1957 Kintetsu Pearls Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 44-82
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Haruo Kato (0-0), Takeo Akuta (0-0)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium, Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium

1957 Kintetsu Pearls Roster

The Kintetsu Pearls of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1957 season with a record of 44 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Pearls scored 390 runs and allowed 522 runs. Akitoshi Kodama led Kintetsu with 10 home runs and accounted for 72 RBI, while leading all regular batters by hitting .288. Yoshimi Ebara topped the squad with 12 wins, and Tsutomu Kuroda registered a 2.51 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Haruo Kato 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
Yoshimi Ebara	12	13	.480	2.67	45	21	11	7	2		209.0	181	78	62	13	64	4	112	1	0	1	846
Fumio Takechi	9	13	.409	3.12	39	22	10	6	1		193.3	188	84	67	18	28	2	87	4	0	0	782
Tsutomu Kuroda	9	20	.310	2.50	50	29	9	6	2		201.3	167	78	56	9	69	0	119	0	0	6	822
Noboru Yamashita	7	6	.538	3.07	45	18	16	1	0		129.0	128	52	44	5	38	0	60	3	0	0	543
Mitsuro Sawafuji	2	5	.286	2.69	26	6	12	2	0		93.7	91	36	28	7	13	0	26	1	0	1	376
Toshiaki Fukita	2	10	.167	4.36	37	15	10	2	0		105.3	119	53	51	5	35	1	71	1	0	1	458
Shiro Ito	2	11	.154	3.84	38	13	14	1	1		140.7	140	70	60	12	54	3	88	1	0	4	602
Masaru Nagao	1	0	1.000	2.11	12	1	6	0	0		21.3	20	6	5	0	10	0	2	0	0	0	89
Tsutomu Kitano	0	0		2.25	2	0	0	0	0		4.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	16
Fumio Ozawa	0	0		2.84	5	0	1	0	0		6.3	9	5	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	30
Takeshi Arai	0	0		3.81	13	3	7	0	0		26.0	27	15	11	4	4	0	14	1	0	0	110
Kunio Kashiwagi	0	0		3.86	9	0	5	0	0		16.3	11	8	7	3	4	0	7	1	0	0	65
Yukio Tsuta	0	0		4.00	3	0	1	0	0		9.0	11	5	4	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	39
Ryoichi Sato	0	1	.000	4.38	9	1	3	0	0		12.3	17	10	6	2	7	0	8	0	1	0	58
Junzo Sekine	0	1	.000	5.06	2	1	1	0	0		5.3	6	3	3	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	23
Yasuo Nagai	0	2	.000	11.30	9	2	1	0	0		14.3	18	18	18	3	6	0	8	0	1	0	64
Totals	44	82	.349	3.22	344	132	107	25	6	0	1187.3	1135	522	425	83	340	10	617	13	2	13	4923

