2008 Nippon Ham Fighters Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 73-69
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Masataka Nashida (73-69)
Location: Sapporo-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Sapporo Dome

2008 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster

Playoffs - Nippon Ham Fighters 2 games, Orix Buffaloes 0
Playoffs - Saitama Seibu Lions 4 games, Nippon Ham Fighters 2

The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2008 season with a record of 73 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The Ham Fighters led the league with just 541 runs allowed. Nippon scored 533 runs, worst in the league,. Atsunori Inaba paced the squad with 20 home runs, while Terrmel Sledge walloped 15 or more also. Atsunori Inaba accounted for 82 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .301 clip. Yu Darvish paced the team with 16 wins and a team-best 1.89 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 2008 Nippon Ham Fighters who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Brian Sweeney, Jason Botts, Micheal Nakamura, Mitch Jones, Kazuhito Tadano, Yu Darvish, Kensuke Tanaka, Ryan Glynn, Terrmel Sledge and Yoshinori Tateyama.

Masataka Nashida 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
Yu Darvish164.8001.8825241020200.7136444211440208914764
Brian Sweeney125.7063.482825110163.013965632272090304685
Masaru Takeda87.5332.962019100121.711044401819068501493
Kazuhito Tadano77.5004.781919000105.310757561822161174439
Ryan Glynn714.3333.642625200163.316074661861199355699
Yataro Sakamoto61.8573.1831000051.0411818418135504211
Hisashi Takeda47.3644.4062000661.3683130919140100269
Shugo Fujii38.2733.251919000110.711546401141076502488
Yachiho Hoshino21.6674.9423000023.731171356011100107
Micheal Nakamura22.5002.14460002846.3321111212047600186
Naoki Miyanishi24.3334.3750000045.3472422515125212198
Mitsuo Yoshikawa24.3336.237700034.7392424722123005158
Tomoya Yagi11.5006.752200010.714883201020049
Yoshinori Tateyama12.3333.0758000267.3612323312353401276
Akiyoshi Toyoshima000.00200002.010001000008
Romash Tasuku Dass000.00110005.0410030200022
Yusuke Uemura003.00200003.0311030010115
Takeshi Ito005.40400003.3732000210016
Ken Miyamoto005.40900008.31195040600240
Tatsuo Kato008.4414000010.7161110441710054
Kazumasa Kikuchi009.9011000010.0171111131400049
Takayuki Kanamori01.0004.5010000012.01476150700152
Takehito Kanazawa01.0006.004300018.0231212570810181
Totals7369.5143.544731440143361277.31196541503147395118825114375359

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
Kensuke Tanaka1446385368915932911632176280.297.379.451.8312424112632
Atsunori Inaba127513448711352552082235685.301.380.513.89423094059
Hichori Morimoto121549478661211510211274981.253.327.289.616138541711
Terrmel Sledge113446395411142121669014488.289.361.473.834187123043
Shinji Takahashi10839435733102190958322474.286.333.415.748148133732
Eiichi Koyano1204253793295211660002983.251.303.359.66213662961
Makoto Kaneko963312912463160229012076.216.267.292.55985521350
Shinya Tsuruoka972852482452140118011249.210.247.278.52569412221
Takahito Kudo104233199205111101283942.256.307.322.62964061810
Yoshio Itoi6320518819451415211331053.239.285.404.6897662501
Tomoyuki Oda64153141134150316001133.291.342.390.7325530102
Naoto Inada9921118510411101230613.222.254.238.49244221801
Jason Botts55159142143690516001453.254.327.423.7506022010
Takayuki Takaguchi7419216712365401413749.216.272.293.56649361200
Toshimasa Konta8916014032334116144940.236.287.300.58742011000
Daikan Yoh44123111716012410631.144.193.216.4092431410
Tomochika Tsuboi26535021120010017.220.250.260.5101301100
Hajime Miki1731285820020127.286.333.357.6901000100
Kazuya Murata15403458000103212.235.297.235.533801300
Yuji Iiyama74544938200200313.163.212.204.4161000200
Atsushi Ugumori1123203610020013.300.364.350.714721100
Ryota Imanari912111510011111.455.500.5451.045600000
Keiji Oyama2731293510000013.172.200.207.407650100
Satoshi Nakajima22441300010000.750.750.7501.500300000
Mitch Jones8272723100000010.111.111.148.259400000
Shugo Fujii19440200010002.500.500.5001.000200000
Masaya Ozaki816150200000003.133.133.133.267200100
Brian Sweeney29440100010002.250.250.250.500100000
Ryuichi Watanabe4440110000001.250.250.500.750200000
Kazuhito Tadano20650100000001.200.200.200.400100100
Yu Darvish25880110010003.125.125.250.375200000
Yoshihiro Sato713121100120014.083.154.333.487400000
Ryan Glynn26550000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Suguru Ichikawa3220000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Takahiro Imanami1110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Yohei Kaneko6990000000005.000.000.000.000010000
Totals1875536447265331206224278251679403801010.255.316.366.682173085531733223


