1953 Osaka Tigers Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 74-56
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Kenjiro Matsuki (74-56)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium

1953 Osaka Tigers Roster

The Osaka Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1953 season with a record of 74 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Tigers plated 607 runs and allowed 471 runs. Fumio Fujimura paced Osaka with 27 home runs and accounted for 98 RBI. Masayasu Kaneda topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .327 average. Takao Fujimura led the squad with 21 wins, while Tadayoshi Kajioka added 15 or more victories also Takao Fujimura registered a 2.75 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Kenjiro Matsuki 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
Takao Fujimura	21	11	.656	2.74	49	27	14	12	0		249.3	218	94	76	15	71		83	7	1	2	1008
Tadayoshi Kajioka	16	13	.552	3.02	40	33	6	18	3		250.3	220	95	84	19	70		80	6	0	0	1007
Shozo Watanabe	10	11	.476	2.86	54	12	30	1	1		192.0	168	69	61	11	59		43	4	1	2	775
Juzo Sanada	8	6	.571	3.23	22	19	3	7	1		128.3	124	55	46	6	21		28	3	0	0	516
Masatoshi Mifune	6	4	.600	3.00	33	12	4	2	0		108.0	108	43	36	12	36		34	1	0	1	439
Masaaki Koyama	5	1	.833	3.41	16	10	3	3	1		60.7	60	24	23	4	17		22	0	0	0	253
Keiji Komada	5	5	.500	3.07	32	8	10	4	3		85.0	88	38	29	5	15		29	1	1	1	348
Kiyoshi Uchiyama	1	0	1.000	2.19	3	0	1	0	0		12.3	7	4	3	1	2		3	0	0	0	45
Masahiro Naiji	1	1	.500	5.47	11	2	2	1	1		24.7	29	16	15	3	10		7	0	0	0	109
Yoshihiro Iwamura	1	2	.333	6.31	25	5	8	0	0		35.7	47	25	25	3	19		19	1	0	1	166
Ryo Akamatsu	0	0		10.80	1	0	0	0	0		1.7	3	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	8
Mitsuo Osaki	0	2	.000	5.19	3	2	1	0	0		8.7	9	6	5	0	5		4	0	0	0	36
Totals	74	56	.569	3.15	289	130	82	48	10	0	1156.7	1081	471	405	79	325	0	352	23	3	8	4710

