1981 Nippon Ham Fighters Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 68-54
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (68-54)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1981 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster

The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1981 season with a record of 68 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Ham Fighters led the league with 610 runs. Nippon surrendered 554 runs. Tony Solaita walloped 44 home runs for the team, while Tommy Cruz, Tatsuo Omiya and Junichi Kashiwabara each swatted 15 or more as well. Tony Solaita drove in 108 runs. Makoto Shimada paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .318 clip. Shigekuni Mashiba topped the team with 15 wins, and Noriaki Okabe recorded a 2.7 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1981 Nippon Ham Fighters who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tony Solaita, Tommy Cruz 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
Shigekuni Mashiba	15	0	1.000	3.46	27	21	2	9	2	0	150.7	157	62	58	13	44	2	71	5	0	4	639
Kazumi Takahashi	14	6	.700	2.94	26	25	0	12	1	0	198.7	185	78	65	12	41	0	110	9	1	1	826
Noriaki Okabe	13	2	.867	2.70	27	13	7	5	1	0	130.0	103	42	39	8	46	0	88	2	0	4	524
Isamu Kida	10	10	.500	4.76	28	22	0	10	2	0	164.3	164	98	87	20	81	1	104	5	0	5	720
Fumio Narita	4	4	.500	2.49	14	7	3	0	0	0	50.7	49	18	14	4	16	1	16	1	0	0	207
Masami Takahashi	4	4	.500	4.54	18	11	3	3	1	0	77.3	84	44	39	6	23	1	34	4	0	1	332
Yutaka Enatsu	3	6	.333	2.82	45	0	45	0	0	25	83.0	69	30	26	10	24	0	75	1	0	1	339
Mikio Kudo	2	9	.182	4.84	22	11	7	2	0	0	100.3	107	59	54	13	20	2	32	9	0	0	429
Masanori Murakami	1	1	.500	4.43	17	0	5	0	0	0	20.3	28	13	10	1	9	1	10	1	1	0	98
Satoshi Takahashi	1	3	.250	3.88	22	6	5	1	0	2	72.0	71	41	31	5	30	1	26	1	0	2	311
Tomotaka Sugiyama	1	6	.143	5.22	22	9	7	1	0	1	69.0	73	44	40	10	32	1	56	2	0	2	308
Shoji Kawahara	0	0		54.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	8
Toshoku Uda	0	3	.000	6.08	8	5	2	1	0	0	23.7	37	21	16	3	3	1	9	3	0	0	114
Totals	68	54	.557	3.81	278	130	86	44	7	28	1140.7	1133	554	483	106	370	11	631	43	2	21	4855

