1969 Nishitetsu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 51-75
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Futoshi Nakanishi (0-0)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1969 Nishitetsu Lions Roster

The Nishitetsu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1969 season with a record of 51 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.

The Lions plated 418 runs and conceded 507 runs. Isao Hirono paced Nishitetsu with 20 home runs, while Masayoshi Higashida and Carl Boles walloped 15 or more also. Carl Boles drove in 56 runs. Mitsuo Motoi led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .295. Masaaki Ikenaga topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.57 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Carl Boles played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Nishitetsu Lions to do so.

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	18	11	.621	2.56	34	32	2	21	4		263.3	232	87	75	22	58	3	105	14	1	1065
Akira Kawahara	12	13	.480	3.70	50	21	13	4	1		170.3	155	82	70	18	64	6	99	6	2	723
Akio Masuda	8	15	.348	3.25	40	30	2	7	3		188.3	171	86	68	21	60	1	113	8	3	787
Yoshinobu Yoda	7	11	.389	3.81	45	14	17	1	0		149.0	134	73	63	13	40	5	85	7	0	614
Isamu Ito	2	0	1.000	6.26	16	2	5	0	0		23.0	32	17	16	3	10	0	6	1	0	108
Masayuki Nagayasu	2	6	.250	3.27	32	9	11	2	2		88.0	79	36	32	7	32	2	41	3	0	356
Kiyoshi Goto	1	2	.333	3.43	24	1	7	0	0		39.3	45	16	15	4	14	1	17	0	1	171
Kazuhisa Inao	1	7	.125	2.78	32	10	9	0	0		97.0	92	36	30	9	27	2	46	2	0	399
Eisuke Fukunaga	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5
Sachio Tsujihara	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
Yoshinori Okamura	0	0		4.50	10	0	4	0	0		14.0	11	7	7	3	7	0	11	1	0	60
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	0	1	.000	5.40	3	1	1	0	0		5.0	6	4	3	1	3	1	3	1	0	22
Isao Hasato	0	2	.000	3.95	15	2	7	0	0		27.3	30	13	12	4	6	0	16	1	0	116
Keizo Akiba	0	2	.000	4.61	6	2	1	0	0		13.7	19	9	7	2	4	0	5	2	1	62
Osamu Higashio	0	2	.000	8.40	8	4	2	0	0		15.0	16	14	14	2	14	0	11	1	1	73
Etsuo Nakai	0	3	.000	3.75	31	2	12	0	0		60.0	49	27	25	4	18	1	44	1	0	237
Totals	51	75	.405	3.40	348	130	95	35	10	0	1155.3	1072	507	437	113	358	22	604	48	9	4801

