1950 Taiyo Whales Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 69-68
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Tairiku Watanabe (69-68)
Location: Shimonoseki, Japan
Ballpark: Shimonoseki Municipal Stadium
1950 Taiyo Whales RosterTeam Record: 69-68
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Tairiku Watanabe (69-68)
Location: Shimonoseki, Japan
Ballpark: Shimonoseki Municipal Stadium
The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1950 season with a record of 69 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.
The Whales tallied 759 runs and allowed 761 runs. Isamu Fujii walloped 34 home runs for Taiyo, while Masato Monzen swatted 15 or more, too. Isamu Fujii drove in 122 runs. Isamu Fujii and Nobuo Osawa topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .327 average. Hiroyoshi Takano recorded 25 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 3.65 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Tairiku Watanabe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroyoshi Takano | 25 | 21 | .543 | 3.65 | 66 | 37 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 384.7 | 367 | 184 | 156 | 31 | 133 | 177 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1643 | ||
| Hiroshi Katayama | 14 | 8 | .636 | 4.54 | 43 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 210.3 | 250 | 129 | 106 | 30 | 78 | 86 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 928 | ||
| Naoaki Hayashi | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.77 | 43 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 231.7 | 260 | 136 | 97 | 22 | 69 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1005 | ||
| Rentaro Imanishi | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.09 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 200.3 | 212 | 105 | 91 | 26 | 74 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 865 | ||
| Nobukazu Iwamoto | 7 | 9 | .438 | 6.75 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 104.0 | 143 | 91 | 78 | 21 | 53 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 505 | ||
| Takashi Ogihara | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
| Ko Terashima | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.62 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 | 49 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 200 | ||
| Tetsukazu Honma | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||
| Shigeo Kubo | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Yoshihiro Kawaguchi | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Shigeru Araki | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||
| Shozo Nakatsu | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.99 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | 68 | 51 | 45 | 8 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 242 | ||
| Totals | 69 | 68 | .504 | 4.47 | 253 | 140 | 80 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 1252.0 | 1388 | 761 | 622 | 146 | 480 | 0 | 467 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 5528 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobuo Osawa | 139 | 625 | 578 | 97 | 189 | 45 | 1 | 10 | 93 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 25 | .327 | .377 | .460 | .837 | 266 | 16 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Isamu Fujii | 140 | 612 | 541 | 104 | 177 | 36 | 4 | 34 | 122 | 4 | 1 | 68 | 46 | .327 | .405 | .597 | 1.002 | 323 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Kikuji Hirayama | 140 | 616 | 562 | 92 | 154 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 74 | 35 | 11 | 48 | 35 | .274 | .332 | .375 | .708 | 211 | 18 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Takeshi Miyazaki | 139 | 641 | 580 | 107 | 144 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 67 | 61 | 7 | 51 | 26 | .248 | .309 | .366 | .675 | 212 | 12 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Naofumi Yasui | 138 | 645 | 556 | 99 | 138 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 85 | 41 | .248 | .350 | .335 | .684 | 186 | 8 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Masato Monzen | 128 | 517 | 460 | 70 | 129 | 24 | 4 | 25 | 110 | 8 | 1 | 55 | 39 | .280 | .360 | .513 | .873 | 236 | 15 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Eikichi Nagamochi | 123 | 418 | 383 | 40 | 96 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 66 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 18 | .251 | .310 | .373 | .683 | 143 | 9 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Toshiaki Tanaka | 89 | 278 | 256 | 29 | 72 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 18 | .281 | .324 | .312 | .636 | 80 | 11 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Shigeru Araki | 89 | 287 | 263 | 38 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 33 | .224 | .282 | .354 | .635 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Hiroyoshi Takano | 66 | 169 | 153 | 12 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 33 | .216 | .277 | .346 | .624 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Masao Kondo | 60 | 102 | 87 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | .276 | .376 | .345 | .721 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Masanori Mori | 66 | 76 | 68 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .338 | .408 | .441 | .849 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rentaro Imanishi | 41 | 92 | 85 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .247 | .297 | .294 | .591 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chutaro Seike | 30 | 75 | 72 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .278 | .307 | .292 | .598 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hiroshi Katayama | 43 | 89 | 78 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .256 | .333 | .346 | .679 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Naoaki Hayashi | 43 | 90 | 82 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | .220 | .281 | .280 | .561 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Haruyasu Nakajima | 15 | 48 | 47 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .319 | .333 | .574 | .908 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nobukazu Iwamoto | 23 | 41 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .222 | .300 | .278 | .578 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Masatake Nagatomi | 40 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .269 | .345 | .269 | .614 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Shozo Nakatsu | 20 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .417 | .667 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ko Terashima | 15 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .158 | .158 | .211 | .368 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Takashi Ogihara | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetsukazu Honma | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hiroyuki Kawase | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yoshiyuki Kasuya | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zenpei Yamazaki | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yoshihiro Kawaguchi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1603 | 5511 | 4972 | 759 | 1356 | 258 | 35 | 111 | 694 | 180 | 60 | 488 | 411 | .273 | .339 | .406 | .745 | 2017 | 117 | 11 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobuo Osawa | 1B | 139 | .000 | |||||
| Masanori Mori | 1B | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Naofumi Yasui | 2B | 138 | .000 | |||||
| Masatake Nagatomi | 2B | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Miyazaki | 2B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiaki Tanaka | 2B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Miyazaki | 3B | 137 | .000 | |||||
| Masatake Nagatomi | 3B | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiaki Tanaka | 3B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Masato Monzen | C | 125 | .000 | |||||
| Chutaro Seike | C | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroyuki Kawase | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Kikuji Hirayama | OF | 140 | .000 | |||||
| Isamu Fujii | OF | 140 | .000 | |||||
| Eikichi Nagamochi | OF | 120 | .000 | |||||
| Masao Kondo | OF | 59 | .000 | |||||
| Haruyasu Nakajima | OF | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Masanori Mori | OF | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Zenpei Yamazaki | OF | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroyoshi Takano | P | 66 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Katayama | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Naoaki Hayashi | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Rentaro Imanishi | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Nobukazu Iwamoto | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Shozo Nakatsu | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Ko Terashima | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Ogihara | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeo Kubo | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshihiro Kawaguchi | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Tetsukazu Honma | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Araki | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Araki | SS | 87 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiaki Tanaka | SS | 81 | .000 | |||||
| Masatake Nagatomi | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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