1983 Lotte Orions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 43-76
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuyoshi Yamamoto (43-76)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1983 Lotte Orions Roster

The Lotte Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1983 season with a record of 43 wins and 76 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Orions scored 525 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 710 runs, most in the circuit. Hiromitsu Ochiai and Leron Lee paced Lotte with 25 home runs apiece., and Toshiaki Yoshioka walloped 15 or more also. Leron Lee recorded 82 runs batted in. Hiromitsu Ochiai topped hitters with significant playing time with a .332 average. Yoshio Fukazawa led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 4.53 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Steve Shirley and Leron Lee both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Kazuyoshi Yamamoto 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
Yoshio Fukazawa	12	8	.600	4.53	27	22	1	5	1	0	155.0	149	82	78	19	99	6	82	12	0	703
Norihiro Mizutani	10	14	.417	5.35	34	30	2	5	0	0	181.7	218	120	108	31	81	7	95	3	3	833
Tokunari Nishina	5	13	.278	5.06	28	23	3	8	1	0	144.0	162	89	81	25	41	4	57	13	0	631
Steve Shirley	4	4	.500	3.27	37	0	34	0	0	11	52.3	59	24	19	3	26	1	35	1	4	236
Tetsuo Nishii	3	4	.429	6.08	34	1	9	0	0	0	50.3	56	37	34	8	29	3	39	3	1	235
Mitsunori Kakehata	2	4	.333	5.24	32	8	11	0	0	0	89.3	107	55	52	18	41	2	49	2	3	406
Masaru Ishikawa	2	6	.250	4.50	18	10	2	2	0	0	76.0	83	44	38	6	39	4	34	3	2	341
Kinzo Nakai	2	7	.222	5.40	25	14	3	3	0	0	86.7	109	69	52	15	37	2	45	4	3	399
Isao Tamura	1	1	.500	4.76	19	0	3	0	0	0	28.3	28	17	15	3	13	0	9	3	0	126
Yasuji Ibe	1	1	.500	5.28	3	2	1	1	0	0	15.3	13	10	9	1	11	0	5	1	0	69
Yoshikatsu Umezawa	1	3	.250	3.70	37	5	13	0	0	2	82.7	81	38	34	9	39	2	35	4	0	367
Tetsuro Nagashima	0	0		2.35	5	1	2	0	0	0	7.7	8	2	2	0	4	0	6	0	0	34
Takeshi Aiko	0	0		4.38	48	0	7	0	0	0	24.7	23	16	12	4	28	2	16	2	1	126
Masayoshi Kanai	0	1	.000	5.19	10	3	5	0	0	0	26.0	25	15	15	4	11	0	10	0	0	110
Masashi Doi	0	1	.000	5.28	20	0	6	0	0	0	29.0	33	17	17	4	14	0	15	1	1	127
Takuya Mochizuki	0	1	.000	14.81	8	1	2	0	0	0	10.3	26	17	17	2	8	0	2	1	0	63
Susumu Omata	0	4	.000	7.31	10	5	1	0	0	0	28.3	40	25	23	7	21	1	20	1	1	140
Sogen Miyake	0	4	.000	9.00	14	5	1	0	0	0	32.0	38	33	32	4	36	0	27	2	2	167
Totals	43	76	.361	5.13	409	130	106	24	2	13	1119.7	1258	710	638	163	578	34	581	56	21	5113

