1972 Hiroshima Toyo Carp Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 49-75
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Katsuya Morinaga (0-0), Rikuo Nemoto (0-0)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Municipal Stadium

1972 Hiroshima Toyo Carp Roster

The Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Japan Central League ended the 1972 season with a record of 49 wins and 75 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.

The Toyo Carp scored 482 runs and allowed 522 runs. Sachio Kinugasa led Hiroshima with 29 home runs, while Kazuyoshi Yamamoto and Koji Yamamoto walloped 15 or more also. Sachio Kinugasa accounted for 99 RBI. Toshiyuki Mimura paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .308 clip. Yoshiro Sotokoba and Yataro Oishi topped the squad with 11 wins each, and Yataro Oishi recorded a 2.79 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Zoilo Versalles and Tony González both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Katsuya Morinaga and 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
Yataro Oishi	11	15	.423	2.79	38	19	9	8	0		187.0	166	67	58	18	34	9	87	7	0	2	752
Yoshiro Sotokoba	11	15	.423	3.36	41	29	8	11	3		230.7	200	93	86	23	60	2	158	7	0	1	936
Sohachi Aniya	8	10	.444	3.17	32	14	9	8	2		139.3	114	52	49	21	32	1	93	2	0	1	549
Kazushi Saeki	6	8	.429	3.07	28	19	6	5	2		132.0	108	53	45	13	66	8	96	2	1	2	565
Shizuo Shiraishi	6	11	.353	4.03	27	21	3	4	2		125.0	118	64	56	15	49	3	76	4	0	2	537
Motoyasu Kaneshiro	3	3	.500	3.95	27	7	9	2	0		70.7	60	36	31	9	44	1	62	3	0	2	312
Yoshitaka Kihara	3	9	.250	3.44	29	15	5	2	0		99.3	90	43	38	15	22	6	43	4	0	0	405
Tetsuzo Arita	1	0	1.000	8.03	6	0	3	0	0		12.3	19	13	11	4	7	0	2	4	0	0	66
Tamotsu Nagai	0	0			1	0	0	0	0		0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Seiji Suyama	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0		4.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	15
Katsuhiro Nishikawa	0	0		3.71	30	0	13	0	0		51.0	41	23	21	10	11	1	33	1	0	0	207
Hiroaki Nagamoto	0	0		5.68	2	1	0	0	0		6.3	7	4	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	27
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	0	0		6.86	17	5	4	0	0		19.7	26	17	15	4	16	0	12	1	0	0	99
Terufumi Uchida	0	0		40.50	1	0	0	0	0		0.7	1	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5
Yukio Miyoshi	0	1	.000	4.19	15	0	5	0	0		19.3	18	10	9	2	4	1	8	2	0	0	75
Yojiro Miyamoto	0	1	.000	4.65	34	0	12	0	0		60.0	65	32	31	9	21	2	22	2	0	0	257
Tsuyoshi Chiba	0	2	.000	4.41	7	0	3	0	0		16.3	17	11	8	2	6	0	5	0	0	1	73
Totals	49	75	.395	3.57	337	130	90	40	9	0	1173.7	1055	522	466	147	376	34	700	39	1	11	4881

