1963 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 59-79
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (59-79)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1963 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1963 season with a record of 59 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.

The Whales plated 448 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 540 runs. Takeshi Kuwata paced Taiyo with 25 home runs, and Toru Mori walloped 15 or more as well. Takeshi Kuwata accounted for 76 RBI. Kazuhiko Kondo topped batters with significant playing time with a .305 average. Makoto Inagawa recorded 26 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 2.42 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Jim McManus and Mike Krsnich both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

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
Makoto Inagawa	26	17	.605	2.42	54	38	10	19	6		338.3	272	107	91	19	133	5	188	17	0	1	1373
Noboru Akiyama	13	14	.481	3.10	60	17	24	8	1		214.7	212	88	74	23	52	3	99	2	1	1	876
Takashi Suzuki	8	17	.320	3.38	59	29	15	0	0		213.3	203	94	80	12	80	2	116	8	0	2	901
Gentaro Shimada	4	10	.286	4.34	39	24	8	3	1		141.0	146	80	68	18	62	1	84	5	0	1	616
Takao Osaki	3	7	.300	2.73	32	15	5	3	3		79.0	69	31	24	4	48	1	53	1	0	4	336
Sakan Morita	2	3	.400	2.70	21	2	5	0	0		46.7	42	21	14	3	18	1	12	2	0	0	198
Yoshiro Sasaki	2	6	.250	3.70	26	10	5	1	0		75.3	80	37	31	8	25	1	20	3	0	2	322
Masatoshi Gondo	1	3	.250	4.44	39	3	8	0	0		46.7	62	26	23	4	26	1	36	5	1	1	223
Terumoto Wako	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Kuniyasu Mine	0	0		4.97	18	0	6	0	0		25.3	31	16	14	4	11	0	13	0	0	4	116
Masayoshi Watanabe	0	0		10.38	4	0	2	0	0		4.3	7	5	5	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	22
Haruki Mihira	0	0		10.80	6	0	1	0	0		5.0	10	6	6	4	5	0	2	0	0	0	30
Mototada Miyazaki	0	0		13.50	3	0	2	0	0		2.0	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10
Sohei Shinoda	0	2	.000	3.88	27	2	14	0	0		48.7	59	26	21	3	14	0	26	0	0	2	211
Totals	59	79	.428	3.29	389	140	106	34	11	0	1241.3	1196	540	454	104	480	15	649	43	2	18	5237

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	139	583	485	62	148	10	1	7	42	19	5	77	34	.305	.399	.373	.772	181	5	4	9	8	9
Takeshi Kuwata	139	564	493	65	118	25	1	25	76	7	6	58	72	.239	.319	.446	.765	220	21	3	2	8	0
Toru Mori	134	498	466	49	112	23	2	24	68	5	7	27	57	.240	.282	.453	.734	211	19	1	1	3	0
Yukio Shimada	99	354	328	27	88	17	0	3	34	6	7	18	27	.268	.306	.348	.654	114	13	0	8	0	2
Mike Krsnich	74	300	278	38	85	19	0	13	47	2	4	19	31	.306	.353	.514	.868	143	9	2	0	1	3
Yukio Osada	92	291	256	23	71	14	3	8	26	4	3	24	21	.277	.350	.449	.799	115	8	5	5	1	2
Kiyoshi Doi	118	280	244	21	59	5	0	1	11	0	3	22	30	.242	.307	.275	.582	67	5	2	10	2	1
Francis Agcaoili	96	243	225	18	57	10	1	3	18	1	3	15	30	.253	.300	.347	.647	78	1	1	0	2	0
Motoyasu Kuroki	107	277	255	23	57	15	0	4	13	5	3	11	28	.224	.263	.329	.592	84	2	3	7	1	0
Takeshi Suzuki	82	212	190	13	42	4	1	0	4	4	2	8	18	.221	.256	.253	.509	48	5	1	13	0	0
Jun Hakota	92	165	151	11	41	4	0	5	20	4	1	9	21	.272	.313	.397	.710	60	6	1	2	2	2
Akihito Kondo	115	267	226	20	36	4	2	1	12	8	2	22	32	.159	.235	.208	.443	47	9	1	16	2	1
Jim McManus	75	180	167	15	30	2	0	8	21	0	3	11	27	.180	.228	.335	.563	56	2	0	0	2	1
Shozo Shigematsu	86	115	105	11	22	4	0	0	5	2	2	9	12	.210	.272	.248	.520	26	4	0	1	0	0
Masanobu Shimano	81	133	118	8	20	1	0	2	7	1	1	13	24	.169	.252	.229	.481	27	1	0	2	0	1
Hidenori Kanemitsu	64	70	68	0	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.191	.214	.206	.420	14	2	1	0	0	0
Makoto Inagawa	54	118	105	11	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	30	.124	.156	.124	.280	13	0	0	9	0	0
Yoshikazu Hamanaka	63	44	42	8	11	4	0	0	2	5	4	0	7	.262	.279	.357	.636	15	2	1	1	0	0
Isao Ito	40	48	45	4	9	1	0	2	5	0	0	3	8	.200	.250	.356	.606	16	2	0	0	0	0
Noboru Akiyama	61	71	59	6	8	2	0	2	7	0	0	4	16	.136	.188	.271	.459	16	2	0	7	1	0
Saneo Aso	48	50	46	1	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	5	.152	.200	.217	.417	10	3	0	0	1	0
Takashi Suzuki	59	65	60	6	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	.117	.117	.133	.250	8	0	0	5	0	0
Gentaro Shimada	39	40	36	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.111	.111	.139	.250	5	0	0	4	0	0
Yoshiro Sasaki	26	20	17	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.176	.222	.235	.458	4	0	1	2	0	0
Makoto Matsubara	11	17	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.176	.176	.176	.353	3	2	0	0	0	0
Mitsuru Matsukubo	9	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0	1	0	0
Takao Osaki	32	17	14	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.143	.200	.214	.414	3	0	0	2	0	0
Sohei Shinoda	27	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Masatoshi Gondo	39	9	8	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.500	.722	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sakan Morita	23	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kenzo Hayashi	12	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	1	0	0
Kuniyasu Mine	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2154	5062	4532	448	1072	170	11	110	427	73	56	361	592	.237	.295	.352	.646	1594	123	27	108	34	22

