There's been a lot of talk recently about the Mariners potentially signing the Japanese catcher Kenji Jojima. I was able to track down some of his statistics.
Year AB R H 2B HR RBI SB
1995 12 2 2 0 0 1 0
1996 58 5 14 2 4 9 1
1997 432 49 133 24 15 68 6
1998 395 53 99 19 16 58 5
1999 493 65 151 33 17 77 6
2000 303 38 94 22 9 50 10
2001 534 63 138 18 25 95 9
2002 416 60 122 18 25 74 8
2003 551 101 182 39 34 119 9
2004 426 91 144 25 36 91 6
2005 411 70 127 22 24 57 3
I wasn't able to obtain his fielding statistics, but he won 7 straight gold gloves at the catcher position. Not too shabby.
Taking a look at his slugging percentage (SLG) graph, you can see he is well above the MLB average using his Japanese statistics. This probably isn't the fairest comparison, but I think it still gives you a good idea of where he stands.
In addition to hitting for power, he can also hit for average. I wish I was able to obtain his walk and strikeout totals for 2005, but in 2003-2004 he showed an excellent walk to strikeout ratio (BB/K) of 1.07. There's bound to be some drop off as he learns to adjust to new pitching, but it appears that Kenji Jojima should be capable of being one of the better offensive catchers in the Major Leagues.
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