1968 Nishitetsu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 56-74
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Futoshi Nakanishi (56-74)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1968 Nishitetsu Lions Roster

The Nishitetsu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1968 season with a record of 56 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.

The Lions scored 464 runs and yielded 486 runs. Kazuhide Funada led Nishitetsu with 16 home runs and accounted for 43 RBI, while leading all regular batters by hitting .286. Masaaki Ikenaga earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad and a team-best 2.45 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers. 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	BK	WP	BF
Masaaki Ikenaga	23	13	.639	2.45	47	36	9	22	6		305.0	251	95	83	20	90	9	161	8	0	4	1231
Kazuhisa Inao	9	11	.450	2.77	56	14	24	2	1		195.0	168	68	60	22	32	2	93	5	0	0	754
Yoshinobu Yoda	9	13	.409	3.76	50	13	19	1	0		148.3	140	71	62	11	48	5	109	9	1	1	630
Akio Masuda	7	14	.333	2.88	42	31	4	1	1		168.7	151	65	54	20	54	1	121	5	0	3	700
Masayuki Nagayasu	4	5	.444	2.83	35	13	11	0	0		108.0	96	43	34	11	35	2	39	6	0	0	448
Tadao Wako	4	12	.250	3.26	46	14	14	1	1		132.3	105	54	48	18	38	5	84	5	0	1	531
Toshiaki Tokuhisa	0	0		3.94	8	1	5	0	0		16.0	12	7	7	1	9	0	11	0	0	0	68
Kenji Fukuura	0	0		4.79	12	0	8	0	0		20.7	24	12	11	2	4	0	5	0	0	0	85
Kiyoshi Goto	0	0		6.04	14	2	1	0	0		25.3	35	18	17	5	8	0	13	0	0	1	111
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	0	1	.000	5.27	5	2	0	0	0		13.7	18	9	8	3	3	0	8	0	0	1	63
Yoshinori Okamura	0	2	.000	7.04	6	1	2	0	0		15.3	23	13	12	3	3	0	15	0	0	0	72
Akira Kawahara	0	3	.000	4.89	23	6	9	0	0		46.0	41	31	25	8	22	1	28	2	0	1	204
Totals	56	74	.431	3.17	344	133	106	27	9	0	1194.3	1064	486	421	124	346	25	687	40	1	12	4897

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
Mitsuo Motoi	132	548	469	63	110	13	3	12	35	21	9	46	82	.235	.307	.352	.658	165	5	4	26	3	1
Kazuhide Funada	116	417	370	52	106	22	1	16	43	15	10	30	72	.286	.350	.481	.832	178	7	7	9	1	6
Koshiro Ito	122	419	349	44	95	16	3	9	41	0	4	65	37	.272	.389	.413	.802	144	4	3	0	2	8
Hiromi Wada	112	376	343	36	90	9	1	10	40	18	10	23	48	.262	.306	.382	.688	131	6	0	7	3	6
Takashi Takagi	110	391	335	28	82	12	0	5	38	2	1	48	34	.245	.341	.325	.666	109	5	2	4	2	4
Isao Hirono	92	302	269	27	70	15	1	9	35	1	1	26	78	.260	.331	.424	.755	114	4	4	0	3	2
Shojiro Kikukawa	95	306	275	23	68	9	0	6	27	11	3	11	29	.247	.280	.345	.626	95	4	2	17	1	0
Takashi Hamamura	114	284	253	24	60	9	0	3	18	6	2	23	37	.237	.301	.308	.609	78	10	1	5	2	6
Katsutoshi Miyadera	111	247	230	22	53	5	2	8	25	2	1	14	67	.230	.273	.374	.647	86	2	0	2	1	2
Shoichi Shimosusaki	96	212	191	17	44	10	1	3	18	8	2	14	25	.230	.282	.340	.623	65	4	1	3	3	0
Katsutoyo Yoshida	65	154	138	11	36	8	0	0	10	0	2	12	22	.261	.320	.319	.639	44	4	1	1	2	0
Shonan Hashino	93	163	147	14	36	3	2	1	16	1	0	8	13	.245	.309	.313	.622	46	1	6	1	1	2
Masashi Takenouchi	53	156	142	20	33	7	1	6	17	6	1	9	27	.232	.301	.423	.724	60	1	5	0	0	0
Masaaki Ikenaga	55	134	113	19	27	3	0	4	14	3	0	15	27	.239	.323	.372	.695	42	3	0	4	2	0
Masayoshi Higashida	59	157	139	19	27	3	0	8	18	4	2	16	43	.194	.280	.388	.669	54	3	1	0	1	0
Kimiyasu Murakami	72	169	152	7	26	2	0	1	11	0	0	9	25	.171	.226	.204	.430	31	4	2	5	1	2
Futoshi Nakanishi	26	28	25	1	10	0	0	1	8	0	0	3	5	.400	.464	.520	.984	13	1	0	0	0	3
Goro Suzuki	40	59	57	2	9	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	15	.158	.169	.228	.398	13	1	0	0	1	0
Masahiro Yanagida	27	39	37	2	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	13	.216	.256	.324	.581	12	0	0	0	0	0
Akio Masuda	44	51	48	4	8	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	19	.167	.184	.250	.434	12	0	0	2	0	0
Yoshinobu Yoda	50	36	31	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	.226	.250	.258	.508	8	0	0	4	0	0
Kazuhisa Inao	57	55	47	5	7	0	0	2	5	0	0	3	16	.149	.196	.277	.473	13	0	0	4	1	0
Yoshitaka Okamoto	54	69	65	2	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	9	.108	.159	.154	.313	10	0	1	0	0	1
Yasuhiro Aratake	28	40	31	2	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	8	9	.194	.375	.355	.730	11	0	1	0	0	0
Tadao Wako	46	28	26	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	18	.154	.214	.192	.407	5	0	1	0	0	0
Koji Nishiwaki	38	40	36	6	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	13	.111	.179	.139	.318	5	1	0	1	0	0
Mamoru Miyoshi	29	22	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	11	.167	.250	.167	.417	3	0	0	2	0	0
Masayuki Nagayasu	36	26	23	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	11	.130	.167	.304	.471	7	0	0	2	0	0
Hidekazu Yamamoto	19	8	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.375	.625	3	1	0	0	0	0
Mitsuo Komuro	29	14	14	8	2	0	0	1	2	7	3	0	4	.143	.143	.357	.500	5	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshinori Okamura	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuo Kai	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Kawahara	23	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toshiaki Tokuhisa	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	2077	4963	4393	464	1043	157	16	110	439	107	54	398	829	.237	.305	.356	.661	1562	71	42	100	30	43

