2008 Chunichi Dragons Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Hiromitsu Ochiai (71-68)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Dome

2008 Chunichi Dragons Roster

Playoffs - Chunichi Dragons 2 games, Hanshin Tigers 1
Playoffs - Yomiuri Giants 3 games, Chunichi Dragons 1

The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 2008 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.

The Dragons scored 535 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 556 runs. Ty Woods walloped 35 home runs for Chunichi, while Norihiro Nakamura, Masahiko Morino, Kazuhiro Wada and Byung Kyu Lee each added 15 or more also. Ty Woods recorded 77 runs batted in. Kazuhiro Wada led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .302. Masahiro Yamamoto topped the squad with 11 wins, and Kenshin Kawakami registered a 2.31 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 2008 Chunichi Dragons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Norihiro Nakamura, Kenshin Kawakami, Tomás de la Rosa and Wei-Yin Chen.

Hiromitsu Ochiai 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
Masahiro Yamamoto117.6113.162322200133.712754471526284201544
Kazuki Yoshimi103.7693.233514320114.311846411125082401476
Kenshin Kawakami95.6432.302016100117.399333011253112501473
Takashi Ogasawara811.4214.702622000132.014771692042389522575
Wei-Yin Chen76.5382.903914110114.710140377330107505474
Kenichi Nakata79.4384.652321110129.71487967134611261105582
Takuya Asao31.7501.7944000150.343111009235300199
Hitoki Iwase33.5002.94510003649.0551616210441000212
Kenta Asakura34.4293.3612910056.3672721520030102255
Akifumi Takahashi21.6672.3354000154.0471614410248400222
Shoji Nagamine21.6675.6533100043.0632827110130301198
Akinobu Shimizu22.5002.4515410044.0341412217033510183
Shinsuke Saito11.5003.0017000015.010552601000061
Masafumi Hirai11.5005.1437000028.036161636123301128
Mitsuru Sato14.2004.438700040.747202047023001169
Yudai Kawai15.1673.97141000056.7693125311237001243
Kazuyuki Akasaka000.00100001.000001000004
Yoshihiro Suzuki001.12800008.0211010900027
Maximo Nelson003.00600006.0922040600029
Atsushi Nakazato003.4813000010.3644160500144
Soma Yamauchi005.79410009.39663201200038
Hiroki Kongo006.3912000012.7191090501000160
Daisuke Yamai01.0001.00210009.05111001000030
Ryota Sato01.0004.974200012.71377220630056
Masato Kobayashi02.0004.4046000128.7331814412321301133
Totals7168.5113.535471440104391276.3130755650111433624989573245415

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
Kazuhiro Wada136560520601573441674123471.302.345.475.820247162040
Ty Woods1405734907713518035770178138.276.377.527.903258183023
Norihiro Nakamura1405574935613520024720150119.274.340.460.8002271111034
Masahiro Araki130591538641311524283273581.243.292.301.593162821510
Masahiko Morino96412358631152511959104660.321.394.556.95019940350
Hirokazu Ibata10646640851113163523833756.277.340.368.708150731621
Byung Kyu Lee105448418401061621665122393.254.293.416.710174131510
Motonobu Tanishige1133843292777180227013945.234.325.307.63210196914
Tomás de la Rosa932422142052120722022449.243.318.397.7158560310
Kazuki Inoue741541411141120110001218.291.346.397.7445610104
Masaaki Koike59161141153280415111034.227.290.369.6595243610
Ryosuke Hirata5911197926301901625.268.311.330.6413241520
Hidenori Kuramoto7777701015211740223.214.236.314.5502230500
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami86867321540110001111.205.314.301.6152221013
Kohei Oda417164212100400412.188.232.203.4351320212
Atsushi Fujii40393510610222119.171.194.371.5661300300
Masaumi Shimizu1721181410020016.222.263.278.541520200
Daisuke Tanaka1727231400000033.174.269.174.443410101
Takashi Ogasawara26332704100000011.148.148.185.333500600
Kenichi Nakata23433834200100115.105.128.158.286600400
Issei Nakamura91190320020021.333.455.5561.010500000
Ryota Arai2419182300000005.167.211.167.377301000
Kenshin Kawakami20322913101100012.103.103.241.345700300
Masatoshi Ogawa1311110200000003.182.182.182.364200000
Akira Nishikawa1316141200120015.143.200.357.557500100
Yudai Kawai1415150200000005.133.133.133.267200000
Kenta Asakura1221170200000009.118.118.118.235200400
Masahiro Yamamoto23453632100100317.056.128.083.212300600
Akinobu Shimizu151090100000005.111.111.111.222100100
Mitsuru Sato815150100000003.067.067.067.133100000
Tatsuro Iwasaki2019183110001001.056.056.111.167200100
Wei-Yin Chen39282501100000016.040.040.080.120200300
Takehiro Donoue1321000000011.000.333.000.333000000
Soma Yamauchi4220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Daisuke Yamai2220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Akihiro Maeda3110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Masafumi Hirai37110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Yoshinori Ueda1110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Takuya Asao44110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Ryosuke Morioka5540000000010.000.200.000.200000000
Naomichi Donoue3110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Koji Nakamura1110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Michihisa Sawai7541000000010.000.200.000.200000000
Ryota Sato4531000000011.000.250.000.250000100
Kazuki Yoshimi35363300000100023.000.000.000.000000300
Totals1935536247675351207215131405145122427989.253.316.392.7081868111241192522


