1951 Kintetsu Pearls Statistics
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 37-56
Finished 7th in the JPPL
Manager: Shozo Fujita (37-56)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium, Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
1951 Kintetsu Pearls RosterTeam Record: 37-56
Finished 7th in the JPPL
Manager: Shozo Fujita (37-56)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium, Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
The Kintetsu Pearls of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1951 season with a record of 37 wins and 56 losses, finishing seventh in the JPPL.
The Pearls tallied 319 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 387 runs. Shigeyoshi Morishita paced Kintetsu with 12 home runs and drove in 59 runs. Yutaka Tagawa and Shigeru Sakamoto topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .260. Fumio Takechi led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.7 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers. Shozo Fujita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fumio Takechi | 15 | 15 | .500 | 2.70 | 39 | 29 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 243.0 | 198 | 89 | 73 | 14 | 57 | 86 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 973 | ||
| Mitsuro Sawafuji | 8 | 16 | .333 | 3.12 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 210.3 | 177 | 93 | 73 | 13 | 65 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 863 | ||
| Junzo Sekine | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.43 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 189.0 | 189 | 91 | 72 | 13 | 55 | 97 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 798 | ||
| Shigeaki Kuroo | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.37 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 133.3 | 137 | 68 | 50 | 4 | 29 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 566 | ||
| Hidemitsu Kagawa | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.42 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 47.3 | 58 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 211 | ||
| Kozo Goi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.60 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 77 | ||
| Tsutomu Hattori | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.70 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24.3 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 103 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 56 | .398 | 3.13 | 169 | 98 | 49 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 864.7 | 801 | 387 | 301 | 49 | 233 | 0 | 337 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3591 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shigeru Sakamoto | 98 | 414 | 361 | 60 | 94 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 38 | 21 | 45 | 32 | .260 | .347 | .302 | .649 | 109 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Yutaka Tagawa | 97 | 400 | 354 | 24 | 92 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 25 | .260 | .340 | .328 | .668 | 116 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Shigeyoshi Morishita | 92 | 379 | 350 | 36 | 80 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 41 | .229 | .288 | .383 | .670 | 134 | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Shoji Hozan | 92 | 342 | 309 | 29 | 75 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 38 | .243 | .301 | .340 | .641 | 105 | 8 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Shizuo Yamamoto | 93 | 355 | 314 | 35 | 68 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 30 | .217 | .289 | .283 | .572 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Yoshimasa Aoike | 80 | 250 | 223 | 23 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 15 | .220 | .287 | .300 | .587 | 67 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Haruo Kato | 69 | 216 | 199 | 14 | 43 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 14 | .216 | .278 | .307 | .584 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hisanori Karita | 48 | 140 | 124 | 18 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | .274 | .348 | .379 | .727 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Yuzuru Yamashita | 78 | 183 | 162 | 15 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 23 | .204 | .287 | .327 | .614 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Junzo Sekine | 52 | 93 | 89 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .258 | .290 | .315 | .605 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kanenori Shimakata | 46 | 135 | 125 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .168 | .224 | .256 | .480 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Fumio Takechi | 39 | 97 | 86 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .221 | .280 | .244 | .524 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Zenjiro Shishido | 45 | 115 | 105 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .162 | .214 | .238 | .452 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Takatsugu Nagata | 31 | 62 | 56 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .250 | .311 | .339 | .651 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Iwao Yoshimura | 49 | 77 | 71 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .183 | .227 | .239 | .466 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mitsuro Sawafuji | 36 | 83 | 72 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .139 | .244 | .153 | .397 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kozo Goi | 27 | 33 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .242 | .242 | .364 | .606 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toshio Ito | 25 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .240 | .440 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Hisataro Wada | 26 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .185 | .185 | .296 | .481 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Masaichi Kato | 32 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .179 | .281 | .179 | .460 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shigeaki Kuroo | 29 | 58 | 55 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .091 | .123 | .091 | .214 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mitsuo Murokawa | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tsutomu Hattori | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hidemitsu Kagawa | 15 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1226 | 3550 | 3201 | 319 | 713 | 100 | 23 | 37 | 299 | 81 | 57 | 288 | 328 | .223 | .290 | .303 | .593 | 970 | 61 | 13 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shigeru Sakamoto | 1B | 98 | .000 | |||||
| Hisataro Wada | 1B | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Junzo Sekine | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Shizuo Yamamoto | 2B | 62 | .000 | |||||
| Hisanori Karita | 2B | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Takatsugu Nagata | 2B | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Kanenori Shimakata | 2B | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Sakamoto | 2B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Shoji Hozan | 3B | 92 | .000 | |||||
| Takatsugu Nagata | 3B | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Hisanori Karita | 3B | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Kanenori Shimakata | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshimasa Aoike | C | 80 | .000 | |||||
| Iwao Yoshimura | C | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuo Murokawa | C | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Tagawa | OF | 96 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeyoshi Morishita | OF | 92 | .000 | |||||
| Yuzuru Yamashita | OF | 72 | .000 | |||||
| Haruo Kato | OF | 60 | .000 | |||||
| Toshio Ito | OF | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Kozo Goi | OF | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Masaichi Kato | OF | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Tsutomu Hattori | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Fumio Takechi | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Junzo Sekine | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuro Sawafuji | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeaki Kuroo | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Hidemitsu Kagawa | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Tsutomu Hattori | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Kozo Goi | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Zenjiro Shishido | SS | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Shizuo Yamamoto | SS | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Kanenori Shimakata | SS | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Hisanori Karita | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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