1981 Lotte Orions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 63-57
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuhiro Yamauchi (63-57)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1981 Lotte Orions Roster

The Lotte Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1981 season with a record of 63 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The Orions plated 567 runs and conceded 597 runs. Hiromitsu Ochiai walloped 33 home runs for Lotte, while Michiyo Arito and Leron Lee swatted 15 or more also. Hiromitsu Ochiai accounted for 90 RBI and topped all regular batters with a .326 average. Choji Murata paced the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.97 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

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

Kazuhiro Yamauchi 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	19	8	.704	2.97	32	31	0	16	2	0	230.7	237	99	76	18	55	0	154	6	0	6	970
Tokunari Nishina	13	10	.565	4.06	29	29	0	8	2	0	186.3	183	90	84	25	47	1	80	18	0	1	793
Norihiro Mizutani	12	11	.522	4.00	34	30	2	5	0	0	191.3	210	96	85	21	87	1	90	5	0	2	850
Yoshikatsu Umezawa	7	2	.778	3.25	48	1	22	0	0	8	130.0	99	53	47	15	65	6	62	7	1	0	544
Akira Kuramochi	5	4	.556	4.13	40	0	37	0	0	11	56.7	57	26	26	9	22	4	37	2	0	1	245
Susumu Omata	2	3	.400	8.32	19	6	5	0	0	0	48.7	68	45	45	9	38	0	17	3	0	1	247
Hideyuki Okue	2	5	.286	4.25	19	16	2	0	0	1	89.0	87	48	42	6	49	1	25	6	1	1	395
Takuya Mochizuki	1	1	.500	3.79	22	2	4	0	0	0	61.7	63	33	26	6	19	0	21	3	0	2	258
Sogen Miyake	1	1	.500	4.41	17	3	11	0	0	1	32.7	23	17	16	2	34	0	21	0	1	1	146
Shoji Yasuki	1	9	.100	5.98	25	9	3	0	0	0	64.7	73	47	43	7	36	0	31	2	0	0	299
Masaharu Mitsui	0	0		3.18	4	0	3	0	0	1	5.7	4	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	21
Isao Tamura	0	0		6.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	1	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	11
Hideyuki Hirata	0	0		7.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	7	6	5	2	6	0	2	1	0	1	32
Yoshio Fukazawa	0	1	.000	4.87	12	1	5	0	0	1	20.3	20	14	11	3	18	0	11	4	0	0	99
Takeshi Aiko	0	2	.000	10.06	8	2	4	0	0	0	17.0	21	19	19	2	12	0	7	4	0	1	83
Totals	63	57	.525	4.16	314	130	101	29	4	23	1143.7	1153	597	529	126	491	13	563	61	3	17	4993

