1961 Nishitetsu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 81-56
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Tokuji Kawasaki (81-56)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1961 Nishitetsu Lions Roster

The Nishitetsu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1961 season with a record of 81 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The Lions scored 545 runs and yielded 485 runs. Futoshi Nakanishi paced Nishitetsu with 21 home runs, while Teruyuki Takakura and Yasumitsu Toyoda walloped 15 or more as well. Yasumitsu Toyoda accounted for 60 RBI. Kusuo Tanaka led all regular hitters by hitting .306. Kazuhisa Inao earned 42 wins for the squad and a team-best 1.69 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Tokuji Kawasaki 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	42	14	.750	1.69	78	30	43	25	7		404.0	308	93	76	22	72	20	353	6	0	3	1554
Takayuki Hata	13	11	.542	2.88	49	32	4	4	2		209.7	174	80	67	13	90	6	166	7	0	3	883
Tadao Wako	9	8	.529	2.82	41	26	9	5	4		169.0	149	69	53	5	55	6	123	11	0	5	702
Yukio Shimabara	6	3	.667	3.09	35	10	5	1	0		93.3	91	35	32	5	37	3	47	3	0	0	404
Mitsuro Kondo	3	0	1.000	3.52	27	2	9	0	0		53.7	48	22	21	7	11	0	46	3	1	0	214
Junichi Nakajima	3	3	.500	3.94	29	4	10	0	0		61.7	63	34	27	7	11	0	46	2	0	0	250
Kihachiro Tanaka	2	4	.333	3.68	29	7	7	0	0		66.0	75	36	27	11	17	1	45	0	0	3	286
Hiroomi Oyane	2	4	.333	3.96	15	11	2	1	0		52.3	61	30	23	2	11	0	16	1	0	1	227
Yoshio Inoue	1	7	.125	3.75	41	15	11	0	0		110.3	106	52	46	10	30	0	86	6	0	0	458
Isao Sugimachi	0	0		4.50	2	0	1	0	0		2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Tsutomu Tanaka	0	1	.000	5.06	2	1	1	0	0		5.3	6	5	3	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	24
Sadao Nishimura	0	1	.000	8.31	12	2	2	0	0		17.3	34	28	16	2	11	0	10	0	0	4	100
Totals	81	56	.591	2.83	360	140	104	36	13	0	1244.7	1119	485	392	84	346	36	943	39	1	20	5110

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
Teruyuki Takakura	121	522	485	76	146	23	5	15	37	18	9	29	65	.301	.346	.462	.807	224	12	4	4	0	2
Kusuo Tanaka	125	500	471	65	144	12	5	12	58	19	9	18	58	.306	.338	.429	.767	202	18	6	3	2	1
Yasumitsu Toyoda	120	486	391	65	116	17	1	16	60	10	5	87	55	.297	.421	.468	.890	183	13	1	2	5	10
Yoji Tamatsukuri	129	463	415	63	108	20	4	4	35	17	6	37	63	.260	.321	.357	.678	148	0	3	2	6	0
Akira Ogi	123	453	408	45	99	19	1	9	52	11	7	33	69	.243	.304	.360	.664	147	13	4	5	3	3
Yasuhiko Kawai	101	336	314	26	84	18	1	12	46	4	1	12	67	.268	.293	.446	.739	140	7	1	5	4	3
Norifumi Kido	132	443	409	40	81	7	3	5	33	7	1	26	95	.198	.247	.267	.514	109	8	1	6	1	4
Futoshi Nakanishi	99	301	253	48	77	6	1	21	54	4	6	44	42	.304	.405	.585	.990	148	8	1	0	3	13
Hiromi Wada	81	237	216	15	62	11	2	5	26	6	3	13	30	.287	.329	.426	.755	92	5	2	3	3	1
Yu Hanai	87	240	214	27	50	11	3	3	26	2	0	21	25	.234	.307	.355	.662	76	6	2	2	1	0
Yasuo Takiuchi	91	237	222	17	41	1	1	2	13	6	1	10	52	.185	.225	.225	.450	50	10	2	1	2	0
Seiji Sekiguchi	79	204	185	13	37	7	1	2	27	0	2	15	28	.200	.261	.281	.542	52	7	1	1	2	1
Kazuhisa Inao	80	150	132	16	26	8	0	1	10	2	0	11	37	.197	.259	.280	.539	37	6	0	7	0	0
Tadayuki Inoue	91	110	103	8	17	7	0	2	6	0	1	4	16	.165	.202	.291	.493	30	5	1	1	1	0
Takao Miyake	61	74	71	3	14	2	0	1	5	0	0	3	19	.197	.230	.268	.497	19	1	0	0	0	0
Takayuki Hata	51	72	67	3	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	.179	.191	.194	.385	13	1	0	4	0	0
Takao Ogi	33	34	34	4	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.176	.176	.235	.412	8	1	0	0	0	0
Yoshizo Tanabe	42	43	40	1	6	3	0	0	3	0	1	2	8	.150	.186	.225	.411	9	1	0	0	1	0
Naoji Urata	18	27	25	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.160	.222	.160	.382	4	0	0	0	0	0
Toyohisa Kurokawa	4	6	6	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	3	0	0	0	0	0
Junichi Nakajima	36	14	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	3	0	0	2	0	0
Yukio Shimabara	37	26	23	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.130	.167	.174	.341	4	0	0	2	0	0
Tadao Wako	45	55	48	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	37	.062	.151	.062	.213	3	0	0	2	0	0
Yukio Suzuki	5	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mitsuro Kondo	28	12	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	0	0	1	0	0
Hiroomi Oyane	17	16	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.154	.312	.154	.466	2	0	0	0	0	0
Seisaku Ueda	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kihachiro Tanaka	30	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshio Inoue	44	24	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.042	.042	.083	.125	2	1	0	0	0	0
Sadao Nishimura	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Hidenori Tamai	7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsutomu Tanaka	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isao Sugimachi	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mamoru Miyoshi	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takahiko Kanbara	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1947	5121	4624	545	1151	175	29	110	497	107	53	380	843	.249	.308	.371	.679	1714	123	29	54	34	38

