1979 Hiroshima Toyo Carp Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-50
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Takeshi Koba (67-50)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Municipal Stadium

1979 Hiroshima Toyo Carp Roster

Japan Series - Hiroshima Toyo Carp 4 games, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 3

The Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Japan Central League ended the 1979 season with a record of 67 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Toyo Carp led the league with 601 runs, fueled by 172 home runs. Hiroshima surrendered 523 runs, least in the league. Koji Yamamoto walloped 42 home runs for the squad, while Jitsuo Mizutani, Sachio Kinugasa, Adrian Garrett and Jim Lyttle each swatted 15 or more, too. Koji Yamamoto drove in 113 runs. Yoshihiko Takahashi topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .304 clip. Manabu Kitabeppu paced the team with 17 wins, and Yutaka Enatsu recorded a 2.68 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Adrian Garrett and Jim Lyttle both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Takeshi Koba 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	WP	BF
Manabu Kitabeppu	17	11	.607	3.59	36	33	1	12	3	0	215.7	218	92	86	23	39	2	155	15	1	905
Kojiro Ikegaya	12	8	.600	4.88	32	29	1	7	2	0	168.0	165	93	91	38	52	0	124	1	1	709
Yutaka Enatsu	9	5	.643	2.67	55	0	50	0	0	22	104.7	77	31	31	10	36	2	117	1	3	420
Kazuo Yamane	8	4	.667	2.90	27	14	8	5	2	0	130.3	129	48	42	12	23	6	83	2	2	537
Hiroaki Fukushi	7	9	.438	3.57	37	25	3	4	1	1	163.7	156	78	65	24	44	1	109	3	1	674
Yutaka Ono	5	5	.500	3.84	58	4	6	0	0	2	105.3	106	55	45	14	37	2	64	7	1	459
Tomehiro Kaneda	4	1	.800	2.96	16	6	3	1	1	0	45.7	37	16	15	3	18	0	25	4	1	196
Satoshi Takahashi	3	5	.375	5.59	27	18	3	0	0	0	95.0	115	63	59	19	25	2	56	1	0	412
Hidetake Watanabe	2	1	.667	2.22	47	1	14	0	0	2	73.0	66	19	18	3	18	3	35	2	3	295
Yoshiro Sotokoba	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Satoru Miwa	0	0		3.41	26	0	7	0	0	0	31.7	25	14	12	2	11	0	17	0	0	128
Hiroki Watanabe	0	0		7.00	9	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	13	7	7	2	4	0	4	1	0	40
Masashi Doi	0	0		27.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	5	6	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	13
Satoshi Niimi	0	1	.000	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.7	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	16
Totals	67	50	.573	3.74	376	130	101	29	9	27	1148.7	1116	523	477	151	310	18	791	37	13	4807

