1957 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 52-74
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Masami Sakohata (52-74)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1957 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1957 season with a record of 52 wins and 74 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.

The Whales scored 355 runs and yielded 486 runs, most in the circuit. Noboru Aota paced Taiyo with 22 home runs and drove in 61 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .274 average. Noboru Akiyama earned 24 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 2.5 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. 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	24	27	.471	2.50	65	40	20	27	3		406.0	319	138	113	21	116	13	312	9	1	2	1631
Masahiko Oishi	12	11	.522	2.65	40	29	7	10	2		234.7	196	79	69	21	41	1	121	3	0	0	921
Masatoshi Gondo	12	17	.414	2.74	40	32	7	10	5		217.0	157	93	66	14	103	2	184	9	1	3	901
Takeo Matsui	4	9	.308	3.63	37	13	15	1	1		134.0	138	62	54	8	28	3	53	2	0	0	560
Masami Sekiguchi	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
Masao Kanda	0	0		3.00	10	0	6	0	0		27.0	30	10	9	3	2	0	9	0	0	0	110
Shigetsugu Hattori	0	0		3.86	3	0	2	0	0		2.3	1	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	11
Shigeru Suzuki	0	0		12.27	3	0	1	0	0		3.7	6	5	5	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	21
Takashi Eda	0	1	.000	5.14	4	2	2	0	0		7.0	10	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	33
Minoru Toyoda	0	1	.000	6.07	13	1	7	0	0		29.7	39	21	20	4	8	0	11	0	0	0	129
Ichiro Sekiguchi	0	1	.000	7.16	15	1	8	0	0		27.7	38	26	22	6	13	0	13	0	0	1	134
Tsuneo Kobayashi	0	7	.000	4.71	24	12	6	0	0		70.7	75	46	37	6	21	0	18	1	0	2	300
Totals	52	74	.413	3.10	255	130	82	48	11	0	1160.7	1009	486	400	84	340	19	726	25	2	8	4755

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	527	497	53	136	19	1	22	61	1	3	29	56	.274	.313	.449	.762	223	13	0	0	1	5
Riichi Kodama	125	493	439	40	110	15	1	7	32	1	2	46	32	.251	.329	.337	.666	148	19	6	1	1	3
Nobuyuki Hikiji	119	493	448	42	102	11	2	5	31	5	5	36	35	.228	.283	.295	.577	132	12	0	5	4	2
Akiyoshi Kobayashi	126	401	370	22	98	14	2	3	21	2	3	21	29	.265	.305	.338	.642	125	8	1	7	2	2
Mamoru Nakajima	126	427	399	39	91	12	7	2	20	3	1	14	67	.228	.254	.308	.562	123	15	0	13	1	1
Terutoshi Okiyama	93	297	264	32	66	12	1	0	9	9	5	23	40	.250	.312	.303	.616	80	5	1	9	0	0
Haruo Medoki	100	272	247	27	65	8	4	8	35	0	2	20	36	.263	.317	.425	.742	105	12	1	1	3	1
Kiyoshi Doi	111	297	262	22	65	12	1	4	25	5	2	29	45	.248	.329	.347	.676	91	8	3	2	1	0
Yasuhiro Iwaoka	108	299	277	17	57	9	2	2	19	7	2	15	70	.206	.246	.274	.520	76	9	0	6	1	0
Kenji Tomokawa	103	163	149	10	28	6	0	2	12	2	2	8	44	.188	.236	.268	.504	40	1	2	2	2	0
Toshiyuki Nakamura	68	136	121	11	23	2	2	0	9	1	2	9	30	.190	.244	.240	.484	29	6	0	5	1	0
Isamu Fujii	41	77	73	6	20	7	0	2	12	0	0	3	9	.274	.312	.452	.764	33	2	1	0	0	1
Masaru Sugimoto	55	118	110	8	20	4	1	3	9	3	3	7	26	.182	.231	.318	.549	35	4	0	1	0	0
Mikihiro Yamamura	67	96	91	7	17	2	0	1	5	1	1	2	12	.187	.202	.242	.444	22	3	0	2	1	0
Masahiko Oishi	42	89	83	3	16	2	1	0	6	0	0	1	30	.193	.202	.241	.443	20	0	0	5	0	0
Tadao Shibano	42	90	81	3	15	2	1	0	3	1	0	6	37	.185	.241	.235	.476	19	0	0	3	0	0
Noboru Akiyama	65	143	124	2	14	1	1	0	9	0	0	4	47	.113	.141	.137	.278	17	0	0	15	0	0
Masatoshi Gondo	40	71	64	2	10	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	20	.156	.194	.219	.413	14	0	0	4	0	0
Takeo Matsui	37	38	31	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	11	.161	.297	.161	.459	5	0	0	1	0	0
Moriaki Sakamoto	14	21	21	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	.190	.190	.333	.524	7	0	0	0	0	0
Takeo Yoshinari	16	15	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.214	.214	.214	.429	3	1	0	1	0	0
Tsuneo Kobayashi	25	21	19	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.158	.158	.158	.316	3	0	0	2	0	0
Shigeo Miyazawa	7	7	7	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.571	.857	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshige Kuroki	23	24	22	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	11	.091	.130	.091	.221	2	0	0	1	0	0
Masamoto Katsuura	8	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	1	0	0
Ichiro Sekiguchi	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kiichiro Imaizumi	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masahiro Honda	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minoru Toyoda	13	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takashi Eda	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masao Kanda	10	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	1741	4645	4241	354	973	141	27	63	327	42	33	283	720	.229	.279	.320	.599	1357	118	15	88	18	15

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Akiyoshi Kobayashi	1B	109					.000
Riichi Kodama	1B	24					.000
Isamu Fujii	1B	17					.000
Hiroshige Kuroki	1B	5					.000
Tsuneo Kobayashi	1B	1					.000
Takashi Eda	1B	1					.000
Nobuyuki Hikiji	2B	111					.000
Toshiyuki Nakamura	2B	22					.000
Mikihiro Yamamura	2B	18					.000
Masamoto Katsuura	2B	5					.000
Riichi Kodama	3B	105					.000
Mikihiro Yamamura	3B	39					.000
Toshiyuki Nakamura	3B	28					.000
Tadao Shibano	3B	1					.000
Masamoto Katsuura	3B	1					.000
Kiyoshi Doi	C	86					.000
Haruo Medoki	C	68					.000
Noboru Aota	OF	127					.000
Mamoru Nakajima	OF	126					.000
Terutoshi Okiyama	OF	87					.000
Kenji Tomokawa	OF	82					.000
Masaru Sugimoto	OF	53					.000
Hiroshige Kuroki	OF	10					.000
Moriaki Sakamoto	OF	8					.000
Shigeo Miyazawa	OF	3					.000
Akiyoshi Kobayashi	OF	3					.000
Toshiyuki Nakamura	OF	1					.000
Noboru Akiyama	P	65					.000
Masahiko Oishi	P	40					.000
Masatoshi Gondo	P	40					.000
Takeo Matsui	P	37					.000
Tsuneo Kobayashi	P	24					.000
Ichiro Sekiguchi	P	15					.000
Minoru Toyoda	P	13					.000
Masao Kanda	P	10					.000
Takashi Eda	P	4					.000
Shigeru Suzuki	P	3					.000
Shigetsugu Hattori	P	3					.000
Masami Sekiguchi	P	1					.000
Yasuhiro Iwaoka	SS	108					.000
Tadao Shibano	SS	42					.000
Nobuyuki Hikiji	SS	20					.000
Toshiyuki Nakamura	SS	19					.000
Totals		1585	0	0	0	0	.000

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