1962 Nankai Hawks Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 73-57
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (0-0), Kazuo Kageyama (0-0)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium

1962 Nankai Hawks Roster

The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1962 season with a record of 73 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Hawks led the league with 580 runs, spearheaded by 118 home runs. Nankai allowed 510 runs. Katsuya Nomura walloped 44 home runs for the team, while Buddy Peterson swatted 15 or more also. Katsuya Nomura accounted for 104 RBI and topped all regular batters with a .309 average. Mutsuo Minagawa paced the team with 19 wins, and Kiyohiro Miura also added 15 or more wins also Mutsuo Minagawa registered a 2.5 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1962 Nankai Hawks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Stanka, Kent Hadley and Buddy Peterson.

Kazuto Tsuruoka and Kazuo Kageyama 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	WP	BF
Mutsuo Minagawa	19	4	.826	2.50	59	22	19	8	3		212.3	201	68	59	13	33	4	119	1	0	849
Kiyohiro Miura	17	8	.680	2.63	58	25	20	7	0		222.3	196	76	65	10	55	4	143	9	5	901
Tadashi Sugiura	14	15	.483	3.08	43	18	19	6	1		172.7	165	68	59	12	36	4	96	5	1	705
Chikara Morinaka	10	8	.556	3.73	56	11	19	0	0		144.7	140	73	60	16	41	4	94	6	2	606
Joe Stanka	8	10	.444	3.62	38	35	3	5	0		206.3	186	93	83	16	72	0	131	8	6	864
Yoshio Tazawa	2	2	.500	4.15	22	5	3	0	0		65.0	61	36	30	8	19	0	31	1	0	261
Akitada Niiyama	1	1	.500	3.70	20	4	9	0	0		41.3	56	21	17	3	9	1	25	1	0	183
Osamu Goto	1	2	.333	7.27	7	1	2	0	0		8.7	12	7	7	0	4	0	4	1	1	43
Goro Tomishima	1	5	.167	3.08	40	7	8	0	0		76.0	81	29	26	5	22	0	39	3	2	324
Masahisa Fukuda	0	0			1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Makito Masui	0	0		3.21	16	2	3	0	0		14.0	14	9	5	0	5	1	6	2	0	65
Takashige Kanehiko	0	1	.000	5.34	15	2	2	0	0		32.0	39	23	19	4	5	1	15	0	0	136
Masatoshi Haraigawa	0	1	.000	11.81	4	1	0	0	0		5.3	9	7	7	1	5	1	4	0	0	29
Totals	73	57	.562	3.28	379	133	107	26	4	0	1200.7	1160	510	437	88	306	20	707	38	17	4967

