1986 Seibu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 68-49
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Masahiko Mori (68-49)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome

1986 Seibu Lions Roster

Japan Series - Seibu Lions 4 games, Hiroshima Toyo Carp 3

The Seibu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1986 season with a record of 68 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Lions led the circuit with 647 runs, ignited by 185 home runs. Seibu surrendered 514 runs, fewest in the league. Koji Akiyama walloped 41 home runs for the team, while Shinsaku Katahira, George Vukovich, Hiromichi Ishige and Kazuhiro Kiyohara each swatted 15 or more also. Koji Akiyama drove in 115 runs. Hiromichi Ishige paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .329 average. Hisanobu Watanabe topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.87 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

George Vukovich played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Seibu Lions to do so.

Masahiko Mori 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	WP	BF
Hisanobu Watanabe	16	6	.727	2.87	39	24	14	13	1	1	219.7	191	79	70	22	76	2	178	6	5	907
Osamu Higashio	12	11	.522	4.22	31	22	9	8	0	2	168.3	183	85	79	29	27	6	52	7	1	703
Kimiyasu Kudo	11	5	.688	3.22	22	20	1	10	2	0	145.3	111	53	52	22	56	3	138	1	1	586
Kazuyuki Ono	6	5	.545	4.53	20	20	0	3	0	0	117.3	116	64	59	20	39	1	86	0	0	500
Takeshi Ishii	5	1	.833	2.50	42	0	10	0	0	2	57.7	48	17	16	5	19	2	46	1	0	235
Hirohisa Matsunuma	5	6	.455	5.34	20	20	0	3	2	0	94.3	94	63	56	13	36	4	40	9	0	414
Taigen Kaku	5	7	.417	2.91	39	9	29	5	1	16	108.3	93	39	35	10	38	7	105	0	1	450
Masayuki Matsunuma	3	4	.429	4.41	25	6	4	0	0	0	63.3	74	33	31	12	21	1	35	2	2	278
Shinya Oda	2	1	.667	3.45	35	1	4	0	0	1	28.7	23	11	11	3	12	2	14	1	0	115
Norio Ichimura	2	2	.500	3.00	37	0	0	0	0	0	33.0	26	12	11	1	6	0	21	0	1	131
Tomonori Kawamoto	1	0	1.000	2.72	17	5	3	1	0	0	49.7	54	17	15	3	9	1	17	2	1	209
Hiroyuki Noguchi	0	0		1.80	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	20
Hirokazu Okada	0	0		1.80	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	19
Yasuo Kushihara	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	8
Yuji Kurohara	0	0		5.06	7	1	3	0	0	0	21.3	25	15	12	5	3	0	11	1	0	90
Tamotsu Nagai	0	0		10.80	5	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	5	4	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	18
Ikuo Takayama	0	0		22.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	8	6	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	14
Kazuhito Nishimoto	0	0		27.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.3	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	11
Yukihiro Narita	0	1	.000	3.27	13	1	6	0	0	0	22.0	20	9	8	4	8	2	13	2	0	95
Totals	68	49	.581	3.69	362	130	87	43	6	22	1147.7	1088	514	471	153	356	32	769	34	13	4803

