1972 Chunichi Dragons Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-59
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Wally Yonamine (67-59)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Stadium

1972 Chunichi Dragons Roster

The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 1972 season with a record of 67 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.

The Dragons scored 452 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 491 runs. John Miller led Chunichi with 27 home runs, while Tatsuhiko Kimata and Kenichi Yazawa walloped 15 or more also. John Miller drove in 81 runs. Kenichi Yazawa paced all regular hitters by hitting .290. Mitsuo Inaba topped the squad with 20 wins, and Hisanobu Mizutani earned a 2.65 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

John Miller and Bart Shirley both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Wally Yonamine 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
Mitsuo Inaba	20	11	.645	2.76	38	35	3	14	8		261.3	202	84	80	26	94	9	140	11	0	0	1045
Yukitsura Matsumoto	13	8	.619	3.15	42	25	3	6	1		191.7	173	77	67	18	54	1	76	2	0	1	776
Senichi Hoshino	9	8	.529	2.01	48	0	43	0	0		98.7	71	33	22	12	39	9	70	5	0	1	404
Yukiharu Shibuya	6	5	.545	3.86	32	14	11	2	2		114.3	126	51	49	15	39	10	47	10	0	2	502
Hisanobu Mizutani	6	12	.333	2.64	31	24	2	5	1		163.3	143	66	48	17	29	3	73	5	1	1	659
Hisatoshi Ito	5	4	.556	4.63	25	11	3	1	0		70.0	84	39	36	13	13	3	36	0	0	1	303
Hiroshi Tsuchiya	3	4	.429	3.71	28	12	3	2	0		89.7	78	41	37	14	24	5	34	1	0	0	363
Jun Misawa	3	5	.375	3.69	33	7	11	0	0		75.7	58	36	31	13	19	1	44	6	0	0	306
Kazuya Wako	2	0	1.000	4.79	25	0	7	0	0		41.3	49	24	22	6	16	2	28	0	0	4	183
Yoshinori Murakami	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0		2.3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8
Masafumi Takeda	0	0		3.00	21	1	6	0	0		21.0	25	9	7	3	13	0	10	2	0	0	99
Norihiro Mizutani	0	0		54.00	2	0	0	0	0		0.3	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
Yasuo Kawauchi	0	1	.000	5.35	21	1	5	0	0		35.3	35	23	21	7	10	0	23	1	1	0	145
Tsukasa Watabe	0	1	.000	10.12	6	0	2	0	0		5.3	11	6	6	2	1	0	9	0	0	0	27
Totals	67	59	.532	3.29	354	130	100	30	12	0	1170.3	1059	491	428	146	353	43	591	43	2	10	4825

