1961 Chunichi Dragons Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 72-56
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Wataru Nonin (72-56)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Stadium

1961 Chunichi Dragons Roster

The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 1961 season with a record of 72 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Dragons plated 427 runs and yielded 385 runs. Shinichi Eto paced Chunichi with 20 home runs and drove in 77 runs. Noboru Inoue led batters with significant playing time by hitting .293. Hiroshi Gondo earned 35 wins for the team and a team-best 1.7 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. Wataru Nonin 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	BK	WP	BF
Hiroshi Gondo	35	19	.648	1.70	69	44	24	32	12		429.3	321	97	81	20	70	8	310	3	1	3	1645
Yasuhiko Kawamura	13	13	.500	2.54	51	21	12	1	1		223.7	181	73	63	8	81	2	130	5	0	3	904
Eiji Bando	12	10	.545	2.61	47	33	7	8	4		193.3	166	65	56	14	48	0	108	4	0	2	795
Shigetaka Nishio	6	5	.545	3.11	39	11	7	2	2		104.3	94	40	36	6	28	4	54	1	0	0	418
Midori Ishikawa	3	1	.750	4.61	30	5	7	0	0		52.7	59	32	27	5	17	0	26	1	0	0	232
Minoru Kakimoto	3	3	.500	2.69	17	8	5	0	0		63.7	56	22	19	3	13	3	50	1	1	0	257
Toshitake Nakayama	0	0		3.13	16	1	7	0	0		23.0	21	11	8	3	15	0	12	0	0	2	99
Kinya Maeoka	0	0		3.24	8	0	4	0	0		16.7	10	10	6	2	8	0	8	0	0	0	68
Shinichi Miyazaki	0	0		3.57	17	1	6	0	0		22.7	25	13	9	2	4	1	7	1	0	0	97
Kenji Kataoka	0	0		9.00	2	0	0	0	0		3.0	2	3	3	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	14
Yasushi Kodama	0	1	.000	54.00	1	1	0	0	0		0.3	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Mamoru Hiroshima	0	4	.000	2.91	20	5	8	0	0		46.3	40	17	15	2	19	0	38	0	0	0	194
Totals	72	56	.562	2.48	317	130	87	43	19	0	1179.0	976	385	325	66	307	18	747	16	2	10	4726

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	126	518	460	50	135	25	4	4	58	10	8	41	34	.293	.355	.391	.747	180	7	6	6	5	4
Toshio Naka	128	543	480	88	130	14	11	13	39	30	17	46	36	.271	.336	.427	.764	205	2	3	11	3	4
Shinichi Eto	130	540	480	50	128	17	1	20	77	4	8	46	48	.267	.328	.431	.760	207	10	2	4	8	6
Akiteru Kono	124	495	447	57	123	12	5	9	40	23	12	32	77	.275	.326	.385	.711	172	6	2	13	1	1
Toru Mori	123	463	428	34	109	19	0	13	60	5	6	26	60	.255	.298	.390	.688	167	8	3	0	6	3
Masuho Maeda	104	338	295	23	74	15	2	6	26	3	7	32	37	.251	.326	.376	.702	111	8	1	10	0	1
Takeo Yoshizawa	119	381	352	18	67	9	1	2	18	3	2	9	40	.190	.220	.239	.458	84	5	5	12	3	3
Morimichi Takagi	80	243	222	15	47	8	3	2	11	4	2	12	36	.212	.262	.302	.563	67	3	3	6	0	2
Hideaki Homoto	96	192	177	17	44	6	2	2	15	1	2	11	11	.249	.289	.339	.628	60	1	0	2	2	2
Hiroshi Gondo	70	163	144	18	31	7	0	1	8	1	0	6	24	.215	.247	.285	.531	41	4	0	13	0	0
Wally Yonamine	76	184	146	17	26	6	0	1	9	1	3	28	24	.178	.312	.240	.552	35	4	1	8	1	1
Taisuke Kobuchi	55	125	112	12	22	5	0	4	12	1	2	8	27	.196	.256	.348	.604	39	4	1	4	0	0
Tatsuhiko Ito	37	70	65	8	14	3	0	2	3	0	0	3	13	.215	.250	.354	.604	23	1	0	2	0	0
Masahiro Yokoyama	36	48	45	3	12	2	0	0	1	0	1	2	9	.267	.298	.311	.609	14	0	0	1	0	0
Fukuzo Yanagawa	33	60	54	4	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	12	.204	.283	.222	.506	12	1	0	0	0	0
Mamoru Zaitsu	21	33	32	1	9	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	9	.281	.303	.344	.647	11	2	0	0	0	1
Yasuhiko Kawamura	52	74	70	2	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	.129	.153	.143	.296	10	0	0	2	0	0
Toshiaki Sakai	23	33	30	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	.233	.258	.300	.558	9	1	0	2	0	0
Tokio Takagi	14	26	24	4	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.250	.308	.292	.599	7	0	0	0	0	0
Shinichi Shikita	15	19	18	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.222	.263	.222	.485	4	0	0	0	0	0
Minoru Kakimoto	19	22	18	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.222	.300	.278	.578	5	0	0	2	0	0
Eiji Bando	47	65	50	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	17	.080	.113	.080	.193	4	1	0	12	1	0
Shigetaka Nishio	39	33	31	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.097	.125	.097	.222	3	0	0	1	0	0
Itsuro Honda	52	37	31	5	3	2	0	0	1	1	3	5	4	.097	.222	.161	.384	5	0	0	1	0	0
Mamoru Hiroshima	23	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0	0
Toshihiko Uchikoshi	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazumi Takagi	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fumitaka Ota	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toshiaki Ogawa	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toshitake Nakayama	19	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shinichi Miyazaki	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kinya Maeoka	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midori Ishikawa	30	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Shintoku Hoshiyama	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toyohiko Aida	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1739	4746	4251	427	1024	156	30	79	389	88	73	326	574	.241	.297	.347	.645	1477	69	27	112	30	28

