1981 Hiroshima Toyo Carp Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-54
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Takeshi Koba (67-54)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Municipal Stadium
1981 Hiroshima Toyo Carp RosterTeam Record: 67-54
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Takeshi Koba (67-54)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Municipal Stadium
The Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Japan Central League ended the 1981 season with a record of 67 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.
The Toyo Carp scored 605 runs, most in the league. Hiroshima gave up 519 runs. Koji Yamamoto walloped 43 home runs for the squad, while Art Gardner, Jitsuo Mizutani, Jim Lyttle and Sachio Kinugasa each swatted 15 or more, too. Koji Yamamoto drove in 103 runs. Jitsuo Mizutani paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .337 clip. Manabu Kitabeppu topped the team with 16 wins, and Yutaka Ono recorded a 2.68 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Jim Lyttle and Art Gardner both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Takeshi Koba served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manabu Kitabeppu | 16 | 10 | .615 | 3.30 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 226.3 | 229 | 89 | 83 | 28 | 43 | 6 | 123 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 934 |
| Hiroaki Fukushi | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.02 | 35 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 201.3 | 211 | 99 | 90 | 22 | 76 | 6 | 116 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 871 |
| Kazuo Yamane | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.09 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 195.3 | 199 | 80 | 67 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 794 |
| Kojiro Ikegaya | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.61 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 130.7 | 156 | 73 | 67 | 18 | 34 | 2 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 574 |
| Yutaka Ono | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.68 | 57 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 111.0 | 84 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 31 | 3 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 437 |
| Tomehiro Kaneda | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.48 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 42 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176 |
| Kunikazu Ogawa | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.66 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 51.7 | 49 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 217 |
| Naoki Takahashi | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.95 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66.0 | 70 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 272 |
| Hidetake Watanabe | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.87 | 43 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 44 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 218 |
| Masashi Doi | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Kazuo Yamamoto | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 129 | |
| Mitsuhiro Kataoka | 0 | 0 | 9.95 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | |
| Sohachi Aniya | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Kazuhisa Kawaguchi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.73 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Kazushi Saeki | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.06 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73 |
| Totals | 67 | 54 | .554 | 3.66 | 332 | 130 | 87 | 43 | 8 | 17 | 1146.0 | 1161 | 519 | 466 | 135 | 282 | 38 | 660 | 32 | 1 | 17 | 4786 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Lyttle | 128 | 534 | 493 | 83 | 157 | 25 | 2 | 33 | 100 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 58 | .318 | .362 | .578 | .940 | 285 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Koji Yamamoto | 130 | 553 | 473 | 102 | 156 | 21 | 0 | 43 | 103 | 5 | 3 | 73 | 56 | .330 | .420 | .647 | 1.066 | 306 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Jitsuo Mizutani | 126 | 488 | 427 | 55 | 144 | 22 | 0 | 23 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 55 | .337 | .407 | .550 | .957 | 235 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Art Gardner | 129 | 514 | 480 | 61 | 135 | 22 | 2 | 26 | 77 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 78 | .281 | .323 | .498 | .821 | 239 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Sachio Kinugasa | 130 | 553 | 495 | 82 | 134 | 23 | 2 | 30 | 72 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 83 | .271 | .334 | .507 | .841 | 251 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Yoshihiko Takahashi | 111 | 490 | 460 | 72 | 133 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 38 | .289 | .324 | .389 | .714 | 179 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Tomio Kinoshita | 126 | 364 | 316 | 46 | 75 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 43 | .237 | .299 | .316 | .616 | 100 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2 |
| Toshiyuki Mimura | 96 | 275 | 247 | 19 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 37 | .227 | .280 | .356 | .636 | 88 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Shiro Mizunuma | 77 | 192 | 167 | 16 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 28 | .257 | .321 | .287 | .608 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Hiroyuki Michihara | 62 | 163 | 147 | 16 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | .286 | .327 | .327 | .653 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Mitsuo Tatsukawa | 49 | 123 | 113 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .221 | .285 | .283 | .568 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hiroaki Fukushi | 35 | 72 | 60 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .250 | .258 | .333 | .591 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Yasuhiro Hagiwara | 70 | 106 | 91 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | .165 | .264 | .220 | .484 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Akio Nakao | 95 | 47 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | .256 | .298 | .395 | .693 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kazuo Yamane | 30 | 73 | 67 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .164 | .188 | .194 | .382 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiyoyuki Nagashima | 36 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .281 | .314 | .281 | .596 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Manabu Kitabeppu | 32 | 89 | 78 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | .103 | .114 | .115 | .229 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomehiro Kaneda | 9 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .438 | .867 | 1.304 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yutaka Ono | 57 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kojiro Ikegaya | 26 | 48 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .089 | .109 | .089 | .198 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunikazu Ogawa | 37 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .750 | .750 | 1.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshitaka Terada | 30 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .150 | .346 | .150 | .496 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Naoki Takahashi | 16 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Takashi Osanai | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shinji Hara | 12 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junzo Uchida | 15 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .077 | .200 | .154 | .354 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuo Yamamoto | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiyoshi Yamanaka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hidetake Watanabe | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eikyu Kiyama | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazushi Saeki | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toshinori Nagata | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shuichi Fukazawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1768 | 4863 | 4360 | 605 | 1194 | 171 | 12 | 181 | 582 | 54 | 57 | 354 | 647 | .274 | .331 | .443 | .774 | 1932 | 102 | 36 | 82 | 31 | 36 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jitsuo Mizutani | 1B | 123 | .000 | |||||
| Sachio Kinugasa | 1B | 76 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuhiro Hagiwara | 1B | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Tomio Kinoshita | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Tomio Kinoshita | 2B | 112 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiyuki Mimura | 2B | 74 | .000 | |||||
| Akio Nakao | 2B | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Eikyu Kiyama | 2B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Shinji Hara | 2B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Toshinori Nagata | 2B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Sachio Kinugasa | 3B | 128 | .000 | |||||
| Akio Nakao | 3B | 56 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiyuki Mimura | 3B | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Eikyu Kiyama | 3B | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Tomio Kinoshita | 3B | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Shiro Mizunuma | C | 72 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroyuki Michihara | C | 58 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuo Tatsukawa | C | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Koji Yamamoto | OF | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Art Gardner | OF | 128 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Lyttle | OF | 124 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuhiro Hagiwara | OF | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshitaka Terada | OF | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyoyuki Nagashima | OF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Akio Nakao | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Ono | P | 57 | .000 | |||||
| Hidetake Watanabe | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Kunikazu Ogawa | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroaki Fukushi | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Manabu Kitabeppu | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Yamamoto | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Yamane | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Kojiro Ikegaya | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Naoki Takahashi | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Tomehiro Kaneda | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhisa Kawaguchi | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Kazushi Saeki | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuhiro Kataoka | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Masashi Doi | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Sohachi Aniya | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshihiko Takahashi | SS | 110 | .000 | |||||
| Tomio Kinoshita | SS | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Akio Nakao | SS | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1708 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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