1976 Hankyu Braves Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 79-45
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (79-45)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

1976 Hankyu Braves Roster

Japan Series - Hankyu Braves 4 games, Yomiuri Giants 3

The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1976 season with a record of 79 wins and 45 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Braves scored 546 runs, most in the league. Hankyu conceded 477 runs. Hideji Kato paced the team with 28 home runs, while Yasuhiro Takai, Bernie Williams, Robert Marcano and Kiyoshi Morimoto each walloped 15 or more as well. Hideji Kato drove in 82 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .300 average. Hisashi Yamada recorded 26 wins on the mound for the squad, and Mitsuhiro Adachi added 15 or more victories also Hisashi Yamada registered a 2.4 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

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

Toshiharu Ueda 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	WP	BF
Hisashi Yamada	26	7	.788	2.39	39	27	12	23	5	5	259.7	217	74	69	20	48	1	143	4	2	1020
Mitsuhiro Adachi	17	8	.680	2.54	31	29	2	14	2	1	212.7	207	80	60	18	27	3	67	14	2	868
Yoshinori Toda	12	5	.706	3.90	28	23	2	7	3	1	152.3	139	68	66	19	60	2	76	2	0	639
Takashi Yamaguchi	12	10	.545	2.82	35	19	16	15	2	9	197.7	156	68	62	18	91	0	152	6	4	821
Yataro Oishi	4	3	.571	3.82	13	8	2	4	2	0	61.3	68	28	26	8	22	0	15	2	2	269
Shizuo Shiraishi	4	5	.444	4.39	21	8	4	2	0	2	69.7	65	40	34	9	42	2	30	3	0	308
Yutaro Imai	3	3	.500	4.59	16	10	5	2	1	0	64.7	66	38	33	5	27	1	34	2	1	276
Yoshio Arai	1	1	.500	8.28	7	1	2	1	0	0	25.0	30	26	23	8	11	0	7	0	0	114
Yukio Miyoshi	0	0		3.63	14	0	9	0	0	2	52.0	49	23	21	6	23	0	23	3	0	221
Kazuyoshi Takemura	0	3	.000	4.50	14	5	6	2	0	0	54.0	72	32	27	4	15	0	20	2	0	242
Totals	79	45	.637	3.30	218	130	60	70	15	20	1149.0	1069	477	421	115	366	9	567	38	11	4778

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
Yutaka Fukumoto	129	567	489	88	138	23	9	8	46	62	17	73	66	.282	.376	.415	.791	203	8	2	0	3	0
Robert Marcano	127	517	495	56	134	17	3	25	64	4	8	15	64	.271	.295	.469	.763	232	15	3	1	3	2
Hideji Kato	120	497	430	68	129	20	3	28	82	8	3	51	68	.300	.376	.556	.932	239	7	7	0	9	6
Bernie Williams	128	486	446	54	121	15	8	15	51	7	7	29	77	.271	.323	.442	.765	197	12	6	3	2	2
Tadayoshi Okuma	116	473	418	57	116	17	3	5	35	2	0	30	41	.278	.330	.368	.699	154	1	4	19	2	0
Atsushi Nagaike	110	376	344	25	82	10	0	12	59	0	4	25	41	.238	.289	.372	.661	128	12	1	2	4	1
Kiyoshi Morimoto	120	405	359	32	82	10	0	16	46	1	3	30	47	.228	.301	.390	.691	140	8	9	3	4	1
Yasuhiro Takai	94	263	225	30	55	7	0	15	47	3	0	32	34	.244	.335	.476	.810	107	8	0	3	3	1
Yutaka Ohashi	116	306	267	30	51	7	0	2	15	6	6	17	61	.191	.249	.240	.489	64	7	4	17	1	0
Kenichiro Kawamura	81	195	177	14	48	7	0	6	23	1	1	12	26	.271	.312	.412	.725	73	6	0	3	3	0
Shinji Nakazawa	94	261	225	15	46	9	0	1	16	1	5	27	39	.204	.291	.258	.549	58	7	1	7	1	0
Tsutomu Watanabe	106	114	102	19	27	6	1	1	6	1	0	8	11	.265	.342	.373	.715	38	1	4	0	0	0
Hironori Shogaki	68	109	98	7	19	4	0	2	13	0	0	8	10	.194	.269	.296	.564	29	1	2	1	0	0
Osamu Inoue	80	63	55	19	13	3	1	0	3	10	4	5	8	.236	.311	.327	.639	18	1	1	2	0	0
Kazumitsu Okamoto	28	19	18	5	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.333	.368	.444	.813	8	0	0	0	0	0
Teruyuki Uno	31	36	31	4	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	5	5	.194	.306	.290	.596	9	0	0	0	0	0
Hidetaka Togin	17	23	18	2	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	5	.278	.348	.278	.626	5	0	0	0	2	0
Jiro Hirabayashi	63	15	13	10	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.308	.308	.308	.615	4	0	0	2	0	0
Hiroaki Nakanishi	8	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.375	.750	3	1	0	0	0	0
Akio Sato	11	11	10	2	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	.300	.364	1.000	1.364	10	0	0	0	0	0
Koji Minoda	22	6	6	6	2	0	0	1	3	4	2	0	0	.333	.333	.833	1.167	5	0	0	0	0	0
Ikumasa Oshima	18	15	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	.071	.133	.071	.205	1	1	0	0	0	0
Yataro Oishi	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenji Komatsu	10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Kato	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1711	4771	4254	546	1091	159	29	139	518	112	63	373	616	.256	.320	.406	.726	1725	96	44	63	37	13

