1975 Taiheiyo Club Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 58-62
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Shinichi Eto (58-62)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1975 Taiheiyo Club Lions Roster

The Taiheiyo Club Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1975 season with a record of 58 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The Lions scored 530 runs and surrendered 563 runs. Masahiro Doi walloped 34 home runs for Taiheiyo Club, while In-cheon Paek, Don Buford and Masashi Takenouchi each swatted 15 or more as well. Masahiro Doi drove in 82 runs. In-cheon Paek led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .319 clip. Osamu Higashio earned 23 wins on the mound for the squad and a team-best 2.38 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Don Buford and Matty Alou both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Shinichi Eto 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	23	15	.605	2.38	54	31	23	25	4	7	317.7	287	101	84	14	63	8	154	7	0	3	1281
Yoshitaka Kihara	10	9	.526	2.75	26	22	2	8	0	0	160.3	148	60	49	18	17	2	57	3	1	2	636
Shigeo Ishii	9	9	.500	4.92	28	20	4	5	1	2	117.0	133	66	64	12	24	1	32	3	0	0	496
Hajime Kato	8	11	.421	4.30	28	21	5	11	1	0	157.0	163	86	75	14	62	3	109	2	0	3	682
Shoji Yasuki	3	5	.375	4.31	33	10	7	2	1	0	104.3	119	54	50	13	34	3	53	3	0	1	456
Akira Tanaka	2	4	.333	4.00	23	7	7	0	0	0	81.0	89	51	36	9	17	2	21	3	0	0	346
Toru Hamaura	2	8	.200	4.96	28	12	7	2	0	0	114.3	120	67	63	19	62	0	57	5	1	1	520
Shigeru Matsubayashi	1	0	1.000	3.74	20	2	9	0	0	0	53.0	52	27	22	7	17	0	20	2	0	2	224
Hisatoshi Ito	0	0		7.15	8	0	2	0	0	0	11.3	16	13	9	2	7	0	3	0	0	0	57
Tadaaki Sakaguchi	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	12	9	8	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	25
Kiyohiro Miura	0	1	.000	5.08	16	5	10	0	0	0	44.3	53	29	25	4	16	0	14	5	0	0	196
Totals	58	62	.483	3.75	265	130	77	53	7	9	1164.3	1192	563	485	114	320	19	523	34	2	12	4919

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	129	581	507	68	140	16	0	21	67	12	11	57	53	.276	.362	.432	.794	219	8	13	1	3	3
Matty Alou	123	500	458	49	129	32	1	8	45	7	2	28	33	.282	.324	.408	.733	187	9	2	10	2	3
Mitsuo Motoi	126	522	447	51	126	13	1	7	27	12	5	44	46	.282	.349	.362	.712	162	9	3	27	1	1
Masahiro Doi	130	554	481	74	125	9	0	34	82	2	0	64	45	.260	.352	.491	.843	236	13	6	0	3	4
In-cheon Paek	102	403	379	57	121	18	2	16	53	13	6	17	18	.319	.349	.504	.853	191	11	2	2	3	0
Masashi Takenouchi	122	440	393	49	105	12	3	19	55	6	3	27	57	.267	.339	.458	.797	180	12	17	0	3	2
Toru Kusuki	117	340	297	35	73	10	2	2	31	18	14	27	57	.246	.313	.313	.626	93	6	3	11	2	0
Shinichi Eto	88	324	302	28	69	11	1	8	36	2	1	17	31	.228	.275	.351	.626	106	12	3	0	2	0
Eiji Fujii	90	288	248	26	63	12	0	4	27	2	5	31	19	.254	.331	.351	.682	87	7	0	4	5	0
Kunizo Umeda	110	251	209	13	35	3	1	0	8	5	6	20	23	.167	.247	.191	.438	40	0	2	20	0	0
Masaji Nishizawa	55	126	113	9	27	5	0	3	15	1	0	8	7	.239	.296	.363	.659	41	3	2	1	2	0
Satoru Yoshioka	69	112	105	14	23	5	1	2	7	4	2	3	16	.219	.248	.343	.591	36	0	1	3	0	0
Yasuhiro Kunisada	55	123	113	4	22	3	0	0	7	3	0	7	11	.195	.240	.221	.461	25	4	0	2	1	0
Takuji Ota	43	87	76	11	21	3	1	5	21	1	0	8	8	.276	.337	.539	.877	41	2	0	1	2	0
Akinobu Mayumi	78	68	61	16	19	2	0	1	8	5	4	5	6	.311	.364	.393	.757	24	2	0	2	0	0
Shinnosuke Kataoka	24	35	34	3	12	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	6	.353	.343	.412	.755	14	1	0	0	1	0
Yoshinori Yamamura	32	32	29	4	8	1	0	3	5	0	0	2	4	.276	.344	.621	.964	18	0	1	0	0	0
Makoto Yoshida	71	39	32	7	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	2	.219	.306	.406	.712	13	0	1	3	0	0
Fumio Takahashi	29	33	31	4	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	.194	.194	.226	.419	7	0	0	2	0	0
Haruhiko Suzuki	12	25	22	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.182	.250	.182	.432	4	0	0	1	0	0
Haruki Ihara	22	25	24	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285	3	2	1	0	0	0
Masanori Shinobu	12	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiharu Wakana	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1651	4914	4367	530	1139	156	14	135	504	95	61	370	451	.261	.325	.396	.720	1728	101	57	90	30	13

