1970 Hanshin Tigers Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 77-49
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Tsuguo Goto (0-0), Minoru Murayama (0-0)
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium

1970 Hanshin Tigers Roster

The Hanshin Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1970 season with a record of 77 wins and 49 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Tigers paced the league with just 335 runs allowed. Hanshin scored 435 runs. Koichi Tabuchi powered the squad with 21 home runs, while Willie Kirkland walloped 15 or more also. Goro Toi recorded 55 runs batted in. Motoo Ando led batters with significant playing time by hitting .294. Yutaka Enatsu topped the squad with 21 wins, and Minoru Murayama registered a 0.98 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Willie Kirkland and Fred Valentine both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Tsuguo Goto and Minoru Murayama 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
Yutaka Enatsu	21	17	.553	2.13	52	37	14	25	8		337.7	232	87	80	29	73	5	340	3	1	5	1295
Minoru Murayama	14	3	.824	0.98	25	19	5	7	5		156.0	85	18	17	7	34	6	118	3	0	0	573
Tomoo Wako	13	10	.565	2.17	41	25	13	9	2		195.0	159	56	47	14	53	7	94	3	0	2	780
Jiro Ueda	9	8	.529	2.99	27	19	3	7	2		141.3	111	50	47	20	31	2	105	6	0	0	558
Yukio Ito	6	2	.750	3.18	25	11	9	2	0		87.7	83	32	31	7	19	1	39	4	0	1	357
Masatoshi Gondo	6	3	.667	2.44	30	8	7	1	0		92.3	81	28	25	3	32	4	74	3	0	2	380
Kiyotake Suzuki	5	5	.500	2.38	26	10	12	3	0		94.7	70	25	25	11	21	3	49	3	0	0	370
Shigemasa Yamamoto	2	0	1.000	2.15	17	0	5	0	0		37.7	25	11	9	3	11	3	33	3	0	1	147
Hideo Hirayama	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0		7.3	5	1	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	1	29
Yoshizumi Kaburaki	0	0			1	0	0	0	0		0.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Shuichi Kira	0	0		7.04	6	0	3	0	0		7.7	8	6	6	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	32
Kazutomo Ueki	0	0		7.50	4	0	0	0	0		6.0	10	5	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	29
Goji Hisano	0	0		10.38	7	0	5	0	0		8.7	15	10	10	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	43
Kazuhiko Ikejima	0	1	.000	9.00	3	0	0	0	0		5.0	8	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	21
Totals	77	49	.611	2.36	265	130	76	54	17	0	1177.0	896	335	308	96	282	31	878	29	1	13	4618

