1974 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

1974 Taiheiyo Club Lions Roster

The Taiheiyo Club Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1974 season with a record of 59 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.

The Lions plated 436 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 482 runs. Masashi Takenouchi paced Taiheiyo Club with 22 home runs and recorded 73 runs batted in. Don Buford led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .330 clip. Akira Tanaka and Hajime Kato topped the squad with 12 wins each, while Akira Tanaka recorded a 2.61 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1974 Taiheiyo Club Lions who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Don Buford, Frank Howard and Matty Alou.

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
Akira Tanaka	12	5	.706	2.61	50	6	32	3	2	9	131.0	122	41	38	10	26	9	42	5	0	0	531
Hajime Kato	12	12	.500	2.95	34	26	4	7	3	0	189.0	144	67	62	18	98	4	122	7	0	2	787
Shigeo Ishii	8	11	.421	4.22	33	19	13	5	0	1	151.3	156	76	71	19	54	4	54	1	3	2	642
Yutaka Yanagida	6	7	.462	3.99	41	15	12	0	0	2	140.0	140	67	62	15	27	2	61	6	2	0	582
Osamu Higashio	6	9	.400	3.44	27	19	7	7	1	0	123.0	116	55	47	12	46	2	58	7	0	1	513
Kiyohiro Miura	5	6	.455	3.14	21	17	3	4	1	0	103.3	103	42	36	8	31	0	37	4	1	0	426
Akira Kawahara	5	10	.333	3.61	30	20	4	4	1	1	142.0	141	61	57	14	51	0	80	0	2	5	590
Toru Hamaura	4	2	.667	3.42	20	7	9	1	0	0	84.3	61	35	32	9	42	1	63	4	1	2	352
Satoru Miwa	1	2	.333	2.48	26	1	8	0	0	0	65.3	47	20	18	1	19	0	32	2	0	0	259
Hiroaki Shibaike	0	0		7.36	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.7	7	3	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	19
Tamotsu Nagai	0	0		8.18	14	0	5	0	0	0	11.0	13	10	10	2	6	0	9	1	0	0	51
Kosuke Maeda	0	0		22.50	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	5	5	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	12
Totals	59	64	.480	3.46	304	130	99	31	8	13	1146.0	1052	482	441	110	406	22	560	38	9	12	4764

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	108	453	382	55	126	16	1	14	43	15	8	63	39	.330	.430	.487	.917	186	2	5	2	1	4
Masashi Takenouchi	119	481	419	59	108	17	1	22	73	11	4	43	62	.258	.346	.461	.806	193	12	15	1	3	3
Kunio Fukutomi	113	407	365	36	95	19	1	4	42	6	5	33	48	.260	.321	.351	.672	128	3	2	2	5	0
Mitsuo Motoi	114	451	391	50	95	10	1	12	37	9	4	43	57	.243	.326	.366	.692	143	9	6	9	2	1
Kunizo Umeda	121	392	344	33	75	5	2	1	21	18	8	32	52	.218	.291	.253	.544	87	6	4	11	1	1
Eiji Fujii	105	368	320	26	74	16	0	4	38	3	1	44	31	.231	.324	.319	.643	102	8	1	1	2	7
Matty Alou	50	208	202	18	63	12	0	2	11	0	7	2	19	.312	.324	.401	.725	81	1	2	1	1	0
Fumio Takahashi	113	297	261	29	59	7	1	4	18	12	7	13	23	.226	.261	.307	.567	80	1	0	21	2	0
Shojiro Kikukawa	79	234	199	18	41	4	0	2	16	3	1	20	10	.206	.281	.256	.537	51	3	1	13	1	1
Shinnosuke Kataoka	86	229	207	14	40	5	0	5	22	2	1	20	28	.193	.263	.290	.553	60	8	0	1	1	1
Masayoshi Higashida	65	204	178	15	33	3	0	8	17	1	2	25	39	.185	.289	.337	.626	60	9	1	0	0	1
Nobuyuki Fujii	48	121	105	13	23	5	0	3	12	1	0	13	21	.219	.311	.352	.663	37	1	1	2	0	1
Tetsuo Yoneyama	64	114	110	12	22	3	0	2	13	1	0	4	13	.200	.228	.282	.510	31	3	0	0	0	0
Katsutoshi Miyadera	52	108	98	4	21	3	1	0	4	0	2	8	21	.214	.280	.265	.546	26	3	1	1	0	0
Haruki Ihara	44	80	78	5	19	3	0	1	8	0	1	1	12	.244	.250	.321	.571	25	2	0	0	1	0
Takuji Ota	49	73	61	8	18	3	1	2	9	2	2	10	13	.295	.397	.475	.873	29	1	1	0	1	0
Toru Kusuki	48	93	82	9	12	1	0	3	14	1	1	6	23	.146	.211	.268	.479	22	0	1	3	1	0
Shigeo Ishii	34	53	44	4	11	4	0	1	3	0	1	4	7	.250	.312	.409	.722	18	1	0	5	0	0
Akira Tanaka	50	34	29	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.276	.300	.310	.610	9	0	0	4	0	0
Osamu Higashio	27	41	37	3	7	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	7	.189	.189	.189	.378	7	2	0	4	0	0
Yutaka Yanagida	44	38	38	2	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.184	.184	.211	.395	8	0	0	0	0	0
Yuichi Kawano	23	37	36	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.167	.167	.167	.333	6	0	0	1	0	0
Akira Kawahara	32	49	45	4	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	19	.133	.152	.178	.330	8	0	0	3	0	0
Toru Hamaura	22	25	25	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	0	0	0	0	0
Kiyohiro Miura	27	33	29	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.138	.194	.138	.331	4	0	0	2	0	0
Hajime Kato	36	69	56	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	22	.071	.119	.071	.190	4	0	1	10	0	0
Akinobu Mayumi	23	11	10	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	.200	.273	.200	.473	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tamotsu Nagai	14	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kenji Yoshimura	18	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Noboru Machii	26	9	8	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	0	0	0
Haruhiko Suzuki	11	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	0	0	0	0
Masayoshi Nakamura	7	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Satoru Miwa	27	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiharu Wakana	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Howard	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masanori Shinobu	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1807	4756	4197	436	988	141	9	90	410	88	59	398	615	.235	.307	.338	.644	1417	75	42	97	22	20

