1976 Taiheiyo Club Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 44-76
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Masakazu Kito (0-0)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1976 Taiheiyo Club Lions Roster

The Taiheiyo Club Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1976 season with a record of 44 wins and 76 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Lions scored 450 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 594 runs, most in the circuit. Masahiro Doi led Taiheiyo Club with 25 home runs, while In-cheon Paek, Masashi Takenouchi and Takuji Ota each walloped 15 or more as well. Masahiro Doi drove in 73 runs. Satoru Yoshioka paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .309 clip. Osamu Higashio topped the squad with 13 wins, and Masaaki Koga recorded a 3.09 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Matty Alou and Winston Llenas both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Masakazu Kito 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	13	11	.542	3.18	43	22	19	15	2	5	243.3	256	97	86	14	52	8	93	7	0	2	1013
Masaaki Koga	11	13	.458	3.09	33	21	6	14	3	1	189.3	179	81	65	23	54	4	98	7	1	3	790
Shigeo Ishii	5	9	.357	4.04	22	22	0	8	0	0	133.7	148	73	60	12	27	1	45	4	0	0	574
Toru Hamaura	4	7	.364	6.61	22	14	4	1	0	1	81.7	97	63	60	8	34	0	32	5	1	4	372
Tamotsu Nagai	3	4	.429	4.12	45	4	17	2	0	1	91.7	74	44	42	7	25	1	60	3	0	0	372
Nobuhiro Tamai	3	13	.188	4.42	26	17	6	5	0	2	132.3	137	67	65	13	28	2	49	6	0	0	558
Shigeru Matsubayashi	2	2	.500	4.19	20	1	8	1	0	0	53.7	57	27	25	6	12	0	18	3	0	0	220
Tsuneo Nozaki	1	1	.500	3.13	11	1	6	0	0	0	23.0	28	12	8	2	7	0	11	3	0	1	104
Yutaka Saotome	1	1	.500	3.70	22	3	8	0	0	0	48.7	53	29	20	5	13	1	10	1	0	0	203
Mitsuhiro Sekimoto	1	4	.200	4.83	11	7	2	1	0	0	41.0	56	24	22	4	13	0	11	1	0	0	188
Yoshihiro Kodama	0	1	.000	12.00	3	1	2	0	0	0	6.0	11	8	8	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	28
Shoji Yasuki	0	4	.000	5.94	16	7	3	0	0	0	47.0	67	35	31	5	17	0	19	2	0	1	222
Yoshitaka Kihara	0	6	.000	4.55	13	10	1	1	0	0	55.3	70	34	28	4	10	2	24	0	1	2	243
Totals	44	76	.367	4.08	287	130	82	48	5	10	1146.7	1233	594	520	107	292	19	471	42	3	13	4887

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
In-cheon Paek	121	498	469	54	135	17	2	17	59	15	10	23	33	.288	.321	.441	.763	207	22	1	3	2	1
Satoru Yoshioka	110	427	382	59	118	13	13	2	24	11	12	23	50	.309	.350	.427	.777	163	1	3	16	3	0
Takuji Ota	118	461	422	51	114	9	1	23	68	6	3	23	52	.270	.310	.460	.770	194	15	4	6	6	0
Masahiro Doi	121	491	429	53	111	7	0	25	73	3	4	51	38	.259	.340	.450	.790	193	10	5	0	6	1
Haruhiko Suzuki	99	336	312	29	97	9	2	2	24	4	3	19	36	.311	.352	.372	.724	116	5	1	4	0	0
Masashi Takenouchi	112	399	356	39	89	10	0	16	43	2	4	28	50	.250	.323	.413	.736	147	9	11	3	1	0
Yoshinori Yamamura	112	365	326	23	73	5	0	6	26	3	6	20	44	.224	.280	.294	.574	96	9	6	11	2	2
Winston Llenas	101	317	300	30	68	3	0	6	19	11	8	7	40	.227	.247	.297	.543	89	7	1	9	0	0
Matty Alou	89	270	253	18	66	7	1	4	19	2	1	13	25	.261	.297	.344	.641	87	2	0	4	0	1
Masaji Nishizawa	77	247	225	11	60	6	1	2	17	1	0	10	27	.267	.300	.329	.628	74	6	1	10	1	1
Mitsuo Motoi	72	266	226	27	53	4	0	5	12	5	4	32	28	.235	.331	.319	.649	72	4	1	6	1	1
Osamu Hirose	93	258	236	15	50	6	1	2	9	1	3	9	16	.212	.247	.271	.518	64	8	2	11	0	0
Eiji Fujii	59	123	111	8	31	5	0	2	16	0	0	7	9	.279	.328	.378	.706	42	3	1	4	0	0
Toru Kusuki	61	140	128	8	28	5	0	1	12	4	3	5	16	.219	.248	.281	.529	36	1	0	7	0	0
Yoshiharu Wakana	39	79	71	6	17	1	0	1	5	1	1	6	9	.239	.308	.296	.603	21	3	1	1	0	0
Shinzaburo Tsuboi	52	48	44	6	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	12	.136	.191	.205	.396	9	2	0	1	0	0
Akinobu Mayumi	18	37	36	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.111	.135	.139	.274	5	0	0	0	0	0
Teruo Suzuki	53	4	4	11	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Takahiro Nishida	3	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	1	0	1	0	0
Totals	1510	4774	4336	450	1122	108	21	115	430	72	65	281	489	.259	.308	.373	.681	1617	108	38	97	22	7

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Haruhiko Suzuki	1B	83					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	1B	60					.000
Winston Llenas	1B	2					.000
Toru Kusuki	1B	1					.000
Masaaki Koga	1B	1					.000
Toru Hamaura	1B	1					.000
Eiji Fujii	1B	1					.000
Satoru Yoshioka	2B	99					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	2B	35					.000
Shinzaburo Tsuboi	2B	6					.000
Teruo Suzuki	2B	3					.000
Takahiro Nishida	2B	3					.000
Yoshinori Yamamura	3B	112					.000
Winston Llenas	3B	31					.000
Shinzaburo Tsuboi	3B	16					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	3B	6					.000
Masaji Nishizawa	C	75					.000
Toru Kusuki	C	55					.000
Yoshiharu Wakana	C	36					.000
In-cheon Paek	OF	121					.000
Masahiro Doi	OF	119					.000
Winston Llenas	OF	68					.000
Matty Alou	OF	61					.000
Masashi Takenouchi	OF	32					.000
Eiji Fujii	OF	23					.000
Teruo Suzuki	OF	17					.000
Haruhiko Suzuki	OF	6					.000
Tamotsu Nagai	P	45					.000
Osamu Higashio	P	43					.000
Masaaki Koga	P	33					.000
Nobuhiro Tamai	P	26					.000
Yutaka Saotome	P	22					.000
Shigeo Ishii	P	22					.000
Toru Hamaura	P	22					.000
Shigeru Matsubayashi	P	20					.000
Shoji Yasuki	P	16					.000
Yoshitaka Kihara	P	13					.000
Mitsuhiro Sekimoto	P	11					.000
Tsuneo Nozaki	P	11					.000
Yoshihiro Kodama	P	3					.000
Osamu Hirose	SS	93					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	SS	33					.000
Shinzaburo Tsuboi	SS	28					.000
Akinobu Mayumi	SS	15					.000
Satoru Yoshioka	SS	8					.000
Totals		1537	0	0	0	0	.000

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