1953 Nishitetsu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 57-61
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (57-61)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1953 Nishitetsu Lions Roster

The Nishitetsu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1953 season with a record of 57 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.

The Lions plated 487 runs and conceded 477 runs. Futoshi Nakanishi walloped 36 home runs for Nishitetsu, and Yasumitsu Toyoda added 15 or more also. Futoshi Nakanishi recorded 86 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .314. Tokuji Kawasaki recorded 24 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 1.99 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Phil Paine played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Nishitetsu Lions to do so.

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
Tokuji Kawasaki	24	15	.615	1.99	47	23	21	18	5		294.3	238	86	65	9	78		110	3	0	0	1167
Marion O'Neil	10	7	.588	3.34	35	23	3	6	2		145.7	147	74	54	4	55		49	4	1	2	624
Mamoru Otsu	6	11	.353	3.67	34	15	11	4	1		147.0	150	75	60	9	46		56	1	0	1	626
Phil Paine	4	3	.571	1.77	9	8	1	5	1		61.0	37	17	12	2	34		38	8	0	1	257
Yukio Shimabara	4	6	.400	3.22	27	9	8	1	0		81.0	56	32	29	4	38		38	2	1	1	329
Hisafumi Kawamura	3	4	.429	2.51	24	8	9	2	1		82.3	65	35	23	3	41		58	3	1	2	346
Al Long	2	0	1.000	1.74	3	3	0	3	1		31.0	20	8	6	1	8		13	2	0	1	120
Masaaki Noguchi	2	3	.400	4.28	17	4	7	0	0		61.0	74	38	29	10	15		11	1	0	0	269
Sadao Nishimura	2	9	.182	3.99	34	13	11	2	0		119.7	96	60	53	2	83		129	1	0	5	525
Sadamu Tajima	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0		1.3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	4
Masao Ota	0	1	.000	3.15	19	5	6	0	0		45.7	39	20	16	2	23		20	2	0	1	192
Shisho Takesue	0	2	.000	7.71	12	9	1	0	0		30.3	29	32	26	6	29		10	4	0	2	152
Totals	57	61	.483	3.05	263	120	79	41	11	0	1100.3	951	477	373	52	450	0	533	31	3	16	4611

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
Futoshi Nakanishi	120	508	465	92	146	20	7	36	86	36	16	41	52	.314	.371	.619	.990	288	13	1	1
Hiroshi Oshita	114	473	443	60	136	29	6	12	61	8	6	24	43	.307	.344	.481	.825	213	5	1	5
Seiji Sekiguchi	119	497	457	61	126	22	6	14	72	9	6	32	63	.276	.323	.442	.765	202	9	0	8
Etsuro Tsukamoto	116	477	451	50	123	25	5	5	37	14	12	19	33	.273	.302	.384	.686	173	8	0	7
Yasumitsu Toyoda	115	439	402	64	113	22	0	27	59	25	12	31	92	.281	.337	.537	.874	216	1	3	3
Yukichi Nagatoshi	94	307	265	32	58	7	8	4	20	3	8	39	41	.219	.324	.351	.674	93	4	2	1
Sunao Imakurusu	81	248	225	21	57	7	2	2	22	8	8	17	13	.253	.306	.329	.635	74	4	0	6
Takeshi Hibino	86	312	272	16	54	10	0	4	32	0	1	25	36	.199	.266	.279	.545	76	6	0	15
Teruo Tabe	92	268	241	18	52	10	0	4	22	1	1	18	40	.216	.273	.307	.580	74	6	1	8
Kaname Miyazaki	86	208	179	18	35	7	2	0	8	9	5	13	11	.196	.262	.257	.519	46	3	3	13
Akio Kono	58	113	107	9	24	5	1	1	5	1	0	3	20	.224	.252	.318	.570	34	1	1	2
Tokuji Kawasaki	57	125	106	9	21	4	2	1	4	0	1	10	25	.198	.267	.302	.569	32	0	0	9
Isao Kyuki	50	95	92	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	12	.185	.194	.196	.389	18	1	0	2
Tomoyuki Yatsunami	55	88	83	10	16	2	1	1	6	4	1	4	17	.193	.239	.277	.516	23	1	1	0
Marion O'Neil	35	53	51	3	10	2	1	1	2	1	0	2	25	.196	.226	.333	.560	17	0	0	0
Sadao Nishimura	34	44	37	4	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	12	.216	.326	.270	.596	10	0	0	1
Mamoru Otsu	38	51	44	3	8	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	8	.182	.234	.273	.507	12	0	0	4
Kiyoshi Matsui	34	64	56	5	8	0	2	1	2	0	0	3	13	.143	.186	.268	.454	15	0	0	5
Phil Paine	12	26	24	3	7	1	0	1	6	0	0	2	9	.292	.346	.458	.804	11	0	0	0
Masaaki Noguchi	22	29	28	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	7	2	0	1
Hisafumi Kawamura	24	23	20	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	.250	.318	.350	.668	7	0	0	1
Shisho Takesue	13	12	12	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	4	0	0	0
Teruyuki Takakura	18	17	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.188	.235	.188	.423	3	0	0	0
Yukio Shimabara	35	27	25	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	.120	.120	.120	.240	3	0	0	2
Yoshiyuki Kandaka	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
Al Long	3	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0
Masao Ota	20	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Hidehiko Yamane	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1536	4531	4128	487	1043	178	45	114	454	122	78	296	587	.253	.305	.400	.705	1653	64	13	94	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hiroshi Oshita	1B	78					.000
Teruo Tabe	1B	68					.000
Kaname Miyazaki	2B	83					.000
Sunao Imakurusu	2B	62					.000
Akio Kono	2B	35					.000
Teruyuki Takakura	2B	2					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	3B	120					.000
Akio Kono	3B	3					.000
Takeshi Hibino	C	86					.000
Isao Kyuki	C	42					.000
Kiyoshi Matsui	C	30					.000
Seiji Sekiguchi	OF	119					.000
Etsuro Tsukamoto	OF	115					.000
Yukichi Nagatoshi	OF	89					.000
Hiroshi Oshita	OF	54					.000
Tomoyuki Yatsunami	OF	26					.000
Teruo Tabe	OF	10					.000
Teruyuki Takakura	OF	7					.000
Hidehiko Yamane	OF	2					.000
Masao Ota	OF	1					.000
Yoshiyuki Kandaka	OF	1					.000
Tokuji Kawasaki	P	47					.000
Marion O'Neil	P	35					.000
Mamoru Otsu	P	34					.000
Sadao Nishimura	P	34					.000
Yukio Shimabara	P	27					.000
Hisafumi Kawamura	P	24					.000
Masao Ota	P	19					.000
Masaaki Noguchi	P	17					.000
Shisho Takesue	P	12					.000
Phil Paine	P	9					.000
Al Long	P	3					.000
Sadamu Tajima	P	2					.000
Yasumitsu Toyoda	SS	113					.000
Akio Kono	SS	11					.000
Sunao Imakurusu	SS	6					.000
Totals		1426	0	0	0	0	.000

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