1987 Hankyu Braves Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-56
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (64-56)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

1987 Hankyu Braves Roster

The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1987 season with a record of 64 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Braves led the league with 584 runs, fueled by 152 home runs. Hankyu allowed 542 runs. Greg Wells walloped 40 home runs for the squad, while Kazuhiko Ishimine swatted 15 or more also. Greg Wells drove in 119 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .331 average. Yukihiko Yamaoki paced the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.75 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Greg Wells and Brad Lesley 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	19	10	.655	2.75	32	31	1	15	3	0	245.3	230	78	75	22	38	2	155	3	1	7	981
Nobuyuki Hoshino	11	12	.478	3.87	29	28	0	13	6	0	179.0	138	81	77	16	67	2	170	3	1	8	738
Hisashi Yamada	7	7	.500	3.72	17	15	1	5	0	0	113.7	113	57	47	18	35	1	36	2	0	0	474
Yoshinori Sato	7	8	.467	4.70	27	20	7	9	1	3	147.3	164	79	77	19	47	3	90	5	1	7	634
Katsuyuki Furumizo	5	6	.455	5.05	30	12	4	1	0	0	107.0	118	63	60	21	49	2	70	4	0	5	484
Kozo Mori	4	0	1.000	2.51	36	0	21	0	0	3	68.0	52	25	19	9	24	1	48	0	0	0	269
Yutaro Imai	4	5	.444	4.69	17	13	1	2	0	0	71.0	84	41	37	9	15	0	31	2	0	0	302
Kenji Harada	3	4	.429	3.95	23	3	11	0	0	2	57.0	62	31	25	8	16	2	37	3	0	1	250
Brad Lesley	2	2	.500	4.08	18	0	17	0	0	5	17.7	18	10	8	1	10	1	19	3	0	1	83
Tomoyuki Sekiguchi	1	0	1.000	1.26	24	0	11	0	0	0	35.7	27	6	5	0	8	0	20	2	0	0	138
Hiroshi Ishii	1	1	.500	7.15	3	2	0	0	0	0	11.3	15	9	9	3	5	0	6	0	0	0	52
Osamu Takemoto	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	9
Koji Takagi	0	0		1.93	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.7	4	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	19
Koji Mori	0	0		4.86	32	0	2	0	0	0	33.3	44	20	18	7	8	0	17	2	0	0	145
Atsumi Kobayashi	0	0		4.91	7	3	3	0	0	0	14.7	18	9	8	2	7	0	16	1	0	0	69
Ryoji Tani	0	0		6.58	19	0	3	0	0	0	26.0	36	19	19	3	9	1	19	1	0	2	120
Takayuki Shirai	0	1	.000	6.05	6	2	2	0	0	0	19.3	19	13	13	3	12	0	13	2	0	3	85
Totals	64	56	.533	3.89	322	130	85	45	10	13	1153.0	1143	542	498	142	354	15	751	33	3	35	4852

