1954 Hankyu Braves Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 66-70
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Masao Nishimura (66-70)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

1954 Hankyu Braves Roster

The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1954 season with a record of 66 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.

The Braves scored 572 runs and conceded 547 runs. Larry Raines led Hankyu with 18 home runs and drove in 96 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .337 average. Takao Kajimoto topped the squad with 20 wins, plus Eiji Shibata and Koichi Harada, too added 15 or more wins, too Eiji Shibata recorded a 2.57 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Larry Raines played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hankyu Braves to do so.

Masao Nishimura 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
Takao Kajimoto	20	12	.625	2.73	55	31	23	17	2		309.3	266	112	94	19	118		228	4	1	2	1300
Eiji Shibata	17	16	.515	2.57	46	29	12	8	4		234.7	196	85	67	11	57		117	8	1	1	946
Koichi Harada	15	17	.469	3.02	47	16	21	5	2		217.3	192	90	73	13	62		110	4	1	2	891
Hachiro Abe	6	6	.500	3.30	25	18	4	6	0		125.3	121	57	46	8	36		71	1	1	2	522
Sachio Suzuki	5	7	.417	3.23	31	21	6	6	2		150.3	127	60	54	12	42		79	4	1	0	612
Heishichi Sato	2	2	.500	4.09	9	5	1	0	0		22.0	25	13	10	3	8		8	0	0	0	92
Mitsuhito Kunito	1	4	.200	5.90	9	8	0	0	0		29.0	25	22	19	2	23		11	2	0	0	134
Kosaku Takada	0	0		1.62	10	2	5	0	0		16.7	9	6	3	0	7		7	1	1	1	69
Zenzo Ikeda	0	0		6.00	9	0	6	0	0		24.0	34	18	16	1	10		6	2	0	0	115
Tokio Takato	0	0		6.94	6	0	2	0	0		11.7	13	12	9	2	6		4	1	0	0	54
Chikao Kitamura	0	0		7.50	4	0	2	0	0		6.0	7	5	5	4	3		8	0	0	0	27
Yasuyuki Tahara	0	0		18.00	2	0	1	0	0		1.0	1	2	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	7
Makizo Ito	0	1	.000	7.71	2	1	0	0	0		2.3	1	6	2	0	4		0	0	0	0	16
Kansuke Yamamoto	0	2	.000	4.47	16	3	9	0	0		44.3	40	27	22	2	32		34	1	0	2	202
Yoshio Tenbo	0	3	.000	4.44	17	6	6	0	0		50.7	54	32	25	1	20		14	0	0	2	221
Totals	66	70	.485	3.23	288	140	98	42	10	0	1244.7	1111	547	447	78	430	0	697	28	6	12	5208

