1991 Orix BlueWave Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-63
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Shozo Doi (64-63)
Location: Kobe, Japan
Ballpark: Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium

1991 Orix BlueWave Roster

The Orix BlueWave of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1991 season with a record of 64 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The BlueWave scored 554 runs and conceded 557 runs. Satoshi Takahashi led Orix with 23 home runs, while Greg Wells, Kazuhiko Ishimine and Yasuo Fujii each walloped 15 or more also. Kazuhiko Ishimine recorded 85 runs batted in. Hiromi Matsunaga paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .314 average. Nobuyuki Hoshino topped the team with 16 wins, and Atsunori Ito recorded a 3.08 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1991 Orix BlueWave who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Guy Hoffman, Don Schulze and Greg Wells.

Shozo Doi 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
Nobuyuki Hoshino	16	10	.615	3.53	28	25	2	9	1	1	193.7	165	82	76	17	75	1	138	0	0	6	806
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	12	9	.571	3.55	28	25	1	11	3	1	185.0	184	76	73	15	50	1	111	6	1	1	778
Yukihiko Yamaoki	9	7	.562	3.30	24	24	0	6	1	0	155.7	170	58	57	13	40	1	77	1	0	3	654
Atsunori Ito	6	12	.333	3.08	29	18	7	8	3	1	158.0	137	59	54	15	42	4	100	7	1	2	647
Tsutomu Sakai	5	8	.385	4.15	20	19	0	3	1	0	99.7	108	58	46	12	48	1	68	6	1	1	451
Don Schulze	3	2	.600	4.66	24	0	19	0	0	7	36.7	41	23	19	1	13	2	24	3	0	1	161
Guy Hoffman	3	4	.429	5.30	9	6	2	0	0	0	37.3	40	25	22	3	20	1	19	2	0	2	172
Yoshinori Sato	3	8	.273	4.22	28	7	21	1	0	8	70.3	83	33	33	4	32	1	62	3	0	5	326
Yuichi Kiyohara	2	0	1.000	3.67	18	0	7	0	0	0	34.3	33	15	14	2	15	1	16	2	0	0	147
Yasuhiro Kawabata	2	0	1.000	5.50	17	0	7	0	0	0	36.0	47	27	22	3	17	0	27	0	0	1	170
Koji Takagi	2	1	.667	5.14	18	5	9	0	0	0	56.0	60	36	32	8	36	0	29	3	0	2	255
Takahide Ito	1	0	1.000	4.90	28	1	7	0	0	2	64.3	70	38	35	5	23	1	55	1	0	3	275
Katsuyuki Furumizo	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.7	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	13
Minoru Yano	0	0		5.60	11	0	5	0	0	0	17.7	24	11	11	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	79
Hisanori Iwasaki	0	1	.000	4.60	11	0	3	0	0	0	15.7	20	10	8	2	11	0	17	0	0	0	75
Koji Mori	0	1	.000	18.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	6	6	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	13
Totals	64	63	.504	3.91	298	130	92	38	9	20	1165.0	1192	557	506	103	425	14	748	34	3	27	5022

