1987 Nippon Ham Fighters Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 63-60
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Shigeru Takada (63-60)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1987 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster

The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1987 season with a record of 63 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The Ham Fighters scored 561 runs and allowed 562 runs. Tony Brewer walloped 35 home runs for Nippon, while Kazuyuki Shirai and Hideo Furuya added 15 or more, too. Tony Brewer drove in 98 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .303 clip. Yukihiro Nishizaki led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.89 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Tony Brewer and Pat Putnam both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Shigeru Takada 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
Yukihiro Nishizaki	15	7	.682	2.89	30	28	1	16	4	0	221.3	185	77	71	20	62	4	176	5	0	7	893
Seiichi Sato	9	12	.429	4.51	27	24	0	7	0	0	161.7	153	90	81	25	57	1	131	6	1	7	677
Hiroaki Matsuura	8	5	.615	3.54	48	0	39	0	0	8	96.7	83	41	38	9	43	5	91	5	0	6	402
Hiroshi Tsuno	8	9	.471	5.10	26	21	1	5	0	0	130.7	148	84	74	22	55	0	71	6	1	3	580
Tsugio Kanazawa	6	6	.500	4.96	23	16	1	2	0	0	103.3	125	58	57	23	23	0	70	2	0	4	455
Hirofumi Kono	4	6	.400	3.29	37	17	1	3	2	0	136.7	115	55	50	18	70	0	78	5	0	5	586
Shigekuni Mashiba	3	1	.750	3.02	16	2	7	1	1	0	47.7	37	16	16	2	12	1	23	0	0	0	185
Tomio Tanaka	3	3	.500	5.20	17	12	3	1	0	0	62.3	81	46	36	10	17	0	13	1	0	1	282
Noriaki Okabe	2	1	.667	4.65	26	0	10	0	0	0	31.0	36	19	16	4	6	0	24	3	0	1	137
Yasumitsu Shibata	2	3	.400	3.40	16	6	10	1	0	7	50.3	49	20	19	5	11	0	21	4	0	0	210
Yukio Tanaka	2	3	.400	4.50	28	1	10	0	0	3	34.0	45	21	17	3	7	0	23	1	0	5	149
Shoji Kawahara	1	2	.333	5.01	15	0	3	0	0	0	23.3	25	14	13	5	6	0	12	0	0	2	98
Tadashi Shiba	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16
Motofumi Nishimura	0	0		2.60	24	1	3	0	0	0	17.3	25	7	5	1	6	0	7	0	0	0	79
Takayuki Suzuki	0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
Masahiro Mizusawa	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.3	2	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	7
Hirohisa Takada	0	2	.000	4.63	6	2	3	0	0	0	11.7	14	9	6	3	4	0	5	0	0	0	53
Totals	63	60	.512	3.99	345	130	94	36	7	18	1135.3	1131	562	503	150	380	11	748	38	2	42	4818

