1959 Hiroshima Carp Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 59-64
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Katsumi Shiraishi (59-64)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Municipal Stadium

1959 Hiroshima Carp Roster

The Hiroshima Carp of the Japan Central League ended the 1959 season with a record of 59 wins and 64 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.

The Carp scored 401 runs and surrendered 414 runs. Akira Owada led Hiroshima with 23 home runs, while Hiromu Fujii walloped 15 or more, too. Akira Owada drove in 79 runs. Yoshitaka Kosaka paced all regular batters by hitting .278. Yoshio Bizen topped the team with 17 wins, and Ryohei Hasegawa registered a 2.16 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. 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
Yoshio Bizen	17	20	.459	2.19	55	35	14	18	6		291.7	259	86	71	16	67	5	153	5	0	2	1162
Ryohei Hasegawa	12	11	.522	2.15	38	19	16	11	1		179.7	138	54	43	5	49	5	73	3	0	2	716
Michio Ukari	11	10	.524	2.53	46	24	11	4	2		202.7	157	67	57	9	59	6	127	3	0	5	804
Kiyoshi Oishi	9	10	.474	3.28	39	21	10	4	0		173.0	146	70	63	14	55	7	183	7	2	1	710
Norio Haito	4	2	.667	1.65	26	11	5	1	1		87.3	58	22	16	3	21	1	39	3	0	1	336
Masahiko Hirose	3	3	.500	3.32	29	4	10	0	0		65.0	72	32	24	4	16	2	50	0	0	0	272
Susumu Oba	1	0	1.000	0.00	5	0	5	0	0		7.0	6	2	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	29
Kyoji Nishihara	1	3	.250	3.88	25	5	8	0	0		55.7	58	31	24	2	19	1	23	1	0	2	237
Takakane Hashimoto	1	4	.200	3.39	27	8	7	1	1		77.0	77	32	29	5	19	3	38	3	0	3	320
Fujio Nakamoto	0	0		5.59	4	0	1	0	0		9.7	12	7	6	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	43
Hiroo I	0	1	.000	3.20	10	3	4	0	0		25.3	25	11	9	2	5	0	9	1	0	0	105
Totals	59	64	.480	2.62	304	130	91	39	11	0	1174.0	1008	414	342	61	316	30	707	26	2	16	4734

