1972 Hanshin Tigers Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 71-56
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Masayasu Kaneda (0-0), Minoru Murayama (0-0)
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium

1972 Hanshin Tigers Roster

The Hanshin Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1972 season with a record of 71 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Tigers led the league with just 431 runs allowed. Hanshin scored 470 runs. Koichi Tabuchi walloped 34 home runs for the team, while Willie Kirkland and Taira Fujita swatted 15 or more, too. Koichi Tabuchi accounted for 82 RBI. Junichi Ikeda paced all regular batters by hitting .282. Yutaka Enatsu earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad, and Tomohiro Tanimura earned a 2.26 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Willie Kirkland and Leon McFadden both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Masayasu Kaneda 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	23	8	.742	2.54	49	31	15	16	3		269.7	195	86	76	30	60	3	233	4	1	0	1059
Tomohiro Tanimura	11	11	.500	2.26	44	22	9	10	2		191.0	186	52	48	8	36	7	71	11	0	2	777
Jiro Ueda	9	7	.562	3.54	35	10	6	1	1		124.7	107	51	49	20	35	3	91	5	0	0	497
Hideo Hirayama	7	4	.636	3.07	34	5	14	0	0		85.0	77	32	29	7	31	6	36	0	0	0	344
Minoru Murayama	4	6	.400	3.61	22	13	6	3	0		84.7	78	36	34	8	18	3	45	2	0	1	340
Kazuhiko Ikejima	3	3	.500	2.29	21	9	7	1	1		51.0	51	15	13	3	14	1	19	1	0	0	213
Kazuyuki Yamamoto	3	5	.375	3.42	28	12	9	2	1		100.0	94	41	38	10	21	2	54	0	0	2	400
Masatoshi Gondo	2	0	1.000	2.68	30	2	3	0	0		37.0	26	13	11	1	19	2	13	1	0	3	150
Kiyotake Suzuki	2	1	.667	2.12	31	3	5	1	0		59.3	37	16	14	4	22	1	47	2	0	0	231
Yukio Ito	2	1	.667	3.00	6	4	0	0	0		21.0	18	8	7	1	1	1	7	2	0	0	80
Kazutomo Ueki	1	0	1.000	2.87	4	1	1	1	0		15.7	13	5	5	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	59
Shuichi Kira	1	1	.500	3.22	11	3	5	0	0		22.3	20	8	8	0	3	0	15	0	0	0	88
Shigemasa Yamamoto	1	1	.500	3.83	25	2	11	0	0		47.0	40	21	20	3	21	3	23	2	0	1	199
Tomoo Wako	1	2	.333	3.71	5	4	0	0	0		17.0	16	10	7	1	9	0	9	0	0	0	74
Kenji Furusawa	1	6	.143	5.20	16	8	2	0	0		45.0	53	30	26	7	16	3	24	0	0	3	196
Toshio Nogami	0	0		8.31	2	1	1	0	0		4.3	5	4	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	18
Osamu Uetsuji	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0		2.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
Totals	71	56	.559	3.00	364	130	95	35	8	0	1176.7	1019	431	392	106	310	35	692	30	1	13	4734

