CF Namboku Shimohira #18
Brooklyn Knights NALB
Age: 25 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Great
11/08/2025
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CF NAMBOKU SHIMOHIRA #18 - AGE: 25 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
136 445 110 28 3 10 68 39 108 .247 .322 .391 5 4.3
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 8 8 8 8
Gap 11 9 11 11
Power 12 9 13 12
Eye 10 8 10 10
Avoid K's 8 8 9 8
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 16 20
Errors: - 11 20
Arm: 2 10 16
Turn DP: - 2 -
Framing: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 19
1st Base: 15 Center Field: 20
2nd Base: - Right Field: 20
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 11
Stealing Aggressiveness: 17
Stealing Ability: 16
Baserunning Inst.: 8
Sacrifice Bunt: 1
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/23/2025 STD Loss, 1-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10/19/2025 @ STD Win, 8-0 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 0
10/18/2025 @ STD Loss, 4-6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/16/2025 STD Win, 4-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/15/2025 STD Win, 7-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
10/13/2025 @ NSH Win, 7-5 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
10/12/2025 @ NSH Win, 8-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10/11/2025 @ NSH Win, 4-3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10/09/2025 NSH Loss, 4-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10/08/2025 NSH Win, 5-0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
PERSONALITY
Plays the game with his pedal to the metal.
Personality Class: Sparkplug
Birthday:07/13/2000
Born in:Samukawa, KAN
Nationality:Japanese
Height:6' 2"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Extremely Popular
National Pop.:Extremely Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$300,000
Signed Through:2025 Season
Major Service:2 Years, 79 Days
Service This Yr:182 Days
40-Man Service:3 Years, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not yet, but possibly eligible after this season
Option Years:1 option year left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL 2025 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 136 445 110 28 3 10 68 58 39 108 .247 .322 .391 .713 .319 .144 113
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 125 500 12 0 0 6 0 4 174 41 5 2 71.4 58.7 4.57 4.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   138 31 9 0 1 8 15 10 39 0 0 2 .225 .287 .312 .598
Versus Right   307 79 19 3 9 60 41 29 69 4 0 10 .257 .337 .427 .764
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   67 15 2 0 1 10 8 5 19 2 0 2 .224 .289 .299 .588
May   69 18 6 0 1 5 11 4 14 0 0 2 .261 .320 .391 .711
June   66 18 5 1 3 16 12 7 14 1 0 2 .273 .355 .515 .870
July   69 12 5 1 0 3 6 7 22 0 0 0 .174 .250 .275 .525
August   86 21 5 1 4 19 12 9 20 0 0 4 .244 .343 .465 .809
September   75 22 4 0 0 12 7 7 16 1 0 2 .293 .365 .347 .711
October   13 4 1 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 .308 .308 .615 .923
All-Star Game   4 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Spring Training   52 8 2 0 0 5 3 4 13 2 0 2 .154 .233 .192 .426
Postseason   26 7 1 0 1 6 5 3 8 1 0 0 .269 .333 .423 .756
Last Year   437 119 22 1 15 57 64 45 111 6 0 10 .272 .349 .430 .780
2 Years Ago   246 62 11 1 6 28 25 24 58 0 0 3 .252 .326 .378 .704
Career   1128 291 61 5 31 153 147 108 277 10 0 25 .258 .334 .403 .737
Home   201 44 11 0 3 20 23 20 54 3 0 7 .219 .307 .318 .626
Road   244 66 17 3 7 48 35 19 54 1 0 5 .270 .335 .451 .785
Grass   445 110 28 3 10 68 58 39 108 4 0 12 .247 .322 .391 .713
Day   110 24 7 1 3 15 12 9 33 0 0 4 .218 .301 .382 .683
Night   335 86 21 2 7 53 46 30 75 4 0 8 .257 .329 .394 .723
As Starter   442 109 28 3 10 68 56 38 106 4 0 12 .247 .321 .391 .712
As Reliever / Substitution   3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Pinch Hitting   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Close/Late   106 25 9 0 2 12 11 10 27 0 0 5 .236 .331 .377 .708
