1975 Lotte Orions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 59-65
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Kimio Takagi (0-0), Masaichi Kaneda (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan

1975 Lotte Orions Roster

The Lotte Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1975 season with a record of 59 wins and 65 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.

The Orions scored 514 runs and surrendered 494 runs. Michiyo Arito led Lotte with 21 home runs, while Hiroyuki Yamazaki walloped 15 or more also. Michiyo Arito drove in 59 runs. Sumio Hirota and Takahiro Tokutsu paced batters with significant playing time with a .301 average. Fumio Narita topped the team with 15 wins, and Choji Murata recorded a 2.21 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1975 Lotte Orions who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Lefebvre, Jimmy Rosario and Bill McNulty.

Kimio Takagi and Masaichi Kaneda 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 Narita	15	9	.625	3.33	31	29	2	11	2	0	203.0	186	83	75	28	53	1	107	6	0	2	836
Masaharu Mitsui	10	8	.556	3.51	36	9	17	1	1	4	125.7	105	58	49	11	52	2	99	1	1	4	526
Norihiro Mizutani	9	7	.562	2.80	32	24	3	1	0	0	132.0	127	58	41	14	38	1	54	3	0	0	568
Choji Murata	9	12	.429	2.21	39	17	21	11	2	13	191.7	128	56	47	15	65	2	120	6	0	3	759
Tomehiro Kaneda	6	7	.462	3.86	25	23	0	6	1	0	130.7	127	66	56	12	41	0	65	1	1	1	554
Masaaki Kitaru	5	14	.263	3.97	30	18	10	6	0	1	140.7	147	71	62	14	42	3	44	7	0	2	596
Haruo Narishige	2	2	.500	3.36	27	0	14	0	0	2	64.3	48	25	24	4	34	3	45	4	0	1	267
Soroku Yagisawa	2	5	.286	3.82	20	9	6	1	0	0	77.7	76	35	33	13	21	1	26	2	0	1	324
Seiichi Ogawa	1	1	.500	5.87	15	1	10	0	0	0	38.3	36	27	25	7	16	0	19	2	2	1	167
Akira Kuramochi	0	0		2.25	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	1	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	20
Kiyotake Suzuki	0	0		2.60	16	0	7	0	0	0	27.7	24	10	8	2	8	1	15	4	0	0	115
Takeaki Yamasaki	0	0		4.91	5	0	1	0	0	0	3.7	7	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16
Totals	59	65	.476	3.34	279	130	93	37	6	20	1139.3	1015	494	423	121	373	14	601	36	4	15	4748

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
Sumio Hirota	126	541	491	71	148	19	6	11	54	35	12	33	25	.301	.347	.432	.779	212	6	4	8	5	1
Takahiro Tokutsu	120	456	425	32	128	17	2	4	57	3	5	27	20	.301	.342	.379	.721	161	3	1	0	3	2
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	118	484	430	62	116	17	5	17	56	9	8	46	74	.270	.340	.451	.791	194	13	1	5	2	0
Michiyo Arito	114	468	419	64	109	18	3	21	59	22	8	38	71	.260	.327	.468	.795	196	16	6	0	5	3
Kazuo Hasegawa	105	349	320	34	93	12	6	4	35	5	1	14	21	.291	.324	.403	.727	129	6	3	9	3	3
Yoshihiro Iizuka	110	295	268	39	68	7	5	0	17	26	2	14	27	.254	.292	.317	.609	85	1	1	11	1	0
Kenji Doi	94	261	240	26	62	7	2	8	24	4	5	12	20	.258	.302	.404	.706	97	7	3	6	0	0
Tadayoshi Iwasaki	109	274	244	24	61	7	0	4	24	8	3	19	27	.250	.308	.328	.636	80	4	2	8	1	0
Kimiyasu Murakami	102	238	225	16	54	10	0	6	25	0	0	8	23	.240	.271	.364	.636	82	4	2	2	1	0
Masanori Arai	86	218	198	22	51	7	1	1	17	2	5	7	19	.258	.295	.318	.613	63	1	4	8	1	0
Takumi Ejima	88	165	152	20	42	6	0	4	20	1	3	6	12	.276	.313	.395	.708	60	4	3	2	2	0
Jim Lefebvre	47	168	151	13	39	5	0	9	24	1	0	10	19	.258	.315	.470	.785	71	2	3	3	1	3
Bill McNulty	64	216	195	24	37	2	0	13	27	1	2	17	52	.190	.257	.400	.657	78	2	1	2	1	0
Rafael Batista	48	147	137	12	28	9	0	3	13	1	0	5	26	.204	.247	.336	.582	46	2	3	1	1	0
Shojiro Kikukawa	56	124	112	7	25	4	0	0	8	1	0	8	16	.223	.281	.259	.540	29	2	1	3	0	0
Fumihiro Tojo	68	100	90	26	20	1	2	1	5	4	6	5	9	.222	.260	.311	.572	28	3	0	4	1	0
Jimmy Rosario	24	97	92	3	19	5	0	0	4	4	1	2	9	.207	.223	.261	.484	24	0	0	3	0	0
Shinichi Sakaki	44	64	59	5	10	0	0	1	5	0	0	3	13	.169	.210	.220	.430	13	4	0	2	0	0
Toshiaki Yoshioka	33	45	41	7	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	12	.146	.205	.146	.351	6	1	1	1	0	0
Keisuke Senda	13	21	19	3	3	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	1	.158	.238	.211	.449	4	0	0	0	0	0
Masuho Maeda	33	30	26	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	.115	.148	.231	.379	6	0	0	3	0	0
Sumiaki Nagamatsu	31	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	1	0	0	0	0
Masayoshi Moriyama	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1639	4771	4344	514	1124	154	32	108	479	130	64	279	502	.259	.307	.384	.691	1666	82	39	81	28	12

