1952 Kintetsu Pearls Statistics
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 30-78
Finished 7th in the JPPL
Manager: Shozo Fujita (0-0), Takeo Akuta (0-0)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium, Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
1952 Kintetsu Pearls RosterTeam Record: 30-78
Finished 7th in the JPPL
Manager: Shozo Fujita (0-0), Takeo Akuta (0-0)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium, Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
The Kintetsu Pearls of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1952 season with a record of 30 wins and 78 losses, finishing seventh in the JPPL.
The Pearls plated 356 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 568 runs, most in the circuit. Tomoharu Kai drove in 45 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .327. Fumio Takechi paced the team with 9 wins, while Junzo Sekine recorded a 3.53 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Shozo Fujita and Takeo Akuta 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 | 9 | 18 | .333 | 3.79 | 44 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 216.0 | 233 | 126 | 91 | 11 | 63 | 85 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 933 | ||
| Kozo Goi | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.28 | 40 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 189.3 | 199 | 108 | 90 | 17 | 65 | 61 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 813 | ||
| Junzo Sekine | 5 | 16 | .238 | 3.52 | 39 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 173.7 | 170 | 77 | 68 | 10 | 52 | 78 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 737 | ||
| Mitsuro Sawafuji | 5 | 22 | .185 | 4.40 | 40 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 178.0 | 201 | 109 | 87 | 12 | 52 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 772 | ||
| Shigeaki Kuroo | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.03 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 71.3 | 79 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 302 | ||
| Hidemitsu Kagawa | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.43 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 81 | 48 | 34 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 306 | ||
| Seiichiro Fujii | 0 | 0 | 7.32 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 31 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | |||
| Masao Haido | 0 | 0 | 8.64 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | |||
| Yoji Yoshida | 0 | 5 | .000 | 3.88 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.7 | 59 | 39 | 24 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 235 | ||
| Totals | 30 | 78 | .278 | 4.06 | 234 | 108 | 79 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 981.0 | 1060 | 568 | 442 | 66 | 301 | 0 | 383 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 4235 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yutaka Tagawa | 108 | 437 | 382 | 29 | 106 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 25 | .277 | .355 | .346 | .701 | 132 | 14 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Tomoharu Kai | 82 | 318 | 303 | 28 | 99 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 14 | .327 | .358 | .446 | .804 | 135 | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Masakazu Kito | 82 | 310 | 291 | 35 | 93 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | .320 | .353 | .474 | .827 | 138 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Shigeyoshi Morishita | 88 | 322 | 290 | 33 | 77 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 36 | .266 | .339 | .414 | .752 | 120 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Shoji Hozan | 90 | 318 | 293 | 35 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 31 | .215 | .260 | .294 | .554 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Isao Imakurusu | 80 | 336 | 287 | 33 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 34 | .213 | .319 | .240 | .560 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Kohei Sugiyama | 53 | 182 | 174 | 24 | 51 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 24 | .293 | .320 | .448 | .769 | 78 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gen Okuda | 86 | 248 | 224 | 19 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 26 | .205 | .261 | .250 | .511 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Kozo Goi | 77 | 125 | 122 | 20 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .344 | .360 | .385 | .745 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Haruo Kato | 80 | 186 | 177 | 7 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | .232 | .257 | .316 | .573 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Shizuo Yamamoto | 83 | 252 | 229 | 16 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 23 | .179 | .230 | .223 | .452 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Yuzuru Yamashita | 83 | 161 | 145 | 13 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14 | .241 | .299 | .317 | .617 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Junzo Sekine | 69 | 103 | 99 | 7 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .313 | .340 | .394 | .734 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shigeru Sakamoto | 64 | 139 | 123 | 20 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 12 | .252 | .324 | .276 | .600 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Yoshimasa Aoike | 54 | 133 | 124 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | .161 | .218 | .242 | .460 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rikuo Nemoto | 46 | 92 | 85 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .188 | .242 | .294 | .536 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kiyomi Higashiguchi | 42 | 78 | 77 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .169 | .169 | .169 | .338 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Fumio Takechi | 44 | 82 | 76 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .145 | .156 | .197 | .353 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Seisaburo Yamada | 43 | 65 | 62 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .161 | .188 | .258 | .446 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Shigeaki Kuroo | 22 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .214 | .267 | .250 | .517 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mitsuro Sawafuji | 40 | 62 | 58 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .103 | .119 | .172 | .291 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Sadakazu Higuchi | 31 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .182 | .190 | .372 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Takashi Kusaka | 21 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .118 | .167 | .176 | .343 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yoji Yoshida | 18 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .111 | .238 | .167 | .405 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hidemitsu Kagawa | 21 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .071 | .071 | .107 | .179 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Seiichiro Fujii | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Masao Haido | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1521 | 4080 | 3742 | 356 | 909 | 159 | 19 | 37 | 317 | 43 | 54 | 262 | 379 | .243 | .295 | .325 | .620 | 1217 | 87 | 14 | 62 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kohei Sugiyama | 1B | 50 | .000 | |||||
| Masakazu Kito | 1B | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Sakamoto | 1B | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Junzo Sekine | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Shizuo Yamamoto | 2B | 83 | .000 | |||||
| Gen Okuda | 2B | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Sadakazu Higuchi | 2B | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Imakurusu | 2B | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Sakamoto | 2B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shoji Hozan | 2B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Shoji Hozan | 3B | 86 | .000 | |||||
| Masakazu Kito | 3B | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Sadakazu Higuchi | 3B | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshimasa Aoike | C | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Rikuo Nemoto | C | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Seisaburo Yamada | C | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyomi Higashiguchi | C | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Tagawa | OF | 106 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeyoshi Morishita | OF | 86 | .000 | |||||
| Tomoharu Kai | OF | 77 | .000 | |||||
| Haruo Kato | OF | 50 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Kusaka | OF | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Yuzuru Yamashita | OF | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Kozo Goi | OF | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Fumio Takechi | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuro Sawafuji | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Kozo Goi | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Junzo Sekine | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Hidemitsu Kagawa | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeaki Kuroo | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Yoji Yoshida | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Seiichiro Fujii | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Masao Haido | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Imakurusu | SS | 78 | .000 | |||||
| Gen Okuda | SS | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Sadakazu Higuchi | SS | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Shojiro Nakata | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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