1977 Hankyu Braves Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 69-51
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (69-51)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

1977 Hankyu Braves Roster

Japan Series - Hankyu Braves 4 games, Yomiuri Giants 1

The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1977 season with a record of 69 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Braves topped the circuit with 569 runs, sparked by 147 home runs. Hankyu yielded 475 runs. Kinji Shimatani paced the team with 22 home runs, while Bernie Williams, Hideji Kato, Yutaka Fukumoto and Robert Marcano each walloped 15 or more also. Kinji Shimatani accounted for 74 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .325 average. Mitsuo Inaba led the squad with 17 wins, and Hisashi Yamada also added 15 or more wins also Hisashi Yamada registered a 2.29 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

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	BK	WP	BF
Mitsuo Inaba	17	6	.739	2.45	30	25	5	9	4	1	190.7	146	56	52	17	51	0	104	7	2	0	757
Hisashi Yamada	16	10	.615	2.28	44	25	16	20	1	7	240.7	204	70	61	19	46	2	132	9	1	2	960
Takashi Yamaguchi	10	12	.455	3.06	42	13	24	10	2	11	179.7	141	64	61	16	85	0	151	5	1	4	745
Yoshinori Sato	7	3	.700	3.86	20	13	4	5	1	1	109.7	104	48	47	11	50	2	75	5	0	4	474
Shizuo Shiraishi	7	6	.538	3.30	21	21	0	7	1	0	131.0	143	52	48	7	52	0	64	5	1	3	578
Mitsuhiro Adachi	7	7	.500	3.16	20	15	4	7	2	0	114.0	117	54	40	10	17	3	38	3	0	0	461
Takashi Mizutani	2	1	.667	5.13	6	4	0	1	0	0	26.3	28	15	15	2	7	0	5	0	0	0	112
Norietsu Saegusa	1	0	1.000	4.44	9	2	2	0	0	0	26.3	31	16	13	6	6	0	8	0	0	0	110
Kazuto Kawabata	1	2	.333	3.44	12	2	2	0	0	0	34.0	34	23	13	2	27	1	11	2	0	1	163
Yutaro Imai	1	3	.250	4.24	12	6	5	3	0	0	46.7	55	30	22	7	26	0	32	2	0	0	222
Yoshiki Yamamoto	0	0		4.09	3	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	10	6	5	0	3	0	4	1	0	1	45
Hiroaki Nagamoto	0	0		6.89	8	3	4	0	0	0	31.3	40	28	24	2	22	1	6	1	0	2	157
Masato Osumi	0	0		23.14	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.3	6	7	6	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	18
Masahito Hirayama	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	6	6	2	6	0	1	0	0	1	27
Totals	69	51	.575	3.24	230	130	68	62	11	20	1147.7	1068	475	413	102	402	9	632	40	6	18	4829

