1953 Kintetsu Pearls Statistics
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 48-69
Finished 7th in the JPPL
Manager: Takeo Akuta (48-69)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium, Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
1953 Kintetsu Pearls RosterTeam Record: 48-69
Finished 7th in the JPPL
Manager: Takeo Akuta (48-69)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium, Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
The Kintetsu Pearls of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1953 season with a record of 48 wins and 69 losses, finishing seventh in the JPPL.
The Pearls tallied 369 runs and allowed 461 runs. Osamu Takechi drove in 47 runs. Takashi Kusaka paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .285. Shigeaki Kuroo topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.03 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shigeaki Kuroo | 14 | 11 | .560 | 2.03 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 226.3 | 199 | 62 | 51 | 9 | 44 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 895 | ||
| Mitsuro Sawafuji | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2.64 | 38 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 222.0 | 191 | 77 | 65 | 8 | 58 | 89 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 899 | ||
| Junzo Sekine | 10 | 15 | .400 | 3.16 | 35 | 26 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 219.0 | 209 | 99 | 77 | 10 | 58 | 106 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 914 | ||
| Len Kasparovich | 6 | 10 | .375 | 2.88 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 144.0 | 140 | 65 | 46 | 6 | 57 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 611 | ||
| Fumio Takechi | 4 | 15 | .211 | 3.95 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 141.3 | 156 | 73 | 62 | 8 | 35 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 590 | ||
| Kiichiro Nomoto | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.47 | 25 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 76.7 | 73 | 35 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 316 | ||
| Hidemitsu Kagawa | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.06 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 57 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 202 | ||
| Yoji Yoshida | 0 | 0 | 1.59 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||
| Seiichiro Fujii | 0 | 0 | 6.10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | |||
| Masao Haido | 0 | 0 | 7.04 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | |||
| Teruaki Wakasugi | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Yasuo Nagai | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.39 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | ||
| Totals | 48 | 69 | .410 | 2.93 | 217 | 120 | 65 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 1114.7 | 1073 | 461 | 363 | 59 | 299 | 0 | 388 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 4605 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takeshi Suzuki | 120 | 535 | 496 | 56 | 136 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 40 | 13 | 19 | 34 | .274 | .302 | .351 | .653 | 174 | 8 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Takashi Kusaka | 111 | 485 | 442 | 55 | 126 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 12 | 35 | 36 | .285 | .342 | .357 | .699 | 158 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Osamu Takechi | 105 | 420 | 395 | 36 | 111 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 24 | .281 | .322 | .387 | .710 | 153 | 14 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kozo Goi | 102 | 394 | 356 | 31 | 88 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 52 | .247 | .302 | .346 | .648 | 123 | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Shizuo Yamamoto | 103 | 366 | 319 | 25 | 80 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 34 | .251 | .336 | .320 | .656 | 102 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Kashiwa Odano | 93 | 338 | 311 | 30 | 78 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 27 | .251 | .296 | .347 | .643 | 108 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Shigeyoshi Morishita | 99 | 337 | 300 | 26 | 76 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 36 | .253 | .329 | .390 | .719 | 117 | 13 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Kohei Sugiyama | 93 | 319 | 301 | 24 | 74 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | .246 | .282 | .349 | .630 | 105 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Rikuo Nemoto | 110 | 284 | 257 | 12 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 37 | .206 | .250 | .230 | .480 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Masakazu Kito | 71 | 216 | 191 | 22 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 9 | .209 | .284 | .288 | .572 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Tomoharu Kai | 79 | 163 | 154 | 9 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | .253 | .290 | .292 | .582 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Junzo Sekine | 42 | 89 | 85 | 10 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .318 | .348 | .424 | .772 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shigeaki Kuroo | 30 | 84 | 76 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .211 | .259 | .250 | .509 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Fumio Takechi | 29 | 50 | 47 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .255 | .271 | .319 | .590 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mitsuru Watanabe | 29 | 59 | 51 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .216 | .286 | .294 | .580 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Isao Imakurusu | 46 | 86 | 68 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | .162 | .321 | .162 | .483 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Takatsugu Toguchi | 47 | 46 | 45 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .244 | .467 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kiyomi Higashiguchi | 52 | 70 | 67 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .149 | .174 | .149 | .323 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mitsuro Sawafuji | 38 | 83 | 62 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | .097 | .243 | .097 | .340 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Len Kasparovich | 26 | 54 | 48 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .104 | .122 | .104 | .227 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Kiichiro Nomoto | 25 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .211 | .167 | .377 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Haruo Kato | 19 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .158 | .158 | .211 | .368 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hidemitsu Kagawa | 16 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morihiko Yamana | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Seiichiro Fujii | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yasuo Nagai | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenichi Kimino | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Masao Haido | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yoji Yoshida | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1514 | 4551 | 4138 | 369 | 1018 | 147 | 40 | 31 | 336 | 117 | 70 | 291 | 413 | .246 | .299 | .323 | .622 | 1338 | 94 | 22 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osamu Takechi | 1B | 127 | .000 | |||||
| Masakazu Kito | 1B | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Shizuo Yamamoto | 2B | 102 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Imakurusu | 2B | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Tomoharu Kai | 2B | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Takatsugu Toguchi | 2B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Kozo Goi | 3B | 101 | .000 | |||||
| Masakazu Kito | 3B | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Takatsugu Toguchi | 3B | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Imakurusu | 3B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shoji Hozan | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Rikuo Nemoto | C | 110 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyomi Higashiguchi | C | 52 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuru Watanabe | C | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Kusaka | OF | 110 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeyoshi Morishita | OF | 97 | .000 | |||||
| Kashiwa Odano | OF | 90 | .000 | |||||
| Kohei Sugiyama | OF | 85 | .000 | |||||
| Tomoharu Kai | OF | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Morihiko Yamana | OF | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Haruo Kato | OF | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Osamu Takechi | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuro Sawafuji | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Junzo Sekine | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeaki Kuroo | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Fumio Takechi | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Len Kasparovich | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Kiichiro Nomoto | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Hidemitsu Kagawa | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Seiichiro Fujii | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Masao Haido | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Yoji Yoshida | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuo Nagai | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Teruaki Wakasugi | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Suzuki | SS | 119 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Imakurusu | SS | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Takatsugu Toguchi | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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