1957 Nishitetsu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 83-44
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (83-44)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1957 Nishitetsu Lions Roster

Japan Series - Nishitetsu Lions 4 games, Yomiuri Giants 0

The Nishitetsu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1957 season with a record of 83 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Lions allowed 370 runs, least in the league. Nishitetsu plated 546 runs. Futoshi Nakanishi paced the team with 24 home runs, while Yasumitsu Toyoda walloped 15 or more also. Futoshi Nakanishi recorded 100 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .317. Kazuhisa Inao recorded 35 wins for the squad, and Hisafumi Kawamura added 15 or more victories also Kazuhisa Inao recorded a 1.37 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. 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
Kazuhisa Inao	35	6	.854	1.37	68	33	27	20	5		373.7	243	72	57	14	76	8	288	7	2	1	1419
Hisafumi Kawamura	17	8	.680	2.24	55	29	13	5	3		225.0	200	71	56	7	73	3	127	4	0	3	918
Yukio Shimabara	13	5	.722	1.61	31	17	7	6	3		140.0	110	41	25	5	37	4	81	3	0	1	561
Tadao Wako	9	11	.450	2.20	44	19	12	1	0		163.3	118	54	40	0	80	3	135	3	0	4	665
Sadao Nishimura	5	5	.500	2.69	29	9	13	2	0		87.0	80	33	26	2	26	1	52	0	0	4	355
Kyoji Nishihara	2	1	.667	2.47	22	5	2	1	0		43.7	34	15	12	1	18	0	31	2	0	1	179
Takayuki Hata	2	4	.333	4.07	30	16	4	2	0		79.7	75	44	36	5	43	0	59	4	0	3	356
Morikazu Sagawa	0	0		4.76	5	0	2	0	0		5.7	5	3	3	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	26
Mamoru Nagasaka	0	0		11.57	2	0	0	0	0		2.3	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13
Yasunobu Murayama	0	0		18.00	2	0	0	0	0		2.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	13
Mamoru Otsu	0	0		45.00	2	0	1	0	0		1.0	7	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11
Hiromasa Ariyoshi	0	1	.000	0.00	1	0	1	0	0		3.0	3	2	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	14
Tokuji Kawasaki	0	1	.000	1.47	7	0	5	0	0		18.3	15	4	3	1	8	0	7	0	0	0	75
Michio Ukari	0	1	.000	2.45	18	3	8	0	0		40.3	39	14	11	1	16	1	26	1	0	1	179
Kei Kitahara	0	1	.000	5.14	2	1	0	0	0		7.0	6	4	4	2	6	0	6	0	0	0	33
Totals	83	44	.654	2.15	318	132	95	37	11	0	1192.0	947	370	285	40	393	20	820	24	2	18	4817

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	132	538	486	84	154	31	3	24	100	15	6	49	71	.317	.379	.541	.920	263	14	1	0	2	6
Yasumitsu Toyoda	128	550	463	92	133	26	8	18	59	24	10	70	64	.287	.377	.495	.872	229	7	0	12	5	0
Hiroshi Oshita	111	430	395	44	121	23	2	4	55	2	4	26	43	.306	.352	.405	.757	160	4	3	4	2	7
Teruyuki Takakura	120	449	412	76	115	25	3	11	39	17	6	27	53	.279	.321	.434	.756	179	3	0	7	3	0
Seiji Sekiguchi	116	418	367	41	110	17	8	12	65	3	7	39	48	.300	.364	.488	.852	179	9	1	6	5	3
Akinobu Kono	131	413	373	27	92	9	3	1	28	5	7	21	63	.247	.287	.295	.582	110	4	1	16	2	0
Hiromi Wada	111	359	322	32	69	10	1	7	35	1	5	23	81	.214	.275	.317	.592	102	6	4	10	0	0
Yoji Tamatsukuri	117	282	250	28	59	7	3	1	10	12	8	23	52	.236	.303	.300	.603	75	1	1	8	0	0
Akira Ogi	96	246	211	28	54	6	2	6	23	4	4	26	49	.256	.344	.389	.733	82	4	3	5	1	0
Kusuo Tanaka	95	179	171	18	42	6	1	4	21	4	5	3	37	.246	.274	.363	.636	62	7	4	0	1	0
Kazuhisa Inao	70	149	134	10	26	4	1	1	9	0	0	10	36	.194	.250	.261	.511	35	2	0	5	0	0
Taisuke Kobuchi	85	134	120	9	23	5	4	0	7	4	2	10	32	.192	.258	.300	.558	36	2	1	2	1	0
Takeshi Hibino	59	102	94	3	22	2	0	0	13	0	1	5	13	.234	.273	.255	.528	24	4	0	3	0	0
Yu Hanai	78	104	88	15	21	1	1	1	6	4	4	14	11	.239	.343	.307	.650	27	4	0	2	0	0
Yasuo Takiuchi	85	89	84	11	16	1	0	1	6	1	1	1	30	.190	.209	.238	.447	20	0	1	3	0	0
Hisafumi Kawamura	55	80	77	2	13	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	18	.169	.169	.195	.364	15	0	0	3	0	0
Makoto Kuboyama	34	46	42	5	9	1	0	2	6	0	0	3	10	.214	.283	.381	.664	16	1	1	0	0	0
Yukio Shimabara	31	48	44	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.182	.182	.182	.364	8	0	0	4	0	0
Junji Nakatani	35	37	31	0	5	2	0	0	5	0	1	4	10	.161	.250	.226	.476	7	2	0	1	1	0
Norifumi Kido	12	19	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	.211	.211	.211	.421	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tadao Wako	44	54	46	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	25	.087	.106	.087	.193	4	0	0	7	0	0
Takao Ogi	8	13	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	.231	.231	.231	.462	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tokuji Kawasaki	13	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.231	.286	.231	.516	3	0	0	0	0	0
Takayuki Hata	31	25	21	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	5	.143	.250	.238	.488	5	0	0	1	0	0
Tadayuki Inoue	27	34	33	3	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	13	.091	.118	.182	.299	6	3	0	0	0	0
Kyoji Nishihara	22	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Owada	15	15	15	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	.133	.133	.267	.400	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sadao Nishimura	31	29	25	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	.080	.179	.080	.259	2	1	0	1	0	0
Kei Kitahara	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Naoji Urata	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Takara Hiratsuka	9	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshizo Tanabe	9	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	1	0	0	0	0
Michio Ukari	21	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Hiromasa Ariyoshi	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toru Misao	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keiichi Yamaguchi	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1943	4910	4401	546	1122	178	42	94	498	99	73	364	824	.255	.313	.379	.692	1666	79	21	101	23	16