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Masanori Arai	1B	53					.000
Rafael Batista	1B	40					.000
Jim Lefebvre	1B	32					.000
Masuho Maeda	1B	26					.000
Kazuo Hasegawa	1B	22					.000
Bill McNulty	1B	13					.000
Soroku Yagisawa	1B	1					.000
Kiyotake Suzuki	1B	1					.000
Seiichi Ogawa	1B	1					.000
Sumiaki Nagamatsu	1B	1					.000
Norihiro Mizutani	1B	1					.000
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	2B	118					.000
Masanori Arai	2B	11					.000
Fumihiro Tojo	2B	7					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	2B	4					.000
Toshiaki Yoshioka	2B	3					.000
Yoshihiro Iizuka	2B	2					.000
Michiyo Arito	3B	114					.000
Masanori Arai	3B	13					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	3B	9					.000
Fumihiro Tojo	3B	3					.000
Bill McNulty	3B	3					.000
Masuho Maeda	3B	2					.000
Toshiaki Yoshioka	3B	1					.000
Kimiyasu Murakami	C	100					.000
Kenji Doi	C	69					.000
Shinichi Sakaki	C	31					.000
Sumiaki Nagamatsu	C	8					.000
Sumio Hirota	OF	124					.000
Takahiro Tokutsu	OF	103					.000
Tadayoshi Iwasaki	OF	99					.000
Takumi Ejima	OF	83					.000
Kazuo Hasegawa	OF	56					.000
Jimmy Rosario	OF	23					.000
Sumiaki Nagamatsu	OF	15					.000
Kiyotake Suzuki	OF	4					.000
Seiichi Ogawa	OF	4					.000
Masayoshi Moriyama	OF	4					.000
Masaharu Mitsui	OF	3					.000
Haruo Narishige	OF	2					.000
Bill McNulty	OF	2					.000
Tomehiro Kaneda	OF	2					.000
Soroku Yagisawa	OF	1					.000
Choji Murata	OF	1					.000
Norihiro Mizutani	OF	1					.000
Akira Kuramochi	OF	1					.000
Kenji Doi	OF	1					.000
Choji Murata	P	39					.000
Masaharu Mitsui	P	36					.000
Norihiro Mizutani	P	32					.000
Fumio Narita	P	31					.000
Masaaki Kitaru	P	30					.000
Haruo Narishige	P	27					.000
Tomehiro Kaneda	P	25					.000
Soroku Yagisawa	P	20					.000
Kiyotake Suzuki	P	16					.000
Seiichi Ogawa	P	15					.000
Takeaki Yamasaki	P	5					.000
Akira Kuramochi	P	3					.000
Yoshihiro Iizuka	SS	105					.000
Fumihiro Tojo	SS	42					.000
Toshiaki Yoshioka	SS	24					.000
Keisuke Senda	SS	13					.000
Takeaki Yamasaki	SS	2					.000
Michiyo Arito	SS	2					.000
Haruo Narishige	SS	1					.000
Sumiaki Nagamatsu	SS	1					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	SS	1					.000
Totals		1688	0	0	0	0	.000

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