1998 Hanshin Tigers Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 52-83
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Yoshio Yoshida (52-83)
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium

1998 Hanshin Tigers Roster

The Hanshin Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1998 season with a record of 52 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.

The Tigers scored 450 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 589 runs. Yasuaki Taiho led Hanshin with 21 home runs, while Shinjiro Hiyama walloped 15 or more also. Yasuaki Taiho drove in 61 runs. Tomochika Tsuboi paced all regular batters by hitting .327. Keiichi Yabu topped the squad with 11 wins, and Tetsuro Kawajiri registered a 2.84 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Dave Hansen, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Alonzo Powell, Keiichi Yabu, Ben Rivera, Darrell May, Desi Wilson and Doug Creek were all players from the 1998 Hanshin Tigers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Yoshio Yoshida 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
Keiichi Yabu	11	10	.524	3.51	24	24	0	3	2	0	164.0	159	74	64	11	51	0	90	8	2	4	692
Tetsuro Kawajiri	10	5	.667	2.84	25	25	0	4	1	0	158.7	150	56	50	13	52	5	88	8	1	0	660
Shin Nakagomi	8	13	.381	4.78	26	25	0	1	0	0	143.0	181	81	76	17	40	0	69	3	0	3	640
Toyohiko Yoshida	4	3	.571	5.19	44	2	13	0	0	0	52.0	50	34	30	4	27	4	41	6	0	0	238
Darrell May	4	9	.308	3.47	21	21	0	1	1	0	129.7	122	55	50	12	55	3	94	6	0	2	563
Masaya Takeuchi	3	4	.429	5.97	35	7	13	0	0	0	66.3	76	48	44	5	33	5	32	4	1	6	302
Ben Rivera	2	3	.400	2.38	44	0	43	0	0	27	53.0	44	14	14	2	19	1	45	0	0	1	220
Atsunori Ito	2	3	.400	2.87	50	0	10	0	0	0	53.3	52	18	17	2	18	7	40	2	0	2	226
Takao Inoue	2	9	.182	4.03	27	11	2	0	0	0	80.3	80	41	36	8	26	1	50	3	0	3	340
Toshiro Yufune	1	1	.500	3.86	4	4	0	0	0	0	16.3	17	7	7	0	7	0	10	0	0	1	69
Tatsuhiro Yuminaga	1	3	.250	1.69	57	0	5	0	0	0	48.0	47	13	9	2	27	3	42	5	1	3	219
Minoru Kasai	1	3	.250	3.81	51	0	14	0	0	0	54.3	54	24	23	2	28	2	44	5	0	3	243
Hiroki Yamamura	1	3	.250	4.09	10	5	2	0	0	0	33.0	39	15	15	1	12	0	18	2	0	0	146
Masashi Arikura	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
Kiyotoshi Katase	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9
Akinori Takahashi	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5
Seiichi Murakami	0	0		6.75	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.7	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	12
Masaaki Esaka	0	0		18.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	8	5	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	13
Yukiyasu Nakanose	0	1	.000	6.35	7	0	3	0	0	0	11.3	13	8	8	0	9	0	12	0	1	1	55
Kazuharu Yamazaki	0	1	.000	6.75	4	0	3	0	0	0	2.7	4	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	14
Shoji Toyama	0	1	.000	7.59	11	0	4	0	0	0	10.7	19	9	9	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	51
Hiroyuki Yamaoka	0	2	.000	4.50	21	2	4	0	0	0	28.0	26	18	14	4	11	0	14	2	1	1	120
Katsuyuki Furumizo	0	2	.000	4.76	14	0	1	0	0	0	17.0	27	13	9	1	8	2	9	1	0	2	86
Satoshi Funaki	0	2	.000	6.84	10	3	3	0	0	0	25.0	31	19	19	2	18	0	12	2	1	0	126
Doug Creek	0	4	.000	5.65	7	6	0	0	0	0	28.7	23	21	18	4	25	0	24	0	2	0	132
Totals	52	83	.385	3.96	511	135	126	9	4	27	1198.7	1246	589	527	94	489	38	749	57	10	33	5261

