1954 Kintetsu Pearls Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 74-63
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Takeo Akuta (74-63)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium, Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1954 Kintetsu Pearls Roster

The Kintetsu Pearls of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1954 season with a record of 74 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.

The Pearls scored 530 runs and surrendered 473 runs. Osamu Takechi drove in 59 runs. Takashi Kusaka paced all regular batters by hitting .296. Fumio Takechi earned 26 wins on the mound for the team, while Junzo Sekine, too added 15 or more wins, too Mitsuro Sawafuji registered a 2 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. 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	26	15	.634	2.17	47	34	11	23	2		307.3	266	92	74	14	41		132	3	1	1	1191
Junzo Sekine	16	12	.571	2.44	35	30	4	19	3		232.0	174	75	63	20	57		118	4	0	0	899
Mitsuro Sawafuji	14	2	.875	2.00	29	18	6	8	3		144.0	129	45	32	7	31		52	0	2	1	562
Noboru Yamashita	12	14	.462	2.45	46	23	18	12	3		250.0	188	87	68	17	73		129	5	0	2	989
Shigeaki Kuroo	3	3	.500	3.34	11	10	0	1	0		62.0	65	28	23	4	10		24	1	0	0	254
Yasuo Nagai	2	5	.286	5.46	22	6	8	0	0		62.7	70	42	38	4	29		28	0	0	4	282
Kozo Goi	1	4	.200	5.45	11	6	3	1	0		38.0	47	32	23	6	19		9	0	0	1	173
Hidemitsu Kagawa	0	0		2.91	10	1	5	0	0		21.7	17	7	7	2	3		9	0	0	0	82
Yoji Yoshida	0	0		5.00	4	0	3	0	0		9.0	11	9	5	0	2		3	0	0	1	41
Michio Nitta	0	1	.000	3.91	8	2	2	0	0		23.0	22	10	10	0	9		7	2	0	2	100
Teruaki Wakasugi	0	2	.000	3.69	11	1	7	0	0		31.7	32	21	13	2	14		13	0	0	2	137
Len Kasparovich	0	5	.000	2.05	25	9	9	0	0		96.7	80	25	22	1	26		51	1	0	4	373
Totals	74	63	.540	2.66	259	140	76	64	11	0	1278.0	1101	473	378	77	314	0	575	16	3	18	5083

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
Takashi Kusaka	131	547	479	60	142	15	6	0	53	19	18	50	41	.296	.363	.353	.716	169	4	5	4	9
Takeshi Suzuki	132	578	536	78	136	19	2	2	38	71	18	22	21	.254	.283	.308	.591	165	10	1	17	2
Tsutomu Kimura	126	524	464	57	132	20	3	2	39	38	11	43	29	.284	.347	.353	.701	164	7	2	14	1
Osamu Takechi	127	542	489	64	121	18	5	5	59	31	12	43	38	.247	.306	.335	.641	164	11	1	2	7
Akitoshi Kodama	132	483	439	50	116	24	7	3	46	13	13	31	33	.264	.314	.371	.686	163	16	2	9	2
Masakazu Kito	104	411	360	44	105	17	5	1	51	15	9	45	24	.292	.368	.375	.743	135	4	0	3	3
Shizuo Yamamoto	134	535	453	44	104	18	4	1	49	14	8	66	40	.230	.330	.294	.624	133	5	4	8	4
Shigeyoshi Morishita	88	249	219	24	60	13	1	5	25	4	4	19	39	.274	.337	.411	.748	90	2	4	3	4
Katsuhiko Hara	92	256	228	24	50	7	1	1	18	1	2	15	28	.219	.265	.272	.537	62	4	0	11	2
Fukuzo Tada	83	247	226	17	49	11	1	5	39	3	0	17	53	.217	.270	.341	.611	77	7	0	3	1
Takatsugu Toguchi	64	147	127	12	32	6	3	0	12	9	2	13	17	.252	.319	.346	.666	44	0	0	6	1
Junzo Sekine	56	114	97	10	25	2	0	1	10	0	0	13	6	.258	.348	.309	.657	30	1	1	2	1
Fumio Takechi	47	121	105	12	20	2	0	0	7	0	0	8	9	.190	.252	.210	.462	22	3	1	6	1
Isao Imakurusu	32	60	50	10	14	2	0	0	4	3	2	6	7	.280	.351	.320	.671	16	0	0	3	1
Minoru Kayahara	45	77	73	11	13	1	1	1	6	0	0	4	17	.178	.221	.260	.481	19	1	0	0	0
Tadashi Kagawa	50	82	71	3	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	11	18	.155	.268	.169	.437	12	3	0	0	0
Kenichi Kimino	20	55	51	1	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	8	.176	.236	.216	.452	11	0	0	0	0
Mitsuro Sawafuji	29	48	40	3	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	8	.200	.273	.250	.523	10	0	0	4	0
Shigeaki Kuroo	11	19	18	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.278	.278	.278	.556	5	0	0	1	0
Noboru Yamashita	46	83	74	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	25	.068	.104	.081	.185	6	0	0	6	0
Teruaki Wakasugi	11	8	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.429	.804	3	0	0	0	0
Len Kasparovich	25	26	26	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.077	.077	.115	.192	3	0	0	0	0
Michio Nitta	8	7	7	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.429	.571	3	0	0	0	0
Kohei Sugiyama	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0
Rikuo Nemoto	10	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.154	.000	.154	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Nagai	22	21	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	12	.000	.211	.000	.211	0	0	0	2	0
Kozo Goi	11	13	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	0	0	0	0
Masatoshi Kato	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
Hidemitsu Kagawa	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0
Sadakazu Higuchi	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Yoji Yoshida	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1667	5288	4697	530	1162	183	40	27	466	223	99	425	500	.247	.310	.321	.631	1506	79	21	106	39	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Osamu Takechi	1B	113					.000
Kenichi Kimino	1B	15					.000
Masakazu Kito	1B	5					.000
Tadashi Kagawa	1B	4					.000
Shizuo Yamamoto	2B	134					.000
Takatsugu Toguchi	2B	5					.000
Isao Imakurusu	2B	5					.000
Akitoshi Kodama	3B	123					.000
Takatsugu Toguchi	3B	33					.000
Isao Imakurusu	3B	2					.000
Katsuhiko Hara	C	89					.000
Fukuzo Tada	C	81					.000
Rikuo Nemoto	C	9					.000
Masatoshi Kato	C	5					.000
Seisaburo Yamada	C	2					.000
Takashi Kusaka	OF	130					.000
Tsutomu Kimura	OF	122					.000
Masakazu Kito	OF	97					.000
Shigeyoshi Morishita	OF	76					.000
Tadashi Kagawa	OF	27					.000
Minoru Kayahara	OF	21					.000
Fumio Takechi	P	47					.000
Noboru Yamashita	P	46					.000
Junzo Sekine	P	35					.000
Mitsuro Sawafuji	P	29					.000
Len Kasparovich	P	25					.000
Yasuo Nagai	P	22					.000
Teruaki Wakasugi	P	11					.000
Shigeaki Kuroo	P	11					.000
Kozo Goi	P	11					.000
Hidemitsu Kagawa	P	10					.000
Michio Nitta	P	8					.000
Yoji Yoshida	P	4					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	SS	132					.000
Isao Imakurusu	SS	9					.000
Takatsugu Toguchi	SS	6					.000
Totals		1504	0	0	0	0	.000

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