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
Yoshihiko Takahashi	120	535	490	86	149	22	7	5	33	55	16	32	56	.304	.360	.408	.768	200	3	11	1	1	3
Koji Yamamoto	130	556	467	90	137	20	0	42	113	15	5	81	71	.293	.396	.606	1.002	283	8	2	0	6	10
Jim Lyttle	130	552	504	54	133	24	0	23	61	6	4	38	83	.264	.320	.448	.768	226	14	5	2	3	2
Sachio Kinugasa	130	478	410	82	114	21	2	20	57	15	4	55	72	.278	.376	.485	.861	199	9	9	4	0	4
Toshiyuki Mimura	116	449	389	46	112	17	0	12	60	1	1	38	46	.288	.356	.424	.780	165	7	5	14	3	1
Jitsuo Mizutani	125	465	408	48	106	9	0	23	69	2	1	53	77	.260	.342	.451	.793	184	10	0	0	4	1
Adrian Garrett	126	460	395	53	89	9	2	27	59	3	3	57	90	.225	.326	.463	.789	183	16	4	0	4	6
Shiro Mizunuma	100	281	235	30	65	10	2	4	24	5	1	36	39	.277	.378	.387	.765	91	9	3	6	1	4
Tomio Kinoshita	112	245	214	31	53	7	2	5	25	25	6	21	28	.248	.318	.369	.687	79	6	1	9	0	0
Yasuhiro Hagiwara	72	101	90	13	22	2	1	2	15	1	0	8	17	.244	.310	.356	.666	32	2	1	1	1	0
Mitsuo Tatsukawa	49	89	81	4	18	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	16	.222	.292	.222	.514	18	4	1	0	0	0
Kojiro Ikegaya	33	66	60	4	16	2	0	1	3	0	1	1	13	.267	.279	.350	.629	21	1	0	5	0	0
Hiroyuki Michihara	39	93	82	8	16	2	0	1	4	1	0	5	10	.195	.267	.256	.523	21	3	3	3	0	1
Ryuzo Yamasaki	24	58	53	8	14	1	0	1	5	8	1	4	11	.264	.328	.340	.667	18	1	1	0	0	0
Junzo Uchida	67	67	58	4	11	1	0	1	8	0	0	6	6	.190	.284	.259	.542	15	1	2	0	1	2
Yoshiyuki Sano	44	48	45	3	10	0	0	2	8	0	0	1	9	.222	.234	.356	.590	16	4	0	1	1	0
Manabu Kitabeppu	39	74	70	2	9	1	0	1	6	0	1	1	29	.129	.141	.186	.327	13	0	0	3	0	0
Hironori Shogaki	38	45	36	4	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	9	8	.167	.333	.194	.528	7	1	0	0	0	0
Hiroaki Fukushi	37	52	43	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	.093	.133	.093	.226	4	2	0	7	0	0
Tomehiro Kaneda	16	14	11	3	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.636	.909	7	1	0	3	0	0
Yutaka Enatsu	55	17	16	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.188	.188	.250	.438	4	1	0	1	0	0
Yoshiaki Oka	97	21	20	12	3	1	0	0	0	4	4	0	6	.150	.150	.200	.350	4	0	0	1	0	0
Satoshi Takahashi	27	26	22	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	.136	.240	.227	.467	5	1	0	1	0	0
Hidetake Watanabe	47	8	8	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.625	.875	5	0	0	0	0	0
Akio Nakao	62	16	15	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	.133	.133	.133	.267	2	0	0	1	0	0
Yutaka Ono	58	26	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	.083	.083	.083	.167	2	0	0	2	0	0
Kazuo Yamane	27	48	43	5	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	19	.023	.067	.070	.136	3	0	0	3	0	0
Hiroki Watanabe	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shuichi Fukazawa	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1933	4894	4293	601	1103	154	17	172	567	143	53	460	756	.257	.334	.421	.755	1807	104	48	68	25	34

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jitsuo Mizutani	1B	121					.000
Sachio Kinugasa	1B	69					.000
Yasuhiro Hagiwara	1B	14					.000
Yoshiyuki Sano	1B	4					.000
Tomio Kinoshita	1B	2					.000
Toshiyuki Mimura	2B	89					.000
Tomio Kinoshita	2B	83					.000
Akio Nakao	2B	18					.000
Ryuzo Yamasaki	2B	16					.000
Yoshiyuki Sano	2B	3					.000
Sachio Kinugasa	3B	110					.000
Toshiyuki Mimura	3B	58					.000
Akio Nakao	3B	32					.000
Tomio Kinoshita	3B	15					.000
Ryuzo Yamasaki	3B	1					.000
Shiro Mizunuma	C	97					.000
Mitsuo Tatsukawa	C	46					.000
Hiroyuki Michihara	C	39					.000
Koji Yamamoto	OF	130					.000
Jim Lyttle	OF	129					.000
Adrian Garrett	OF	120					.000
Yoshiaki Oka	OF	81					.000
Yasuhiro Hagiwara	OF	20					.000
Hironori Shogaki	OF	7					.000
Junzo Uchida	OF	5					.000
Sachio Kinugasa	OF	5					.000
Tomio Kinoshita	OF	2					.000
Yutaka Ono	P	58					.000
Yutaka Enatsu	P	55					.000
Hidetake Watanabe	P	47					.000
Hiroaki Fukushi	P	37					.000
Manabu Kitabeppu	P	36					.000
Kojiro Ikegaya	P	32					.000
Kazuo Yamane	P	27					.000
Satoshi Takahashi	P	27					.000
Satoru Miwa	P	26					.000
Tomehiro Kaneda	P	16					.000
Hiroki Watanabe	P	9					.000
Satoshi Niimi	P	3					.000
Masashi Doi	P	2					.000
Yoshiro Sotokoba	P	1					.000
Yoshihiko Takahashi	SS	120					.000
Tomio Kinoshita	SS	13					.000
Akio Nakao	SS	5					.000
Ryuzo Yamasaki	SS	4					.000
Totals		1834	0	0	0	0	.000

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