1983 Hankyu Braves Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-55
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (67-55)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

1983 Hankyu Braves Roster

The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1983 season with a record of 67 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Braves scored 632 runs and allowed 592 runs. Jitsuo Mizutani walloped 36 home runs for Hankyu, while Koji Minoda, Greg Wells and Hiromi Matsunaga each added 15 or more also. Jitsuo Mizutani accounted for 114 RBI. Koji Minoda led batters with significant playing time with a .312 average. Yutaro Imai and Yukihiko Yamaoki topped the team with 15 wins each, and Hisashi Yamada registered a 3.32 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Bump Wills and Greg Wells both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

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
Yukihiko Yamaoki	15	8	.652	3.48	34	30	4	16	1	2	233.0	217	98	90	23	79	3	143	8	1	1	980
Yutaro Imai	15	10	.600	4.10	31	30	0	11	1	0	200.0	211	98	91	22	59	1	70	8	0	3	853
Hisashi Yamada	14	11	.560	3.32	28	27	1	21	1	0	214.3	223	95	79	20	46	1	90	7	0	1	894
Tomohiro Kinoshita	9	4	.692	4.26	41	2	10	0	0	1	95.0	94	52	45	17	48	0	42	6	0	2	417
Hiroaki Nagamoto	7	9	.438	4.84	27	23	1	6	0	0	135.7	144	81	73	27	52	2	56	8	1	0	597
Tomohiro Tanimura	4	1	.800	4.41	16	9	4	0	0	0	49.0	57	25	24	4	10	0	12	0	0	0	207
Koji Mori	1	0	1.000	6.00	13	1	3	0	0	0	24.0	34	20	16	3	7	0	8	1	0	0	114
Seikichi Kanamoto	1	3	.250	4.50	29	2	11	0	0	1	70.0	76	42	35	10	16	0	36	3	0	1	300
Yoshinori Sato	1	8	.111	4.12	33	1	30	0	0	16	54.7	48	29	25	8	28	2	52	2	0	0	240
Tomoyuki Sekiguchi	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mitsuo Inaba	0	0		2.57	2	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	7	2	2	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	29
Naohiro Oishi	0	0		4.15	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.3	1	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	16
Norikazu Miyata	0	0		6.23	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.3	6	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	19
Kenichiro Enokida	0	0		12.46	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.3	8	7	6	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	24
Shoji Matsumoto	0	0		15.00	4	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	10	10	10	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	33
Shiro Miyamoto	0	0		16.20	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	13	10	9	4	6	0	5	0	0	0	34
Masanobu Kojima	0	1	.000	4.97	12	5	3	0	0	0	29.0	33	18	16	5	13	0	19	0	0	1	129
Totals	67	55	.549	4.17	283	130	76	54	3	20	1136.0	1182	592	526	150	374	9	537	48	2	9	4887

