1961 Kokutetsu Swallows Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-60
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Kuninobu Sunaoshi (67-60)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
1961 Kokutetsu Swallows RosterTeam Record: 67-60
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Kuninobu Sunaoshi (67-60)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
The Kokutetsu Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 1961 season with a record of 67 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.
The Swallows allowed 361 runs, least in the league. Kokutetsu plated 387 runs, worst in the circuit,. Takao Sato paced the team with 11 home runs Sadayuki Tokutake recorded 62 runs batted in. Masataka Tsuchiya topped all regular batters by connecting at a .269 clip. Masaichi Kaneda led the squad with 20 wins, while Yoshio Kitagawa added 15 or more victories also Yoshio Kitagawa registered a 1.9 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Kuninobu Sunaoshi 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 | 20 | 16 | .556 | 2.13 | 57 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 330.3 | 257 | 88 | 78 | 27 | 81 | 9 | 262 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1292 | |
| Yoshio Kitagawa | 15 | 15 | .500 | 1.90 | 49 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 241.3 | 192 | 64 | 51 | 7 | 37 | 8 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 934 | |
| Genichi Murata | 14 | 13 | .519 | 2.32 | 43 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 217.7 | 195 | 68 | 56 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 840 | |
| Yoshimi Moritaki | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.31 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 167.7 | 143 | 53 | 43 | 9 | 40 | 5 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 675 | |
| Hajimu Tatsumi | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.08 | 40 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 146.0 | 108 | 57 | 50 | 13 | 62 | 2 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 598 | |
| Isao Shimatani | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Hiroaki Inagaki | 0 | 0 | 2.36 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 112 | ||
| Zenjiro Tadokoro | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.77 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 48.7 | 45 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 202 | |
| Totals | 67 | 60 | .528 | 2.29 | 267 | 130 | 81 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 1183.0 | 968 | 361 | 301 | 75 | 276 | 30 | 638 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 4673 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masataka Tsuchiya | 130 | 553 | 491 | 52 | 132 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 51 | 73 | .269 | .337 | .342 | .679 | 168 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Sadayuki Tokutake | 130 | 537 | 479 | 59 | 122 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 62 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 58 | .255 | .323 | .361 | .684 | 173 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Tokuji Iida | 130 | 520 | 465 | 40 | 107 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 51 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 61 | .230 | .289 | .316 | .605 | 147 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| Yukihiko Machida | 125 | 452 | 400 | 39 | 96 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 41 | 97 | .240 | .314 | .340 | .654 | 136 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Kimitaka Sugimoto | 89 | 381 | 329 | 32 | 79 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 69 | .240 | .318 | .347 | .664 | 114 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Takao Sato | 102 | 435 | 374 | 39 | 79 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 55 | .211 | .313 | .342 | .655 | 128 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Hiromitsu Negoro | 120 | 380 | 340 | 24 | 75 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 48 | .221 | .270 | .300 | .570 | 102 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 |
| Hideyuki Suzuki | 84 | 216 | 197 | 20 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 39 | .208 | .249 | .305 | .553 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Yoshiaki Hirai | 64 | 153 | 137 | 18 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .263 | .279 | .314 | .592 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Hidero Konishi | 86 | 193 | 181 | 6 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 41 | .188 | .234 | .260 | .494 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Katsumi Ukai | 84 | 155 | 141 | 12 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 28 | .220 | .260 | .284 | .544 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | 89 | 159 | 144 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 26 | .215 | .280 | .285 | .565 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Kenichi Akagi | 58 | 86 | 78 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | .269 | .337 | .436 | .773 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yoshio Kitagawa | 49 | 81 | 78 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .205 | .212 | .218 | .430 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Masaichi Kaneda | 57 | 131 | 124 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .121 | .135 | .137 | .272 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsuguo Hiraiwa | 42 | 71 | 63 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | .222 | .300 | .349 | .649 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshimi Moritaki | 38 | 58 | 52 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .250 | .316 | .308 | .623 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Genichi Murata | 44 | 72 | 68 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .162 | .159 | .191 | .351 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Shuichiro Nakamura | 42 | 46 | 44 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .205 | .217 | .295 | .513 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Seikichi Nishioka | 38 | 46 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .182 | .217 | .227 | .445 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hajimu Tatsumi | 40 | 43 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .128 | .209 | .128 | .338 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroo Kataoka | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroaki Inagaki | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masaaki Ishida | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shigenori Sasaki | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zenjiro Tadokoro | 25 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nobuo Kameda | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isao Shimatani | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1735 | 4804 | 4304 | 387 | 979 | 151 | 23 | 58 | 363 | 67 | 50 | 366 | 753 | .227 | .289 | .314 | .602 | 1350 | 82 | 15 | 94 | 25 | 19 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokuji Iida | 1B | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Masaaki Ishida | 1B | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Shuichiro Nakamura | 1B | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Masataka Tsuchiya | 2B | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Seikichi Nishioka | 2B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shigenori Sasaki | 2B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Sadayuki Tokutake | 3B | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Hiromitsu Negoro | C | 120 | .000 | |||||
| Tsuguo Hiraiwa | C | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroo Kataoka | C | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Satoyuki Azuma | C | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Yukihiko Machida | OF | 121 | .000 | |||||
| Takao Sato | OF | 102 | .000 | |||||
| Katsumi Ukai | OF | 75 | .000 | |||||
| Hideyuki Suzuki | OF | 75 | .000 | |||||
| Hidero Konishi | OF | 69 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | OF | 67 | .000 | |||||
| Kenichi Akagi | OF | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroaki Inagaki | OF | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Shimatani | OF | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Tetsuro Iwasaki | OF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Tadayuki Motegi | OF | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshiharu Hamada | OF | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Satoyuki Azuma | OF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shigenori Sasaki | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Genichi Murata | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Masaichi Kaneda | P | 57 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshio Kitagawa | P | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Genichi Murata | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Hajimu Tatsumi | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshimi Moritaki | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Zenjiro Tadokoro | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroaki Inagaki | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Shimatani | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Kimitaka Sugimoto | SS | 89 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshiaki Hirai | SS | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Seikichi Nishioka | SS | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1562 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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