Inning 1-3   129 30 8 1 1 12 14 12 31 2 0 1 .233 .299 .333 .632
Inning 4-6   161 42 10 1 5 31 26 15 38 2 0 6 .261 .342 .429 .771
Inning 7-9   144 36 9 1 4 25 14 12 37 0 0 4 .250 .325 .410 .735
Extra Innings   11 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 .182 .250 .273 .523
0 Outs   144 34 7 0 4 14 28 16 30 2 0 2 .236 .317 .368 .685
1 Outs   127 38 15 1 3 27 15 10 34 2 0 4 .299 .364 .504 .868
2 Outs   174 38 6 2 3 27 13 13 44 0 0 6 .218 .295 .328 .623
Scoring Position   122 38 9 1 6 62 18 11 30 4 0 3 .311 .371 .549 .921
Bases Empty   247 61 16 2 4 4 31 21 59 0 0 6 .247 .321 .377 .698
Runner on 1st   76 11 3 0 0 2 7 7 19 0 0 3 .145 .244 .184 .428
Runner on 2nd   35 6 2 0 0 4 3 4 12 0 0 0 .171 .256 .229 .485
Runner on 3rd   5 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 .400 .500 .400 .900
Runner on 1st & 2nd   42 15 3 1 2 16 5 0 10 0 0 0 .357 .357 .619 .976
Runner on 1st & 3rd   10 2 0 0 0 4 1 1 3 2 0 0 .200 .231 .200 .431
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   9 3 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 .333 .455 .444 .899
Bases Loaded   21 10 3 0 4 31 7 3 3 1 0 2 .476 .556 1.190 1.746
Two Strikes   213 35 9 1 1 16 18 17 108 0 0 2 .164 .233 .230 .463
First Pitch   65 18 4 0 3 17 6 0 0 1 0 1 .277 .284 .477 .761
Count 0-1   30 11 3 0 2 6 7 0 0 1 0 6 .367 .459 .667 1.126
Count 0-2   43 6 1 0 1 8 2 0 24 0 0 0 .140 .140 .233 .372
Count 1-0   39 15 2 0 2 10 5 0 0 0 0 1 .385 .400 .590 .990
Count 1-1   46 17 6 1 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 1 .370 .383 .609 .992
Count 1-2   73 13 4 0 0 1 4 0 39 0 0 0 .178 .178 .233 .411
Count 2-0   15 5 1 1 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .733 1.067
Count 2-1   27 6 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 1 .222 .233 .296 .530
Count 2-2   50 7 2 1 0 6 2 0 22 0 0 2 .140 .173 .220 .393
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   10 3 1 0 0 2 2 11 0 0 0 0 .300 .667 .400 1.067
Full Count   47 9 2 0 0 1 10 17 23 0 0 0 .191 .406 .234 .640
Behind in Count   146 30 8 0 3 15 13 0 63 1 0 6 .205 .235 .322 .557
Ahead in Count   91 29 6 1 3 19 15 22 0 2 0 2 .319 .453 .505 .958
Batting 4th   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 5th   10 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 .300 .364 .400 .764
Batting 6th   69 11 2 1 1 8 11 10 12 1 0 2 .159 .280 .261 .541
Batting 7th   95 23 6 1 3 12 12 6 23 2 0 4 .242 .308 .421 .729
Batting 8th   177 48 13 1 6 41 23 16 48 1 0 3 .271 .340 .458 .798
Batting 9th   93 24 6 0 0 6 10 7 22 0 0 2 .258 .324 .323 .646
Low Leverage   186 54 12 2 5 23 24 19 43 1 0 5 .290 .370 .457 .827
Medium Leverage   170 33 8 1 2 14 19 14 40 0 0 3 .194 .267 .288 .556
High Leverage   87 23 8 0 3 31 13 6 23 3 0 4 .264 .330 .460 .790
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
2023 Brooklyn - NALB 22 68 246 62 11 1 6 28 25 24 3 0 58 5 4 .252 .326 .378 .704 106 107 1.3
2024 Brooklyn - NALB 23 113 437 119 22 1 15 57 64 45 10 6 111 3 0 .272 .349 .430 .780 126 126 4.6
2025 Brooklyn - NALB 24 136 445 110 28 3 10 68 58 39 12 4 108 5 2 .247 .322 .391 .713 109 113 4.3
Total NALB 317 1128 291 61 5 31 153 147 108 25 10 277 13 6 .258 .334 .403 .737 115 117 10.2
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
2019 Shreveport - A 18 116 405 112 33 4 8 68 64 60 11 2 92 17 9 .277 .383 .437 .820 117 121 2.6
2020 Shreveport - A 19 116 381 99 28 7 4 41 61 89 5 3 86 24 13 .260 .404 .402 .805 113 119 2.2
2021 Douglas - AA 20 112 379 85 23 4 10 51 53 46 11 4 88 21 14 .224 .323 .385 .708 106 108 1.7
2021 Santa Ana - AAA 20 3 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 .300 .417 .400 .817 136 148 0.1
2022 Santa Ana - AAA 21 116 439 105 18 5 20 50 63 55 8 2 130 24 24 .239 .333 .440 .773 125 134 3.1
2023 Santa Ana - AAA 22 83 302 88 17 4 13 33 48 46 10 1 59 21 19 .291 .401 .503 .904 166 183 3.8
2024 Santa Ana - AAA 23 14 49 11 3 0 3 8 8 7 0 0 11 0 1 .224 .321 .469 .791 131 136 0.3
Total NALBAAA 216 800 207 39 9 36 91 119 109 19 3 202 47 45 .259 .360 .465 .825 141 153
Total NALBAA 112 379 85 23 4 10 51 53 46 11 4 88 21 14 .224 .323 .385 .708 106 108
