1979 Chunichi Dragons Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 59-57
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Toshio Naka (59-57)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Stadium

1979 Chunichi Dragons Roster

The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 1979 season with a record of 59 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.

The Dragons tallied 589 runs and yielded 566 runs. Yasunori Oshima walloped 36 home runs for Chunichi, while Hiroaki Inoue, Bob Jones, Tatsuhiko Kimata and Wayne Garrett each added 15 or more, too. Yasunori Oshima accounted for 103 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .317. Kimiya Fujisawa and Jun Misawa led the squad with 13 wins each, and Tatsuo Komatsu registered a 2.69 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Bob Jones and Wayne Garrett both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Toshio Naka 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
Kimiya Fujisawa	13	5	.722	2.82	33	28	1	3	2	0	185.3	158	64	58	15	69	2	129	4	1	2	766
Jun Misawa	13	11	.542	3.72	45	28	3	7	4	0	203.0	226	95	84	28	53	3	97	9	0	2	864
Senichi Hoshino	10	7	.588	4.67	28	25	1	4	1	0	154.3	168	90	80	29	51	3	85	7	0	1	665
Tatsuo Komatsu	6	9	.400	2.68	54	0	47	0	0	16	97.3	90	30	29	6	37	4	86	5	0	1	410
Michitake Takahashi	5	4	.556	4.15	43	6	17	0	0	2	102.0	94	52	47	15	37	1	60	0	0	3	425
Hiroaki Mizutani	3	2	.600	5.23	47	2	4	0	0	0	65.3	65	42	38	16	33	2	55	4	0	0	293
Yujiro Miyako	2	2	.500	2.50	25	2	6	0	0	3	50.3	38	19	14	3	18	1	37	0	0	0	201
Yoshinori Toda	2	3	.400	3.23	16	8	3	1	0	0	53.0	49	21	19	6	14	0	24	0	0	0	213
Yukitsura Matsumoto	2	3	.400	4.88	22	8	7	0	0	0	55.3	70	32	30	8	13	1	11	1	0	1	245
Masakatsu Tsuchiya	2	6	.250	4.76	31	17	4	1	0	1	104.0	117	62	55	21	44	1	43	2	0	3	459
Takamasa Suzuki	1	0	1.000	3.02	24	0	14	0	0	9	44.7	40	18	15	7	14	1	33	1	0	2	182
Muneo Nakada	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7
Masao Sato	0	0		49.50	5	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	12	11	11	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	19
Hisato Aoyama	0	1	.000	6.28	8	2	2	0	0	0	14.3	20	11	10	4	5	0	11	1	0	2	66
Terashi Donoue	0	4	.000	8.14	14	4	4	0	0	0	21.0	32	19	19	5	8	0	8	0	0	0	100
Totals	59	57	.509	3.97	396	130	114	16	7	31	1154.0	1180	566	509	163	398	19	682	34	1	17	4915

