1958 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 51-73
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Masami Sakohata (51-73)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1958 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1958 season with a record of 51 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.

The Whales plated 357 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 436 runs. Kazuhiko Kondo paced Taiyo with 13 home runs Kiyoshi Doi drove in 38 runs. Riichi Kodama led batters with significant playing time with a .275 average. Noboru Akiyama topped the team with 17 wins, while Takashi Suzuki added 15 or more wins also Noboru Akiyama registered a 2.51 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. 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	17	23	.425	2.51	62	36	24	20	3		359.0	287	112	100	30	89	11	243	5	0	2	1418
Takashi Suzuki	15	18	.455	2.73	58	29	16	12	3		260.3	234	94	79	24	81	8	197	8	1	0	1081
Masahiko Oishi	11	14	.440	2.62	50	28	12	6	0		264.0	229	89	77	20	59	7	141	3	0	2	1063
Masatoshi Gondo	3	11	.214	3.20	28	21	6	3	1		126.7	110	62	45	6	46	2	100	2	1	3	527
Gentaro Shimada	2	0	1.000	2.51	11	0	3	0	0		32.3	25	10	9	0	11	0	21	0	1	0	129
Kaoru Sakurai	2	3	.400	4.44	23	6	9	1	0		46.7	46	26	23	5	21	1	31	1	0	2	202
Kazuyoshi Miyamoto	1	0	1.000	2.17	26	3	15	0	0		62.3	50	21	15	5	23	1	32	2	0	1	253
Takeo Matsui	0	0		2.08	3	0	1	0	0		4.3	7	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	21
Masaru Koda	0	0		5.40	2	0	1	0	0		5.0	5	3	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	20
Ichiro Sekiguchi	0	4	.000	3.29	14	7	1	0	0		41.0	39	16	15	4	15	1	23	0	0	0	170
Totals	51	73	.411	2.75	277	130	88	42	7	0	1201.7	1032	436	367	95	347	31	793	21	3	10	4884

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
Kazuhiko Kondo	121	468	418	51	113	15	3	13	37	10	7	43	43	.270	.343	.414	.756	173	7	4	1	2	3
Terutoshi Okiyama	124	517	472	38	103	17	1	2	18	11	7	36	56	.218	.277	.271	.549	128	6	3	5	1	3
Riichi Kodama	107	401	346	34	95	21	1	10	35	3	1	53	35	.275	.372	.428	.799	148	7	1	0	1	3
Kiyoshi Doi	108	417	360	34	87	12	1	7	38	6	7	38	51	.242	.319	.339	.658	122	10	4	13	2	0
Nobuyuki Hikiji	119	483	438	35	85	10	4	8	33	4	2	16	33	.194	.225	.290	.515	127	7	2	25	2	1
Noboru Aota	76	276	260	21	67	8	0	7	30	1	0	14	29	.258	.297	.369	.666	96	7	1	0	1	1
Toshiyuki Nakamura	90	317	280	24	59	10	2	9	23	3	4	24	69	.211	.272	.357	.629	100	3	0	12	1	1
Mamoru Nakajima	112	242	225	14	48	4	1	1	16	2	1	10	38	.213	.253	.253	.506	57	5	2	5	0	1
Morio Okada	80	215	203	17	46	12	5	1	21	2	2	7	35	.227	.251	.350	.601	71	4	0	4	1	0
Tadao Shibano	90	270	243	14	42	7	4	4	15	2	1	21	78	.173	.238	.284	.522	69	4	0	5	1	0
Akiyoshi Kobayashi	101	165	151	6	37	2	0	1	14	1	0	10	18	.245	.299	.278	.577	42	1	2	1	1	1
Haruo Medoki	68	154	142	5	24	5	1	2	14	0	0	10	32	.169	.229	.261	.489	37	2	1	1	0	1
Yasuhiro Iwaoka	38	91	87	8	22	2	0	1	5	3	1	3	9	.253	.278	.310	.588	27	4	0	1	0	0
Kenji Tomokawa	76	93	91	11	20	3	1	1	4	2	0	1	23	.220	.237	.308	.544	28	0	1	0	0	0
Noboru Akiyama	62	124	113	4	20	3	1	1	5	0	0	4	33	.177	.205	.248	.453	28	2	0	7	0	0
Kiichiro Imaizumi	21	49	46	5	12	1	0	3	6	1	0	2	11	.261	.286	.478	.764	22	2	0	0	1	0
Noboru Ishii	41	94	86	7	12	4	0	2	9	1	0	3	22	.140	.185	.256	.441	22	3	2	2	1	0
Masahiko Oishi	51	86	74	7	11	1	0	3	6	2	0	7	19	.149	.220	.284	.503	21	0	0	4	1	0
Takashi Suzuki	59	87	78	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	34	.090	.145	.103	.247	8	3	1	4	0	0
Masaru Sugimoto	36	43	36	5	6	0	1	1	2	2	0	6	13	.167	.302	.306	.608	11	2	1	0	0	0
Masaaki Ninomiya	17	28	24	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.208	.321	.250	.571	6	0	1	0	0	0
Akira Tanino	20	25	24	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	8	.167	.200	.167	.367	4	0	0	0	0	0
Masatoshi Gondo	28	40	38	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	.105	.105	.132	.237	5	0	0	2	0	0
Mikihiro Yamamura	29	42	41	3	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	.098	.095	.122	.217	5	2	0	0	1	0
Isamu Fujii	12	19	19	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.158	.158	.316	.474	6	0	0	0	0	0
Kaoru Sakurai	23	10	10	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.300	.500	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshige Kuroki	15	13	12	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.250	.417	3	0	0	1	0	0
Kazuyoshi Miyamoto	26	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ichiro Sekiguchi	14	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tsutomu Edamura	17	26	25	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.040	.040	.080	.120	2	0	0	1	0	0
Masaru Koda	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gentaro Shimada	12	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0
Moriaki Sakamoto	6	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	1	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
Masamoto Katsuura	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mitsugu Masuda	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takeo Yoshinari	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1814	4840	4382	357	944	144	26	78	340	57	35	318	747	.215	.272	.314	.585	1374	81	27	96	17	15

