1965 Nankai Hawks Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 88-49
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (88-49)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium

1965 Nankai Hawks Roster

The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1965 season with a record of 88 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Hawks scored 614 runs, most in the league. Nankai gave up 449 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Katsuya Nomura walloped 42 home runs for the squad, while Yoshinori Hirose, Kent Hadley and Kenji Koike each swatted 15 or more also. Katsuya Nomura accounted for 110 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time with a .320 average. Toshihiro Hayashi led the team with 17 wins, and Kiyohiro Miura registered a 1.57 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Kent Hadley and Joe Stanka both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

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
Toshihiro Hayashi	17	3	.850	2.25	33	26	2	8	4		192.0	136	57	48	20	58	2	152	4	0	0	760
Mutsuo Minagawa	14	10	.583	2.64	40	18	15	4	2		163.7	140	58	48	12	35	2	89	6	0	0	651
Joe Stanka	14	12	.538	3.28	34	28	3	4	2		172.7	172	69	63	19	57	2	76	4	1	0	723
Kiyohiro Miura	11	3	.786	1.56	41	14	9	3	0		178.3	128	34	31	13	44	2	84	3	0	2	702
Akitada Niiyama	11	4	.733	2.87	39	2	20	0	0		94.0	79	33	30	6	20	0	69	3	0	1	372
Tadashi Sugiura	8	1	.889	2.18	36	8	26	3	0		111.3	85	27	27	10	16	0	82	2	0	0	429
Chikara Morinaka	6	6	.500	4.15	38	19	15	3	1		125.7	111	68	58	18	42	2	94	2	0	2	519
Taisuke Watanabe	4	4	.500	2.72	25	11	6	1	0		89.3	73	31	27	8	39	1	80	1	0	4	372
Eizo Goda	2	2	.500	2.66	15	1	5	1	0		44.0	40	16	13	6	9	1	16	2	0	0	173
Eiichiro Takahashi	1	3	.250	4.10	33	10	12	0	0		85.7	75	45	39	13	25	1	39	0	0	1	352
Shozo Nishimura	0	1	.000	9.00	3	3	0	0	0		10.0	13	11	10	3	3	1	4	2	0	0	48
Totals	88	49	.642	2.80	337	140	113	27	9	0	1266.7	1052	449	394	128	348	14	785	29	1	10	5101

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	136	559	488	92	156	27	1	42	110	3	2	60	57	.320	.397	.637	1.034	311	16	6	0	5	16
Yoshinori Hirose	122	524	490	71	146	33	10	15	55	39	8	24	29	.298	.331	.498	.829	244	8	3	2	5	2
Kenji Koike	137	562	493	64	132	13	2	17	63	12	14	61	56	.268	.349	.406	.755	200	8	2	3	3	2
Motoaki Horigome	130	489	452	65	125	19	6	8	40	14	4	23	63	.277	.319	.398	.717	180	2	6	6	2	1
Kent Hadley	131	500	470	67	112	17	3	29	86	0	0	23	77	.238	.274	.472	.746	222	10	2	0	5	2
Jack Bloomfield	74	274	248	39	75	8	0	9	36	0	0	19	28	.302	.352	.444	.795	110	2	2	1	4	1
Yasuhiro Kunisada	115	315	301	23	74	9	1	5	19	0	3	11	41	.246	.277	.332	.609	100	2	2	1	0	0
Shozo Higuchi	110	308	280	32	73	11	1	1	15	1	3	17	18	.261	.308	.318	.626	89	3	3	6	2	0
Noboru Inoue	72	192	179	24	49	9	0	8	30	0	1	9	20	.274	.319	.458	.777	82	3	3	1	0	1
Nobushige Morishita	106	247	224	18	45	6	0	3	21	1	4	15	25	.201	.259	.268	.527	60	9	3	4	1	0
Shiro Muto	97	196	176	19	43	9	2	3	22	3	0	17	22	.244	.314	.369	.684	65	3	1	2	0	0
Tsunemi Koizumi	69	126	113	16	25	4	1	3	17	1	0	11	29	.221	.302	.354	.656	40	4	2	0	0	0
Yoshio Anabuki	50	74	67	10	18	4	0	1	9	0	0	6	14	.269	.324	.373	.697	25	3	0	0	1	0
Hiroyuki Nakajima	79	89	86	14	18	2	0	1	5	1	3	2	17	.209	.225	.267	.492	23	0	0	0	1	0
Tadashi Suzuki	72	102	92	12	18	5	0	1	5	1	0	5	16	.196	.253	.283	.535	26	2	2	3	0	1
Kohei Sugiyama	48	100	95	5	18	2	0	2	16	0	0	4	7	.189	.230	.274	.504	26	3	1	0	0	1
Toshihiro Hayashi	36	65	59	5	13	3	0	1	3	1	0	2	14	.220	.258	.322	.580	19	0	1	3	0	0
Kiyohiro Miura	43	55	49	2	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	.204	.264	.224	.489	11	1	0	2	0	0
Joe Stanka	42	59	52	2	10	3	0	2	8	0	1	0	25	.192	.208	.365	.573	19	0	1	6	0	0
Mutsuo Minagawa	43	50	46	6	9	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	20	.196	.196	.326	.522	15	0	0	4	0	0
Nobuo Karasaki	55	59	55	14	8	2	0	0	0	12	3	3	21	.145	.203	.182	.385	10	0	1	0	0	0
Masumi Agata	37	41	36	9	6	1	0	1	3	1	0	3	12	.167	.225	.278	.503	10	0	0	1	1	0
Tatsuhiko Tanaka	24	49	43	1	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	12	.140	.229	.140	.369	6	2	0	1	0	0
Tadashi Sugiura	36	35	32	0	5	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	13	.156	.206	.219	.425	7	1	0	1	0	0
Fumihiro Tojo	14	15	11	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	.364	.500	.545	1.045	6	0	1	1	0	0
Takao Suzuki	14	19	19	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.211	.211	.211	.421	4	0	0	0	0	0
Akitada Niiyama	40	19	19	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.211	.211	.263	.474	5	1	0	0	0	0
Taisuke Watanabe	30	20	17	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.176	.176	.176	.353	3	0	0	3	0	0
Hiroshi Takahashi	10	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Eiichiro Takahashi	41	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.133	.133	.133	.267	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chikara Morinaka	39	31	29	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.069	.100	.103	.203	3	0	0	1	0	0
Eizo Goda	17	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	1	0	1	0	0
Sumio Watarai	42	22	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.053	.100	.053	.153	1	1	1	2	0	0
Shozo Nishimura	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2114	5228	4771	614	1217	197	27	153	585	91	49	329	693	.255	.307	.404	.711	1927	85	43	55	30	27

