1959 Kokutetsu Swallows Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 63-65
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Mitsuo Uno (63-65)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

1959 Kokutetsu Swallows Roster

The Kokutetsu Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 1959 season with a record of 63 wins and 65 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.

The Swallows scored 422 runs and allowed 491 runs. Jun Hakota led Kokutetsu with 11 home runs Yukihiko Machida accounted for 50 RBI. Tokuji Iida paced all regular batters by connecting at a .296 clip. Masaichi Kaneda topped the squad with 21 wins, while Yoshio Kitagawa added 15 or more victories also Yoshio Kitagawa registered a 2.51 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Mitsuo Uno 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
Masaichi Kaneda	21	19	.525	2.54	58	25	30	14	4		304.3	222	96	86	26	79	5	313	3	0	0	1187
Yoshio Kitagawa	18	20	.474	2.51	54	37	12	17	5		322.7	274	110	90	16	52	5	154	8	1	2	1283
Zenjiro Tadokoro	11	6	.647	3.52	42	21	3	5	2		158.7	155	75	62	23	47	4	67	1	0	3	665
Genichi Murata	9	11	.450	3.46	42	31	3	6	3		187.3	172	84	72	17	43	2	110	2	0	2	775
Hajimu Tatsumi	3	8	.273	4.78	34	14	10	1	0		96.0	94	63	51	11	51	2	58	1	0	4	422
Takashi Onogi	1	1	.500	2.70	11	0	1	0	0		13.3	18	5	4	1	5	0	5	1	0	0	60
Yoshio Saito	0	0		3.18	7	0	4	0	0		11.3	11	7	4	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	48
Tadayuki Motegi	0	0		3.86	10	0	5	0	0		16.3	10	8	7	3	6	0	6	0	0	0	66
Toshio Koya	0	0		4.45	25	2	9	0	0		32.3	32	19	16	2	16	0	10	1	0	0	138
Isao Shimatani	0	0		5.62	12	0	8	0	0		16.0	16	11	10	2	7	0	7	0	0	2	71
Yoshitomo Miyaji	0	0		12.79	4	0	2	0	0		6.3	10	10	9	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	34
Mamoru Yokoyama	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0		2.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9
Totals	63	65	.492	3.19	300	130	87	43	14	0	1166.7	1017	491	414	104	312	18	739	17	2	13	4758

