1967 Nishitetsu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 66-64
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Futoshi Nakanishi (66-64)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1967 Nishitetsu Lions Roster

The Nishitetsu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1967 season with a record of 66 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Lions conceded 418 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Nishitetsu plated 407 runs, worst in the circuit,. Tony Roig paced the team with 26 home runs and recorded 80 runs batted in. Koshiro Ito led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .265. Masaaki Ikenaga earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while Tsutomu Tanaka registered a 2.17 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Jim Baumer and Tony Roig both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Futoshi Nakanishi 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	WP	BF
Masaaki Ikenaga	23	14	.622	2.31	54	40	12	19	6		335.3	300	102	86	16	81	6	203	16	3	1359
Yoshinobu Yoda	13	11	.542	2.44	48	29	9	5	3		210.3	193	78	57	13	44	1	116	8	2	860
Tsutomu Tanaka	12	10	.545	2.17	40	28	8	9	6		216.0	161	56	52	17	74	3	136	5	1	867
Kazuhisa Inao	8	9	.471	2.65	46	9	19	3	1		129.0	114	40	38	11	22	3	87	5	1	513
Tadao Wako	5	9	.357	2.82	41	16	13	2	2		134.0	111	56	42	7	51	5	86	9	2	556
Toshihiko Sei	4	5	.444	2.82	51	8	22	0	0		108.3	89	41	34	7	33	3	78	8	0	443
Yoshio Inoue	1	6	.143	2.49	35	10	8	0	0		94.0	90	30	26	4	19	0	48	6	1	386
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0		3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12
Kenji Fukuura	0	0		3.27	12	0	7	0	0		22.0	20	8	8	2	7	0	6	0	0	89
Masaru Honma	0	0		7.50	4	0	3	0	0		6.0	7	5	5	3	4	0	2	0	0	27
Yoshinori Okamura	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0		2.0	1	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	9
Totals	66	64	.508	2.50	334	140	102	38	18	0	1260.0	1088	418	350	81	338	21	764	57	10	5121

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
Tony Roig	135	529	487	46	118	20	1	26	80	3	3	37	99	.242	.295	.448	.743	218	9	1	0	4	4
Koshiro Ito	130	438	374	40	99	19	1	7	36	4	1	52	49	.265	.362	.377	.739	141	11	7	2	3	2
Jim Baumer	126	491	443	46	94	13	1	8	31	3	2	40	68	.212	.284	.300	.584	133	13	5	2	1	3
Hiromi Wada	125	425	388	30	92	23	2	7	36	18	5	26	69	.237	.286	.361	.647	140	5	2	6	3	6
Katsutoshi Miyadera	127	399	374	27	77	11	3	10	38	6	7	22	97	.206	.254	.332	.585	124	10	2	1	0	3
Yoji Tamatsukuri	117	312	283	20	70	9	0	3	23	6	6	20	28	.247	.301	.311	.612	88	4	2	6	1	1
Mitsuo Motoi	124	347	311	32	70	11	4	3	16	10	10	17	63	.225	.275	.315	.591	98	4	5	13	1	0
Mamoru Miyoshi	117	295	273	30	62	7	2	6	18	22	7	16	60	.227	.271	.333	.604	91	2	1	3	2	0
Shonan Hashino	87	205	190	21	56	6	0	2	9	4	3	12	16	.295	.341	.358	.699	68	3	2	0	1	0
Takashi Hamamura	75	209	193	18	42	7	1	5	16	1	3	10	31	.218	.267	.342	.609	66	4	3	3	0	0
Koji Nishiwaki	87	201	189	24	39	6	2	4	11	6	6	8	38	.206	.241	.323	.564	61	0	1	2	1	0
Kazuhide Funada	51	155	143	19	38	1	0	4	10	10	4	5	33	.266	.293	.357	.650	51	2	1	5	1	0
Akiteru Kono	58	147	136	8	26	4	0	0	8	0	1	7	23	.191	.234	.221	.455	30	4	1	2	1	0
Masaaki Ikenaga	54	116	102	9	20	1	1	4	8	1	0	8	33	.196	.255	.343	.598	35	3	0	6	0	0
Goro Suzuki	77	120	113	8	19	2	1	4	11	0	0	6	29	.168	.210	.310	.520	35	5	0	1	0	0
Shoichi Shimosusaki	31	46	44	4	13	2	0	0	3	3	0	1	8	.295	.311	.341	.652	15	0	0	1	0	0
Tsutomu Tanaka	40	67	64	4	12	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	13	.188	.200	.250	.450	16	2	0	2	0	0
Futoshi Nakanishi	32	40	36	3	10	2	0	3	9	0	0	3	7	.278	.350	.583	.933	21	1	1	0	0	0
Kimiyasu Murakami	43	52	50	2	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	18	.180	.212	.220	.432	11	1	1	0	0	0
Seisaku Ueda	62	60	53	1	9	3	1	0	10	0	0	5	14	.170	.233	.264	.497	14	0	0	0	2	0
Yoshinobu Yoda	48	60	55	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	.164	.193	.164	.357	9	1	0	3	0	0
Masahiro Yanagida	34	41	38	4	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	3	.184	.244	.263	.507	10	2	1	0	0	0
Yoshio Inoue	35	22	22	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.227	.227	.273	.500	6	0	0	0	0	0
Hidekazu Yamamoto	87	34	34	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.147	.147	.147	.294	5	1	0	0	0	0
Yasuhiko Kawai	26	24	20	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.150	.227	.150	.377	3	0	0	2	0	1
Kazuhisa Inao	47	28	27	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.111	.143	.148	.291	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tatsuji Tanaka	28	38	33	1	3	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	8	.091	.143	.121	.264	4	2	1	3	0	0
Masashi Ozaki	29	46	42	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	24	.048	.130	.071	.202	3	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Ogi	4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tadao Wako	41	36	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	19	.032	.143	.032	.175	1	1	0	1	0	0
Toshihiko Sei	51	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	1	0	0
Yasuhiro Aratake	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sumio Watarai	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	2137	5008	4569	407	1014	154	20	98	387	99	61	315	901	.222	.276	.329	.605	1502	90	37	66	21	20