Total NALBA 232 786 211 61 11 12 109 125 149 16 5 178 41 22 .268 .393 .420 .813 115 120
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
2023 Brooklyn - NALB 22 13 56 9 3 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 12 0 0 .161 .175 .214 .390 14 6 0.2
2024 Brooklyn - NALB 23 10 41 12 3 1 0 1 9 4 1 0 10 0 0 .293 .370 .415 .784 129 128 1.7
2025 Brooklyn - NALB 24 10 26 7 1 0 1 6 5 3 0 1 8 1 0 .269 .333 .423 .756 121 123 3.1
Total NALB 33 123 28 7 1 1 8 19 7 2 1 30 1 0 .228 .278 .325 .603 78 75
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2023 Brooklyn - MLB 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2023 Brooklyn - MLB CF 65 63 180 5 0 185 0 1.000 589.0 2.83 +6.2 1.036
2023 Brooklyn - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2024 Brooklyn - MLB 1B 38 28 221 10 24 231 0 1.000 260.2 7.98 +1.5 1.061
2024 Brooklyn - MLB CF 91 78 247 4 1 251 0 1.000 693.2 3.26 +11.6 1.066
2024 Brooklyn - MLB RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6.2 0.00 0.0 .000
2025 Brooklyn - MLB 1B 11 0 17 2 2 19 0 1.000 24.0 7.12 +0.1 1.018
2025 Brooklyn - MLB CF 130 125 373 8 0 386 5 .987 1108.2 3.09 +23.4 1.086
TOTAL 1B 50 28 238 12 26 250 0 1.000 285.2 7.88 +1.6 1.058
TOTAL CF 286 266 800 17 1 822 5 .994 2391.1 3.07 +41.2 1.068
TOTAL RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7.2 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
01/29/2017 Signed a minor league contract out of Japan with the Brooklyn Knights organization.
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (11); Power: 5 (14); Eye: 1 (4).
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (8); Power: 2 (9); Eye: 5 (11).
04/01/2019 Promoted from international complex to Class A Shreveport.
08/28/2019 Wins the 2019 NALB Single A Round 2 with the Shreveport Lumberjacks!
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (8); Power: 3 (9); Eye: 6 (11).
05/31/2020 Was selected to the 2020 NALB Single A All-Star Game.
09/05/2020 Wins the 2020 NALBA SL2 Glove Wizard Award at CF.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 7 (8); Power: 4 (9); Eye: 9 (11).
04/05/2021 Named the #93 prospect in the NALB
07/04/2021 Named the #94 prospect in the NALB
09/06/2021 Wins the 2021 NALBAA SL1 Glove Wizard Award at CF.
10/25/2021 Named the #86 prospect in the NALB
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (9); Power: 7 (10); Eye: 10 (13).
04/04/2022 Named the #54 prospect in the NALB
07/03/2022 Named the #56 prospect in the NALB
07/10/2022 Was selected to the 2022 North American League Baseball All-Star Futures Game.
08/01/2022 Wins the NALBAAA SL2 Player of the Week Award.
08/29/2022 Wins the 2022 NALBAAA SL2 Round 1 MVP Award.
09/15/2022 Wins the 2022 NALBAAA SL2 Glove Wizard Award at CF.
09/17/2022 Wins the 2022 NALBAAA SL2 Platinum Stick Award at CF.
09/20/2022 Finished 2nd in 2022 NALBAAA SL2 Outstanding Hitter Award voting.
10/25/2022 Named the #54 prospect in the NALB
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 11 (11); Eye: 9 (10).
05/30/2023 Was selected to the 2023 NALB Triple A All-Star Game.
06/26/2023 Wins the NALBAAA SL2 Player of the Week Award.
07/01/2023 Wins the NALBAAA SL2 Batter of the Month Award.
11/15/2023 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $300,000.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 11 (11); Eye: 11 (12).
05/26/2024 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for one week.
07/07/2024 Was selected to the 2024 North American League Baseball All-Star Game.
08/26/2024 Wins the NALB L1 Player of the Week Award.
10/28/2024 Wins the 2024 NALB L1 Platinum Stick Award at CF.
11/10/2024 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $300,000.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 8 (8); Power: 12 (12); Eye: 10 (10).
07/13/2025 Was selected to the 2025 North American League Baseball All-Star Game.
11/02/2025 Wins the 2025 NALB L1 Slick Fielder Award at CF.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year HP Rank
2024 10 9
2025 12 10
Year SF Rank
2024 6 8
Year WAR Rank
2024 5.0 9
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