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
Masayasu Kaneda	127	578	486	96	159	25	11	8	64	27	9	87	33	.327	.433	.473	.907	230	0	4	1
Shinsuke Yogi	130	559	492	82	145	18	6	14	72	19	8	61	56	.295	.377	.441	.818	217	18	4	2
Fumio Fujimura	130	526	459	62	135	28	0	27	98	1	3	60	51	.294	.380	.532	.912	244	10	4	3
Yoshio Yoshida	128	492	445	62	119	12	8	2	34	22	8	18	13	.267	.297	.344	.641	153	13	1	28
Choei Shirasaka	101	454	375	54	106	14	1	8	50	19	3	54	31	.283	.376	.389	.765	146	5	2	23
Shigeru Tokuami	108	370	353	27	100	14	2	1	33	4	2	8	18	.283	.299	.343	.642	121	3	0	9
Tsuguo Goto	96	337	322	33	89	13	3	3	40	4	6	10	12	.276	.298	.363	.662	117	13	0	5
Hiroyuki Watanabe	107	308	282	32	81	22	1	6	37	1	3	22	23	.287	.341	.436	.777	123	4	1	3
Katsuji Kojima	102	284	256	26	58	11	6	4	31	4	3	26	35	.227	.300	.363	.664	93	4	1	1
Kenjiro Tamiya	80	217	189	24	44	6	0	3	17	14	3	17	24	.233	.326	.312	.638	59	1	9	2
Hiromi Tanida	94	140	129	10	29	6	0	3	23	1	1	10	25	.225	.286	.341	.627	44	6	1	0
Akira Kusaka	59	88	80	23	24	3	1	4	12	9	5	5	10	.300	.356	.512	.869	41	0	2	1
Tadayoshi Kajioka	40	103	93	14	22	3	0	1	8	2	0	6	11	.237	.283	.301	.584	28	3	0	4
Kazuo Ishigaki	57	78	66	13	18	1	0	0	6	2	0	7	10	.273	.360	.288	.648	19	2	2	3
Takao Fujimura	49	99	91	10	16	1	1	1	4	1	0	3	20	.176	.211	.242	.452	22	3	1	4
Juzo Sanada	33	69	64	10	14	5	0	0	10	2	0	5	9	.219	.275	.297	.572	19	4	0	0
Hideshi Miyake	26	61	58	7	13	2	1	1	7	0	0	3	7	.224	.262	.345	.607	20	2	0	0
Shozo Watanabe	54	67	62	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	7	.129	.156	.129	.285	8	1	0	3
Keiji Komada	32	29	25	1	6	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	6	.240	.296	.320	.616	8	0	1	2
Toshio Kawanishi	8	12	12	1	5	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	.417	.417	.417	.833	5	0	0	0
Masatoshi Mifune	33	36	31	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	10	.129	.206	.290	.496	9	0	1	2
Ichiro Nishie	57	38	36	10	4	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	4	.111	.135	.139	.274	5	1	0	1
Tetsuya Yamamoto	6	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0
Kiyoshi Uchiyama	19	6	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0
Masahiro Naiji	11	9	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.111	.111	.222	.333	2	0	0	0
Masaaki Koyama	16	23	20	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.050	.050	.150	.200	3	0	0	3
Mitsuo Osaki	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Osamu Nishimura	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Yoshihiro Iwamura	26	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Totals	1735	4996	4453	607	1203	188	43	87	563	134	55	408	430	.270	.336	.390	.726	1738	93	34	101	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Fumio Fujimura	1B	120					.000
Hiroyuki Watanabe	1B	23					.000
Hiromi Tanida	1B	17					.000
Kenjiro Tamiya	1B	1					.000
Kazuo Ishigaki	1B	1					.000
Tsuguo Goto	1B	1					.000
Choei Shirasaka	2B	101					.000
Hideshi Miyake	2B	26					.000
Ichiro Nishie	2B	22					.000
Yoshio Yoshida	2B	4					.000
Toshio Kawanishi	2B	4					.000
Shinsuke Yogi	2B	1					.000
Tsuguo Goto	2B	1					.000
Shinsuke Yogi	3B	127					.000
Fumio Fujimura	3B	9					.000
Ichiro Nishie	3B	8					.000
Shigeru Tokuami	C	107					.000
Kazuo Ishigaki	C	42					.000
Hiromi Tanida	C	29					.000
Tetsuya Yamamoto	C	6					.000
Hiroyuki Watanabe	C	1					.000
Masayasu Kaneda	OF	126					.000
Katsuji Kojima	OF	90					.000
Tsuguo Goto	OF	90					.000
Hiroyuki Watanabe	OF	75					.000
Kenjiro Tamiya	OF	65					.000
Akira Kusaka	OF	48					.000
Fumio Fujimura	OF	2					.000
Osamu Nishimura	OF	1					.000
Kazuo Ishigaki	OF	1					.000
Shozo Watanabe	P	54					.000
Takao Fujimura	P	49					.000
Tadayoshi Kajioka	P	40					.000
Masatoshi Mifune	P	33					.000
Keiji Komada	P	32					.000
Yoshihiro Iwamura	P	25					.000
Juzo Sanada	P	22					.000
Masaaki Koyama	P	16					.000
Masahiro Naiji	P	11					.000
Kiyoshi Uchiyama	P	3					.000
Mitsuo Osaki	P	3					.000
Ryo Akamatsu	P	1					.000
Yoshio Yoshida	SS	127					.000
Shinsuke Yogi	SS	10					.000
Ichiro Nishie	SS	8					.000
Totals		1583	0	0	0	0	.000

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