1979 Hankyu Braves Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 75-44
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Takao Kajimoto (75-44)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

1979 Hankyu Braves Roster

The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1979 season with a record of 75 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Braves scored 695 runs, most in the league. Hankyu yielded 546 runs. Hideji Kato walloped 35 home runs for the squad, while Yasuhiro Takai, Yutaka Fukumoto, Robert Marcano and Kinji Shimatani each added 15 or more also. Hideji Kato drove in 104 runs and topped all regular batters with a .364 average. Hisashi Yamada led the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.73 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

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

Takao Kajimoto 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
Hisashi Yamada	21	5	.808	2.73	36	27	8	20	3	4	237.0	211	81	72	17	64	4	115	9	0	1	973
Yutaro Imai	11	7	.611	4.27	27	22	4	9	2	0	166.7	179	85	79	12	72	1	65	7	0	6	727
Mitsuo Inaba	11	9	.550	4.35	23	22	1	9	1	0	151.0	154	84	73	23	47	2	84	5	1	1	646
Yoshinori Sato	10	6	.625	4.29	26	17	6	11	1	2	155.3	177	85	74	22	65	1	92	4	0	1	696
Shizuo Shiraishi	8	5	.615	4.16	20	17	2	5	0	0	125.3	129	64	58	23	52	0	57	4	0	1	557
Hiroyuki Miura	7	10	.412	4.20	19	17	2	8	1	0	126.3	124	66	59	20	29	2	87	5	1	1	520
Norietsu Saegusa	4	1	.800	5.18	16	5	7	2	0	0	57.3	67	35	33	15	12	1	23	3	0	0	251
Hiroaki Nagamoto	2	0	1.000	2.57	25	1	20	0	0	3	73.7	78	26	21	3	22	1	37	3	0	1	312
Takashi Yamaguchi	1	0	1.000	1.97	16	0	13	0	0	6	32.0	19	7	7	4	23	2	26	3	0	0	136
Koki Suzuki	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5
Mitsuhiro Adachi	0	1	.000	6.06	4	2	2	0	0	0	16.3	20	13	11	4	2	0	7	0	0	0	71
Totals	75	44	.630	3.84	213	130	66	64	8	15	1142.0	1158	546	487	143	388	14	594	43	2	12	4894

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
Hideji Kato	122	520	448	84	163	32	2	35	104	14	3	59	64	.364	.437	.679	1.116	304	6	5	1	7	9
Kinji Shimatani	127	553	490	81	153	31	3	27	102	4	2	46	48	.312	.373	.553	.926	271	10	6	3	8	3
Robert Marcano	127	531	502	73	150	22	5	32	97	9	3	17	55	.299	.328	.554	.881	278	13	7	0	5	2
Yutaka Fukumoto	128	587	493	101	142	27	9	17	67	60	24	79	63	.288	.390	.483	.872	238	2	5	7	3	3
Koji Minoda	125	532	436	69	123	24	9	9	51	33	13	61	65	.282	.383	.440	.824	192	4	13	18	4	0
Yasuhiro Takai	113	415	367	54	119	22	0	21	66	1	4	41	58	.324	.394	.556	.950	204	13	3	1	3	0
Bernie Williams	105	333	291	40	67	7	4	11	30	11	4	29	48	.230	.312	.395	.707	115	6	6	6	1	0
Shinji Nakazawa	106	327	276	30	61	11	0	8	27	1	2	38	57	.221	.314	.348	.662	96	4	1	9	3	1
Kenichiro Kawamura	84	184	174	18	45	6	0	10	29	0	0	8	28	.259	.288	.466	.754	81	11	0	0	2	0
Osamu Inoue	96	231	202	46	43	6	0	9	19	9	3	18	45	.213	.283	.376	.659	76	4	2	8	1	0
Yutaka Ohashi	88	235	207	27	43	8	0	4	22	14	1	16	44	.208	.271	.304	.575	63	6	3	6	3	0
Shinji Sasamoto	68	123	113	18	37	7	3	2	21	4	0	8	20	.327	.369	.496	.864	56	4	0	1	1	1
Tadayoshi Okuma	41	102	93	11	24	3	0	1	8	0	1	5	9	.258	.310	.323	.633	30	1	2	2	0	0
Kazumitsu Okamoto	64	113	97	13	23	3	0	4	10	3	1	15	18	.237	.336	.392	.728	38	4	0	0	1	0
Atsushi Nagaike	54	73	68	3	17	0	0	2	8	0	0	5	7	.250	.301	.338	.640	23	1	0	0	0	0
Kiyoshi Tanioka	20	20	20	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.400	.650	8	2	0	0	0	0
Jiro Hirabayashi	28	16	14	6	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	.286	.333	.286	.619	4	0	0	1	0	0
Yasuo Hosokawa	32	19	18	7	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	.167	.211	.167	.377	3	0	0	0	0	0
Toshiyuki Yoshizawa	33	25	23	9	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	.130	.130	.130	.261	3	1	0	2	0	0
Masato Osumi	81	27	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	.077	.074	.077	.151	2	1	0	0	1	0
Shinya Kobayashi	11	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Tanaka	26	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teruyuki Uno	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1680	4973	4364	695	1228	209	35	193	667	167	65	448	646	.281	.352	.478	.830	2086	93	53	65	43	19

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hideji Kato	1B	87					.000
Masato Osumi	1B	81					.000
Yasuhiro Takai	1B	36					.000
Kenichiro Kawamura	1B	3					.000
Yasuo Hosokawa	1B	2					.000
Toshiyuki Yoshizawa	1B	1					.000
Kazumitsu Okamoto	1B	1					.000
Robert Marcano	2B	126					.000
Jiro Hirabayashi	2B	8					.000
Osamu Inoue	2B	2					.000
Akira Tanaka	2B	1					.000
Kinji Shimatani	3B	126					.000
Kiyoshi Tanioka	3B	12					.000
Toshiyuki Yoshizawa	3B	5					.000
Osamu Inoue	3B	4					.000
Jiro Hirabayashi	3B	2					.000
Akira Tanaka	3B	1					.000
Shinji Nakazawa	C	104					.000
Shinji Sasamoto	C	62					.000
Kenichiro Kawamura	C	14					.000
Yasuo Hosokawa	C	1					.000
Yutaka Fukumoto	OF	127					.000
Koji Minoda	OF	125					.000
Bernie Williams	OF	104					.000
Kazumitsu Okamoto	OF	56					.000
Tadayoshi Okuma	OF	33					.000
Yasuo Hosokawa	OF	20					.000
Shinya Kobayashi	OF	6					.000
Hisashi Yamada	P	36					.000
Yutaro Imai	P	27					.000
Yoshinori Sato	P	26					.000
Hiroaki Nagamoto	P	25					.000
Mitsuo Inaba	P	23					.000
Shizuo Shiraishi	P	20					.000
Hiroyuki Miura	P	19					.000
Takashi Yamaguchi	P	16					.000
Norietsu Saegusa	P	16					.000
Mitsuhiro Adachi	P	4					.000
Koki Suzuki	P	1					.000
Yutaka Ohashi	SS	86					.000
Osamu Inoue	SS	73					.000
Toshiyuki Yoshizawa	SS	15					.000
Kiyoshi Tanioka	SS	7					.000
Jiro Hirabayashi	SS	6					.000
Totals		1550	0	0	0	0	.000

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