1996 Chunichi Dragons Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 72-58
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Senichi Hoshino (72-58)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Stadium

1996 Chunichi Dragons Roster

The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 1996 season with a record of 72 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Dragons scored 641 runs and gave up 589 runs. Takeshi Yamasaki walloped 39 home runs for Chunichi, while Darnell Coles and Yasuaki Taiho added 15 or more, too. Takeshi Yamasaki accounted for 107 RBI. Alonzo Powell led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .340. Shinji Imanaka topped the team with 14 wins, and Shigeki Noguchi registered a 3.23 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Darnell Coles and Alonzo Powell both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Senichi Hoshino 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
Shinji Imanaka	14	8	.636	3.31	25	24	1	11	2	0	179.7	175	75	66	13	57	0	153	1	0	8	757
Masataka Endo	8	4	.667	3.84	49	3	9	1	1	1	70.3	56	33	30	6	37	3	73	1	0	5	300
Ken Kadokura	7	3	.700	3.11	14	11	0	3	1	0	72.3	63	27	25	6	30	1	65	0	0	3	302
Yukinaga Maeda	7	4	.636	4.21	17	13	0	1	0	0	77.0	73	44	36	9	22	2	55	0	0	4	328
Masahiro Yamamoto	7	9	.438	3.67	26	23	1	6	2	1	154.7	159	72	63	17	38	2	119	3	1	4	647
Dong Yol Sun	5	1	.833	5.50	38	1	17	0	0	3	54.0	62	35	33	4	22	3	67	3	0	1	248
Shigeki Noguchi	5	5	.500	3.23	21	18	0	5	2	0	114.3	104	47	41	15	52	2	88	2	0	4	487
Hiroaki Nakayama	4	4	.500	2.88	36	0	27	0	0	14	40.7	32	15	13	3	16	2	42	0	0	3	170
Eiji Ochiai	4	6	.400	3.74	24	14	1	3	2	1	96.3	98	49	40	6	29	6	61	2	0	1	411
Masahito Higasa	3	1	.750	6.11	24	0	5	0	0	0	28.0	29	22	19	3	24	0	18	1	0	5	137
Hideki Sato	3	2	.600	4.93	32	7	5	0	0	0	69.3	83	41	38	6	36	2	51	5	0	6	327
Hiromu Kojima	2	2	.500	6.23	13	6	3	0	0	0	30.3	41	23	21	5	10	2	22	1	0	0	142
Katsunori Kitano	1	0	1.000	2.36	54	0	7	0	0	0	34.3	29	13	9	2	16	2	19	0	0	1	143
Kenichiro Idemoto	1	1	.500	1.95	19	2	5	0	0	0	37.0	26	9	8	2	12	0	29	0	0	1	143
Katsuyoshi Murata	1	3	.250	9.95	4	3	0	0	0	0	12.7	15	14	14	4	6	0	14	1	0	0	61
Koji Mori	0	0		2.53	9	0	4	0	0	0	10.7	8	3	3	0	6	0	8	0	0	2	40
Yukio Matsunaga	0	0		3.38	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.3	3	2	2	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	22
Sadaharu Hiranuma	0	0		6.43	13	0	2	0	0	0	14.0	23	12	10	1	6	0	8	1	0	1	67
Tetsuhiro Nonaka	0	0		12.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	14
Akira Uehara	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	7
Masaaki Daito	0	0		36.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	4	5	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	10
Genji Kaku	0	1	.000	3.18	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.7	6	2	2	0	5	1	4	0	1	1	29
Takuichi Koike	0	1	.000	4.32	11	3	4	0	0	0	25.0	27	12	12	4	15	0	20	5	0	0	116
Tadashi Kashima	0	1	.000	7.62	9	0	2	0	0	0	13.0	15	11	11	4	6	0	3	0	0	1	59
Naoyuki Naito	0	1	.000	11.05	4	1	1	0	0	0	7.3	10	9	9	2	4	0	4	0	0	0	35
Takahiro Kanamori	0	1	.000	21.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	7	8	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	18
Totals	72	58	.554	4.05	457	130	100	30	10	20	1160.0	1156	589	522	116	458	28	934	27	2	53	5020