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	587	493	89	141	26	7	10	59	55	20	85	40	.286	.391	.428	.819	211	5	1	7	1	7
Koji Minoda	127	539	445	95	139	19	2	32	92	35	4	72	49	.312	.408	.580	.988	258	6	6	7	9	1
Jitsuo Mizutani	130	545	480	67	139	18	0	36	114	2	2	58	83	.290	.361	.552	.914	265	8	0	0	7	3
Greg Wells	121	483	450	60	137	22	1	17	62	2	2	28	38	.304	.348	.471	.819	212	14	3	0	2	1
Hiromi Matsunaga	122	493	427	58	120	23	7	21	74	20	13	49	40	.281	.361	.515	.876	220	9	7	5	5	1
Keijiro Yumioka	130	539	462	62	120	17	4	5	41	35	9	30	29	.260	.303	.346	.650	160	4	1	41	5	0
Bump Wills	125	484	426	52	116	27	4	12	57	20	12	40	59	.272	.350	.439	.789	187	13	13	1	4	3
Shinji Nakazawa	107	263	222	20	47	5	0	2	11	0	4	33	50	.212	.312	.261	.574	58	6	0	7	1	0
Yoshihiro Ariga	69	152	130	12	32	4	1	2	14	0	1	14	25	.246	.329	.338	.667	44	4	2	6	0	0
Shinya Kobayashi	78	183	157	19	32	5	1	4	12	5	1	23	12	.204	.309	.325	.634	51	4	1	2	0	0
Kazuhiko Ishimine	59	144	129	15	29	4	0	6	18	0	1	10	28	.225	.284	.395	.679	51	3	1	3	1	0
Toyozo Minamimure	84	137	125	24	28	2	2	2	13	11	4	9	19	.224	.272	.320	.592	40	3	0	1	2	0
Osamu Yonemura	91	70	63	9	20	2	1	3	16	0	0	2	11	.317	.333	.524	.857	33	4	0	4	1	0
Shinnosuke Kataoka	52	76	71	11	17	1	0	4	5	1	1	3	10	.239	.280	.423	.703	30	1	1	1	0	0
Masafumi Yamamori	51	42	38	3	9	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	9	.237	.275	.368	.643	14	0	0	2	0	0
Shigeru Yagi	33	46	40	7	8	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	9	.200	.273	.225	.498	9	2	1	2	0	0
Mineo Fukuhara	24	21	19	5	6	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	4	.316	.381	.474	.855	9	1	0	0	0	0
Toshiyuki Yoshizawa	88	34	28	16	3	0	0	0	1	12	6	3	8	.107	.194	.107	.301	3	0	0	3	0	0
Hiromasa Fujita	6	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	0	0	0	0	0
Minoru Shibahara	14	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tsutomu Wakukawa	2	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshihiro Iwamoto	33	8	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tomohiro Kinoshita	42	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1718	4862	4228	632	1148	177	32	157	596	200	83	467	524	.272	.346	.440	.786	1860	87	37	92	38	16

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Greg Wells	1B	120					.000
Osamu Yonemura	1B	73					.000
Jitsuo Mizutani	1B	4					.000
Bump Wills	2B	124					.000
Mineo Fukuhara	2B	20					.000
Shigeru Yagi	2B	19					.000
Hiromi Matsunaga	3B	121					.000
Shigeru Yagi	3B	11					.000
Toshiyuki Yoshizawa	3B	2					.000
Yoshihiro Iwamoto	3B	2					.000
Tsutomu Wakukawa	3B	1					.000
Shinji Nakazawa	C	103					.000
Shinnosuke Kataoka	C	51					.000
Kazuhiko Ishimine	C	39					.000
Hiromasa Fujita	C	6					.000
Yoshihiro Ariga	C	3					.000
Yutaka Fukumoto	OF	130					.000
Koji Minoda	OF	127					.000
Toyozo Minamimure	OF	74					.000
Shinya Kobayashi	OF	62					.000
Toshiyuki Yoshizawa	OF	60					.000
Yoshihiro Ariga	OF	51					.000
Masafumi Yamamori	OF	50					.000
Minoru Shibahara	OF	12					.000
Tomohiro Kinoshita	P	41					.000
Yukihiko Yamaoki	P	34					.000
Yoshinori Sato	P	33					.000
Yutaro Imai	P	31					.000
Seikichi Kanamoto	P	29					.000
Hisashi Yamada	P	28					.000
Hiroaki Nagamoto	P	27					.000
Tomohiro Tanimura	P	16					.000
Koji Mori	P	13					.000
Masanobu Kojima	P	12					.000
Shiro Miyamoto	P	4					.000
Shoji Matsumoto	P	4					.000
Naohiro Oishi	P	3					.000
Kenichiro Enokida	P	3					.000
Norikazu Miyata	P	2					.000
Mitsuo Inaba	P	2					.000
Tomoyuki Sekiguchi	P	1					.000
Keijiro Yumioka	SS	130					.000
Yoshihiro Iwamoto	SS	13					.000
Hiromi Matsunaga	SS	2					.000
Mineo Fukuhara	SS	2					.000
Shigeru Yagi	SS	1					.000
Totals		1696	0	0	0	0	.000

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