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Eiichi Koyano1B70262160251.0003.971
Shinji Takahashi1B5333414222.9946.566
Tomoyuki Oda1B4024480151.0006.300
Terrmel Sledge1B38287190171.0008.053
Naoto Inada1B17655212.9724.118
Hajime Miki1B7424021.0006.571
Takayuki Takaguchi1B6253031.0004.667
Mitch Jones1B431111.9708.000
Masaya Ozaki1B120001.0002.000
Yohei Kaneko1B110011.0001.000
Jason Botts1B160011.0006.000
Kensuke Tanaka2B144322455982.9895.396
Naoto Inada3B79327420.9811.342
Eiichi Koyano3B72288148.9651.514
Takayuki Takaguchi3B43214833.9581.605
Daikan Yoh3B17112733.9272.235
Yuji Iiyama3B120210.667.167
Masaya Ozaki3B515001.0001.200
Hajime Miki3B30220.500.667
Shinya TsuruokaC955823717.9986.5164
Shinji TakahashiC592691410.9964.7971
Keiji OyamaC2352821.9682.6090
Satoshi NakajimaC22210001.000.9550
Ryota ImanariC9121001.0001.4440
Ryuichi WatanabeC110001.0001.0000
Hichori MorimotoOF121258430.9892.165
Atsunori InabaOF981945031.0002.031
Takahito KudoOF91127411.9921.440
Toshimasa KontaOF73961011.0001.329
Yoshio ItoiOF61112421.9831.902
Eiichi KoyanoOF36542001.0001.556
Terrmel SledgeOF23200001.000.870
Kazuya MurataOF1325010.9621.923
Atsushi UgumoriOF1060001.000.600
Tomochika TsuboiOF960001.000.667
Mitch JonesOF590001.0001.800
Yoshihiro SatoOF440001.0001.000
Yohei KanekoOF240001.0002.000
Hisashi TakedaP62215001.000.274
Yoshinori TateyamaP5833011.000.103
Naoki MiyanishiP5021010.923.240
Micheal NakamuraP4631001.000.087
Yataro SakamotoP3139001.000.387
Brian SweeneyP2883212.9761.429
Ryan GlynnP2623712.9751.500
Yu DarvishP2563714.9771.720
Yachiho HoshinoP2314001.000.217
Masaru TakedaP20314001.000.850
Kazuhito TadanoP19517021.0001.158
Shugo FujiiP19421001.0001.316
Tatsuo KatoP141210.750.214
Kazumasa KikuchiP1101001.000.091
Takayuki KanamoriP1010001.000.100
Ken MiyamotoP901001.000.111
Mitsuo YoshikawaP708001.0001.143
Takehito KanazawaP412001.000.750
Takeshi ItoP40000.000
Tomoya YagiP210001.000.500
Yusuke UemuraP201001.000.500
Akiyoshi ToyoshimaP20000.000
Romash Tasuku DassP10000.000
Makoto KanekoSS96142287254.9954.469
Yuji IiyamaSS603165414.9601.600
Takayuki TakaguchiSS26225768.9293.038
Daikan YohSS252447611.9222.840
Naoto InadaSS311001.000.667
Totals20513832151663307.9882.608500




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