1981 Hanshin Tigers Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-58
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Futoshi Nakanishi (0-0), Don Blasingame (0-0)
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium

1981 Hanshin Tigers Roster

The Hanshin Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1981 season with a record of 67 wins and 58 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.

The Tigers scored 523 runs and allowed 480 runs. Masayuki Kakefu led Hanshin with 23 home runs, while Akinobu Okada and Doug Ault walloped 15 or more also. Masayuki Kakefu accounted for 86 RBI. Taira Fujita paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .358. Shigeru Kobayashi topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.01 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1981 Hanshin Tigers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Paul Dade, Dan Gonzales and Doug Ault.

Futoshi Nakanishi and Don Blasingame 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
Shigeru Kobayashi	16	10	.615	3.01	32	30	2	17	2	2	230.0	202	82	77	15	53	7	156	14	1	0	937
Kazuyuki Yamamoto	12	12	.500	3.29	31	28	1	11	1	1	202.3	181	82	74	28	56	5	158	1	0	5	822
Kazuhiko Kudo	9	9	.500	3.79	32	25	3	3	1	0	163.7	163	75	69	22	42	3	99	3	2	3	684
Fumitaka Ito	8	8	.500	3.67	33	23	2	4	1	0	147.0	148	72	60	15	31	3	89	2	0	0	606
Sadao Omachi	7	1	.875	1.92	50	0	24	0	0	8	79.7	71	20	17	4	28	8	41	6	0	0	338
Yoshihiro Nakada	6	5	.545	3.40	38	5	23	1	0	8	84.7	84	40	32	10	23	6	67	0	1	2	360
Takenori Emoto	4	6	.400	3.52	24	12	7	1	0	1	87.0	77	39	34	11	36	8	70	4	0	1	377
Seikyoku Masuyama	3	3	.500	2.94	19	7	4	1	0	0	52.0	44	20	17	4	18	1	30	1	0	1	213
Yutaka Ikeuchi	2	2	.500	3.57	38	0	16	0	0	1	58.0	54	24	23	3	10	1	38	2	0	1	231
Nobuhisa Endo	0	0		7.20	6	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	6	4	4	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	22
Masashi Fujiwara	0	0		9.00	5	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	20
Fumio Sato	0	0		11.25	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	9	8	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	24
Osamu Fukuma	0	2	.000	2.35	35	0	7	0	0	1	30.7	29	11	8	2	8	0	24	0	0	2	125
Totals	67	58	.536	3.32	346	130	92	38	5	22	1147.0	1074	480	423	118	314	42	779	33	4	16	4759

