1954 Nishitetsu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 90-47
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (90-47)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1954 Nishitetsu Lions Roster

The Nishitetsu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1954 season with a record of 90 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Lions scored 590 runs, best in the league. Nishitetsu gave up 379 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Futoshi Nakanishi walloped 31 home runs for the team, while Yasumitsu Toyoda, Seiji Sekiguchi and Hiroshi Oshita each swatted 15 or more, too. Hiroshi Oshita accounted for 88 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .321. Hisafumi Kawamura recorded 25 wins on the mound for the team, plus Sadao Nishimura and Mamoru Otsu, too added 15 or more wins, too Sadao Nishimura registered a 1.77 earned run average, best among regular hurlers. 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
Hisafumi Kawamura	25	12	.676	1.99	61	21	33	4	3		276.0	183	71	61	4	88		169	8	1	0	1079
Sadao Nishimura	22	5	.815	1.77	46	26	13	14	8		275.0	167	65	54	10	72		236	4	0	4	1043
Mamoru Otsu	18	11	.621	1.78	49	29	10	9	2		257.3	197	62	51	7	69		123	6	0	2	1018
Tokuji Kawasaki	10	10	.500	2.39	30	15	13	6	1		158.3	136	51	42	6	47		68	3	0	1	643
Atsushi Sakagami	7	1	.875	2.23	44	12	13	1	1		101.0	89	32	25	1	41		31	1	0	0	420
Kei Kitahara	4	3	.571	3.26	27	21	1	0	0		91.0	73	39	33	4	28		76	0	0	1	367
Yukio Shimabara	3	1	.750	2.29	23	8	6	1	0		63.0	43	24	16	3	26		28	0	0	0	248
Akira Araoka	1	0	1.000	3.75	14	1	8	0	0		24.0	23	11	10	3	12		8	2	0	0	103
Masao Ota	0	0		5.59	6	2	2	0	0		9.7	8	9	6	0	6		3	1	0	0	45
Yasunori Otsuka	0	1	.000	2.45	6	1	2	0	0		11.0	9	7	3	0	4		7	0	0	0	47
Masaaki Noguchi	0	1	.000	9.00	2	1	1	0	0		3.0	3	3	3	0	0		1	0	0	0	13
Mamoru Nagasaka	0	2	.000	3.86	6	3	3	0	0		11.7	9	5	5	0	3		2	1	0	0	45
Totals	90	47	.657	2.17	314	140	105	35	15	0	1281.0	940	379	309	38	396	0	752	26	1	8	5071