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
Alonzo Powell	130	566	518	63	176	42	2	14	67	1	3	45	69	.340	.393	.510	.903	264	18	1	1	1	1
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami	130	587	511	91	165	39	2	10	62	2	5	69	57	.323	.404	.466	.870	238	12	2	3	2	0
Darnell Coles	130	579	513	77	155	15	1	29	79	0	3	54	79	.302	.373	.505	.878	259	12	6	3	3	3
Takeshi Yamasaki	127	502	453	83	146	20	0	39	107	1	1	42	95	.322	.382	.625	1.007	283	11	4	0	3	2
Yasuaki Taiho	129	537	462	69	136	19	1	38	89	3	1	68	106	.294	.385	.587	.971	271	10	1	4	2	8
Takeshi Nakamura	115	422	376	45	102	11	1	12	37	2	0	40	51	.271	.343	.402	.744	151	17	2	2	2	9
Shigeki Oto	86	305	275	43	73	13	0	11	41	3	1	21	42	.265	.322	.433	.755	119	11	4	1	4	1
Yusuke Torigoe	77	238	203	30	56	7	3	3	17	8	3	14	38	.276	.323	.384	.707	78	2	0	21	0	0
Akihiro Yano	56	124	104	26	36	3	0	7	19	1	0	13	16	.346	.426	.577	1.003	60	2	3	2	2	0
Daisuke Masuda	49	124	103	14	31	4	0	1	3	1	1	16	25	.301	.400	.369	.769	38	1	1	4	0	0
Toshikatsu Hikono	67	131	111	11	30	6	0	3	22	0	0	17	17	.270	.374	.405	.779	45	2	2	0	1	0
Hitoshi Taneda	40	122	107	6	19	1	0	1	6	2	3	7	17	.178	.233	.215	.448	23	1	1	6	1	0
Junichi Jinno	34	88	79	13	17	1	0	3	7	2	1	4	23	.215	.262	.342	.604	27	3	1	4	0	0
Takeshi Aiko	56	91	82	7	17	3	0	4	17	0	0	5	22	.207	.253	.390	.643	32	3	1	0	3	0
Yonetoshi Kawamata	64	58	45	2	12	1	0	1	12	0	0	12	14	.267	.414	.356	.769	16	1	0	0	1	1
Tetsuya Komori	41	106	88	8	12	0	1	0	7	1	2	9	14	.136	.216	.159	.376	14	1	0	9	0	0
Yoshiaki Kanemura	42	45	40	1	7	1	0	0	6	0	0	5	6	.175	.267	.200	.467	8	0	0	0	0	0
Shinji Imanaka	25	74	64	4	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	30	.094	.121	.156	.277	10	0	0	8	0	0
Kazutoshi Higuchi	35	35	29	9	5	1	0	0	1	1	3	6	4	.172	.314	.207	.521	6	1	0	0	0	0
Masahiro Yamamoto	26	55	47	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	12	.106	.160	.106	.266	5	0	0	5	0	0
Tatsunori Matsui	17	24	23	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.174	.208	.217	.426	5	0	0	0	0	0
Takayuki Onishi	48	11	11	16	3	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	5	.273	.273	.545	.818	6	0	0	0	0	0
Eiji Ochiai	24	33	27	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.111	.111	.111	.222	3	1	0	6	0	0
Kenichiro Idemoto	20	6	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	2	0	0
Hiromu Kojima	13	7	6	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.500	.833	3	0	0	1	0	0
Hideki Sato	32	16	15	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	.133	.133	.333	.467	5	0	0	1	0	0
Ken Kadokura	14	25	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.091	.091	.091	.182	2	1	0	3	0	0
Koji Yamaguchi	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tadashi Kashima	9	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroyuki Watanabe	4	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	1	0	0	0	0
Takamasa Matsui	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroaki Nakayama	36	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Masataka Endo	49	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuyoshi Koyama	14	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	1	0	1	0	0
Takumi Shiigi	8	11	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.100	.182	.200	.382	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yukinaga Maeda	17	28	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.045	.125	.045	.170	1	0	0	4	0	0
Shigeki Noguchi	21	40	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	.029	.056	.029	.084	1	1	0	4	0	0
Kei Ichihara	18	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masahito Higasa	24	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Yutaka Hasebe	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dong Yol Sun	38	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Katsuyoshi Murata	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takuichi Koike	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
Koji Mori	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akihiro Shimada	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1899	5053	4443	641	1234	192	11	179	616	36	29	459	836	.278	.347	.447	.794	1985	113	29	97	25	25

