1963 Daimai Orions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-85
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Yasuya Hondo (64-85)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Stadium

1963 Daimai Orions Roster

The Daimai Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1963 season with a record of 64 wins and 85 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.

The Orions scored 510 runs and yielded 535 runs. Kazuhiro Yamauchi walloped 33 home runs for Daimai, while Kihachi Enomoto swatted 15 or more also. Kazuhiro Yamauchi recorded 86 runs batted in. Kihachi Enomoto paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .318 average. Ritsuo Horimoto topped the team with 15 wins, and Katsuji Sakai recorded a 2.62 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Ed Palmquist played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Daimai Orions to do so.

Yasuya Hondo 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 Horimoto	15	14	.517	3.31	39	26	11	7	2		179.3	167	80	66	16	70	2	108	2	0	0	754
Katsuji Sakai	14	19	.424	2.61	58	26	18	6	2		251.7	200	92	73	23	65	5	183	16	0	5	1024
Shoichi Ono	13	17	.433	3.06	47	31	13	9	1		235.0	177	92	80	16	123	1	206	6	0	6	995
Katsumi Nakanishi	6	8	.429	2.96	30	19	10	7	0		140.0	118	52	46	5	37	1	70	8	0	0	569
Mitsuo Nishi	6	9	.400	3.04	47	17	16	2	2		151.0	131	65	51	15	37	3	95	6	0	1	619
Mitsuaki Kurimoto	3	2	.600	2.79	54	4	16	0	0		125.7	105	41	39	11	19	0	48	0	0	0	488
Tomoo Wako	3	7	.300	4.61	18	12	2	2	0		68.3	62	39	35	9	21	0	45	2	0	0	289
Yoshiro Tsumajima	2	3	.400	2.25	27	8	8	0	0		64.0	61	21	16	5	10	1	25	1	0	0	264
Dick DeSa	2	5	.286	3.75	26	6	10	1	1		62.3	51	36	26	2	25	0	30	2	1	2	257
Reizo Oshida	0	0		1.93	4	0	3	0	0		4.7	5	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	20
Norimoto Sugawara	0	0		3.00	3	0	2	0	0		9.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	8	0	0	0	35
Yoshikazu Nagata	0	0		4.32	5	0	2	0	0		8.3	5	4	4	0	5	0	6	1	0	1	36
Kinya Tsujino	0	0		5.40	2	1	1	0	0		3.3	5	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	17
Ed Palmquist	0	1	.000	3.12	9	0	4	0	0		17.3	16	7	6	2	5	0	9	1	0	0	70
Totals	64	85	.430	3.05	369	150	116	34	8	0	1320.0	1109	535	448	106	424	13	837	45	1	15	5437

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
Kihachi Enomoto	143	587	532	70	169	25	0	18	64	8	3	48	23	.318	.376	.466	.843	248	10	4	0	3	3
Kazuhiro Yamauchi	147	586	502	85	142	25	4	33	86	2	3	76	49	.283	.372	.546	.918	274	11	0	0	8	3
Takao Yato	138	477	443	53	112	24	1	8	26	10	5	21	52	.253	.286	.366	.652	162	6	0	12	1	1
Minoru Tanimoto	137	423	390	29	111	17	1	9	51	4	2	21	35	.285	.324	.403	.726	157	11	4	3	5	0
Takao Katsuragi	130	473	441	45	110	22	2	11	55	10	10	19	39	.249	.289	.383	.672	169	18	7	2	4	0
Kenjiro Tamiya	132	403	370	35	103	15	3	7	39	4	1	23	23	.278	.333	.392	.724	145	10	8	0	2	1
Tadashi Hatta	93	323	288	33	85	13	1	9	35	8	12	22	22	.295	.345	.441	.786	127	4	1	10	2	0
Takayuki Nishida	128	247	230	31	52	8	0	3	10	7	4	8	51	.226	.264	.300	.564	69	2	4	5	0	0
Takeo Daigo	112	196	188	14	50	10	2	2	14	0	2	5	29	.266	.291	.372	.663	70	3	2	0	1	0
Yasunao Tsujimoto	118	271	234	9	45	3	0	0	12	8	3	28	31	.192	.279	.205	.484	48	2	0	9	0	2
Kazuo Takaira	107	235	215	17	44	7	0	5	20	1	5	10	34	.205	.253	.307	.560	66	5	4	6	0	0
Yoshio Shiotsu	76	140	133	12	30	3	2	2	13	5	1	6	37	.226	.264	.323	.588	43	2	1	0	0	0
Kunihiro Ishitani	74	141	134	12	27	1	1	3	6	1	3	4	25	.201	.223	.291	.514	39	1	0	2	1	0
Susumu Ishikawa	88	97	94	9	25	4	0	1	10	3	0	1	12	.266	.274	.340	.614	32	1	0	2	0	0
Eiji Yoshida	71	87	84	5	22	2	1	0	4	3	3	0	13	.262	.262	.310	.571	26	2	0	3	0	0
Tatsuo Saito	53	87	81	6	18	4	0	2	9	2	0	5	31	.222	.264	.346	.610	28	2	0	0	1	0
Shoichi Ono	47	80	72	5	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	.125	.125	.153	.278	11	1	0	8	0	0
Katsuji Sakai	58	84	75	2	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	28	.120	.154	.120	.274	9	1	0	6	0	0
Shinji Kurataka	36	36	35	2	8	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	6	.229	.250	.314	.564	11	0	0	0	0	0
Hideyuki Kobayashi	34	47	41	1	8	3	0	0	3	1	0	4	12	.195	.261	.268	.529	11	1	0	1	1	0
Mitsuo Nishi	47	38	36	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.139	.139	.250	.389	9	0	0	2	0	0
Yoshiaki Shinohara	37	38	36	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	.139	.139	.167	.306	6	0	0	2	0	0
Katsumi Nakanishi	35	46	45	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	.111	.111	.111	.222	5	0	0	1	0	0
Shosuke Doi	97	23	21	19	4	0	0	2	2	5	3	0	6	.190	.190	.476	.667	10	3	0	2	0	0
Masahiko Osaka	28	39	37	2	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	10	.108	.132	.243	.375	9	0	0	1	0	0
Ritsuo Horimoto	39	63	55	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	19	.073	.136	.073	.208	4	0	0	4	0	0
Dick DeSa	26	14	10	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.200	.182	.300	.482	3	0	0	3	1	0
Masao Yamada	10	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tomoo Wako	18	19	19	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.105	.105	.105	.211	2	0	0	0	0	0
Takenori Ikebe	19	21	21	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	14	.095	.095	.095	.190	2	1	0	0	0	0
Susumu Iwamoto	46	30	26	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	.077	.143	.077	.220	2	0	0	2	0	0
Takahiro Kamijo	14	10	10	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	.100	.100	.200	.300	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mitsuaki Kurimoto	56	20	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.062	.062	.062	.125	1	0	0	4	0	0
Norimoto Sugawara	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hironobu Matsuura	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshikazu Nagata	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Palmquist	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kinya Tsujino	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuo Hasegawa	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isamu Teramoto	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Susumu Satomi	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tsugunobu Ishida	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiro Tsumajima	27	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2450	5415	4946	510	1218	195	19	117	480	85	62	314	688	.246	.294	.364	.659	1802	98	35	90	30	10

