1951 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 40-64
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Haruyasu Nakajima (0-0), Giichi Arima (0-0)
Location: Shimonoseki, Japan
Ballpark: Shimonoseki Municipal Stadium

1951 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1951 season with a record of 40 wins and 64 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.

The Whales scored 502 runs and allowed 620 runs, most in the circuit. Kiyoshi Sugiura led Taiyo with 17 home runs, and Isamu Fujii walloped 15 or more, too. Tamaichi Yasui accounted for 65 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .321 average. Naoaki Hayashi paced the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.01 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Haruyasu Nakajima and Giichi Arima 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
Naoaki Hayashi	16	11	.593	3.01	36	25	8	17	3		227.3	227	96	76	10	36		35	0	0	0	936
Hiroyoshi Takano	11	15	.423	4.60	41	28	11	17	0		250.7	295	146	128	27	79		80	10	0	3	1110
Takashi Ogihara	6	9	.400	4.68	35	11	15	2	0		159.7	188	93	83	14	49		41	3	2	0	681
Hiroshi Katayama	3	13	.188	5.51	29	14	10	1	0		117.7	162	95	72	14	47		40	5	0	2	545
Rentaro Imanishi	2	7	.222	7.23	24	14	5	1	0		74.7	100	77	60	11	42		17	1	1	0	363
Seitaro Watanabe	1	0	1.000	5.25	9	0	5	0	0		24.0	28	18	14	3	16		5	0	0	1	114
Tetsukazu Honma	1	2	.333	4.43	6	4	1	0	0		22.3	28	14	11	1	16		2	1	2	0	106
Shozo Nakatsu	0	0			1	0	0	0	0		0.0	3	4	4	0	2		0	0	0	0	5
Takehisa Sakai	0	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	0		2.0	2	4	2	1	3		1	0	0	1	11
Ko Terashima	0	1	.000	8.35	11	3	5	0	0		18.3	33	21	17	2	12		4	0	0	1	96
Fumio Maruyama	0	1	.000	8.44	4	0	2	0	0		5.3	10	7	5	1	4		0	0	0	0	28
Yoshihiro Kawaguchi	0	1	.000	8.47	9	5	1	0	0		17.0	23	20	16	1	19		6	1	0	0	90
Hiroshi Taneda	0	4	.000	7.30	11	4	6	0	0		24.7	32	25	20	3	14		8	0	2	0	124
Totals	40	64	.385	4.84	218	108	70	38	3	0	943.7	1131	620	508	88	339	0	239	21	7	8	4209

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
Tamaichi Yasui	100	440	420	69	135	21	8	13	65	10	10	19	16	.321	.352	.502	.855	211	8	1	0
Nobuo Osawa	108	471	418	57	120	13	1	9	60	6	5	49	21	.287	.367	.388	.755	162	15	4	0
Takeshi Miyazaki	105	445	402	59	102	13	1	5	26	21	10	36	26	.254	.317	.328	.645	132	7	1	6
Isamu Fujii	98	413	392	53	100	24	2	15	59	5	0	19	41	.255	.293	.441	.734	173	7	2	0
Kiyoshi Sugiura	103	428	367	65	92	15	0	17	60	3	1	61	44	.251	.357	.431	.788	158	10	0	0
Masato Monzen	97	378	329	34	84	11	1	7	44	3	3	44	32	.255	.345	.359	.704	118	12	1	4
Junichi Yano	79	255	226	24	54	4	0	2	24	3	2	23	20	.239	.312	.283	.595	64	7	1	5
Shigeru Araki	76	296	267	40	54	11	0	4	27	7	5	25	37	.202	.271	.288	.559	77	1	0	4
Yasuhisa Kimura	54	216	202	25	48	8	1	3	21	0	0	11	21	.238	.280	.332	.612	67	2	1	2
Haruyasu Nakajima	28	105	98	16	35	5	0	5	18	0	1	5	13	.357	.394	.561	.955	55	3	1	1
Hiroyoshi Takano	43	100	90	13	19	0	0	4	14	0	0	9	17	.211	.283	.344	.627	31	1	0	1
Naoaki Hayashi	36	98	84	9	18	2	0	0	7	0	0	11	14	.214	.305	.238	.543	20	3	0	3
Shozo Nakatsu	35	65	60	3	17	6	0	0	5	0	0	5	4	.283	.338	.383	.722	23	1	0	0
Naofumi Yasui	52	107	85	11	13	2	2	0	6	5	3	20	13	.153	.314	.224	.538	19	2	0	2
Takashi Ogihara	35	62	52	2	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	15	.212	.293	.231	.524	12	1	0	4
Toshikazu Kanki	27	47	43	3	10	2	0	0	2	2	0	3	9	.233	.283	.279	.562	12	0	0	1
Hiroshi Katayama	29	49	45	7	9	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	16	.200	.250	.311	.561	14	1	0	1
Masanori Mori	30	44	42	3	6	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	5	.143	.182	.214	.396	9	0	0	0
Rentaro Imanishi	24	32	29	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	.172	.200	.241	.441	7	1	0	2
Mitsuo Okamoto	14	27	27	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	.148	.148	.148	.296	4	0	0	0
Ko Terashima	15	8	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	3	0	0	0
Seitaro Watanabe	9	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	1	0	0
Hiroshi Taneda	11	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	0
Fumio Maruyama	11	11	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.091	.182	.273	2	2	0	0
Kikuji Hirayama	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Tetsukazu Honma	6	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	0	0	0
Yoshihiro Kawaguchi	9	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Masatake Nagatomi	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0
Totals	1242	4131	3727	502	943	141	17	86	451	66	41	356	377	.253	.320	.369	.689	1376	85	12	36	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Nobuo Osawa	1B	108					.000
Masanori Mori	1B	2					.000
Takeshi Miyazaki	2B	105					.000
Naofumi Yasui	2B	11					.000
Shigeru Araki	2B	3					.000
Yasuhisa Kimura	2B	2					.000
Masatake Nagatomi	2B	1					.000
Shigeru Araki	3B	54					.000
Yasuhisa Kimura	3B	51					.000
Kiyoshi Sugiura	3B	8					.000
Masato Monzen	C	96					.000
Toshikazu Kanki	C	23					.000
Mitsuo Okamoto	C	12					.000
Tamaichi Yasui	OF	100					.000
Isamu Fujii	OF	98					.000
Junichi Yano	OF	77					.000
Naofumi Yasui	OF	35					.000
Haruyasu Nakajima	OF	28					.000
Shozo Nakatsu	OF	17					.000
Masanori Mori	OF	11					.000
Fumio Maruyama	OF	1					.000
Kikuji Hirayama	OF	1					.000
Hiroyoshi Takano	P	41					.000
Naoaki Hayashi	P	36					.000
Takashi Ogihara	P	35					.000
Hiroshi Katayama	P	29					.000
Rentaro Imanishi	P	24					.000
Ko Terashima	P	11					.000
Hiroshi Taneda	P	11					.000
Seitaro Watanabe	P	9					.000
Yoshihiro Kawaguchi	P	9					.000
Tetsukazu Honma	P	6					.000
Fumio Maruyama	P	4					.000
Takehisa Sakai	P	2					.000
Shozo Nakatsu	P	1					.000
Kiyoshi Sugiura	SS	95					.000
Shigeru Araki	SS	18					.000
Naofumi Yasui	SS	2					.000
Totals		1177	0	0	0	0	.000

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