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Tadayuki Inoue	1B	85					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	1B	73					.000
Kusuo Tanaka	1B	67					.000
Yasuo Takiuchi	1B	2					.000
Seisaku Ueda	1B	1					.000
Hiroomi Oyane	1B	1					.000
Akira Ogi	2B	121					.000
Yasuo Takiuchi	2B	37					.000
Hidenori Tamai	2B	6					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	2B	2					.000
Junichi Nakajima	2B	1					.000
Norifumi Kido	3B	132					.000
Yasuo Takiuchi	3B	19					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	3B	9					.000
Toyohisa Kurokawa	3B	4					.000
Tadayuki Inoue	3B	2					.000
Isao Sugimachi	3B	1					.000
Yasuhiko Kawai	C	94					.000
Hiromi Wada	C	60					.000
Naoji Urata	C	11					.000
Yoji Tamatsukuri	OF	121					.000
Teruyuki Takakura	OF	119					.000
Kusuo Tanaka	OF	97					.000
Yu Hanai	OF	75					.000
Seiji Sekiguchi	OF	58					.000
Takao Miyake	OF	36					.000
Takao Ogi	OF	13					.000
Hiromi Wada	OF	12					.000
Yoshizo Tanabe	OF	6					.000
Junichi Nakajima	OF	6					.000
Naoji Urata	OF	5					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	OF	4					.000
Tadao Wako	OF	3					.000
Isao Sugimachi	OF	3					.000
Mamoru Miyoshi	OF	3					.000
Yoshio Inoue	OF	3					.000
Yukio Suzuki	OF	2					.000
Yukio Shimabara	OF	2					.000
Takayuki Hata	OF	2					.000
Kihachiro Tanaka	OF	1					.000
Hidenori Tamai	OF	1					.000
Masahiro Saito	OF	1					.000
Hiroomi Oyane	OF	1					.000
Sadao Nishimura	OF	1					.000
Seiji Nakamine	OF	1					.000
Mitsuro Kondo	OF	1					.000
Takahiko Kanbara	OF	1					.000
Kazuhisa Inao	P	78					.000
Takayuki Hata	P	49					.000
Tadao Wako	P	41					.000
Yoshio Inoue	P	41					.000
Yukio Shimabara	P	35					.000
Kihachiro Tanaka	P	29					.000
Junichi Nakajima	P	29					.000
Mitsuro Kondo	P	27					.000
Hiroomi Oyane	P	15					.000
Sadao Nishimura	P	12					.000
Tsutomu Tanaka	P	2					.000
Isao Sugimachi	P	2					.000
Yasumitsu Toyoda	SS	119					.000
Yasuo Takiuchi	SS	28					.000
Akira Ogi	SS	3					.000
Tadao Wako	SS	1					.000
Totals		1817	0	0	0	0	.000

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