1952 Hankyu Braves Statistics
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 49-58
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Shinji Hamasaki (49-58)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
1952 Hankyu Braves RosterTeam Record: 49-58
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Shinji Hamasaki (49-58)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1952 season with a record of 49 wins and 58 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Braves scored 424 runs and allowed 462 runs. Katsuki Tokura accounted for 53 RBI. John Britton led batters with significant playing time with a .316 average. Jimmie Newberry topped the squad with 11 wins, while Eiji Shibata recorded a 3.19 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
John Britton and Jimmie Newberry both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Shinji Hamasaki served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmie Newberry | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.23 | 36 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 206.3 | 183 | 84 | 74 | 7 | 65 | 100 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 830 | ||
| Eiji Shibata | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.18 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 155.7 | 149 | 69 | 55 | 7 | 24 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 632 | ||
| Koichi Harada | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.23 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 128.3 | 113 | 49 | 46 | 2 | 38 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 539 | ||
| Sachio Suzuki | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.56 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 156.7 | 138 | 68 | 62 | 13 | 41 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 647 | ||
| Zenzo Ikeda | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.26 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 99.3 | 94 | 53 | 47 | 5 | 51 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 434 | ||
| Yoshio Tenbo | 4 | 12 | .250 | 3.81 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 106.3 | 112 | 57 | 45 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 454 | ||
| Jiro Noguchi | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.17 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 | 44 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | ||
| Kiichiro Miyazawa | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.28 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 61.3 | 77 | 38 | 36 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 277 | ||
| Teruo Tanaka | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Makizo Ito | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Tatsuo Tanaka | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Mamoru Kubo | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Giichiro Shiraki | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.71 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 38 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | ||
| Totals | 49 | 58 | .458 | 3.71 | 213 | 108 | 71 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 978.3 | 958 | 462 | 403 | 53 | 281 | 0 | 422 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 4103 |
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 | 105 | 454 | 419 | 53 | 113 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 38 | 11 | 26 | 13 | .270 | .312 | .346 | .658 | 145 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Katsuki Tokura | 106 | 399 | 369 | 51 | 111 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 25 | 5 | 26 | 22 | .301 | .348 | .442 | .790 | 163 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Michio Fujii | 108 | 466 | 406 | 62 | 105 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 54 | 12 | 49 | 19 | .259 | .344 | .342 | .687 | 139 | 11 | 4 | 7 | ||
| John Britton | 78 | 332 | 320 | 37 | 101 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 12 | .316 | .338 | .416 | .754 | 133 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Junji Nakatani | 100 | 423 | 367 | 52 | 97 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 27 | 11 | 47 | 25 | .264 | .349 | .395 | .744 | 145 | 9 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Seizo Furukawa | 102 | 331 | 288 | 40 | 78 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 38 | 19 | 7 | 30 | 27 | .271 | .344 | .417 | .760 | 120 | 7 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Natsuki Higashidani | 94 | 250 | 229 | 24 | 62 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 20 | .271 | .332 | .380 | .712 | 87 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Takehiko Ueda | 92 | 294 | 277 | 18 | 58 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 28 | .209 | .250 | .289 | .539 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Takeshi Yamashita | 84 | 240 | 204 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 59 | .147 | .240 | .221 | .461 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Isamu Uchio | 47 | 126 | 112 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | .214 | .290 | .339 | .630 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jimmie Newberry | 39 | 86 | 80 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .288 | .313 | .375 | .688 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jiro Noguchi | 69 | 122 | 105 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .200 | .294 | .229 | .523 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Shigeru Yabe | 30 | 58 | 53 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .264 | .328 | .396 | .724 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Koichi Harada | 32 | 59 | 56 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .196 | .237 | .250 | .487 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kazuhito Arai | 37 | 80 | 76 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .132 | .175 | .171 | .346 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kiichiro Miyazawa | 19 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .348 | .375 | .391 | .766 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Hiroshi Nonomura | 16 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .429 | .762 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eiji Shibata | 28 | 56 | 54 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .130 | .145 | .130 | .275 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sachio Suzuki | 28 | 59 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .098 | .179 | .098 | .277 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Koichi Akashi | 20 | 34 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Yoshio Tenbo | 26 | 43 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .108 | .175 | .162 | .337 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kiyoharu Sakata | 17 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .143 | .217 | .143 | .360 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zenzo Ikeda | 25 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .107 | .194 | .179 | .372 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yoshiki Matsuhashi | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toshio Ito | 23 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .100 | .217 | .150 | .367 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Giichiro Shiraki | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Teruo Tanaka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1347 | 4057 | 3669 | 424 | 904 | 152 | 39 | 39 | 381 | 193 | 67 | 302 | 311 | .246 | .306 | .341 | .647 | 1251 | 71 | 16 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kozo Kawai | 1B | 104 | .000 | |||||
| Jiro Noguchi | 1B | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Junji Nakatani | 2B | 74 | .000 | |||||
| Koichi Akashi | 2B | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Michio Fujii | 2B | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Jiro Noguchi | 2B | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nonomura | 2B | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Takehiko Ueda | 2B | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Isamu Uchio | 2B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| John Britton | 3B | 77 | .000 | |||||
| Junji Nakatani | 3B | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Michio Fujii | 3B | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Takehiko Ueda | 3B | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Yamashita | C | 84 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhito Arai | C | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshiki Matsuhashi | C | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Seizo Furukawa | C | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Hideo Ogawa | C | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuki Tokura | OF | 103 | .000 | |||||
| Seizo Furukawa | OF | 92 | .000 | |||||
| Michio Fujii | OF | 89 | .000 | |||||
| Natsuki Higashidani | OF | 82 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Yabe | OF | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Toshio Ito | OF | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Jiro Noguchi | OF | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Jimmie Newberry | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Koichi Harada | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Sachio Suzuki | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Eiji Shibata | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Zenzo Ikeda | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshio Tenbo | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Kiichiro Miyazawa | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Jiro Noguchi | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Giichiro Shiraki | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuo Tanaka | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Teruo Tanaka | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Mamoru Kubo | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Makizo Ito | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Takehiko Ueda | SS | 84 | .000 | |||||
| Isamu Uchio | SS | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyoharu Sakata | SS | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nonomura | SS | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1259 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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