1961 Hanshin Tigers Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 60-67
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Sadayoshi Fujimoto (0-0), Masayasu Kaneda (0-0)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
1961 Hanshin Tigers RosterTeam Record: 60-67
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Sadayoshi Fujimoto (0-0), Masayasu Kaneda (0-0)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
The Hanshin Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1961 season with a record of 60 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.
The Tigers scored 405 runs and allowed 411 runs. Michael Solomko paced Hanshin with 21 home runs, while Hideshi Miyake walloped 15 or more also. Michael Solomko accounted for 70 RBI. Katsumi Fujimoto topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .300. Minoru Murayama recorded 24 wins on the mound for the team, and Shozo Watanabe registered a 1.89 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers. Sadayoshi Fujimoto and Masayasu Kaneda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minoru Murayama | 24 | 13 | .649 | 2.27 | 48 | 31 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 293.0 | 238 | 81 | 74 | 16 | 62 | 9 | 221 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1148 | |
| Shozo Watanabe | 11 | 6 | .647 | 1.88 | 49 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 157.7 | 159 | 49 | 33 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 626 | |
| Masaaki Koyama | 11 | 22 | .333 | 2.41 | 46 | 37 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 291.3 | 222 | 91 | 78 | 20 | 65 | 8 | 204 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1144 | |
| Masaru Honma | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.49 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 167.7 | 149 | 73 | 65 | 20 | 44 | 3 | 97 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 686 | |
| Tsutomu Ina | 4 | 9 | .308 | 3.63 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 86.7 | 98 | 48 | 35 | 5 | 38 | 2 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 386 | |
| Katsuhiko Maki | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.02 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 62.3 | 43 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 247 | |
| Shokichi Morimitsu | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Takaaki Takahashi | 0 | 0 | 1.64 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | ||
| Koichi Ota | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Yutaka Doi | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | ||
| Kenji Fukuura | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | ||
| Masayuki Umemoto | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Yoshiteru Ishikawa | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.37 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 | 72 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 283 | |
| Totals | 60 | 67 | .472 | 2.60 | 303 | 130 | 83 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 1178.7 | 1030 | 411 | 340 | 80 | 288 | 23 | 712 | 27 | 4 | 22 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hideshi Miyake | 130 | 545 | 483 | 69 | 132 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 56 | 23 | 3 | 51 | 60 | .273 | .344 | .424 | .768 | 205 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Minoru Kamata | 130 | 522 | 500 | 56 | 130 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 29 | .260 | .273 | .334 | .607 | 167 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Solomko | 119 | 475 | 422 | 53 | 114 | 20 | 3 | 21 | 70 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 93 | .270 | .333 | .481 | .814 | 203 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Katsumi Fujimoto | 108 | 421 | 370 | 36 | 111 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 58 | .300 | .375 | .419 | .794 | 155 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Teruo Namiki | 116 | 448 | 408 | 34 | 105 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 29 | 64 | .257 | .310 | .353 | .663 | 144 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Yoshio Yoshida | 115 | 465 | 412 | 44 | 94 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 39 | 20 | .228 | .298 | .320 | .619 | 132 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Mitsutsugu Yokoyama | 105 | 304 | 285 | 28 | 70 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 41 | .246 | .282 | .351 | .633 | 100 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Atsushi Otsu | 92 | 190 | 175 | 14 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | .257 | .299 | .371 | .671 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Tetsuya Yamamoto | 107 | 236 | 220 | 13 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 31 | .186 | .211 | .214 | .425 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Goro Toi | 83 | 155 | 139 | 7 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 25 | .237 | .310 | .331 | .641 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kazuyoshi Nishiyama | 73 | 111 | 104 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | .240 | .282 | .308 | .590 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Masao Tokaji | 69 | 112 | 103 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .233 | .282 | .311 | .592 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshimatsu Yokochi | 57 | 97 | 93 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | .226 | .250 | .290 | .540 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keiichi Asagoe | 41 | 74 | 72 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | .264 | .260 | .486 | .746 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Minoru Murayama | 48 | 105 | 101 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .188 | .212 | .267 | .479 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Masaaki Koyama | 46 | 100 | 94 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .181 | .189 | .277 | .466 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Noboru Fujishige | 26 | 49 | 49 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .224 | .224 | .408 | .633 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masaru Honma | 41 | 57 | 48 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .167 | .196 | .208 | .404 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Hirozo Ishida | 21 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .226 | .219 | .226 | .445 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Koshiro Ito | 61 | 57 | 55 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | .109 | .140 | .164 | .304 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsutomu Ina | 30 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .217 | .308 | .261 | .569 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keizo Furukawa | 10 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .286 | .375 | .429 | .804 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shigeharu Asai | 22 | 29 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .138 | .138 | .276 | .414 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shozo Watanabe | 49 | 45 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .093 | .093 | .093 | .186 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoichi Daikoku | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katsuhiko Maki | 24 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshiteru Ishikawa | 32 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yutaka Doi | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuo Takaira | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takaaki Takahashi | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuo Hatano | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koichi Ota | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Miyake | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akira Taniguruma | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1805 | 4728 | 4322 | 405 | 1053 | 164 | 30 | 80 | 382 | 103 | 63 | 284 | 636 | .244 | .292 | .351 | .643 | 1517 | 106 | 23 | 75 | 24 | 16 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katsumi Fujimoto | 1B | 105 | .000 | |||||
| Goro Toi | 1B | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Solomko | 1B | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuhiko Maki | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Minoru Kamata | 2B | 127 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshimatsu Yokochi | 2B | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeharu Asai | 2B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Hideshi Miyake | 3B | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Tetsuya Yamamoto | C | 107 | .000 | |||||
| Masao Tokaji | C | 69 | .000 | |||||
| Noboru Fujishige | C | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Keizo Furukawa | C | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Masayuki Umemoto | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Taniguruma | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Teruo Namiki | OF | 115 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Solomko | OF | 114 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsutsugu Yokoyama | OF | 99 | .000 | |||||
| Atsushi Otsu | OF | 59 | .000 | |||||
| Koshiro Ito | OF | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuyoshi Nishiyama | OF | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Keiichi Asagoe | OF | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Hirozo Ishida | OF | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Katsumi Fujimoto | OF | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Goro Toi | OF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Hatano | OF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shoichi Daikoku | OF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shozo Watanabe | P | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Minoru Murayama | P | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Masaaki Koyama | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Masaru Honma | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshiteru Ishikawa | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Tsutomu Ina | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuhiko Maki | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Koichi Ota | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Doi | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Takaaki Takahashi | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Kenji Fukuura | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Masayuki Umemoto | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shokichi Morimitsu | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshio Yoshida | SS | 113 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshimatsu Yokochi | SS | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeharu Asai | SS | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Miyake | SS | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Takaira | SS | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1585 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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