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Shinichi Eto	1B	75					.000
Noboru Inoue	1B	57					.000
Wally Yonamine	1B	35					.000
Mamoru Zaitsu	1B	2					.000
Toshitake Nakayama	1B	2					.000
Minoru Kakimoto	1B	2					.000
Taisuke Kobuchi	1B	1					.000
Shintoku Hoshiyama	1B	1					.000
Noboru Inoue	2B	69					.000
Morimichi Takagi	2B	64					.000
Masuho Maeda	2B	13					.000
Tatsuhiko Ito	2B	1					.000
Masuho Maeda	3B	94					.000
Taisuke Kobuchi	3B	36					.000
Tatsuhiko Ito	3B	21					.000
Morimichi Takagi	3B	13					.000
Fukuzo Yanagawa	3B	5					.000
Toyohiko Aida	3B	3					.000
Takeo Yoshizawa	C	119					.000
Toshiaki Sakai	C	20					.000
Tokio Takagi	C	13					.000
Shinichi Shikita	C	10					.000
Kazumi Takagi	C	1					.000
Toshio Naka	OF	128					.000
Toru Mori	OF	118					.000
Shinichi Eto	OF	94					.000
Hideaki Homoto	OF	68					.000
Itsuro Honda	OF	41					.000
Fukuzo Yanagawa	OF	22					.000
Wally Yonamine	OF	13					.000
Masahiro Yokoyama	OF	11					.000
Shinichi Miyazaki	OF	5					.000
Mamoru Zaitsu	OF	4					.000
Toshitake Nakayama	OF	2					.000
Yasushi Kodama	OF	2					.000
Mamoru Hiroshima	OF	2					.000
Toyohiko Aida	OF	2					.000
Fumitaka Ota	OF	1					.000
Yasuhiko Kawamura	OF	1					.000
Rikio Kato	OF	1					.000
Kinya Maeoka	OF	1					.000
Hiroshi Gondo	P	69					.000
Yasuhiko Kawamura	P	51					.000
Eiji Bando	P	47					.000
Shigetaka Nishio	P	39					.000
Midori Ishikawa	P	30					.000
Mamoru Hiroshima	P	20					.000
Shinichi Miyazaki	P	17					.000
Minoru Kakimoto	P	17					.000
Toshitake Nakayama	P	16					.000
Kinya Maeoka	P	8					.000
Kenji Kataoka	P	2					.000
Yasushi Kodama	P	1					.000
Akiteru Kono	SS	119					.000
Taisuke Kobuchi	SS	10					.000
Masuho Maeda	SS	3					.000
Mikihiko Kuroki	SS	2					.000
Tatsuhiko Ito	SS	1					.000
Totals		1625	0	0	0	0	.000

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