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	127	543	478	65	141	34	3	10	41	10	7	43	65	.295	.361	.441	.802	211	11	7	14	1	0
Carl Boles	115	431	405	42	98	12	1	18	56	4	3	20	48	.242	.278	.410	.688	166	11	2	0	4	1
Kazuhide Funada	109	409	374	38	93	12	2	8	35	7	4	21	66	.249	.294	.356	.650	133	8	4	8	2	0
Kimiyasu Murakami	122	397	368	30	88	12	1	14	37	1	1	14	57	.239	.272	.391	.664	144	6	4	8	3	1
Isao Hirono	113	410	370	43	86	9	1	20	55	1	1	35	81	.232	.302	.424	.727	157	5	3	0	2	3
Masayoshi Higashida	90	290	261	34	66	11	0	17	37	1	0	22	44	.253	.318	.490	.809	128	10	4	1	2	2
Yoshio Abe	96	281	261	24	66	10	2	5	17	3	3	8	25	.253	.288	.364	.652	95	4	5	7	0	0
Masashi Takenouchi	103	342	308	31	63	6	1	10	26	6	1	20	43	.205	.277	.328	.605	101	4	11	3	0	0
Takashi Hamamura	85	270	240	26	51	13	1	4	20	5	1	19	32	.212	.278	.325	.603	78	9	3	7	1	0
Takashi Takagi	99	234	208	17	47	6	1	3	19	0	0	23	29	.226	.303	.308	.611	64	5	1	0	2	0
Shojiro Kikukawa	80	217	199	7	35	4	0	0	8	4	4	11	26	.176	.221	.196	.417	39	4	1	4	2	0
Koshiro Ito	67	126	99	12	20	1	0	3	13	0	0	22	21	.202	.352	.303	.655	30	1	2	1	2	3
Masaaki Ikenaga	37	110	105	9	20	3	0	3	12	1	0	2	29	.190	.218	.305	.523	32	1	2	0	1	0
Shoichi Shimosusaki	56	92	85	6	18	2	0	1	4	0	1	5	13	.212	.264	.271	.534	23	1	1	1	0	0
Seiichi Hirai	30	56	52	3	14	4	0	0	3	0	0	4	8	.269	.321	.346	.668	18	1	0	0	0	1
Hiromi Wada	46	57	51	4	11	2	0	2	10	1	0	4	14	.216	.281	.373	.653	19	0	1	0	1	0
Katsutoshi Miyadera	36	52	51	1	7	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	13	.137	.154	.157	.311	8	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Kawahara	50	50	46	3	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	20	.130	.130	.152	.283	7	0	0	4	0	0
Kusuo Tanaka	28	52	47	2	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	5	.128	.212	.128	.339	6	1	2	0	0	0
Katsutoyo Yoshida	15	27	26	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.192	.222	.192	.415	5	2	0	0	0	0
Yoshinobu Yoda	47	40	39	3	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.128	.128	.179	.308	7	1	0	1	0	0
Kazuo Kai	17	19	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	.158	.158	.158	.316	3	1	0	0	0	0
Kazuhisa Inao	32	24	22	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	7	.136	.208	.273	.481	6	0	0	0	0	0
Akio Masuda	40	60	52	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	22	.038	.074	.038	.113	2	0	0	6	0	0
Yasuhiro Aratake	5	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mitsuo Komuro	37	9	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	6	7	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shonan Hashino	20	20	20	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.050	.050	.050	.100	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keizo Akiba	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osamu Higashio	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isamu Ito	16	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takuji Ota	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yasutoshi Ono	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshinori Okamura	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Futoshi Nakanishi	6	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	0	0	0
Etsuo Nakai	31	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	1	0	0	0
Masayuki Nagayasu	32	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
Isao Hasato	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kiyoshi Goto	24	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1860	4678	4250	418	957	147	13	119	405	55	37	284	709	.225	.281	.350	.631	1487	86	54	67	23	11

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Isao Hirono	1B	90					.000
Takashi Takagi	1B	70					.000
Katsutoyo Yoshida	1B	9					.000
Yoshinobu Yoda	1B	2					.000
Carl Boles	1B	2					.000
Yasuhiro Aratake	1B	2					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	1B	1					.000
Mitsuo Komuro	1B	1					.000
Seiichi Hirai	1B	1					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	2B	127					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	2B	7					.000
Kazuhide Funada	2B	2					.000
Kazuhide Funada	3B	99					.000
Seiichi Hirai	3B	28					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	3B	22					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	3B	9					.000
Takashi Hamamura	3B	4					.000
Katsutoyo Yoshida	3B	1					.000
Kimiyasu Murakami	C	121					.000
Katsutoshi Miyadera	C	33					.000
Hiromi Wada	C	7					.000
Carl Boles	OF	108					.000
Yoshio Abe	OF	90					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	OF	86					.000
Masayoshi Higashida	OF	83					.000
Shoichi Shimosusaki	OF	44					.000
Koshiro Ito	OF	36					.000
Isao Hirono	OF	28					.000
Kusuo Tanaka	OF	25					.000
Mitsuo Komuro	OF	6					.000
Katsutoyo Yoshida	OF	2					.000
Yoshinori Okamura	OF	2					.000
Hiromi Wada	OF	1					.000
Takuji Ota	OF	1					.000
Masaaki Ikenaga	OF	1					.000
Seiichi Hirai	OF	1					.000
Osamu Higashio	OF	1					.000
Shonan Hashino	OF	1					.000
Isao Hasato	OF	1					.000
Eisuke Fukunaga	OF	1					.000
Akira Kawahara	P	50					.000
Yoshinobu Yoda	P	45					.000
Akio Masuda	P	40					.000
Masaaki Ikenaga	P	34					.000
Masayuki Nagayasu	P	32					.000
Kazuhisa Inao	P	32					.000
Etsuo Nakai	P	31					.000
Kiyoshi Goto	P	24					.000
Isamu Ito	P	16					.000
Isao Hasato	P	15					.000
Yoshinori Okamura	P	10					.000
Osamu Higashio	P	8					.000
Keizo Akiba	P	6					.000
Kazuhiro Fujimoto	P	3					.000
Sachio Tsujihara	P	1					.000
Eisuke Fukunaga	P	1					.000
Takashi Hamamura	SS	80					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	SS	52					.000
Kazuhide Funada	SS	13					.000
Kazuo Kai	SS	11					.000
Totals		1660	0	0	0	0	.000

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