2002 Chunichi Dragons Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 69-66
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Hisashi Yamada (69-66)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Dome

2002 Chunichi Dragons Roster

The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 2002 season with a record of 69 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.

The Dragons plated 546 runs and allowed 502 runs. Motonobu Tanishige paced Chunichi with 24 home runs, while Kosuke Fukudome, Kazuyoshi Tatsunami and Leo Gómez each walloped 15 or more, too. Kazuyoshi Tatsunami recorded 92 runs batted in. Kosuke Fukudome topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .343. Kenshin Kawakami led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.36 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 2002 Chunichi Dragons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Scott Bullett, Eddie Gaillard, Melvin Bunch, Leo Gómez, Kosuke Fukudome and Kenshin Kawakami.

Hisashi Yamada 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
Kenshin Kawakami	12	6	.667	2.35	27	27	0	3	3	0	187.7	170	54	49	13	34	4	149	8	0	0	760
Kenta Asakura	11	11	.500	2.61	31	30	0	7	1	0	200.3	193	71	58	10	63	7	149	4	1	7	843
Masahiro Yamamoto	7	6	.538	3.96	21	13	2	1	0	0	86.3	90	40	38	10	9	1	67	0	0	1	352
Melvin Bunch	7	7	.500	3.28	17	17	0	2	0	0	112.7	112	45	41	14	27	1	97	4	0	6	472
Daisuke Yamai	6	3	.667	3.93	31	15	6	0	0	0	84.7	92	40	37	7	34	1	68	7	0	8	372
Takashi Ogasawara	5	5	.500	4.03	30	17	5	0	0	0	96.0	96	43	43	14	26	1	80	5	0	1	405
Hitoki Iwase	4	2	.667	1.06	52	0	7	0	0	0	59.7	38	8	7	2	15	4	66	3	0	1	231
Masataka Endo	4	2	.667	3.14	57	0	16	0	0	0	71.7	61	26	25	9	18	1	77	2	0	4	293
Makoto Kito	4	4	.500	2.85	30	7	10	0	0	1	72.7	76	24	23	6	12	1	53	2	0	1	301
Shigeki Noguchi	2	1	.667	5.00	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.0	24	15	15	6	13	1	12	1	0	1	118
Martin Vargas	2	4	.333	3.33	8	8	0	0	0	0	48.7	41	23	18	5	21	1	35	2	0	1	206
Yuichi Hisamoto	1	0	1.000	4.50	5	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	5	4	4	3	2	0	4	0	0	0	31
Eddie Gaillard	1	1	.500	1.52	47	0	45	0	0	34	47.3	40	9	8	3	12	5	27	3	0	1	191
Eiji Ochiai	1	2	.333	2.62	37	0	4	0	0	0	34.3	27	12	10	1	7	4	21	3	0	0	138
Shinichiro Koyama	1	3	.250	4.81	21	0	7	0	0	0	24.3	20	15	13	6	11	0	14	1	0	0	101
Shigetoshi Yamakita	1	4	.200	4.13	57	0	9	0	0	0	61.0	65	31	28	5	18	1	47	5	0	3	260
Satoshi Kuriyama	0	0		6.75	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.3	7	5	4	0	6	1	4	0	0	0	29
Tetsuo Yaguchi	0	0		6.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	5	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	13
Shinya Okamoto	0	0		9.28	7	0	5	0	0	0	10.7	15	12	11	2	4	1	10	1	0	0	51
Masahiro Kimura	0	1	.000	6.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	15
Kazuhiro Hiramatsu	0	1	.000	7.56	6	0	3	0	0	0	8.3	14	10	7	1	5	1	4	0	0	0	42
Akira Miyakoshi	0	1	.000	19.29	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.3	3	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	12
Eiji Shotsu	0	2	.000	1.80	15	0	4	0	0	0	15.0	16	6	3	1	5	1	13	0	0	0	66
Totals	69	66	.511	3.20	514	140	127	13	4	35	1269.7	1213	502	451	119	346	38	1002	53	1	35	5302

