1977 Lotte Orions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 60-57
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Masaichi Kaneda (60-57)
Location: Tokyo, Japan

1977 Lotte Orions Roster

The Lotte Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1977 season with a record of 60 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The Orions plated 526 runs and yielded 485 runs. Leron Lee walloped 34 home runs for Lotte, while Michiyo Arito, In-cheon Paek and Hiroyuki Yamazaki each swatted 15 or more, too. Leron Lee recorded 109 runs batted in. Michiyo Arito led batters with significant playing time with a .329 average. Choji Murata topped the team with 17 wins, and Soroku Yagisawa registered a 2.62 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Leron Lee played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lotte Orions to do so.

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	WP	BF
Choji Murata	17	14	.548	2.68	47	28	17	15	2	6	235.0	216	85	70	15	62	2	180	8	10	975
Soroku Yagisawa	11	14	.440	2.62	40	28	7	5	2	1	175.0	167	75	51	10	32	0	89	6	2	719
Norihiro Mizutani	8	6	.571	3.18	37	19	6	4	0	1	124.7	106	52	44	9	45	3	57	3	2	523
Shoji Yasuki	5	2	.714	3.12	45	7	4	1	0	2	80.7	70	30	28	5	21	2	56	5	4	330
Tokunari Nishina	5	2	.714	4.25	26	8	8	0	0	1	91.0	100	45	43	11	18	2	49	6	0	386
Masaharu Mitsui	5	3	.625	2.32	19	3	11	1	0	5	50.3	34	15	13	3	12	0	50	1	1	190
Haruo Narishige	2	1	.667	2.65	50	0	10	0	0	4	105.3	94	35	31	8	23	1	67	7	0	425
Seiichi Ogawa	2	2	.500	4.99	15	6	5	0	0	0	39.7	47	34	22	3	19	0	22	2	2	185
Tomehiro Kaneda	2	4	.333	2.64	32	19	10	2	0	0	126.3	110	43	37	10	32	0	75	6	0	512
Yoshio Tanaka	2	6	.250	4.02	27	7	13	0	0	3	53.7	45	29	24	8	26	2	45	5	1	236
Fumio Narita	1	2	.333	5.44	15	4	6	0	0	1	43.0	47	27	26	5	19	1	21	2	1	194
Steven McNulty	0	1	.000	6.30	7	1	5	0	0	0	20.0	16	15	14	3	17	1	17	0	0	94
Totals	60	57	.513	3.17	360	130	102	28	4	24	1144.7	1052	485	403	90	326	14	728	51	23	4769

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
Leron Lee	124	512	467	74	148	30	3	34	109	9	10	36	106	.317	.365	.612	.978	286	4	3	0	6	5
Michiyo Arito	115	457	404	72	133	22	3	16	53	26	7	35	63	.329	.388	.517	.905	209	12	8	3	7	1
In-cheon Paek	126	490	452	50	127	11	2	16	56	6	6	30	33	.281	.327	.420	.748	190	11	3	1	4	2
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	128	505	451	49	116	21	4	17	62	4	6	39	85	.257	.317	.435	.752	196	7	2	10	3	0
Takahiro Tokutsu	112	380	348	32	106	20	2	2	44	4	2	19	15	.305	.337	.391	.728	136	11	1	6	6	2
Yoshihiro Iizuka	123	390	340	59	104	14	3	0	22	29	10	37	33	.306	.376	.365	.741	124	2	2	10	1	0
Sumio Hirota	114	445	403	55	96	10	2	2	23	20	13	24	23	.238	.285	.288	.573	116	6	4	10	4	1
Hiroshi Takahashi	99	257	238	24	70	12	4	3	28	0	2	8	14	.294	.325	.416	.741	99	4	3	8	0	0
Kimiyasu Murakami	102	228	212	15	51	7	0	4	18	1	2	8	28	.241	.275	.330	.605	70	5	2	6	0	0
Yoshiyuki Suenaga	73	160	146	12	34	4	0	5	20	2	5	7	19	.233	.278	.363	.641	53	2	3	2	2	0
Tadayoshi Iwasaki	95	169	159	17	34	4	1	2	8	0	1	2	28	.214	.224	.289	.513	46	4	0	8	0	1
Masanori Arai	100	197	181	15	33	4	0	4	18	2	3	4	22	.182	.212	.271	.482	49	7	3	8	1	0
Yoichi Inoue	88	114	99	16	20	1	0	3	9	2	2	10	20	.202	.286	.303	.589	30	1	2	2	1	0
Fumio Takahashi	60	79	72	9	19	4	0	0	8	2	2	4	6	.264	.303	.319	.622	23	0	0	3	0	0
Keisuke Senda	57	61	57	7	18	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	10	.316	.339	.404	.742	23	2	0	2	0	0
Takumi Ejima	57	86	82	4	17	3	0	1	8	3	0	0	12	.207	.214	.280	.495	23	3	1	2	1	0
Kenji Doi	47	72	66	4	16	0	0	2	6	1	0	4	8	.242	.282	.333	.615	22	4	0	1	1	0
Shinichi Sakaki	40	70	64	4	12	1	0	0	4	1	0	4	8	.188	.246	.203	.450	13	2	1	1	0	1
Yoshio Mizukami	44	48	46	5	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.130	.149	.196	.345	9	1	0	1	0	0
Toshiaki Yoshioka	9	11	10	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	3	.300	.364	.800	1.164	8	1	0	0	0	0
Yuji Kitagawa	22	15	13	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.308	.538	4	0	0	2	0	0
Sumiaki Nagamatsu	6	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	2	0	0	0	0	0
Masayoshi Moriyama	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1744	4756	4320	526	1167	177	27	111	499	115	73	275	554	.270	.317	.401	.718	1731	89	38	86	37	13

