1955 Osaka Tigers Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 71-57
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Fumio Fujimura (0-0), Ichiro Kishi (0-0)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium

1955 Osaka Tigers Roster

The Osaka Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1955 season with a record of 71 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.

The Tigers scored 423 runs and allowed 392 runs. Fumio Fujimura led Osaka with 21 home runs and accounted for 63 RBI. Hiroyuki Watanabe topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .313 average. Kazunori Nishimura paced the squad with 22 wins, while Shozo Watanabe added 15 or more wins also Takao Fujimura registered a 1.99 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Fumio Fujimura and Ichiro Kishi 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
Kazunori Nishimura	22	17	.564	2.01	60	20	37	12	5		295.3	190	73	66	11	78	4	302	4	0	2	1126
Shozo Watanabe	18	11	.621	2.40	46	20	17	9	3		244.0	201	76	65	10	42	12	74	5	0	1	948
Takao Fujimura	8	3	.727	1.99	26	21	2	3	0		131.3	121	36	29	3	34	2	48	4	0	0	525
Mitsuo Osaki	8	13	.381	3.01	39	24	7	3	1		182.7	166	77	61	7	40	4	76	7	0	1	750
Masaaki Koyama	7	4	.636	2.27	27	14	8	5	1		131.0	110	37	33	4	34	7	75	0	0	1	515
Keiji Komada	5	4	.556	2.54	14	10	2	4	2		67.3	60	27	19	6	10	0	14	1	0	1	267
Juzo Sanada	2	1	.667	3.81	7	6	0	1	1		26.0	29	14	11	2	9	2	8	1	0	0	111
Itsuhito Miyazaki	1	0	1.000	0.89	7	2	4	0	0		20.3	21	4	2	0	6	0	7	1	0	0	85
Masahiro Yamanaka	0	0		1.80	5	0	2	0	0		15.0	10	4	3	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	59
Etsuo Sakaeya	0	0		5.68	4	0	2	0	0		6.3	10	4	4	0	4	0	3	0	0	1	30
Ryo Akamatsu	0	0		6.00	2	0	2	0	0		3.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
Shinji Akimitsu	0	0		6.75	6	1	3	0	0		9.3	10	7	7	1	6	0	9	1	1	0	44
Shigetaka Nishio	0	2	.000	3.77	13	6	5	0	0		28.7	27	14	12	2	24	1	24	1	0	2	129
Tadayoshi Kajioka	0	2	.000	4.21	9	6	2	0	0		36.3	35	17	17	5	14	0	11	0	0	1	152
Totals	71	57	.555	2.49	265	130	93	37	13	0	1196.7	994	392	331	52	305	32	654	25	1	10	4754

