1977 Nippon Ham Fighters Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 58-61
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (58-61)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1977 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster

The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1977 season with a record of 58 wins and 61 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.

The Ham Fighters tallied 479 runs and yielded 485 runs. Bobby Mitchell walloped 32 home runs for Nippon, while Walt Williams swatted 15 or more, too. Bobby Mitchell accounted for 75 RBI. Masaru Tomita led all regular batters by connecting at a .307 clip. Naoki Takahashi topped the team with 17 wins, and Masanori Murakami earned a 2.33 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1977 Nippon Ham Fighters who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bobby Mitchell, Walt Williams and Masanori Murakami.

Keiji Ozawa 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
Naoki Takahashi	17	17	.500	2.97	36	36	0	19	2	0	278.7	235	106	92	29	39	5	160	11	1	3	1101
Masanori Murakami	7	4	.636	2.32	61	0	22	0	0	6	112.3	96	36	29	7	19	8	78	3	0	0	446
Yukinobu Miyamoto	6	3	.667	1.99	41	0	30	0	0	7	72.3	54	21	16	8	23	5	53	5	0	2	286
Koichi Eda	6	3	.667	3.05	40	0	14	0	0	0	91.3	84	36	31	11	27	2	42	1	0	1	369
Kazushi Saeki	6	8	.429	3.54	33	29	3	3	0	2	168.0	159	69	66	17	42	1	82	9	0	2	694
Kazumi Takahashi	6	10	.375	3.66	34	19	6	7	3	4	140.3	133	73	57	15	39	3	108	12	1	3	597
Osamu Nomura	5	10	.333	4.50	27	22	3	6	0	1	132.0	152	71	66	23	17	2	61	5	1	2	547
Hisao Sugita	3	5	.375	3.80	14	14	0	2	0	0	66.3	54	30	28	13	25	0	29	4	0	0	278
Yoshinobu Miyamoto	1	0	1.000	3.00	6	3	2	0	0	0	12.0	12	4	4	0	6	0	10	0	0	2	51
Masaki Miura	1	0	1.000	5.79	9	3	3	0	0	0	18.7	25	13	12	4	8	0	11	2	0	1	86
Takaaki Taniyama	0	0		3.00	6	0	5	0	0	0	12.0	9	4	4	2	4	0	5	1	0	1	45
Isamu Nakahara	0	0		8.10	4	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	6	3	3	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	19
Toshoku Uda	0	1	.000	4.54	13	4	5	0	0	0	37.7	38	19	19	4	7	0	9	2	0	1	157
Totals	58	61	.487	3.36	324	130	93	37	5	20	1145.0	1057	485	427	134	257	26	649	57	3	18	4676