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Masahiro Doi	1B	78					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	1B	29					.000
Eiji Fujii	1B	24					.000
Haruhiko Suzuki	1B	11					.000
Shinichi Eto	1B	8					.000
Matty Alou	1B	6					.000
Haruki Ihara	1B	2					.000
Satoru Yoshioka	1B	1					.000
Masaji Nishizawa	1B	1					.000
Toru Hamaura	1B	1					.000
Don Buford	1B	1					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	2B	107					.000
Satoru Yoshioka	2B	39					.000
Yasuhiro Kunisada	2B	32					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	2B	16					.000
Shigeru Matsubayashi	2B	1					.000
Don Buford	3B	82					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	3B	44					.000
Yoshinori Yamamura	3B	21					.000
Yasuhiro Kunisada	3B	5					.000
Satoru Yoshioka	3B	3					.000
Kunizo Umeda	3B	2					.000
Masanori Shinobu	3B	2					.000
Toru Kusuki	C	113					.000
Masaji Nishizawa	C	47					.000
Shinnosuke Kataoka	C	19					.000
Yoshiharu Wakana	C	10					.000
In-cheon Paek	OF	101					.000
Matty Alou	OF	72					.000
Makoto Yoshida	OF	68					.000
Eiji Fujii	OF	61					.000
Masahiro Doi	OF	52					.000
Don Buford	OF	45					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	OF	42					.000
Takuji Ota	OF	35					.000
Fumio Takahashi	OF	24					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	OF	22					.000
Shinichi Eto	OF	15					.000
Akira Tanaka	OF	2					.000
Shoji Yasuki	OF	1					.000
Yoshitaka Kihara	OF	1					.000
Hajime Kato	OF	1					.000
Shinnosuke Kataoka	OF	1					.000
Osamu Higashio	P	54					.000
Shoji Yasuki	P	33					.000
Hajime Kato	P	28					.000
Shigeo Ishii	P	28					.000
Toru Hamaura	P	28					.000
Yoshitaka Kihara	P	26					.000
Akira Tanaka	P	23					.000
Shigeru Matsubayashi	P	20					.000
Kiyohiro Miura	P	16					.000
Hisatoshi Ito	P	8					.000
Tadaaki Sakaguchi	P	1					.000
Kunizo Umeda	SS	106					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	SS	40					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	SS	19					.000
Haruki Ihara	SS	17					.000
Satoru Yoshioka	SS	16					.000
Kiyohiro Miura	SS	1					.000
Totals		1712	0	0	0	0	.000

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