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	121	486	443	48	122	26	3	9	51	5	5	33	53	.275	.322	.409	.731	181	6	1	2	7	0
Goro Toi	123	467	416	31	118	18	2	10	55	4	2	38	62	.284	.346	.409	.754	170	6	3	7	3	3
Motoo Ando	121	440	378	45	111	15	1	10	30	3	6	29	45	.294	.348	.418	.766	158	5	3	29	1	3
Fred Valentine	123	495	439	40	108	22	2	11	46	3	5	41	76	.246	.317	.380	.697	167	5	6	6	3	3
Willie Kirkland	118	408	369	40	92	16	1	15	32	3	6	28	81	.249	.308	.420	.729	155	8	4	6	1	6
Koichi Tabuchi	89	355	316	40	77	11	0	21	40	1	2	32	74	.244	.327	.478	.805	151	6	7	0	0	3
Minoru Kamata	108	213	186	23	54	5	3	2	12	3	2	12	12	.290	.333	.382	.715	71	5	0	15	0	0
Takao Yamao	94	235	205	18	53	6	1	4	11	1	5	23	36	.259	.336	.356	.692	73	2	1	6	0	0
Eiji Fujii	75	215	186	19	45	6	0	3	14	1	3	23	29	.242	.321	.323	.644	60	2	1	0	5	0
Junichi Ikeda	100	190	176	25	44	5	1	12	32	0	3	11	34	.250	.298	.494	.792	87	1	1	2	0	2
Yasuhiko Tsuji	62	171	150	6	33	5	0	1	9	1	1	14	23	.220	.295	.273	.569	41	7	2	5	0	3
Kazuaki Goto	73	157	142	17	32	7	0	3	9	1	0	7	28	.225	.267	.338	.605	48	3	1	7	0	1
Masaharu Sato	96	144	124	31	30	6	2	1	10	16	2	14	15	.242	.338	.347	.685	43	4	4	2	0	0
Masanori Noda	88	137	127	17	30	2	2	3	14	9	3	5	15	.236	.271	.354	.625	45	0	1	4	0	0
Hidetaka Okura	51	128	112	9	22	5	1	1	7	1	1	4	23	.196	.272	.286	.558	32	1	8	3	1	2
Yutaka Enatsu	52	121	120	1	18	5	0	0	4	0	0	1	45	.150	.157	.192	.349	23	2	0	0	0	0
Toru Wada	77	92	86	7	15	5	0	3	14	1	0	3	19	.174	.202	.337	.539	29	2	0	3	0	0
Minoru Murayama	25	53	47	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	19	.191	.240	.213	.453	10	0	0	3	0	0
Takao Katsuragi	14	35	30	1	8	0	0	1	5	0	2	2	3	.267	.294	.367	.661	11	1	0	1	2	0
Masatoshi Gondo	30	29	26	1	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	5	.192	.250	.192	.442	5	0	0	1	0	0
Jiro Ueda	27	50	44	0	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	23	.114	.152	.159	.311	7	0	0	4	0	0
Hakaru Kuwano	20	25	21	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.190	.250	.238	.488	5	1	1	1	1	0
Yukio Ito	25	30	26	2	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	12	.154	.154	.231	.385	6	2	0	4	0	0
Tomoo Wako	41	65	61	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	24	.066	.081	.082	.163	5	0	0	3	0	0
Masashi Eda	28	17	14	5	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	5	.214	.353	.357	.710	5	0	1	0	0	0
Kazuo Ohara	8	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	1	0	0	0	0
Koichi Nishimura	12	15	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.154	.267	.154	.421	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kiyotake Suzuki	26	27	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.130	.091	.221	2	0	0	4	0	0
Hideo Hirayama	1	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shigemasa Yamamoto	17	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hideki Hara	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shuichi Kira	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kunihiro Fujita	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mikizo Manabe	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takayuki Kusuhashi	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Kozo Kawato	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1873	4821	4300	435	1053	173	20	110	411	54	48	334	780	.245	.304	.371	.676	1596	70	45	118	24	26

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Goro Toi	1B	120					.000
Toru Wada	1B	45					.000
Takao Katsuragi	1B	10					.000
Willie Kirkland	1B	2					.000
Takao Yamao	1B	1					.000
Koichi Tabuchi	1B	1					.000
Mikizo Manabe	1B	1					.000
Hideki Hara	1B	1					.000
Kunihiro Fujita	1B	1					.000
Motoo Ando	2B	115					.000
Minoru Kamata	2B	67					.000
Masanori Noda	2B	16					.000
Masashi Eda	2B	7					.000
Hidetaka Okura	2B	1					.000
Kazuaki Goto	2B	1					.000
Kazuaki Goto	3B	68					.000
Hidetaka Okura	3B	51					.000
Taira Fujita	3B	50					.000
Minoru Kamata	3B	45					.000
Masashi Eda	3B	11					.000
Motoo Ando	3B	3					.000
Koichi Nishimura	3B	2					.000
Koichi Tabuchi	C	88					.000
Yasuhiko Tsuji	C	47					.000
Toru Wada	C	3					.000
Kunihiro Fujita	C	3					.000
Fred Valentine	OF	122					.000
Willie Kirkland	OF	114					.000
Takao Yamao	OF	79					.000
Junichi Ikeda	OF	77					.000
Masaharu Sato	OF	72					.000
Eiji Fujii	OF	49					.000
Hakaru Kuwano	OF	10					.000
Koichi Nishimura	OF	4					.000
Kunihiro Fujita	OF	2					.000
Mikizo Manabe	OF	1					.000
Takao Katsuragi	OF	1					.000
Yutaka Enatsu	P	52					.000
Tomoo Wako	P	41					.000
Masatoshi Gondo	P	30					.000
Jiro Ueda	P	27					.000
Kiyotake Suzuki	P	26					.000
Minoru Murayama	P	25					.000
Yukio Ito	P	25					.000
Shigemasa Yamamoto	P	17					.000
Goji Hisano	P	7					.000
Shuichi Kira	P	6					.000
Kazutomo Ueki	P	4					.000
Kazuhiko Ikejima	P	3					.000
Yoshizumi Kaburaki	P	1					.000
Hideo Hirayama	P	1					.000
Taira Fujita	SS	73					.000
Masanori Noda	SS	49					.000
Motoo Ando	SS	2					.000
Totals		1680	0	0	0	0	.000

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