1954 Hiroshima Carp Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 56-69
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Katsumi Shiraishi (56-69)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park

1954 Hiroshima Carp Roster

The Hiroshima Carp of the Japan Central League ended the 1954 season with a record of 56 wins and 69 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.

The Carp tallied 419 runs and allowed 581 runs. Makoto Kozuru paced Hiroshima with 15 home runs and drove in 72 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .297. Noboru Matsuyama and Ryohei Hasegawa topped the team with 18 wins each, and Ryohei Hasegawa registered a 1.83 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. Katsumi Shiraishi 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
Noboru Matsuyama	18	13	.581	3.01	39	34	4	18	3		239.0	242	97	80	7	44		58	2	0	2	976
Ryohei Hasegawa	18	17	.514	1.83	46	30	16	28	4		310.7	273	83	63	8	65		112	5	0	1	1248
Yoshio Bizen	10	10	.500	3.86	30	21	2	9	1		170.3	198	83	73	14	33		54	2	1	1	704
Tokuzo Kawamoto	4	7	.364	6.39	23	14	3	6	1		101.3	130	84	72	14	44		37	2	0	3	472
Hiroshi Katayama	3	7	.300	4.72	28	11	12	3	0		106.7	134	67	56	9	21		26	1	0	1	470
Chitomi Takahashi	2	6	.250	4.08	24	7	11	0	0		90.3	92	51	41	4	44		31	2	0	3	404
Nobuyoshi Watanabe	1	3	.250	6.11	17	4	8	0	0		53.0	73	38	36	3	7		15	3	0	1	241
Kiyoshi Yamada	0	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	0		4.0	6	4	4	0	2		0	0	0	2	18
Katsumi Moriuchi	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0		1.3	5	4	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	9
Ben Mitsuyoshi	0	1	.000	4.15	2	1	1	0	0		4.3	6	5	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	23
Shigekatsu Mochizuki	0	1	.000	6.19	5	1	3	0	0		16.0	19	17	11	3	11		4	0	0	1	81
Moritaka Sakakibara	0	1	.000	16.05	4	1	2	0	0		12.3	25	22	22	6	11		3	0	0	1	69
Ryutaro Sugiura	0	3	.000	5.18	13	6	3	0	0		40.0	57	26	23	2	8		12	0	0	1	187
Totals	56	69	.448	3.81	234	130	66	64	9	0	1149.3	1260	581	487	70	292	0	352	17	1	17	4902

