1973 Hiroshima Toyo Carp Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 60-67
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Kaoru Betto (60-67)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Municipal Stadium

1973 Hiroshima Toyo Carp Roster

The Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Japan Central League ended the 1973 season with a record of 60 wins and 67 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.

The Toyo Carp scored 390 runs and yielded 436 runs. Sachio Kinugasa and Koji Yamamoto led Hiroshima with 19 home runs apiece., and Jim Hicks walloped 15 or more as well. Sachio Kinugasa accounted for 53 RBI. Mickey McGuire paced all regular batters by connecting at a .276 clip. Kazushi Saeki topped the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.31 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Jim Hicks and Mickey McGuire both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Kaoru Betto 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
Kazushi Saeki	19	16	.543	2.30	45	35	9	13	6		277.7	210	74	71	24	89	5	166	8	0	4	1112
Yoshiro Sotokoba	12	19	.387	2.64	44	31	10	10	3		249.0	199	81	73	23	74	4	160	5	1	0	998
Motoyasu Kaneshiro	10	6	.625	2.54	40	15	12	3	2		131.3	99	42	37	12	35	1	106	7	0	1	525
Shizuo Shiraishi	8	7	.533	3.71	26	15	4	3	1		94.7	99	42	39	11	32	1	46	4	0	1	409
Sohachi Aniya	5	5	.500	3.42	40	18	15	2	0		139.7	132	63	53	18	32	3	73	3	0	0	567
Yataro Oishi	5	8	.385	3.59	35	7	16	0	0		102.7	103	47	41	12	22	2	49	4	0	0	424
Yojiro Miyamoto	1	1	.500	4.56	12	0	1	0	0		23.7	30	13	12	4	6	1	15	0	0	0	98
Yoshikuni Nagashima	0	0		2.45	7	1	2	0	0		7.3	7	3	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	31
Tetsuzo Arita	0	0		4.82	7	0	5	0	0		9.3	11	5	5	2	3	0	6	1	0	0	41
Tamotsu Nagai	0	0		5.40	20	2	2	0	0		16.7	28	11	10	5	5	0	15	0	0	0	81
Yoshitaka Kihara	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0		2.0	6	3	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	11
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	0	1	.000	3.09	25	2	5	0	0		32.0	25	13	11	3	16	0	20	0	0	0	138
Kojiro Yokoyama	0	1	.000	3.71	10	0	3	0	0		17.0	16	8	7	3	6	1	8	1	0	0	70
Shigeru Matsubayashi	0	1	.000	5.73	13	2	6	0	0		22.0	26	15	14	2	12	2	19	1	2	0	102
Hiroaki Nagamoto	0	2	.000	3.67	18	2	9	0	0		34.3	26	16	14	1	7	1	11	0	0	1	132
Totals	60	67	.472	3.04	343	130	99	31	12	0	1159.3	1017	436	392	122	341	21	700	35	3	7	4739

