1969 Sankei Atoms Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 58-69
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Takehiko Bessho (58-69)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

1969 Sankei Atoms Roster

The Sankei Atoms of the Japan Central League ended the 1969 season with a record of 58 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.

The Atoms scored 495 runs and gave up 569 runs, most in the circuit. Dave Roberts walloped 37 home runs for Sankei, while Shiro Takegami and Bob Chance added 15 or more as well. Dave Roberts drove in 95 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .318 average. Shiroku Ishido led the team with 16 wins, and Keishi Asano recorded a 2.64 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Dave Roberts and Bob Chance both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Takehiko Bessho 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
Shiroku Ishido	16	13	.552	3.48	43	36	7	11	1		233.0	224	96	90	26	49	3	96	9	1	1	946
Kozo Ishioka	10	16	.385	3.62	38	32	3	6	0		203.7	202	106	82	22	66	2	129	6	0	4	878
Keishi Asano	9	6	.600	2.64	54	2	35	0	0		133.0	110	44	39	7	29	2	95	7	0	3	525
Makoto Fujiwara	9	8	.529	4.63	32	15	10	2	0		107.0	114	62	55	24	29	0	72	3	0	0	461
Hiromu Matsuoka	8	10	.444	3.70	43	23	7	2	0		168.0	142	84	69	24	60	2	110	13	0	4	707
Genichi Murata	2	1	.667	2.03	15	0	8	0	0		31.0	29	10	7	4	5	1	22	1	0	0	124
Hajimu Tatsumi	2	4	.333	5.15	21	8	3	0	0		57.7	69	41	33	5	14	1	51	4	0	0	260
Shoji Yasuki	1	0	1.000	3.26	34	1	6	0	0		38.7	35	17	14	0	29	3	30	3	1	0	174
Yasuhiko Kawamura	1	9	.100	5.07	34	12	11	1	0		92.3	91	59	52	17	39	1	40	2	0	3	397
Masaru Ogata	0	0		2.93	34	0	11	0	0		55.3	52	22	18	3	16	0	26	2	0	0	227
Susumu Sato	0	0		3.00	1	0	0	0	0		3.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	12
Seiji Shibutani	0	0		5.14	11	0	2	0	0		14.0	15	9	8	2	6	0	7	3	0	1	66
Masao Sunouchi	0	2	.000	7.29	14	1	5	0	0		21.0	27	18	17	4	8	0	12	0	0	0	93
Totals	58	69	.457	3.77	374	130	108	22	1	0	1157.7	1113	569	485	138	350	15	694	53	2	16	4870

