1973 Taiheiyo Club Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 59-64
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuhisa Inao (59-64)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1973 Taiheiyo Club Lions Roster

The Taiheiyo Club Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1973 season with a record of 59 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.

The Lions tallied 499 runs and gave up 509 runs. Masashi Takenouchi paced Taiheiyo Club with 22 home runs, while Don Buford, Masayoshi Higashida and Mitsuo Motoi each walloped 15 or more as well. Masashi Takenouchi recorded 70 runs batted in. Mitsuo Motoi led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .292 clip. Osamu Higashio topped the team with 15 wins, and Akira Tanaka recorded a 2.58 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Roger Repoz and Don Buford both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Kazuhisa Inao 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
Osamu Higashio	15	14	.517	3.29	48	37	8	14	5		257.3	250	107	94	22	91	8	104	13	0	6	1088
Shigeo Ishii	12	13	.480	3.35	40	27	10	6	2		196.3	187	77	73	20	59	3	63	6	2	1	824
Akira Tanaka	11	10	.524	2.57	52	5	26	2	0		143.3	127	50	41	17	39	5	60	9	0	0	591
Kiyohiro Miura	8	5	.615	3.44	27	15	7	4	1		115.0	123	53	44	16	36	1	38	4	0	0	496
Hajime Kato	8	11	.421	4.17	43	18	16	5	0		159.7	145	83	74	21	77	2	90	2	2	1	680
Yutaka Yanagida	4	4	.500	2.93	26	16	5	3	1		116.7	103	40	38	17	24	2	70	5	0	0	470
Keisuke Nakajima	1	0	1.000	5.62	3	1	1	0	0		8.0	10	5	5	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	35
Osamu Kaneshiro	0	0		3.00	2	0	2	0	0		3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	12
NObushi Oikawa	0	0		5.40	4	0	4	0	0		5.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	19
Ryunosuke Kawato	0	0		8.44	9	1	2	0	0		10.7	15	10	10	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	51
Akira Kawahara	0	1	.000	4.66	6	3	1	0	0		9.7	11	7	5	0	7	0	5	3	0	1	48
Toshiyoshi Norikae	0	1	.000	4.66	12	0	1	0	0		9.7	6	5	5	0	10	2	8	2	1	1	45
Hiroaki Shibaike	0	1	.000	5.83	23	0	5	0	0		46.3	55	32	30	7	8	0	13	1	1	1	195
Satoru Miwa	0	4	.000	4.54	25	7	8	0	0		69.3	66	36	35	14	23	0	33	1	1	2	291
Totals	59	64	.480	3.58	320	130	96	34	9	0	1150.0	1107	509	458	136	383	23	495	46	7	13	4845