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Yasuaki Taiho	1B	129					.000
Takeshi Aiko	1B	5					.000
Takeshi Yamasaki	1B	1					.000
Yonetoshi Kawamata	1B	1					.000
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami	2B	130					.000
Kazutoshi Higuchi	2B	4					.000
Tetsuya Komori	2B	2					.000
Hitoshi Taneda	2B	1					.000
Kei Ichihara	2B	1					.000
Darnell Coles	3B	126					.000
Yoshiaki Kanemura	3B	12					.000
Hitoshi Taneda	3B	11					.000
Kazutoshi Higuchi	3B	8					.000
Kei Ichihara	3B	6					.000
Hiroyuki Watanabe	3B	4					.000
Tetsuya Komori	3B	1					.000
Junichi Jinno	3B	1					.000
Takeshi Nakamura	C	114					.000
Akihiro Yano	C	38					.000
Takumi Shiigi	C	7					.000
Alonzo Powell	OF	130					.000
Takeshi Yamasaki	OF	123					.000
Shigeki Oto	OF	77					.000
Daisuke Masuda	OF	45					.000
Takayuki Onishi	OF	40					.000
Toshikatsu Hikono	OF	33					.000
Takeshi Aiko	OF	22					.000
Akihiro Yano	OF	12					.000
Kazuyoshi Koyama	OF	8					.000
Yusuke Torigoe	OF	7					.000
Tatsunori Matsui	OF	7					.000
Akihiro Shimada	OF	2					.000
Koji Yamaguchi	OF	1					.000
Katsunori Kitano	P	54					.000
Masataka Endo	P	49					.000
Dong Yol Sun	P	38					.000
Hiroaki Nakayama	P	36					.000
Hideki Sato	P	32					.000
Masahiro Yamamoto	P	26					.000
Shinji Imanaka	P	25					.000
Eiji Ochiai	P	24					.000
Masahito Higasa	P	24					.000
Shigeki Noguchi	P	21					.000
Kenichiro Idemoto	P	19					.000
Yukinaga Maeda	P	17					.000
Ken Kadokura	P	14					.000
Hiromu Kojima	P	13					.000
Sadaharu Hiranuma	P	13					.000
Takuichi Koike	P	11					.000
Koji Mori	P	9					.000
Tadashi Kashima	P	9					.000
Genji Kaku	P	5					.000
Naoyuki Naito	P	4					.000
Katsuyoshi Murata	P	4					.000
Tetsuhiro Nonaka	P	3					.000
Yukio Matsunaga	P	3					.000
Takahiro Kanamori	P	2					.000
Akira Uehara	P	1					.000
Masaaki Daito	P	1					.000
Yusuke Torigoe	SS	71					.000
Tetsuya Komori	SS	37					.000
Hitoshi Taneda	SS	34					.000
Junichi Jinno	SS	33					.000
Kazutoshi Higuchi	SS	17					.000
Kei Ichihara	SS	7					.000
Totals		1765	0	0	0	0	.000

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