1975 Hiroshima Toyo Carp Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 72-47
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Takeshi Koba (0-0), Joe Lutz (0-0), Hirokazu Nozaki (0-0)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Municipal Stadium

1975 Hiroshima Toyo Carp Roster

The Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Japan Central League ended the 1975 season with a record of 72 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Toyo Carp led the league with just 421 runs allowed. Hiroshima scored 510 runs. Gail Hopkins walloped 33 home runs for the squad, while Koji Yamamoto and Sachio Kinugasa swatted 15 or more, too. Gail Hopkins drove in 91 runs. Koji Yamamoto paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .319 clip. Yoshiro Sotokoba topped the squad with 20 wins, plus Kojiro Ikegaya and Kazushi Saeki, too added 15 or more wins, too Kazushi Saeki recorded a 2.91 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Richie Scheinblum and Gail Hopkins both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Takeshi Koba, Joe Lutz and Hirokazu Nozaki 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
Yoshiro Sotokoba	20	13	.606	2.95	41	40	1	17	3	0	287.0	240	105	94	29	89	7	193	9	0	3	1174
Kojiro Ikegaya	18	11	.621	3.32	45	36	3	10	2	1	244.0	242	103	90	22	62	6	131	5	0	1	1018
Kazushi Saeki	15	10	.600	2.91	40	36	2	12	3	0	250.7	210	88	81	26	58	4	127	8	0	4	1017
Yukinobu Miyamoto	10	2	.833	1.71	44	0	34	0	0	10	89.7	58	20	17	5	40	1	74	9	0	1	365
Hiroki Watanabe	3	3	.500	1.85	55	0	13	0	0	1	77.7	68	18	16	3	24	2	40	2	0	2	323
Tomoo Wako	3	3	.500	3.08	20	7	4	0	0	1	52.7	48	21	18	6	23	1	21	2	0	1	222
Hiroaki Nagamoto	2	2	.500	3.92	28	8	9	0	0	0	64.3	65	31	28	9	21	3	26	1	1	2	265
Motoyasu Kaneshiro	1	0	1.000	2.67	16	2	10	0	0	4	27.0	19	8	8	2	13	1	24	2	0	0	116
Kazuto Kawabata	0	0		1.35	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.7	5	1	1	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	27
Satoru Miwa	0	1	.000	1.95	22	0	8	0	0	0	32.3	22	7	7	2	10	0	13	2	0	0	125
Yoshihiro Kodama	0	1	.000	7.45	11	0	3	0	0	0	9.7	13	9	8	3	7	2	8	0	0	1	49
Susumu Omata	0	1	.000	10.00	11	1	3	0	0	0	9.0	12	10	10	1	7	0	5	0	0	0	43
Totals	72	47	.605	2.96	336	130	91	39	8	17	1150.7	1002	421	378	109	357	27	670	40	1	15	4744

