1956 Chunichi Dragons Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 74-56
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Akira Noguchi (74-56)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Stadium

1956 Chunichi Dragons Roster

The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 1956 season with a record of 74 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.

The Dragons tallied 369 runs and gave up 319 runs. Satoru Sugiyama paced Chunichi with 11 home runs Noboru Inoue drove in 48 runs. Riichi Kodama led batters with significant playing time by hitting .275. Hiroomi Oyane and Toshitake Nakayama topped the squad with 20 wins each, while Hiroomi Oyane recorded a 1.54 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers. Akira Noguchi served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Toshitake Nakayama	20	11	.645	1.62	45	27	13	13	9		256.3	190	58	46	14	80	0	222	2	9	1007
Hiroomi Oyane	20	13	.606	1.54	43	30	10	21	8		281.3	222	60	48	6	43	2	119	5	1	1090
Shigeru Sugishita	14	14	.500	2.00	42	26	16	19	4		248.0	172	70	55	11	48	1	167	0	2	949
Yasushi Kodama	11	5	.688	1.75	22	19	3	10	3		144.0	95	38	28	3	54	0	101	3	3	569
Kikuo Tokunaga	8	10	.444	3.02	25	21	2	6	4		131.0	124	51	44	8	24	2	41	3	1	526
Tsutomu Ina	1	3	.250	3.43	16	4	8	0	0		39.3	41	18	15	1	9	0	25	2	0	164
Kiyomitsu Hamashima	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0		5.3	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	20
Hideaki Homoto	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0		4.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	14
Midori Ishikawa	0	0		2.00	5	0	3	0	0		9.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	2	1	0	37
Hiromitsu Kito	0	0		2.79	5	0	1	0	0		9.7	5	3	3	2	5	0	6	0	1	37
Itsuro Honda	0	0		4.50	1	1	0	0	0		4.0	2	2	2	0	5	0	2	0	0	18
Katsuhiko Ishikawa	0	0		6.48	4	0	2	0	0		8.3	13	6	6	0	6	0	5	1	1	44
Yoshio Akutsu	0	0		10.38	2	1	0	0	0		4.3	3	5	5	0	5	0	3	0	0	20
Totaro Tahara	0	0		11.57	4	1	1	0	0		4.7	9	6	6	1	5	0	1	0	0	27
Totals	74	56	.569	2.04	220	130	61	69	28	0	1149.3	889	319	260	47	290	5	698	17	19	4522

