1972 Toei Flyers Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 63-61
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Kenjiro Tamiya (63-61)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1972 Toei Flyers Roster

The Toei Flyers of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1972 season with a record of 63 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.

The Flyers scored 595 runs, most in the league. Toei yielded 546 runs. Katsuo Osugi walloped 40 home runs for the team, while Isao Harimoto, In-cheon Paek and Toshizo Sakamoto each swatted 15 or more as well. Katsuo Osugi drove in 101 runs. Isao Harimoto led all regular batters with a .358 average. Tomehiro Kaneda topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.24 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

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

Kenjiro Tamiya 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
Tomehiro Kaneda	20	12	.625	3.24	51	33	15	18	4		275.0	245	107	99	26	60	4	178	5	0	1	1113
Chikara Morinaka	11	6	.647	3.45	30	28	1	9	2		164.3	172	64	63	17	34	4	87	6	0	2	683
Yoshimasa Takahashi	10	13	.435	3.79	38	26	7	9	1		185.0	172	85	78	21	47	5	88	5	0	5	752
Makoto Fujiwara	7	13	.350	4.40	42	14	9	3	0		147.3	149	82	72	18	40	2	79	2	1	2	617
Shoji Miyazaki	5	5	.500	4.33	48	0	25	0	0		87.3	84	46	42	8	42	4	51	1	0	1	378
Naoki Takahashi	4	7	.364	4.42	23	16	2	1	0		95.7	92	55	47	18	24	4	54	2	2	1	399
Yukio Ozaki	3	1	.750	2.27	17	2	7	0	0		39.7	27	12	10	4	7	1	29	2	0	0	151
Takeaki Yamasaki	1	0	1.000	1.27	20	0	3	0	0		21.3	16	8	3	2	10	1	18	1	0	0	92
Susumu Oba	1	1	.500	5.87	14	3	0	0	0		23.0	32	18	15	4	18	0	18	3	0	0	120
Yasuo Minagawa	1	3	.250	4.56	22	4	7	0	0		47.3	45	26	24	6	19	0	18	2	0	1	202
Haruhisa Yokoyama	0	0		2.28	14	4	8	0	0		27.7	25	7	7	2	11	0	8	1	0	0	118
Ken Kataoka	0	0		4.20	7	0	2	0	0		15.0	11	10	7	2	11	0	4	0	0	1	64
Isamu Nakahara	0	0		4.50	7	0	0	0	0		6.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	28
Toshoku Uda	0	0		4.86	12	0	4	0	0		16.7	20	11	9	4	4	1	10	1	0	0	70
Eiji Hosaka	0	0		6.75	2	0	0	0	0		4.0	4	3	3	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	22
Hisao Sugita	0	0		40.50	1	0	0	0	0		2.0	6	9	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	15
Totals	63	61	.508	3.82	348	130	90	40	7	0	1157.3	1107	546	491	134	335	26	649	32	3	14	4824

