1953 Hiroshima Carp Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 53-75
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Katsumi Shiraishi (0-0), Shuichi Ishimoto (0-0)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park
1953 Hiroshima Carp RosterTeam Record: 53-75
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Katsumi Shiraishi (0-0), Shuichi Ishimoto (0-0)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park
The Hiroshima Carp of the Japan Central League ended the 1953 season with a record of 53 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.
The Carp plated 507 runs and surrendered 634 runs, most in the league. Makoto Kozuru paced Hiroshima with 14 home runs and drove in 74 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .283. Ryohei Hasegawa topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.67 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Katsumi Shiraishi and Shuichi Ishimoto 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryohei Hasegawa | 20 | 10 | .667 | 2.66 | 45 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 253.7 | 217 | 97 | 75 | 11 | 58 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1024 | ||
| Yoshio Bizen | 13 | 20 | .394 | 3.80 | 49 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 249.0 | 282 | 130 | 105 | 9 | 62 | 82 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1066 | ||
| Tokuzo Kawamoto | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.88 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 157.7 | 161 | 79 | 68 | 7 | 76 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 689 | ||
| Hiroshi Katayama | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.47 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 145.0 | 195 | 90 | 72 | 7 | 24 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 648 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Watanabe | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.51 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 | 112 | 70 | 51 | 9 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 393 | ||
| Ryutaro Sugiura | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.38 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 111.0 | 159 | 65 | 54 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 496 | ||
| Moritaka Sakakibara | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.58 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 92.3 | 99 | 59 | 47 | 10 | 36 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 418 | ||
| Katsumi Iwai | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Shunichi Kimura | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Kenso Zenimura | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Noboru Matsuyama | 0 | 0 | 5.52 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||
| Masao Konishi | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |||
| Hirokazu Nozaki | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.69 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Koji Kozuka | 0 | 1 | .000 | 31.50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Chitomi Takahashi | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.66 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 85 | ||
| Ben Mitsuyoshi | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.71 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26 | ||
| Totals | 53 | 75 | .414 | 4.00 | 271 | 130 | 92 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 1151.0 | 1293 | 634 | 512 | 68 | 330 | 0 | 343 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 5002 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makoto Kozuru | 130 | 557 | 488 | 80 | 138 | 32 | 2 | 14 | 74 | 33 | 5 | 68 | 57 | .283 | .372 | .443 | .814 | 216 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nobuo Osawa | 130 | 563 | 505 | 48 | 120 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 52 | 11 | 4 | 55 | 29 | .238 | .316 | .301 | .617 | 152 | 11 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Katsumi Shiraishi | 130 | 513 | 424 | 60 | 113 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 78 | 65 | .267 | .384 | .387 | .771 | 164 | 4 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Jiro Kanayama | 117 | 521 | 462 | 72 | 109 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 58 | 16 | 49 | 47 | .236 | .316 | .318 | .634 | 147 | 7 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Masato Monzen | 104 | 385 | 347 | 36 | 89 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 44 | .256 | .323 | .424 | .746 | 147 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Eikichi Nagamochi | 93 | 314 | 297 | 27 | 81 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 14 | .273 | .303 | .428 | .731 | 127 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Takenori Yamakawa | 97 | 313 | 278 | 27 | 80 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 40 | .288 | .355 | .378 | .733 | 105 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Kenshi Zenimura | 71 | 323 | 292 | 37 | 77 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 33 | .264 | .326 | .356 | .682 | 104 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Isao Mimura | 88 | 257 | 223 | 25 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 41 | .256 | .339 | .430 | .769 | 96 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tsutomu Kimura | 70 | 250 | 233 | 25 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 11 | .206 | .239 | .245 | .483 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Kenichi Isoda | 70 | 122 | 106 | 24 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 7 | .302 | .362 | .377 | .739 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tetsunosuke Fujiwara | 61 | 168 | 147 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | .177 | .275 | .211 | .486 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Akira Iwamoto | 78 | 181 | 168 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 23 | .155 | .215 | .208 | .424 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ryohei Hasegawa | 45 | 101 | 94 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .160 | .186 | .181 | .366 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Yoshio Bizen | 49 | 95 | 85 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .165 | .220 | .188 | .408 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Tokuzo Kawamoto | 31 | 62 | 48 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .229 | .315 | .292 | .606 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Hiroshi Katayama | 29 | 54 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .182 | .294 | .295 | .590 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Moritaka Sakakibara | 25 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .161 | .161 | .194 | .355 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noboru Matsuyama | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tomio Hiroka | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nobuyoshi Watanabe | 32 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .050 | .095 | .050 | .145 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ryutaro Sugiura | 29 | 34 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .031 | .031 | .031 | .062 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kenso Zenimura | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shinkichi Harada | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chitomi Takahashi | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Minoru Hasebe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hirokazu Nozaki | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Mitsuyoshi | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shunichi Kimura | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1530 | 4896 | 4354 | 507 | 1055 | 184 | 18 | 73 | 456 | 174 | 64 | 442 | 504 | .242 | .316 | .343 | .659 | 1494 | 97 | 27 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobuo Osawa | 1B | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Makoto Kozuru | 1B | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Hirohito Kikuchi | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Jiro Kanayama | 2B | 117 | .000 | |||||
| Kenichi Isoda | 2B | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Tomio Hiroka | 2B | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Takenori Yamakawa | 3B | 77 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Mimura | 3B | 65 | .000 | |||||
| Masato Monzen | C | 98 | .000 | |||||
| Tetsunosuke Fujiwara | C | 50 | .000 | |||||
| Minoru Hasebe | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Makoto Kozuru | OF | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Eikichi Nagamochi | OF | 83 | .000 | |||||
| Kenshi Zenimura | OF | 71 | .000 | |||||
| Tsutomu Kimura | OF | 68 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Iwamoto | OF | 52 | .000 | |||||
| Kenichi Isoda | OF | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Kenso Zenimura | OF | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshio Bizen | P | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Ryohei Hasegawa | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Nobuyoshi Watanabe | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Tokuzo Kawamoto | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Ryutaro Sugiura | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Katayama | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Moritaka Sakakibara | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Chitomi Takahashi | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Noboru Matsuyama | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Ben Mitsuyoshi | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Masao Konishi | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Koji Kozuka | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shunichi Kimura | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Kenso Zenimura | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Hirokazu Nozaki | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Katsumi Iwai | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Katsumi Shiraishi | SS | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Mimura | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Kenichi Isoda | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1419 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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