1968 Hankyu Braves Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 80-50
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (80-50)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

1968 Hankyu Braves Roster

The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1968 season with a record of 80 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Braves gave up 439 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Hankyu plated 538 runs. Atsushi Nagaike walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Koji Okamura, Tadayoshi Okuma, Kiyoshi Yano and Daryl Spencer each swatted 15 or more, too. Atsushi Nagaike accounted for 79 RBI. Tadayoshi Okuma paced batters with significant playing time with a .285 average. Tetsuya Yoneda earned 29 wins on the mound for the team, and Takashi Mizutani added 15 or more victories also Tetsuya Yoneda registered a 2.79 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Gordie Windhorn and Daryl Spencer both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Yukio Nishimoto 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	29	13	.690	2.79	63	43	17	22	6		348.7	302	116	108	27	105	15	237	5	1	0	1412
Takashi Mizutani	15	7	.682	2.83	46	18	10	4	1		194.0	158	63	61	16	60	6	98	1	0	2	782
Takao Kajimoto	12	8	.600	2.97	45	31	9	7	2		221.3	207	82	73	27	63	10	175	5	0	1	926
Shigeo Ishii	11	14	.440	2.94	41	29	9	7	4		180.7	172	72	59	17	47	8	79	7	0	1	740
Kiyoshi Oishi	10	3	.769	2.70	48	1	21	0	0		100.0	87	33	30	11	35	4	71	4	0	0	412
Yukinobu Miyamoto	3	4	.429	3.12	38	8	18	0	0		80.7	68	32	28	4	43	4	53	2	0	1	342
Yusaku Akimoto	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0		0.7	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7
Hideo Kanemoto	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
Yoshinori Toda	0	0		2.25	2	0	1	0	0		4.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	17
Seigo Sasaki	0	0		3.07	18	0	4	0	0		29.3	33	12	10	2	8	0	22	0	1	0	121
Teruo Matsumoto	0	0		5.14	7	0	2	0	0		14.0	15	8	8	1	1	0	9	1	0	0	58
Masato Hamasaki	0	0		6.35	6	0	2	0	0		5.7	9	6	4	3	6	0	6	0	0	0	31
Mitsuhiro Adachi	0	1	.000	3.50	5	4	1	0	0		18.0	13	11	7	2	5	0	12	1	0	0	74
Totals	80	50	.615	2.92	321	134	94	40	13	0	1198.0	1070	439	389	110	379	47	763	26	2	5	4927