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
Hiromichi Ishige	129	586	514	91	169	23	0	27	89	19	10	46	71	.329	.386	.531	.917	273	6	6	13	7	2
Koji Akiyama	130	562	492	88	132	19	3	41	115	21	8	58	94	.268	.347	.569	.916	280	10	5	0	7	5
Hatsuhiko Tsuji	130	497	425	65	126	19	5	7	57	35	15	36	63	.296	.359	.414	.773	176	7	8	23	5	0
Kazuhiro Kiyohara	126	471	404	66	123	18	1	31	78	6	3	49	109	.304	.392	.584	.976	236	8	11	4	3	2
George Vukovich	121	474	434	52	115	21	1	18	67	0	0	32	88	.265	.314	.442	.757	192	13	2	0	6	3
Eiji Kanamori	112	405	336	42	100	18	5	3	34	3	3	37	37	.298	.374	.408	.782	137	13	6	23	3	2
Tsutomu Ito	129	485	418	59	98	20	3	11	40	18	11	39	70	.234	.302	.376	.677	157	11	2	24	2	1
Shinsaku Katahira	110	340	318	35	93	20	1	17	45	1	2	16	26	.292	.332	.522	.854	166	3	4	0	2	1
Yasushi Tao	106	341	313	42	83	12	2	8	28	6	2	20	35	.265	.310	.393	.702	123	3	1	5	2	1
Yoshihiro Nishioka	109	243	208	42	58	7	3	10	29	7	1	20	28	.279	.349	.486	.835	101	1	3	11	1	1
Takuji Ota	59	159	153	14	36	6	0	7	22	1	0	4	15	.235	.258	.412	.670	63	4	1	0	1	0
Seiji Tomashino	56	93	79	19	22	2	0	2	3	4	2	4	13	.278	.313	.380	.693	30	1	0	10	0	0
Yoshiie Tachibana	36	76	71	4	19	0	1	1	5	0	0	5	13	.268	.316	.338	.654	24	3	0	0	0	0
Takanori Okamura	82	53	49	12	16	0	2	1	5	4	3	4	4	.327	.377	.469	.847	23	0	0	0	0	0
Hisataka Yukizawa	64	69	61	3	13	2	0	0	2	1	0	4	9	.213	.262	.246	.507	15	2	0	4	0	0
Masakazu Seike	11	21	20	2	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	.400	.429	.400	.829	8	0	1	0	0	0
Koju Hirohashi	22	22	20	5	4	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	4	.200	.238	.200	.438	4	0	0	1	0	0
Takahiro Shirahata	15	15	12	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	3	.167	.333	.417	.750	5	0	0	0	0	0
Akihiko Horai	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryuji Hamamoto	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michio Aoyama	7	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hideshi Nakada	3	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	1562	4923	4336	647	1217	187	27	185	626	129	61	379	686	.281	.343	.464	.807	2013	85	50	119	39	18

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Kazuhiro Kiyohara	1B	126					.000
Shinsaku Katahira	1B	20					.000
Seiji Tomashino	1B	1					.000
Masakazu Seike	1B	1					.000
Hatsuhiko Tsuji	2B	130					.000
Hisataka Yukizawa	2B	7					.000
Koji Akiyama	3B	108					.000
Hisataka Yukizawa	3B	54					.000
Seiji Tomashino	3B	21					.000
Masakazu Seike	3B	2					.000
Koju Hirohashi	3B	1					.000
Tsutomu Ito	C	129					.000
Takahiro Shirahata	C	7					.000
Hideshi Nakada	C	3					.000
Katsuya Soma	C	1					.000
Eiji Kanamori	C	1					.000
Ryuji Hamamoto	C	1					.000
George Vukovich	OF	112					.000
Eiji Kanamori	OF	107					.000
Yoshihiro Nishioka	OF	101					.000
Yasushi Tao	OF	88					.000
Takanori Okamura	OF	76					.000
Koji Akiyama	OF	56					.000
Yoshiie Tachibana	OF	21					.000
Takuji Ota	OF	1					.000
Michio Aoyama	OF	1					.000
Takeshi Ishii	P	42					.000
Hisanobu Watanabe	P	39					.000
Taigen Kaku	P	39					.000
Norio Ichimura	P	37					.000
Shinya Oda	P	35					.000
Osamu Higashio	P	31					.000
Masayuki Matsunuma	P	25					.000
Kimiyasu Kudo	P	22					.000
Kazuyuki Ono	P	20					.000
Hirohisa Matsunuma	P	20					.000
Tomonori Kawamoto	P	17					.000
Yukihiro Narita	P	13					.000
Yuji Kurohara	P	7					.000
Tamotsu Nagai	P	5					.000
Hirokazu Okada	P	4					.000
Hiroyuki Noguchi	P	2					.000
Kazuhito Nishimoto	P	2					.000
Ikuo Takayama	P	1					.000
Yasuo Kushihara	P	1					.000
Hiromichi Ishige	SS	129					.000
Hatsuhiko Tsuji	SS	2					.000
Seiji Tomashino	SS	1					.000
Masakazu Seike	SS	1					.000
Totals		1671	0	0	0	0	.000

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