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Kihachi Enomoto	1B	143					.000
Shinji Kurataka	1B	8					.000
Takao Katsuragi	1B	6					.000
Minoru Tanimoto	1B	1					.000
Tadashi Hatta	2B	85					.000
Susumu Iwamoto	2B	34					.000
Yasunao Tsujimoto	2B	28					.000
Kazuo Takaira	2B	19					.000
Tatsuo Saito	2B	15					.000
Masahiko Osaka	2B	11					.000
Yoshiaki Shinohara	2B	6					.000
Takahiro Kamijo	2B	4					.000
Takao Yato	2B	1					.000
Katsumi Nakanishi	2B	1					.000
Shosuke Doi	2B	1					.000
Takao Yato	3B	113					.000
Takao Katsuragi	3B	85					.000
Tatsuo Saito	3B	16					.000
Takenori Ikebe	3B	14					.000
Kazuo Takaira	3B	8					.000
Masahiko Osaka	3B	7					.000
Shosuke Doi	3B	3					.000
Minoru Tanimoto	C	119					.000
Takeo Daigo	C	84					.000
Eiji Yoshida	C	14					.000
Susumu Satomi	C	2					.000
Kazuhiro Yamauchi	OF	143					.000
Takayuki Nishida	OF	123					.000
Kenjiro Tamiya	OF	104					.000
Kunihiro Ishitani	OF	63					.000
Shosuke Doi	OF	61					.000
Takao Yato	OF	59					.000
Yoshio Shiotsu	OF	45					.000
Takao Katsuragi	OF	29					.000
Hideyuki Kobayashi	OF	14					.000
Eiji Yoshida	OF	11					.000
Susumu Ishikawa	OF	9					.000
Masao Yamada	OF	1					.000
Katsuji Sakai	P	58					.000
Mitsuaki Kurimoto	P	54					.000
Shoichi Ono	P	47					.000
Mitsuo Nishi	P	47					.000
Ritsuo Horimoto	P	39					.000
Katsumi Nakanishi	P	30					.000
Yoshiro Tsumajima	P	27					.000
Dick DeSa	P	26					.000
Tomoo Wako	P	18					.000
Ed Palmquist	P	9					.000
Yoshikazu Nagata	P	5					.000
Reizo Oshida	P	4					.000
Norimoto Sugawara	P	3					.000
Kinya Tsujino	P	2					.000
Yasunao Tsujimoto	SS	95					.000
Kazuo Takaira	SS	91					.000
Yoshiaki Shinohara	SS	30					.000
Susumu Iwamoto	SS	12					.000
Tatsuo Saito	SS	5					.000
Masahiko Osaka	SS	4					.000
Takahiro Kamijo	SS	1					.000
Takenori Ikebe	SS	1					.000
Totals		2098	0	0	0	0	.000

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