1959 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 49-77
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Mori (49-77)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1959 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1959 season with a record of 49 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.

The Whales scored 352 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 514 runs, most in the circuit. Takeshi Kuwata walloped 31 home runs for Taiyo and accounted for 84 RBI. Kazuhiko Kondo paced all regular hitters with a .279 average. Noboru Akiyama topped the team with 14 wins, while Masaru Koda recorded a 2.88 ERA, best among regular hurlers. Shigeo Mori 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	14	22	.389	3.30	56	33	21	17	3		300.3	267	131	110	26	87	5	212	8	0	4	1238
Takashi Suzuki	12	16	.429	3.22	49	31	8	10	3		260.3	228	102	93	24	90	0	157	6	0	5	1075
Masaru Koda	7	10	.412	2.88	37	18	12	8	4		153.3	115	58	49	16	53	2	136	4	0	4	620
Kazuyoshi Miyamoto	6	9	.400	3.45	42	15	16	6	1		161.7	158	70	62	16	47	2	76	5	1	2	669
Masahiko Oishi	6	16	.273	4.00	40	24	12	5	0		171.0	192	92	76	15	47	0	84	2	1	1	735
Gentaro Shimada	4	3	.571	3.16	24	8	8	3	1		91.0	74	34	32	6	25	1	66	4	0	1	370
Takeo Matsui	0	0		4.50	2	0	2	0	0		2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Ichiro Sekiguchi	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0		2.7	3	5	4	2	5	0	5	0	0	0	17
Kuniyasu Mine	0	0		14.73	3	0	0	0	0		3.7	8	8	6	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	20
Masatoshi Gondo	0	1	.000	10.64	3	1	2	0	0		11.0	16	13	13	3	6	0	4	1	0	0	57
Totals	49	77	.389	3.47	257	130	81	49	12	0	1157.0	1063	514	446	110	363	10	742	30	2	17	4809

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
Takeshi Kuwata	125	499	435	64	117	20	3	31	84	25	8	58	99	.269	.359	.543	.901	236	13	4	0	2	21
Kazuhiko Kondo	110	447	409	45	114	17	4	8	22	6	6	31	37	.279	.333	.399	.732	163	7	3	3	1	1
Takashi Iwamoto	118	474	431	35	97	13	3	4	28	15	11	37	70	.225	.287	.297	.584	128	4	1	4	1	0
Saneo Aso	103	390	364	36	84	16	3	4	23	4	6	18	48	.231	.269	.324	.594	118	7	2	4	2	0
Yukio Shimada	107	340	311	28	75	10	5	5	24	6	3	21	46	.241	.290	.354	.644	110	2	1	6	1	1
Mamoru Nakajima	101	271	246	17	60	7	4	1	21	2	2	15	35	.244	.291	.317	.608	78	4	2	6	2	2
Kiyoshi Doi	102	344	305	23	58	5	3	2	18	4	4	26	55	.190	.260	.246	.506	75	10	3	9	1	0
Toshiyuki Nakamura	89	292	275	22	51	14	0	5	14	4	3	12	48	.185	.225	.291	.516	80	2	2	3	0	0
Nobuyuki Hikiji	81	182	161	12	37	8	0	3	10	3	2	16	20	.230	.303	.335	.639	54	4	1	4	0	3
Hidenori Kanemitsu	71	167	160	7	33	4	1	3	18	2	0	3	26	.206	.226	.300	.526	48	3	1	3	0	0
Terutoshi Okiyama	84	200	179	14	30	7	0	2	12	6	4	14	23	.168	.226	.240	.466	43	1	0	5	2	0
Yasuhiro Iwaoka	49	126	112	7	28	8	1	0	14	2	1	10	17	.250	.306	.339	.646	38	1	0	2	2	0
Tsutomu Edamura	61	111	101	6	20	2	0	1	8	0	0	9	15	.198	.264	.248	.511	25	2	0	1	0	0
Hiroshige Kuroki	53	76	73	0	14	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	13	.192	.203	.205	.408	15	0	0	2	0	0
Noboru Akiyama	56	104	97	3	13	3	1	0	5	0	1	0	37	.134	.133	.186	.318	18	1	0	6	1	0
Kazuyoshi Miyamoto	43	50	42	2	12	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	14	.286	.326	.310	.636	13	1	0	4	1	0
Haruhiko Kondo	55	64	58	10	12	1	0	1	2	1	0	3	12	.207	.246	.276	.522	16	1	0	3	0	0
Masanobu Shimano	49	81	76	2	11	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	25	.145	.167	.184	.351	14	1	0	3	0	0
Takashi Suzuki	49	81	73	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	29	.096	.143	.096	.239	7	0	0	4	0	0
Morio Okada	27	39	37	3	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	8	.135	.158	.135	.293	5	2	0	1	0	0
Tadao Shibano	35	67	58	5	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	9	23	.086	.209	.155	.364	9	1	0	0	0	0
Gentaro Shimada	24	24	21	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	.190	.261	.190	.451	4	0	0	1	0	0
Moriaki Sakamoto	16	26	25	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.160	.192	.160	.352	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kiichiro Imaizumi	9	10	9	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	.333	.400	.333	.733	3	0	0	0	0	0
Heitaro Kobayashi	20	18	16	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.188	.278	.312	.590	5	2	0	0	0	0
Mitsugu Masuda	23	50	46	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	18	.065	.122	.065	.188	3	0	0	1	0	0
Masahiko Oishi	41	49	42	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	17	.048	.111	.048	.159	2	0	0	4	0	0
Masatoshi Gondo	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Ozaki	7	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
Noboru Ishii	10	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	1	0	0
Masaru Koda	38	44	40	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	22	.025	.114	.025	.139	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ichiro Sekiguchi	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuma Hashimoto	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kuniyasu Mine	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nobutsugu Takamatsu	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Tanino	10	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1777	4659	4233	352	906	140	28	73	330	81	57	310	799	.214	.270	.312	.582	1321	70	20	80	16	28