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jim Baumer	1B	108					.000
Goro Suzuki	1B	49					.000
Koshiro Ito	1B	33					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	1B	10					.000
Tony Roig	1B	1					.000
Kazuhide Funada	1B	1					.000
Yasuhiro Aratake	1B	1					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	2B	84					.000
Jim Baumer	2B	49					.000
Kazuhide Funada	2B	48					.000
Tatsuji Tanaka	2B	7					.000
Takashi Hamamura	2B	6					.000
Hidekazu Yamamoto	2B	5					.000
Akira Ogi	2B	3					.000
Tony Roig	3B	135					.000
Hidekazu Yamamoto	3B	58					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	3B	6					.000
Tatsuji Tanaka	3B	2					.000
Katsutoshi Miyadera	C	127					.000
Kimiyasu Murakami	C	39					.000
Yasuhiko Kawai	C	25					.000
Hiromi Wada	C	1					.000
Hiromi Wada	OF	111					.000
Mamoru Miyoshi	OF	108					.000
Yoji Tamatsukuri	OF	101					.000
Koshiro Ito	OF	100					.000
Koji Nishiwaki	OF	77					.000
Shonan Hashino	OF	57					.000
Shoichi Shimosusaki	OF	18					.000
Masashi Ozaki	OF	12					.000
Masahiro Yanagida	OF	8					.000
Sumio Watarai	OF	5					.000
Akira Ogi	OF	1					.000
Kimiyasu Murakami	OF	1					.000
Kazuhisa Inao	OF	1					.000
Masaru Honma	OF	1					.000
Masaaki Ikenaga	P	54					.000
Toshihiko Sei	P	51					.000
Yoshinobu Yoda	P	48					.000
Kazuhisa Inao	P	46					.000
Tadao Wako	P	41					.000
Tsutomu Tanaka	P	40					.000
Yoshio Inoue	P	35					.000
Kenji Fukuura	P	12					.000
Masaru Honma	P	4					.000
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	P	2					.000
Yoshinori Okamura	P	1					.000
Takashi Hamamura	SS	65					.000
Akiteru Kono	SS	52					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	SS	42					.000
Hidekazu Yamamoto	SS	27					.000
Tatsuji Tanaka	SS	18					.000
Kazuhide Funada	SS	1					.000
Totals		1938	0	0	0	0	.000

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