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
Hiroshi Oshita	138	575	514	76	165	33	6	22	88	11	9	52	50	.321	.384	.537	.921	276	6	2	4	3
Futoshi Nakanishi	130	554	493	87	146	28	8	31	82	23	9	51	73	.296	.364	.574	.938	283	10	4	2	4
Seiji Sekiguchi	139	577	493	68	136	27	3	27	87	19	12	71	106	.276	.369	.507	.876	250	6	3	8	2
Akinobu Kono	136	548	488	62	129	15	7	13	41	9	10	37	79	.264	.319	.404	.722	197	6	2	21	0
Yasumitsu Toyoda	134	583	494	77	119	20	4	18	63	33	10	72	107	.241	.337	.407	.744	201	3	1	14	2
Sunao Imakurusu	110	328	285	31	76	6	1	0	22	5	4	26	5	.267	.329	.295	.624	84	6	2	12	3
Takeshi Hibino	112	360	317	13	73	11	0	3	36	2	2	27	27	.230	.297	.293	.590	93	11	3	13	0
Etsuro Tsukamoto	62	262	241	38	66	9	3	6	22	6	3	13	27	.274	.312	.411	.723	99	2	1	6	1
Teruyuki Takakura	90	271	255	28	65	15	4	3	16	5	6	7	50	.255	.280	.380	.661	97	3	2	7	0
Akira Ogi	101	280	250	27	54	11	6	5	26	15	5	22	51	.216	.285	.368	.653	92	6	2	6	0
Yukichi Nagatoshi	90	250	211	26	39	7	1	3	20	4	0	35	36	.185	.305	.270	.575	57	3	2	1	1
Teruo Tabe	72	130	117	12	28	4	0	1	10	0	1	11	23	.239	.310	.299	.609	35	3	1	1	0
Tokuji Kawasaki	32	64	60	7	19	5	0	1	6	0	0	2	11	.317	.339	.450	.789	27	2	0	2	0
Hisafumi Kawamura	61	107	93	6	17	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	23	.183	.200	.183	.383	17	0	1	12	0
Sadao Nishimura	49	113	98	9	17	6	1	1	8	0	0	8	29	.173	.234	.286	.519	28	3	0	6	1
Mamoru Otsu	49	92	84	6	14	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	21	.167	.195	.190	.386	16	1	0	5	0
Tomoyuki Yatsunami	44	58	53	5	9	2	0	0	1	2	0	3	9	.170	.214	.208	.422	11	2	0	2	0
Atsushi Sakagami	45	32	31	3	8	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	4	.258	.258	.484	.742	15	1	0	1	0
Masaaki Noguchi	10	10	10	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.300	.300	.400	.700	4	0	0	0	0
Yukio Shimabara	29	16	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	.214	.267	.214	.481	3	0	0	1	0
Kei Kitahara	27	27	26	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	.115	.115	.115	.231	3	0	0	1	0
Haruo Tamaki	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0
Akira Araoka	14	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Takiuchi	8	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0
Makoto Kuboyama	4	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0
Kiyoshi Matsui	14	11	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.125	.300	.125	.425	1	0	0	1	0
Yoshiyuki Kandaka	11	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.300	.125	.425	1	1	2	0	0
Nobuyoshi Kitagawa	10	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	1	0	0	0
Tadahachi Nakashizu	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0
Mamoru Nagasaka	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Yasunori Otsuka	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Kaname Miyazaki	13	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	1754	5296	4679	590	1198	203	47	134	547	136	74	445	768	.256	.323	.405	.729	1897	77	28	127	17	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Akinobu Kono	1B	125					.000
Teruo Tabe	1B	49					.000
Nobuyoshi Kitagawa	1B	4					.000
Yasumitsu Toyoda	1B	3					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	1B	3					.000
Hiroshi Oshita	1B	1					.000
Akira Ogi	2B	88					.000
Sunao Imakurusu	2B	88					.000
Akinobu Kono	2B	36					.000
Kaname Miyazaki	2B	9					.000
Yasuo Takiuchi	2B	1					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	3B	128					.000
Sunao Imakurusu	3B	17					.000
Akinobu Kono	3B	2					.000
Yasumitsu Toyoda	3B	1					.000
Haruo Tamaki	3B	1					.000
Akira Ogi	3B	1					.000
Kaname Miyazaki	3B	1					.000
Takeshi Hibino	C	106					.000
Yukichi Nagatoshi	C	64					.000
Kiyoshi Matsui	C	10					.000
Makoto Kuboyama	C	2					.000
Tadahachi Nakashizu	C	1					.000
Seiji Sekiguchi	OF	139					.000
Hiroshi Oshita	OF	138					.000
Teruyuki Takakura	OF	80					.000
Etsuro Tsukamoto	OF	61					.000
Tomoyuki Yatsunami	OF	33					.000
Yukichi Nagatoshi	OF	25					.000
Yoshiyuki Kandaka	OF	6					.000
Hisafumi Kawamura	P	61					.000
Mamoru Otsu	P	49					.000
Sadao Nishimura	P	46					.000
Atsushi Sakagami	P	44					.000
Tokuji Kawasaki	P	30					.000
Kei Kitahara	P	27					.000
Yukio Shimabara	P	23					.000
Akira Araoka	P	14					.000
Yasunori Otsuka	P	6					.000
Masao Ota	P	6					.000
Mamoru Nagasaka	P	6					.000
Masaaki Noguchi	P	2					.000
Yasumitsu Toyoda	SS	133					.000
Akira Ogi	SS	14					.000
Yasuo Takiuchi	SS	1					.000
Akinobu Kono	SS	1					.000
Totals		1686	0	0	0	0	.000

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