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
Sachio Kinugasa	130	565	498	67	147	18	1	29	99	12	7	49	77	.295	.368	.510	.878	254	16	12	0	6	5
Toshiyuki Mimura	127	568	468	62	144	22	3	12	39	7	10	61	69	.308	.407	.444	.852	208	11	19	18	2	1
Koji Yamamoto	130	557	485	73	125	27	0	25	66	18	11	52	55	.258	.333	.468	.801	227	9	5	10	5	1
Yasuhiro Kunisada	113	420	372	29	109	16	0	2	22	9	3	38	38	.293	.366	.352	.718	131	11	5	5	0	2
Kazuyoshi Yamamoto	120	417	365	55	103	22	0	17	68	0	3	46	41	.282	.367	.482	.849	176	15	4	0	2	4
Jitsuo Mizutani	109	372	344	38	90	13	0	12	49	7	1	21	44	.262	.304	.404	.708	139	8	1	4	2	3
Shoji Kubo	78	225	205	18	45	6	0	4	13	0	0	17	27	.220	.278	.307	.585	63	8	0	2	1	4
Toshihiko Sonoda	87	192	175	15	39	3	2	2	15	4	4	12	20	.223	.273	.297	.570	52	4	0	5	0	0
Shiro Mizunuma	59	169	152	11	30	4	1	0	10	2	2	10	27	.197	.248	.237	.485	36	5	1	4	2	1
Zoilo Versalles	48	141	132	13	25	7	0	4	10	0	3	6	28	.189	.223	.333	.556	44	3	0	2	1	1
Tony González	31	79	74	2	22	2	0	0	4	0	2	4	16	.297	.342	.324	.666	24	1	1	0	0	0
Takao Miyagawa	66	62	52	1	21	2	0	1	13	0	0	6	5	.404	.500	.500	1.000	26	0	4	0	0	1
Toru Shibuya	30	82	70	12	21	6	0	2	7	2	1	11	14	.300	.395	.471	.866	33	1	0	1	0	0
Shuichi Fukazawa	91	109	102	18	20	2	0	1	4	1	2	2	18	.196	.234	.245	.479	25	2	3	2	0	0
Makoto Kamigochi	66	103	99	12	19	1	2	1	5	2	1	3	21	.192	.216	.273	.488	27	1	0	1	0	0
Akikazu Nishimoto	55	120	103	12	19	6	0	1	13	4	0	13	31	.184	.288	.272	.560	28	2	2	2	0	0
Hiroaki Inoue	43	98	86	8	16	3	0	2	4	1	1	4	15	.186	.268	.291	.559	25	1	6	1	1	0
Yoshiro Sotokoba	42	83	74	4	14	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	15	.189	.218	.189	.407	14	0	0	5	1	0
Yataro Oishi	38	63	53	3	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	16	.189	.246	.189	.434	10	1	0	6	0	0
Mitsuo Imazu	47	63	61	7	9	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	12	.148	.161	.148	.309	9	2	0	1	0	0
Shizuo Shiraishi	27	41	37	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	16	.189	.231	.189	.420	7	0	0	2	0	0
Masayuki Kobayashi	35	48	38	6	7	1	0	0	2	0	1	6	5	.184	.295	.211	.506	8	1	0	4	0	1
Masayoshi Hayase	28	29	28	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.214	.241	.250	.491	7	1	0	0	0	0
Masao Ishikawa	16	32	31	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.194	.219	.258	.477	8	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroyuki Michihara	22	34	32	2	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	3	.188	.235	.281	.517	9	0	0	0	0	0
Sohachi Aniya	32	44	38	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	11	.158	.220	.211	.430	8	1	0	3	0	0
Reiji Iishi	35	40	39	2	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	8	.154	.175	.256	.431	10	0	0	0	0	0
Kazushi Saeki	28	47	41	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.122	.122	.146	.268	6	0	0	6	0	0
Masaji Nishizawa	10	15	15	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.267	.267	.267	.533	4	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuhiro Nishikawa	31	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Toshimi Kubo	10	16	14	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.143	.250	.214	.464	3	0	0	0	0	0
Motoyasu Kaneshiro	27	19	14	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	7	.143	.333	.214	.548	3	0	1	1	0	0
Yoshitaka Kihara	29	33	29	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.069	.067	.069	.136	2	1	0	3	1	0
Tsuyoshi Chiba	7	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	1	0	0
Yojiro Miyamoto	34	9	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.222	.250	.472	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeki Morioka	10	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	1	0	0
Yoshiaki Oka	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	1	0	0	0
Hiroaki Nagamoto	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Takashi Tanaka	10	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Saburo Maeda	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tetsuzo Arita	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1932	4939	4372	482	1092	171	9	117	469	73	55	387	692	.250	.318	.373	.692	1632	105	65	91	24	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Sachio Kinugasa	1B	130					.000
Toru Shibuya	1B	1					.000
Yasuhiro Kunisada	2B	109					.000
Toshihiko Sonoda	2B	51					.000
Mitsuo Imazu	2B	11					.000
Masayuki Kobayashi	2B	5					.000
Zoilo Versalles	2B	4					.000
Toshimi Kubo	2B	2					.000
Akikazu Nishimoto	3B	49					.000
Zoilo Versalles	3B	43					.000
Toshihiko Sonoda	3B	32					.000
Masayuki Kobayashi	3B	26					.000
Hiroaki Inoue	3B	23					.000
Toshiyuki Mimura	3B	10					.000
Toshimi Kubo	3B	8					.000
Shuichi Fukazawa	3B	1					.000
Shoji Kubo	C	73					.000
Shiro Mizunuma	C	59					.000
Hiroyuki Michihara	C	20					.000
Masao Ishikawa	C	16					.000
Takashi Tanaka	C	9					.000
Masaji Nishizawa	C	7					.000
Koji Yamamoto	OF	129					.000
Kazuyoshi Yamamoto	OF	107					.000
Jitsuo Mizutani	OF	94					.000
Shuichi Fukazawa	OF	71					.000
Makoto Kamigochi	OF	52					.000
Toru Shibuya	OF	22					.000
Tony González	OF	19					.000
Hiroaki Inoue	OF	10					.000
Reiji Iishi	OF	6					.000
Shigeki Morioka	OF	4					.000
Masayoshi Hayase	OF	3					.000
Toshihiko Sonoda	OF	2					.000
Takashi Tanaka	OF	1					.000
Yoshiro Sotokoba	OF	1					.000
Katsuhiro Nishikawa	OF	1					.000
Hiroyuki Michihara	OF	1					.000
Toshimi Kubo	OF	1					.000
Tetsuzo Arita	OF	1					.000
Yoshiro Sotokoba	P	41					.000
Yataro Oishi	P	38					.000
Yojiro Miyamoto	P	34					.000
Sohachi Aniya	P	32					.000
Katsuhiro Nishikawa	P	30					.000
Yoshitaka Kihara	P	29					.000
Kazushi Saeki	P	28					.000
Shizuo Shiraishi	P	27					.000
Motoyasu Kaneshiro	P	27					.000
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	P	17					.000
Yukio Miyoshi	P	15					.000
Tsuyoshi Chiba	P	7					.000
Tetsuzo Arita	P	6					.000
Seiji Suyama	P	2					.000
Hiroaki Nagamoto	P	2					.000
Terufumi Uchida	P	1					.000
Tamotsu Nagai	P	1					.000
Toshiyuki Mimura	SS	121					.000
Mitsuo Imazu	SS	14					.000
Yoshiaki Oka	SS	2					.000
Zoilo Versalles	SS	1					.000
Toshihiko Sonoda	SS	1					.000
Akikazu Nishimoto	SS	1					.000
Masayuki Kobayashi	SS	1					.000
Totals		1692	0	0	0	0	.000

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