1982 Seibu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 68-58
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Tatsuro Hiroka (68-58)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome

1982 Seibu Lions Roster

Japan Series - Seibu Lions 4 games, Chunichi Dragons 2

The Seibu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1982 season with a record of 68 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Lions allowed 461 runs, least in the league. Seibu tallied 529 runs. Terry Whitfield and Koichi Tabuchi paced the squad with 25 home runs apiece., while Hiromichi Ishige and Takuji Ota walloped 15 or more, too. Terry Whitfield accounted for 71 RBI. Steve Ontiveros topped all regular batters with a .307 average. Masayuki Matsunuma led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.77 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Terry Whitfield and Steve Ontiveros both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Tatsuro Hiroka 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
Masayuki Matsunuma	11	8	.579	2.76	31	24	3	6	3	0	172.7	158	59	53	16	63	3	110	8	0	3	725
Shigekazu Mori	10	2	.833	3.19	51	6	41	1	0	10	101.7	81	37	36	12	23	5	46	0	1	0	396
Hirohisa Matsunuma	10	9	.526	2.84	34	25	3	10	2	0	180.7	130	61	57	20	36	3	152	9	0	0	705
Osamu Higashio	10	11	.476	3.28	28	25	3	11	2	1	183.7	179	76	67	20	49	3	59	3	1	1	763
Naoki Takahashi	7	2	.778	2.28	17	13	3	3	2	1	94.7	81	25	24	3	18	4	36	3	0	0	369
Tadashi Sugimoto	7	12	.368	3.66	26	22	1	6	4	0	132.7	130	59	54	6	51	1	60	2	0	1	560
Seiji Kobayashi	4	0	1.000	2.38	13	0	6	0	0	1	34.0	22	11	9	3	3	1	29	2	0	0	129
Tamotsu Nagai	3	4	.429	5.93	42	2	12	0	0	4	44.0	43	30	29	10	12	3	38	1	0	0	184
Kazuhito Nishimoto	3	5	.375	4.70	24	9	1	1	0	1	76.7	69	47	40	5	34	3	28	7	0	1	327
Hiroshi Kimura	1	0	1.000	3.00	21	0	6	0	0	0	42.0	35	15	14	5	18	1	21	5	0	2	181
Kimiyasu Kudo	1	1	.500	3.45	27	0	2	0	0	0	28.7	22	11	11	0	21	2	29	1	0	1	122
Yasumitsu Shibata	1	2	.333	4.58	13	3	5	0	0	0	35.3	35	20	18	5	13	1	30	0	1	0	147
Takashi Nemoto	0	1	.000	4.05	5	0	3	0	0	1	6.7	5	3	3	0	7	2	6	0	0	0	32
Takayuki Suzuki	0	1	.000	6.00	4	1	3	0	0	0	9.0	10	7	6	1	8	0	4	1	0	0	45
Totals	68	58	.540	3.32	336	130	92	38	13	19	1142.3	1000	461	421	106	356	32	648	42	3	9	4685