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Masashi Takenouchi	1B	118					.000
Eiji Fujii	1B	12					.000
Matty Alou	1B	3					.000
Haruhiko Suzuki	1B	2					.000
Haruki Ihara	1B	1					.000
Don Buford	1B	1					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	2B	111					.000
Tetsuo Yoneyama	2B	23					.000
Kenji Yoshimura	2B	4					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	2B	4					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	2B	4					.000
Haruki Ihara	2B	4					.000
Masanori Shinobu	2B	1					.000
Don Buford	3B	84					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	3B	59					.000
Haruki Ihara	3B	8					.000
Kenji Yoshimura	3B	4					.000
Tetsuo Yoneyama	3B	2					.000
Kosuke Maeda	3B	1					.000
Akira Kawahara	3B	1					.000
Shinnosuke Kataoka	C	82					.000
Katsutoshi Miyadera	C	43					.000
Toru Kusuki	C	41					.000
Yuichi Kawano	C	19					.000
Yoshiharu Wakana	C	4					.000
Kunio Fukutomi	OF	105					.000
Fumio Takahashi	OF	91					.000
Eiji Fujii	OF	86					.000
Masayoshi Higashida	OF	55					.000
Matty Alou	OF	46					.000
Nobuyuki Fujii	OF	36					.000
Don Buford	OF	35					.000
Noboru Machii	OF	24					.000
Takuji Ota	OF	12					.000
Kiyohiro Miura	OF	6					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	OF	3					.000
Masayoshi Nakamura	OF	3					.000
Hajime Kato	OF	2					.000
Hiroaki Shibaike	OF	1					.000
Satoru Miwa	OF	1					.000
Kosuke Maeda	OF	1					.000
Akira Kawahara	OF	1					.000
Shigeo Ishii	OF	1					.000
Frank Howard	OF	1					.000
Toru Hamaura	OF	1					.000
Akira Tanaka	P	50					.000
Yutaka Yanagida	P	41					.000
Hajime Kato	P	34					.000
Shigeo Ishii	P	33					.000
Akira Kawahara	P	30					.000
Osamu Higashio	P	27					.000
Satoru Miwa	P	26					.000
Kiyohiro Miura	P	21					.000
Toru Hamaura	P	20					.000
Tamotsu Nagai	P	14					.000
Hiroaki Shibaike	P	4					.000
Kosuke Maeda	P	4					.000
Kunizo Umeda	SS	121					.000
Haruki Ihara	SS	26					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	SS	6					.000
Kenji Yoshimura	SS	5					.000
Shojiro Kikukawa	SS	2					.000
Totals		1611	0	0	0	0	.000

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