1959 Hankyu Braves Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 48-82
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Sadayoshi Fujimoto (0-0), Katsuki Tokura (0-0)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

1959 Hankyu Braves Roster

The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1959 season with a record of 48 wins and 82 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.

The Braves plated 387 runs and allowed 510 runs. Masahiro Nakata paced Hankyu with 23 home runs and accounted for 75 RBI. Akiteru Kono led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .258 average. Tetsuya Yoneda topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.12 earned run average, leading regular hurlers. Sadayoshi Fujimoto and Katsuki Tokura 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
Tetsuya Yoneda	18	24	.429	2.12	52	34	18	20	5		331.3	277	95	78	15	90	12	247	8	0	2	1329
Takao Kajimoto	11	17	.393	3.25	39	27	8	5	2		199.3	198	86	72	14	58	1	136	5	0	0	847
Haruhisa Ando	8	10	.444	3.24	44	15	16	5	0		169.7	167	70	61	13	60	7	125	3	0	3	728
Mitsuhiro Adachi	4	7	.364	3.79	36	11	7	2	0		111.7	113	57	47	4	25	1	63	3	0	0	466
Yusaku Akimoto	3	9	.250	4.10	40	18	9	2	1		112.0	128	58	51	3	37	3	68	4	0	0	490
Hiroshi Taneda	3	11	.214	3.84	30	16	3	2	2		96.0	90	50	41	5	31	0	44	0	0	0	404
Hisakazu Yoshikawa	1	1	.500	2.11	19	3	9	0	0		38.3	28	11	9	4	16	0	19	0	1	2	148
Susumu Nagai	0	0		6.75	2	0	0	0	0		4.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	21
Eiji Shibata	0	0		8.82	7	1	4	0	0		16.3	27	16	16	4	3	0	5	0	0	0	78
Shigeo Ishii	0	1	.000	4.53	25	4	13	0	0		55.7	43	33	28	8	25	0	41	0	0	0	231
Minoru Nishida	0	2	.000	3.92	28	5	11	0	0		64.3	57	31	28	3	17	1	23	2	1	0	260
Totals	48	82	.369	3.26	322	134	98	36	10	0	1198.7	1135	510	434	73	364	25	773	25	2	7	5002

