1976 Nankai Hawks Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 71-56
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Katsuya Nomura (71-56)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium

1976 Nankai Hawks Roster

The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1976 season with a record of 71 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Hawks allowed 431 runs, least in the league. Nankai tallied 489 runs. Hiromitsu Kadota paced the team with 22 home runs, while Junichi Kashiwabara walloped 15 or more as well. Hiromitsu Kadota accounted for 77 RBI. Mitsuru Fujiwara topped all regular hitters with a .302 average. Shinichi Yamauchi led the squad with 20 wins, and Manabu Fujita recorded a 1.99 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Don Buford and Tom Robson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

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
Shinichi Yamauchi	20	13	.606	2.27	33	33	0	21	4	0	253.3	216	85	64	23	51	1	72	3	0	3	1013
Koichi Nakayama	12	11	.522	3.52	30	29	1	8	4	0	176.3	165	75	69	14	72	1	114	4	1	1	755
Manabu Fujita	11	3	.786	1.98	27	14	2	7	2	0	149.7	133	40	33	8	25	0	52	7	0	2	589
Michiro Sato	9	4	.692	2.25	54	4	44	2	1	16	136.0	122	50	34	8	29	0	56	3	0	0	541
Hiroaki Fukushi	6	7	.462	3.68	24	17	3	3	0	1	115.0	120	47	47	13	37	0	23	7	1	3	486
Yutaka Enatsu	6	12	.333	2.97	36	20	12	6	1	9	148.3	115	58	49	12	61	0	109	4	0	4	612
Hidetaka Hoshino	4	3	.571	3.50	23	8	4	1	0	0	79.7	66	31	31	9	32	2	40	2	0	5	329
Koichiro Sasaki	2	3	.400	4.31	13	5	5	0	0	0	39.7	38	20	19	4	12	0	12	2	1	0	165
Toru Ikenoue	1	0	1.000	6.47	14	0	9	0	0	0	32.0	34	24	23	4	19	0	15	1	0	4	144
Etsuo Murakami	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	19
Sumiyoshi Kadota	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	4.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	16
Totals	71	56	.559	2.92	256	130	82	48	12	27	1139.0	1015	431	369	95	341	4	496	33	3	22	4669

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
Mitsuru Fujiwara	130	567	526	72	159	21	4	8	48	50	17	28	37	.302	.339	.403	.742	212	12	4	4	5	3
Hiromitsu Kadota	125	522	456	64	137	25	4	22	77	2	1	54	51	.300	.370	.518	.887	236	8	2	0	10	7
Katsuya Nomura	119	468	429	35	117	13	0	10	57	2	2	29	50	.273	.323	.373	.696	160	21	5	0	5	1
Junichi Kashiwabara	124	487	435	48	113	18	4	16	55	26	7	40	59	.260	.329	.430	.759	187	9	6	4	2	1
Hiromasa Arai	119	446	406	50	110	12	8	2	35	20	5	20	21	.271	.308	.355	.662	144	3	5	7	8	0
Don Buford	123	471	418	40	100	13	0	10	43	14	7	37	43	.239	.312	.342	.654	143	9	9	3	4	0
Teruhide Sakurai	125	439	384	37	98	7	2	2	25	10	5	30	36	.255	.318	.299	.618	115	9	6	18	1	0
Shinsaku Katahira	107	370	341	42	84	9	3	12	43	1	0	19	31	.246	.298	.396	.694	135	6	7	1	2	0
Chiaki Sadaoka	123	372	340	37	81	13	3	7	39	4	5	15	70	.238	.274	.356	.630	121	4	3	11	3	0
Tom Robson	37	117	110	7	23	1	0	3	9	0	0	6	20	.209	.256	.300	.556	33	5	1	0	0	0
Toru Wada	36	68	65	3	14	2	0	0	6	0	0	2	14	.215	.250	.246	.496	16	1	1	0	0	0
Takayuki Kono	49	67	61	9	13	3	0	1	5	3	0	5	6	.213	.273	.311	.584	19	1	0	1	0	0
Yoshiaki Toyama	31	46	44	8	11	1	0	0	6	1	0	2	6	.250	.283	.273	.555	12	1	0	0	0	0
Yoshinori Hirose	27	64	56	6	10	2	0	0	4	2	0	8	6	.179	.281	.214	.496	12	4	0	0	0	0
Takashi Sakata	71	20	19	11	6	2	0	0	4	8	2	0	4	.316	.300	.421	.721	8	1	0	0	1	0
Masao Yamamoto	16	15	14	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.286	.333	.357	.690	5	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuto Horii	40	35	26	12	4	0	0	1	2	3	1	3	4	.154	.343	.269	.612	7	1	5	0	1	0
Toshihiro Hayashi	24	45	42	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.095	.136	.095	.232	4	1	1	1	0	0
Masahiro Kuroda	15	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	1	0	0	0	0
Shigeki Tsurusaki	10	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nobuo Yonetani	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1456	4637	4190	485	1090	143	28	94	459	146	52	300	477	.260	.315	.375	.690	1571	98	55	50	42	12

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Junichi Kashiwabara	1B	108					.000
Shinsaku Katahira	1B	30					.000
Toshihiro Hayashi	1B	9					.000
Koichiro Sasaki	1B	2					.000
Manabu Fujita	1B	2					.000
Masao Yamamoto	1B	1					.000
Hiroaki Fukushi	1B	1					.000
Hiromasa Arai	1B	1					.000
Teruhide Sakurai	2B	125					.000
Shigeki Tsurusaki	2B	6					.000
Junichi Kashiwabara	2B	6					.000
Takayuki Kono	2B	5					.000
Mitsuru Fujiwara	2B	1					.000
Mitsuru Fujiwara	3B	129					.000
Junichi Kashiwabara	3B	3					.000
Don Buford	3B	3					.000
Katsuya Nomura	C	113					.000
Toru Wada	C	29					.000
Masahiro Kuroda	C	8					.000
Nobuo Yonetani	C	1					.000
Hiromitsu Kadota	OF	125					.000
Chiaki Sadaoka	OF	122					.000
Don Buford	OF	119					.000
Hiromasa Arai	OF	115					.000
Takashi Sakata	OF	58					.000
Junichi Kashiwabara	OF	26					.000
Kazuto Horii	OF	23					.000
Yoshinori Hirose	OF	9					.000
Yoshiaki Toyama	OF	6					.000
Masao Yamamoto	OF	5					.000
Masahiro Kuroda	OF	2					.000
Nobuo Yonetani	OF	1					.000
Koichiro Sasaki	OF	1					.000
Hidetaka Hoshino	OF	1					.000
Michiro Sato	P	54					.000
Yutaka Enatsu	P	36					.000
Shinichi Yamauchi	P	33					.000
Koichi Nakayama	P	30					.000
Manabu Fujita	P	27					.000
Hiroaki Fukushi	P	24					.000
Hidetaka Hoshino	P	23					.000
Toru Ikenoue	P	14					.000
Koichiro Sasaki	P	13					.000
Etsuo Murakami	P	1					.000
Sumiyoshi Kadota	P	1					.000
Takayuki Kono	SS	40					.000
Shigeki Tsurusaki	SS	3					.000
Mitsuru Fujiwara	SS	3					.000
Totals		1498	0	0	0	0	.000

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