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
Kosuke Fukudome	140	608	542	85	186	42	3	19	65	4	2	56	96	.343	.406	.537	.943	291	4	5	0	5	2
Hirokazu Ibata	135	596	531	67	154	25	1	4	25	6	9	53	77	.290	.361	.363	.724	193	11	6	6	0	1
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami	137	562	506	62	153	34	2	16	92	4	9	45	55	.302	.364	.472	.836	239	10	6	1	4	3
Masahiro Araki	131	445	406	43	105	7	1	2	18	16	4	9	59	.259	.279	.296	.574	120	8	3	25	2	0
Motonobu Tanishige	130	515	446	53	96	21	0	24	78	4	0	49	116	.215	.303	.424	.727	189	8	8	10	2	8
Takayuki Onishi	115	247	215	30	66	12	3	2	23	9	2	17	36	.307	.374	.419	.793	90	5	6	9	0	1
Leo Gómez	66	279	247	34	66	10	0	16	43	0	0	29	39	.267	.344	.502	.846	124	4	1	0	2	4
Kazuki Inoue	99	282	257	26	63	18	2	7	23	2	2	19	51	.245	.302	.412	.715	106	6	3	1	2	1
Hiroyuki Watanabe	110	190	167	20	45	8	0	4	17	0	1	12	27	.269	.319	.389	.708	65	2	1	8	2	1
Masahiko Morino	84	211	191	20	43	12	0	5	14	0	1	15	42	.225	.285	.366	.652	70	4	1	4	0	3
Hidenori Kuramoto	72	123	115	17	31	5	1	2	13	2	2	4	28	.270	.292	.383	.674	44	1	0	3	1	0
Scott Bullett	49	154	149	19	30	8	1	7	15	2	1	5	45	.201	.227	.409	.637	61	3	0	0	0	0
Koichi Sekikawa	73	137	118	13	25	7	1	0	13	4	2	8	24	.212	.258	.288	.546	34	1	0	9	2	1
Toshio Haru	39	94	87	5	19	5	0	0	7	0	0	3	16	.218	.244	.276	.520	24	2	0	4	0	0
Junichi Jinno	69	86	77	3	17	4	0	2	10	0	0	4	30	.221	.286	.351	.636	27	1	3	2	0	0
Mitsunobu Takahashi	26	74	70	9	16	2	0	3	5	1	1	1	10	.229	.270	.386	.656	27	1	3	0	0	0
Shogo Mori	34	77	71	5	15	3	0	1	5	0	0	5	21	.211	.273	.296	.569	21	1	1	0	0	0
Takeshi Yamasaki	26	83	78	2	15	2	0	2	5	0	0	5	26	.192	.241	.295	.536	23	1	0	0	0	0
Kenshin Kawakami	27	71	67	2	13	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	32	.194	.194	.254	.448	17	1	0	4	0	0
Melvin Bunch	18	41	41	3	11	2	0	2	5	0	1	0	12	.268	.268	.463	.732	19	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuaki Taiho	27	54	47	7	10	2	0	4	11	0	0	7	16	.213	.315	.511	.825	24	1	0	0	0	0
Jiro Fujitate	36	59	55	6	10	3	1	0	3	0	0	4	14	.182	.237	.273	.510	15	3	0	0	0	0
Omar Linares	16	51	46	2	8	0	0	1	5	0	0	5	19	.174	.255	.239	.494	11	1	0	0	0	0
Fumihiro Suzuki	15	28	25	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	.200	.231	.240	.471	6	1	0	2	0	0
Kenta Asakura	34	74	63	3	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	36	.079	.108	.111	.219	7	1	0	9	0	0
Takashi Ogasawara	32	24	23	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	.174	.174	.217	.391	5	0	0	1	0	0
So Tsutsui	5	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kenji Makuta	4	16	15	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	6	.200	.250	.200	.450	3	0	0	0	0	0
Masahiro Yamamoto	21	28	24	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.125	.160	.125	.285	3	1	0	3	0	0
Teruyoshi Kuji	9	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	5	0	0	0	0	0
Eiichi Nakano	11	11	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.222	.364	.222	.586	2	0	1	0	0	0
Shigeki Noguchi	7	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	1	0	0
Hidenori Tanoue	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hitoki Iwase	52	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	1	0	0
Makoto Kito	30	13	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.091	.091	.182	.273	2	1	0	2	0	0
Martin Vargas	8	16	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	2	0	0
Shigetoshi Yamakita	57	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daisuke Yamai	32	22	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	3	1	0
Shinichiro Koyama	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eiji Shotsu	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masataka Endo	57	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shingo Maeda	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yuichi Yanagisawa	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2081	5323	4781	546	1230	238	16	125	519	54	38	361	1021	.257	.314	.392	.707	1875	84	48	110	23	25

