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So Taguchi 2026 Season · CHC

Career: .279/.332/.385, 19 HR, 382 H in 672 games.

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So Taguchi

#99

LF · CHC

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-2.7Career NUT

+2.7 to Average

Career

.279AVG19HR163RBI382H197R39SB

R/R · 5' 10", 170 lb · b. Jul 2, 1969 · Hyogo Prefecture, Japan · Signed International FA, 2009 (CUB)

Player Overview

Year by Year


2002	32	STL	—	19	19	15	4	6	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	.400	.471	.400	.000	.871	.429
2003	33	STL	—	43	59	54	9	14	3	1	3	13	4	0	1	11	0	0	0	1	2	.259	.310	.519	.260	.829	.275
2004	34	STL	-0.4	109	206	179	26	52	10	2	3	25	12	2	1	23	6	3	3	10	6	.291	.337	.419	.128	.756	.314
2005	35	STL	-0.4	143	424	396	45	114	21	2	8	53	20	2	2	62	11	2	4	2	11	.288	.322	.412	.124	.734	.321
2006	36	STL	-1.0	134	361	316	46	84	19	1	2	31	32	2	1	48	11	3	2	9	9	.266	.335	.351	.085	.686	.306
2007	37	STL	-0.3	130	340	307	48	89	15	0	3	30	23	6	0	32	7	4	1	3	10	.290	.350	.368	.078	.718	.315
2008	38	PHI	-0.6	88	103	91	18	20	5	1	0	9	8	0	0	14	3	0	0	4	2	.220	.283	.297	.077	.580	.260
2009	39	CHC	—	6	12	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.364	.091	.697	.429
Career	—	8 yrs	-2.7	672	1524	1369	197	382	74	7	19	163	102	12	5	195	39	12	10	31	40	.279	.332	.385	.106	.717	.312

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

Power

Contact

Discipline

What's driving Taguchi's career NUT of -2.7

Slice size = share of total NUT. Power = HR + XBH · Contact = Singles · Discipline = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

-0.3

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NUT by Season

-0.4

-1.0

-0.3

-0.6

Awards

2006World Series Championship

2007MLBPAA Cardinals Heart and Hustle Award

2008World Series Champion*

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	SF	SH	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	OPS	BAbip
2002	32	AA	26	120	107	21	33	10	0	1	15	9	3	15	3	1	1	0	1	.308	.375	.430	.122	.805	.348
2002	32	AAA	91	336	304	37	75	17	0	5	36	13	5	44	6	3	3	11	5	.247	.286	.352	.105	.638	.271
2003	33	AAA	90	288	258	31	66	8	2	2	24	22	2	36	14	5	1	5	5	.256	.318	.326	.070	.644	.290
2004	34	AAA	17	58	55	5	18	4	0	1	7	1	2	10	6	0	0	0	2	.327	.362	.455	.128	.817	.386
2009	39	AAA	85	304	258	37	64	8	1	4	29	32	9	32	4	4	4	1	11	.248	.347	.333	.085	.680	.265

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