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	126	524	479	71	152	26	1	25	82	2	1	41	63	.317	.370	.532	.903	255	15	1	0	3	3
Hiromitsu Ochiai	119	497	428	79	142	22	1	25	75	6	5	64	52	.332	.419	.563	.982	241	14	2	0	3	5
Yoshio Mizukami	130	468	427	49	129	22	4	9	54	9	6	32	73	.302	.352	.436	.788	186	7	2	5	2	0
Michiyo Arito	111	427	396	50	105	19	3	14	60	10	1	23	51	.265	.311	.434	.745	172	19	4	2	2	4
Toshiaki Yoshioka	109	376	343	39	78	8	0	16	52	5	4	12	46	.227	.258	.391	.648	134	7	4	11	6	0
Hideaki Takazawa	62	260	234	37	71	11	3	6	27	7	3	15	32	.303	.348	.453	.801	106	2	1	10	0	0
Tomohisa Shoji	78	294	268	36	65	9	2	7	13	7	4	20	22	.243	.295	.369	.665	99	4	0	6	0	0
Sumio Hirota	84	276	245	13	60	6	1	1	13	7	4	16	21	.245	.292	.290	.581	71	3	1	12	2	0
Yoichi Inoue	104	289	259	22	57	3	1	2	23	1	1	19	34	.220	.275	.263	.537	68	4	2	5	4	0
Kenji Doi	95	251	224	14	54	6	0	4	17	0	2	20	27	.241	.306	.321	.628	72	11	2	3	2	0
Takahiro Kenmotsu	71	270	226	25	53	4	1	4	18	10	3	28	39	.235	.320	.314	.634	71	4	1	14	1	0
Norifumi Nishimura	95	211	195	26	47	4	2	2	12	12	8	4	26	.241	.267	.313	.580	61	4	3	9	0	0
Hidetoshi Hakamada	89	196	182	12	42	7	1	5	23	1	0	9	33	.231	.275	.363	.637	66	3	2	3	0	0
Kenichi Sato	85	106	97	15	26	3	1	4	13	1	1	5	19	.268	.311	.443	.754	43	0	1	3	0	0
Shonosuke Kasuga	40	70	59	17	15	2	0	1	5	0	0	6	10	.254	.333	.339	.672	20	0	1	4	0	0
Yoshitaka Shinya	44	101	88	9	15	2	0	1	5	0	0	4	14	.170	.223	.227	.451	20	2	2	7	0	0
Sumiaki Nagamatsu	36	56	50	4	10	2	0	1	8	0	0	3	12	.200	.259	.300	.559	15	1	1	2	0	0
Masayuki Kawashima	21	27	24	2	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	5	.208	.296	.333	.630	8	0	2	0	0	0
Kazukuni Muto	21	38	34	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.118	.189	.147	.336	5	1	2	1	0	1
Kazuhito Maruyama	6	11	11	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.364	.636	4	1	0	0	0	0
Fumimune Tokuyama	7	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ko Saito	8	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takumi Ejima	9	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1550	4775	4295	525	1134	158	21	128	505	78	43	324	600	.264	.319	.400	.719	1718	102	34	97	25	13

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hiromitsu Ochiai	1B	118					.000
Yoichi Inoue	1B	10					.000
Ko Saito	1B	3					.000
Masayuki Kawashima	1B	3					.000
Yoshitaka Shinya	1B	1					.000
Yoichi Inoue	2B	86					.000
Norifumi Nishimura	2B	73					.000
Kazuhito Maruyama	2B	5					.000
Shonosuke Kasuga	2B	5					.000
Kenichi Sato	2B	4					.000
Michiyo Arito	3B	111					.000
Kenichi Sato	3B	74					.000
Yoichi Inoue	3B	8					.000
Shonosuke Kasuga	3B	4					.000
Norifumi Nishimura	3B	1					.000
Kazuhito Maruyama	3B	1					.000
Hidetoshi Hakamada	C	89					.000
Kenji Doi	C	68					.000
Takeshi Aiko	C	48					.000
Sumiaki Nagamatsu	C	34					.000
Toshiaki Yoshioka	OF	105					.000
Sumio Hirota	OF	75					.000
Tomohisa Shoji	OF	73					.000
Takahiro Kenmotsu	OF	69					.000
Hideaki Takazawa	OF	61					.000
Yoshitaka Shinya	OF	36					.000
Shonosuke Kasuga	OF	14					.000
Kazukuni Muto	OF	13					.000
Fumimune Tokuyama	OF	3					.000
Norifumi Nishimura	OF	2					.000
Takumi Ejima	OF	2					.000
Takeshi Aiko	P	48					.000
Yoshikatsu Umezawa	P	37					.000
Steve Shirley	P	37					.000
Tetsuo Nishii	P	34					.000
Norihiro Mizutani	P	34					.000
Mitsunori Kakehata	P	32					.000
Tokunari Nishina	P	28					.000
Yoshio Fukazawa	P	27					.000
Kinzo Nakai	P	25					.000
Masashi Doi	P	20					.000
Isao Tamura	P	19					.000
Masaru Ishikawa	P	18					.000
Sogen Miyake	P	14					.000
Susumu Omata	P	10					.000
Masayoshi Kanai	P	10					.000
Takuya Mochizuki	P	8					.000
Tetsuro Nagashima	P	5					.000
Yasuji Ibe	P	3					.000
Yoshio Mizukami	SS	129					.000
Norifumi Nishimura	SS	9					.000
Kenichi Sato	SS	7					.000
Yoichi Inoue	SS	1					.000
Totals		1754	0	0	0	0	.000

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