1956 Taiyo Whales Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 43-87
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Masami Sakohata (43-87)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium
1956 Taiyo Whales RosterTeam Record: 43-87
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Masami Sakohata (43-87)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium
The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1956 season with a record of 43 wins and 87 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.
The Whales tallied 319 runs, worst in the circuit, and surrendered 483 runs. Noboru Aota paced Taiyo with 25 home runs and drove in 65 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .259 average. Noboru Akiyama earned 25 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 2.4 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers. Masami Sakohata 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noboru Akiyama | 25 | 25 | .500 | 2.39 | 58 | 35 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 379.7 | 290 | 120 | 101 | 24 | 136 | 7 | 266 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1552 | |
| Masahiko Oishi | 9 | 22 | .290 | 2.72 | 41 | 27 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 258.3 | 232 | 92 | 78 | 17 | 54 | 6 | 112 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1058 | |
| Tsuneo Kobayashi | 4 | 13 | .235 | 3.48 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 191.3 | 181 | 83 | 74 | 11 | 53 | 2 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 790 | |
| Takashi Eda | 2 | 7 | .222 | 3.58 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.3 | 82 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 309 | |
| Hiroyoshi Takano | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.88 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98 | |
| Takeo Matsui | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.30 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 57.3 | 52 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 233 | |
| Masao Kanda | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.27 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | |
| Shigetsugu Hattori | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Minoru Toyoda | 0 | 0 | 4.29 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.3 | 49 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 215 | ||
| Shigeru Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Masami Sekiguchi | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Mitsuo Tagashira | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Kikuo Sugikawa | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 | |
| Masatoshi Gondo | 0 | 13 | .000 | 4.06 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 95.3 | 87 | 53 | 43 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 410 | |
| Totals | 43 | 87 | .331 | 3.15 | 244 | 130 | 80 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 1181.0 | 1061 | 483 | 413 | 84 | 357 | 16 | 592 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 4894 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noboru Aota | 129 | 539 | 502 | 48 | 130 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 65 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 69 | .259 | .306 | .442 | .748 | 222 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Nobuyuki Hikiji | 130 | 563 | 519 | 51 | 115 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 48 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 28 | .222 | .252 | .314 | .566 | 163 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| Yasuhiro Iwaoka | 123 | 421 | 397 | 23 | 83 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 84 | .209 | .247 | .267 | .514 | 106 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Isamu Fujii | 101 | 322 | 299 | 25 | 79 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 45 | .264 | .311 | .428 | .739 | 128 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Terutoshi Okiyama | 114 | 435 | 387 | 35 | 78 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 40 | 69 | .202 | .275 | .269 | .544 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Toshiyuki Nakamura | 80 | 266 | 243 | 15 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 46 | .251 | .290 | .309 | .598 | 75 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Mamoru Nakajima | 104 | 309 | 285 | 18 | 61 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 55 | .214 | .255 | .295 | .550 | 84 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Haruo Medoki | 105 | 280 | 259 | 20 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 45 | .220 | .270 | .317 | .586 | 82 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Akiyoshi Kobayashi | 115 | 267 | 250 | 17 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 32 | .212 | .259 | .284 | .543 | 71 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiyoshi Doi | 85 | 261 | 232 | 11 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 33 | .190 | .256 | .267 | .523 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Mikihiro Yamamura | 100 | 199 | 191 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .157 | .161 | .188 | .350 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Meiji Tezuka | 56 | 133 | 121 | 5 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | .182 | .233 | .240 | .472 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenji Tomokawa | 88 | 161 | 143 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 45 | .154 | .234 | .245 | .479 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Noboru Akiyama | 58 | 137 | 129 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | .116 | .135 | .217 | .352 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Masaru Sugimoto | 62 | 85 | 77 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 21 | .130 | .202 | .156 | .358 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Masahiko Oishi | 55 | 86 | 79 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 27 | .127 | .179 | .152 | .330 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsuneo Kobayashi | 36 | 59 | 51 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .118 | .151 | .137 | .288 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Takeo Matsui | 16 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .263 | .263 | .421 | .684 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroshige Kuroki | 36 | 39 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .139 | .205 | .139 | .344 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takashi Eda | 21 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .143 | .217 | .238 | .455 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Takeo Yoshinari | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masatoshi Gondo | 20 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .080 | .148 | .200 | .348 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shigetsugu Hattori | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minoru Toyoda | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuo Hamada | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroyoshi Takano | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shigeru Suzuki | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kikuo Sugikawa | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masami Sekiguchi | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tadanao Ichiyanagi | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiichiro Imaizumi | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hisao Iribe | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masao Kanda | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masamoto Katsuura | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitsugu Masuda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1707 | 4686 | 4312 | 319 | 895 | 126 | 20 | 74 | 296 | 52 | 53 | 255 | 732 | .208 | .254 | .298 | .552 | 1283 | 84 | 19 | 83 | 17 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isamu Fujii | 1B | 85 | .000 | |||||
| Akiyoshi Kobayashi | 1B | 76 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshige Kuroki | 1B | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Meiji Tezuka | 1B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Nobuyuki Hikiji | 2B | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiyuki Nakamura | 2B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Mikihiro Yamamura | 3B | 85 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiyuki Nakamura | 3B | 57 | .000 | |||||
| Meiji Tezuka | 3B | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Masamoto Katsuura | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyoshi Doi | C | 77 | .000 | |||||
| Haruo Medoki | C | 69 | .000 | |||||
| Akiyoshi Kobayashi | C | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Takeo Yoshinari | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Tadanao Ichiyanagi | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsugu Masuda | C | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Noboru Aota | OF | 129 | .000 | |||||
| Terutoshi Okiyama | OF | 113 | .000 | |||||
| Mamoru Nakajima | OF | 102 | .000 | |||||
| Kenji Tomokawa | OF | 73 | .000 | |||||
| Masaru Sugimoto | OF | 50 | .000 | |||||
| Akiyoshi Kobayashi | OF | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshige Kuroki | OF | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiyuki Nakamura | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Noboru Akiyama | P | 58 | .000 | |||||
| Masahiko Oishi | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Tsuneo Kobayashi | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Eda | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Minoru Toyoda | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Masatoshi Gondo | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Takeo Matsui | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Masao Kanda | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Kikuo Sugikawa | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroyoshi Takano | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Masami Sekiguchi | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuo Tagashira | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Suzuki | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Shigetsugu Hattori | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuhiro Iwaoka | SS | 123 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Hamada | SS | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiyuki Nakamura | SS | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1506 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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