1969 Hanshin Tigers Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 68-59
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Tsuguo Goto (68-59)
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium

1969 Hanshin Tigers Roster

The Hanshin Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1969 season with a record of 68 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Tigers topped the league with just 353 runs allowed. Hanshin scored 402 runs, worst in the league,. Willie Kirkland led the team with 26 home runs, while Taira Fujita and Koichi Tabuchi walloped 15 or more, too. Willie Kirkland accounted for 66 RBI. Taira Fujita paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .293. Yutaka Enatsu paced the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 1.81 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Joe Gaines and Willie Kirkland both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Tsuguo Goto 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
Yutaka Enatsu	15	10	.600	1.81	44	23	16	17	7		258.3	172	56	52	17	78	1	262	3	3	1000
Tomoo Wako	12	12	.500	2.74	41	19	13	8	4		177.3	163	59	54	14	50	4	97	4	3	726
Minoru Murayama	12	14	.462	2.01	35	26	6	11	1		214.7	180	58	48	19	38	2	160	7	0	842
Masatoshi Gondo	10	4	.714	2.71	28	17	4	3	0		123.0	106	41	37	12	31	0	74	1	0	490
Yukio Ito	8	4	.667	2.55	26	13	6	4	2		109.3	83	31	31	11	23	2	61	6	1	428
Kiyotake Suzuki	6	8	.429	2.16	39	16	11	2	1		133.3	97	38	32	14	32	1	106	5	2	524
Minoru Kakimoto	3	4	.429	3.26	23	11	9	1	1		77.3	75	31	28	8	8	1	42	6	0	310
Goji Hisano	1	0	1.000	1.09	12	1	5	1	1		24.7	15	3	3	0	5	0	10	1	1	95
Mikio Ishitoko	1	1	.500	3.71	5	1	2	0	0		17.0	20	10	7	0	3	1	15	1	0	73
Toshiki Okuda	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0		2.7	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	13
Kazuharu Abe	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Shuichi Kira	0	0		6.00	1	0	1	0	0		3.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	13
Yoshizumi Kaburaki	0	0		6.75	3	0	2	0	0		2.7	5	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	13
Hideo Kanemoto	0	0		10.80	2	0	1	0	0		5.0	8	6	6	4	1	0	2	0	0	22
Kazutomo Ueki	0	2	.000	4.38	12	3	5	0	0		24.7	22	15	12	4	11	0	11	0	0	100
Totals	68	59	.535	2.41	274	130	83	47	17	0	1174.0	953	353	314	104	284	12	847	34	10	4653