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Akinobu Kono	1B	131					.000
Kusuo Tanaka	1B	59					.000
Tadayuki Inoue	1B	17					.000
Junji Nakatani	1B	3					.000
Michio Ukari	1B	2					.000
Yasumitsu Toyoda	1B	1					.000
Mamoru Otsu	1B	1					.000
Toru Misao	1B	1					.000
Kazuhisa Inao	1B	1					.000
Akira Ogi	2B	94					.000
Yasuo Takiuchi	2B	71					.000
Taisuke Kobuchi	2B	69					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	2B	15					.000
Akinobu Kono	2B	5					.000
Keiichi Yamaguchi	2B	2					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	3B	130					.000
Kusuo Tanaka	3B	18					.000
Norifumi Kido	3B	8					.000
Taisuke Kobuchi	3B	3					.000
Yasuo Takiuchi	3B	2					.000
Akinobu Kono	3B	1					.000
Hiromi Wada	C	111					.000
Takeshi Hibino	C	37					.000
Makoto Kuboyama	C	20					.000
Naoji Urata	C	3					.000
Yoshizo Tanabe	C	3					.000
Junjiro Goto	C	2					.000
Teruyuki Takakura	OF	116					.000
Hiroshi Oshita	OF	110					.000
Seiji Sekiguchi	OF	109					.000
Yoji Tamatsukuri	OF	94					.000
Yu Hanai	OF	49					.000
Kusuo Tanaka	OF	21					.000
Takara Hiratsuka	OF	9					.000
Mamoru Nagasaka	OF	7					.000
Morikazu Sagawa	OF	6					.000
Akira Owada	OF	6					.000
Taisuke Kobuchi	OF	6					.000
Takao Ogi	OF	5					.000
Mamoru Otsu	OF	2					.000
Sadao Nishimura	OF	2					.000
Tadayuki Inoue	OF	2					.000
Hiromasa Ariyoshi	OF	2					.000
Michio Ukari	OF	1					.000
Takayuki Hata	OF	1					.000
Kazuhisa Inao	P	68					.000
Hisafumi Kawamura	P	55					.000
Tadao Wako	P	44					.000
Yukio Shimabara	P	31					.000
Takayuki Hata	P	30					.000
Sadao Nishimura	P	29					.000
Kyoji Nishihara	P	22					.000
Michio Ukari	P	18					.000
Tokuji Kawasaki	P	7					.000
Morikazu Sagawa	P	5					.000
Mamoru Otsu	P	2					.000
Mamoru Nagasaka	P	2					.000
Yasunobu Murayama	P	2					.000
Kei Kitahara	P	2					.000
Hiromasa Ariyoshi	P	1					.000
Yasumitsu Toyoda	SS	128					.000
Yasuo Takiuchi	SS	8					.000
Taisuke Kobuchi	SS	5					.000
Akira Ogi	SS	1					.000
Totals		1818	0	0	0	0	.000

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