1952 Mainichi Dragons Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 75-45
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Yoshio Yuasa (0-0), Kaoru Betto (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan

1952 Mainichi Dragons Roster

The Mainichi Dragons of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1952 season with a record of 75 wins and 45 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Dragons scored 554 runs and allowed 441 runs. Takuzo Miyake and Kaoru Betto led Mainichi with 18 home runs apiece. Takeshi Doigaki accounted for 72 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .296. Takeshi Nomura paced the team with 16 wins, while Atsushi Aramaki registered a 1.88 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Yoshio Yuasa and Kaoru Betto 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
Takeshi Nomura	16	9	.640	2.76	39	27	9	8	1		195.3	193	73	60	11	43		53	2	0	1	792
Shigeo Ueno	14	6	.700	3.20	33	17	11	4	2		149.0	149	71	53	13	35		41	1	0	0	626
Toshihide Yamane	12	6	.667	3.14	42	19	17	4	0		192.0	156	78	67	11	53		81	2	1	7	761
Yoshimi Ebara	8	5	.615	2.64	26	16	5	4	1		112.7	112	42	33	7	37		71	1	2	2	472
Atsushi Aramaki	7	6	.538	1.88	26	11	10	4	1		110.3	94	35	23	7	22		55	0	0	2	439
Toshinobu Sueyoshi	6	6	.500	3.44	25	11	11	1	0		89.0	81	42	34	4	52		32	1	1	4	370
Kazuo Miyazaki	5	2	.714	2.31	25	6	13	1	1		93.7	80	32	24	4	22		28	2	1	0	372
Isamu Wada	4	3	.571	2.03	22	6	12	1	1		79.7	60	23	18	1	27		46	0	0	0	313
Masato Morita	2	1	.667	3.76	10	5	0	0	0		38.3	29	23	16	0	33		9	1	0	1	174
Hirokazu Shimizu	1	0	1.000	2.25	1	1	0	0	0		4.0	3	1	1	1	1		1	1	0	0	16
Kaoru Betto	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	4
Heishichi Sato	0	0		14.73	2	0	0	0	0		3.7	9	6	6	1	5		0	0	0	0	23
Yoshihiko Taki	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0		0.3	3	1	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	4
Sadao Inagaki	0	1	.000	5.74	6	1	4	0	0		15.7	18	14	10	4	8		3	0	0	0	73
Totals	75	45	.625	2.87	259	120	93	27	7	0	1084.7	987	441	346	65	339	0	421	11	5	17	4439