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
Tony Brewer	129	555	478	85	145	24	1	35	98	2	3	71	74	.303	.391	.577	.968	276	9	1	0	5	2
Kazuyuki Shirai	130	573	499	77	132	18	1	15	63	21	5	41	78	.265	.322	.395	.717	197	6	2	30	1	0
Fujio Tamura	125	498	454	49	125	16	1	12	60	5	2	37	70	.275	.333	.394	.727	179	20	2	5	0	2
Makoto Shimada	122	520	472	64	124	16	2	5	30	14	9	31	61	.263	.310	.337	.647	159	4	2	14	1	0
Hideo Furuya	104	405	366	56	95	14	1	15	69	2	0	32	49	.260	.323	.426	.750	156	12	4	0	3	1
Pat Putnam	115	420	382	39	92	16	0	12	43	0	1	31	59	.241	.302	.377	.679	144	17	4	0	3	2
Kazuhiko Okaji	97	280	243	29	75	16	0	9	36	0	1	34	44	.309	.392	.486	.878	118	7	0	2	1	5
Yukio Tanaka	112	351	325	36	66	11	0	9	33	1	5	19	80	.203	.250	.320	.570	104	10	2	3	2	2
Kazuo Hayakawa	64	191	169	13	47	8	3	2	16	1	3	15	27	.278	.339	.396	.735	67	1	1	5	1	2
Tadami Futamura	99	228	199	13	44	5	0	2	12	4	2	13	52	.221	.288	.276	.564	55	3	6	9	1	0
Shinichi Igarashi	68	144	122	13	34	11	2	2	12	1	0	13	19	.279	.348	.451	.799	55	1	0	9	0	0
Hideaki Tsusue	70	170	145	15	31	3	2	3	13	0	1	25	34	.214	.329	.324	.654	47	6	0	0	0	0
Nobuhiro Takashiro	58	180	147	17	29	2	0	2	17	2	5	25	27	.197	.309	.252	.560	37	3	0	5	3	2
Tatsuo Omiya	57	109	98	14	28	3	0	2	10	2	0	9	15	.286	.352	.378	.729	37	2	1	1	0	0
Takayuki Iwai	41	90	77	7	22	3	0	1	14	1	2	3	13	.286	.312	.364	.676	28	3	0	10	0	0
Mikio Oikawa	72	34	30	15	8	1	0	1	2	4	1	3	8	.267	.333	.400	.733	12	1	0	1	0	0
Tetsuro Hirose	44	35	30	11	6	2	0	0	3	3	0	2	4	.200	.273	.267	.539	8	1	1	2	0	0
Hiroshi Watanabe	13	25	25	3	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	5	.200	.200	.320	.520	8	0	0	0	0	0
Nobutoshi Shimada	35	22	18	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	.111	.200	.111	.311	2	0	0	2	0	0
Nobuaki Shimizu	4	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	2	0	0	0	0	0
Fumihiko Sato	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masayuki Sasaki	7	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Noriyuki Mori	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1568	4848	4294	561	1111	170	13	128	534	64	40	409	736	.259	.325	.394	.719	1691	106	26	98	21	18

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Pat Putnam	1B	114					.000
Shinichi Igarashi	1B	24					.000
Hideaki Tsusue	1B	9					.000
Takayuki Iwai	1B	7					.000
Hiroshi Watanabe	1B	5					.000
Masayuki Sasaki	1B	1					.000
Kazuyuki Shirai	2B	130					.000
Shinichi Igarashi	2B	2					.000
Yasuhiro Kita	2B	1					.000
Tetsuro Hirose	2B	1					.000
Hideo Furuya	3B	79					.000
Nobuhiro Takashiro	3B	30					.000
Tetsuro Hirose	3B	22					.000
Takayuki Iwai	3B	7					.000
Hiroshi Watanabe	3B	6					.000
Shinichi Igarashi	3B	4					.000
Yukio Tanaka	3B	1					.000
Noriyuki Mori	3B	1					.000
Fujio Tamura	C	124					.000
Tatsuo Omiya	C	9					.000
Nobuaki Shimizu	C	1					.000
Tony Brewer	OF	123					.000
Makoto Shimada	OF	122					.000
Tadami Futamura	OF	98					.000
Kazuo Hayakawa	OF	60					.000
Mikio Oikawa	OF	41					.000
Kazuhiko Okaji	OF	33					.000
Nobutoshi Shimada	OF	30					.000
Masayuki Sasaki	OF	3					.000
Tatsuo Omiya	OF	2					.000
Shinichi Igarashi	OF	2					.000
Hiroaki Matsuura	P	48					.000
Hirofumi Kono	P	37					.000
Yukihiro Nishizaki	P	30					.000
Yukio Tanaka	P	28					.000
Seiichi Sato	P	27					.000
Hiroshi Tsuno	P	26					.000
Noriaki Okabe	P	26					.000
Motofumi Nishimura	P	24					.000
Tsugio Kanazawa	P	23					.000
Tomio Tanaka	P	17					.000
Yasumitsu Shibata	P	16					.000
Shigekuni Mashiba	P	16					.000
Shoji Kawahara	P	15					.000
Hirohisa Takada	P	6					.000
Takayuki Suzuki	P	3					.000
Tadashi Shiba	P	2					.000
Masahiro Mizusawa	P	1					.000
Yukio Tanaka	SS	108					.000
Nobuhiro Takashiro	SS	24					.000
Takayuki Iwai	SS	21					.000
Tetsuro Hirose	SS	10					.000
Totals		1600	0	0	0	0	.000

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