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	130	597	541	89	165	21	9	16	54	61	13	49	74	.305	.366	.466	.832	252	6	4	1	2	3
Kinji Shimatani	130	521	477	62	155	25	1	22	74	3	4	35	45	.325	.374	.520	.894	248	14	5	0	4	0
Hideji Kato	120	489	423	64	135	27	4	19	73	4	3	53	64	.319	.401	.537	.937	227	4	8	0	5	9
Bernie Williams	125	477	439	60	110	21	6	16	50	8	4	29	62	.251	.299	.435	.734	191	9	3	2	4	1
Robert Marcano	104	417	394	52	106	21	0	21	67	5	3	15	57	.269	.305	.482	.787	190	8	6	0	2	2
Yasuhiro Takai	111	405	364	34	101	13	0	11	56	0	0	30	50	.277	.337	.404	.741	147	16	5	2	4	1
Tadayoshi Okuma	123	457	399	45	100	17	1	12	35	1	0	28	42	.251	.310	.388	.699	155	10	7	22	1	1
Yutaka Ohashi	119	339	289	29	62	4	0	4	22	3	7	26	60	.215	.278	.270	.548	78	5	0	23	1	0
Kenichiro Kawamura	79	173	163	17	46	5	0	7	25	0	3	7	32	.282	.312	.442	.754	72	7	1	0	2	0
Atsushi Nagaike	58	164	142	21	39	2	0	10	27	0	0	18	19	.275	.348	.500	.848	71	3	0	0	4	0
Eiji Fujii	61	114	106	5	34	2	0	2	16	0	0	6	8	.321	.351	.396	.747	42	1	0	0	2	0
Shinji Nakazawa	84	209	191	11	30	4	0	2	14	1	1	12	32	.157	.210	.209	.419	40	2	1	4	1	0
Osamu Inoue	71	121	106	18	28	7	1	2	7	10	2	8	16	.264	.336	.406	.742	43	1	4	2	1	1
Koji Minoda	86	84	74	21	20	5	1	1	7	7	5	6	14	.270	.333	.405	.739	30	0	1	3	0	0
Teruyuki Uno	59	104	91	6	19	1	2	0	3	1	2	10	16	.209	.294	.264	.558	24	3	1	2	0	0
Tsutomu Watanabe	47	37	31	11	6	0	1	1	4	1	0	6	3	.194	.324	.355	.679	11	0	0	0	0	0
Masato Osumi	79	25	24	5	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.208	.240	.292	.532	7	0	0	0	0	0
Toshiyuki Yoshizawa	43	43	40	6	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	7	.125	.167	.150	.317	6	1	0	1	0	0
Shinji Sasamoto	45	35	32	10	3	0	1	1	3	4	2	2	5	.094	.171	.250	.421	8	0	1	0	0	0
Ikumasa Oshima	19	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.105	.150	.105	.255	2	0	1	0	0	0
Hidetaka Togin	5	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jiro Hirabayashi	26	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazumitsu Okamoto	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1725	4843	4357	569	1172	178	27	147	540	115	49	343	618	.269	.327	.423	.750	1845	90	48	62	33	18

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hideji Kato	1B	101					.000
Masato Osumi	1B	75					.000
Yasuhiro Takai	1B	29					.000
Tadayoshi Okuma	1B	2					.000
Eiji Fujii	1B	1					.000
Robert Marcano	2B	103					.000
Tsutomu Watanabe	2B	24					.000
Osamu Inoue	2B	24					.000
Ikumasa Oshima	2B	4					.000
Jiro Hirabayashi	2B	1					.000
Kinji Shimatani	3B	130					.000
Tsutomu Watanabe	3B	13					.000
Ikumasa Oshima	3B	11					.000
Osamu Inoue	3B	2					.000
Shinji Nakazawa	C	82					.000
Teruyuki Uno	C	56					.000
Kenichiro Kawamura	C	55					.000
Shinji Sasamoto	C	16					.000
Yutaka Fukumoto	OF	130					.000
Bernie Williams	OF	122					.000
Tadayoshi Okuma	OF	122					.000
Koji Minoda	OF	61					.000
Eiji Fujii	OF	23					.000
Shinji Sasamoto	OF	3					.000
Masato Osumi	OF	3					.000
Hidetaka Togin	OF	2					.000
Atsushi Nagaike	OF	2					.000
Kazumitsu Okamoto	OF	1					.000
Hisashi Yamada	P	44					.000
Takashi Yamaguchi	P	42					.000
Mitsuo Inaba	P	30					.000
Shizuo Shiraishi	P	21					.000
Yoshinori Sato	P	20					.000
Mitsuhiro Adachi	P	20					.000
Kazuto Kawabata	P	12					.000
Yutaro Imai	P	12					.000
Norietsu Saegusa	P	9					.000
Hiroaki Nagamoto	P	8					.000
Takashi Mizutani	P	6					.000
Yoshiki Yamamoto	P	3					.000
Masato Osumi	P	2					.000
Masahito Hirayama	P	1					.000
Yutaka Ohashi	SS	118					.000
Toshiyuki Yoshizawa	SS	27					.000
Jiro Hirabayashi	SS	20					.000
Osamu Inoue	SS	18					.000
Tsutomu Watanabe	SS	7					.000
Totals		1618	0	0	0	0	.000

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