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
Isao Harimoto	127	548	472	93	169	25	4	31	89	10	5	69	37	.358	.440	.625	1.065	295	4	3	0	4	12
In-cheon Paek	126	529	486	67	153	33	3	19	80	20	13	35	32	.315	.362	.512	.874	249	16	2	4	2	3
Katsuo Osugi	130	559	492	81	145	18	1	40	101	0	1	57	58	.295	.376	.579	.955	285	21	8	0	2	9
Toshizo Sakamoto	126	566	496	75	138	13	1	16	62	6	6	41	30	.278	.336	.405	.741	201	12	4	21	4	0
Tsuyoshi Oshita	124	522	467	67	126	22	3	3	39	39	12	30	20	.270	.317	.349	.666	163	5	5	14	6	0
Toshio Kato	121	376	323	36	78	13	1	10	39	2	2	38	67	.241	.343	.381	.724	123	15	13	0	2	2
Bob Christian	107	327	295	37	72	9	1	11	31	6	3	24	30	.244	.306	.393	.699	116	10	3	3	2	1
Hiroshi Takahashi	89	320	281	36	68	11	0	6	29	5	8	28	33	.242	.321	.345	.666	97	7	5	5	1	3
Mikio Sendo	65	203	182	21	51	8	0	4	24	2	1	12	21	.280	.325	.390	.715	71	4	2	3	4	0
Yoshiyuki Suenaga	87	225	182	23	50	10	1	1	24	4	5	24	19	.275	.370	.357	.727	65	4	7	6	6	1
Koji Okamura	65	138	126	3	25	7	0	1	12	0	0	6	14	.198	.243	.278	.520	35	6	2	2	2	0
Kesaharu Misawa	80	108	91	4	24	4	1	1	12	0	0	15	12	.264	.380	.363	.742	33	2	2	0	0	0
Tomehiro Kaneda	52	103	92	13	22	3	0	3	12	0	0	3	18	.239	.263	.370	.633	34	0	0	8	0	0
Chikara Morinaka	30	56	50	3	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	13	.200	.231	.200	.431	10	0	1	4	0	0
Yoshimasa Takahashi	38	63	51	1	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.176	.208	.216	.423	11	0	0	10	0	0
Susumu Sakudo	28	37	33	3	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	6	.182	.270	.303	.573	10	2	0	0	0	0
Makoto Fujiwara	43	43	40	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	.150	.171	.150	.321	6	1	0	2	0	0
Tsutomu Imai	25	25	24	3	4	2	0	2	8	0	0	1	2	.167	.200	.500	.700	12	1	0	0	0	0
Katsutoshi Nakahara	47	44	40	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.100	.163	.150	.313	6	2	0	1	0	1
Makoto Yoshida	35	19	17	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.176	.176	.235	.412	4	1	0	2	0	0
Susumu Oba	14	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0
Haruhisa Yokoyama	16	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Toshifumi Ogata	49	10	10	18	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kenichi Yaezawa	13	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	1	0	0
Naoki Takahashi	23	30	24	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.042	.042	.042	.083	1	1	0	6	0	0
Yukio Ozaki	17	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Takeaki Yamasaki	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toshoku Uda	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shoji Miyazaki	48	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	0	0	1	0	0
Isamu Nakahara	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshige Saruwatari	26	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Minagawa	25	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsuneyoshi Yamamoto	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Kataoka	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	1844	4913	4330	595	1169	184	16	149	570	96	57	396	487	.270	.337	.423	.760	1832	114	57	95	35	32

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Katsuo Osugi	1B	130					.000
Tsutomu Imai	1B	1					.000
Tsuyoshi Oshita	2B	121					.000
Yoshiyuki Suenaga	2B	25					.000
Katsutoshi Nakahara	2B	3					.000
Hiroshige Saruwatari	2B	2					.000
Yasuo Minagawa	2B	1					.000
Hiroshi Takahashi	3B	87					.000
Yoshiyuki Suenaga	3B	44					.000
Katsutoshi Nakahara	3B	36					.000
Kenichi Yaezawa	3B	10					.000
Bob Christian	3B	6					.000
Haruhisa Yokoyama	3B	2					.000
Tsuneyoshi Yamamoto	3B	2					.000
Toshoku Uda	3B	2					.000
Hiroshige Saruwatari	3B	2					.000
Yasuo Minagawa	3B	2					.000
Yutaka Kamano	3B	1					.000
Makoto Fujiwara	3B	1					.000
Toshio Kato	C	113					.000
Koji Okamura	C	57					.000
Tsutomu Osawa	C	1					.000
Isao Harimoto	OF	126					.000
In-cheon Paek	OF	126					.000
Bob Christian	OF	91					.000
Mikio Sendo	OF	55					.000
Makoto Yoshida	OF	33					.000
Toshifumi Ogata	OF	16					.000
Tsuneyoshi Yamamoto	OF	13					.000
Kesaharu Misawa	OF	13					.000
Susumu Sakudo	OF	7					.000
Toshoku Uda	OF	2					.000
Takeaki Yamasaki	OF	1					.000
Kenichi Oyamada	OF	1					.000
Ken Kataoka	OF	1					.000
Tomehiro Kaneda	P	51					.000
Shoji Miyazaki	P	48					.000
Makoto Fujiwara	P	42					.000
Yoshimasa Takahashi	P	38					.000
Chikara Morinaka	P	30					.000
Naoki Takahashi	P	23					.000
Yasuo Minagawa	P	22					.000
Takeaki Yamasaki	P	20					.000
Yukio Ozaki	P	17					.000
Haruhisa Yokoyama	P	14					.000
Susumu Oba	P	14					.000
Toshoku Uda	P	12					.000
Isamu Nakahara	P	7					.000
Ken Kataoka	P	7					.000
Eiji Hosaka	P	2					.000
Hisao Sugita	P	1					.000
Toshizo Sakamoto	SS	125					.000
Yoshiyuki Suenaga	SS	8					.000
Katsutoshi Nakahara	SS	4					.000
Totals		1619	0	0	0	0	.000

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