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Masanori Arai	1B	91					.000
Yoshiyuki Suenaga	1B	40					.000
Hiroshi Takahashi	1B	34					.000
Leron Lee	1B	23					.000
Yoichi Inoue	1B	20					.000
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	2B	120					.000
Yoshihiro Iizuka	2B	15					.000
Keisuke Senda	2B	11					.000
Yuji Kitagawa	2B	10					.000
Masanori Arai	2B	6					.000
Yoshiyuki Suenaga	2B	2					.000
Sumio Hirota	2B	2					.000
Toshiaki Yoshioka	2B	1					.000
Yoichi Inoue	2B	1					.000
Michiyo Arito	3B	110					.000
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	3B	6					.000
Yuji Kitagawa	3B	6					.000
Masanori Arai	3B	6					.000
Toshiaki Yoshioka	3B	5					.000
Keisuke Senda	3B	5					.000
Yoichi Inoue	3B	4					.000
Kimiyasu Murakami	C	101					.000
Hiroshi Takahashi	C	64					.000
Shinichi Sakaki	C	34					.000
Kenji Doi	C	18					.000
Yoshinori Tsutsui	C	1					.000
Takahiro Tokutsu	OF	111					.000
Sumio Hirota	OF	111					.000
Tadayoshi Iwasaki	OF	89					.000
In-cheon Paek	OF	57					.000
Leron Lee	OF	52					.000
Yoichi Inoue	OF	49					.000
Takumi Ejima	OF	49					.000
Fumio Takahashi	OF	38					.000
Sumiaki Nagamatsu	OF	2					.000
Hiroshi Takahashi	OF	1					.000
Masayoshi Moriyama	OF	1					.000
Michiyo Arito	OF	1					.000
Haruo Narishige	P	50					.000
Choji Murata	P	47					.000
Shoji Yasuki	P	45					.000
Soroku Yagisawa	P	40					.000
Norihiro Mizutani	P	37					.000
Tomehiro Kaneda	P	32					.000
Yoshio Tanaka	P	27					.000
Tokunari Nishina	P	26					.000
Masaharu Mitsui	P	19					.000
Seiichi Ogawa	P	15					.000
Fumio Narita	P	15					.000
Steven McNulty	P	7					.000
Yoshihiro Iizuka	SS	114					.000
Yoshio Mizukami	SS	37					.000
Keisuke Senda	SS	35					.000
Yoshiyuki Suenaga	SS	3					.000
Yuji Kitagawa	SS	3					.000
Toshiaki Yoshioka	SS	1					.000
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	SS	1					.000
Michiyo Arito	SS	1					.000
Totals		1852	0	0	0	0	.000

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