1959 Toei Flyers Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-63
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Yoshiyuki Iwamoto (67-63)
Location: Setagaya, Japan

1959 Toei Flyers Roster

The Toei Flyers of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1959 season with a record of 67 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The Flyers scored 490 runs and surrendered 483 runs. Isao Harimoto led Toei with 13 home runs and drove in 57 runs. Akio Saionji paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .300 average. Masayuki Dobashi earned 27 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 2.36 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Bob Alexander played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Toei Flyers to do so.

Yoshiyuki Iwamoto 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 Dobashi	27	16	.628	2.36	63	34	25	21	1		339.0	293	101	89	23	43	6	217	4	0	2	1336
Takao Iio	9	12	.429	3.10	52	23	15	2	2		191.3	190	83	66	10	53	6	89	4	0	0	804
Katsumi Kanayama	8	4	.667	2.62	44	13	11	2	1		144.3	124	50	42	8	25	4	63	0	0	2	576
Yoshiji Yamamoto	8	8	.500	3.08	40	14	10	2	1		149.0	134	62	51	14	53	1	84	4	0	1	614
Kazuhiko Takano	4	5	.444	2.57	42	16	10	2	1		129.3	108	46	37	6	27	3	84	5	1	0	518
Osamu Kubota	3	3	.500	3.31	24	3	9	1	1		68.0	64	26	25	5	14	0	29	0	0	1	275
Kakuro Tominaga	3	3	.500	3.70	23	9	8	1	1		56.0	58	25	23	3	16	0	32	2	1	0	237
Noboru Makino	3	7	.300	3.90	22	15	4	2	1		85.3	89	52	37	4	34	1	47	3	0	0	373
Bob Alexander	2	5	.286	4.64	13	7	3	1	1		52.3	57	29	27	2	14	1	34	1	0	2	227
Ichiro Togawa	0	0		2.45	4	0	3	0	0		3.7	4	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	15
Tadahiro Okada	0	0		7.20	4	1	2	0	0		5.0	4	4	4	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	22
Ikuo Fukushima	0	0		18.00	2	0	1	0	0		2.0	6	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13
Totals	67	63	.515	2.98	333	135	101	34	10	0	1225.3	1131	483	406	76	282	22	687	24	2	8	5010