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
Makoto Imaoka	133	524	471	48	138	20	3	7	44	6	4	22	54	.293	.322	.393	.715	185	15	0	27	4	0
Tomochika Tsuboi	123	455	413	63	135	26	2	2	21	7	5	32	80	.327	.383	.414	.797	171	0	6	3	1	0
Yutaka Wada	130	495	438	39	119	15	1	4	32	1	4	45	39	.272	.340	.338	.678	148	10	1	10	1	0
Dave Hansen	121	451	400	42	101	13	1	11	55	0	0	42	89	.252	.322	.372	.695	149	10	2	1	6	0
Tsuyoshi Shinjo	132	451	414	39	92	21	3	6	27	1	2	25	65	.222	.275	.331	.606	137	4	6	4	2	4
Shinjiro Hiyama	122	456	398	42	90	19	4	15	52	3	5	47	101	.226	.317	.407	.724	162	9	7	2	2	1
Yasuaki Taiho	99	346	307	41	71	17	0	21	61	0	0	34	94	.231	.310	.492	.802	151	5	2	1	2	1
Akihiro Yano	110	340	285	27	60	18	0	3	20	1	2	27	63	.211	.288	.305	.593	87	9	4	24	0	3
Hiroshi Yagi	95	207	188	21	53	11	0	3	31	2	0	18	36	.282	.348	.388	.736	73	5	1	0	0	2
Alonzo Powell	78	229	204	24	52	10	0	9	28	1	0	22	50	.255	.332	.436	.768	89	6	2	0	1	0
Katsuhiro Hiratsuka	70	210	187	16	51	9	0	4	20	0	1	23	34	.273	.352	.385	.737	72	8	0	0	0	2
Katsuhiko Yamada	69	146	138	4	28	2	0	0	6	0	0	6	26	.203	.240	.217	.457	30	5	1	0	1	1
Osamu Hoshino	59	143	128	4	23	6	1	0	2	0	1	10	27	.180	.250	.242	.492	31	3	2	3	0	0
Keiichi Yabu	25	62	48	5	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	17	.229	.302	.271	.573	13	1	0	9	0	0
Osamu Hamanaka	11	24	22	4	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	.409	.458	.409	.867	9	1	0	0	0	0
Naoyuki Kazaoka	61	54	49	10	9	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	10	.184	.200	.224	.424	11	0	1	4	0	0
Hiroshi Hirao	38	60	50	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	16	.140	.204	.160	.364	8	2	0	6	0	0
Shin Nakagomi	26	48	37	0	6	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	11	.162	.205	.216	.421	8	1	0	9	0	0
Atsuhiro Motonishi	42	43	37	8	5	1	0	0	5	3	1	3	12	.135	.220	.162	.382	6	0	1	2	0	0
Tetsuro Kawajiri	25	58	50	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	.100	.100	.120	.220	6	0	0	8	0	0
Desi Wilson	16	24	24	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	.167	.167	.167	.333	4	1	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Yoshida	34	35	28	4	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	5	10	.107	.265	.214	.479	6	1	1	1	0	0
Doug Creek	7	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuhiko Shiotani	14	19	19	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.105	.105	.105	.211	2	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell May	21	45	38	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	29	.053	.143	.105	.248	4	1	1	3	0	0
Masahiko Jozume	10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hirotoshi Kitagawa	8	19	18	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.056	.105	.111	.216	2	0	0	0	0	0
Toyohiko Yoshida	44	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryo Yoshimoto	5	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	1	0	0	0	0
Toshiro Yufune	4	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	1	0	1	0	0
Hiroyuki Yamaoka	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroki Yamamura	10	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Satoshi Funaki	10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takao Inoue	28	21	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.000	.050	.000	.050	0	0	0	1	0	0
Atsunori Ito	50	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tatsunori Matsui	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masaya Takeuchi	35	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Minoru Kasai	51	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Rivera	44	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Shinichi Kawana	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yukiyasu Nakanose	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tatsuhiro Yuminaga	57	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2058	5030	4469	450	1080	197	16	86	422	28	27	381	933	.242	.305	.351	.656	1567	100	38	122	20	14

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Yasuaki Taiho	1B	83					.000
Hiroshi Yagi	1B	49					.000
Katsuhiro Hiratsuka	1B	17					.000
Alonzo Powell	1B	4					.000
Dave Hansen	1B	2					.000
Osamu Hoshino	1B	1					.000
Yutaka Wada	2B	119					.000
Naoyuki Kazaoka	2B	29					.000
Hiroshi Hirao	2B	29					.000
Makoto Imaoka	2B	10					.000
Osamu Hoshino	2B	3					.000
Dave Hansen	3B	107					.000
Osamu Hoshino	3B	28					.000
Naoyuki Kazaoka	3B	16					.000
Kazuhiko Shiotani	3B	8					.000
Yutaka Wada	3B	7					.000
Atsuhiro Motonishi	3B	1					.000
Akihiro Yano	C	109					.000
Katsuhiko Yamada	C	58					.000
Masahiko Jozume	C	10					.000
Hirotoshi Kitagawa	C	7					.000
Ryo Yoshimoto	C	4					.000
Tsuyoshi Shinjo	OF	124					.000
Shinjiro Hiyama	OF	113					.000
Tomochika Tsuboi	OF	105					.000
Alonzo Powell	OF	49					.000
Katsuhiro Hiratsuka	OF	35					.000
Atsuhiro Motonishi	OF	32					.000
Hiroshi Yoshida	OF	15					.000
Osamu Hamanaka	OF	8					.000
Desi Wilson	OF	7					.000
Tatsuhiro Yuminaga	P	57					.000
Minoru Kasai	P	51					.000
Atsunori Ito	P	50					.000
Toyohiko Yoshida	P	44					.000
Ben Rivera	P	44					.000
Masaya Takeuchi	P	35					.000
Takao Inoue	P	27					.000
Shin Nakagomi	P	26					.000
Tetsuro Kawajiri	P	25					.000
Keiichi Yabu	P	24					.000
Hiroyuki Yamaoka	P	21					.000
Darrell May	P	21					.000
Katsuyuki Furumizo	P	14					.000
Shoji Toyama	P	11					.000
Hiroki Yamamura	P	10					.000
Satoshi Funaki	P	10					.000
Yukiyasu Nakanose	P	7					.000
Doug Creek	P	7					.000
Toshiro Yufune	P	4					.000
Kazuharu Yamazaki	P	4					.000
Seiichi Murakami	P	3					.000
Masaaki Esaka	P	2					.000
Akinori Takahashi	P	1					.000
Kiyotoshi Katase	P	1					.000
Masashi Arikura	P	1					.000
Makoto Imaoka	SS	126					.000
Osamu Hoshino	SS	22					.000
Naoyuki Kazaoka	SS	2					.000
Totals		1850	0	0	0	0	.000

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