1952 Nishitetsu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-52
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (67-52)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1952 Nishitetsu Lions Roster

The Nishitetsu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1952 season with a record of 67 wins and 52 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The Lions scored 532 runs and allowed 481 runs. Seiji Sekiguchi led Nishitetsu with 21 home runs Futoshi Nakanishi recorded 65 runs batted in. Hiroshi Oshita paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .307. Masaaki Noguchi earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while Mamoru Otsu added 15 or more wins, too Masaaki Noguchi registered a 2.6 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Osamu Mihara 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
Masaaki Noguchi	23	12	.657	2.59	45	30	15	15	2		260.3	236	99	75	14	58		75	4	0	1	1054
Mamoru Otsu	18	8	.692	2.74	46	22	16	12	0		230.3	209	86	70	4	57		70	3	0	2	931
Tokuji Kawasaki	13	11	.542	2.75	41	22	11	12	4		216.0	171	86	66	9	62		90	4	0	1	877
Marion O'Neil	7	4	.636	2.74	26	13	6	2	0		101.7	97	41	31	3	47		34	0	0	0	438
Kiichiro Nomoto	2	3	.400	4.16	29	5	14	0	0		67.0	72	43	31	4	21		19	1	1	0	289
Isamu Kinoshita	2	3	.400	4.41	15	6	5	0	0		51.0	59	36	25	5	29		13	0	1	0	241
Shisho Takesue	2	8	.200	3.64	23	17	0	4	1		111.3	96	57	45	4	67		58	1	0	0	483
Kenji Okamoto	0	0			1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	2
Yukio Shimabara	0	0		5.86	15	2	7	0	0		27.7	31	23	18	3	17		7	1	0	0	132
Nagahisa Abe	0	0		7.71	1	1	0	0	0		2.3	1	3	2	1	2		0	0	0	0	11
Toshiaki Ogata	0	3	.000	6.00	3	2	1	0	0		9.0	14	7	6	1	3		2	0	0	0	45
Totals	67	52	.563	3.08	245	120	75	45	7	0	1076.7	986	481	369	48	365	0	368	14	2	4	4503

