1955 Nishitetsu Lions Statistics
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 90-50
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (90-50)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium
1955 Nishitetsu Lions RosterTeam Record: 90-50
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (90-50)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium
The Nishitetsu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1955 season with a record of 90 wins and 50 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Lions topped the league with 663 runs, powered by 140 home runs. Nishitetsu allowed 471 runs. Futoshi Nakanishi walloped 35 home runs for the squad, while Yasumitsu Toyoda, Teruyuki Takakura and Akira Ogi each added 15 or more as well. Futoshi Nakanishi recorded 98 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .332. Hisafumi Kawamura and Mamoru Otsu led the squad with 21 wins each, and Sadao Nishimura and Tokuji Kawasaki contributed 15 or more victories also Hisafumi Kawamura earned a 2.35 ERA, 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 | 21 | 9 | .700 | 2.35 | 58 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 279.3 | 211 | 89 | 73 | 9 | 118 | 3 | 225 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1136 | |
| Mamoru Otsu | 21 | 10 | .677 | 2.50 | 55 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 255.7 | 213 | 83 | 71 | 11 | 91 | 2 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1034 | |
| Sadao Nishimura | 19 | 6 | .760 | 2.41 | 57 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 268.3 | 229 | 93 | 72 | 15 | 71 | 4 | 191 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1066 | |
| Tokuji Kawasaki | 17 | 15 | .531 | 2.40 | 43 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 217.7 | 195 | 66 | 58 | 6 | 50 | 5 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 876 | |
| Hiromasa Ariyoshi | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.89 | 36 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 96.7 | 96 | 40 | 31 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 399 | |
| Morikazu Sagawa | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 114 | |
| Yukio Shimabara | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 60.0 | 54 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 248 | |
| Mamoru Nagasaka | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.22 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 53.3 | 55 | 34 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 242 | |
| Kei Kitahara | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 101 | |
| Atsushi Sakagami | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Masao Hashimoto | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Tadao Wako | 0 | 0 | 6.28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | ||
| Totals | 90 | 50 | .643 | 2.68 | 326 | 144 | 104 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 1304.0 | 1128 | 471 | 388 | 51 | 430 | 15 | 777 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 5319 |
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 | 135 | 549 | 473 | 96 | 157 | 28 | 4 | 35 | 98 | 19 | 12 | 71 | 91 | .332 | .419 | .630 | 1.049 | 298 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Yasumitsu Toyoda | 144 | 632 | 546 | 94 | 150 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 76 | 27 | 15 | 64 | 75 | .275 | .351 | .449 | .799 | 245 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| Hiroshi Oshita | 139 | 524 | 469 | 74 | 141 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 63 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 55 | .301 | .356 | .443 | .800 | 208 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Seiji Sekiguchi | 134 | 501 | 456 | 67 | 136 | 28 | 6 | 14 | 66 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 95 | .298 | .353 | .478 | .831 | 218 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Teruyuki Takakura | 136 | 459 | 427 | 59 | 118 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 71 | 33 | 9 | 27 | 57 | .276 | .325 | .443 | .767 | 189 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Akinobu Kono | 141 | 453 | 397 | 53 | 97 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 36 | 54 | .244 | .313 | .322 | .635 | 128 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Junji Nakatani | 104 | 343 | 312 | 52 | 92 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 29 | .295 | .346 | .462 | .808 | 144 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Akira Ogi | 126 | 406 | 370 | 48 | 87 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 39 | 22 | 7 | 22 | 70 | .235 | .284 | .403 | .687 | 149 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Takeshi Hibino | 113 | 321 | 280 | 21 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 26 | .232 | .299 | .286 | .585 | 80 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| Etsuro Tsukamoto | 112 | 284 | 254 | 26 | 57 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 33 | .224 | .289 | .287 | .577 | 73 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Yukichi Nagatoshi | 75 | 161 | 147 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 29 | .184 | .248 | .313 | .561 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sunao Imakurusu | 79 | 101 | 89 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | .258 | .340 | .360 | .700 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mamoru Otsu | 56 | 97 | 85 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .212 | .207 | .247 | .454 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Yoji Tamatsukuri | 71 | 89 | 71 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 10 | .225 | .364 | .268 | .631 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tokuji Kawasaki | 57 | 104 | 95 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .168 | .225 | .211 | .436 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Haruo Tamaki | 51 | 61 | 58 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .207 | .246 | .362 | .608 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sadao Nishimura | 57 | 98 | 88 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 48 | .114 | .186 | .148 | .333 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hisafumi Kawamura | 58 | 102 | 94 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .106 | .143 | .138 | .281 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Akira Owada | 32 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .212 | .212 | .394 | .606 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junjiro Goto | 20 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .286 | .333 | .357 | .690 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiromasa Ariyoshi | 36 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiromi Wada | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .571 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yukio Shimabara | 27 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Morikazu Sagawa | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .273 | .400 | .673 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sadao Hiyama | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Makoto Kuboyama | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mamoru Nagasaka | 21 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasuo Takiuchi | 41 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kei Kitahara | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Takara Hiratsuka | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atsushi Sakagami | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tadao Wako | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomoyuki Yatsunami | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2022 | 5441 | 4859 | 663 | 1258 | 211 | 33 | 140 | 606 | 173 | 73 | 433 | 797 | .259 | .321 | .402 | .724 | 1955 | 90 | 29 | 91 | 29 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akinobu Kono | 1B | 116 | .000 | |||||
| Junji Nakatani | 1B | 95 | .000 | |||||
| Futoshi Nakanishi | 1B | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Oshita | 1B | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Yasumitsu Toyoda | 1B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Sadao Hiyama | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Ogi | 2B | 124 | .000 | |||||
| Akinobu Kono | 2B | 62 | .000 | |||||
| Haruo Tamaki | 2B | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuo Takiuchi | 2B | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Futoshi Nakanishi | 3B | 132 | .000 | |||||
| Sunao Imakurusu | 3B | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Haruo Tamaki | 3B | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Junji Nakatani | 3B | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Hibino | C | 112 | .000 | |||||
| Yukichi Nagatoshi | C | 74 | .000 | |||||
| Junjiro Goto | C | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Hiromi Wada | C | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Tomoyuki Yatsunami | C | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Makoto Kuboyama | C | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Owada | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Oshita | OF | 139 | .000 | |||||
| Teruyuki Takakura | OF | 133 | .000 | |||||
| Seiji Sekiguchi | OF | 131 | .000 | |||||
| Etsuro Tsukamoto | OF | 91 | .000 | |||||
| Yoji Tamatsukuri | OF | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Owada | OF | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Tomoyuki Yatsunami | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Hisafumi Kawamura | P | 58 | .000 | |||||
| Sadao Nishimura | P | 57 | .000 | |||||
| Mamoru Otsu | P | 55 | .000 | |||||
| Tokuji Kawasaki | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Hiromasa Ariyoshi | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Yukio Shimabara | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Mamoru Nagasaka | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Tadao Wako | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Morikazu Sagawa | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Kei Kitahara | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Atsushi Sakagami | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Masao Hashimoto | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Yasumitsu Toyoda | SS | 144 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuo Takiuchi | SS | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Ogi | SS | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Haruo Tamaki | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1873 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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