1960 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 70-56
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (70-56)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1960 Taiyo Whales Roster

Japan Series - Taiyo Whales 4 games, Daimai Orions 0

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1960 season with a record of 70 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Whales led the league with just 361 runs allowed. Taiyo scored 411 runs. Takeshi Kuwata paced the squad with 16 home runs and accounted for 67 RBI. Kazuhiko Kondo topped batters with significant playing time with a .316 average. Noboru Akiyama paced the squad with 21 wins, while Gentaro Shimada also added 15 or more victories also Masatoshi Gondo registered a 1.42 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Osamu Mihara 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	21	10	.677	1.75	59	26	20	8	4		262.3	189	65	51	11	86	10	183	12	0	2	1055
Gentaro Shimada	19	10	.655	2.29	50	41	6	14	8		247.3	152	71	63	16	62	4	203	8	0	3	951
Masatoshi Gondo	12	5	.706	1.42	49	13	19	4	4		158.0	111	35	25	5	56	8	140	2	0	3	629
Masahiko Oishi	9	9	.500	2.00	51	13	14	2	1		153.0	121	41	34	8	24	4	82	2	1	3	595
Takashi Suzuki	5	11	.312	2.92	46	18	9	1	1		160.3	141	57	52	14	53	7	112	2	0	4	662
Masaru Koda	2	4	.333	3.00	23	3	10	0	0		42.0	35	16	14	0	20	0	40	2	0	0	179
Jiro Hayama	1	0	1.000	1.50	1	1	0	0	0		6.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	22
Kuniyasu Mine	1	2	.333	3.86	27	4	12	0	0		67.7	65	36	29	6	30	0	44	3	0	0	296
Terumoto Wako	0	1	.000	9.00	2	1	1	0	0		4.0	7	4	4	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	21
Kazuyoshi Miyamoto	0	4	.000	3.90	27	10	10	0	0		64.7	61	35	28	4	22	1	25	5	0	1	278
Totals	70	56	.556	2.32	335	130	101	29	18	0	1165.3	884	361	301	66	358	34	836	36	2	16	4688

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	128	525	459	60	145	21	4	7	55	20	12	55	45	.316	.387	.425	.811	195	5	1	5	5	5
Takeshi Kuwata	114	443	392	50	118	15	7	16	67	16	3	44	72	.301	.372	.497	.870	195	10	3	0	4	12
Akihito Kondo	117	425	389	38	88	17	5	4	40	17	7	25	82	.226	.272	.326	.599	127	6	0	10	1	2
Motoyasu Kuroki	100	365	340	31	79	15	3	9	37	22	7	17	75	.232	.269	.374	.643	127	13	1	5	2	2
Takashi Iwamoto	116	341	316	36	73	18	3	2	20	6	11	17	40	.231	.275	.326	.601	103	4	2	6	0	1
Terutoshi Okiyama	106	282	242	33	59	8	4	1	16	17	3	27	54	.244	.317	.322	.640	78	2	0	11	2	0
Kiyoshi Watanabe	120	315	274	30	58	10	1	3	13	12	9	32	72	.212	.296	.288	.585	79	7	1	8	0	0
Kiyoshi Doi	117	318	269	13	57	10	0	2	22	4	6	32	46	.212	.298	.271	.569	73	2	1	16	0	2
Takeshi Suzuki	76	271	252	29	53	8	1	0	16	12	5	13	27	.210	.252	.250	.502	63	4	1	5	0	3
Hidenori Kanemitsu	83	187	180	14	46	12	0	5	20	3	0	5	22	.256	.274	.406	.680	73	4	0	1	1	0
Saneo Aso	92	146	138	8	35	7	1	1	17	0	0	6	23	.254	.281	.341	.621	47	4	0	0	2	2
Yukio Shimada	72	115	101	13	25	5	2	4	12	2	1	10	16	.248	.319	.455	.774	46	3	1	2	1	1
Yoshikazu Hamanaka	94	152	135	12	25	3	1	1	11	12	3	4	23	.185	.213	.244	.457	33	3	1	11	1	0
Masatoshi Gondo	50	55	51	4	16	2	1	0	5	0	0	2	11	.314	.340	.392	.732	20	0	0	2	0	0
Masanobu Shimano	68	107	96	6	16	3	0	1	8	0	0	8	31	.167	.229	.229	.458	22	0	0	2	1	0
Noboru Akiyama	61	87	80	3	10	3	0	0	4	0	1	0	26	.125	.123	.162	.286	13	1	0	6	1	0
Yasuhiro Iwaoka	53	69	63	5	9	3	0	1	4	3	0	6	10	.143	.217	.238	.455	15	0	0	0	0	0
Takashi Suzuki	46	47	45	3	7	3	1	1	4	0	0	2	13	.156	.191	.333	.525	15	0	0	0	0	0
Toshiyuki Nakamura	34	61	57	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	.123	.153	.140	.293	8	1	0	2	0	0
Masahiko Oishi	51	43	37	2	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	18	.135	.200	.162	.362	6	0	0	3	0	0
Gentaro Shimada	50	82	76	4	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	27	.066	.101	.066	.167	5	4	0	3	0	0
Hiroshige Kuroki	19	21	20	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.200	.238	.300	.538	6	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuyoshi Miyamoto	37	16	16	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.188	.188	.375	.562	6	0	0	0	0	0
Tadao Shibano	20	26	21	4	3	0	0	1	3	1	1	4	7	.143	.269	.286	.555	6	0	0	0	1	0
Jiro Hayama	11	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kuniyasu Mine	32	12	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.182	.182	.273	.455	3	0	0	1	0	0
Tsutomu Edamura	23	27	26	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.077	.077	.077	.154	2	1	0	1	0	0
Haruhiko Kondo	31	32	29	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.069	.129	.103	.232	3	0	0	1	0	0
Hidehito Nishiyama	3	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0
Toshio Fuda	2	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Takeshi Honda	17	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hisami Haijima	13	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masaru Koda	24	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takayoshi Tomita	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1981	4614	4156	411	957	169	35	60	381	149	70	323	789	.230	.286	.331	.617	1376	74	12	101	22	30