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
Yoshio Yoshida	128	568	523	67	147	24	5	3	28	38	20	20	23	.281	.313	.363	.676	190	16	4	21	0	0
Hiroyuki Watanabe	126	512	460	56	144	13	0	5	54	12	9	36	30	.313	.358	.374	.732	172	20	1	6	9	1
Masayasu Kaneda	126	549	488	47	124	16	4	2	32	11	14	53	57	.254	.327	.316	.642	154	5	1	4	3	1
Kenjiro Tamiya	117	458	427	41	123	25	2	4	43	21	14	20	48	.288	.336	.384	.720	164	5	11	0	0	1
Hideshi Miyake	126	409	385	34	95	11	5	3	24	18	9	19	67	.247	.283	.325	.608	125	7	1	3	1	1
Fumio Fujimura	112	398	349	41	94	12	0	21	63	1	2	35	51	.269	.345	.484	.829	169	11	8	1	5	5
Choei Shirasaka	110	418	366	35	84	10	4	5	33	12	5	43	39	.230	.311	.320	.630	117	4	1	6	2	1
Shigeru Tokuami	105	304	287	11	63	6	3	0	20	3	3	8	13	.220	.239	.261	.501	75	9	1	3	5	2
Hiromi Tanida	104	201	190	15	53	9	1	4	28	1	0	8	40	.279	.305	.400	.705	76	5	0	1	2	0
Tsuguo Goto	69	158	156	6	35	5	0	1	15	0	2	1	16	.224	.228	.276	.503	43	5	0	0	1	0
Kazuo Ishigaki	50	88	83	8	23	4	1	0	8	4	1	3	16	.277	.307	.349	.656	29	2	1	0	1	0
Mitsutsugu Yokoyama	69	122	111	16	23	6	0	2	10	3	2	7	21	.207	.256	.315	.572	35	3	1	1	2	0
Akira Kusaka	39	75	68	12	18	3	1	1	3	11	5	6	9	.265	.324	.382	.707	26	0	0	1	0	0
Tetsuya Yamamoto	54	73	69	8	17	2	0	0	2	1	0	3	9	.246	.288	.275	.563	19	0	1	0	0	0
Kazunori Nishimura	60	105	97	3	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	29	.134	.184	.144	.329	14	0	0	2	0	0
Mitsuo Osaki	39	55	53	3	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.170	.185	.189	.374	10	1	0	1	0	0
Takao Fujimura	27	44	40	2	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	17	.200	.214	.250	.464	10	0	0	2	1	0
Shozo Watanabe	46	88	80	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	20	.088	.110	.088	.197	7	0	0	6	0	0
Juzo Sanada	16	19	19	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.263	.263	.316	.579	6	1	0	0	0	0
Keiji Komada	14	24	21	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.238	.273	.238	.511	5	0	0	2	0	0
Masaaki Koyama	27	44	40	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.125	.125	.175	.300	7	1	0	4	0	0
Masahiro Naiji	15	18	18	2	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.389	.611	7	0	0	0	0	0
Shigetaka Nishio	13	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0	0
Toshio Kawanishi	7	12	9	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	3	0	0	3	0	0
Tadayoshi Kajioka	9	14	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	2	0	0
Isao Okada	31	13	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keiichi Asagoe	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masahiro Yamanaka	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Koichi Kano	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenichi Kawazu	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuo Kimura	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Itsuhito Miyazaki	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hideo Taki	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Etsuo Sakaeya	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shinji Akimitsu	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1682	4806	4399	423	1104	155	27	51	377	138	86	274	538	.251	.298	.333	.631	1466	96	31	70	32	12

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hiromi Tanida	1B	76					.000
Fumio Fujimura	1B	66					.000
Tsuguo Goto	1B	50					.000
Hiroyuki Watanabe	1B	4					.000
Choei Shirasaka	2B	110					.000
Hideshi Miyake	2B	21					.000
Mitsutsugu Yokoyama	2B	5					.000
Kazuo Kimura	2B	2					.000
Hideshi Miyake	3B	103					.000
Fumio Fujimura	3B	42					.000
Keiichi Asagoe	3B	4					.000
Mitsutsugu Yokoyama	3B	3					.000
Kenichi Kawazu	3B	1					.000
Shigeru Tokuami	C	104					.000
Tetsuya Yamamoto	C	46					.000
Kazuo Ishigaki	C	43					.000
Hiromi Tanida	C	2					.000
Hideo Taki	C	1					.000
Masayasu Kaneda	OF	125					.000
Hiroyuki Watanabe	OF	122					.000
Kenjiro Tamiya	OF	116					.000
Mitsutsugu Yokoyama	OF	32					.000
Akira Kusaka	OF	27					.000
Isao Okada	OF	7					.000
Toshio Kawanishi	OF	3					.000
Masahiro Naiji	OF	2					.000
Kazunori Nishimura	P	60					.000
Shozo Watanabe	P	46					.000
Mitsuo Osaki	P	39					.000
Masaaki Koyama	P	27					.000
Takao Fujimura	P	26					.000
Keiji Komada	P	14					.000
Shigetaka Nishio	P	13					.000
Tadayoshi Kajioka	P	9					.000
Juzo Sanada	P	7					.000
Itsuhito Miyazaki	P	7					.000
Shinji Akimitsu	P	6					.000
Masahiro Yamanaka	P	5					.000
Etsuo Sakaeya	P	4					.000
Ryo Akamatsu	P	2					.000
Yoshio Yoshida	SS	128					.000
Koichi Kano	SS	2					.000
Keiichi Asagoe	SS	2					.000
Hideshi Miyake	SS	1					.000
Kenichi Kawazu	SS	1					.000
Totals		1516	0	0	0	0	.000

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