1978 Lotte Orions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 53-62
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Masaichi Kaneda (53-62)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1978 Lotte Orions Roster

The Lotte Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1978 season with a record of 53 wins and 62 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.

The Orions scored 523 runs and conceded 587 runs, most in the circuit. Leron Lee walloped 30 home runs for Lotte, while Michiyo Arito and Leon Lee swatted 15 or more also. Leron Lee recorded 88 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .317 average. Choji Murata led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.9 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

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	BK	WP	BF
Choji Murata	14	13	.519	2.90	37	27	9	17	3	3	223.3	188	84	72	18	58	2	174	15	0	10	907
Tokunari Nishina	9	6	.600	4.26	32	16	6	5	0	0	126.7	123	70	60	23	33	2	67	10	0	1	535
Tomehiro Kaneda	6	6	.500	3.28	26	17	5	5	1	2	109.7	108	49	40	14	46	1	48	6	0	0	474
Hidetake Watanabe	5	3	.625	4.16	36	3	20	1	0	2	93.0	98	48	43	7	21	5	44	8	0	1	395
Soroku Yagisawa	5	6	.455	3.22	28	17	5	6	1	3	120.3	119	49	43	7	23	0	48	5	0	0	496
Norihiro Mizutani	5	8	.385	4.33	34	22	5	2	0	0	131.0	132	74	63	18	54	2	71	5	1	3	560
Shoji Yasuki	3	1	.750	4.30	47	4	7	0	0	0	60.7	61	33	29	3	23	0	31	2	0	2	259
Fumio Narita	2	2	.500	4.11	9	5	2	1	0	0	35.0	40	16	16	3	10	0	18	4	0	0	157
Seiichi Ogawa	1	0	1.000	3.38	6	0	4	0	0	0	24.0	18	10	9	1	7	0	14	0	0	1	98
Haruo Narishige	1	1	.500	5.40	29	2	7	0	0	0	48.3	49	30	29	4	24	2	31	11	1	0	221
Masaharu Mitsui	1	3	.250	6.43	12	1	6	0	0	2	28.0	28	23	20	3	15	0	28	2	0	2	127
Hideyuki Okue	1	9	.100	4.46	20	13	6	0	0	0	82.7	86	53	41	5	38	0	48	7	0	0	370
Tadao Yokoyama	0	0		8.83	5	0	4	0	0	0	17.3	21	24	17	8	16	0	8	1	0	1	89
Takuya Odaka	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5
Masato Hiroki	0	4	.000	5.50	11	3	6	0	0	0	36.0	36	22	22	6	15	0	16	3	0	0	152
Totals	53	62	.461	4.01	333	130	93	37	5	12	1137.0	1108	587	506	121	384	14	647	79	2	21	4845