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
Koji Yamamoto	130	526	451	86	144	21	0	30	84	24	9	67	39	.319	.406	.565	.971	255	6	2	1	5	6
Sachio Kinugasa	130	532	479	66	132	22	1	21	71	18	4	44	61	.276	.340	.457	.797	219	21	5	0	4	2
Tsuyoshi Oshita	117	510	471	59	127	12	1	3	19	44	20	27	43	.270	.314	.318	.633	150	4	4	7	1	0
Gail Hopkins	130	547	496	72	127	20	1	33	91	1	2	36	53	.256	.317	.500	.817	248	15	10	1	4	2
Toshiyuki Mimura	122	502	442	67	124	21	3	10	42	3	5	43	47	.281	.350	.410	.759	181	7	5	10	2	1
Richie Scheinblum	117	417	374	31	105	17	0	13	56	1	3	36	38	.281	.344	.430	.774	161	11	2	1	4	6
Jitsuo Mizutani	121	389	358	29	102	14	1	13	37	5	1	22	39	.285	.326	.439	.764	157	10	1	5	3	5
Shiro Mizunuma	116	283	255	22	53	7	2	1	19	11	4	20	31	.208	.271	.263	.534	67	6	2	6	0	7
Toshihiko Sonoda	61	149	142	15	35	5	0	1	6	2	1	5	13	.246	.270	.303	.573	43	4	0	1	1	0
Hiroyuki Michihara	75	157	149	8	30	3	1	1	3	0	1	6	19	.201	.237	.255	.492	38	4	1	1	0	2
Kazuyoshi Yamamoto	71	144	129	6	27	6	1	2	18	0	0	13	12	.209	.278	.318	.596	41	5	0	0	2	2
Yoshiro Sotokoba	45	111	101	9	22	4	2	0	8	0	0	1	25	.218	.221	.297	.518	30	0	0	7	2	0
Shuichi Fukazawa	108	93	87	19	18	2	0	1	7	9	2	3	10	.207	.239	.264	.503	23	0	1	1	1	0
Toshimi Kubo	80	62	57	12	17	2	1	1	13	5	1	2	11	.298	.344	.421	.765	24	2	2	1	0	0
Kojiro Ikegaya	46	85	81	2	11	1	0	1	7	0	0	1	26	.136	.146	.185	.332	15	1	0	3	0	0
Kazushi Saeki	44	86	81	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	27	.074	.106	.074	.180	6	2	0	1	1	0
Shigeki Morioka	28	27	27	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	.185	.185	.222	.407	6	1	0	0	0	0
Yoshiyuki Sano	17	17	16	2	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	4	.250	.294	.375	.669	6	1	0	0	0	0
Yukinobu Miyamoto	44	16	15	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	.200	.250	.267	.517	4	0	1	0	0	0
Motoyasu Kaneshiro	16	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tomio Kinoshita	26	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hiroki Watanabe	56	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tomoo Wako	21	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.062	.062	.062	.125	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shigemi Kimoto	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Susumu Omata	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshihiro Kodama	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroaki Nagamoto	28	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tetsuo Yoneyama	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1776	4723	4281	510	1096	159	15	131	489	124	53	330	537	.256	.313	.392	.705	1678	101	36	46	30	33

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Gail Hopkins	1B	130					.000
Toshimi Kubo	1B	37					.000
Richie Scheinblum	1B	11					.000
Tomio Kinoshita	1B	3					.000
Masao Ishikawa	1B	2					.000
Tsuyoshi Oshita	2B	117					.000
Toshihiko Sonoda	2B	14					.000
Tomio Kinoshita	2B	9					.000
Toshimi Kubo	2B	5					.000
Sachio Kinugasa	3B	130					.000
Shiro Mizunuma	C	113					.000
Hiroyuki Michihara	C	75					.000
Masao Ishikawa	C	3					.000
Shigemi Kimoto	C	1					.000
Koji Yamamoto	OF	130					.000
Richie Scheinblum	OF	115					.000
Jitsuo Mizutani	OF	111					.000
Shuichi Fukazawa	OF	92					.000
Kazuyoshi Yamamoto	OF	39					.000
Toshihiko Sonoda	OF	10					.000
Toshimi Kubo	OF	5					.000
Yoshiro Sotokoba	OF	4					.000
Kazushi Saeki	OF	4					.000
Satoru Miwa	OF	4					.000
Tomio Kinoshita	OF	3					.000
Yoshiaki Oka	OF	2					.000
Kazuto Kawabata	OF	2					.000
Tomoo Wako	OF	1					.000
Yoshiyuki Sano	OF	1					.000
Shigeki Morioka	OF	1					.000
Kojiro Ikegaya	OF	1					.000
Hiroki Watanabe	P	55					.000
Kojiro Ikegaya	P	45					.000
Yukinobu Miyamoto	P	44					.000
Yoshiro Sotokoba	P	41					.000
Kazushi Saeki	P	40					.000
Hiroaki Nagamoto	P	28					.000
Satoru Miwa	P	22					.000
Tomoo Wako	P	20					.000
Motoyasu Kaneshiro	P	16					.000
Susumu Omata	P	11					.000
Yoshihiro Kodama	P	11					.000
Kazuto Kawabata	P	3					.000
Toshiyuki Mimura	SS	114					.000
Toshihiko Sonoda	SS	12					.000
Tomio Kinoshita	SS	5					.000
Toshimi Kubo	SS	4					.000
Yoshiyuki Sano	SS	2					.000
Totals		1648	0	0	0	0	.000

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