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
Steve Ontiveros	122	489	420	55	129	23	0	11	46	3	1	54	57	.307	.399	.440	.839	185	7	12	0	3	4
Terry Whitfield	122	484	453	53	123	15	4	25	71	6	9	20	44	.272	.303	.488	.791	221	16	3	2	6	0
Hiromichi Ishige	124	537	464	64	120	17	2	15	54	22	4	55	112	.259	.337	.401	.738	186	5	1	15	2	2
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	122	473	415	50	102	16	1	7	34	4	5	51	67	.246	.327	.340	.667	141	8	0	5	2	2
Shinsaku Katahira	117	413	365	49	101	18	1	14	47	1	3	40	23	.277	.354	.447	.801	163	10	5	1	2	2
Takuji Ota	106	359	319	41	89	12	0	17	58	0	0	27	42	.279	.341	.476	.817	152	12	6	1	6	3
Koichi Tabuchi	114	386	340	43	74	8	0	25	59	0	1	40	51	.218	.303	.462	.765	157	6	3	0	3	1
Yoshiie Tachibana	107	307	275	24	69	7	2	1	25	3	5	19	30	.251	.302	.302	.604	83	6	2	9	2	0
Koju Hirohashi	64	192	169	28	45	9	2	3	14	6	5	19	16	.266	.344	.396	.740	67	1	1	3	0	0
Tomoyoshi Oishi	101	279	227	23	42	5	1	1	24	3	2	28	36	.185	.293	.229	.522	52	5	7	16	1	0
Akihiko Horai	80	218	180	22	39	1	1	2	15	3	5	17	16	.217	.292	.267	.559	48	2	3	16	2	0
Hisataka Yukizawa	82	195	169	19	37	12	1	5	20	6	2	14	29	.219	.289	.391	.679	66	3	3	8	1	0
Takanori Okamura	99	199	172	18	37	7	0	2	17	5	8	16	27	.215	.286	.291	.576	50	0	1	10	0	1
Masahiro Kuroda	70	141	127	5	27	3	0	0	3	0	1	6	20	.213	.259	.236	.495	30	3	2	6	0	0
Yoshihiro Nishioka	39	72	61	10	19	6	0	3	11	2	3	7	12	.311	.391	.557	.949	34	1	1	3	0	0
Tsutomu Ito	33	36	33	3	8	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.242	.306	.333	.639	11	0	2	0	0	0
Haruhiko Suzuki	19	23	21	2	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.333	.391	.429	.820	9	0	1	0	0	0
Eiji Kanamori	4	10	9	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.222	.300	.222	.522	2	0	0	0	0	0
Makoto Ozawa	44	2	1	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Yoshimoto	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Junki Kono	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	1580	4822	4226	529	1070	164	15	131	504	70	57	417	590	.253	.326	.392	.718	1657	85	53	96	30	15

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Shinsaku Katahira	1B	112					.000
Steve Ontiveros	1B	13					.000
Koju Hirohashi	1B	11					.000
Koichi Tabuchi	1B	9					.000
Haruhiko Suzuki	1B	5					.000
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	2B	117					.000
Hisataka Yukizawa	2B	19					.000
Junki Kono	2B	3					.000
Koju Hirohashi	2B	2					.000
Steve Ontiveros	3B	103					.000
Hisataka Yukizawa	3B	51					.000
Koju Hirohashi	3B	9					.000
Tomoyoshi Oishi	C	100					.000
Masahiro Kuroda	C	68					.000
Tsutomu Ito	C	17					.000
Eiji Kanamori	C	4					.000
Terry Whitfield	OF	118					.000
Yoshiie Tachibana	OF	103					.000
Takanori Okamura	OF	97					.000
Akihiko Horai	OF	67					.000
Yoshihiro Nishioka	OF	39					.000
Takuji Ota	OF	37					.000
Koju Hirohashi	OF	36					.000
Makoto Ozawa	OF	4					.000
Haruhiko Suzuki	OF	3					.000
Hiroshi Yoshimoto	OF	1					.000
Shigekazu Mori	P	51					.000
Tamotsu Nagai	P	42					.000
Hirohisa Matsunuma	P	34					.000
Masayuki Matsunuma	P	31					.000
Osamu Higashio	P	28					.000
Kimiyasu Kudo	P	27					.000
Tadashi Sugimoto	P	26					.000
Kazuhito Nishimoto	P	24					.000
Hiroshi Kimura	P	21					.000
Naoki Takahashi	P	17					.000
Yasumitsu Shibata	P	13					.000
Seiji Kobayashi	P	13					.000
Takashi Nemoto	P	5					.000
Takayuki Suzuki	P	4					.000
Hiromichi Ishige	SS	123					.000
Hisataka Yukizawa	SS	10					.000
Junki Kono	SS	1					.000
Totals		1618	0	0	0	0	.000

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