1973 Hanshin Tigers Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-59
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Masayasu Kaneda (64-59)
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
1973 Hanshin Tigers RosterTeam Record: 64-59
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Masayasu Kaneda (64-59)
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
The Hanshin Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1973 season with a record of 64 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.
The Tigers led the league with just 404 runs allowed. Hanshin scored 433 runs. Koichi Tabuchi walloped 37 home runs for the team, and Taira Fujita added 15 or more, too. Koichi Tabuchi accounted for 90 RBI. Goro Toi topped all regular hitters by hitting .296. Yutaka Enatsu notched 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Jiro Ueda contributed 15 or more victories as well Jiro Ueda earned a 2.23 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Willie Kirkland played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hanshin Tigers to do so.
Masayasu Kaneda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yutaka Enatsu | 24 | 13 | .649 | 2.58 | 53 | 39 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 307.0 | 258 | 95 | 88 | 23 | 82 | 6 | 215 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1228 | |
| Jiro Ueda | 22 | 14 | .611 | 2.22 | 46 | 35 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 287.3 | 229 | 80 | 71 | 24 | 76 | 8 | 169 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1159 | |
| Kenji Furusawa | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.40 | 43 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 132.3 | 107 | 55 | 50 | 15 | 40 | 3 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 530 | |
| Tomohiro Tanimura | 7 | 12 | .368 | 2.72 | 41 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 185.0 | 176 | 61 | 56 | 13 | 44 | 11 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 757 | |
| Kiyotake Suzuki | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.20 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | 33 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 206 | |
| Kazuhiko Ikejima | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Shigemasa Yamamoto | 0 | 0 | 2.43 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 35 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 154 | ||
| Seiichi Ogawa | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Shuichi Kira | 0 | 0 | 3.29 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | ||
| Kazutomo Ueki | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Hideo Hirayama | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | ||
| Masatoshi Gondo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.30 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 121 | |
| Kazuyuki Yamamoto | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.07 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 38 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | |
| Yutaka Saotome | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.00 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
| Tomoo Wako | 0 | 5 | .000 | 2.65 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 54.3 | 52 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 214 | |
| Totals | 64 | 59 | .520 | 2.82 | 334 | 130 | 84 | 46 | 16 | 0 | 1173.0 | 1008 | 404 | 368 | 100 | 336 | 34 | 679 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 4766 |
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 | 569 | 519 | 73 | 146 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 59 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 53 | .281 | .329 | .439 | .768 | 228 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| Junichi Ikeda | 120 | 475 | 441 | 43 | 114 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 76 | .259 | .307 | .390 | .697 | 172 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Goro Toi | 113 | 387 | 351 | 29 | 104 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 53 | .296 | .351 | .390 | .741 | 137 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Koichi Tabuchi | 119 | 499 | 398 | 77 | 102 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 69 | .256 | .393 | .550 | .943 | 219 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Kazuaki Goto | 117 | 416 | 378 | 22 | 92 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 55 | .243 | .291 | .339 | .629 | 128 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Masanori Noda | 109 | 371 | 325 | 29 | 72 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 51 | .222 | .277 | .289 | .566 | 94 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitsuru Mochizuki | 95 | 331 | 294 | 27 | 63 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 48 | .214 | .284 | .327 | .610 | 96 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Willie Kirkland | 98 | 280 | 252 | 23 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 55 | .242 | .309 | .429 | .738 | 108 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Toru Wada | 90 | 178 | 166 | 17 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 30 | .247 | .280 | .307 | .587 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Eiji Fujii | 44 | 162 | 133 | 21 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 21 | .293 | .410 | .429 | .839 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Katsuhiro Nakamura | 74 | 200 | 162 | 18 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 39 | .204 | .332 | .296 | .628 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Kozo Kawato | 77 | 164 | 151 | 14 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 20 | .212 | .245 | .258 | .504 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Masaharu Sato | 87 | 177 | 155 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 20 | .181 | .269 | .226 | .494 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Yutaka Enatsu | 53 | 108 | 98 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | .133 | .175 | .214 | .389 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasuhiko Tsuji | 24 | 63 | 57 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .211 | .262 | .281 | .543 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiro Ueda | 46 | 108 | 91 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | .121 | .129 | .143 | .272 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Hidetaka Okura | 34 | 67 | 55 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | .145 | .266 | .145 | .411 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Hakaru Kuwano | 28 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .233 | .303 | .267 | .570 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Motoo Ando | 36 | 54 | 50 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18 | .120 | .185 | .120 | .305 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tomohiro Tanimura | 41 | 58 | 54 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .093 | .109 | .093 | .202 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenji Furusawa | 43 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .091 | .118 | .091 | .209 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiyotake Suzuki | 30 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunihiro Fujita | 15 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .125 | .176 | .250 | .426 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomoo Wako | 25 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masaaki Suenaga | 48 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuyuki Yamamoto | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masatoshi Gondo | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yutaka Saotome | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shigemasa Yamamoto | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1767 | 4809 | 4263 | 433 | 998 | 135 | 11 | 115 | 417 | 41 | 33 | 381 | 753 | .234 | .302 | .352 | .653 | 1500 | 93 | 40 | 103 | 22 | 48 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goro Toi | 1B | 102 | .000 | |||||
| Toru Wada | 1B | 59 | .000 | |||||
| Motoo Ando | 1B | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Koichi Tabuchi | 1B | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyotake Suzuki | 1B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shuichi Kira | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuaki Goto | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Masanori Noda | 2B | 102 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuhiro Nakamura | 2B | 60 | .000 | |||||
| Motoo Ando | 2B | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuaki Goto | 3B | 115 | .000 | |||||
| Hidetaka Okura | 3B | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Masanori Noda | 3B | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Koichi Tabuchi | C | 114 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuhiko Tsuji | C | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Kunihiro Fujita | C | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Junichi Ikeda | OF | 120 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuru Mochizuki | OF | 92 | .000 | |||||
| Masaharu Sato | OF | 83 | .000 | |||||
| Willie Kirkland | OF | 80 | .000 | |||||
| Kozo Kawato | OF | 74 | .000 | |||||
| Eiji Fujii | OF | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Hakaru Kuwano | OF | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Toru Wada | OF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Koichi Tabuchi | OF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Masaaki Suenaga | OF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Masanori Noda | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Enatsu | P | 53 | .000 | |||||
| Jiro Ueda | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Kenji Furusawa | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Tomohiro Tanimura | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyotake Suzuki | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Tomoo Wako | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Masatoshi Gondo | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Shigemasa Yamamoto | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuyuki Yamamoto | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Shuichi Kira | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Seiichi Ogawa | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Hideo Hirayama | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Saotome | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Kazutomo Ueki | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhiko Ikejima | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Taira Fujita | SS | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1611 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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