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
Taira Fujita	130	556	526	62	154	25	3	19	54	12	7	27	57	.293	.327	.460	.787	242	0	1	0	2	2
Willie Kirkland	130	536	496	57	122	17	0	26	66	1	6	36	133	.246	.302	.438	.740	217	8	4	0	0	2
Eiji Fujii	112	420	373	28	88	16	1	2	25	2	3	41	35	.236	.313	.300	.614	112	6	1	5	0	0
Koichi Tabuchi	117	412	359	47	81	15	1	22	56	1	6	42	98	.226	.320	.457	.777	164	12	9	0	2	1
Hidetaka Okura	119	365	336	28	80	11	1	7	26	3	2	20	70	.238	.291	.339	.630	114	4	6	1	2	2
Motoo Ando	86	262	234	36	57	6	2	9	21	2	2	16	31	.244	.303	.402	.705	94	10	4	8	0	0
Goro Toi	88	272	247	20	52	10	1	5	31	1	0	19	40	.211	.267	.320	.587	79	8	1	2	3	1
Yasuhiko Tsuji	83	230	200	10	45	11	0	3	24	0	3	24	32	.225	.314	.325	.639	65	6	3	1	2	1
Junichi Ikeda	99	237	215	15	39	7	0	3	13	4	2	16	47	.181	.241	.256	.497	55	7	1	5	0	1
Toru Wada	77	193	179	13	36	4	0	5	17	0	0	9	47	.201	.242	.307	.549	55	7	1	3	1	1
Takao Yamao	71	176	155	12	34	3	0	4	9	0	3	18	38	.219	.305	.316	.621	49	8	1	2	0	1
Joe Gaines	51	168	156	20	32	2	1	3	11	4	3	9	25	.205	.253	.288	.541	45	2	1	2	0	0
Yoshio Yoshida	77	169	155	14	30	5	0	0	3	1	1	6	16	.194	.246	.226	.471	35	4	5	2	1	0
Akitoshi Kodama	48	107	99	8	21	1	0	0	5	0	0	7	14	.212	.262	.222	.484	22	4	0	0	1	0
Minoru Murayama	35	72	63	2	13	3	0	0	2	0	1	5	14	.206	.265	.254	.519	16	2	0	4	0	0
Masanori Noda	31	55	51	5	8	1	1	1	4	2	3	4	7	.157	.218	.275	.493	14	1	0	0	0	0
Yutaka Enatsu	44	88	87	4	8	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	34	.092	.102	.138	.240	12	3	0	0	0	0
Kiyotake Suzuki	39	32	29	0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	.241	.241	.241	.483	7	1	0	3	0	0
Kozo Kawato	14	24	24	5	6	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	.250	.250	.333	.583	8	0	0	0	0	0
Yukio Ito	27	33	33	2	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	15	.182	.182	.364	.545	12	2	0	0	0	0
Tomoo Wako	41	57	55	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	28	.109	.125	.109	.234	6	1	0	1	0	0
Yoshinori Tsuji	37	44	41	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	14	.122	.182	.195	.377	8	2	2	0	0	0
Norio Mizoguchi	12	23	19	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	4	.211	.286	.316	.602	6	0	0	2	0	0
Koichi Nishimura	23	22	22	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	11	.182	.182	.364	.545	8	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuaki Goto	25	30	29	2	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	5	.138	.138	.241	.379	7	0	0	1	0	0
Masashi Eda	9	16	13	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.231	.312	.308	.620	4	0	1	0	1	0
Masatoshi Gondo	29	39	35	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.086	.111	.086	.197	3	0	0	3	0	0
Minoru Kakimoto	24	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.105	.105	.105	.211	2	0	0	1	0	0
Kazutomo Ueki	12	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kingo Motoyashiki	17	20	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.056	.150	.056	.206	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kunihiro Fujita	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mikio Ishitoko	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hideo Kanemoto	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goji Hisano	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	1737	4693	4283	402	952	141	14	114	385	34	45	308	861	.222	.280	.342	.622	1463	99	41	46	15	12

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Goro Toi	1B	75					.000
Toru Wada	1B	62					.000
Koichi Tabuchi	1B	20					.000
Koichi Nishimura	1B	14					.000
Kunihiro Fujita	1B	8					.000
Yoshinori Tsuji	1B	2					.000
Kazuo Ohara	1B	1					.000
Shuichi Kira	1B	1					.000
Masatoshi Gondo	1B	1					.000
Motoo Ando	2B	77					.000
Yoshio Yoshida	2B	73					.000
Masanori Noda	2B	18					.000
Kingo Motoyashiki	2B	13					.000
Masashi Eda	2B	6					.000
Hidetaka Okura	2B	1					.000
Hidetaka Okura	3B	119					.000
Akitoshi Kodama	3B	29					.000
Kazuaki Goto	3B	14					.000
Motoo Ando	3B	4					.000
Yoshio Yoshida	3B	1					.000
Kingo Motoyashiki	3B	1					.000
Koichi Tabuchi	C	82					.000
Yasuhiko Tsuji	C	50					.000
Yoshinori Tsuji	C	1					.000
Willie Kirkland	OF	130					.000
Eiji Fujii	OF	112					.000
Junichi Ikeda	OF	87					.000
Toru Wada	OF	70					.000
Takao Yamao	OF	61					.000
Joe Gaines	OF	41					.000
Norio Mizoguchi	OF	11					.000
Kozo Kawato	OF	5					.000
Yoshinori Tsuji	OF	1					.000
Minoru Kakimoto	OF	1					.000
Yukio Ito	OF	1					.000
Yutaka Enatsu	P	44					.000
Tomoo Wako	P	41					.000
Kiyotake Suzuki	P	39					.000
Minoru Murayama	P	35					.000
Masatoshi Gondo	P	28					.000
Yukio Ito	P	26					.000
Minoru Kakimoto	P	23					.000
Kazutomo Ueki	P	12					.000
Goji Hisano	P	12					.000
Mikio Ishitoko	P	5					.000
Yoshizumi Kaburaki	P	3					.000
Toshiki Okuda	P	2					.000
Hideo Kanemoto	P	2					.000
Shuichi Kira	P	1					.000
Kazuharu Abe	P	1					.000
Taira Fujita	SS	129					.000
Motoo Ando	SS	3					.000
Yoshio Yoshida	SS	1					.000
Totals		1600	0	0	0	0	.000

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