1968 Hiroshima Toyo Carp Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 68-62
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Rikuo Nemoto (68-62)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Municipal Stadium

1968 Hiroshima Toyo Carp Roster

The Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Japan Central League ended the 1968 season with a record of 68 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.

The Toyo Carp scored 420 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 449 runs. Sachio Kinugasa and Kazuhiro Yamauchi led Hiroshima with 21 home runs apiece., while Kazuyoshi Yamamoto walloped 15 or more as well. Kazuhiro Yamauchi recorded 69 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .313 clip. Sohachi Aniya notched 23 wins on the mound for the squad, and Yoshiro Sotokoba added 15 or more victories also Yoshiro Sotokoba registered a 1.94 earned run average, best among regular hurlers. Rikuo Nemoto 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
Sohachi Aniya	23	11	.676	2.07	57	32	22	20	5		313.3	218	84	72	26	55	3	237	11	0	5	1198
Yoshiro Sotokoba	21	14	.600	1.93	45	40	5	19	6		302.3	198	78	65	22	83	6	260	6	0	2	1169
Yataro Oishi	6	5	.545	3.28	20	11	1	3	1		82.3	77	39	30	11	14	0	49	1	0	0	340
Susumu Oba	6	7	.462	3.09	38	18	8	1	1		110.7	98	44	38	14	21	2	50	2	0	0	448
Shizuo Shiraishi	5	8	.385	3.47	29	13	7	3	0		114.0	108	46	44	10	28	4	106	3	0	0	473
Yukio Miyoshi	2	2	.500	3.58	30	0	9	0	0		50.3	58	25	20	5	14	1	22	1	0	1	220
Akikazu Nishimoto	1	0	1.000	3.12	3	1	1	0	0		8.7	8	3	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	33
Kenichi Ryu	1	3	.250	2.97	34	1	14	0	0		57.7	51	22	19	7	11	3	17	1	1	1	226
Katsuhiro Jono	1	3	.250	5.17	20	9	4	1	0		62.7	65	37	36	9	27	2	25	4	0	3	278
Katsuhiro Nishikawa	1	3	.250	6.75	11	5	3	0	0		21.3	28	17	16	2	10	0	17	1	0	1	101
Hidetoshi Ikeda	1	5	.167	4.78	11	3	3	0	0		37.7	46	21	20	4	6	1	23	1	0	2	164
Takashi Yagi	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0		1.7	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9
Isao Hasato	0	0		2.25	4	0	3	0	0		4.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	18
Yojiro Miyamoto	0	0		5.40	2	0	0	0	0		1.7	4	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11
Mitsuya Nakamura	0	0		5.62	3	0	2	0	0		8.0	9	5	5	3	2	0	6	0	0	0	33
Yusaku Akimoto	0	1	.000	6.11	15	1	5	0	0		28.0	31	23	19	4	9	1	26	0	1	0	126
Totals	68	62	.523	2.91	325	134	87	47	13	0	1204.3	1004	449	389	117	287	23	841	34	2	15	4847