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
Kaoru Betto	120	513	456	93	127	26	10	18	67	40	13	56	30	.279	.357	.498	.855	227	17	0	1
Takeshi Doigaki	119	479	422	55	125	25	5	13	72	7	7	50	34	.296	.376	.472	.848	199	18	4	3
Yasuya Hondo	120	492	422	51	114	19	3	6	56	15	4	57	33	.270	.360	.372	.732	157	11	2	11
Takuzo Miyake	106	411	378	66	111	19	2	18	69	25	15	32	27	.294	.350	.497	.848	188	9	1	0
Takuji Kouchi	114	449	395	49	93	9	3	1	37	8	9	43	16	.235	.314	.281	.595	111	11	2	9
Shoshichi Ito	102	375	333	50	88	22	1	7	50	14	4	35	35	.264	.334	.399	.734	133	3	0	7
Shosei Go	108	320	267	41	69	13	2	1	27	16	6	50	20	.258	.377	.333	.711	89	4	1	2
Yukio Nishimoto	106	319	280	42	69	10	5	0	23	10	4	29	21	.246	.317	.318	.635	89	6	0	10
Zenzo Hasegawa	87	284	251	33	64	9	3	2	31	11	1	23	24	.255	.318	.339	.656	85	1	0	10
Kazuhiro Yamauchi	44	124	113	16	38	8	0	1	13	4	2	10	11	.336	.390	.434	.824	49	7	0	1
Shoji Kitamura	42	138	127	6	26	3	1	0	4	2	2	9	6	.205	.257	.244	.501	31	1	0	2
Isao Odate	61	77	72	6	23	7	0	4	16	0	1	5	19	.319	.364	.583	.947	42	3	0	0
Takeshi Nomura	39	74	71	4	20	2	1	0	4	0	0	1	10	.282	.292	.338	.630	24	1	0	2
Hajime Shirakawa	57	57	52	11	18	4	0	0	5	6	1	4	6	.346	.404	.423	.827	22	1	1	0
Hirokuni Kataoka	42	54	48	2	13	2	0	0	10	0	0	6	3	.271	.352	.312	.664	15	1	0	0
Toshihide Yamane	43	74	68	1	13	2	1	0	9	1	0	1	11	.191	.203	.250	.453	17	0	0	5
Shigeo Ueno	33	56	50	4	11	3	0	0	8	0	0	4	10	.220	.278	.280	.558	14	2	0	2
Shigejiro Kanbayashi	12	25	25	3	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.360	.360	.360	.720	9	0	0	0
Toshinobu Sueyoshi	29	35	34	5	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.265	.286	.324	.609	11	1	0	0
Yoshimi Ebara	27	38	36	3	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.250	.270	.250	.520	9	0	0	1
Tsuneyuki Shimada	10	19	18	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.278	.316	.333	.649	6	1	0	0
Akira Hagiwara	20	27	27	1	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	.185	.185	.259	.444	7	1	0	0
Teruo Nomura	15	26	25	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.160	.160	.160	.320	4	1	0	1
Masato Morita	10	10	9	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.333	.400	.667	1.067	6	0	0	0
Isamu Wada	22	26	25	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.120	.120	.120	.240	3	2	0	1
Atsushi Aramaki	31	34	30	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.100	.129	.133	.262	4	1	0	3
Hirokazu Shimizu	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
Heishichi Sato	12	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
Kazuo Kaifu	8	14	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.083	.154	.083	.237	1	0	0	1
Kazuo Miyazaki	26	31	25	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	9	.040	.200	.080	.280	2	0	0	1
Sadao Inagaki	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1572	4589	4079	554	1076	188	38	72	517	160	69	426	361	.264	.335	.381	.716	1556	103	11	73	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Yukio Nishimoto	1B	92					.000
Takuzo Miyake	1B	52					.000
Isao Odate	1B	10					.000
Hirokuni Kataoka	1B	7					.000
Yoshimi Ebara	1B	1					.000
Yasuya Hondo	2B	120					.000
Teruo Nomura	2B	4					.000
Tsuneyuki Shimada	2B	1					.000
Kazuo Kaifu	2B	1					.000
Zenzo Hasegawa	2B	1					.000
Akira Hagiwara	2B	1					.000
Takuji Kouchi	3B	113					.000
Akira Hagiwara	3B	15					.000
Teruo Nomura	3B	10					.000
Shoji Kitamura	3B	3					.000
Takeshi Doigaki	C	118					.000
Shigejiro Kanbayashi	C	12					.000
Kaoru Betto	OF	120					.000
Shosei Go	OF	99					.000
Shoshichi Ito	OF	94					.000
Takuzo Miyake	OF	65					.000
Kazuhiro Yamauchi	OF	37					.000
Hajime Shirakawa	OF	33					.000
Toshinobu Sueyoshi	OF	1					.000
Kazuo Miyazaki	OF	1					.000
Toshihide Yamane	P	42					.000
Takeshi Nomura	P	39					.000
Shigeo Ueno	P	33					.000
Yoshimi Ebara	P	26					.000
Atsushi Aramaki	P	26					.000
Toshinobu Sueyoshi	P	25					.000
Kazuo Miyazaki	P	25					.000
Isamu Wada	P	22					.000
Masato Morita	P	10					.000
Sadao Inagaki	P	6					.000
Heishichi Sato	P	2					.000
Yoshihiko Taki	P	1					.000
Hirokazu Shimizu	P	1					.000
Kaoru Betto	P	1					.000
Zenzo Hasegawa	SS	87					.000
Shoji Kitamura	SS	41					.000
Tsuneyuki Shimada	SS	9					.000
Kazuo Kaifu	SS	7					.000
Takuji Kouchi	SS	2					.000
Totals		1416	0	0	0	0	.000

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