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
Dave Roberts	116	486	424	72	135	18	0	37	95	5	1	49	48	.318	.397	.623	1.020	264	6	9	0	4	5
Kunio Fukutomi	129	500	456	65	128	33	2	10	40	11	6	32	65	.281	.331	.428	.759	195	3	4	5	3	2
Shiro Takegami	114	495	432	58	108	15	1	21	53	2	7	44	49	.250	.325	.435	.760	188	10	5	12	2	0
Fumihiro Tojo	96	313	275	61	88	14	3	3	17	13	7	22	35	.320	.381	.425	.806	117	0	5	11	0	0
Toshio Kato	113	374	330	36	72	14	0	13	41	2	0	27	55	.218	.292	.379	.671	125	10	8	8	1	5
Bob Chance	55	221	194	32	62	11	0	16	46	0	1	24	39	.320	.398	.624	1.022	121	4	2	0	1	4
Kanji Maruyama	113	337	299	30	61	10	0	9	18	6	4	28	36	.204	.273	.328	.600	98	7	1	7	2	0
Norifumi Kido	86	248	230	18	47	6	0	1	20	1	2	9	40	.204	.232	.243	.476	56	5	0	7	2	2
Taisuke Kobuchi	78	182	166	13	42	12	0	4	21	1	1	11	34	.253	.306	.398	.703	66	7	2	2	1	0
Tadakatsu Takayama	84	202	186	16	41	10	1	1	9	0	4	11	31	.220	.263	.301	.564	56	5	0	4	1	0
Teruyuki Takakura	62	173	161	13	36	6	0	7	20	0	1	9	34	.224	.266	.391	.657	63	4	1	0	2	0
Toru Otsuka	75	140	126	18	29	3	0	0	2	0	2	9	23	.230	.281	.254	.535	32	1	0	5	0	0
Akio Saionji	31	103	83	11	27	3	1	4	15	2	0	18	16	.325	.451	.530	.981	44	4	1	1	0	1
Yasumitsu Toyoda	40	116	99	8	24	4	0	3	13	0	2	16	17	.242	.345	.374	.719	37	6	0	0	1	0
Yoshiaki Kushiro	66	137	121	8	22	1	1	2	9	0	0	14	27	.182	.272	.256	.528	31	3	1	1	0	0
Kiyoji Akai	80	115	102	4	21	1	0	0	11	0	0	7	14	.206	.264	.216	.479	22	0	1	5	0	0
Makoto Fujiwara	32	42	39	2	18	1	0	1	9	0	0	0	11	.462	.462	.564	1.026	22	0	0	3	0	0
Sachio Okugaki	69	101	94	2	17	2	0	1	7	0	1	5	32	.181	.228	.234	.462	22	3	1	0	1	0
Shiroku Ishido	43	82	75	4	12	5	0	0	6	0	0	1	19	.160	.171	.227	.398	17	3	0	6	0	0
Takayuki Nakano	49	88	82	8	10	0	0	4	8	0	1	4	26	.122	.172	.268	.441	22	1	1	1	0	0
Taneo Okumiya	19	30	26	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	11	.308	.333	.423	.756	11	1	1	3	0	0
Kesanori Kurashima	40	44	41	0	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	13	.195	.227	.195	.422	8	0	1	0	1	0
Kozo Ishioka	38	75	67	3	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	30	.119	.157	.134	.291	9	1	0	5	0	0
Hiromu Matsuoka	43	51	49	3	7	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	24	.143	.160	.163	.323	8	0	1	1	0	0
Keishi Asano	54	34	30	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.133	.161	.167	.328	5	1	0	3	0	0
Toshitaka Tameike	26	33	31	2	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	8	.129	.156	.226	.382	7	1	0	1	0	0
Yasuhiko Kawamura	34	20	20	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.150	.150	.150	.300	3	0	0	0	0	0
Shiro Muto	28	35	33	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.143	.091	.234	3	0	1	0	0	0
Shoji Yasuki	34	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	0	0	0	0	0
Genichi Murata	15	9	9	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.444	.667	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hajimu Tatsumi	21	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.062	.062	.062	.125	1	1	0	1	0	0
Joji Sekiguchi	16	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Masaru Ogata	34	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1933	4811	4304	495	1050	175	9	139	475	45	42	347	767	.244	.306	.386	.691	1660	88	46	92	22	19

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Bob Chance	1B	53					.000
Dave Roberts	1B	52					.000
Yasumitsu Toyoda	1B	25					.000
Sachio Okugaki	1B	24					.000
Taisuke Kobuchi	1B	14					.000
Kesanori Kurashima	1B	3					.000
Shiro Takegami	2B	114					.000
Norifumi Kido	2B	9					.000
Takayuki Nakano	2B	5					.000
Shiro Muto	2B	5					.000
Fumihiro Tojo	2B	3					.000
Yasumitsu Toyoda	2B	1					.000
Kanji Maruyama	2B	1					.000
Taisuke Kobuchi	2B	1					.000
Kanji Maruyama	3B	91					.000
Norifumi Kido	3B	60					.000
Toshitaka Tameike	3B	16					.000
Akio Saionji	3B	1					.000
Takayuki Nakano	3B	1					.000
Toshio Kato	C	111					.000
Yoshiaki Kushiro	C	35					.000
Taneo Okumiya	C	18					.000
Kesanori Kurashima	C	5					.000
Kunio Fukutomi	OF	128					.000
Dave Roberts	OF	83					.000
Tadakatsu Takayama	OF	77					.000
Kiyoji Akai	OF	63					.000
Toru Otsuka	OF	51					.000
Taisuke Kobuchi	OF	50					.000
Teruyuki Takakura	OF	46					.000
Kanji Maruyama	OF	20					.000
Yoshiaki Kushiro	OF	18					.000
Sachio Okugaki	OF	3					.000
Akio Saionji	OF	1					.000
Shiro Muto	OF	1					.000
Keishi Asano	P	54					.000
Hiromu Matsuoka	P	43					.000
Shiroku Ishido	P	43					.000
Kozo Ishioka	P	38					.000
Shoji Yasuki	P	34					.000
Yasuhiko Kawamura	P	34					.000
Masaru Ogata	P	34					.000
Makoto Fujiwara	P	32					.000
Hajimu Tatsumi	P	21					.000
Genichi Murata	P	15					.000
Masao Sunouchi	P	14					.000
Seiji Shibutani	P	11					.000
Susumu Sato	P	1					.000
Fumihiro Tojo	SS	87					.000
Takayuki Nakano	SS	33					.000
Akio Saionji	SS	27					.000
Norifumi Kido	SS	15					.000
Joji Sekiguchi	SS	3					.000
Totals		1728	0	0	0	0	.000

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