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	133	571	489	96	151	28	0	44	104	5	5	70	101	.309	.395	.636	1.031	311	11	4	1	7	9
Yoshinori Hirose	130	577	515	99	144	21	6	12	54	50	9	50	57	.280	.343	.414	.757	213	4	3	3	6	2
Buddy Peterson	124	517	462	82	134	22	2	22	75	5	4	41	55	.290	.355	.489	.844	226	6	8	1	5	0
Noboru Inoue	125	483	447	50	129	20	7	6	60	18	7	20	47	.289	.321	.405	.726	181	12	4	7	5	1
Kent Hadley	110	435	413	39	110	20	4	11	56	4	3	15	68	.266	.296	.414	.710	171	8	3	2	2	2
Kenji Koike	133	496	444	56	102	26	0	8	43	24	7	39	81	.230	.293	.342	.635	152	8	1	11	1	1
Yoshio Anabuki	87	292	284	27	73	12	3	3	29	3	1	6	61	.257	.277	.352	.630	100	8	2	0	0	0
Isami Okamoto	84	233	209	19	54	10	0	3	21	4	2	18	34	.258	.317	.349	.667	73	4	1	3	2	0
Keiji Osawa	74	193	170	20	42	8	0	0	17	0	3	8	26	.247	.278	.294	.572	50	4	0	13	2	0
Motoaki Horigome	81	182	165	16	29	5	1	2	13	8	3	13	27	.176	.247	.255	.502	42	1	3	0	1	0
Tadashi Suzuki	74	102	97	14	26	1	0	1	7	4	6	2	25	.268	.283	.309	.592	30	1	0	3	0	0
Shozo Higuchi	70	88	80	8	20	3	0	1	8	4	1	5	9	.250	.302	.325	.627	26	0	1	2	0	0
Teruo Shimabara	72	69	67	1	18	1	0	0	12	0	0	2	9	.269	.290	.284	.573	19	0	0	0	0	1
Hiroyuki Nakajima	33	90	79	5	16	2	0	1	4	2	1	9	18	.203	.281	.266	.547	21	2	0	1	1	0
Masahisa Fukuda	77	61	59	14	13	1	0	2	8	3	3	2	28	.220	.246	.339	.585	20	1	0	0	0	0
Tadashi Sugiura	43	58	52	7	10	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	20	.192	.250	.288	.538	15	1	1	2	0	0
Mutsuo Minagawa	59	64	55	2	8	4	0	0	5	0	0	4	25	.145	.203	.218	.422	12	0	0	5	0	0
Joe Stanka	38	73	65	1	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	25	.123	.162	.123	.285	8	0	0	5	0	0
Sumio Watarai	35	40	38	1	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	.158	.200	.237	.437	9	1	1	0	0	0
Chikara Morinaka	56	38	35	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.143	.167	.143	.310	5	0	0	2	0	0
Kiyohiro Miura	58	75	64	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	25	.078	.104	.078	.183	5	0	0	8	1	0
Nobushige Morishita	16	24	23	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.174	.208	.261	.469	6	1	0	0	0	0
Kiyoshi Kanemura	10	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tsunemi Koizumi	9	13	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.300	.462	.300	.762	3	0	2	0	0	0
Takao Suzuki	23	30	28	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	8	.107	.167	.143	.310	4	1	0	0	0	0
Takashige Kanehiko	15	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0	0
Akitada Niiyama	20	10	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	1	0	0
Hidekazu Yamamoto	21	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.222	.522	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshio Tazawa	22	16	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.143	.200	.143	.343	2	0	0	1	0	0
Tamotsu Kimura	21	31	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	.080	.258	.080	.338	2	1	1	0	0	0
Goro Tomishima	40	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.062	.062	.062	.125	1	0	0	1	0	0
Kiyomi Shirano	10	20	18	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.056	.150	.056	.206	1	1	0	0	0	0
Makito Masui	16	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tatsuo Nagao	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osamu Goto	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1933	4932	4464	573	1128	187	24	118	534	135	57	327	811	.253	.307	.385	.691	1717	76	35	73	33	16

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Kent Hadley	1B	106					.000
Isami Okamoto	1B	80					.000
Noboru Inoue	1B	21					.000
Shozo Higuchi	1B	13					.000
Katsuya Nomura	1B	4					.000
Kiyomi Shirano	1B	1					.000
Tsunemi Koizumi	1B	1					.000
Tadashi Suzuki	2B	69					.000
Yoshinori Hirose	2B	18					.000
Nobushige Morishita	2B	12					.000
Kiyomi Shirano	2B	7					.000
Tatsuo Nagao	2B	3					.000
Kiyoshi Kanemura	2B	3					.000
Hidekazu Yamamoto	2B	2					.000
Sumio Watarai	2B	1					.000
Buddy Peterson	3B	121					.000
Yoshinori Hirose	3B	10					.000
Nobushige Morishita	3B	4					.000
Hidekazu Yamamoto	3B	3					.000
Kiyoshi Kanemura	3B	2					.000
Katsuya Nomura	C	130					.000
Takao Suzuki	C	6					.000
Sumio Watarai	C	3					.000
Yoshinori Hirose	OF	106					.000
Noboru Inoue	OF	103					.000
Yoshio Anabuki	OF	84					.000
Keiji Osawa	OF	68					.000
Masahisa Fukuda	OF	67					.000
Motoaki Horigome	OF	53					.000
Hiroyuki Nakajima	OF	32					.000
Tamotsu Kimura	OF	9					.000
Shozo Higuchi	OF	7					.000
Katsuya Nomura	OF	2					.000
Tatsuo Nagao	OF	2					.000
Tsunemi Koizumi	OF	2					.000
Mutsuo Minagawa	P	59					.000
Kiyohiro Miura	P	58					.000
Chikara Morinaka	P	56					.000
Tadashi Sugiura	P	43					.000
Goro Tomishima	P	40					.000
Joe Stanka	P	38					.000
Yoshio Tazawa	P	22					.000
Akitada Niiyama	P	20					.000
Makito Masui	P	16					.000
Takashige Kanehiko	P	15					.000
Osamu Goto	P	7					.000
Masatoshi Haraigawa	P	4					.000
Masahisa Fukuda	P	1					.000
Kenji Koike	SS	133					.000
Hidekazu Yamamoto	SS	4					.000
Yoshinori Hirose	SS	4					.000
Tadashi Suzuki	SS	2					.000
Kiyoshi Kanemura	SS	1					.000
Masahiro Imamura	SS	1					.000
Totals		1679	0	0	0	0	.000

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