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
Leon Lee	128	500	471	59	149	26	6	19	73	6	2	20	74	.316	.351	.518	.869	244	17	6	2	1	0
Leron Lee	126	514	461	76	146	22	0	30	88	3	5	41	86	.317	.380	.560	.940	258	6	8	1	3	16
Michiyo Arito	120	524	473	81	132	22	2	20	63	17	3	42	62	.279	.339	.461	.800	218	8	2	5	2	2
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	122	483	435	56	126	23	2	13	52	3	4	33	55	.290	.340	.441	.781	192	8	1	12	2	1
Takahiro Tokutsu	114	420	391	51	112	18	1	6	28	2	2	14	7	.286	.317	.384	.701	150	12	4	10	1	2
Sumio Hirota	115	407	371	36	91	14	1	2	31	25	9	19	24	.245	.286	.305	.591	113	5	3	12	2	0
Yoshihiro Iizuka	114	341	301	32	67	8	4	2	14	15	6	23	28	.223	.295	.296	.591	89	3	8	9	0	0
Hiroshi Takahashi	88	258	232	20	61	7	0	5	30	0	1	10	24	.263	.297	.358	.655	83	9	3	9	4	1
In-cheon Paek	58	181	171	19	44	7	0	3	11	5	0	7	12	.257	.289	.351	.640	60	9	1	1	1	1
Kenji Doi	66	134	125	5	34	7	0	1	15	0	0	4	13	.272	.290	.352	.642	44	4	0	3	2	0
Tadayoshi Iwasaki	104	177	161	12	31	2	0	1	13	3	3	9	26	.193	.235	.224	.459	36	3	0	7	0	0
Katsuya Nomura	64	145	133	7	30	4	1	3	12	0	0	10	15	.226	.283	.338	.621	45	5	1	0	1	1
Takumi Ejima	81	149	139	9	30	6	0	2	17	3	1	6	14	.216	.247	.302	.549	42	5	0	3	1	0
Yoshiyuki Suenaga	46	119	109	12	29	2	0	3	18	1	1	6	9	.266	.310	.367	.677	40	0	1	3	0	0
Keisuke Senda	62	94	88	12	25	3	0	1	9	5	2	2	10	.284	.297	.352	.649	31	0	0	3	1	0
Toshiaki Yoshioka	32	67	64	7	20	1	0	2	9	0	2	2	8	.312	.333	.422	.755	27	0	0	1	0	0
Shinichi Sakaki	45	91	83	6	16	0	0	1	4	1	0	6	10	.193	.264	.229	.493	19	0	2	0	0	0
Masanori Arai	47	49	48	5	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.208	.208	.229	.438	11	0	0	1	0	0
Yoshio Mizukami	58	45	40	8	9	1	0	0	2	4	2	0	9	.225	.225	.250	.475	10	2	0	5	0	0
Fumio Takahashi	15	38	30	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.233	.281	.267	.548	8	0	0	6	0	0
Hidetoshi Hakamada	9	17	16	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	5	.312	.353	.500	.853	8	0	0	0	0	0
Nobuyuki Sasaki	5	8	8	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	.750	1.250	6	0	0	0	0	0
Yoichi Inoue	16	21	20	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	.100	.095	.100	.195	2	0	0	0	1	0
Yoshitaka Shinya	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yuji Kitagawa	6	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1647	4791	4379	523	1180	175	18	115	496	93	45	257	510	.269	.314	.396	.711	1736	96	40	93	22	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Leon Lee	1B	126					.000
Masanori Arai	1B	21					.000
Yoshiyuki Suenaga	1B	9					.000
Hiroshi Takahashi	1B	3					.000
Yoshitaka Shinya	1B	1					.000
Yoichi Inoue	1B	1					.000
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	2B	122					.000
Yoichi Inoue	2B	11					.000
Masanori Arai	2B	8					.000
Yoshiyuki Suenaga	2B	6					.000
Keisuke Senda	2B	3					.000
Yoshihiro Iizuka	2B	3					.000
Yuji Kitagawa	2B	2					.000
Leon Lee	2B	1					.000
Michiyo Arito	3B	120					.000
Masanori Arai	3B	12					.000
Keisuke Senda	3B	10					.000
Leon Lee	3B	6					.000
Yoichi Inoue	3B	1					.000
Hiroshi Takahashi	C	84					.000
Shinichi Sakaki	C	44					.000
Katsuya Nomura	C	31					.000
Kenji Doi	C	28					.000
Hidetoshi Hakamada	C	9					.000
Nobuyuki Sasaki	C	4					.000
Sumio Hirota	OF	115					.000
Takahiro Tokutsu	OF	110					.000
Tadayoshi Iwasaki	OF	103					.000
Takumi Ejima	OF	76					.000
Leron Lee	OF	65					.000
Toshiaki Yoshioka	OF	26					.000
In-cheon Paek	OF	23					.000
Fumio Takahashi	OF	14					.000
Yoichi Inoue	OF	2					.000
Shoji Yasuki	P	47					.000
Choji Murata	P	37					.000
Hidetake Watanabe	P	36					.000
Norihiro Mizutani	P	34					.000
Tokunari Nishina	P	32					.000
Haruo Narishige	P	29					.000
Soroku Yagisawa	P	28					.000
Tomehiro Kaneda	P	26					.000
Hideyuki Okue	P	20					.000
Masaharu Mitsui	P	12					.000
Masato Hiroki	P	11					.000
Fumio Narita	P	9					.000
Seiichi Ogawa	P	6					.000
Tadao Yokoyama	P	5					.000
Takuya Odaka	P	1					.000
Yoshihiro Iizuka	SS	105					.000
Yoshio Mizukami	SS	41					.000
Keisuke Senda	SS	39					.000
Michiyo Arito	SS	5					.000
Yuji Kitagawa	SS	2					.000
Totals		1725	0	0	0	0	.000

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