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
Akio Saionji	122	516	460	68	138	25	8	11	49	11	5	49	75	.300	.370	.461	.831	212	10	3	3	1	2
Isao Harimoto	125	454	418	48	115	18	5	13	57	10	5	29	54	.275	.328	.435	.764	182	2	5	0	2	6
Stanley Hashimoto	116	436	405	46	114	13	4	4	36	13	4	21	47	.281	.320	.363	.683	147	3	3	5	2	2
Katsutoyo Yoshida	124	392	358	47	92	21	6	11	44	2	3	23	76	.257	.301	.441	.743	158	9	1	7	3	3
Shoichi Busujima	103	370	335	46	84	15	7	5	26	10	1	34	25	.251	.320	.382	.702	128	3	0	1	0	4
Junzo Ando	130	438	408	26	75	11	1	4	33	1	0	17	55	.184	.217	.245	.462	100	9	1	9	3	6
Jack Ladra	111	330	296	37	72	10	7	5	35	8	2	24	74	.243	.304	.375	.679	111	1	2	8	0	2
Masatoshi Matsuoka	81	264	241	23	67	17	1	2	20	4	2	15	21	.278	.317	.382	.698	92	3	0	5	3	0
Teruo Ishihara	110	318	280	28	65	5	2	1	16	5	2	9	20	.232	.270	.275	.545	77	5	6	22	1	0
Masao Inagaki	105	265	250	20	57	6	3	4	29	3	3	9	36	.228	.261	.324	.585	81	7	3	1	2	0
Hachiro Yamamoto	66	255	241	26	55	13	0	6	32	7	6	8	44	.228	.253	.357	.610	86	4	1	2	3	2
Yuji Shimada	73	142	134	13	32	5	3	5	18	3	2	6	20	.239	.268	.433	.700	58	2	0	0	2	0
Gunji Kimura	59	139	124	8	29	7	4	2	10	1	1	6	34	.234	.269	.403	.672	50	1	0	9	0	0
Kimio Takagi	61	127	118	8	26	4	1	0	9	3	0	8	12	.220	.268	.271	.539	32	1	0	0	1	1
Kenichi Kawazu	59	121	107	18	21	6	0	2	11	5	0	7	26	.196	.252	.308	.561	33	2	1	6	0	0
Masayuki Dobashi	63	123	118	6	18	2	0	0	8	0	0	2	26	.153	.167	.169	.336	20	1	0	3	0	0
Yoshiji Yamamoto	40	52	50	6	13	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	8	.260	.269	.300	.569	15	2	0	0	1	0
Sadao Mizuno	31	48	43	5	10	1	1	1	5	2	0	5	8	.233	.312	.372	.685	16	1	0	0	0	0
Takao Iio	52	63	60	3	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	21	.167	.180	.200	.380	12	0	0	2	0	0
Noboru Makino	22	30	28	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.250	.276	.250	.526	7	0	0	1	0	0
Kakuro Tominaga	23	15	14	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.286	.286	.286	.571	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Alexander	13	17	16	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.188	.235	.188	.423	3	0	0	0	0	0
Osamu Kubota	24	18	16	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	.188	.235	.375	.610	6	1	0	1	0	0
Etsuro Tsukamoto	28	39	33	3	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	9	.091	.189	.182	.371	6	0	3	2	0	0
Katsumi Kanayama	44	38	36	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.083	.083	.111	.194	4	0	0	2	0	0
Shunichi Matsumoto	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
Masami Maruyama	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuhiko Takano	42	30	29	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21	.034	.034	.034	.069	1	1	0	1	0	0
Takashi Tsuji	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Imai	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1837	5051	4629	490	1120	182	54	78	454	88	36	278	754	.242	.288	.355	.643	1644	68	29	91	24	28

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Stanley Hashimoto	1B	114					.000
Kimio Takagi	1B	44					.000
Yasuo Imai	1B	1					.000
Masao Inagaki	2B	83					.000
Masatoshi Matsuoka	2B	68					.000
Kenichi Kawazu	2B	20					.000
Teruo Ishihara	3B	91					.000
Kenichi Kawazu	3B	25					.000
Gunji Kimura	3B	22					.000
Masao Inagaki	3B	3					.000
Shunichi Matsumoto	3B	1					.000
Junzo Ando	C	130					.000
Sadao Mizuno	C	30					.000
Masami Maruyama	C	1					.000
Isao Harimoto	OF	118					.000
Katsutoyo Yoshida	OF	117					.000
Jack Ladra	OF	94					.000
Shoichi Busujima	OF	90					.000
Yuji Shimada	OF	45					.000
Hachiro Yamamoto	OF	24					.000
Etsuro Tsukamoto	OF	14					.000
Masayuki Dobashi	P	63					.000
Takao Iio	P	52					.000
Katsumi Kanayama	P	44					.000
Kazuhiko Takano	P	42					.000
Yoshiji Yamamoto	P	40					.000
Osamu Kubota	P	24					.000
Kakuro Tominaga	P	23					.000
Noboru Makino	P	22					.000
Bob Alexander	P	13					.000
Ichiro Togawa	P	4					.000
Tadahiro Okada	P	4					.000
Ikuo Fukushima	P	2					.000
Akio Saionji	SS	120					.000
Hachiro Yamamoto	SS	39					.000
Gunji Kimura	SS	24					.000
Teruo Ishihara	SS	3					.000
Shunichi Matsumoto	SS	2					.000
Kenichi Kawazu	SS	1					.000
Totals		1657	0	0	0	0	.000

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