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Kazuhiko Kondo	1B	118					.000
Yukio Shimada	1B	39					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	1B	15					.000
Hiroshige Kuroki	1B	9					.000
Takeo Matsui	1B	2					.000
Masaru Koda	1B	2					.000
Hisami Haijima	1B	2					.000
Akihito Kondo	2B	117					.000
Toshiyuki Nakamura	2B	21					.000
Takeshi Honda	2B	8					.000
Tadao Shibano	2B	5					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	2B	4					.000
Yasuhiro Iwaoka	2B	1					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	3B	99					.000
Yasuhiro Iwaoka	3B	32					.000
Tadao Shibano	3B	11					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	3B	10					.000
Saneo Aso	3B	8					.000
Toshiyuki Nakamura	3B	7					.000
Takeshi Honda	3B	7					.000
Kiyoshi Doi	C	116					.000
Masanobu Shimano	C	65					.000
Hisami Haijima	C	10					.000
Hidehito Nishiyama	C	1					.000
Kiyoshi Watanabe	OF	116					.000
Takashi Iwamoto	OF	113					.000
Motoyasu Kuroki	OF	99					.000
Terutoshi Okiyama	OF	91					.000
Hidenori Kanemitsu	OF	53					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	OF	51					.000
Haruhiko Kondo	OF	19					.000
Jiro Hayama	OF	10					.000
Kazuyoshi Miyamoto	OF	9					.000
Takeo Matsui	OF	8					.000
Kuniyasu Mine	OF	5					.000
Tsutomu Edamura	OF	5					.000
Terumoto Wako	OF	3					.000
Hidehito Nishiyama	OF	2					.000
Kazuo Narasaki	OF	2					.000
Toshio Fuda	OF	2					.000
Noboru Akiyama	OF	2					.000
Takayoshi Tomita	OF	1					.000
Masaru Koda	OF	1					.000
Noboru Akiyama	P	59					.000
Masahiko Oishi	P	51					.000
Gentaro Shimada	P	50					.000
Masatoshi Gondo	P	49					.000
Takashi Suzuki	P	46					.000
Kazuyoshi Miyamoto	P	27					.000
Kuniyasu Mine	P	27					.000
Masaru Koda	P	23					.000
Terumoto Wako	P	2					.000
Jiro Hayama	P	1					.000
Yoshikazu Hamanaka	SS	88					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	SS	75					.000
Saneo Aso	SS	44					.000
Yasuhiro Iwaoka	SS	19					.000
Tadao Shibano	SS	2					.000
Toshiyuki Nakamura	SS	1					.000
Totals		1865	0	0	0	0	.000

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