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
Tomohisa Shoji	127	568	516	65	151	15	7	10	63	17	8	34	30	.293	.337	.407	.744	210	9	3	10	5	0
Hiromitsu Ochiai	127	502	423	69	138	19	3	33	90	6	3	68	55	.326	.423	.619	1.043	262	17	6	1	4	1
Leron Lee	125	501	447	58	135	11	2	19	71	5	2	48	57	.302	.371	.463	.834	207	8	3	0	3	3
Sumio Hirota	122	514	460	56	122	18	1	5	40	29	6	23	32	.265	.303	.341	.645	157	4	3	26	2	1
Leon Lee	107	441	395	50	119	17	0	13	62	1	3	39	41	.301	.361	.443	.804	175	14	1	1	5	3
Michiyo Arito	113	458	410	64	117	18	3	15	50	13	1	41	52	.285	.358	.454	.812	186	10	6	0	1	4
Yoshio Mizukami	130	453	386	51	100	16	2	8	45	9	7	28	55	.259	.316	.373	.689	144	7	5	32	2	1
Kenji Doi	104	290	253	25	67	14	0	7	28	2	1	24	32	.265	.338	.403	.741	102	3	5	6	2	2
Yoichi Inoue	122	297	249	37	61	8	0	6	33	5	3	29	29	.245	.324	.349	.673	87	7	2	13	4	0
Hiroshi Takahashi	94	216	195	14	48	7	0	1	19	0	2	13	13	.246	.295	.297	.593	58	2	1	6	1	0
Toshiaki Yoshioka	83	181	165	14	44	12	0	1	9	5	0	9	30	.267	.303	.358	.661	59	2	1	3	3	0
Isao Harimoto	70	175	160	9	35	6	0	3	16	2	1	12	14	.219	.270	.312	.583	50	3	0	1	2	2
Takumi Ejima	60	120	114	13	32	7	1	2	11	1	0	3	14	.281	.300	.412	.712	47	1	1	0	2	1
Takahiro Kenmotsu	63	53	50	14	15	2	0	1	4	3	1	3	5	.300	.340	.400	.740	20	1	0	0	0	0
Yoshitaka Shinya	53	68	64	12	12	3	0	1	3	1	2	1	14	.188	.224	.281	.505	18	1	2	1	0	0
Hidetoshi Hakamada	12	21	19	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	.263	.300	.421	.721	8	0	0	1	0	0
Masanori Arai	45	32	30	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.167	.219	.167	.385	5	1	0	0	0	0
Takahiro Tokutsu	7	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sumiaki Nagamatsu	10	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kenichi Sato	25	11	10	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	.100	.091	.100	.191	1	0	0	0	1	0
Hidehiko Ichihashi	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shonosuke Kasuga	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hideaki Takazawa	10	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fumimune Tokuyama	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1620	4926	4371	567	1210	173	19	126	547	99	41	378	487	.277	.337	.412	.749	1799	90	39	101	37	18

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Leon Lee	1B	95					.000
Hiromitsu Ochiai	1B	54					.000
Masanori Arai	1B	12					.000
Hidehiko Ichihashi	1B	2					.000
Yoichi Inoue	2B	117					.000
Hiromitsu Ochiai	2B	61					.000
Masanori Arai	2B	5					.000
Kenichi Sato	2B	2					.000
Hideaki Takazawa	2B	1					.000
Shonosuke Kasuga	2B	1					.000
Hidehiko Ichihashi	2B	1					.000
Michiyo Arito	3B	113					.000
Hiromitsu Ochiai	3B	29					.000
Masanori Arai	3B	15					.000
Hidehiko Ichihashi	3B	2					.000
Hideaki Takazawa	3B	1					.000
Kenichi Sato	3B	1					.000
Hiroshi Takahashi	C	94					.000
Kenji Doi	C	88					.000
Hidetoshi Hakamada	C	9					.000
Takeshi Aiko	C	8					.000
Sumiaki Nagamatsu	C	5					.000
Tomohisa Shoji	OF	124					.000
Sumio Hirota	OF	122					.000
Toshiaki Yoshioka	OF	79					.000
Leron Lee	OF	56					.000
Takahiro Kenmotsu	OF	55					.000
Yoshitaka Shinya	OF	38					.000
Takumi Ejima	OF	31					.000
Fumimune Tokuyama	OF	2					.000
Takahiro Tokutsu	OF	2					.000
Leon Lee	OF	2					.000
Shonosuke Kasuga	OF	1					.000
Yoshikatsu Umezawa	P	48					.000
Akira Kuramochi	P	40					.000
Norihiro Mizutani	P	34					.000
Choji Murata	P	32					.000
Tokunari Nishina	P	29					.000
Shoji Yasuki	P	25					.000
Takuya Mochizuki	P	22					.000
Susumu Omata	P	19					.000
Hideyuki Okue	P	19					.000
Sogen Miyake	P	17					.000
Yoshio Fukazawa	P	12					.000
Takeshi Aiko	P	8					.000
Masaharu Mitsui	P	4					.000
Hideyuki Hirata	P	3					.000
Isao Tamura	P	2					.000
Yoshio Mizukami	SS	130					.000
Kenichi Sato	SS	14					.000
Yoichi Inoue	SS	6					.000
Hideaki Takazawa	SS	5					.000
Totals		1697	0	0	0	0	.000

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