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Ty Woods1B12499879675.9948.685
Norihiro Nakamura1B7825719325.9893.538
Ryota Arai1B480011.0002.000
Masahiko Morino1B320011.000.667
Masahiro Araki2B1303294151174.9855.723
Tatsuro Iwasaki2B101022021.0003.200
Tomás de la Rosa2B8211620.9494.625
Akira Nishikawa2B353001.0002.667
Masahiko Morino2B282001.0005.000
Norihiro Nakamura3B11873219622.9802.475
Masahiko Morino3B60234225.9701.083
Tomás de la Rosa3B33132734.9301.212
Naomichi Donoue3B20000.000
Motonobu TanishigeC11373751310.9966.9733
Kohei OdaC411791923.9904.8291
Daisuke TanakaC16519011.0003.7500
Masaumi ShimizuC16467001.0003.3121
Masatoshi OgawaC8313001.0004.2500
Akihiro MaedaC330001.0001.0000
Kazuhiro WadaOF1352281132.9881.770
Byung Kyu LeeOF105167430.9831.629
Masahiko MorinoOF81134220.9861.679
Hidenori KuramotoOF6939111.976.580
Masaaki KoikeOF5085210.9891.740
Ryosuke HirataOF3539110.9761.143
Kazuki InoueOF3348320.9621.545
Atsushi FujiiOF2919010.950.655
Issei NakamuraOF880001.0001.000
Yoshinori UedaOF10000.000
Takehiro DonoueOF110001.0001.000
Akifumi TakahashiP5428001.000.185
Hitoki IwaseP51010011.000.196
Masato KobayashiP4625011.000.152
Takuya AsaoP4431413.944.386
Wei-Yin ChenP3951210.944.436
Masafumi HiraiP3719001.000.270
Kazuki YoshimiP35101510.962.714
Shoji NagamineP331610.875.212
Takashi OgasawaraP26830001.0001.462
Masahiro YamamotoP2362723.9431.435
Kenichi NakataP23101451.8281.043
Kenshin KawakamiP2062312.9671.450
Shinsuke SaitoP1712001.000.176
Akinobu ShimizuP1538001.000.733
Yudai KawaiP141112021.0001.643
Atsushi NakazatoP1302001.000.154
Hiroki KongoP1210001.000.083
Kenta AsakuraP1221210.9331.167
Yoshihiro SuzukiP811001.000.250
Mitsuru SatoP829001.0001.375
Maximo NelsonP60000.000
Soma YamauchiP40000.000
Ryota SatoP40000.000
Daisuke YamaiP211001.0001.000
Kazuyuki AkasakaP10000.000
Hirokazu IbataSS106139311850.9834.245
Tomás de la RosaSS4048112216.9884.000
Tatsuro IwasakiSS724011.000.857
Masahiro ArakiSS120001.0002.000
Totals20203829160475306.9862.690500




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