1959 Osaka Tigers Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 62-59
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Yoshio Tanaka (62-59)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium

1959 Osaka Tigers Roster

The Osaka Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1959 season with a record of 62 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Tigers allowed 362 runs, least in the league. Osaka plated 388 runs. Katsumi Fujimoto paced the team with 24 home runs, while Hideshi Miyake walloped 15 or more also. Katsumi Fujimoto accounted for 81 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time with a .278 average. Masaaki Koyama led the squad with 20 wins, and Minoru Murayama also added 15 or more victories also Minoru Murayama registered a 1.19 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers. Yoshio Tanaka 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 Koyama	20	16	.556	1.86	52	37	15	22	8		344.0	246	82	71	24	62	3	254	5	0	2	1310
Minoru Murayama	18	10	.643	1.19	54	26	25	19	7		295.3	165	45	39	15	56	2	294	5	1	0	1079
Yoshiteru Ishikawa	9	9	.500	2.72	38	21	8	2	1		152.3	129	52	46	9	36	3	64	7	0	2	614
Shigetaka Nishio	8	9	.471	3.41	37	21	3	4	2		140.0	122	62	53	7	39	1	67	3	0	2	574
Shozo Watanabe	3	6	.333	3.39	24	10	5	1	0		79.7	84	33	30	4	15	1	19	0	0	0	324
Kazuomi Nakamura	2	4	.333	2.91	26	3	4	0	0		65.0	51	22	21	5	14	0	47	0	0	1	251
Kinya Maeoka	1	1	.500	4.82	9	3	1	1	0		28.0	26	16	15	5	8	0	19	0	0	0	115
Masayuki Umemoto	1	4	.200	3.93	23	8	9	0	0		52.7	61	31	23	2	19	1	25	2	0	1	242
Yutaka Doi	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
Masaru Honma	0	0		2.25	2	0	1	0	0		4.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	18
Isao Wada	0	0		5.04	17	1	9	0	0		25.0	29	18	14	1	4	0	11	1	0	0	105
Totals	62	59	.512	2.37	283	130	81	49	18	0	1187.0	918	362	313	72	254	11	805	23	1	8	4635

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
Hideshi Miyake	130	551	497	62	133	26	6	18	63	30	11	44	68	.268	.325	.453	.778	225	12	1	4	5	3
Yoshio Yoshida	130	522	467	60	127	18	8	5	32	13	7	29	20	.272	.319	.377	.696	176	5	4	21	1	0
Katsumi Fujimoto	127	502	450	54	125	19	4	24	81	4	4	45	63	.278	.343	.498	.840	224	8	2	0	5	4
Mitsutsugu Yokoyama	123	446	407	36	104	23	4	8	37	8	6	20	71	.256	.302	.391	.693	159	5	7	12	0	1
Atsushi Otsu	115	416	378	31	90	14	0	5	24	4	7	27	16	.238	.292	.315	.606	119	8	2	8	1	1
Minoru Kamata	106	371	360	31	86	16	4	2	17	1	6	2	23	.239	.245	.322	.567	116	8	1	7	1	0
Kazuyoshi Nishiyama	105	295	265	17	64	15	4	4	22	4	3	24	21	.242	.310	.374	.683	99	10	3	1	2	1
Tetsuya Yamamoto	122	339	321	17	61	10	2	1	15	2	2	8	43	.190	.210	.243	.453	78	7	1	6	3	1
Teruo Namiki	98	274	248	18	47	6	2	4	24	8	5	18	42	.190	.247	.278	.525	69	2	2	3	3	1
Goro Toi	75	129	125	8	31	5	3	1	17	0	0	4	21	.248	.271	.360	.631	45	3	0	0	0	0
Keiichi Asagoe	70	132	131	5	30	2	2	2	8	1	0	0	31	.229	.235	.321	.555	42	6	1	0	0	0
Masaaki Koyama	52	127	122	8	25	3	0	1	6	0	0	2	30	.205	.224	.254	.478	31	1	1	2	0	0
Koshiro Ito	82	99	88	8	21	1	0	0	2	2	2	8	15	.239	.302	.250	.552	22	0	0	3	0	0
Kunisuke Tatsuichi	44	92	86	11	19	6	0	1	4	4	1	5	13	.221	.264	.326	.589	28	0	0	1	0	0
Noboru Fujishige	35	66	63	4	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.238	.273	.286	.558	18	1	1	0	0	0
Minoru Murayama	54	101	93	3	15	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	32	.161	.196	.194	.389	18	2	1	4	0	0
Shizuya Mizukami	39	63	54	8	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	7	12	.167	.262	.167	.429	9	0	0	2	0	0
Masao Tokaji	36	30	28	1	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.250	.300	.357	.657	10	3	0	0	0	0
Kazuo Ishigaki	33	40	38	5	6	5	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.158	.200	.289	.489	11	0	1	0	0	0
Yoshiteru Ishikawa	38	51	45	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	.111	.130	.156	.286	7	0	0	5	0	1
Keizo Furukawa	14	15	14	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.286	.333	.357	.690	5	0	0	0	0	0
Shigetaka Nishio	37	48	40	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.100	.163	.100	.263	4	0	1	5	0	0
Shozo Watanabe	24	20	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.158	.158	.158	.316	3	0	0	1	0	0
Shintoku Hoshiyama	9	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0	0	0
Masaru Honma	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hirozo Ishida	6	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.333	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kinya Maeoka	10	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuomi Nakamura	27	14	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.100	.250	.100	.350	1	0	0	2	0	0
Masayuki Umemoto	23	13	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.077	.077	.154	.231	2	0	0	0	0	0
Isao Wada	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeru Tokuami	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kazuo Takaira	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1786	4789	4393	393	1038	181	40	76	362	81	55	258	590	.236	.282	.348	.629	1527	81	29	88	21	13

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Katsumi Fujimoto	1B	122					.000
Goro Toi	1B	31					.000
Minoru Kamata	2B	93					.000
Shizuya Mizukami	2B	27					.000
Keiichi Asagoe	2B	23					.000
Kunisuke Tatsuichi	2B	22					.000
Yoshio Yoshida	2B	6					.000
Hideshi Miyake	3B	130					.000
Minoru Kamata	3B	19					.000
Tetsuya Yamamoto	C	122					.000
Noboru Fujishige	C	29					.000
Masao Tokaji	C	27					.000
Masayuki Umemoto	C	23					.000
Kazuo Ishigaki	C	23					.000
Keizo Furukawa	C	14					.000
Mitsutsugu Yokoyama	OF	120					.000
Atsushi Otsu	OF	105					.000
Kazuyoshi Nishiyama	OF	87					.000
Teruo Namiki	OF	87					.000
Koshiro Ito	OF	56					.000
Katsumi Fujimoto	OF	16					.000
Keiichi Asagoe	OF	12					.000
Hirozo Ishida	OF	4					.000
Goro Toi	OF	2					.000
Shintoku Hoshiyama	OF	1					.000
Minoru Murayama	P	54					.000
Masaaki Koyama	P	52					.000
Yoshiteru Ishikawa	P	38					.000
Shigetaka Nishio	P	37					.000
Kazuomi Nakamura	P	26					.000
Shozo Watanabe	P	24					.000
Masayuki Umemoto	P	23					.000
Isao Wada	P	17					.000
Kinya Maeoka	P	9					.000
Masaru Honma	P	2					.000
Yutaka Doi	P	1					.000
Yoshio Yoshida	SS	126					.000
Shizuya Mizukami	SS	1					.000
Totals		1611	0	0	0	0	.000

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