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
Toshiyuki Mimura	121	521	449	56	121	14	2	12	32	7	4	57	59	.269	.362	.390	.752	175	9	8	7	0	1
Koji Yamamoto	126	526	449	68	121	24	1	19	46	10	12	59	75	.269	.356	.454	.810	204	10	3	12	3	1
Mickey McGuire	103	392	369	27	102	15	2	9	42	1	0	19	28	.276	.309	.401	.711	148	14	0	1	3	4
Sachio Kinugasa	130	529	454	52	94	12	1	19	53	6	3	65	73	.207	.309	.363	.672	165	17	3	4	3	6
Jim Hicks	105	344	312	31	78	9	2	16	49	0	3	20	68	.250	.299	.446	.745	139	6	5	0	7	2
Kazuyoshi Yamamoto	91	258	229	19	63	6	1	9	26	1	2	24	18	.275	.346	.428	.774	98	9	2	1	2	6
Jitsuo Mizutani	102	267	251	18	58	10	1	7	29	1	1	12	32	.231	.274	.363	.637	91	7	3	1	0	0
Makoto Kamigochi	118	278	248	19	54	11	1	2	19	8	6	16	47	.218	.270	.294	.564	73	3	2	11	1	1
Shiro Mizunuma	107	273	241	13	46	7	2	0	15	6	6	26	50	.191	.270	.237	.506	57	2	0	6	0	5
Toru Shibuya	89	163	146	13	34	4	0	3	13	3	1	14	36	.233	.313	.322	.635	47	5	3	0	0	3
Masaji Nishizawa	77	162	140	7	32	4	0	4	9	1	1	19	20	.229	.329	.343	.672	48	3	2	1	0	4
Toshihiko Sonoda	98	166	141	10	30	6	1	0	1	0	2	16	27	.213	.293	.270	.562	38	3	0	9	0	1
Yasuhiro Kunisada	81	174	154	12	27	2	0	1	9	0	2	17	19	.175	.260	.208	.468	32	3	1	1	1	1
Shuichi Fukazawa	92	118	106	16	21	4	0	2	5	8	4	6	14	.198	.246	.292	.538	31	2	1	4	1	0
Mitsuo Imazu	73	113	108	8	21	1	2	0	7	5	0	3	14	.194	.216	.241	.457	26	1	0	2	0	1
Yoshiro Sotokoba	45	83	79	2	10	1	1	0	3	0	0	3	20	.127	.159	.165	.323	13	1	0	1	0	0
Kazushi Saeki	45	92	81	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	31	.062	.106	.062	.168	5	4	0	7	0	0
Reiji Iishi	19	21	20	1	4	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	7	.200	.238	.400	.638	8	0	0	0	0	0
Sohachi Aniya	40	39	37	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.108	.132	.108	.240	4	0	0	1	0	0
Hiroyuki Michihara	22	15	15	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.267	.467	4	0	0	0	0	0
Yataro Oishi	35	34	30	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.100	.156	.100	.256	3	1	0	2	0	0
Motoyasu Kaneshiro	40	39	36	1	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	12	.083	.108	.194	.303	7	1	0	2	0	0
Shizuo Shiraishi	26	30	25	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	.080	.148	.080	.228	2	1	0	3	0	0
Masao Ishikawa	12	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.125	.125	.250	.375	2	0	0	0	0	0
Takao Miyagawa	20	19	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.053	.053	.053	.105	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	25	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masayuki Kobayashi	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Toshimi Kubo	64	32	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0
Shigeru Matsubayashi	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kojiro Yokoyama	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yojiro Miyamoto	12	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0
Shigeki Morioka	8	6	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tamotsu Nagai	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroaki Nagamoto	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshikuni Nagashima	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	1998	4723	4198	390	938	135	18	104	365	59	49	389	703	.223	.293	.338	.632	1421	103	34	81	21	36

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Sachio Kinugasa	1B	128					.000
Toru Shibuya	1B	7					.000
Jim Hicks	1B	5					.000
Mickey McGuire	2B	102					.000
Mitsuo Imazu	2B	30					.000
Toshihiko Sonoda	2B	15					.000
Toshimi Kubo	2B	8					.000
Yasuhiro Kunisada	2B	5					.000
Toshiyuki Mimura	2B	1					.000
Toshihiko Sonoda	3B	74					.000
Makoto Kamigochi	3B	61					.000
Toshimi Kubo	3B	45					.000
Yasuhiro Kunisada	3B	39					.000
Toshiyuki Mimura	3B	16					.000
Sachio Kinugasa	3B	4					.000
Mitsuo Imazu	3B	2					.000
Masayuki Kobayashi	3B	1					.000
Sohachi Aniya	3B	1					.000
Shiro Mizunuma	C	104					.000
Masaji Nishizawa	C	66					.000
Hiroyuki Michihara	C	13					.000
Masao Ishikawa	C	8					.000
Koji Yamamoto	OF	126					.000
Jim Hicks	OF	92					.000
Jitsuo Mizutani	OF	77					.000
Shuichi Fukazawa	OF	75					.000
Kazuyoshi Yamamoto	OF	73					.000
Makoto Kamigochi	OF	72					.000
Toru Shibuya	OF	40					.000
Toshihiko Sonoda	OF	3					.000
Hiroyuki Michihara	OF	2					.000
Reiji Iishi	OF	2					.000
Yoshiro Sotokoba	OF	1					.000
Yoshikuni Nagashima	OF	1					.000
Shigeki Morioka	OF	1					.000
Toshimi Kubo	OF	1					.000
Kazushi Saeki	P	45					.000
Yoshiro Sotokoba	P	44					.000
Motoyasu Kaneshiro	P	40					.000
Sohachi Aniya	P	40					.000
Yataro Oishi	P	35					.000
Shizuo Shiraishi	P	26					.000
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	P	25					.000
Tamotsu Nagai	P	20					.000
Hiroaki Nagamoto	P	18					.000
Shigeru Matsubayashi	P	13					.000
Yojiro Miyamoto	P	12					.000
Kojiro Yokoyama	P	10					.000
Yoshikuni Nagashima	P	7					.000
Tetsuzo Arita	P	7					.000
Yoshitaka Kihara	P	1					.000
Toshiyuki Mimura	SS	119					.000
Mitsuo Imazu	SS	30					.000
Toshimi Kubo	SS	4					.000
Toshihiko Sonoda	SS	1					.000
Totals		1798	0	0	0	0	.000

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