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
Don Buford	130	565	472	81	114	17	3	20	60	25	17	75	72	.242	.354	.417	.771	197	8	10	3	5	6
Shojiro Kikukawa	122	476	425	43	112	11	2	2	43	11	10	30	34	.264	.319	.313	.632	133	6	6	12	3	0
Mitsuo Motoi	102	424	359	51	105	12	2	18	59	9	3	54	52	.292	.388	.487	.875	175	6	5	1	5	3
Kunio Fukutomi	117	439	385	61	105	21	3	12	42	5	8	41	72	.273	.344	.436	.780	168	4	3	6	4	6
Masayoshi Higashida	114	427	387	41	101	15	1	16	51	4	4	35	48	.261	.326	.429	.754	166	6	3	0	2	4
Masashi Takenouchi	110	449	402	48	101	16	1	22	70	1	2	28	31	.251	.323	.460	.783	185	7	16	0	3	0
Kunizo Umeda	118	421	348	51	86	9	3	2	18	33	6	33	43	.247	.332	.307	.639	107	6	12	26	2	0
Katsutoshi Miyadera	104	266	253	21	56	5	1	6	23	5	3	8	64	.221	.245	.320	.565	81	7	1	1	3	1
Roger Repoz	66	215	186	25	41	3	0	12	30	4	3	23	41	.220	.312	.430	.742	80	0	3	0	3	2
Tetsuo Yoneyama	50	117	104	11	28	6	1	1	11	1	0	10	7	.269	.328	.375	.703	39	3	0	1	2	2
Takuji Ota	82	131	119	11	27	4	0	3	21	3	1	7	25	.227	.275	.336	.611	40	1	2	0	3	2
Shinnosuke Kataoka	62	145	135	9	22	3	0	1	4	1	1	7	13	.163	.204	.207	.412	28	4	0	3	0	1
Yoshio Abe	69	106	89	11	21	3	0	0	5	1	1	13	24	.236	.352	.270	.622	24	1	3	1	0	0
Osamu Higashio	51	93	79	5	18	2	0	0	5	0	0	8	12	.228	.299	.253	.552	20	1	0	6	0	0
Shigeru Hino	62	89	80	8	15	2	0	1	5	3	0	6	15	.188	.253	.250	.503	20	4	1	2	0	0
Haruki Ihara	32	55	48	4	13	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	2	.271	.364	.312	.676	15	1	2	0	0	0
Akira Tanaka	55	41	37	2	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	7	.216	.237	.270	.507	10	1	0	3	0	0
Shigeo Ishii	40	66	62	2	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	20	.113	.125	.129	.254	8	1	0	2	1	0
Takashi Takagi	50	58	48	1	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	6	.125	.193	.125	.318	6	5	0	1	4	1
Kiyohiro Miura	27	37	32	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	9	.156	.206	.188	.393	6	0	0	3	0	0
Nobuyuki Fujii	28	29	28	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.143	.172	.143	.315	4	1	0	0	0	0
Hajime Kato	43	51	45	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	23	.089	.109	.089	.198	4	0	0	5	0	0
Yuichi Kawano	29	29	25	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	9	.120	.179	.160	.339	4	2	0	1	1	0
Satoru Miwa	26	17	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.133	.188	.133	.321	2	1	0	1	0	0
Yutaka Yanagida	26	39	34	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	12	.059	.083	.059	.142	2	1	0	3	1	0
Kenji Yoshimura	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Toshiyoshi Norikae	12	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0
Hirofumi Ogawa	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Kawahara	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Issei Sato	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ippei Kasuga	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keisuke Nakajima	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masayoshi Nakamura	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masanori Shinobu	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroaki Shibaike	23	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0
Yasutoshi Ono	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1782	4816	4224	499	1011	134	18	116	470	106	60	398	658	.239	.312	.362	.674	1529	77	67	85	42	28

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Masashi Takenouchi	1B	108					.000
Roger Repoz	1B	22					.000
Takashi Takagi	1B	7					.000
Osamu Kaneshiro	1B	2					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	2B	101					.000
Tetsuo Yoneyama	2B	26					.000
Shigeru Hino	2B	17					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	2B	6					.000
Masanori Shinobu	2B	1					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	3B	113					.000
Haruki Ihara	3B	25					.000
Don Buford	3B	8					.000
Kunizo Umeda	3B	6					.000
Masanori Shinobu	3B	3					.000
Shigeru Hino	3B	3					.000
Kenji Yoshimura	3B	1					.000
Tetsuo Yoneyama	3B	1					.000
Katsutoshi Miyadera	C	104					.000
Shinnosuke Kataoka	C	62					.000
Yuichi Kawano	C	28					.000
Don Buford	OF	126					.000
Kunio Fukutomi	OF	111					.000
Masayoshi Higashida	OF	108					.000
Yoshio Abe	OF	42					.000
Roger Repoz	OF	35					.000
Takuji Ota	OF	26					.000
Nobuyuki Fujii	OF	9					.000
Akira Tanaka	OF	3					.000
Osamu Higashio	OF	3					.000
Keisuke Nakajima	OF	1					.000
Satoru Miwa	OF	1					.000
Akira Tanaka	P	52					.000
Osamu Higashio	P	48					.000
Hajime Kato	P	43					.000
Shigeo Ishii	P	40					.000
Kiyohiro Miura	P	27					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	P	26					.000
Satoru Miwa	P	25					.000
Hiroaki Shibaike	P	23					.000
Toshiyoshi Norikae	P	12					.000
Ryunosuke Kawato	P	9					.000
Akira Kawahara	P	6					.000
NObushi Oikawa	P	4					.000
Keisuke Nakajima	P	3					.000
Osamu Kaneshiro	P	2					.000
Kunizo Umeda	SS	113					.000
Shigeru Hino	SS	37					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	SS	11					.000
Tetsuo Yoneyama	SS	2					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	SS	2					.000
Totals		1594	0	0	0	0	.000

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