1957 Nankai Hawks Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 78-53
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (78-53)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium

1957 Nankai Hawks Roster

The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1957 season with a record of 78 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Hawks led the league with 551 runs, spearheaded by 98 home runs. Nankai surrendered 424 runs. Katsuya Nomura walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Yoshio Anabuki and Isami Okamoto swatted 15 or more, too. Katsuya Nomura accounted for 94 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .302 average. Tamotsu Kimura paced the squad with 21 wins, and Mutsuo Minagawa also added 15 or more victories also Tsugunao Nagamitsu earned a 2.08 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Kazuto Tsuruoka 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
Tamotsu Kimura	21	11	.656	2.47	47	34	11	9	5		222.7	175	71	61	23	56	0	122	3	0	1	890
Mutsuo Minagawa	18	10	.643	2.36	56	23	24	5	2		229.0	170	74	60	7	52	5	90	5	0	1	899
Tsugunao Nagamitsu	12	6	.667	2.07	46	13	15	1	1		169.3	141	50	39	9	44	2	75	4	0	0	680
Yoshio Tazawa	10	6	.625	2.26	30	16	7	4	1		131.7	99	43	33	4	32	2	64	5	1	3	529
Takumi Nomo	8	11	.421	2.64	47	21	16	3	1		187.7	135	68	55	14	70	3	112	6	0	2	758
Hiroshi Maruko	3	0	1.000	2.35	9	5	0	0	0		30.7	28	10	8	2	10	0	12	0	0	0	126
Yasuo Shirasaki	2	0	1.000	1.63	9	2	4	1	0		27.7	18	5	5	1	5	0	23	1	0	0	106
Masaharu Obata	2	2	.500	7.48	9	5	0	0	0		27.7	37	24	23	5	11	0	8	2	0	1	127
Taisei Nakamura	1	2	.333	4.14	20	3	8	0	0		45.7	47	22	21	3	16	1	26	0	0	1	186
Minoru Azuma	1	4	.200	3.25	31	6	12	0	0		72.0	68	30	26	8	27	0	50	2	0	0	301
Kiyohiro Miura	0	0		3.38	5	0	4	0	0		8.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	5	1	0	0	34
Ichiro Togawa	0	0		4.09	4	0	3	0	0		11.0	12	7	5	3	7	0	8	0	0	1	47
Goro Tomishima	0	0		4.50	2	1	1	0	0		4.0	6	3	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	19
Motoji Takuwa	0	0		8.38	5	2	2	0	0		9.7	12	9	9	0	8	0	6	0	0	0	48
Masahisa Fukuda	0	1	.000	3.18	6	1	2	0	0		11.3	11	5	4	0	5	0	9	0	0	1	49
Totals	78	53	.595	2.68	326	132	109	23	10	0	1188.0	967	424	354	80	347	13	613	29	1	12	4799