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
Hiromi Matsunaga	130	568	484	74	152	22	10	13	76	20	4	75	81	.314	.404	.481	.885	233	11	2	1	6	4
Greg Wells	121	496	463	45	139	26	0	20	67	1	2	25	30	.300	.333	.486	.819	225	13	1	0	7	2
Hirofumi Ogawa	130	571	495	57	135	24	2	5	48	8	6	42	57	.273	.326	.360	.686	178	12	0	28	6	0
Kazuhiko Ishimine	130	553	490	63	132	28	3	21	85	0	1	48	53	.269	.333	.467	.800	229	18	4	0	11	2
Satoshi Nakajima	129	471	430	49	109	22	3	12	48	4	5	30	85	.253	.306	.402	.708	173	3	3	7	1	0
Atsuhiro Motonishi	124	450	394	52	104	13	7	4	22	13	4	35	50	.264	.326	.363	.689	143	8	2	17	2	0
Satoshi Takahashi	123	458	413	64	101	19	5	23	67	7	2	34	93	.245	.298	.482	.780	199	8	1	2	8	3
Junichi Fukura	104	433	355	53	97	13	1	2	26	15	7	43	24	.273	.358	.332	.690	118	5	7	22	6	1
Yasuo Fujii	121	468	401	49	89	19	0	21	57	0	0	64	92	.222	.329	.426	.755	171	4	1	0	2	4
Terumitsu Kumano	45	91	82	6	17	3	0	0	1	2	2	9	20	.207	.286	.244	.530	20	1	0	0	0	0
Kazuhiro Sato	46	72	65	5	15	3	0	2	12	0	1	4	8	.231	.268	.369	.637	24	0	0	1	2	1
Yoshihiro Yamakoshi	69	75	70	12	14	3	0	1	6	2	1	0	10	.200	.211	.286	.497	20	1	1	4	0	0
Masafumi Yamamori	85	71	65	5	10	2	1	0	2	2	1	4	14	.154	.203	.215	.418	14	4	0	2	0	1
Hiromasa Fujita	27	47	43	3	9	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	10	.209	.261	.279	.540	12	0	1	1	0	0
Keijiro Yumioka	36	21	18	5	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	8	0	0	3	0	0
Shinji Watanabe	14	15	15	3	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.733	1.067	11	2	0	0	0	0
Shinichi Murakami	32	37	33	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	5	.121	.216	.121	.337	4	1	0	0	0	0
Minoru Shibahara	10	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	1	0	0	0
Naoyuki Kazaoka	38	21	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.100	.143	.100	.243	2	2	0	0	0	0
Don Schulze	24	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tsuyoshi Fujimoto	4	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ko Saito	9	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	0	0	0	0
Toyozo Minamimure	9	7	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	.000	.429	.000	.429	0	1	1	0	0	0
Tadahiro Sakaemura	7	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mineo Fukuhara	10	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tomiji Iizuka	9	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1586	4966	4379	554	1145	202	32	127	531	76	37	423	651	.261	.327	.409	.736	1792	94	25	88	51	18

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Greg Wells	1B	116					.000
Yoshihiro Yamakoshi	1B	34					.000
Yasuo Fujii	1B	15					.000
Tomiji Iizuka	1B	7					.000
Kazuhiro Sato	1B	2					.000
Shinji Watanabe	1B	1					.000
Shinichi Murakami	1B	1					.000
Junichi Fukura	2B	104					.000
Yoshihiro Yamakoshi	2B	26					.000
Naoyuki Kazaoka	2B	26					.000
Keijiro Yumioka	2B	22					.000
Mineo Fukuhara	2B	8					.000
Hiromi Matsunaga	3B	130					.000
Naoyuki Kazaoka	3B	9					.000
Yoshihiro Yamakoshi	3B	4					.000
Satoshi Nakajima	C	128					.000
Hiromasa Fujita	C	23					.000
Atsuhiro Motonishi	OF	121					.000
Satoshi Takahashi	OF	120					.000
Yasuo Fujii	OF	107					.000
Masafumi Yamamori	OF	80					.000
Terumitsu Kumano	OF	30					.000
Kazuhiro Sato	OF	18					.000
Toyozo Minamimure	OF	9					.000
Kazuhiko Ishimine	OF	6					.000
Shinichi Murakami	OF	4					.000
Tsuyoshi Fujimoto	OF	4					.000
Minoru Shibahara	OF	3					.000
Tadahiro Sakaemura	OF	2					.000
Atsunori Ito	P	29					.000
Yoshinori Sato	P	28					.000
Takahide Ito	P	28					.000
Nobuyuki Hoshino	P	28					.000
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	P	28					.000
Yukihiko Yamaoki	P	24					.000
Don Schulze	P	24					.000
Tsutomu Sakai	P	20					.000
Koji Takagi	P	18					.000
Yuichi Kiyohara	P	18					.000
Yasuhiro Kawabata	P	17					.000
Minoru Yano	P	11					.000
Hisanori Iwasaki	P	11					.000
Guy Hoffman	P	9					.000
Koji Mori	P	3					.000
Katsuyuki Furumizo	P	2					.000
Hirofumi Ogawa	SS	130					.000
Keijiro Yumioka	SS	5					.000
Naoyuki Kazaoka	SS	3					.000
Totals		1596	0	0	0	0	.000

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