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hiroyuki Watanabe	1B	81					.000
Leo Gómez	1B	63					.000
Takeshi Yamasaki	1B	22					.000
Mitsunobu Takahashi	1B	22					.000
Yasuaki Taiho	1B	18					.000
Omar Linares	1B	8					.000
Masahiro Araki	2B	114					.000
Masahiko Morino	2B	44					.000
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami	2B	25					.000
Junichi Jinno	2B	6					.000
Hiroyuki Watanabe	2B	4					.000
Teruyoshi Kuji	2B	4					.000
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami	3B	116					.000
Hiroyuki Watanabe	3B	23					.000
Masahiko Morino	3B	14					.000
Junichi Jinno	3B	12					.000
Leo Gómez	3B	11					.000
Omar Linares	3B	6					.000
So Tsutsui	3B	2					.000
Motonobu Tanishige	C	129					.000
Fumihiro Suzuki	C	13					.000
Eiichi Nakano	C	6					.000
Yuichi Yanagisawa	C	5					.000
Hidenori Tanoue	C	3					.000
Kosuke Fukudome	OF	139					.000
Takayuki Onishi	OF	103					.000
Kazuki Inoue	OF	85					.000
Hidenori Kuramoto	OF	64					.000
Koichi Sekikawa	OF	51					.000
Scott Bullett	OF	42					.000
Masahiro Araki	OF	28					.000
Toshio Haru	OF	26					.000
Shogo Mori	OF	23					.000
Jiro Fujitate	OF	17					.000
Kenji Makuta	OF	4					.000
So Tsutsui	OF	2					.000
Shigetoshi Yamakita	P	57					.000
Masataka Endo	P	57					.000
Hitoki Iwase	P	52					.000
Eddie Gaillard	P	47					.000
Eiji Ochiai	P	37					.000
Daisuke Yamai	P	31					.000
Kenta Asakura	P	31					.000
Takashi Ogasawara	P	30					.000
Makoto Kito	P	30					.000
Kenshin Kawakami	P	27					.000
Masahiro Yamamoto	P	21					.000
Shinichiro Koyama	P	21					.000
Melvin Bunch	P	17					.000
Eiji Shotsu	P	15					.000
Martin Vargas	P	8					.000
Shinya Okamoto	P	7					.000
Kazuhiro Hiramatsu	P	6					.000
Shigeki Noguchi	P	5					.000
Yuichi Hisamoto	P	5					.000
Satoshi Kuriyama	P	4					.000
Tetsuo Yaguchi	P	2					.000
Akira Miyakoshi	P	2					.000
Masahiro Kimura	P	2					.000
Hirokazu Ibata	SS	134					.000
Masahiko Morino	SS	17					.000
Teruyoshi Kuji	SS	4					.000
Shingo Maeda	SS	2					.000
Masahiro Araki	SS	1					.000
Totals		2007	0	0	0	0	.000

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