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Yukio Shimada	1B	94					.000
Jim McManus	1B	57					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	1B	35					.000
Makoto Matsubara	1B	7					.000
Jun Hakota	1B	4					.000
Sakan Morita	1B	1					.000
Haruki Mihira	1B	1					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	1B	1					.000
Heiji Arihara	1B	1					.000
Akihito Kondo	2B	113					.000
Francis Agcaoili	2B	58					.000
Jun Hakota	2B	38					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	2B	20					.000
Mitsuru Matsukubo	2B	5					.000
Yoshikazu Hamanaka	2B	5					.000
Saneo Aso	2B	2					.000
Haruki Mihira	2B	1					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	2B	1					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	3B	134					.000
Francis Agcaoili	3B	16					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	3B	3					.000
Mike Krsnich	3B	3					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	3B	2					.000
Mitsuru Matsukubo	3B	1					.000
Akihito Kondo	3B	1					.000
Jun Hakota	3B	1					.000
Kiyoshi Doi	C	118					.000
Masanobu Shimano	C	81					.000
Isao Ito	C	32					.000
Tadao Yamada	C	3					.000
Makoto Matsubara	C	1					.000
Toru Mori	OF	131					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	OF	129					.000
Motoyasu Kuroki	OF	94					.000
Yukio Osada	OF	88					.000
Shozo Shigematsu	OF	64					.000
Yukio Shimada	OF	15					.000
Hidenori Kanemitsu	OF	11					.000
Francis Agcaoili	OF	11					.000
Noboru Akiyama	OF	3					.000
Mike Krsnich	OF	2					.000
Saneo Aso	OF	2					.000
Fujio Watanabe	OF	1					.000
Masakatsu Kusaka	OF	1					.000
Makoto Inagawa	OF	1					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	OF	1					.000
Noboru Akiyama	P	60					.000
Takashi Suzuki	P	59					.000
Makoto Inagawa	P	54					.000
Gentaro Shimada	P	39					.000
Masatoshi Gondo	P	39					.000
Takao Osaki	P	32					.000
Sohei Shinoda	P	27					.000
Yoshiro Sasaki	P	26					.000
Sakan Morita	P	21					.000
Kuniyasu Mine	P	18					.000
Haruki Mihira	P	6					.000
Masayoshi Watanabe	P	4					.000
Mototada Miyazaki	P	3					.000
Terumoto Wako	P	1					.000
Takeshi Suzuki	SS	72					.000
Mike Krsnich	SS	72					.000
Yoshikazu Hamanaka	SS	45					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	SS	14					.000
Mitsuru Matsukubo	SS	2					.000
Fujio Watanabe	SS	1					.000
Totals		1989	0	0	0	0	.000

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