1954 Chunichi Dragons Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 86-40
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shunichi Amachi (86-40)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Stadium
1954 Chunichi Dragons RosterTeam Record: 86-40
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shunichi Amachi (86-40)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Stadium
Japan Series - Chunichi Dragons 4 games, Nishitetsu Lions 3
The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 1954 season with a record of 86 wins and 40 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Dragons topped the league with just 376 runs allowed. Chunichi scored 510 runs. Satoru Sugiyama led the squad with 28 home runs, and Michio Nishizawa walloped 15 or more also. Satoru Sugiyama accounted for 91 RBI. Michio Nishizawa paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .341. Shigeru Sugishita notched 32 wins on the mound for the squad, while Katsuhiko Ishikawa as well added 15 or more victories as well Shigeru Sugishita earned a 1.39 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Shunichi Amachi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shigeru Sugishita | 32 | 12 | .727 | 1.39 | 63 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 7 | 395.3 | 265 | 71 | 61 | 9 | 103 | 273 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1531 | ||
| Katsuhiko Ishikawa | 21 | 9 | .700 | 2.24 | 43 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 265.0 | 214 | 75 | 66 | 8 | 70 | 137 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1076 | ||
| Kikuo Tokunaga | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.21 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 140.0 | 127 | 64 | 50 | 7 | 39 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 582 | ||
| Yasushi Kodama | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.51 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 129.0 | 91 | 51 | 36 | 2 | 63 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 529 | ||
| Tsuguhiro Hattori | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.52 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 85.7 | 81 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 346 | ||
| Nobuo Oshima | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.70 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 83.3 | 82 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 23 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 348 | ||
| Hiroomi Oyane | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.30 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 112 | ||
| Shiro Ito | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | 32 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 124 | ||
| Sadao Kondo | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Totaro Tahara | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Hiromitsu Kito | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tsuneo Mitomi | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Nobuaki Miyashita | 0 | 0 | 10.38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |||
| Mototoshi Tahara | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Tsutomu Ina | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Yoshiyuki Nakanishi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 67.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 85 | 40 | .680 | 2.32 | 229 | 130 | 66 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 1181.7 | 958 | 376 | 305 | 39 | 328 | 0 | 639 | 27 | 2 | 19 | 4781 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michio Nishizawa | 126 | 540 | 498 | 68 | 170 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 44 | .341 | .389 | .510 | .899 | 254 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Itsuro Honda | 118 | 480 | 451 | 66 | 134 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 34 | .297 | .325 | .375 | .700 | 169 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| Satoru Sugiyama | 129 | 539 | 473 | 71 | 129 | 26 | 3 | 28 | 91 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 78 | .273 | .348 | .518 | .866 | 245 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Noboru Inoue | 129 | 493 | 444 | 49 | 120 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 29 | 34 | .270 | .316 | .311 | .627 | 138 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 1 | |
| Tokuzo Harada | 128 | 556 | 465 | 65 | 111 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 56 | 43 | .239 | .323 | .310 | .632 | 144 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 5 | |
| Riichi Kodama | 107 | 422 | 353 | 41 | 96 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 37 | .272 | .369 | .428 | .797 | 151 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
| Shigeru Makino | 112 | 365 | 315 | 26 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 27 | 21 | .197 | .261 | .257 | .518 | 81 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 2 | |
| Akira Noguchi | 91 | 283 | 259 | 13 | 61 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 23 | .236 | .293 | .297 | .591 | 77 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Yasuhiko Kawai | 68 | 192 | 164 | 21 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 43 | .244 | .321 | .433 | .754 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | |
| Shigeru Sugishita | 65 | 153 | 135 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29 | .215 | .250 | .267 | .517 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |
| Zenpei Yamazaki | 49 | 84 | 75 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | .240 | .278 | .280 | .558 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Susumu Kato | 37 | 69 | 64 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | .250 | .304 | .266 | .570 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Teiichi Kinoshita | 45 | 65 | 58 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | .259 | .323 | .362 | .685 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Katsuhiko Ishikawa | 43 | 100 | 85 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .176 | .237 | .247 | .484 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| Kazuyuki Niwa | 41 | 68 | 61 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .197 | .246 | .230 | .476 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tsuguhiro Hattori | 37 | 55 | 49 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .224 | .245 | .224 | .470 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Shigemitsu Ozawa | 35 | 47 | 40 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .250 | .286 | .325 | .611 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Toru Tsuchiya | 33 | 73 | 68 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .147 | .183 | .176 | .360 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kikuo Tokunaga | 28 | 57 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .140 | .170 | .160 | .330 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Hiroharu Okajima | 21 | 31 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .231 | .355 | .462 | .816 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Toshimichi Kunieda | 37 | 32 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .421 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Nobuo Oshima | 20 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .143 | .226 | .143 | .369 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Yasushi Kodama | 28 | 48 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .089 | .109 | .089 | .198 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Shiro Ito | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .500 | .714 | 1.214 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tsutomu Ina | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Takeo Yoshizawa | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Hiroshi Kimura | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shigeo Ogawa | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hiroomi Oyane | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .200 | .222 | .422 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nobuaki Miyashita | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sadao Kondo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shinji Hayakawa | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitsuhisa Fujino | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mototoshi Tahara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1572 | 4827 | 4270 | 510 | 1093 | 177 | 30 | 70 | 469 | 132 | 68 | 372 | 516 | .256 | .316 | .361 | .677 | 1540 | 92 | 21 | 128 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michio Nishizawa | 1B | 126 | .000 | |||||
| Teiichi Kinoshita | 1B | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Noboru Inoue | 2B | 129 | .000 | |||||
| Toru Tsuchiya | 2B | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Riichi Kodama | 3B | 107 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuyuki Niwa | 3B | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Toru Tsuchiya | 3B | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroharu Okajima | 3B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeo Ogawa | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Noguchi | C | 77 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuhiko Kawai | C | 65 | .000 | |||||
| Susumu Kato | C | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Takeo Yoshizawa | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Satoru Sugiyama | OF | 129 | .000 | |||||
| Tokuzo Harada | OF | 128 | .000 | |||||
| Itsuro Honda | OF | 118 | .000 | |||||
| Zenpei Yamazaki | OF | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Toshimichi Kunieda | OF | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Teiichi Kinoshita | OF | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Seiji Yamabe | OF | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Shinji Hayakawa | OF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Nobuo Oshima | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Kimura | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Sugishita | P | 63 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuhiko Ishikawa | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Kikuo Tokunaga | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Yasushi Kodama | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Nobuo Oshima | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Tsuguhiro Hattori | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Shiro Ito | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroomi Oyane | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Tsutomu Ina | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Nobuaki Miyashita | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Sadao Kondo | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totaro Tahara | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Mototoshi Tahara | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshiyuki Nakanishi | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Tsuneo Mitomi | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Hiromitsu Kito | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Makino | SS | 112 | .000 | |||||
| Shigemitsu Ozawa | SS | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroharu Okajima | SS | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Toru Tsuchiya | SS | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1433 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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