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
Katsuya Nomura	132	542	474	75	143	20	1	30	94	7	2	57	87	.302	.386	.538	.924	255	7	9	1	1	0
Nobushige Morishita	128	544	489	67	129	23	7	7	60	34	16	31	39	.264	.316	.382	.698	187	5	9	9	6	0
Isami Okamoto	117	470	417	60	114	25	4	19	56	9	8	40	48	.273	.343	.489	.833	204	7	5	7	1	2
Yoshio Anabuki	123	446	409	54	112	26	3	15	51	4	2	31	79	.274	.323	.462	.785	189	7	1	0	5	2
Yosuke Terada	129	440	406	42	95	19	1	13	39	0	0	28	76	.234	.286	.382	.668	155	15	2	3	1	1
Yoshinori Hirose	114	339	317	47	90	19	3	2	30	25	14	13	29	.284	.316	.382	.698	121	4	3	4	2	0
Keiji Osawa	107	335	296	36	73	9	2	4	22	4	2	30	40	.247	.314	.331	.645	98	10	0	7	2	0
Kohei Sugiyama	84	278	255	30	69	9	0	0	19	6	2	20	28	.271	.321	.306	.627	78	2	0	1	2	0
Shigeo Hasegawa	99	243	224	28	57	15	5	3	28	3	0	17	36	.254	.309	.406	.715	91	2	1	0	1	0
Teruo Shimabara	91	236	211	16	50	5	1	0	22	0	1	16	13	.237	.296	.270	.566	57	4	2	6	1	0
Kazuo Kageyama	81	270	226	33	50	10	1	3	20	3	4	40	49	.221	.336	.314	.650	71	3	0	2	2	0
Kazuo Horii	87	215	195	16	45	4	0	0	19	2	4	14	20	.231	.283	.251	.534	49	6	1	3	2	0
Ichiro Tanaka	82	164	143	16	31	8	0	1	14	1	1	13	29	.217	.283	.294	.577	42	3	1	5	2	1
Yoshio Tazawa	30	46	44	6	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.295	.311	.318	.629	14	3	0	1	0	0
Takumi Nomo	48	58	52	4	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.250	.278	.288	.566	15	0	0	4	0	0
Tamotsu Kimura	47	74	61	5	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	8	27	.131	.232	.148	.379	9	3	0	5	0	0
Tsugunao Nagamitsu	47	55	45	3	6	0	0	0	4	1	0	4	15	.133	.204	.133	.337	6	0	0	6	0	0
Minoru Azuma	32	17	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	4	0	0	1	0	0
Taisei Nakamura	20	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	3	0	0	0	0	0
Noboru Fujishige	24	29	25	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	9	.120	.241	.240	.481	6	1	0	0	0	0
Yasuhiro Fukami	9	9	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.250	.333	.375	.708	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Maruko	9	10	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.250	.400	.250	.650	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mutsuo Minagawa	56	66	63	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25	.032	.047	.032	.079	2	3	0	2	0	0
Yasuo Shirasaki	10	7	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	3	0	0
Yasunobu Matono	30	7	6	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jun Matsui	11	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kiyohiro Miura	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masaharu Obata	9	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Motoji Takuwa	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masahisa Fukuda	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yuki Oto	24	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ichiro Togawa	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	1801	4936	4427	551	1117	198	28	98	491	102	57	375	690	.252	.314	.376	.690	1665	85	34	71	29	6

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Yosuke Terada	1B	122					.000
Isami Okamoto	1B	117					.000
Shigeo Hasegawa	1B	34					.000
Kazuo Horii	1B	15					.000
Yasuo Shirasaki	1B	1					.000
Tsugunao Nagamitsu	1B	1					.000
Noboru Fujishige	1B	1					.000
Yoshinori Hirose	2B	14					.000
Nobushige Morishita	2B	9					.000
Kazuo Kageyama	2B	1					.000
Kazuo Kageyama	3B	64					.000
Yoshio Anabuki	3B	43					.000
Nobushige Morishita	3B	38					.000
Yoshinori Hirose	3B	23					.000
Katsuya Nomura	C	132					.000
Jun Matsui	C	16					.000
Noboru Fujishige	C	7					.000
Keiji Osawa	OF	97					.000
Yoshio Anabuki	OF	84					.000
Teruo Shimabara	OF	70					.000
Kazuo Horii	OF	70					.000
Kohei Sugiyama	OF	68					.000
Ichiro Tanaka	OF	60					.000
Shigeo Hasegawa	OF	42					.000
Yasunobu Matono	OF	20					.000
Yosuke Terada	OF	18					.000
Yuki Oto	OF	11					.000
Yoshinori Hirose	OF	6					.000
Takumi Nomo	OF	1					.000
Masahisa Fukuda	OF	1					.000
Minoru Azuma	OF	1					.000
Mutsuo Minagawa	P	56					.000
Takumi Nomo	P	47					.000
Tamotsu Kimura	P	47					.000
Tsugunao Nagamitsu	P	46					.000
Minoru Azuma	P	31					.000
Yoshio Tazawa	P	30					.000
Taisei Nakamura	P	20					.000
Yasuo Shirasaki	P	9					.000
Masaharu Obata	P	9					.000
Hiroshi Maruko	P	9					.000
Masahisa Fukuda	P	6					.000
Motoji Takuwa	P	5					.000
Kiyohiro Miura	P	5					.000
Ichiro Togawa	P	4					.000
Goro Tomishima	P	2					.000
Nobushige Morishita	SS	96					.000
Yoshinori Hirose	SS	56					.000
Totals		1665	0	0	0	0	.000

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