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hideji Kato	1B	119					.000
Kazumitsu Okamoto	1B	25					.000
Yasuhiro Takai	1B	11					.000
Yutaka Ohashi	1B	2					.000
Teruyuki Uno	1B	1					.000
Hiroaki Nakanishi	1B	1					.000
Kenichiro Kawamura	1B	1					.000
Robert Marcano	2B	126					.000
Jiro Hirabayashi	2B	11					.000
Osamu Inoue	2B	9					.000
Tsutomu Watanabe	2B	3					.000
Kiyoshi Morimoto	3B	117					.000
Tsutomu Watanabe	3B	63					.000
Osamu Inoue	3B	46					.000
Ikumasa Oshima	3B	12					.000
Jiro Hirabayashi	3B	3					.000
Shinji Nakazawa	C	93					.000
Kenichiro Kawamura	C	69					.000
Teruyuki Uno	C	27					.000
Hiroaki Nakanishi	C	5					.000
Yasuo Kato	C	1					.000
Yutaka Fukumoto	OF	129					.000
Bernie Williams	OF	128					.000
Tadayoshi Okuma	OF	116					.000
Hironori Shogaki	OF	39					.000
Hidetaka Togin	OF	10					.000
Akio Sato	OF	10					.000
Atsushi Nagaike	OF	10					.000
Kenji Komatsu	OF	7					.000
Koji Minoda	OF	3					.000
Robert Marcano	OF	2					.000
Kazumitsu Okamoto	OF	1					.000
Yutaka Ohashi	OF	1					.000
Hiroaki Nakanishi	OF	1					.000
Yukio Miyoshi	OF	1					.000
Hisashi Yamada	P	39					.000
Takashi Yamaguchi	P	35					.000
Mitsuhiro Adachi	P	31					.000
Yoshinori Toda	P	28					.000
Shizuo Shiraishi	P	21					.000
Yutaro Imai	P	16					.000
Kazuyoshi Takemura	P	14					.000
Yukio Miyoshi	P	14					.000
Yataro Oishi	P	13					.000
Yoshio Arai	P	7					.000
Yutaka Ohashi	SS	113					.000
Tsutomu Watanabe	SS	43					.000
Jiro Hirabayashi	SS	33					.000
Osamu Inoue	SS	10					.000
Ikumasa Oshima	SS	2					.000
Koji Minoda	SS	1					.000
Robert Marcano	SS	1					.000
Totals		1624	0	0	0	0	.000

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