.093	.298	7.65	6.38	0.83	71.00
2016	Tacoma Rainiers	PCL	AAA	SEA	9	34	7/8	1/	107*	24	96	17	31	5	0	1	7	4	0	8	13	1	1	2	0	1	39	108	6	25	.323	.374	.406	.780	.208	.083	.357	7.41	12.04	1.63	96.00
2016	Seattle Mariners	AL	MLB	SEA	8	34	7/8	1/982	99	118	417	63	118	24	4	4	28	7	9	34	45	9	1	5	0	9	162	466	32	86	.283	.346	.388	.734	.182	.105	.306	7.30	9.66	1.32	104.25
2017	Houston Astros	AL	MLB	HOU	3	35	7/9	9/81	98	70	202	28	55	12	1	2	19	5	2	15	29	2	1	4	1	11	75	224	15	40	.272	.323	.371	.694	.188	.099	.303	6.70	12.95	1.93	101.00
2017	Toronto Blue Jays	AL	MLB	TOR	23	35	9/7	7/189	98	12	32	4	9	1	0	3	8	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	19	34	4	5	.281	.294	.594	.888	.344	.313	.240	2.94	14.71	5.00	10.67
2017	New York Mets	NL	MLB	NYN	11	35	9/7	12/6	98	27	102	16	29	7	1	0	8	5	0	13	10	1	0	0	0	1	38	116	8	21	.284	.371	.373	.744	.265	.089	.315	11.21	8.62	0.77	0.00
2018	Yakult Swallows	Jap Cen	Intl		-	36			120	127	495	85	162	37	3	10	67	3	4	51	48	19	0	2	1	13	235	567	50	112	.327	.409	.475	.884	.248	.148	.346	8.99	8.47	0.94	49.50
2019	Yakult Swallows	Jap Cen	Intl		-	37			115	134	489	84	145	19	2	16	58	1	2	61	72	11	1	3	2	13	216	565	37	108	.297	.385	.442	.827	.268	.145	.319	10.80	12.74	1.18	30.56
2020	Yakult Swallows	Jap Cen	Intl		-	38			134	107	357	64	113	30	1	18	51	2	1	62	51	5	0	1	2	6	199	425	49	64	.317	.424	.557	.981	.417	.240	.329	14.59	12.00	0.82	19.83
2021	Yakult Swallows	Jap Cen	Intl			39			104	121	445	57	115	29	0	9	56	0	0	43	43	10	0	2	1	10	171	500	38	77	.258	.336	.384	.720	.222	.126	.268	8.60	8.60	1.00	49.44
2022	Yakult Swallows	Jap Cen	Intl			40			105	81	222	27	55	8	1	5	22	3	1	28	28	3	0	3	0	7	80	256	14	41	.248	.336	.360	.696	.248	.112	.260	10.94	10.94	1.00	44.40
2023	Yakult Swallows	Jap Cen	Intl			41			110	96	217	25	55	8	0	3	19	2	0	39	28	4	0	4	0	11	72	264	11	44	.253	.371	.332	.703	.267	.079	.274	14.77	10.61	0.72	72.33
2024	Yakult Swallows	Jap Cen	Intl			42			87*	72	118	9	27	5	0	0	9	2	0	10	17	0	0	1	2	7	32	129	5	22	.229	.287	.271	.558	.144	.042	.265	7.75	13.18	1.70	0.00
Tot:	MLB (6 yrs)		MLB							758	2716	377	774	135	22	33	219	98	44	234	258	48	26	19	3	49	1052	3043	190	584	.285	.350	.387	.737	.208	.102	.303	7.69	8.48	1.10	82.30
Tot:	NL (4 yrs)		NL							426	1574	219	452	76	11	23	121	69	25	141	130	31	16	8	2	24	619	1770	110	342	.287	.356	.393	.749	.224	.106	.300	7.97	7.34	0.92	68.43
Tot:	AL (3 yrs)		AL							332	1142	158	322	59	11	10	98	29	19	93	128	17	10	11	1	25	433	1273	80	242	.282	.342	.379	.721	.187	.097	.307	7.31	10.05	1.38	114.20
Tot:	Minors (3 yrs)		Minors							31	119	19	35	5	0	1	7	4	0	9	14	2	1	2	0	1	43	133	6	29	.294	.348	.361	.710	.176	.067	.321	6.77	10.53	1.56	119.00
Tot:	AA (1 yrs)		AA							3	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	1	.100	.182	.100	.282	.000	.000	.111	0.00	9.09
Tot:	AAA (2 yrs)		AAA							28	109	18	34	5	0	1	7	4	0	9	13	1	1	2	0	1	42	122	6	28	.312	.364	.385	.749	.193	.073	.340	7.38	10.66	1.44	109.00
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year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
2012	Milwaukee Brewers	MLB Spring Training	Spring	30	27	67	8	20	0	4	1	9	3	1	3	6	1	1	0	0	3	31	72	5	15	.299	.338	.463	.801	.239	.164	.317	4.17	8.33	2.00	67.00
2013	Milwaukee Brewers	MLB Spring Training	Spring	31	21	60	11	20	3	0	0	1	1	0	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	23	66	3	17	.333	.394	.383	.777	.150	.050	.351	7.58	4.55	0.60	0.00
2014	Kansas City Royals	MLB Spring Training	Spring	32	21	65	7	19	4	0	0	10	4	1	3	5	1	0	1	0	0	23	70	4	15	.292	.329	.354	.683	.154	.062	.311	4.29	7.14	1.67	0.00
2014	Kansas City Royals	Wild Card Series	Playoffs	32	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.250	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2014	Kansas City Royals	Division Series	Playoffs	32	3	12	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	13	0	4	.333	.385	.333	.718	.083	.000	.364	7.69	7.69	1.00	0.00
2014	Kansas City Royals	Championship Series	Playoffs	32	4	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	14	0	3	.273	.429	.273	.702	.182	.000	.273	14.29	0.00	0.00	0.00
2014	Kansas City Royals	World Series	Playoffs	32	6	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	16	0	1	.071	.188	.071	.259	.143	.000	.083	12.50	12.50	1.00	0.00
2015	San Francisco Giants	MLB Spring Training	Spring	33	23	72	3	14	1	3	0	1	1	0	9	6	1	0	0	0	2	21	82	4	10	.194	.293	.292	.585	.236	.098	.212	10.98	7.32	0.67	0.00
2016	Seattle Mariners	MLB Spring Training	Spring	34	19	60	9	15	2	0	0	2	0	1	3	6	1	0	0	0	2	17	64	2	13	.250	.297	.283	.580	.067	.033	.278	4.69	9.38	2.00	0.00
2017	Houston Astros	MLB Spring Training	Spring	35	7	17	3	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	1	5	22	0	5	.294	.409	.294	.703	.176	.000	.313	9.09	9.09	1.00	0.00
Tot:	Spring (6 Yrs)		Spring		118	341	41	93	10	7	1	24	10	3	25	28	7	1	2	0	9	120	376	18	75	.273	.333	.352	.685	.173	.079	.293	6.65	7.45	1.12	341.00
Tot:	Playoffs (1 Yrs)		Playoffs		14	41	7	8	0	0	0	3	1	0	5	3	1	0	1	0	2	8	48	0	8	.195	.292	.195	.487	.146	.000	.205	10.42	6.25	0.60

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