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Kent Hadley	1B	130					.000
Tsunemi Koizumi	1B	26					.000
Kohei Sugiyama	1B	9					.000
Shozo Higuchi	1B	5					.000
Mutsuo Minagawa	1B	1					.000
Toshihiro Hayashi	1B	1					.000
Yasuhiro Kunisada	2B	89					.000
Jack Bloomfield	2B	63					.000
Tatsuhiko Tanaka	2B	19					.000
Shiro Muto	2B	17					.000
Nobushige Morishita	2B	11					.000
Tadashi Suzuki	2B	6					.000
Sumio Watarai	2B	2					.000
Fumihiro Tojo	2B	1					.000
Nobushige Morishita	3B	98					.000
Tadashi Suzuki	3B	59					.000
Shiro Muto	3B	38					.000
Yasuhiro Kunisada	3B	15					.000
Sumio Watarai	3B	1					.000
Katsuya Nomura	C	133					.000
Sumio Watarai	C	10					.000
Takao Suzuki	C	10					.000
Hiroshi Takahashi	C	3					.000
Motoaki Horigome	OF	128					.000
Yoshinori Hirose	OF	122					.000
Shozo Higuchi	OF	85					.000
Hiroyuki Nakajima	OF	73					.000
Noboru Inoue	OF	56					.000
Nobuo Karasaki	OF	44					.000
Masumi Agata	OF	28					.000
Kohei Sugiyama	OF	26					.000
Yoshio Anabuki	OF	23					.000
Sumio Watarai	OF	20					.000
Tsunemi Koizumi	OF	13					.000
Eiichiro Takahashi	OF	8					.000
Joe Stanka	OF	8					.000
Eizo Goda	OF	7					.000
Taisuke Watanabe	OF	5					.000
Hiroshi Takahashi	OF	4					.000
Kiyohiro Miura	OF	2					.000
Mutsuo Minagawa	OF	2					.000
Toshihiro Hayashi	OF	2					.000
Takao Suzuki	OF	1					.000
Akitada Niiyama	OF	1					.000
Shiro Muto	OF	1					.000
Chikara Morinaka	OF	1					.000
Kiyohiro Miura	P	41					.000
Mutsuo Minagawa	P	40					.000
Akitada Niiyama	P	39					.000
Chikara Morinaka	P	38					.000
Tadashi Sugiura	P	36					.000
Joe Stanka	P	34					.000
Eiichiro Takahashi	P	33					.000
Toshihiro Hayashi	P	33					.000
Taisuke Watanabe	P	25					.000
Eizo Goda	P	15					.000
Shozo Nishimura	P	3					.000
Kenji Koike	SS	137					.000
Fumihiro Tojo	SS	6					.000
Tadashi Suzuki	SS	4					.000
Tatsuhiko Tanaka	SS	1					.000
Totals		1892	0	0	0	0	.000

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