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
Masayuki Kakefu	130	549	458	84	156	25	1	23	86	1	1	85	54	.341	.443	.550	.993	252	8	2	0	4	18
Akinobu Okada	130	524	485	70	140	23	3	20	76	1	0	28	43	.289	.331	.472	.804	229	13	5	2	4	3
Noriyoshi Sano	127	508	466	59	138	14	0	11	48	5	7	31	29	.296	.339	.397	.736	185	6	1	6	4	2
Taira Fujita	107	403	369	41	132	24	0	11	70	2	2	32	21	.358	.407	.512	.919	189	6	0	0	2	5
Akinobu Mayumi	111	494	444	64	121	15	3	13	36	26	7	39	48	.273	.335	.408	.742	181	8	3	7	1	6
Yoshiharu Wakana	115	403	360	24	101	13	2	3	32	4	2	27	23	.281	.330	.353	.683	127	12	0	15	1	20
Doug Ault	102	348	326	39	100	12	0	18	59	2	1	14	60	.307	.341	.509	.850	166	12	4	2	2	3
Steven Rum	57	195	171	21	46	8	2	4	15	1	4	16	34	.269	.333	.409	.743	70	1	1	6	1	2
Terufumi Kitamura	100	182	167	19	40	8	1	1	16	8	5	7	28	.240	.277	.317	.594	53	4	2	5	1	0
Hirokazu Kato	57	196	180	22	40	6	3	1	4	14	3	12	30	.222	.275	.306	.580	55	6	1	3	0	0
Paul Dade	37	128	114	15	25	3	1	1	5	3	2	7	24	.219	.280	.289	.569	33	2	3	3	1	0
Kozo Kawato	52	65	59	3	18	5	0	1	13	0	1	2	9	.305	.328	.441	.769	26	0	1	1	2	0
Haruki Yoshitake	81	103	86	16	16	4	0	0	2	1	2	9	21	.186	.276	.233	.508	20	1	2	5	1	0
Yuji Kasama	36	75	63	5	14	3	0	3	9	0	0	7	12	.222	.301	.413	.714	26	2	1	2	2	0
Seiichi Uematsu	50	88	79	4	14	2	1	0	5	1	1	5	24	.177	.226	.228	.454	18	1	0	4	0	0
Yoshiyuki Sakakibara	41	78	65	9	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	11	.200	.288	.215	.503	14	2	0	5	0	1
Shigeru Kobayashi	32	91	81	3	11	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	21	.136	.176	.136	.312	11	1	0	6	0	0
Masashi Takenouchi	33	56	52	2	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.173	.232	.212	.444	11	1	3	0	0	0
Kazuyuki Yamamoto	31	75	64	4	9	0	0	3	7	0	0	3	16	.141	.179	.281	.460	18	1	0	8	0	0
Kazuhiko Kudo	36	54	51	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	16	.157	.189	.157	.346	8	2	0	1	0	0
Masakazu Seike	8	13	11	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.545	.615	.636	1.252	7	0	0	0	0	0
Tadakazu Oshima	25	27	23	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	.261	.370	.304	.675	7	1	1	0	0	0
Takenori Emoto	24	26	21	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.238	.273	.333	.606	7	0	0	4	0	0
Katsuyuki Hikima	20	18	16	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	.250	.333	.312	.646	5	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Gonzales	9	23	23	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	5	.174	.174	.304	.478	7	0	0	0	0	0
Seikyoku Masuyama	19	16	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250	2	2	0	0	0	0
Fumitaka Ito	35	49	44	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	.045	.045	.045	.091	2	1	0	5	0	0
Osamu Fukuma	35	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kazumasa Fujikura	15	10	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	.125	.125	.250	.375	2	0	0	2	0	0
Sadao Omachi	51	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	.067	.067	.067	.133	1	0	0	1	0	0
Katsuhiro Nakamura	30	18	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.067	.118	.067	.184	1	1	0	1	1	0
Yutaka Ikeuchi	38	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Yoshihiro Nakada	39	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.062	.000	.062	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1813	4853	4352	523	1184	174	17	114	503	71	42	349	608	.272	.328	.398	.727	1734	94	30	95	27	60

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Taira Fujita	1B	101					.000
Doug Ault	1B	41					.000
Katsuhiro Nakamura	1B	22					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	1B	4					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	1B	1					.000
Noriyoshi Sano	1B	1					.000
Akinobu Okada	2B	128					.000
Yoshiyuki Sakakibara	2B	9					.000
Kazumasa Fujikura	2B	2					.000
Masayuki Kakefu	3B	130					.000
Akinobu Okada	3B	6					.000
Kazumasa Fujikura	3B	5					.000
Masakazu Seike	3B	2					.000
Yoshiyuki Sakakibara	3B	1					.000
Yoshiharu Wakana	C	115					.000
Yuji Kasama	C	35					.000
Tadakazu Oshima	C	10					.000
Noriyoshi Sano	OF	124					.000
Terufumi Kitamura	OF	94					.000
Haruki Yoshitake	OF	65					.000
Doug Ault	OF	65					.000
Steven Rum	OF	56					.000
Hirokazu Kato	OF	53					.000
Paul Dade	OF	35					.000
Seiichi Uematsu	OF	27					.000
Kozo Kawato	OF	15					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	OF	10					.000
Katsuyuki Hikima	OF	6					.000
Dan Gonzales	OF	6					.000
Sadao Omachi	P	50					.000
Yoshihiro Nakada	P	38					.000
Yutaka Ikeuchi	P	38					.000
Osamu Fukuma	P	35					.000
Fumitaka Ito	P	33					.000
Kazuhiko Kudo	P	32					.000
Shigeru Kobayashi	P	32					.000
Kazuyuki Yamamoto	P	31					.000
Takenori Emoto	P	24					.000
Seikyoku Masuyama	P	19					.000
Nobuhisa Endo	P	6					.000
Masashi Fujiwara	P	5					.000
Fumio Sato	P	3					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	SS	111					.000
Yoshiyuki Sakakibara	SS	17					.000
Kazumasa Fujikura	SS	12					.000
Masakazu Seike	SS	5					.000
Totals		1660	0	0	0	0	.000

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