Ritsuo Yamashita

Ritsuo Yamashita
Born: October 20, 1944
Minami Uwa-gun, Ehime JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: 3B, OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 165
Career: 1967-1982

Ritsuo Yamashita compiled a career record of 103 wins and 101 losses, with 16 saves, and a 3.65 ERA in his 505-game pitching career with the Taiyo Whales, Crown Lighter Lions, Seibu Lions and Nankai Hawks. He began playing during the 1967 season and last took the field during the 1982 campaign.

Taiyo Whales

Seibu Lions

Nankai Hawks

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	0	1	.000	3.68	19	5	3	0	0		44.0	43	22	18	3	12	1	24	1	0	181
1968	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3	2	.600	3.34	30	4	10	0	0		72.7	80	30	27	9	14	3	43	4	1	303
1969	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	15	11	.577	2.54	43	21	13	7	2		202.3	149	64	57	16	64	3	149	9	0	813
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	13	9	.591	2.89	37	23	9	4	0		168.0	156	60	54	19	43	2	104	4	2	698
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	7	9	.438	2.39	27	19	4	3	0		124.3	121	40	33	8	33	4	59	5	2	516
1972	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	8	7	.533	3.69	36	15	11	3	0		129.3	137	57	53	11	39	7	60	5	0	556
1973	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	13	10	.565	3.37	42	23	12	8	2		192.3	184	80	72	20	56	10	91	7	0	782
1974	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	9	14	.391	4.08	44	26	14	5	1	5	196.3	197	96	89	26	67	4	97	7	0	831
1975	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	7	8	.467	4.30	32	19	4	1	1	1	138.0	154	67	66	14	52	5	66	4	0	595
1976	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	2	5	.286	5.74	34	1	21	0	0	3	58.0	70	37	37	9	21	2	31	1	0	256
1977	Foreign Major	JPPL	Crown Lighter Lions	12	5	.706	3.46	36	18	14	3	0	5	156.0	151	66	60	13	33	2	69	5	2	635
1978	Foreign Major	JPPL	Crown Lighter Lions	6	10	.375	3.94	36	16	12	6	3	1	146.3	153	78	64	9	39	8	53	5	3	626
1979	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	1	5	.167	4.78	31	9	10	0	0	1	98.0	110	57	52	15	22	3	44	1	1	419
1980	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	4	2	.667	4.99	22	2	6	0	0	0	52.3	66	34	29	9	9	0	24	0	0	229
1981	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	2	1	.667	3.58	19	0	6	0	0	0	32.7	38	13	13	3	5	0	14	0	0	132
1982	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nankai Hawks	1	2	.333	6.39	17	1	10	0	0	0	31.0	44	23	22	2	5	0	13	1	0	138
Totals				103	101	.505	3.65	505	202	159	40	9	16	1841.7	1853	824	746	186	514	54	941	59	11	7710

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	23	11	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	4	.333	.400	.333	.733	3	0	1
1968	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	30	15	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	.077	.143	.154	.297	2	0	1
1969	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	43	70	64	2	10	1	0	1	3	1	19	.156	.169	.219	.388	14	0	5
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	38	54	48	3	6	0	1	1	4	2	19	.125	.160	.229	.389	11	0	4
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	28	41	36	1	5	0	0	1	1	2	14	.139	.184	.222	.406	8	0	3
1972	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	36	41	35	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	15	.086	.111	.086	.197	3	1	5
1973	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	42	63	54	4	8	0	1	1	2	2	17	.148	.179	.241	.419	13	0	7
1974	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	44	62	57	4	10	1	0	0	3	0	18	.175	.175	.193	.368	11	0	5
1975	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	32	44	41	2	6	1	0	0	1	1	13	.146	.167	.171	.337	7	0	2
1976	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	35	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0
Totals				351	407	363	18	53	4	2	4	15	11	124	.146	.171	.201	.372	73	1	33

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	OF	4					.000
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	19					.000
1968	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	30					.000
1969	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	43					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	37					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	27					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	OF	1					.000
1972	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	36					.000
1973	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	42					.000
1974	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	44					.000
1975	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	32					.000
1976	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	34					.000
1976	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	1					.000
1977	Foreign Major	JPPL	Crown Lighter Lions	P	36					.000
1978	Foreign Major	JPPL	Crown Lighter Lions	P	36					.000
1979	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	P	31					.000
1980	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	P	22					.000
1981	Foreign Major	JPPL	Seibu Lions	P	19					.000
1982	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nankai Hawks	P	17					.000
Totals					511	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1967	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1968	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1969	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1970	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1971	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1972	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1973	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1974	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1975	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1976	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1977	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Crown Lighter Lions
1978	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Crown Lighter Lions
1979	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Seibu Lions
1980	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Seibu Lions
1981	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Seibu Lions
1982	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nankai Hawks

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