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
Makoto Shimada	115	526	462	73	147	17	6	3	41	42	12	44	41	.318	.384	.400	.784	185	2	9	5	6	2
Junichi Kashiwabara	130	563	468	92	145	22	3	16	81	15	3	84	39	.310	.415	.472	.887	221	11	4	1	6	3
Tommy Cruz	116	502	465	65	138	30	2	18	75	2	1	32	36	.297	.343	.486	.829	226	10	2	0	3	2
Tony Solaita	128	544	454	86	136	23	1	44	108	0	2	81	102	.300	.410	.645	1.055	293	14	6	0	3	13
Hideo Furuya	130	513	465	55	135	22	2	11	73	18	5	27	45	.290	.337	.417	.754	194	17	7	11	3	0
Tatsuo Omiya	113	404	358	51	89	9	3	15	53	13	4	30	40	.249	.308	.416	.724	149	11	2	11	3	0
Nobuhiro Takashiro	86	352	325	50	87	14	1	7	40	2	3	17	23	.268	.306	.382	.688	124	7	2	6	2	0
Mitsuo Sugano	116	332	276	22	53	9	1	2	14	7	3	21	23	.192	.259	.254	.513	70	0	4	31	0	0
Hiroaki Inoue	85	243	201	17	52	12	0	4	30	2	0	30	21	.259	.374	.378	.753	76	5	9	0	3	0
Hideshi Murai	74	162	141	9	43	7	0	2	10	2	2	15	21	.305	.388	.397	.785	56	6	4	2	0	0
Shinichi Igarashi	79	185	170	18	41	9	1	0	15	0	1	5	15	.241	.261	.306	.567	52	3	0	9	1	0
Kazuhiko Okaji	41	99	89	13	28	6	0	3	12	0	0	10	16	.315	.384	.483	.867	43	1	0	0	0	0
Koji Kagitani	69	121	104	7	27	4	1	0	3	0	2	9	17	.260	.319	.317	.636	33	3	0	8	0	0
Toshikazu Hattori	103	140	120	13	27	6	0	0	17	4	2	8	18	.225	.296	.275	.571	33	2	5	5	2	0
Toshio Kato	48	118	102	12	26	2	0	1	10	1	0	10	15	.255	.328	.304	.632	31	3	2	2	2	1
Katsura Yamamoto	32	54	49	3	11	2	1	0	6	1	0	5	10	.224	.296	.306	.602	15	2	0	0	0	0
Takashi Kimura	100	34	29	16	6	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	8	.207	.281	.276	.557	8	0	3	2	0	0
Tadayoshi Iwasaki	20	25	23	3	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	6	.217	.240	.348	.588	8	2	0	0	1	0
Koji Inoue	26	17	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	2	0	0	1	0	0
Satoru Yoshioka	18	14	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.083	.214	.083	.298	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fujio Tamura	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mikio Sendo	9	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0	1	0
Totals	1639	4958	4338	610	1199	197	23	126	591	118	43	431	502	.276	.347	.420	.767	1820	101	59	94	36	21

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Junichi Kashiwabara	1B	124					.000
Tony Solaita	1B	8					.000
Tadayoshi Iwasaki	1B	3					.000
Hiroaki Inoue	1B	2					.000
Mitsuo Sugano	2B	83					.000
Shinichi Igarashi	2B	69					.000
Koji Kagitani	2B	43					.000
Satoru Yoshioka	2B	6					.000
Junichi Kashiwabara	2B	2					.000
Hideo Furuya	3B	130					.000
Katsura Yamamoto	3B	4					.000
Junichi Kashiwabara	3B	2					.000
Koji Kagitani	3B	2					.000
Mitsuo Sugano	3B	1					.000
Tatsuo Omiya	C	112					.000
Toshio Kato	C	42					.000
Fujio Tamura	C	1					.000
Makoto Shimada	OF	114					.000
Tommy Cruz	OF	114					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	OF	99					.000
Takashi Kimura	OF	85					.000
Hiroaki Inoue	OF	65					.000
Hideshi Murai	OF	44					.000
Kazuhiko Okaji	OF	25					.000
Katsura Yamamoto	OF	19					.000
Tadayoshi Iwasaki	OF	16					.000
Tony Solaita	OF	1					.000
Yutaka Enatsu	P	45					.000
Isamu Kida	P	28					.000
Noriaki Okabe	P	27					.000
Shigekuni Mashiba	P	27					.000
Kazumi Takahashi	P	26					.000
Satoshi Takahashi	P	22					.000
Tomotaka Sugiyama	P	22					.000
Mikio Kudo	P	22					.000
Masami Takahashi	P	18					.000
Masanori Murakami	P	17					.000
Fumio Narita	P	14					.000
Toshoku Uda	P	8					.000
Shoji Kawahara	P	2					.000
Nobuhiro Takashiro	SS	86					.000
Mitsuo Sugano	SS	31					.000
Koji Kagitani	SS	25					.000
Koji Inoue	SS	14					.000
Katsura Yamamoto	SS	2					.000
Shinichi Igarashi	SS	2					.000
Totals		1654	0	0	0	0	.000

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