1956 Nishitetsu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 96-51
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (96-51)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1956 Nishitetsu Lions Roster

Japan Series - Nishitetsu Lions 4 games, Yomiuri Giants 2

The Nishitetsu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1956 season with a record of 96 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Lions paced the league with just 372 runs allowed. Nishitetsu scored 611 runs. Futoshi Nakanishi led the team with 29 home runs and recorded 95 runs batted in. Yasumitsu Toyoda and Futoshi Nakanishi topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .325. Yukio Shimabara notched 25 wins on the mound for the squad, while Sadao Nishimura, Kazuhisa Inao and Hisafumi Kawamura each, too added 15 or more wins, too Kazuhisa Inao recorded a 1.06 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers. 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
Yukio Shimabara	25	11	.694	1.35	74	40	21	15	3		373.7	225	76	56	7	114	7	253	7	0	7	1443
Kazuhisa Inao	21	6	.778	1.06	61	22	25	6	3		262.3	153	47	31	2	73	4	182	8	1	2	981
Sadao Nishimura	21	7	.750	1.72	62	29	22	8	4		246.3	162	60	47	6	61	6	163	3	0	3	935
Hisafumi Kawamura	18	12	.600	2.54	46	25	12	5	2		201.7	151	70	57	7	67	3	123	7	0	3	824
Takayuki Hata	7	4	.636	1.69	20	17	1	5	4		90.7	55	24	17	3	39	0	62	0	0	1	362
Kei Kitahara	2	0	1.000	3.46	15	3	4	1	1		39.0	37	18	15	2	15	0	21	0	0	1	166
Tokuji Kawasaki	2	3	.400	2.33	28	7	14	2	1		85.0	81	26	22	4	27	1	32	2	0	0	350
Kusuo Tanaka	0	0			1	1	0	0	0		0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Morikazu Sagawa	0	0		3.42	16	3	3	0	0		23.7	20	10	9	0	12	1	19	0	0	0	103
Michio Ukari	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0		0.7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Mamoru Nagasaka	0	1	.000	2.61	7	2	1	0	0		10.3	11	3	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	43
Hiromasa Ariyoshi	0	1	.000	36.00	2	1	1	0	0		1.0	3	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8
Tadao Wako	0	2	.000	2.86	20	1	5	0	0		34.7	30	17	11	1	22	0	37	0	0	2	151
Mamoru Otsu	0	2	.000	7.07	5	2	2	0	0		14.0	18	13	11	1	4	0	6	0	0	1	63
Kyoji Nishihara	0	2	.000	27.00	2	1	1	0	0		1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Totals	96	51	.653	1.87	360	154	112	42	18	0	1384.0	953	372	287	33	440	22	902	27	1	21	5441