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
Toshizo Sakamoto	130	562	493	74	137	24	5	7	48	50	7	44	44	.278	.342	.389	.731	192	8	5	18	2	0
Tadayoshi Okuma	120	471	424	71	121	28	5	15	37	11	13	28	38	.285	.346	.481	.827	204	1	13	3	3	2
Atsushi Nagaike	132	547	478	73	114	17	1	30	79	12	3	57	72	.238	.321	.467	.787	223	7	4	1	7	3
Kiyoshi Morimoto	133	503	451	38	102	16	0	11	40	2	7	39	58	.226	.293	.335	.627	151	11	5	4	4	2
Koji Okamura	123	449	405	36	99	12	0	15	48	0	1	33	45	.244	.308	.385	.693	156	14	5	4	2	4
Kiyoshi Yano	94	346	296	51	89	13	1	27	66	1	1	43	61	.301	.391	.625	1.016	185	7	3	1	3	0
Daryl Spencer	108	369	316	37	73	16	0	18	55	0	1	48	71	.231	.332	.453	.784	143	5	1	1	3	9
Fujio Yamaguchi	114	311	280	24	57	7	1	0	22	11	5	16	34	.204	.254	.236	.490	66	5	5	4	6	0
Akira Ishii	112	230	213	14	53	9	0	5	21	2	2	9	34	.249	.279	.362	.641	77	5	2	1	5	0
Taira Sumitomo	79	199	187	28	50	8	3	6	17	8	2	10	33	.267	.308	.439	.747	82	2	1	1	0	0
Gordie Windhorn	74	209	188	20	45	6	0	10	27	3	1	19	40	.239	.311	.431	.742	81	0	1	0	1	0
Masayoshi Hayase	72	132	117	7	23	5	0	2	11	1	0	15	12	.197	.288	.291	.578	34	2	0	0	0	2
Susumu Ishikawa	69	76	69	5	22	4	0	1	16	0	0	2	9	.319	.342	.420	.762	29	0	2	0	3	1
Tetsuya Yoneda	63	123	107	11	16	2	0	5	10	0	0	9	44	.150	.216	.308	.524	33	0	0	7	0	0
Takashi Mizutani	47	60	57	3	11	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.193	.207	.228	.435	13	2	1	2	0	0
Masahiro Nakata	49	56	48	5	10	2	0	0	3	1	1	4	11	.208	.283	.250	.533	12	0	1	3	0	1
Takao Kajimoto	45	75	64	5	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	15	.141	.230	.141	.370	9	0	0	1	2	0
Shinji Nakazawa	37	45	40	2	8	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	8	.200	.256	.300	.556	12	0	0	2	0	0
Shigeo Ishii	41	59	54	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	16	.148	.161	.185	.346	10	0	1	3	1	0
Kiyoshi Oishi	48	18	18	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.222	.222	.222	.444	4	0	0	0	0	0
Koji Yamamoto	99	36	29	12	4	1	0	0	1	12	7	6	5	.138	.286	.172	.458	5	0	0	1	0	0
Hidetaka Togin	33	14	12	6	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	.250	.357	.417	.774	5	0	1	0	0	0
Jiro Hirabayashi	31	1	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshi Saito	8	6	5	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.800	1.133	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hiromitsu Negoro	11	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	1	0	0
Mitsuhiro Narita	9	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Seigo Sasaki	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mitsuhiro Adachi	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yukinobu Miyamoto	39	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Yasunori Yoshimoto	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1953	4936	4389	538	1062	177	16	154	517	122	55	396	684	.242	.309	.395	.704	1733	70	51	58	42	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Akira Ishii	1B	96					.000
Daryl Spencer	1B	89					.000
Tadayoshi Okuma	1B	5					.000
Yasunori Yoshimoto	1B	2					.000
Fujio Yamaguchi	2B	100					.000
Taira Sumitomo	2B	73					.000
Daryl Spencer	2B	7					.000
Kiyoshi Morimoto	2B	2					.000
Kiyoshi Morimoto	3B	133					.000
Fujio Yamaguchi	3B	14					.000
Yasunori Yoshimoto	3B	7					.000
Jiro Hirabayashi	3B	2					.000
Koji Okamura	C	123					.000
Shinji Nakazawa	C	30					.000
Hiromitsu Negoro	C	8					.000
Atsushi Nagaike	OF	131					.000
Tadayoshi Okuma	OF	112					.000
Kiyoshi Yano	OF	90					.000
Koji Yamamoto	OF	89					.000
Gordie Windhorn	OF	52					.000
Masayoshi Hayase	OF	31					.000
Masahiro Nakata	OF	28					.000
Hidetaka Togin	OF	24					.000
Shinji Nakazawa	OF	5					.000
Susumu Ishikawa	OF	4					.000
Daryl Spencer	OF	3					.000
Katsuo Saito	OF	3					.000
Shigenobu Sumiyoshi	OF	2					.000
Jiro Hirabayashi	OF	2					.000
Yukiyoshi Okada	OF	1					.000
Takashi Mizutani	OF	1					.000
Yukinobu Miyamoto	OF	1					.000
Tsuneo Daigo	OF	1					.000
Tetsuya Yoneda	P	63					.000
Kiyoshi Oishi	P	48					.000
Takashi Mizutani	P	46					.000
Takao Kajimoto	P	45					.000
Shigeo Ishii	P	41					.000
Yukinobu Miyamoto	P	38					.000
Seigo Sasaki	P	18					.000
Teruo Matsumoto	P	7					.000
Masato Hamasaki	P	6					.000
Mitsuhiro Adachi	P	5					.000
Yoshinori Toda	P	2					.000
Hideo Kanemoto	P	1					.000
Yusaku Akimoto	P	1					.000
Toshizo Sakamoto	SS	130					.000
Fujio Yamaguchi	SS	11					.000
Yoshi Saito	SS	2					.000
Totals		1735	0	0	0	0	.000

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