1951 Hankyu Braves Statistics
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 37-51
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Shinji Hamasaki (37-51)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
1951 Hankyu Braves RosterTeam Record: 37-51
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Shinji Hamasaki (37-51)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1951 season with a record of 37 wins and 51 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Braves plated 367 runs and surrendered 404 runs. Junji Nakatani paced Hankyu with 12 home runs Katsuki Tokura accounted for 55 RBI. Junji Nakatani topped hitters with significant playing time with a .293 average. Hachiro Abe led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.8 ERA, leading regular hurlers. Shinji Hamasaki 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hachiro Abe | 12 | 14 | .462 | 2.79 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 254.7 | 232 | 102 | 79 | 12 | 100 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1098 | ||
| Yoshio Tenbo | 9 | 10 | .474 | 2.92 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 157.3 | 156 | 67 | 51 | 9 | 48 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 665 | ||
| Eiji Shibata | 6 | 13 | .316 | 3.38 | 33 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 175.7 | 184 | 76 | 66 | 9 | 30 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 734 | ||
| Sachio Suzuki | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.74 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 65.0 | 62 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 270 | ||
| Jiro Noguchi | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.78 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 75.3 | 84 | 43 | 40 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 315 | ||
| Koichi Harada | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.54 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 68.7 | 69 | 38 | 27 | 3 | 32 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 308 | ||
| Keijiro Kawaguchi | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 36.3 | 45 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 176 | |||
| Kiichiro Miyazawa | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 29 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 115 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 51 | .420 | 3.32 | 183 | 96 | 62 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 859.0 | 861 | 404 | 317 | 52 | 259 | 0 | 328 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3681 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kozo Kawai | 96 | 410 | 383 | 52 | 105 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 44 | 9 | 23 | 18 | .274 | .317 | .334 | .651 | 128 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Junji Nakatani | 76 | 308 | 270 | 40 | 79 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 52 | 13 | 7 | 33 | 20 | .293 | .378 | .526 | .904 | 142 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Michio Fujii | 90 | 332 | 304 | 39 | 79 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 22 | 16 | .260 | .316 | .355 | .671 | 108 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Seizo Furukawa | 93 | 342 | 308 | 42 | 74 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 23 | 32 | .240 | .301 | .334 | .636 | 103 | 5 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Natsuki Higashidani | 94 | 288 | 254 | 26 | 69 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 23 | .272 | .351 | .386 | .737 | 98 | 9 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Katsuki Tokura | 91 | 340 | 311 | 37 | 68 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 55 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 24 | .219 | .285 | .383 | .668 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Takeshi Yamashita | 96 | 318 | 281 | 31 | 62 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 56 | .221 | .303 | .317 | .619 | 89 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Takehiko Ueda | 79 | 233 | 226 | 22 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 24 | .217 | .234 | .301 | .535 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Isamu Uchio | 48 | 180 | 170 | 7 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .253 | .282 | .324 | .606 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jiro Noguchi | 77 | 183 | 176 | 19 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .222 | .251 | .250 | .501 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Koichi Akashi | 67 | 167 | 150 | 14 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | .247 | .289 | .273 | .563 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Hachiro Abe | 43 | 103 | 101 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .178 | .186 | .238 | .424 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Yoshio Tenbo | 35 | 73 | 71 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .211 | .222 | .282 | .504 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Shigeru Yabe | 54 | 66 | 58 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .207 | .292 | .276 | .568 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Koichi Harada | 23 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .379 | .379 | .586 | .966 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Eiji Shibata | 33 | 61 | 60 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .167 | .180 | .183 | .364 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michio Wanaka | 21 | 34 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .273 | .294 | .364 | .658 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sachio Suzuki | 19 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .160 | .160 | .160 | .320 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hideo Ogawa | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hiroshi Nonomura | 10 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sadafumi Shindo | 27 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kiichiro Miyazawa | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .444 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keijiro Kawaguchi | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kazuhito Arai | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1206 | 3564 | 3278 | 367 | 796 | 123 | 30 | 45 | 332 | 135 | 59 | 226 | 296 | .243 | .296 | .340 | .636 | 1114 | 64 | 22 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kozo Kawai | 1B | 96 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Yabe | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Jiro Noguchi | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Junji Nakatani | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Koichi Akashi | 2B | 61 | .000 | |||||
| Jiro Noguchi | 2B | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Michio Fujii | 2B | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nonomura | 2B | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Takehiko Ueda | 2B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Junji Nakatani | 3B | 71 | .000 | |||||
| Michio Fujii | 3B | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Takehiko Ueda | 3B | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Koichi Akashi | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Yamashita | C | 96 | .000 | |||||
| Michio Wanaka | C | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Hideo Ogawa | C | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhito Arai | C | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuki Tokura | OF | 90 | .000 | |||||
| Natsuki Higashidani | OF | 90 | .000 | |||||
| Seizo Furukawa | OF | 90 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Yabe | OF | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Michio Fujii | OF | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Sadafumi Shindo | OF | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Jiro Noguchi | OF | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Kiichiro Miyazawa | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Hachiro Abe | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Eiji Shibata | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshio Tenbo | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Koichi Harada | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Sachio Suzuki | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Jiro Noguchi | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Keijiro Kawaguchi | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Kiichiro Miyazawa | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Takehiko Ueda | SS | 54 | .000 | |||||
| Isamu Uchio | SS | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Junji Nakatani | SS | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nonomura | SS | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Koichi Akashi | SS | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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