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
Greg Wells	129	565	513	81	170	30	0	40	119	2	2	40	43	.331	.379	.624	1.003	320	21	4	0	8	10
Kazuhiko Ishimine	127	543	495	65	157	24	0	34	91	1	0	37	69	.317	.372	.572	.944	283	10	8	0	3	4
Junichi Fukura	130	536	463	58	122	23	1	8	40	12	1	45	49	.263	.343	.369	.712	171	12	12	14	2	0
Hiromi Matsunaga	114	444	393	59	114	22	2	11	45	9	4	45	64	.290	.367	.440	.807	173	12	3	2	1	1
Koji Minoda	121	469	424	47	102	21	0	13	50	3	2	35	63	.241	.300	.382	.683	162	11	3	3	4	2
Yutaka Fukumoto	101	386	349	53	100	25	3	5	33	6	3	33	35	.287	.346	.418	.765	146	0	0	2	2	1
Terumitsu Kumano	111	383	327	51	95	16	0	11	40	10	2	46	42	.291	.380	.440	.821	144	5	2	7	1	0
Keijiro Yumioka	127	405	366	37	90	14	0	5	22	3	4	18	33	.246	.284	.325	.609	119	7	2	18	1	2
Hiromasa Fujita	104	281	260	22	61	7	0	9	44	0	1	6	36	.235	.257	.365	.623	95	13	3	9	3	0
Atsuhiro Motonishi	114	234	207	35	50	6	0	2	14	10	3	13	36	.242	.295	.300	.594	62	4	3	10	1	1
Tsuyoshi Uchida	75	163	147	13	40	8	1	1	11	0	2	5	22	.272	.299	.361	.659	53	1	1	9	1	0
Yasuo Fujii	77	111	96	11	27	6	0	2	13	1	0	12	16	.281	.360	.406	.767	39	2	1	0	2	1
Masafumi Yamamori	87	112	97	13	18	0	1	3	9	1	1	7	21	.186	.262	.299	.561	29	4	3	5	0	0
Satoshi Takahashi	28	60	54	6	15	1	0	4	9	0	0	6	23	.278	.350	.519	.869	28	1	0	0	0	1
Shinya Kobayashi	57	83	72	12	15	0	0	2	5	3	1	8	11	.208	.288	.292	.579	21	1	0	3	0	1
Osamu Yonemura	41	46	42	2	8	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	6	.190	.244	.286	.530	12	3	0	1	0	0
Mineo Fukuhara	91	41	34	8	5	3	0	0	1	1	0	6	11	.147	.275	.235	.510	8	2	0	1	0	0
Tsutomu Wakukawa	37	16	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	.231	.286	.231	.516	3	1	0	2	0	0
Shinichi Murakami	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tomiji Iizuka	12	21	18	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	7	.111	.238	.278	.516	5	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroyuki Nagamura	9	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.286	.429	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshihiro Yamakoshi	33	16	14	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	.071	.133	.071	.205	1	0	1	1	0	0
Osamu Shimabukuro	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minoru Shibahara	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Satoshi Nakajima	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toyozo Minamimure	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tetsuya Azuma	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1744	4938	4407	584	1198	208	8	152	553	62	29	369	606	.272	.333	.426	.759	1878	110	46	87	29	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Greg Wells	1B	128					.000
Osamu Yonemura	1B	15					.000
Yasuo Fujii	1B	11					.000
Junichi Fukura	2B	129					.000
Mineo Fukuhara	2B	62					.000
Hiromi Matsunaga	3B	105					.000
Atsuhiro Motonishi	3B	24					.000
Mineo Fukuhara	3B	22					.000
Satoshi Takahashi	3B	10					.000
Tsutomu Wakukawa	3B	3					.000
Yoshihiro Yamakoshi	3B	2					.000
Junichi Fukura	3B	2					.000
Hiromasa Fujita	C	103					.000
Tsuyoshi Uchida	C	74					.000
Hiroyuki Nagamura	C	6					.000
Osamu Shimabukuro	C	4					.000
Satoshi Nakajima	C	2					.000
Koji Minoda	OF	119					.000
Terumitsu Kumano	OF	106					.000
Atsuhiro Motonishi	OF	96					.000
Yutaka Fukumoto	OF	96					.000
Masafumi Yamamori	OF	82					.000
Shinya Kobayashi	OF	34					.000
Yasuo Fujii	OF	28					.000
Kazuhiko Ishimine	OF	8					.000
Tomiji Iizuka	OF	8					.000
Minoru Shibahara	OF	4					.000
Satoshi Takahashi	OF	3					.000
Toyozo Minamimure	OF	2					.000
Shinichi Murakami	OF	1					.000
Kozo Mori	P	36					.000
Yukihiko Yamaoki	P	32					.000
Koji Mori	P	32					.000
Katsuyuki Furumizo	P	30					.000
Nobuyuki Hoshino	P	29					.000
Yoshinori Sato	P	27					.000
Tomoyuki Sekiguchi	P	24					.000
Kenji Harada	P	23					.000
Ryoji Tani	P	19					.000
Brad Lesley	P	18					.000
Hisashi Yamada	P	17					.000
Yutaro Imai	P	17					.000
Atsumi Kobayashi	P	7					.000
Takayuki Shirai	P	6					.000
Hiroshi Ishii	P	3					.000
Osamu Takemoto	P	1					.000
Koji Takagi	P	1					.000
Keijiro Yumioka	SS	127					.000
Tsutomu Wakukawa	SS	23					.000
Yoshihiro Yamakoshi	SS	22					.000
Hiromi Matsunaga	SS	6					.000
Mineo Fukuhara	SS	4					.000
Atsuhiro Motonishi	SS	1					.000
Totals		1794	0	0	0	0	.000

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