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
Larry Raines	137	588	546	96	184	38	8	18	96	45	6	25	60	.337	.370	.535	.905	292	10	6	7	4
Kozo Kawai	137	613	546	86	172	28	8	3	54	42	13	49	31	.315	.372	.412	.784	225	9	2	13	3
Katsuki Tokura	127	485	443	43	133	27	5	10	79	13	7	33	51	.300	.348	.451	.799	200	3	2	2	5
Michio Fujii	138	517	445	72	116	24	1	1	36	36	9	56	33	.261	.341	.326	.667	145	10	0	13	3
Seizo Furukawa	137	538	464	53	105	21	9	6	42	30	14	59	62	.226	.317	.349	.666	162	5	4	8	3
Junji Nakatani	110	424	379	44	95	17	2	8	57	11	5	30	37	.251	.303	.369	.672	140	9	2	5	8
Akiteru Kono	118	338	293	41	71	15	4	6	20	8	2	23	79	.242	.307	.382	.690	112	5	5	16	1
Takeshi Yamashita	106	322	289	16	58	9	4	2	24	1	0	22	55	.201	.255	.280	.535	81	7	0	8	3
Hiroshi Nonomura	100	254	231	34	56	8	6	1	22	13	7	14	47	.242	.287	.342	.629	79	3	1	7	1
Natsuki Higashidani	97	213	192	18	45	6	2	1	13	2	3	20	28	.234	.310	.302	.612	58	6	1	0	0
Masumi Isekawa	73	216	189	14	39	5	0	0	15	0	1	15	16	.206	.265	.233	.498	44	5	2	5	5
Takao Kajimoto	69	149	136	15	37	9	1	1	19	0	0	5	21	.272	.306	.375	.681	51	2	2	5	1
Kuniyoshi Niidome	78	140	125	6	32	3	1	1	23	1	2	10	8	.256	.300	.320	.620	40	3	0	0	5
Fujiya Nara	69	121	105	9	23	6	1	3	14	0	1	12	28	.219	.308	.381	.689	40	1	2	1	1
Eiji Shibata	46	89	84	6	12	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	15	.143	.153	.202	.355	17	3	0	4	0
Hachiro Abe	25	47	43	5	11	3	1	1	2	0	0	2	10	.256	.289	.442	.731	19	1	0	2	0
Koichi Harada	47	80	72	2	10	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	13	.139	.184	.167	.351	12	0	0	4	0
Yuji Kobayashi	15	35	33	2	9	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	8	.273	.314	.273	.587	9	2	0	0	0
Sachio Suzuki	31	52	45	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.178	.229	.178	.407	8	1	0	4	0
Kansuke Yamamoto	16	13	11	1	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	3	.273	.333	.636	.970	7	0	1	1	0
Nariharu Sakazawa	17	23	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.143	.217	.143	.360	3	0	0	0	0
Mitsuhito Kunito	9	12	9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.222	.364	.333	.697	3	0	0	1	0
Heishichi Sato	22	9	9	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0
Yoshio Tenbo	17	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	0	0
Makizo Ito	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0
Zenzo Ikeda	9	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0
Mamoru Tanaka	6	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Kosaku Takada	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Tadanori Akimoto	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Isamu Uchio	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Kameji Kawagoe	9	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	0	0	0	1
Tokio Takato	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1798	5325	4753	577	1230	226	54	63	532	204	71	392	632	.259	.317	.369	.685	1753	85	30	106	44	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Kozo Kawai	1B	137					.000
Natsuki Higashidani	1B	2					.000
Kuniyoshi Niidome	1B	1					.000
Akiteru Kono	2B	115					.000
Hiroshi Nonomura	2B	48					.000
Nariharu Sakazawa	2B	15					.000
Isamu Uchio	2B	4					.000
Yuji Kobayashi	2B	4					.000
Tadanori Akimoto	2B	2					.000
Junji Nakatani	3B	107					.000
Hiroshi Nonomura	3B	40					.000
Yuji Kobayashi	3B	9					.000
Isamu Uchio	3B	2					.000
Michio Fujii	3B	2					.000
Nariharu Sakazawa	3B	1					.000
Takeshi Yamashita	C	103					.000
Masumi Isekawa	C	69					.000
Kameji Kawagoe	C	3					.000
Seizo Furukawa	OF	136					.000
Michio Fujii	OF	133					.000
Katsuki Tokura	OF	124					.000
Natsuki Higashidani	OF	64					.000
Fujiya Nara	OF	29					.000
Kuniyoshi Niidome	OF	28					.000
Mamoru Tanaka	OF	3					.000
Tokio Takato	OF	1					.000
Takao Kajimoto	P	55					.000
Koichi Harada	P	47					.000
Eiji Shibata	P	46					.000
Sachio Suzuki	P	31					.000
Hachiro Abe	P	25					.000
Yoshio Tenbo	P	17					.000
Kansuke Yamamoto	P	16					.000
Kosaku Takada	P	10					.000
Heishichi Sato	P	9					.000
Mitsuhito Kunito	P	9					.000
Zenzo Ikeda	P	9					.000
Tokio Takato	P	6					.000
Chikao Kitamura	P	4					.000
Yasuyuki Tahara	P	2					.000
Makizo Ito	P	2					.000
Larry Raines	SS	137					.000
Hiroshi Nonomura	SS	4					.000
Akiteru Kono	SS	2					.000
Isamu Uchio	SS	1					.000
Yuji Kobayashi	SS	1					.000
Totals		1615	0	0	0	0	.000

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