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
Akitoshi Kodama	116	466	423	45	122	19	1	10	72	10	6	35	36	.288	.343	.409	.752	173	13	3	0	5	4
Junzo Sekine	125	479	429	47	122	16	2	6	39	8	7	40	28	.284	.352	.373	.725	160	6	5	5	0	0
Tsutomu Kimura	98	353	320	39	92	9	1	0	27	12	10	27	19	.288	.343	.322	.665	103	6	1	3	2	0
Takeshi Suzuki	95	359	323	39	89	9	1	3	23	23	10	19	29	.276	.316	.337	.653	109	4	1	14	2	0
Chusuke Kizuka	116	431	392	43	81	11	4	1	22	30	17	24	54	.207	.255	.263	.518	103	7	2	12	1	0
Takatsugu Toguchi	97	250	224	18	47	6	3	1	22	8	2	20	36	.210	.283	.277	.560	62	5	3	3	0	1
Seisaburo Yamada	96	253	225	14	44	6	0	4	18	2	3	23	51	.196	.273	.276	.549	62	1	1	4	0	1
Takashi Kusaka	83	244	218	22	42	9	0	0	9	3	4	19	24	.193	.261	.234	.494	51	2	1	6	0	1
Kenichi Kimino	79	219	197	15	40	2	1	2	14	3	6	17	42	.203	.267	.254	.521	50	3	1	2	2	0
Masaaki Oishi	88	205	186	21	37	4	0	3	10	1	4	15	19	.199	.256	.269	.525	50	7	0	2	2	0
Koji Shimada	70	175	153	15	34	4	0	3	21	6	3	15	23	.222	.300	.307	.607	47	1	2	5	0	1
Katsuhiko Hara	59	128	117	5	28	2	0	0	8	0	0	9	9	.239	.291	.256	.548	30	5	0	1	1	0
Teruo Iko	62	133	122	6	28	3	1	1	10	1	2	4	19	.230	.264	.295	.559	36	0	2	4	1	0
Tadashi Hyodo	81	186	165	15	25	5	3	0	9	6	3	17	29	.152	.228	.218	.446	36	2	0	2	2	2
Masaharu Sekimori	60	120	105	5	21	7	0	1	8	7	3	14	25	.200	.294	.295	.589	31	5	0	1	0	0
Osamu Takechi	53	125	112	8	21	3	0	0	5	4	1	6	9	.188	.233	.214	.448	24	5	1	5	1	1
Fumio Takechi	43	71	65	5	19	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	6	.292	.313	.292	.606	19	2	0	4	0	0
Michinobu Goto	37	73	66	8	12	1	1	0	0	4	6	5	11	.182	.239	.227	.467	15	0	0	2	0	1
Yoshinori Igawa	41	71	71	3	12	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	13	.169	.169	.197	.366	14	0	0	0	0	0
Masakazu Kito	34	41	37	0	10	1	0	0	10	0	1	3	3	.270	.325	.297	.622	11	0	0	1	0	0
Seisaku Ishiguro	35	46	45	5	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	9	.200	.217	.200	.417	9	1	0	0	0	0
Yoshimi Ebara	46	66	62	4	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	20	.145	.159	.145	.304	9	0	0	3	0	0
Jun Aoki	48	64	54	1	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	9	9	.148	.281	.204	.485	11	3	1	0	0	0
Noboru Yamashita	47	32	28	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	7	.214	.312	.286	.598	8	0	0	0	0	0
Shiro Ito	39	43	40	1	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	.150	.150	.200	.350	8	0	0	3	0	0
Tsutomu Kuroda	50	68	55	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	13	.109	.155	.109	.264	6	0	0	10	0	0
Masaru Nagao	12	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kunio Kashiwagi	10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Takeshi Arai	16	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sukehiro Shino	5	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ryoichi Atsuta	4	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.182	.273	2	1	0	0	0	0
Rikuo Nemoto	20	17	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.059	.059	.059	.118	1	0	0	0	0	0
Toshiaki Fukita	37	29	25	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.040	.077	.040	.117	1	0	0	3	0	0
Yukio Tsuta	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shizuo Yamamoto	6	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tenji Shiomura	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Nagai	10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mitsuro Sawafuji	26	22	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	1	0	2	0	0
Fumio Ozawa	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Koichi Murata	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1959	4823	4348	390	977	125	19	35	347	131	90	335	590	.225	.283	.286	.569	1245	83	24	97	19	12

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Tadashi Hyodo	1B	72					.000
Kenichi Kimino	1B	67					.000
Masakazu Kito	1B	4					.000
Tenji Shiomura	1B	2					.000
Noboru Yamashita	1B	1					.000
Ryoichi Sato	1B	1					.000
Yasuo Nagai	1B	1					.000
Kunio Kashiwagi	1B	1					.000
Shiro Ito	1B	1					.000
Teruo Iko	1B	1					.000
Yoshimi Ebara	1B	1					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	2B	72					.000
Takatsugu Toguchi	2B	58					.000
Koji Shimada	2B	17					.000
Shizuo Yamamoto	2B	3					.000
Akitoshi Kodama	3B	113					.000
Koji Shimada	3B	11					.000
Takatsugu Toguchi	3B	8					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	3B	4					.000
Ryoichi Atsuta	3B	4					.000
Shizuo Yamamoto	3B	2					.000
Sukehiro Shino	3B	1					.000
Seisaburo Yamada	C	94					.000
Katsuhiko Hara	C	51					.000
Jun Aoki	C	39					.000
Rikuo Nemoto	C	20					.000
Junzo Sekine	OF	120					.000
Tsutomu Kimura	OF	90					.000
Masaaki Oishi	OF	76					.000
Takashi Kusaka	OF	70					.000
Masaharu Sekimori	OF	47					.000
Teruo Iko	OF	45					.000
Yoshinori Igawa	OF	29					.000
Michinobu Goto	OF	22					.000
Seisaku Ishiguro	OF	15					.000
Noboru Yamashita	OF	1					.000
Koji Shimada	OF	1					.000
Tsutomu Kitano	OF	1					.000
Kenichi Kimino	OF	1					.000
Tsutomu Kuroda	P	50					.000
Noboru Yamashita	P	45					.000
Yoshimi Ebara	P	45					.000
Fumio Takechi	P	39					.000
Shiro Ito	P	38					.000
Toshiaki Fukita	P	37					.000
Mitsuro Sawafuji	P	26					.000
Takeshi Arai	P	13					.000
Masaru Nagao	P	12					.000
Ryoichi Sato	P	9					.000
Yasuo Nagai	P	9					.000
Kunio Kashiwagi	P	9					.000
Fumio Ozawa	P	5					.000
Yukio Tsuta	P	3					.000
Junzo Sekine	P	2					.000
Tsutomu Kitano	P	2					.000
Chusuke Kizuka	SS	113					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	SS	15					.000
Koji Shimada	SS	15					.000
Takatsugu Toguchi	SS	2					.000
Totals		1656	0	0	0	0	.000

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