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Noboru Inoue	121	444	410	36	111	22	3	9	48	9	11	25	46	.271	.311	.405	.716	166	11	0	7	2	1
Riichi Kodama	121	448	371	34	102	16	0	3	45	3	5	73	28	.275	.396	.342	.738	127	8	2	1	1	7
Toshio Naka	119	411	385	39	101	17	6	3	26	14	11	13	33	.262	.288	.361	.649	139	2	1	11	1	0
Michio Nishizawa	101	351	332	32	90	16	0	8	43	0	1	12	21	.271	.293	.392	.685	130	13	1	0	6	2
Tokuzo Harada	111	433	367	30	82	7	2	2	29	4	11	38	30	.223	.302	.270	.572	99	5	4	23	1	2
Hiroharu Okajima	113	358	300	39	74	18	4	6	23	9	6	44	35	.247	.343	.393	.736	118	4	1	11	2	0
Satoru Sugiyama	108	370	346	31	74	16	2	11	41	5	4	21	53	.214	.262	.367	.629	127	5	2	0	1	0
Itsuro Honda	115	353	327	31	66	6	4	0	18	15	9	19	30	.202	.248	.245	.492	80	4	1	6	0	0
Yasuhiko Kawai	96	260	233	22	44	11	1	3	15	3	2	19	59	.189	.258	.283	.541	66	2	3	4	1	0
Zenpei Yamazaki	73	164	150	22	35	7	0	0	6	6	2	13	22	.233	.294	.280	.574	42	1	0	1	0	1
Shigeru Makino	82	177	152	12	29	1	3	0	8	1	3	17	18	.191	.276	.237	.513	36	3	1	7	0	0
Keinosuke Kawasaki	54	82	78	1	22	7	0	0	8	0	0	3	16	.282	.317	.372	.689	29	1	1	0	0	0
Shigeru Sugishita	44	91	79	6	19	2	0	1	11	1	0	7	20	.241	.295	.304	.599	24	2	0	3	2	0
Hiroomi Oyane	46	101	95	5	18	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	24	.189	.204	.253	.457	24	1	0	3	1	0
Toshitake Nakayama	45	92	77	5	17	0	0	0	5	0	1	6	8	.221	.277	.221	.498	17	0	0	9	0	0
Toshiaki Sakai	52	99	86	2	14	1	2	0	4	0	1	10	11	.163	.258	.221	.479	19	0	1	2	0	0
Takeo Yoshizawa	44	103	96	6	11	4	0	3	5	0	1	4	24	.115	.158	.250	.408	24	0	1	2	0	0
Yasushi Kodama	22	54	46	1	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	25	.174	.255	.196	.451	9	0	0	3	0	0
Tadao Toda	31	41	36	2	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	4	14	.167	.268	.306	.574	11	0	1	0	0	0
Taizo Ishida	18	25	25	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	.160	.160	.160	.320	4	1	0	0	0	0
Kazuyuki Niwa	29	29	27	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	.148	.179	.148	.327	4	0	1	1	0	0
Kikuo Tokunaga	25	45	38	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	.105	.190	.132	.322	5	0	0	3	0	0
Tsutomu Ina	16	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	.273	.273	.273	.545	3	0	0	0	0	0
Takehiko Utsumi	14	19	18	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.167	.211	.222	.433	4	2	0	0	0	0
Shinji Hayakawa	22	27	21	7	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	5	9	.095	.259	.238	.497	5	1	0	0	1	0
Kiyomitsu Hamashima	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Takamasa Shinbo	6	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Hirata	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totaro Tahara	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toshiyuki Ota	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuhiko Ishikawa	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeo Ogawa	13	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	2	0	0
Hiromitsu Kito	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshio Akutsu	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1664	4626	4142	369	945	157	28	52	345	71	71	345	577	.228	.290	.317	.607	1314	67	21	99	19	13

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Michio Nishizawa	1B	94					.000
Itsuro Honda	1B	46					.000
Tadao Toda	1B	11					.000
Shinji Hayakawa	1B	5					.000
Riichi Kodama	1B	4					.000
Toshiaki Sakai	1B	1					.000
Noboru Inoue	2B	114					.000
Shigeru Makino	2B	12					.000
Takehiko Utsumi	2B	2					.000
Taizo Ishida	2B	1					.000
Riichi Kodama	3B	115					.000
Kazuyuki Niwa	3B	26					.000
Taizo Ishida	3B	11					.000
Shinji Hayakawa	3B	11					.000
Shigeo Ogawa	3B	6					.000
Shigeru Makino	3B	5					.000
Takehiko Utsumi	3B	4					.000
Toshiyuki Ota	3B	1					.000
Hiroharu Okajima	3B	1					.000
Yasuhiko Kawai	C	96					.000
Takeo Yoshizawa	C	43					.000
Toshiaki Sakai	C	37					.000
Toshio Naka	OF	107					.000
Satoru Sugiyama	OF	103					.000
Tokuzo Harada	OF	102					.000
Itsuro Honda	OF	69					.000
Zenpei Yamazaki	OF	50					.000
Keinosuke Kawasaki	OF	19					.000
Tadao Toda	OF	3					.000
Takamasa Shinbo	OF	2					.000
Toshitake Nakayama	P	45					.000
Hiroomi Oyane	P	43					.000
Shigeru Sugishita	P	42					.000
Kikuo Tokunaga	P	25					.000
Yasushi Kodama	P	22					.000
Tsutomu Ina	P	16					.000
Hiromitsu Kito	P	5					.000
Midori Ishikawa	P	5					.000
Totaro Tahara	P	4					.000
Katsuhiko Ishikawa	P	4					.000
Hideaki Homoto	P	3					.000
Kiyomitsu Hamashima	P	3					.000
Yoshio Akutsu	P	2					.000
Itsuro Honda	P	1					.000
Hiroharu Okajima	SS	107					.000
Shigeru Makino	SS	64					.000
Takehiko Utsumi	SS	5					.000
Totals		1497	0	0	0	0	.000

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