1978 Crown Lighter Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 51-67
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Rikuo Nemoto (51-67)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1978 Crown Lighter Lions Roster

The Crown Lighter Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1978 season with a record of 51 wins and 67 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.

The Lions plated 497 runs and allowed 582 runs. Masahiro Doi paced Crown Lighter with 26 home runs, and Willie Davis walloped 15 or more, too. Masahiro Doi drove in 75 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .303 clip. Osamu Higashio recorded 23 wins on the mound for the squad and a team-best 2.94 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Willie Davis and Bob Hansen both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Rikuo Nemoto 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	WP	BF
Osamu Higashio	23	14	.622	2.94	45	35	9	28	1	1	303.3	299	110	99	25	53	8	126	16	1	1225
Ritsuo Yamashita	6	10	.375	3.94	36	16	12	6	3	1	146.3	153	78	64	9	39	8	53	5	3	626
Akira Kuramochi	5	4	.556	2.66	15	9	3	4	0	0	67.7	65	23	20	3	9	0	29	2	0	271
Shigeo Ishii	5	8	.385	4.24	20	19	1	7	3	0	108.3	126	60	51	11	18	1	27	7	1	460
Masaaki Koga	4	8	.333	4.40	21	16	3	2	0	0	102.3	96	62	50	21	35	2	49	9	2	436
Hiroshi Ikeda	3	5	.375	4.48	32	8	10	3	0	2	96.3	93	57	48	17	34	1	39	4	2	413
Yutaka Saotome	2	2	.500	3.34	35	1	14	0	0	0	86.3	87	44	32	12	22	2	33	6	1	365
Yoshimasa Oya	1	3	.250	4.86	20	5	4	0	0	0	53.7	75	33	29	9	15	0	22	4	0	247
Toru Hamaura	1	3	.250	6.58	10	7	2	0	0	0	26.0	36	25	19	4	16	0	11	0	1	127
Masafumi Takeda	1	5	.167	3.41	28	8	3	1	0	0	66.0	68	30	25	6	21	0	27	1	2	287
Kazuo Hasegawa	0	0			1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Koji Takagi	0	0		1.93	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	22
Tsuneo Nozaki	0	0		3.34	14	2	5	0	0	0	32.3	35	15	12	1	12	0	18	4	0	138
Nobuhiro Tamai	0	1	.000	7.58	12	2	8	0	0	0	19.0	32	18	16	5	7	0	9	2	1	95
Yoshihiro Takagaki	0	1	.000	12.46	3	1	1	0	0	0	4.3	12	12	6	1	4	0	3	0	0	30
Tamotsu Nagai	0	3	.000	3.31	14	1	3	0	0	1	32.7	31	14	12	4	7	1	23	1	0	133
Totals	51	67	.432	3.79	309	130	79	51	7	5	1149.3	1217	582	484	129	293	23	469	61	14	4876