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
Masahiro Nakata	131	514	464	54	118	18	3	23	75	2	2	41	97	.254	.313	.455	.768	211	8	2	0	7	0
Roberto Barbon	132	524	481	66	112	11	3	2	23	38	11	32	51	.233	.284	.281	.565	135	13	3	7	1	2
Akiteru Kono	113	426	383	40	99	15	6	6	42	27	18	30	88	.258	.315	.376	.691	144	7	3	7	3	2
Kingo Motoyashiki	134	474	440	31	95	7	3	0	15	28	5	21	44	.216	.256	.245	.502	108	3	3	10	0	2
Masaharu Takita	112	391	350	34	92	15	5	2	38	7	7	38	37	.263	.338	.351	.689	123	8	2	0	1	4
Takeo Hitomi	100	335	316	22	77	5	3	4	25	5	3	13	29	.244	.278	.316	.594	100	2	2	4	0	1
Kenichiro Okamoto	88	278	249	13	53	6	0	4	27	2	6	22	51	.213	.276	.285	.562	71	7	1	3	3	0
Hiroshi Masuda	78	221	204	22	50	7	2	3	14	6	6	11	36	.245	.294	.343	.637	70	0	3	3	0	1
Noboru Aota	64	151	141	9	38	5	0	3	17	2	0	6	15	.270	.305	.369	.673	52	6	2	0	2	0
Mamoru Tanaka	75	170	164	7	38	6	2	1	15	0	1	5	30	.232	.259	.311	.570	51	9	1	0	0	0
Seizo Furukawa	57	131	125	8	26	6	0	1	6	4	3	4	19	.208	.238	.280	.518	35	5	1	1	0	0
Takeyoshi Kiori	65	152	144	8	26	4	0	0	2	1	0	5	26	.181	.213	.208	.422	30	3	1	2	0	0
Takeshi Yamashita	69	161	135	10	23	2	1	1	9	1	0	19	49	.170	.270	.222	.493	30	2	1	2	4	0
Hiroshi Tomiyama	63	143	136	4	23	1	0	1	14	3	0	5	25	.169	.196	.199	.394	27	4	0	0	2	0
Kozo Kawai	65	122	113	12	22	4	1	1	7	0	2	6	15	.195	.230	.274	.504	31	0	0	0	3	0
Kiyoshi Watanabe	69	140	122	10	19	3	1	1	6	4	3	14	28	.156	.254	.221	.475	27	2	2	2	0	0
Hiroyoshi Kigoro	55	78	75	11	18	5	1	0	5	3	0	2	17	.240	.269	.333	.603	25	1	1	0	0	0
Takao Kajimoto	39	68	65	4	14	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	10	.215	.239	.292	.531	19	1	0	1	0	0
Tetsuya Yoneda	52	115	105	6	13	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	45	.124	.140	.162	.302	17	2	0	8	0	0
Haruhisa Ando	44	45	39	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	.179	.220	.231	.450	9	0	0	4	0	0
Hiroshi Taneda	30	26	23	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.261	.292	.304	.596	7	1	0	2	0	0
Ryuzo Kaoku	27	45	44	3	6	0	0	3	4	0	0	1	18	.136	.156	.341	.496	15	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeo Ishii	25	15	13	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.385	.385	.385	.769	5	0	0	2	0	0
Yoshio Kureyama	32	39	38	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	9	.105	.128	.132	.260	5	0	0	0	0	0
Mitsuhiro Adachi	36	27	24	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.083	.083	.083	.167	2	0	0	3	0	0
Eiji Shibata	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minoru Nishida	28	13	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.154	.000	.154	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keiya Ishikawa	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshio Hatakenaka	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yusaku Akimoto	40	25	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hisakazu Yoshikawa	19	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Kajimoto	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1860	4847	4447	387	986	130	31	57	355	135	68	285	776	.222	.271	.303	.575	1349	84	28	61	26	12

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Kenichiro Okamoto	1B	79					.000
Masaharu Takita	1B	38					.000
Kozo Kawai	1B	35					.000
Masahiro Nakata	1B	19					.000
Hiroshi Tomiyama	1B	2					.000
Takeo Hitomi	1B	1					.000
Roberto Barbon	2B	130					.000
Takeo Hitomi	2B	10					.000
Hiroshi Masuda	2B	4					.000
Yoshio Kureyama	2B	4					.000
Akiteru Kono	2B	2					.000
Kingo Motoyashiki	2B	1					.000
Yoshio Hatakenaka	2B	1					.000
Takeo Hitomi	3B	87					.000
Hiroshi Masuda	3B	58					.000
Ryuzo Kaoku	3B	10					.000
Hiroyoshi Kigoro	3B	7					.000
Takeshi Yamashita	C	69					.000
Takeyoshi Kiori	C	63					.000
Hiroshi Tomiyama	C	59					.000
Masahiro Nakata	OF	117					.000
Akiteru Kono	OF	105					.000
Masaharu Takita	OF	75					.000
Mamoru Tanaka	OF	46					.000
Kiyoshi Watanabe	OF	45					.000
Seizo Furukawa	OF	44					.000
Noboru Aota	OF	36					.000
Yoshio Kureyama	OF	10					.000
Ryuzo Kaoku	OF	5					.000
Kenichiro Okamoto	OF	1					.000
Tetsuya Yoneda	P	52					.000
Haruhisa Ando	P	44					.000
Yusaku Akimoto	P	40					.000
Takao Kajimoto	P	39					.000
Mitsuhiro Adachi	P	36					.000
Hiroshi Taneda	P	30					.000
Minoru Nishida	P	28					.000
Shigeo Ishii	P	25					.000
Hisakazu Yoshikawa	P	19					.000
Eiji Shibata	P	7					.000
Susumu Nagai	P	2					.000
Kingo Motoyashiki	SS	132					.000
Hiroyoshi Kigoro	SS	30					.000
Roberto Barbon	SS	4					.000
Takeo Hitomi	SS	1					.000
Totals		1652	0	0	0	0	.000

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