1972 Nankai Hawks Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 65-61
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Katsuya Nomura (65-61)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium

1972 Nankai Hawks Roster

The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1972 season with a record of 65 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The Hawks scored 512 runs and allowed 511 runs. Katsuya Nomura walloped 35 home runs for Nankai, while Willie Smith and Clarence Jones added 15 or more, too. Katsuya Nomura accounted for 101 RBI. Hiromitsu Kadota paced hitters with significant playing time with a .309 average. Takenori Emoto topped the team with 16 wins, and Michiro Sato recorded a 2.51 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1972 Nankai Hawks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Masanori Murakami, Clarence Jones and Willie Smith.

Katsuya Nomura 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
Takenori Emoto	16	13	.552	3.03	38	32	3	14	1		237.3	205	95	80	15	118	4	115	9	0	7	1014
Masanori Murakami	11	9	.550	4.28	33	19	1	6	1		147.3	156	79	70	20	46	0	57	20	1	3	652
Sanshiro Nishioka	11	13	.458	3.54	29	26	2	5	0		170.3	160	75	67	19	58	4	46	5	0	3	711
Michiro Sato	9	3	.750	2.51	64	2	44	0	0		154.0	115	50	43	13	58	8	93	4	1	0	622
Kiyohiro Miura	9	7	.562	3.16	25	23	1	6	1		136.7	130	54	48	13	44	1	41	4	0	1	568
Taisuke Watanabe	4	1	.800	3.82	26	8	11	1	0		68.3	68	33	29	14	25	0	24	2	0	0	289
Tsuneo Nozaki	4	6	.400	4.00	29	15	6	3	2		119.3	116	57	53	9	48	2	44	6	1	0	512
Koichi Nakayama	1	5	.167	3.50	34	2	12	0	0		69.3	56	33	27	6	36	2	59	1	0	7	290
Satoshi Takahashi	0	0		1.80	2	0	0	0	0		5.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19
Sumiyoshi Kadota	0	1	.000	3.75	12	1	7	0	0		24.0	21	11	10	3	16	1	15	2	0	1	107
Yutaka Ikeuchi	0	1	.000	5.73	3	1	2	0	0		11.0	12	9	7	3	8	0	4	1	0	0	55
Takuzo Ueda	0	1	.000	6.75	8	0	6	0	0		10.7	16	11	8	1	4	0	5	1	0	0	53
Willie Smith	0	1	.000	81.00	2	1	0	0	0		0.3	1	3	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	5
Totals	65	61	.516	3.48	305	130	95	35	5	0	1153.7	1060	511	446	116	464	22	504	56	3	22	4897