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
Sunao Imakurusu	117	462	404	63	117	28	5	1	26	23	7	42	22	.290	.359	.391	.750	158	10	2	14
Hiroshi Oshita	99	403	355	61	109	25	3	13	59	9	6	45	31	.307	.388	.504	.892	179	5	2	1
Futoshi Nakanishi	111	410	384	57	108	20	7	12	65	16	4	26	38	.281	.327	.464	.790	178	12	0	0
Seiji Sekiguchi	94	384	358	55	93	15	1	21	59	6	3	24	45	.260	.306	.483	.790	173	9	0	2
Teruo Tabe	99	364	322	48	84	18	2	11	47	4	6	35	45	.261	.333	.432	.765	139	5	0	7
Takeshi Hibino	78	289	254	20	69	7	0	8	40	1	1	22	18	.272	.332	.394	.726	100	4	1	12
Etsuro Tsukamoto	89	239	221	27	68	12	4	2	29	9	4	10	15	.308	.341	.425	.766	94	2	1	7
Billy Wyatt	68	252	234	28	61	8	5	5	26	2	4	17	27	.261	.311	.402	.712	94	5	0	1
Kashiwa Odano	92	204	196	28	53	9	1	0	21	5	0	4	19	.270	.285	.327	.612	64	4	0	4
Yukichi Nagatoshi	75	280	238	33	52	5	5	9	31	6	5	36	42	.218	.333	.395	.728	94	3	5	1
Larry Yaji	55	140	125	19	28	7	0	1	12	7	2	14	16	.224	.302	.304	.606	38	2	0	1
Kuniyoshi Niidome	60	143	132	10	25	0	0	2	12	1	1	8	9	.189	.236	.235	.471	31	4	0	3
Isao Kyuki	41	84	78	6	22	3	0	0	5	1	0	3	3	.282	.309	.321	.629	25	4	0	3
Masaaki Noguchi	49	108	100	8	22	5	1	1	8	0	0	1	2	.220	.228	.320	.548	32	1	0	7
Tomoyuki Yatsunami	40	59	56	9	21	2	2	1	12	1	0	3	8	.375	.407	.536	.942	30	3	0	0
Tokuji Kawasaki	43	91	74	10	19	3	0	1	7	0	0	9	4	.257	.337	.338	.675	25	1	0	8
Mamoru Otsu	47	86	79	12	19	4	2	0	5	1	0	1	18	.241	.250	.342	.592	27	0	0	6
Kumeo Chikami	34	87	78	6	17	5	0	2	7	6	4	8	7	.218	.291	.359	.650	28	1	0	1
Kaname Miyazaki	62	93	84	13	17	2	0	1	3	1	0	6	10	.202	.256	.262	.517	22	1	0	3
Hatsuo Kiyohara	32	57	54	1	14	3	0	0	9	0	0	3	3	.259	.298	.315	.613	17	4	0	0
Yuji Ban	47	96	86	5	13	3	1	1	9	0	2	10	14	.151	.240	.244	.484	21	2	0	0
Yasuhiro Fukami	12	42	38	5	10	2	0	2	6	1	1	4	8	.263	.333	.474	.807	18	0	0	0
Marion O'Neil	26	37	35	3	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.200	.222	.286	.508	10	0	1	1
Isamu Kinoshita	20	21	21	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.381	.667	8	0	0	0
Akio Kono	9	12	12	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.417	.417	.583	1.000	7	1	0	0
Shisho Takesue	23	39	36	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	3	0	0	3
Kiichiro Nomoto	29	16	16	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.188	.312	3	0	0	0
Nagahisa Abe	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0
Yukio Shimabara	15	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0	1	0
Toshiaki Ogata	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Totals	1572	4512	4082	532	1066	194	39	94	499	100	50	331	433	.261	.319	.397	.715	1620	83	13	86	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Teruo Tabe	1B	96					.000
Kuniyoshi Niidome	1B	50					.000
Hatsuo Kiyohara	1B	2					.000
Isamu Kinoshita	1B	1					.000
Nagahisa Abe	1B	1					.000
Sunao Imakurusu	2B	69					.000
Larry Yaji	2B	32					.000
Kumeo Chikami	2B	26					.000
Kaname Miyazaki	2B	3					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	3B	106					.000
Hatsuo Kiyohara	3B	14					.000
Sunao Imakurusu	3B	12					.000
Kumeo Chikami	3B	2					.000
Yukichi Nagatoshi	3B	1					.000
Kaname Miyazaki	3B	1					.000
Tokuji Kawasaki	3B	1					.000
Yuji Ban	3B	1					.000
Takeshi Hibino	C	77					.000
Yuji Ban	C	41					.000
Isao Kyuki	C	36					.000
Hiroshi Oshita	OF	98					.000
Seiji Sekiguchi	OF	92					.000
Kashiwa Odano	OF	82					.000
Etsuro Tsukamoto	OF	80					.000
Yukichi Nagatoshi	OF	73					.000
Tomoyuki Yatsunami	OF	21					.000
Yasuhiro Fukami	OF	12					.000
Teruo Tabe	OF	1					.000
Isamu Kinoshita	OF	1					.000
Kumeo Chikami	OF	1					.000
Mamoru Otsu	P	46					.000
Masaaki Noguchi	P	45					.000
Tokuji Kawasaki	P	41					.000
Kiichiro Nomoto	P	29					.000
Marion O'Neil	P	26					.000
Shisho Takesue	P	23					.000
Yukio Shimabara	P	15					.000
Isamu Kinoshita	P	15					.000
Toshiaki Ogata	P	3					.000
Kenji Okamoto	P	1					.000
Nagahisa Abe	P	1					.000
Billy Wyatt	SS	66					.000
Sunao Imakurusu	SS	64					.000
Larry Yaji	SS	25					.000
Akio Kono	SS	8					.000
Hatsuo Kiyohara	SS	2					.000
Kaname Miyazaki	SS	1					.000
Totals		1444	0	0	0	0	.000

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