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
Akira Owada	128	535	480	69	127	34	6	23	79	10	6	45	100	.265	.327	.504	.831	242	13	2	3	5	7
Katsuya Morinaga	127	504	452	42	117	19	6	8	44	5	2	43	67	.259	.328	.381	.709	172	2	4	4	1	1
Takeshi Koba	117	502	462	45	106	18	4	4	31	8	10	31	40	.229	.281	.312	.592	144	7	2	7	0	0
Yoshitaka Kosaka	95	386	349	46	97	12	2	6	40	22	7	29	40	.278	.339	.375	.715	131	2	4	3	1	0
Hiromu Fujii	126	492	422	47	90	16	1	20	54	5	1	52	90	.213	.309	.398	.707	168	6	9	3	6	1
Satoshi Hirayama	113	368	318	30	67	16	3	1	24	8	9	38	70	.211	.294	.289	.583	92	0	0	11	1	0
Tatsuo Okitsu	96	305	273	22	60	12	1	5	20	3	2	23	84	.220	.283	.326	.609	89	7	1	8	0	0
Takashi Tanaka	79	192	174	8	41	5	1	0	8	2	2	12	20	.236	.287	.276	.563	48	2	1	4	1	0
Toshiharu Ueda	66	184	165	13	38	5	1	0	12	4	6	14	17	.230	.298	.273	.571	45	4	2	3	0	0
Mitsuo Yoneyama	72	189	159	16	35	5	3	2	9	5	0	21	28	.220	.324	.327	.651	52	4	4	4	1	1
Katsura Yokomizo	62	130	114	10	22	5	0	0	9	4	3	15	14	.193	.285	.237	.521	27	1	0	0	1	0
Masakazu Kawahara	38	94	84	11	19	3	0	2	6	1	0	8	20	.226	.290	.333	.624	28	1	0	1	1	0
Tadashi Higaki	52	94	85	1	17	2	0	0	6	0	1	8	21	.200	.269	.224	.492	19	3	0	1	0	0
Sachio Himoto	61	112	102	9	16	3	0	0	6	0	0	9	25	.157	.225	.186	.411	19	4	0	1	0	0
Keiichi Yamaguchi	42	80	77	3	15	2	0	0	5	1	0	2	16	.195	.215	.221	.436	17	1	0	1	0	0
Junro Anan	38	104	93	7	14	2	1	0	9	1	2	9	17	.151	.221	.194	.415	18	2	0	0	2	0
Tomio Hiroka	38	73	69	1	10	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	11	.145	.153	.188	.341	13	0	1	1	2	0
Ryohei Hasegawa	38	64	59	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.136	.136	.136	.271	8	0	0	5	0	0
Yoshio Bizen	55	97	85	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	41	.094	.172	.106	.278	9	0	0	4	0	0
Michio Ukari	46	64	54	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	17	.093	.167	.111	.278	6	0	0	4	1	0
Kiyoshi Oishi	39	63	54	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	.093	.125	.093	.218	5	0	0	7	0	0
Shinkichi Harada	32	25	22	5	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	11	.182	.280	.227	.507	5	1	0	0	0	0
Masahiko Hirose	29	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	0	0	0	0
Fumio Doi	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuhiro Kako	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Takakane Hashimoto	27	23	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.048	.048	.048	.095	1	1	0	2	0	0
Norio Haito	26	23	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.050	.000	.050	0	1	0	3	0	0
Kameji Kawagoe	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Susumu Oba	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyoji Nishihara	25	15	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	1	0	0	0	0
Fujio Nakamoto	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takuzo Mihara	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroo I	10	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kyozo Kinoshita	24	27	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	5	.000	.148	.000	.148	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1714	4770	4252	401	926	164	30	71	376	82	52	384	804	.218	.286	.321	.606	1363	63	30	81	23	10

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hiromu Fujii	1B	123					.000
Tadashi Higaki	1B	19					.000
Tatsuo Okitsu	1B	4					.000
Yoshitaka Kosaka	2B	88					.000
Mitsuo Yoneyama	2B	21					.000
Keiichi Yamaguchi	2B	19					.000
Tomio Hiroka	2B	18					.000
Tatsuo Okitsu	3B	92					.000
Mitsuo Yoneyama	3B	36					.000
Junro Anan	3B	24					.000
Tomio Hiroka	3B	11					.000
Keiichi Yamaguchi	3B	2					.000
Shinkichi Harada	3B	2					.000
Takashi Tanaka	C	79					.000
Toshiharu Ueda	C	65					.000
Masakazu Kawahara	C	34					.000
Akira Owada	OF	128					.000
Katsuya Morinaga	OF	125					.000
Satoshi Hirayama	OF	103					.000
Sachio Himoto	OF	39					.000
Katsura Yokomizo	OF	35					.000
Tadashi Higaki	OF	15					.000
Kyozo Kinoshita	OF	6					.000
Takuzo Mihara	OF	1					.000
Yoshio Bizen	P	55					.000
Michio Ukari	P	46					.000
Kiyoshi Oishi	P	39					.000
Ryohei Hasegawa	P	38					.000
Masahiko Hirose	P	29					.000
Takakane Hashimoto	P	27					.000
Norio Haito	P	26					.000
Kyoji Nishihara	P	25					.000
Hiroo I	P	10					.000
Susumu Oba	P	5					.000
Fujio Nakamoto	P	4					.000
Takeshi Koba	SS	116					.000
Mitsuo Yoneyama	SS	17					.000
Junro Anan	SS	10					.000
Totals		1536	0	0	0	0	.000

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