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
Kazuhiro Yamauchi	134	527	467	65	146	27	1	21	69	6	3	53	60	.313	.378	.510	.887	238	12	0	0	7	2
Sachio Kinugasa	127	463	395	52	109	19	2	21	58	11	4	54	76	.276	.377	.494	.870	195	11	11	1	2	0
Kazuyoshi Yamamoto	124	501	426	56	109	23	2	17	62	2	4	64	56	.256	.355	.439	.794	187	11	5	0	6	10
Mitsuo Imazu	128	446	411	39	96	19	2	7	20	25	18	25	66	.234	.277	.341	.618	140	9	0	9	1	0
Takeshi Koba	116	458	412	53	92	16	0	4	20	39	10	35	47	.223	.288	.291	.580	120	6	3	7	1	1
Shigeharu Asai	113	347	328	18	66	6	1	8	31	3	4	13	64	.201	.230	.299	.529	98	11	0	4	2	0
Tatsuo Okitsu	65	165	149	19	40	4	0	12	27	1	1	14	34	.268	.329	.537	.866	80	10	0	1	1	0
Katsura Yokomizo	86	210	186	18	39	7	0	1	17	0	1	18	23	.210	.290	.263	.553	49	1	3	3	0	3
Takashi Tanaka	103	277	250	5	36	2	0	0	8	3	3	20	38	.144	.207	.152	.359	38	5	0	7	0	2
Hirofumi Ogawa	63	173	155	11	34	7	0	4	19	4	3	9	37	.219	.275	.342	.617	53	3	4	2	3	0
Toshihiko Sonoda	75	156	151	16	31	1	1	3	7	5	3	5	27	.205	.231	.285	.516	43	1	0	0	0	0
Toshiyuki Mimura	63	128	119	7	25	1	1	3	8	1	1	6	27	.210	.260	.311	.571	37	3	2	1	0	0
Katsuhisa Urushihata	41	87	80	10	22	5	0	4	8	1	2	3	17	.275	.298	.488	.785	39	1	0	3	1	0
Shoji Kubo	50	115	109	9	19	2	0	2	7	0	0	5	20	.174	.217	.248	.465	27	2	1	0	0	1
Sohachi Aniya	57	107	100	2	16	3	0	0	6	0	0	2	18	.160	.176	.190	.366	19	0	0	5	0	0
Hiroaki Inoue	35	67	58	6	13	2	0	1	5	0	0	5	9	.224	.303	.310	.613	18	2	2	1	1	0
Yoshiro Sotokoba	45	103	96	6	13	3	1	1	5	0	0	1	29	.135	.144	.219	.363	21	2	0	6	0	0
Takao Miyagawa	58	63	52	5	10	2	0	1	11	0	0	6	12	.192	.302	.288	.590	15	1	3	0	2	0
Hiromu Fujii	58	70	53	2	10	0	0	1	4	0	0	13	15	.189	.386	.245	.631	13	1	4	0	0	0
Takashi Teraoka	19	43	42	5	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	13	.190	.209	.286	.495	12	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeki Takaoka	34	63	58	1	8	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	14	.138	.194	.155	.349	9	1	1	1	0	0
Susumu Oba	39	37	37	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.135	.135	.135	.270	5	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuhiro Jono	20	14	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	3	1	0	0	0	0
Makio Sano	18	27	24	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	.125	.222	.125	.347	3	2	1	0	0	0
Yutaka Kamata	43	31	28	5	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	13	.107	.194	.107	.301	3	0	0	0	0	0
Shizuo Shiraishi	29	33	31	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.097	.125	.097	.222	3	0	0	1	0	0
Akikazu Nishimoto	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hidetoshi Ikeda	11	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yukio Miyoshi	30	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	1	0	0
Kenichi Ryu	34	10	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	1	0	0
Yataro Oishi	20	32	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.037	.103	.037	.140	1	1	0	3	0	0
Mitsuhiro Takeno	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsutomu Tada	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuhiro Nishikawa	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mitsuya Nakamura	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshio Iwasaki	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osamu Inoue	18	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chikao Higashiyama	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuo Aoki	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yusaku Akimoto	15	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1907	4809	4318	420	966	151	11	112	402	104	61	366	777	.224	.289	.342	.630	1475	97	40	58	27	19

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Sachio Kinugasa	1B	123					.000
Tatsuo Okitsu	1B	16					.000
Hiromu Fujii	1B	7					.000
Katsura Yokomizo	1B	3					.000
Takeshi Koba	2B	112					.000
Katsuhisa Urushihata	2B	33					.000
Osamu Inoue	2B	7					.000
Toshiyuki Mimura	2B	4					.000
Makio Sano	2B	3					.000
Yoshio Iwasaki	2B	2					.000
Tsutomu Tada	2B	1					.000
Toshihiko Sonoda	2B	1					.000
Shigeharu Asai	3B	110					.000
Tatsuo Okitsu	3B	30					.000
Toshiyuki Mimura	3B	18					.000
Makio Sano	3B	11					.000
Osamu Inoue	3B	4					.000
Katsuhisa Urushihata	3B	3					.000
Yoshio Iwasaki	3B	1					.000
Takashi Tanaka	C	103					.000
Shoji Kubo	C	50					.000
Shigeki Takaoka	C	25					.000
Chikao Higashiyama	C	3					.000
Kazuhiro Yamauchi	OF	132					.000
Kazuyoshi Yamamoto	OF	124					.000
Toshihiko Sonoda	OF	65					.000
Katsura Yokomizo	OF	52					.000
Hirofumi Ogawa	OF	49					.000
Yutaka Kamata	OF	32					.000
Hiroaki Inoue	OF	30					.000
Takashi Teraoka	OF	16					.000
Mitsuhiro Takeno	OF	6					.000
Takao Miyagawa	OF	6					.000
Shigeharu Asai	OF	1					.000
Sohachi Aniya	P	57					.000
Yoshiro Sotokoba	P	45					.000
Susumu Oba	P	38					.000
Kenichi Ryu	P	34					.000
Yukio Miyoshi	P	30					.000
Shizuo Shiraishi	P	29					.000
Yataro Oishi	P	20					.000
Katsuhiro Jono	P	20					.000
Yusaku Akimoto	P	15					.000
Katsuhiro Nishikawa	P	11					.000
Hidetoshi Ikeda	P	11					.000
Isao Hasato	P	4					.000
Takashi Yagi	P	3					.000
Akikazu Nishimoto	P	3					.000
Mitsuya Nakamura	P	3					.000
Yojiro Miyamoto	P	2					.000
Mitsuo Imazu	SS	126					.000
Toshiyuki Mimura	SS	41					.000
Osamu Inoue	SS	3					.000
Katsuhisa Urushihata	SS	2					.000
Takeshi Koba	SS	2					.000
Tsutomu Tada	SS	1					.000
Totals		1683	0	0	0	0	.000

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