1979 Seibu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 45-73
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Rikuo Nemoto (45-73)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome

1979 Seibu Lions Roster

The Seibu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1979 season with a record of 45 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Lions scored 525 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 686 runs. Masahiro Doi and Koichi Tabuchi paced Seibu with 27 home runs apiece. Masahiro Doi drove in 70 runs. Jack Maloof led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .290 average. Hirohisa Matsunuma topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 4.03 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Jim Tyrone and Tony Muser both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Rikuo Nemoto 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
Hirohisa Matsunuma	16	10	.615	4.03	34	29	4	10	0	0	212.3	189	101	95	25	80	2	134	11	0	2	885
Osamu Higashio	6	13	.316	4.53	23	22	1	10	1	0	155.0	181	90	78	19	32	3	61	7	1	0	666
Tamotsu Nagai	5	3	.625	4.13	63	3	11	1	0	1	106.7	106	58	49	16	23	7	70	5	0	2	448
Shigekazu Mori	5	16	.238	4.51	43	25	16	7	0	7	203.3	207	120	102	27	78	9	130	9	0	3	893
Masayuki Matsunuma	4	5	.444	4.56	39	11	19	1	0	3	96.7	103	62	49	12	37	4	57	4	0	0	426
Kenji Furusawa	4	14	.222	5.64	29	16	8	3	0	5	105.3	112	75	66	16	43	0	66	2	0	1	474
Yutaka Saotome	3	1	.750	4.23	26	4	10	0	0	0	66.0	72	39	31	5	19	2	31	4	0	1	287
Yasumitsu Shibata	1	3	.250	4.98	18	9	7	0	0	0	47.0	55	34	26	8	22	1	21	4	0	1	221
Ritsuo Yamashita	1	5	.167	4.78	31	9	10	0	0	1	98.0	110	57	52	15	22	3	44	1	0	1	419
Koji Takagi	0	0		4.50	7	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	2	2	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	22
Hiroshi Ikeda	0	0		5.40	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	10	3	3	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	27
Toru Hamaura	0	0		8.25	6	0	6	0	0	0	12.0	12	14	11	6	7	0	9	0	0	0	57
Haruo Narishige	0	0		13.50	5	0	1	0	0	0	7.3	17	11	11	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	41
Takashi Nemoto	0	1	.000	7.42	8	1	3	0	0	0	13.3	18	15	11	2	7	0	4	0	0	2	65
Tatsuo Uzawa	0	2	.000	6.75	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.7	5	5	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	15
Totals	45	73	.381	4.66	337	130	98	32	1	17	1134.7	1204	686	588	158	382	31	637	47	1	13	4946

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
Jack Maloof	129	566	503	65	146	26	0	12	48	18	11	52	48	.290	.356	.414	.770	208	4	1	7	3	1
Masahiro Doi	128	540	470	56	127	12	1	27	70	2	5	61	42	.270	.360	.472	.832	222	15	6	1	2	0
Yoshinori Yamamura	122	410	386	48	104	24	1	11	49	4	4	16	45	.269	.302	.422	.724	163	7	3	3	2	0
Koichi Tabuchi	107	429	382	59	100	14	2	27	69	0	1	33	54	.262	.333	.521	.854	199	9	10	0	4	1
Yoshiie Tachibana	123	435	406	41	100	16	5	6	36	3	5	16	70	.246	.278	.355	.633	144	4	2	11	0	0
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	79	337	286	54	95	16	2	12	46	7	3	44	41	.332	.422	.528	.950	151	8	1	5	1	1
Jim Tyrone	58	236	220	31	64	7	1	8	24	9	4	13	35	.291	.332	.441	.773	97	5	1	1	1	0
Takuji Ota	91	236	216	31	58	16	1	14	38	0	0	16	21	.269	.322	.546	.868	118	6	2	0	2	2
Kazuo Hasegawa	80	144	138	17	50	11	0	4	15	1	0	5	11	.362	.389	.529	.918	73	4	1	0	0	0
Katsuya Nomura	74	213	194	14	43	3	0	5	22	1	0	14	34	.222	.286	.314	.601	61	4	4	0	1	0
Hisataka Yukizawa	68	201	188	15	41	6	0	5	12	6	4	5	25	.218	.242	.330	.572	62	2	1	7	0	0
Osamu Hirose	76	169	150	17	35	6	0	2	15	0	0	7	9	.233	.267	.313	.580	47	5	1	8	3	0
Tony Muser	65	188	168	11	33	6	0	2	10	2	3	13	30	.196	.273	.268	.541	45	2	5	1	1	0
Haruhiko Suzuki	68	116	108	6	30	3	0	2	16	0	2	5	14	.278	.302	.361	.663	39	0	0	0	3	0
Haruki Ihara	85	102	93	7	22	2	0	0	3	0	1	5	13	.237	.280	.258	.538	24	2	1	2	1	0
Tetsuya Ohara	87	125	118	8	19	1	0	0	4	2	0	1	25	.161	.189	.169	.358	20	2	3	3	0	0
Masaji Nishizawa	45	70	63	7	14	4	0	1	7	1	0	4	11	.222	.271	.333	.605	21	7	1	0	2	0
Hideaki Keimoto	54	57	51	11	11	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	3	.216	.226	.275	.501	14	2	1	4	1	0
Hiroshi Yoshimoto	22	40	35	4	8	3	1	1	6	0	1	2	6	.229	.275	.457	.732	16	1	1	0	2	0
Toru Kusuki	34	46	42	6	8	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	8	.190	.227	.214	.442	9	1	1	2	0	0
Taneo Okumiya	29	48	40	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.175	.267	.175	.442	7	0	2	3	0	0
Kazuma Kakura	32	35	33	4	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	9	.182	.229	.242	.471	8	1	1	0	0	0
Shonosuke Kasuga	21	26	23	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	.130	.167	.130	.297	3	0	1	2	0	0
Satoru Yoshioka	15	19	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.105	.105	.105	.211	2	1	0	0	0	0
Osamu Kaneshiro	11	21	20	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	.100	.143	.250	.393	5	2	1	0	0	0
Mitsuyoshi Masukawa	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1708	4815	4358	525	1128	178	16	140	501	61	46	317	570	.259	.315	.403	.718	1758	94	51	60	29	5