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Riichi Kodama	1B	94					.000
Akiyoshi Kobayashi	1B	56					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	1B	35					.000
Isamu Fujii	1B	5					.000
Nobuyuki Hikiji	2B	116					.000
Toshiyuki Nakamura	2B	12					.000
Morio Okada	2B	10					.000
Noboru Ishii	2B	3					.000
Mikihiro Yamamura	2B	2					.000
Masaaki Ninomiya	2B	2					.000
Toshiyuki Nakamura	3B	76					.000
Noboru Ishii	3B	27					.000
Mikihiro Yamamura	3B	20					.000
Yasuhiro Iwaoka	3B	18					.000
Riichi Kodama	3B	9					.000
Tadao Shibano	3B	6					.000
Morio Okada	3B	2					.000
Kiyoshi Doi	C	107					.000
Haruo Medoki	C	38					.000
Mitsugu Masuda	C	3					.000
Terutoshi Okiyama	OF	121					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	OF	104					.000
Mamoru Nakajima	OF	101					.000
Noboru Aota	OF	63					.000
Kenji Tomokawa	OF	46					.000
Masaru Sugimoto	OF	26					.000
Kiichiro Imaizumi	OF	15					.000
Tsutomu Edamura	OF	13					.000
Akira Tanino	OF	10					.000
Hiroshige Kuroki	OF	8					.000
Masaaki Ninomiya	OF	6					.000
Moriaki Sakamoto	OF	3					.000
Takashi Suzuki	OF	1					.000
Gentaro Shimada	OF	1					.000
Shigeo Miyazawa	OF	1					.000
Noboru Akiyama	P	62					.000
Takashi Suzuki	P	58					.000
Masahiko Oishi	P	50					.000
Masatoshi Gondo	P	28					.000
Kazuyoshi Miyamoto	P	26					.000
Kaoru Sakurai	P	23					.000
Ichiro Sekiguchi	P	14					.000
Gentaro Shimada	P	11					.000
Takeo Matsui	P	3					.000
Masaru Koda	P	2					.000
Tadao Shibano	SS	82					.000
Morio Okada	SS	64					.000
Yasuhiro Iwaoka	SS	16					.000
Toshiyuki Nakamura	SS	6					.000
Totals		1605	0	0	0	0	.000

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