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
Yasunori Oshima	130	559	501	95	159	33	1	36	103	1	7	46	87	.317	.376	.603	.978	302	12	5	0	7	4
Tatsuhiko Kimata	126	497	459	53	143	16	0	17	72	1	0	29	51	.312	.354	.458	.811	210	20	2	5	2	6
Morimichi Takagi	120	518	467	74	140	25	1	11	48	11	2	28	45	.300	.344	.428	.772	200	10	4	18	1	3
Bob Jones	110	400	367	48	105	18	1	16	56	3	4	29	83	.286	.345	.471	.816	173	6	4	0	0	1
Wayne Garrett	115	483	417	64	105	15	3	20	71	3	2	55	70	.252	.340	.446	.786	186	8	2	6	3	3
Yasushi Tao	123	419	383	47	96	22	1	13	50	0	5	30	66	.251	.308	.415	.723	159	7	2	3	1	0
Masaru Uno	122	395	359	42	95	14	2	12	37	4	8	21	74	.265	.318	.415	.733	149	4	8	5	2	6
Hiroaki Inoue	113	409	345	47	94	16	0	16	49	2	1	38	57	.272	.363	.458	.821	158	10	13	10	3	0
Yukio Fujinami	116	274	244	35	73	9	1	4	26	2	6	18	18	.299	.352	.393	.746	96	5	2	10	0	3
Kyohei Taniki	112	222	196	31	46	6	1	3	10	9	3	17	38	.235	.309	.321	.630	63	4	4	5	0	0
Yasunori Ito	56	91	81	14	23	4	3	3	10	0	2	9	22	.284	.363	.519	.881	42	0	1	0	0	3
Yonetoshi Kawamata	46	57	47	2	13	3	0	0	5	1	0	7	10	.277	.368	.340	.709	16	1	1	0	2	1
Senichi Hoshino	28	60	51	3	13	1	0	2	8	0	0	2	7	.255	.273	.392	.665	20	1	0	5	2	0
Shinji Masaoka	84	72	67	6	13	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	9	.194	.214	.239	.453	16	2	0	2	1	0
Akio Ishii	23	43	41	1	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.244	.279	.317	.596	13	0	0	0	0	0
Kimiya Fujisawa	33	69	60	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	18	.133	.188	.133	.321	8	0	1	5	0	0
Jun Misawa	46	72	61	4	7	0	0	1	7	0	0	3	15	.115	.156	.164	.320	10	1	0	8	0	0
Tatsuo Komatsu	55	21	21	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.238	.238	.286	.524	6	0	0	0	0	0
Kunizo Umeda	43	27	23	1	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	.217	.250	.217	.467	5	0	0	3	0	0
Sakae Okawara	29	21	18	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.222	.300	.278	.578	5	0	0	1	0	0
Masakatsu Tsuchiya	32	31	28	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.143	.167	.179	.345	5	0	0	1	1	0
Kiyoshi Morimoto	42	59	47	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	7	8	.085	.218	.106	.325	5	2	1	4	0	0
Yukitsura Matsumoto	22	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	0	0	1	0	0
Kenichi Yazawa	11	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshinori Toda	16	18	16	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	8	.125	.222	.125	.347	2	0	0	0	0	0
Michitake Takahashi	43	20	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.105	.105	.105	.211	2	1	0	1	0	0
Terashi Donoue	14	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kenji Komatsu	7	8	7	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.143	.125	.571	.696	4	1	0	0	1	0
Yujiro Miyako	25	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroaki Mizutani	47	11	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	2	0	0
Takao Kanto	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0
Yuichi Nakahara	24	15	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toshio Tanokura	11	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takamasa Suzuki	24	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	1	0	0	0
Hisato Aoyama	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1962	4924	4394	589	1177	191	15	155	570	38	42	357	750	.268	.328	.424	.752	1863	95	51	96	26	30

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Yasunori Oshima	1B	118					.000
Bob Jones	1B	15					.000
Kenichi Yazawa	1B	2					.000
Yonetoshi Kawamata	1B	2					.000
Yasunori Ito	1B	2					.000
Shinji Masaoka	1B	1					.000
Morimichi Takagi	2B	119					.000
Shinji Masaoka	2B	26					.000
Kiyoshi Morimoto	2B	9					.000
Kunizo Umeda	2B	6					.000
Takao Kanto	2B	4					.000
Toshio Tanokura	2B	2					.000
Wayne Garrett	2B	1					.000
Wayne Garrett	3B	115					.000
Yasunori Oshima	3B	15					.000
Yasunori Ito	3B	3					.000
Kunizo Umeda	3B	2					.000
Toshio Tanokura	3B	1					.000
Shinji Masaoka	3B	1					.000
Tatsuhiko Kimata	C	126					.000
Sakae Okawara	C	21					.000
Yuichi Nakahara	C	16					.000
Yasushi Tao	OF	111					.000
Yukio Fujinami	OF	101					.000
Hiroaki Inoue	OF	100					.000
Bob Jones	OF	95					.000
Kyohei Taniki	OF	67					.000
Yasunori Ito	OF	27					.000
Akio Ishii	OF	11					.000
Yonetoshi Kawamata	OF	7					.000
Kenji Komatsu	OF	3					.000
Tatsuo Komatsu	P	54					.000
Hiroaki Mizutani	P	47					.000
Jun Misawa	P	45					.000
Michitake Takahashi	P	43					.000
Kimiya Fujisawa	P	33					.000
Masakatsu Tsuchiya	P	31					.000
Senichi Hoshino	P	28					.000
Yujiro Miyako	P	25					.000
Takamasa Suzuki	P	24					.000
Yukitsura Matsumoto	P	22					.000
Yoshinori Toda	P	16					.000
Terashi Donoue	P	14					.000
Hisato Aoyama	P	8					.000
Masao Sato	P	5					.000
Muneo Nakada	P	1					.000
Masaru Uno	SS	121					.000
Shinji Masaoka	SS	49					.000
Kunizo Umeda	SS	32					.000
Toshio Tanokura	SS	1					.000
Totals		1728	0	0	0	0	.000

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