How Akinori Otsuka's Saves Compares to Similar Players

Akinori Otsuka totaled 39 career Saves, well above the relief pitcher average of 19.4 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 4 seasons, the Saves arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Saves arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Saves profile — ranging from 1 to 32 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Akinori Otsuka Lifetime Saves

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Akinori Otsuka Saves Per Season

Akinori Otsuka's Saves for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Akinori Otsuka Saves per season line chart

Akinori Otsuka Saves by Team

Akinori Otsuka's career Saves totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Akinori Otsuka career Saves by team bar chart

Akinori Otsuka Cumulative Saves — Career Progression

A running total of Akinori Otsuka's career Saves, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Akinori Otsuka Saves year-over-year waterfall chart

Akinori Otsuka Saves Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Akinori Otsuka's seasonal Saves alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Akinori Otsuka Saves distribution box chart versus comparable players

Akinori Otsuka Saves — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Akinori Otsuka's MLB career with Saves alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Akinori Otsuka Saves season-by-season breakdown table