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Yukio Shimada	1B	103					.000
Hiroshige Kuroki	1B	38					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	1B	31					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	1B	3					.000
Noboru Akiyama	1B	1					.000
Toshiyuki Nakamura	2B	80					.000
Nobuyuki Hikiji	2B	53					.000
Tadao Shibano	2B	15					.000
Yasuhiro Iwaoka	2B	14					.000
Yasuo Ozaki	2B	1					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	3B	121					.000
Tadao Shibano	3B	9					.000
Toshiyuki Nakamura	3B	4					.000
Noboru Ishii	3B	3					.000
Morio Okada	3B	2					.000
Yasuhiro Iwaoka	3B	1					.000
Kiyoshi Doi	C	93					.000
Masanobu Shimano	C	49					.000
Mitsugu Masuda	C	23					.000
Heitaro Kobayashi	C	2					.000
Nobutsugu Takamatsu	C	1					.000
Katsuma Hashimoto	C	1					.000
Takashi Iwamoto	OF	115					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	OF	88					.000
Mamoru Nakajima	OF	82					.000
Terutoshi Okiyama	OF	67					.000
Hidenori Kanemitsu	OF	53					.000
Tsutomu Edamura	OF	44					.000
Haruhiko Kondo	OF	34					.000
Moriaki Sakamoto	OF	10					.000
Kiichiro Imaizumi	OF	4					.000
Akira Tanino	OF	1					.000
Tadao Shibano	OF	1					.000
Kazuyoshi Miyamoto	OF	1					.000
Kuniyasu Mine	OF	1					.000
Masaru Koda	OF	1					.000
Noboru Akiyama	P	56					.000
Takashi Suzuki	P	49					.000
Kazuyoshi Miyamoto	P	42					.000
Masahiko Oishi	P	40					.000
Masaru Koda	P	37					.000
Gentaro Shimada	P	24					.000
Kuniyasu Mine	P	3					.000
Masatoshi Gondo	P	3					.000
Takeo Matsui	P	2					.000
Ichiro Sekiguchi	P	1					.000
Saneo Aso	SS	98					.000
Yasuhiro Iwaoka	SS	28					.000
Morio Okada	SS	13					.000
Tadao Shibano	SS	10					.000
Yasuo Ozaki	SS	3					.000
Totals		1559	0	0	0	0	.000

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