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
Willie Davis	127	532	509	67	149	21	4	18	69	12	3	12	24	.293	.312	.456	.768	232	6	5	0	6	2
Masahiro Doi	126	497	433	54	131	13	0	26	75	2	5	53	35	.303	.380	.513	.893	222	8	5	0	6	5
Akinobu Mayumi	118	448	418	68	117	13	3	8	38	34	5	18	42	.280	.314	.383	.696	160	7	3	8	1	3
Yoshiie Tachibana	124	497	460	34	115	6	2	0	39	7	7	17	90	.250	.281	.272	.553	125	2	4	13	3	0
Bob Hansen	107	401	363	39	99	17	1	11	38	0	3	31	34	.273	.334	.416	.750	151	7	4	0	3	1
Masashi Takenouchi	117	406	356	43	95	17	0	14	44	5	4	29	39	.267	.346	.433	.778	154	14	16	1	4	2
Yoshinori Yamamura	104	335	316	42	91	7	0	13	41	3	3	13	26	.288	.321	.434	.755	137	13	3	2	1	1
Mitsuo Motoi	98	291	253	30	77	13	0	6	33	17	6	23	27	.304	.369	.427	.796	108	5	4	9	2	1
Yoshiharu Wakana	108	288	267	25	57	5	0	4	21	1	5	9	46	.213	.239	.277	.517	74	14	2	4	6	0
Satoru Yoshioka	100	223	207	19	49	2	2	0	12	3	7	7	14	.237	.269	.266	.534	55	2	2	7	0	2
Takuji Ota	74	122	111	9	36	4	0	2	18	0	2	8	14	.324	.364	.414	.778	46	3	0	1	2	1
Hideaki Keimoto	105	134	128	13	33	1	0	2	10	1	4	4	24	.258	.278	.312	.591	40	4	0	1	1	0
Kazuo Hasegawa	81	139	129	6	30	6	0	1	15	0	0	7	20	.233	.268	.302	.570	39	1	0	1	2	1
Osamu Hirose	67	155	143	10	28	1	0	0	8	1	2	6	11	.196	.232	.203	.435	29	2	1	4	1	0
Taneo Okumiya	53	100	84	12	22	1	3	0	11	2	2	9	23	.262	.354	.345	.699	29	0	3	4	0	0
Haruki Ihara	80	90	83	10	21	1	0	2	5	2	1	5	13	.253	.311	.337	.648	28	1	2	0	0	0
Toru Kusuki	18	30	29	4	10	0	0	2	4	1	2	1	7	.345	.367	.552	.918	16	1	0	0	0	0
Haruhiko Suzuki	18	43	41	2	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	.220	.256	.220	.475	9	0	1	0	0	0
Ryuzo Yamamoto	32	19	19	7	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	.263	.263	.263	.526	5	1	0	0	0	0
Masaji Nishizawa	28	27	24	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	.208	.269	.250	.519	6	0	1	1	0	0
Hiroshi Yoshimoto	8	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	1	0	0	0	0
Teruo Suzuki	28	19	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.053	.053	.053	.105	1	2	0	0	0	0
Akira Kuramochi	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1736	4808	4403	497	1181	129	15	109	482	93	65	255	510	.268	.314	.379	.693	1667	94	56	56	38	19

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bob Hansen	1B	85					.000
Haruki Ihara	1B	37					.000
Masahiro Doi	1B	23					.000
Kazuo Hasegawa	1B	19					.000
Haruhiko Suzuki	1B	15					.000
Hiroshi Yoshimoto	1B	1					.000
Willie Davis	1B	1					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	2B	89					.000
Satoru Yoshioka	2B	77					.000
Yoshinori Yamamura	3B	103					.000
Haruki Ihara	3B	41					.000
Osamu Hirose	3B	21					.000
Teruo Suzuki	3B	12					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	3B	7					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	3B	1					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	3B	1					.000
Yoshiharu Wakana	C	106					.000
Taneo Okumiya	C	52					.000
Masaji Nishizawa	C	27					.000
Toru Kusuki	C	11					.000
Willie Davis	OF	125					.000
Yoshiie Tachibana	OF	122					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	OF	110					.000
Hideaki Keimoto	OF	98					.000
Kazuo Hasegawa	OF	24					.000
Takuji Ota	OF	6					.000
Hiroshi Yoshimoto	OF	3					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	OF	3					.000
Teruo Suzuki	OF	1					.000
Osamu Higashio	P	45					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	P	36					.000
Yutaka Saotome	P	35					.000
Hiroshi Ikeda	P	32					.000
Masafumi Takeda	P	28					.000
Masaaki Koga	P	21					.000
Yoshimasa Oya	P	20					.000
Shigeo Ishii	P	20					.000
Akira Kuramochi	P	15					.000
Tsuneo Nozaki	P	14					.000
Tamotsu Nagai	P	14					.000
Nobuhiro Tamai	P	12					.000
Toru Hamaura	P	10					.000
Koji Takagi	P	3					.000
Yoshihiro Takagaki	P	3					.000
Kazuo Hasegawa	P	1					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	SS	115					.000
Osamu Hirose	SS	33					.000
Ryuzo Yamamoto	SS	23					.000
Satoru Yoshioka	SS	1					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	SS	1					.000
Haruki Ihara	SS	1					.000
Totals		1704	0	0	0	0	.000

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