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Takashi Takagi	1B	106					.000
Goro Suzuki	1B	23					.000
Isao Hirono	1B	23					.000
Yasuhiro Aratake	1B	16					.000
Kazuhide Funada	1B	12					.000
Yoshitaka Okamoto	1B	4					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	1B	2					.000
Katsutoyo Yoshida	1B	1					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	1B	1					.000
Masayuki Nagayasu	1B	1					.000
Koshiro Ito	1B	1					.000
Kazuhisa Inao	1B	1					.000
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	1B	1					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	2B	132					.000
Kazuhide Funada	2B	11					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	2B	4					.000
Mitsuo Komuro	2B	1					.000
Kazuhide Funada	3B	94					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	3B	43					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	3B	42					.000
Hidekazu Yamamoto	3B	15					.000
Goro Suzuki	3B	1					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	3B	1					.000
Katsutoshi Miyadera	C	104					.000
Kimiyasu Murakami	C	66					.000
Yoshitaka Okamoto	C	39					.000
Koshiro Ito	OF	118					.000
Hiromi Wada	OF	95					.000
Shoichi Shimosusaki	OF	83					.000
Isao Hirono	OF	65					.000
Katsutoyo Yoshida	OF	60					.000
Masayoshi Higashida	OF	51					.000
Shonan Hashino	OF	39					.000
Mamoru Miyoshi	OF	24					.000
Koji Nishiwaki	OF	23					.000
Masahiro Yanagida	OF	9					.000
Mitsuo Komuro	OF	9					.000
Yoshitaka Okamoto	OF	8					.000
Toshiaki Tokuhisa	OF	5					.000
Kazuhide Funada	OF	5					.000
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	OF	5					.000
Hidekazu Yamamoto	OF	2					.000
Kimiyasu Murakami	OF	2					.000
Akio Masuda	OF	2					.000
Kenji Fukuura	OF	2					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	OF	1					.000
Yoshinori Okamura	OF	1					.000
Katsutoshi Miyadera	OF	1					.000
Kazuhisa Inao	P	56					.000
Yoshinobu Yoda	P	50					.000
Masaaki Ikenaga	P	47					.000
Tadao Wako	P	46					.000
Akio Masuda	P	42					.000
Masayuki Nagayasu	P	35					.000
Akira Kawahara	P	23					.000
Kiyoshi Goto	P	14					.000
Kenji Fukuura	P	12					.000
Toshiaki Tokuhisa	P	8					.000
Yoshinori Okamura	P	6					.000
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	P	5					.000
Takashi Hamamura	SS	111					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	SS	70					.000
Kazuhide Funada	SS	6					.000
Hidekazu Yamamoto	SS	2					.000
Totals		1888	0	0	0	0	.000

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