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	580	522	64	144	27	4	18	64	4	11	54	67	.276	.347	.446	.794	233	11	3	1	0	7
Koichi Tabuchi	128	533	469	71	121	16	2	34	82	2	1	55	91	.258	.341	.518	.860	243	12	6	0	3	14
Junichi Ikeda	121	434	400	32	113	24	1	9	50	5	4	28	61	.282	.328	.415	.743	166	3	1	1	4	8
Willie Kirkland	114	380	346	40	92	17	0	20	52	0	1	28	66	.266	.323	.488	.811	169	6	1	5	0	1
Goro Toi	102	287	263	25	69	15	2	8	34	1	2	20	43	.262	.313	.426	.739	112	9	0	3	1	2
Eiji Fujii	86	297	246	24	65	10	0	2	32	1	4	44	35	.264	.373	.329	.702	81	4	1	2	4	4
Masanori Noda	99	274	254	31	53	12	2	1	6	7	2	11	33	.209	.247	.283	.531	72	8	2	7	0	0
Mitsuru Mochizuki	92	255	232	22	48	12	0	7	21	1	1	15	36	.207	.262	.349	.611	81	4	3	3	2	1
Leon McFadden	54	172	159	16	45	7	2	2	6	5	3	10	33	.283	.333	.390	.723	62	5	2	1	0	0
Toru Wada	82	196	177	18	45	4	0	5	20	2	0	14	34	.254	.318	.362	.680	64	6	3	1	1	0
Kazuaki Goto	78	219	203	20	43	4	2	5	25	2	1	11	37	.212	.257	.325	.582	66	4	2	1	2	2
Motoo Ando	85	234	209	23	43	5	1	3	15	2	0	13	37	.206	.258	.282	.540	59	9	2	9	1	0
Katsuhiro Nakamura	81	209	177	17	31	6	0	3	9	4	3	24	37	.175	.274	.260	.534	46	5	0	8	0	0
Hidetaka Okura	64	131	113	15	30	1	0	2	12	1	0	13	16	.265	.349	.327	.676	37	4	2	2	1	2
Masaharu Sato	89	102	94	15	26	2	0	0	3	6	9	5	15	.277	.320	.298	.618	28	4	1	2	0	1
Yasuhiko Tsuji	58	99	87	12	17	3	0	4	9	0	0	10	11	.195	.283	.368	.651	32	3	1	0	1	3
Yutaka Enatsu	49	95	91	3	13	2	0	1	6	0	0	0	29	.143	.143	.198	.341	18	3	0	4	0	0
Kazuyuki Yamamoto	28	34	30	3	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.267	.290	.300	.590	9	1	0	3	0	0
Takao Yamao	19	25	22	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	7	.227	.320	.227	.547	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jiro Ueda	35	35	32	2	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	8	.156	.156	.312	.469	10	0	0	3	0	0
Tomohiro Tanimura	44	62	56	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.071	.088	.071	.159	4	2	0	5	0	0
Minoru Kamata	8	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	2	0	0
Kiyotake Suzuki	31	11	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	1	0	1	0	0
Masaaki Suenaga	24	16	13	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	.154	.312	.308	.620	4	0	1	0	0	0
Minoru Murayama	22	25	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.091	.167	.091	.258	2	2	0	1	0	0
Kazutomo Ueki	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Koichi Nishimura	5	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kenji Furusawa	16	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	1	0	0
Kazuhiko Ikejima	21	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	1	0	1	0	0
Shigemasa Yamamoto	25	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tomoo Wako	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masatoshi Gondo	30	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Shuichi Kira	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Hideo Hirayama	34	20	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.056	.000	.056	0	0	0	2	0	0
Hakaru Kuwano	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yukio Ito	6	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	1	0	0
Yukiyasu Nakamura	15	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toshio Nogami	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1903	4808	4317	470	1032	168	18	125	449	45	44	369	769	.239	.302	.373	.675	1611	109	31	71	20	45

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Goro Toi	1B	75					.000
Toru Wada	1B	51					.000
Koichi Tabuchi	1B	46					.000
Motoo Ando	1B	11					.000
Shigenori Kano	1B	8					.000
Kazuaki Goto	1B	4					.000
Willie Kirkland	1B	2					.000
Leon McFadden	1B	1					.000
Masanori Noda	2B	74					.000
Katsuhiro Nakamura	2B	60					.000
Motoo Ando	2B	47					.000
Minoru Kamata	2B	6					.000
Yukiyasu Nakamura	2B	1					.000
Kazuaki Goto	3B	66					.000
Hidetaka Okura	3B	57					.000
Masanori Noda	3B	32					.000
Leon McFadden	3B	16					.000
Motoo Ando	3B	8					.000
Koichi Nishimura	3B	5					.000
Koichi Tabuchi	C	114					.000
Yasuhiko Tsuji	C	50					.000
Toru Wada	C	2					.000
Junichi Ikeda	OF	118					.000
Willie Kirkland	OF	101					.000
Mitsuru Mochizuki	OF	88					.000
Masaharu Sato	OF	78					.000
Eiji Fujii	OF	76					.000
Leon McFadden	OF	35					.000
Toru Wada	OF	31					.000
Takao Yamao	OF	12					.000
Masaaki Suenaga	OF	5					.000
Shigenori Kano	OF	2					.000
Hakaru Kuwano	OF	1					.000
Yutaka Enatsu	P	49					.000
Tomohiro Tanimura	P	44					.000
Jiro Ueda	P	35					.000
Hideo Hirayama	P	34					.000
Kiyotake Suzuki	P	31					.000
Masatoshi Gondo	P	30					.000
Kazuyuki Yamamoto	P	28					.000
Shigemasa Yamamoto	P	25					.000
Minoru Murayama	P	22					.000
Kazuhiko Ikejima	P	21					.000
Kenji Furusawa	P	16					.000
Shuichi Kira	P	11					.000
Yukio Ito	P	6					.000
Tomoo Wako	P	5					.000
Kazutomo Ueki	P	4					.000
Toshio Nogami	P	2					.000
Osamu Uetsuji	P	1					.000
Taira Fujita	SS	130					.000
Totals		1777	0	0	0	0	.000

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