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
Tokuji Iida	127	486	442	52	131	25	7	4	29	10	9	38	43	.296	.351	.412	.762	182	7	0	4	2	1
Morimichi Iwashita	123	459	429	44	120	23	5	2	38	25	11	20	64	.280	.311	.371	.682	159	4	1	6	3	0
Jun Hakota	105	404	384	43	95	9	2	11	44	8	1	14	36	.247	.277	.367	.644	141	6	2	3	1	0
Yukihiko Machida	111	400	357	51	92	27	7	10	50	14	3	35	93	.258	.328	.457	.784	163	8	4	0	4	0
Kiyoshi Matsuda	101	308	270	35	70	17	4	1	16	6	4	31	40	.259	.340	.363	.703	98	2	2	5	0	0
Reijiro Watanabe	102	302	281	21	66	11	1	2	17	2	6	15	50	.235	.276	.302	.579	85	9	1	5	0	0
Shigenori Sasaki	101	278	256	21	63	14	1	0	22	2	4	17	27	.246	.291	.309	.600	79	8	0	3	2	0
Seikichi Nishioka	105	266	249	23	59	8	2	6	28	2	2	6	31	.237	.256	.357	.613	89	4	2	4	5	0
Hiromitsu Negoro	112	303	271	26	55	5	1	9	32	0	1	14	46	.203	.259	.328	.587	89	8	7	9	2	0
Shosuke Doi	102	308	289	24	54	4	8	2	18	7	5	8	59	.187	.214	.277	.491	80	7	2	9	0	0
Takao Sato	96	257	229	22	45	9	2	6	34	7	1	22	41	.197	.265	.332	.597	76	9	0	4	2	0
Katsumi Ukai	70	131	121	11	23	5	0	2	7	0	0	10	32	.190	.252	.281	.533	34	4	0	0	0	0
Kenichi Akagi	54	113	105	13	22	3	0	0	8	0	1	6	28	.210	.250	.238	.488	25	0	0	1	1	0
Yoshio Kitagawa	54	116	108	10	19	4	2	1	10	0	0	3	26	.176	.195	.278	.472	30	1	0	3	2	0
Hiromi Tanida	48	85	77	5	13	0	1	0	6	1	0	6	16	.169	.226	.195	.421	15	3	0	1	1	0
Masaichi Kaneda	58	109	101	6	12	1	1	1	3	0	0	6	28	.119	.168	.178	.346	18	0	0	2	0	0
Masaaki Ishida	41	45	39	0	11	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	11	.282	.356	.282	.638	11	1	1	0	1	2
Shuichiro Nakamura	28	36	35	3	10	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	7	.286	.306	.371	.677	13	1	0	0	0	0
Satoru Sugiyama	29	77	67	4	10	2	0	2	9	0	1	7	14	.149	.230	.269	.498	18	4	0	3	0	0
Zenjiro Tadokoro	42	48	43	1	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	9	.186	.186	.186	.372	8	1	0	5	0	0
Tsuguo Hiraiwa	33	47	40	4	5	0	0	2	4	1	0	5	16	.125	.234	.275	.509	11	0	1	0	1	0
Hajimu Tatsumi	35	25	24	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.083	.120	.125	.245	3	0	0	0	0	0
Genichi Murata	42	60	54	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	.037	.055	.037	.092	2	0	0	5	0	0
Yoshio Saito	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minoru Watanabe	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akitoshi Akaike	10	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenji Tomokawa	8	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toshio Koya	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshitomo Miyaji	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tadayuki Motegi	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akihiko Seto	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takashi Onogi	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toshiharu Ai	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1801	4687	4292	422	987	168	44	62	388	86	50	273	753	.230	.278	.333	.611	1429	87	23	72	27	3

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Tokuji Iida	1B	107					.000
Shigenori Sasaki	1B	22					.000
Jun Hakota	1B	17					.000
Masaaki Ishida	1B	6					.000
Akitoshi Akaike	1B	2					.000
Kiyoshi Matsuda	1B	1					.000
Morimichi Iwashita	1B	1					.000
Jun Hakota	2B	81					.000
Shigenori Sasaki	2B	57					.000
Shuichiro Nakamura	2B	9					.000
Katsumi Ukai	2B	3					.000
Seikichi Nishioka	2B	2					.000
Reijiro Watanabe	2B	1					.000
Seikichi Nishioka	3B	92					.000
Reijiro Watanabe	3B	52					.000
Yukihiko Machida	3B	19					.000
Shuichiro Nakamura	3B	10					.000
Shigenori Sasaki	3B	8					.000
Jun Hakota	3B	3					.000
Kyuichi Okano	3B	1					.000
Hiromitsu Negoro	C	112					.000
Hiromi Tanida	C	47					.000
Tsuguo Hiraiwa	C	31					.000
Toshiharu Ai	C	5					.000
Akihiko Seto	C	1					.000
Morimichi Iwashita	OF	118					.000
Yukihiko Machida	OF	89					.000
Kiyoshi Matsuda	OF	84					.000
Takao Sato	OF	77					.000
Katsumi Ukai	OF	38					.000
Kenichi Akagi	OF	35					.000
Satoru Sugiyama	OF	21					.000
Tokuji Iida	OF	20					.000
Masaichi Kaneda	P	58					.000
Yoshio Kitagawa	P	54					.000
Zenjiro Tadokoro	P	42					.000
Genichi Murata	P	42					.000
Hajimu Tatsumi	P	34					.000
Toshio Koya	P	25					.000
Isao Shimatani	P	12					.000
Takashi Onogi	P	11					.000
Tadayuki Motegi	P	10					.000
Yoshio Saito	P	7					.000
Yoshitomo Miyaji	P	4					.000
Mamoru Yokoyama	P	1					.000
Shosuke Doi	SS	101					.000
Reijiro Watanabe	SS	56					.000
Seikichi Nishioka	SS	4					.000
Akitoshi Akaike	SS	1					.000
Totals		1634	0	0	0	0	.000

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