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	121	503	454	67	135	25	3	15	72	20	7	47	48	.297	.362	.465	.827	211	16	0	0	2
Kenshi Zenimura	118	512	471	54	122	23	2	4	29	27	9	29	51	.259	.302	.342	.643	161	11	1	8	3
Katsumi Shiraishi	122	458	389	47	107	20	0	9	49	10	1	48	52	.275	.354	.396	.749	154	3	2	14	5
Nobuo Osawa	111	465	408	39	105	19	2	6	47	8	3	48	40	.257	.333	.358	.691	146	13	0	6	3
Masato Monzen	120	445	379	26	102	21	0	4	39	3	0	52	39	.269	.357	.356	.713	135	10	2	8	4
Jiro Kanayama	104	451	405	48	91	19	0	7	31	33	11	30	47	.225	.286	.323	.609	131	3	5	10	1
Eikichi Nagamochi	98	310	288	25	74	11	4	5	35	2	1	15	15	.257	.291	.375	.666	108	11	0	4	3
Takenori Yamakawa	91	320	282	21	68	8	1	1	22	4	2	24	32	.241	.308	.287	.595	81	12	4	8	2
Kenichi Isoda	107	328	284	28	61	3	1	0	10	7	11	31	28	.215	.299	.232	.531	66	8	3	10	0
Shinkichi Harada	70	121	112	12	27	4	0	2	11	3	1	6	25	.241	.273	.330	.603	37	0	0	0	3
Ryohei Hasegawa	46	123	115	9	24	5	3	0	7	0	0	2	5	.209	.227	.304	.531	35	3	1	4	1
Noboru Matsuyama	40	99	92	3	23	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	4	.250	.250	.261	.511	24	1	0	7	0
Isao Mimura	46	156	129	13	20	3	1	1	5	0	0	20	21	.155	.273	.217	.490	28	2	1	6	0
Tokuzo Kawamoto	25	41	38	5	13	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	6	.342	.375	.395	.770	15	1	0	1	0
Minoru Hasebe	41	69	59	3	11	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	19	.186	.273	.220	.493	13	2	3	3	0
Jiro Miyazaki	31	64	60	4	9	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	8	.150	.190	.150	.340	9	1	2	1	0
Tomio Hiroka	26	41	40	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.200	.220	.225	.445	9	0	1	0	0
Yoshio Bizen	30	69	57	7	8	4	0	0	9	1	1	4	13	.140	.197	.211	.407	12	0	0	8	0
Hiroshi Katayama	28	45	40	0	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	.175	.233	.225	.458	9	0	0	2	0
Mitsuo Yoneyama	13	29	26	0	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.231	.310	.346	.656	9	0	0	0	0
Tetsunosuke Fujiwara	9	15	14	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.357	.400	.429	.829	6	1	0	0	0
Chitomi Takahashi	24	32	29	3	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	8	.172	.226	.276	.502	8	1	0	1	0
Ryutaro Sugiura	13	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	0	0
Nobuyoshi Watanabe	17	17	17	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.118	.118	.176	.294	3	1	0	0	0
Ben Mitsuyoshi	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0
Moritaka Sakakibara	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0
Shigekatsu Mochizuki	5	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0
Takashi Harada	14	23	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.048	.087	.048	.135	1	0	0	0	1
Akio Tanaka	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Kiyoshi Yamada	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Yasutaka Kanzaki	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1482	4766	4239	419	1039	179	17	55	389	120	48	373	506	.245	.308	.334	.642	1417	100	25	101	28	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Nobuo Osawa	1B	111					.000
Makoto Kozuru	1B	19					.000
Shinkichi Harada	1B	7					.000
Masato Monzen	1B	2					.000
Moritaka Sakakibara	1B	1					.000
Jiro Kanayama	2B	102					.000
Tomio Hiroka	2B	19					.000
Takashi Harada	2B	14					.000
Kenichi Isoda	2B	9					.000
Katsumi Shiraishi	2B	1					.000
Takenori Yamakawa	3B	81					.000
Isao Mimura	3B	41					.000
Jiro Miyazaki	3B	10					.000
Kenichi Isoda	3B	5					.000
Tomio Hiroka	3B	1					.000
Masato Monzen	C	117					.000
Minoru Hasebe	C	40					.000
Tetsunosuke Fujiwara	C	8					.000
Yasutaka Kanzaki	C	2					.000
Kenshi Zenimura	OF	117					.000
Makoto Kozuru	OF	103					.000
Eikichi Nagamochi	OF	90					.000
Kenichi Isoda	OF	87					.000
Shinkichi Harada	OF	40					.000
Ryohei Hasegawa	P	46					.000
Noboru Matsuyama	P	39					.000
Yoshio Bizen	P	30					.000
Hiroshi Katayama	P	28					.000
Chitomi Takahashi	P	24					.000
Tokuzo Kawamoto	P	23					.000
Nobuyoshi Watanabe	P	17					.000
Ryutaro Sugiura	P	13					.000
Shigekatsu Mochizuki	P	5					.000
Moritaka Sakakibara	P	4					.000
Kiyoshi Yamada	P	2					.000
Ben Mitsuyoshi	P	2					.000
Katsumi Moriuchi	P	1					.000
Katsumi Shiraishi	SS	120					.000
Jiro Miyazaki	SS	16					.000
Mitsuo Yoneyama	SS	12					.000
Totals		1409	0	0	0	0	.000

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