1977 Crown Lighter Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 49-73
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Masakazu Kito (0-0)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1977 Crown Lighter Lions Roster

The Crown Lighter Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1977 season with a record of 49 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Lions plated 468 runs and conceded 598 runs, most in the league. Masashi Takenouchi paced Crown Lighter with 26 home runs, while Masahiro Doi and Bob Hansen walloped 15 or more also. Masahiro Doi drove in 67 runs. Bob Hansen led all regular hitters by connecting at a .269 clip. Ritsuo Yamashita topped the squad with 12 wins, and Tamotsu Nagai recorded a 3.34 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bob Hansen and Jimmy Rosario both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Masakazu Kito 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
Ritsuo Yamashita	12	5	.706	3.46	36	18	14	3	0	5	156.0	151	66	60	13	33	2	69	5	0	2	635
Osamu Higashio	11	20	.355	3.87	42	31	7	17	1	4	241.7	259	119	104	30	56	4	108	14	0	1	1018
Tamotsu Nagai	9	10	.474	3.34	49	15	24	4	0	6	199.7	164	80	74	23	33	2	109	6	1	2	791
Masaaki Koga	5	7	.417	5.68	16	14	0	2	0	0	71.3	83	50	45	11	23	0	30	4	1	2	322
Shigeo Ishii	5	11	.312	5.24	21	20	1	3	1	0	101.3	112	63	59	20	28	0	30	3	0	1	438
Yutaka Saotome	2	4	.333	4.93	21	5	7	1	0	1	65.7	67	40	36	12	11	1	26	3	0	0	265
Akira Kuramochi	1	0	1.000	4.62	8	0	4	0	0	0	25.3	24	15	13	5	17	0	12	0	0	2	112
Yoshihiro Takagaki	1	0	1.000	5.62	15	0	5	0	0	0	41.7	55	27	26	7	12	0	14	5	0	1	195
Masafumi Takeda	1	2	.333	5.33	24	6	7	0	0	0	49.0	53	31	29	9	27	2	23	0	1	1	218
Tsuneo Nozaki	1	4	.200	4.85	24	5	13	0	0	0	59.3	71	33	32	6	8	0	17	2	0	0	247
Nobuhiro Tamai	1	8	.111	4.86	22	14	6	4	0	0	90.7	114	53	49	10	21	1	36	4	0	1	402
Toru Hamaura	0	2	.000	4.86	14	2	8	0	0	0	37.0	43	21	20	3	20	0	19	1	0	2	163
Totals	49	73	.402	4.32	292	130	96	34	2	16	1138.7	1196	598	547	149	289	12	493	47	3	15	4806

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
Bob Hansen	125	489	449	53	121	14	0	20	60	2	3	39	66	.269	.327	.434	.761	195	4	0	0	1	1
Mitsuo Motoi	119	494	422	48	111	13	5	11	39	22	16	57	74	.263	.350	.396	.746	167	7	1	11	3	1
Masahiro Doi	123	495	428	45	106	8	0	24	67	3	4	57	35	.248	.340	.435	.775	186	10	5	1	4	4
Masashi Takenouchi	119	421	388	58	102	11	0	26	51	9	4	19	54	.263	.314	.492	.807	191	12	11	1	2	3
Yoshiharu Wakana	103	340	318	29	93	10	1	4	29	1	8	10	29	.292	.323	.368	.691	117	7	5	6	1	0
Satoru Yoshioka	114	424	387	44	88	14	1	6	36	15	2	21	43	.227	.269	.315	.585	122	7	2	12	2	0
Osamu Hirose	103	346	308	27	84	10	1	4	30	1	5	25	28	.273	.334	.351	.685	108	6	4	8	1	1
Takuji Ota	96	292	273	30	72	6	0	13	40	5	1	13	41	.264	.297	.429	.725	117	8	1	2	3	1
Akinobu Mayumi	116	295	276	37	72	9	1	6	14	21	8	8	35	.261	.280	.366	.646	101	5	0	9	2	0
Jimmy Rosario	107	290	257	27	56	9	0	5	18	5	4	29	57	.218	.300	.311	.611	80	6	1	3	0	0
Kazuo Hasegawa	82	218	207	14	51	7	0	5	17	0	2	5	10	.246	.269	.353	.621	73	5	2	2	2	0
Yoshinori Yamamura	88	216	200	13	43	7	2	0	18	0	2	8	27	.215	.260	.270	.530	54	5	5	1	2	0
Toru Kusuki	76	145	135	14	35	4	0	1	14	4	3	4	20	.259	.284	.311	.595	42	2	1	4	1	0
Haruhiko Suzuki	97	151	138	11	23	2	1	3	12	0	1	11	28	.167	.227	.261	.488	36	5	0	1	1	0
Shinzaburo Tsuboi	58	60	54	5	11	2	0	0	3	1	0	4	10	.204	.259	.241	.499	13	2	0	2	0	0
Masaji Nishizawa	13	14	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.231	.445	3	1	0	0	0	1
Teruo Suzuki	14	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keiichi Shimazu	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osamu Kaneshiro	8	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	1	0	0	0
Fumimune Tokuyama	23	22	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.045	.000	.045	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takahiro Nishida	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroaki Kawamura	61	8	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	1652	4734	4293	468	1071	127	12	128	448	90	64	313	572	.249	.305	.374	.679	1606	92	40	63	25	12

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bob Hansen	1B	107					.000
Haruhiko Suzuki	1B	58					.000
Kazuo Hasegawa	1B	3					.000
Masaji Nishizawa	1B	1					.000
Satoru Yoshioka	2B	111					.000
Shinzaburo Tsuboi	2B	32					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	2B	17					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	2B	4					.000
Teruo Suzuki	2B	2					.000
Takahiro Nishida	2B	1					.000
Yoshinori Yamamura	3B	83					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	3B	68					.000
Shinzaburo Tsuboi	3B	16					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	3B	6					.000
Takahiro Nishida	3B	1					.000
Yoshiharu Wakana	C	101					.000
Toru Kusuki	C	46					.000
Osamu Kaneshiro	C	5					.000
Masaji Nishizawa	C	2					.000
Jimmy Rosario	OF	105					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	OF	103					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	OF	98					.000
Masahiro Doi	OF	80					.000
Kazuo Hasegawa	OF	54					.000
Hiroaki Kawamura	OF	49					.000
Fumimune Tokuyama	OF	19					.000
Takuji Ota	OF	17					.000
Haruhiko Suzuki	OF	10					.000
Keiichi Shimazu	OF	4					.000
Toru Kusuki	OF	4					.000
Teruo Suzuki	OF	1					.000
Tamotsu Nagai	P	49					.000
Osamu Higashio	P	42					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	P	36					.000
Masafumi Takeda	P	24					.000
Tsuneo Nozaki	P	24					.000
Nobuhiro Tamai	P	22					.000
Yutaka Saotome	P	21					.000
Shigeo Ishii	P	21					.000
Masaaki Koga	P	16					.000
Yoshihiro Takagaki	P	15					.000
Toru Hamaura	P	14					.000
Akira Kuramochi	P	8					.000
Osamu Hirose	SS	101					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	SS	50					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	SS	17					.000
Satoru Yoshioka	SS	4					.000
Shinzaburo Tsuboi	SS	1					.000
Takahiro Nishida	SS	1					.000
Totals		1674	0	0	0	0	.000

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