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
Kenichi Yazawa	130	537	465	58	135	21	4	15	53	2	6	63	42	.290	.382	.449	.832	209	11	7	1	1	5
Tatsuhiko Kimata	125	496	448	51	120	14	1	21	48	2	2	42	54	.268	.331	.444	.775	199	15	2	0	4	2
Morimichi Takagi	118	492	459	42	115	13	2	10	42	19	12	18	38	.251	.282	.353	.635	162	10	3	10	2	1
John Miller	127	520	468	63	110	13	4	27	81	1	4	44	80	.235	.298	.453	.751	212	9	1	0	7	0
Kinji Shimatani	126	463	404	51	99	20	1	13	45	8	11	45	69	.245	.328	.396	.724	160	12	5	9	0	3
Yasunori Oshima	124	437	387	51	89	14	2	14	38	9	7	41	79	.230	.306	.385	.691	149	9	2	5	2	3
Bart Shirley	124	426	403	32	77	11	2	12	51	1	1	17	80	.191	.228	.318	.546	128	9	3	1	2	3
Takumi Ejima	93	270	245	22	47	12	1	4	15	0	1	21	37	.192	.263	.298	.561	73	16	3	0	1	2
Toshio Naka	68	217	186	20	43	4	1	1	12	7	5	21	15	.231	.306	.280	.586	52	5	0	8	2	1
Shozo Eto	77	125	108	7	33	4	0	2	16	0	0	12	11	.306	.374	.398	.772	43	2	1	2	2	2
Yukio Iida	54	94	84	9	16	1	0	2	10	1	4	8	20	.190	.269	.274	.543	23	3	1	1	0	0
Mitsuo Inaba	38	90	80	3	14	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	33	.175	.214	.200	.414	16	1	0	6	0	0
Shinzaburo Tsuboi	51	77	65	6	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	13	.200	.316	.215	.531	14	1	5	1	0	0
Hisanobu Mizutani	31	50	46	0	12	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	.261	.261	.348	.609	16	1	0	4	0	0
Shinji Masaoka	41	56	52	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	.192	.236	.192	.429	10	1	0	1	0	0
Yozaburo Chihara	32	37	35	1	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.257	.297	.286	.583	10	2	0	0	0	1
Toru Nishida	45	35	31	12	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	6	.194	.286	.323	.608	10	1	1	0	0	0
Hiroshi Shintaku	28	49	42	3	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	7	16	.143	.265	.238	.503	10	1	0	0	0	1
Takashi Ide	48	12	12	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.417	.417	.417	.833	5	0	0	0	0	0
Senichi Hoshino	48	23	21	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.238	.304	.238	.542	5	1	0	0	0	0
Yukiharu Shibuya	32	32	29	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.138	.138	.138	.276	4	0	0	3	0	0
Yukitsura Matsumoto	43	62	54	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	.074	.123	.074	.197	4	2	0	5	0	0
Hisatoshi Ito	25	20	18	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.167	.167	.167	.333	3	0	0	2	0	0
Akira Hishikawa	11	30	28	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	3	.107	.167	.214	.381	6	1	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Kawauchi	23	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jun Misawa	33	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	1	0	0
Masato Osumi	21	18	17	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.118	.111	.176	.288	3	0	0	0	1	0
Masafumi Takeda	22	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Masataka Shirataki	3	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
Katsumi Kaneko	17	10	10	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.400	.500	4	2	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Tsuchiya	28	26	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.042	.042	.042	.083	1	0	0	2	0	0
Shinichi Miyoshi	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Takeuchi	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuya Wako	26	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiya Morita	24	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1842	4740	4256	452	988	140	20	123	429	55	58	364	688	.232	.296	.361	.657	1537	115	34	62	24	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
John Miller	1B	125					.000
Yasunori Oshima	1B	9					.000
Masato Osumi	1B	4					.000
Yozaburo Chihara	1B	4					.000
Kazuya Wako	1B	1					.000
Shozo Eto	1B	1					.000
Morimichi Takagi	2B	117					.000
Shozo Eto	2B	21					.000
Shinzaburo Tsuboi	2B	8					.000
Bart Shirley	2B	4					.000
Shinji Masaoka	2B	1					.000
Kinji Shimatani	3B	125					.000
Shinzaburo Tsuboi	3B	14					.000
Toru Nishida	3B	8					.000
Tatsuhiko Kimata	C	120					.000
Hiroshi Shintaku	C	26					.000
Kazuya Wako	C	25					.000
Kenichi Yazawa	OF	130					.000
Yasunori Oshima	OF	122					.000
Takumi Ejima	OF	90					.000
Toshio Naka	OF	58					.000
Takashi Ide	OF	47					.000
Yukio Iida	OF	30					.000
Akira Hishikawa	OF	6					.000
Tatsuhiko Kimata	OF	4					.000
Masataka Shirataki	OF	3					.000
Toru Nishida	OF	2					.000
Yasuo Kawauchi	OF	2					.000
Shozo Eto	OF	2					.000
Hiroshi Takeuchi	OF	1					.000
Masafumi Takeda	OF	1					.000
Tokio Takagi	OF	1					.000
Masato Osumi	OF	1					.000
Yukitsura Matsumoto	OF	1					.000
Terashi Donoue	OF	1					.000
Senichi Hoshino	P	48					.000
Yukitsura Matsumoto	P	42					.000
Mitsuo Inaba	P	38					.000
Jun Misawa	P	33					.000
Yukiharu Shibuya	P	32					.000
Hisanobu Mizutani	P	31					.000
Hiroshi Tsuchiya	P	28					.000
Kazuya Wako	P	25					.000
Hisatoshi Ito	P	25					.000
Masafumi Takeda	P	21					.000
Yasuo Kawauchi	P	21					.000
Tsukasa Watabe	P	6					.000
Yoshinori Murakami	P	2					.000
Norihiro Mizutani	P	2					.000
Bart Shirley	SS	122					.000
Shinji Masaoka	SS	39					.000
Katsumi Kaneko	SS	3					.000
Totals		1633	0	0	0	0	.000

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