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
Masaru Tomita	113	472	414	55	127	21	6	9	59	9	3	45	34	.307	.372	.452	.824	187	3	3	2	8	0
Walt Williams	117	487	458	62	123	20	6	21	65	10	1	18	37	.269	.293	.476	.769	218	9	1	2	8	0
Bobby Mitchell	128	525	482	70	117	19	1	32	75	9	10	37	158	.243	.299	.485	.785	234	7	3	0	3	1
Toshio Kato	129	466	408	47	110	19	1	11	36	17	3	34	31	.270	.346	.402	.748	164	11	14	9	1	0
Yoshihito Oda	120	398	377	41	99	17	0	8	29	8	6	8	32	.263	.289	.371	.660	140	7	7	3	3	0
Kazuhiko Okaji	108	327	305	36	86	13	1	5	27	5	4	14	29	.282	.319	.380	.699	116	4	3	4	1	0
Yozo Nagabuchi	100	272	243	19	54	7	0	10	41	8	2	21	22	.222	.287	.374	.661	91	7	3	0	5	1
Katsutoshi Nakahara	110	254	232	17	46	3	1	2	14	5	4	14	22	.198	.249	.246	.495	57	5	2	5	1	0
Mitsuo Sugano	118	233	205	17	38	7	0	0	15	7	4	10	35	.185	.227	.220	.447	45	1	2	13	3	0
Hisataka Yukizawa	113	209	189	17	37	4	0	2	8	5	5	7	31	.196	.235	.249	.484	47	4	3	9	1	0
Toshikazu Hattori	60	135	118	11	33	2	1	1	8	5	4	9	11	.280	.341	.339	.680	40	4	2	6	0	0
Makoto Shimada	79	162	144	18	33	8	1	0	9	10	3	10	21	.229	.280	.299	.579	43	3	1	5	2	0
Mikio Sendo	61	156	143	10	29	0	1	2	14	1	0	6	15	.203	.240	.259	.499	37	5	2	2	3	0
Toru Shibuya	61	123	108	15	25	2	1	3	14	0	0	12	28	.231	.325	.352	.677	38	0	3	0	0	1
Toshimi Kubo	53	99	93	6	22	6	0	0	6	2	3	3	22	.237	.260	.301	.561	28	0	0	3	0	0
Makoto Kamigochi	29	76	71	6	17	3	0	0	2	2	0	3	9	.239	.280	.282	.562	20	0	1	1	0	1
Tsukasa Yamashita	86	107	94	15	17	3	0	1	8	9	5	8	21	.181	.250	.245	.495	23	2	1	3	1	0
Hideshi Murai	40	62	54	5	10	1	0	4	14	0	0	5	11	.185	.250	.426	.676	23	0	0	2	1	0
Tatsuo Omiya	40	64	60	5	10	1	1	2	11	0	0	2	13	.167	.194	.317	.510	19	1	0	2	0	0
Akira Shinya	34	43	38	6	8	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	7	.211	.268	.237	.505	9	1	3	2	0	0
Hiroshige Saruwatari	16	20	19	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.211	.250	.211	.461	4	0	0	0	0	0
Koji Kagitani	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1720	4692	4257	479	1045	157	21	113	458	116	57	267	596	.245	.296	.372	.668	1583	74	54	73	41	4

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Yoshihito Oda	1B	100					.000
Toru Shibuya	1B	30					.000
Toshimi Kubo	1B	18					.000
Makoto Kamigochi	1B	6					.000
Hiroshige Saruwatari	1B	1					.000
Tsukasa Yamashita	2B	80					.000
Katsutoshi Nakahara	2B	65					.000
Mitsuo Sugano	2B	39					.000
Akira Shinya	2B	22					.000
Toshimi Kubo	2B	22					.000
Walt Williams	2B	14					.000
Koji Kagitani	2B	3					.000
Makoto Kamigochi	2B	1					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	2B	1					.000
Masaru Tomita	3B	109					.000
Katsutoshi Nakahara	3B	35					.000
Mitsuo Sugano	3B	20					.000
Toshimi Kubo	3B	13					.000
Hiroshige Saruwatari	3B	4					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	3B	3					.000
Toshio Kato	C	126					.000
Tatsuo Omiya	C	27					.000
Hideshi Murai	C	1					.000
Bobby Mitchell	OF	116					.000
Walt Williams	OF	112					.000
Kazuhiko Okaji	OF	79					.000
Makoto Shimada	OF	58					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	OF	56					.000
Makoto Kamigochi	OF	23					.000
Mikio Sendo	OF	22					.000
Yozo Nagabuchi	OF	5					.000
Hideshi Murai	OF	2					.000
Masanori Murakami	P	61					.000
Yukinobu Miyamoto	P	41					.000
Koichi Eda	P	40					.000
Naoki Takahashi	P	36					.000
Kazumi Takahashi	P	34					.000
Kazushi Saeki	P	33					.000
Osamu Nomura	P	27					.000
Hisao Sugita	P	14					.000
Toshoku Uda	P	13					.000
Masaki Miura	P	9					.000
Takaaki Taniyama	P	6					.000
Yoshinobu Miyamoto	P	6					.000
Isamu Nakahara	P	4					.000
Hisataka Yukizawa	SS	111					.000
Mitsuo Sugano	SS	80					.000
Katsutoshi Nakahara	SS	29					.000
Tsukasa Yamashita	SS	5					.000
Koji Kagitani	SS	1					.000
Totals		1763	0	0	0	0	.000

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