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
Yasumitsu Toyoda	148	629	529	90	172	28	12	12	70	31	13	76	59	.325	.407	.491	.899	260	17	2	15	7	5
Futoshi Nakanishi	137	523	462	74	150	27	5	29	95	15	12	54	70	.325	.393	.593	.986	274	8	1	1	5	17
Akinobu Kono	153	569	497	65	134	23	3	2	38	14	13	43	65	.270	.330	.340	.670	169	9	2	27	0	0
Seiji Sekiguchi	150	504	466	55	119	25	13	13	73	3	6	24	64	.255	.293	.448	.741	209	10	2	9	3	1
Yoji Tamatsukuri	136	443	390	55	116	17	7	1	33	18	16	44	58	.297	.368	.385	.753	150	0	1	6	2	1
Teruyuki Takakura	148	471	433	60	112	15	5	9	58	35	9	31	55	.259	.310	.379	.689	164	4	2	4	1	1
Akira Ogi	124	438	388	52	94	19	1	10	33	23	10	30	75	.242	.299	.374	.673	145	3	2	17	1	0
Hiroshi Oshita	115	382	347	31	90	14	2	4	52	3	4	21	31	.259	.297	.346	.643	120	7	1	5	8	5
Takeshi Hibino	124	285	253	18	59	6	0	1	27	3	4	18	30	.233	.282	.269	.551	68	8	0	12	2	0
Junji Nakatani	93	215	194	15	38	6	0	3	16	4	2	13	22	.196	.243	.273	.516	53	6	0	5	3	1
Etsuro Tsukamoto	103	171	159	14	29	7	0	1	6	4	4	7	23	.182	.220	.245	.466	39	1	1	3	1	0
Yasuo Takiuchi	88	147	134	19	24	4	3	1	12	5	9	8	43	.179	.236	.276	.512	37	2	2	3	0	0
Sadao Nishimura	64	86	74	11	21	6	0	2	10	0	0	9	33	.284	.353	.446	.799	33	2	0	1	2	0
Kazuhisa Inao	61	95	89	6	20	2	2	0	8	0	1	3	21	.225	.250	.292	.542	26	1	0	3	0	0
Yukio Shimabara	75	134	121	6	16	1	0	0	5	0	1	2	27	.132	.146	.140	.287	17	0	0	11	0	0
Makoto Kuboyama	59	89	84	11	15	3	1	4	9	2	0	3	26	.179	.216	.381	.597	32	0	1	1	0	0
Yoshizo Tanabe	73	98	94	5	12	3	0	0	6	0	0	3	25	.128	.163	.160	.323	15	2	1	0	0	0
Sunao Imakurusu	56	59	51	0	10	1	0	0	3	0	1	6	9	.196	.281	.216	.496	11	1	0	2	0	1
Tokuji Kawasaki	42	46	41	2	9	0	0	0	4	1	0	4	4	.220	.289	.220	.508	9	0	0	1	0	0
Takayuki Hata	20	31	29	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.276	.323	.310	.633	9	0	0	0	0	0
Kusuo Tanaka	36	43	38	4	8	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	9	.211	.302	.342	.644	13	0	2	0	0	0
Hisafumi Kawamura	46	67	60	6	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	21	.133	.133	.233	.367	14	0	0	7	0	0
Hiromi Wada	44	43	37	2	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	13	.189	.286	.270	.556	10	1	0	1	0	0
Toru Misao	23	22	20	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.300	.364	.300	.664	6	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Owada	21	22	21	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	.238	.273	.333	.606	7	0	0	0	0	0
Tadao Wako	20	7	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.429	.714	3	0	0	0	0	0
Takara Hiratsuka	41	24	24	4	2	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	6	.083	.083	.083	.167	2	1	0	0	0	0
Morikazu Sagawa	17	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Haruo Tamaki	15	13	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	.091	.231	.182	.413	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mamoru Otsu	6	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mamoru Nagasaka	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kei Kitahara	15	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Junjiro Goto	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2264	5680	5075	611	1288	213	56	95	567	165	110	416	824	.254	.311	.374	.685	1898	83	20	134	35	32

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Akinobu Kono	1B	142					.000
Junji Nakatani	1B	46					.000
Hiroshi Oshita	1B	12					.000
Toru Misao	1B	9					.000
Kusuo Tanaka	1B	8					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	1B	3					.000
Yasumitsu Toyoda	1B	1					.000
Akira Ogi	2B	124					.000
Yasuo Takiuchi	2B	56					.000
Akinobu Kono	2B	16					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	2B	8					.000
Haruo Tamaki	2B	7					.000
Kusuo Tanaka	2B	1					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	3B	125					.000
Junji Nakatani	3B	27					.000
Akinobu Kono	3B	18					.000
Yasuo Takiuchi	3B	7					.000
Sunao Imakurusu	3B	6					.000
Kusuo Tanaka	3B	5					.000
Haruo Tamaki	3B	3					.000
Yasumitsu Toyoda	3B	1					.000
Takeshi Hibino	C	123					.000
Yoshizo Tanabe	C	72					.000
Makoto Kuboyama	C	55					.000
Hiromi Wada	C	43					.000
Junjiro Goto	C	4					.000
Seiji Sekiguchi	OF	145					.000
Teruyuki Takakura	OF	143					.000
Yoji Tamatsukuri	OF	129					.000
Hiroshi Oshita	OF	109					.000
Etsuro Tsukamoto	OF	73					.000
Takara Hiratsuka	OF	18					.000
Akira Owada	OF	9					.000
Kusuo Tanaka	OF	3					.000
Morikazu Sagawa	OF	1					.000
Toru Misao	OF	1					.000
Hiromasa Ariyoshi	OF	1					.000
Yukio Shimabara	P	74					.000
Sadao Nishimura	P	62					.000
Kazuhisa Inao	P	61					.000
Hisafumi Kawamura	P	46					.000
Tokuji Kawasaki	P	28					.000
Tadao Wako	P	20					.000
Takayuki Hata	P	20					.000
Morikazu Sagawa	P	16					.000
Kei Kitahara	P	15					.000
Mamoru Nagasaka	P	7					.000
Mamoru Otsu	P	5					.000
Kyoji Nishihara	P	2					.000
Hiromasa Ariyoshi	P	2					.000
Michio Ukari	P	1					.000
Kusuo Tanaka	P	1					.000
Yasumitsu Toyoda	SS	147					.000
Yasuo Takiuchi	SS	10					.000
Akira Ogi	SS	4					.000
Haruo Tamaki	SS	1					.000
Futoshi Nakanishi	SS	1					.000
Totals		2077	0	0	0	0	.000

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