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
Hiromitsu Kadota	125	529	475	73	147	24	2	14	58	4	3	45	37	.309	.369	.457	.826	217	9	3	1	5	1
Katsuya Nomura	129	538	473	62	138	16	0	35	101	4	3	46	38	.292	.362	.548	.910	259	17	11	0	8	6
Clarence Jones	126	510	452	65	132	19	1	32	70	4	2	51	82	.292	.367	.551	.918	249	7	4	0	3	7
Teruhide Sakurai	124	520	466	50	121	13	2	5	27	4	2	21	37	.260	.306	.328	.634	153	4	11	20	2	2
Willie Smith	120	456	420	51	107	15	0	24	66	3	1	31	76	.255	.305	.462	.767	194	10	1	0	4	2
Yoshiyuki Sano	112	412	379	37	97	13	0	10	36	5	1	23	46	.256	.300	.369	.669	140	12	2	5	3	0
Yoshinori Hirose	110	419	374	54	90	14	2	0	25	42	7	38	28	.241	.307	.289	.596	108	9	0	2	5	0
Masaru Tomita	85	329	292	32	72	15	4	5	31	16	6	28	25	.247	.314	.377	.691	110	9	3	1	5	1
Ikuo Shimano	85	203	185	28	52	5	4	0	14	12	3	13	16	.281	.327	.351	.678	65	2	1	1	3	1
Kenji Koike	77	133	115	9	22	2	0	1	8	2	0	15	20	.191	.285	.235	.519	27	1	0	3	0	1
Masanori Matsui	34	98	88	4	17	1	1	0	7	2	0	6	14	.193	.260	.227	.488	20	2	2	2	0	1
Yasumasa Takabatake	67	89	81	2	15	2	0	2	11	0	0	4	22	.185	.239	.284	.523	23	0	2	1	1	0
Toru Otsuka	55	68	63	2	14	2	0	0	8	1	0	5	10	.222	.279	.254	.533	16	1	0	0	0	0
Mitsuru Fujiwara	29	50	46	9	13	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	8	.283	.340	.391	.731	18	1	3	0	0	0
Masanori Murakami	35	63	62	2	13	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	10	.210	.206	.242	.448	15	1	0	0	1	0
Takenori Emoto	38	87	77	11	12	1	0	4	11	0	0	1	34	.156	.167	.325	.491	25	1	0	9	0	0
Shuzo Aono	50	50	41	0	11	1	0	0	7	0	0	8	5	.268	.388	.293	.680	12	1	0	1	0	2
Toshihiro Hayashi	30	24	20	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	.300	.391	.300	.691	6	0	0	1	0	0
Kiyohiro Miura	27	47	43	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	.140	.140	.163	.302	7	1	0	4	0	0
Michiro Sato	64	28	25	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.160	.192	.160	.352	4	0	0	2	0	0
Tadao Yamamoto	19	28	27	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.148	.148	.185	.333	5	0	0	1	0	0
Takeshi Shibata	21	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Takashi Teraoka	18	21	21	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.095	.095	.143	.238	3	1	0	0	0	0
Tsuneo Nozaki	29	30	26	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.077	.143	.077	.220	2	0	1	2	0	0
Koichi Nakayama	34	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Taisuke Watanabe	28	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.067	.067	.067	.133	1	0	0	1	0	0
Sanshiro Nishioka	29	60	51	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	26	.020	.091	.020	.111	1	0	1	5	0	0
Yutaka Ikeuchi	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuto Horii	25	2	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shinsaku Katahira	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masahiro Kuroda	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takuzo Ueda	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshihiko Umemura	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takashi Sakata	27	10	10	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seizo Yamamoto	5	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sumiyoshi Kadota	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1786	4849	4357	512	1102	150	16	133	496	102	29	345	594	.253	.312	.386	.698	1683	89	45	62	40	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Clarence Jones	1B	125					.000
Willie Smith	1B	6					.000
Toshihiro Hayashi	1B	6					.000
Takashi Teraoka	1B	1					.000
Tsuneo Daigo	1B	1					.000
Teruhide Sakurai	2B	123					.000
Tadao Yamamoto	2B	13					.000
Kenji Koike	2B	2					.000
Mitsuru Fujiwara	2B	1					.000
Masaru Tomita	3B	83					.000
Masanori Matsui	3B	33					.000
Yoshiyuki Sano	3B	28					.000
Mitsuru Fujiwara	3B	8					.000
Tadao Yamamoto	3B	1					.000
Katsuya Nomura	C	129					.000
Takeshi Shibata	C	20					.000
Masahiro Kuroda	C	4					.000
Yoshihiko Umemura	C	1					.000
Hiromitsu Kadota	OF	125					.000
Willie Smith	OF	111					.000
Yoshinori Hirose	OF	109					.000
Ikuo Shimano	OF	72					.000
Takashi Sakata	OF	16					.000
Yasumasa Takabatake	OF	13					.000
Kazuto Horii	OF	13					.000
Toru Otsuka	OF	12					.000
Takashi Teraoka	OF	7					.000
Seizo Yamamoto	OF	4					.000
Taisuke Watanabe	OF	2					.000
Kiyohiro Miura	OF	2					.000
Takeshi Shibata	OF	1					.000
Michiro Sato	OF	1					.000
Toshihiro Hayashi	OF	1					.000
Mitsuru Fujiwara	OF	1					.000
Michiro Sato	P	64					.000
Takenori Emoto	P	38					.000
Koichi Nakayama	P	34					.000
Masanori Murakami	P	33					.000
Tsuneo Nozaki	P	29					.000
Sanshiro Nishioka	P	29					.000
Taisuke Watanabe	P	26					.000
Kiyohiro Miura	P	25					.000
Sumiyoshi Kadota	P	12					.000
Takuzo Ueda	P	8					.000
Yutaka Ikeuchi	P	3					.000
Satoshi Takahashi	P	2					.000
Willie Smith	P	2					.000
Yoshiyuki Sano	SS	95					.000
Kenji Koike	SS	75					.000
Mitsuru Fujiwara	SS	15					.000
Masanori Matsui	SS	1					.000
Totals		1566	0	0	0	0	.000

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