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Masahiro Doi	1B	50					.000
Tony Muser	1B	47					.000
Haruhiko Suzuki	1B	26					.000
Koichi Tabuchi	1B	25					.000
Haruki Ihara	1B	7					.000
Jack Maloof	1B	2					.000
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	2B	78					.000
Tetsuya Ohara	2B	30					.000
Osamu Hirose	2B	28					.000
Shonosuke Kasuga	2B	9					.000
Osamu Kaneshiro	2B	9					.000
Satoru Yoshioka	2B	8					.000
Masaji Nishizawa	2B	1					.000
Yoshinori Yamamura	3B	119					.000
Haruki Ihara	3B	43					.000
Osamu Hirose	3B	23					.000
Hiroshi Yoshimoto	3B	1					.000
Tetsuya Ohara	3B	1					.000
Masaji Nishizawa	3B	1					.000
Katsuya Nomura	C	59					.000
Masaji Nishizawa	C	35					.000
Taneo Okumiya	C	28					.000
Koichi Tabuchi	C	25					.000
Toru Kusuki	C	23					.000
Hiroshi Yoshimoto	C	11					.000
Jack Maloof	OF	127					.000
Yoshiie Tachibana	OF	118					.000
Jim Tyrone	OF	58					.000
Masahiro Doi	OF	44					.000
Hideaki Keimoto	OF	38					.000
Kazuo Hasegawa	OF	36					.000
Kazuma Kakura	OF	24					.000
Tony Muser	OF	14					.000
Takuji Ota	OF	6					.000
Hiroshi Yoshimoto	OF	3					.000
Toru Kusuki	OF	2					.000
Shonosuke Kasuga	OF	2					.000
Tamotsu Nagai	P	63					.000
Shigekazu Mori	P	43					.000
Masayuki Matsunuma	P	39					.000
Hirohisa Matsunuma	P	34					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	P	31					.000
Kenji Furusawa	P	29					.000
Yutaka Saotome	P	26					.000
Osamu Higashio	P	23					.000
Yasumitsu Shibata	P	18					.000
Takashi Nemoto	P	8					.000
Koji Takagi	P	7					.000
Toru Hamaura	P	6					.000
Haruo Narishige	P	5					.000
Hiroshi Ikeda	P	3					.000
Tatsuo Uzawa	P	2					.000
Hisataka Yukizawa	SS	68					.000
Tetsuya Ohara	SS	56					.000
Osamu Hirose	SS	33					.000
Haruki Ihara	SS	28					.000
Mitsuyoshi Masukawa	SS	5					.000
Osamu Kaneshiro	SS	2					.000
Toru Kusuki	SS	1					.000
Totals		1691	0	0	0	0	.000

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