1964 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 80-58
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (80-58)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1964 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1964 season with a record of 80 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Whales plated 556 runs and yielded 496 runs. Mike Krsnich walloped 36 home runs for Taiyo, while Takeshi Kuwata, Toru Mori and Shozo Shigematsu each added 15 or more also. Takeshi Kuwata accounted for 96 RBI and topped all regular batters with a .299 average. Noboru Akiyama and Makoto Inagawa led the squad with 21 wins each, and Shigeyuki Takahashi as well contributed 15 or more victories as well Yoshiro Sasaki registered a 2.56 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Dean Stone 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
Noboru Akiyama	21	10	.677	2.74	63	23	32	8	2		259.7	214	96	79	20	68	4	126	9	0	1	1053
Makoto Inagawa	21	13	.618	2.91	55	40	8	14	5		302.7	261	107	98	28	112	7	162	7	0	4	1248
Shigeyuki Takahashi	17	11	.607	2.77	38	34	1	12	4		214.7	179	78	66	13	78	2	154	12	2	2	890
Takashi Suzuki	9	8	.529	3.22	70	15	18	0	0		151.0	147	59	54	11	47	4	61	2	0	0	627
Kuniyasu Mine	5	2	.714	3.51	45	4	21	0	0		97.3	88	41	38	10	28	0	45	6	0	0	400
Yoshiro Sasaki	5	7	.417	2.55	39	14	12	2	1		123.7	108	44	35	10	27	2	60	4	0	1	490
Takao Osaki	1	1	.500	3.60	9	3	2	0	0		25.0	26	11	10	4	7	0	11	0	0	1	106
Gentaro Shimada	1	5	.167	2.78	30	4	7	0	0		64.7	61	26	20	2	18	1	43	2	0	4	267
Dean Stone	0	0		3.75	6	1	1	0	0		12.0	14	5	5	0	7	0	11	1	0	0	56
Sohei Shinoda	0	0		4.76	9	0	0	0	0		17.0	22	10	9	2	8	0	10	0	0	1	79
Jiro Hayama	0	0		6.75	1	0	0	0	0		1.3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Yoshihiro Hirayama	0	0		15.43	3	0	1	0	0		2.3	4	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14
Katsuaki Hirano	0	0		16.88	2	1	0	0	0		2.7	8	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	18
Masao Kasazaki	0	1	.000	8.22	4	1	1	0	0		7.7	9	7	7	2	3	0	7	1	0	0	35
Totals	80	58	.580	3.03	374	140	104	36	12	0	1281.7	1142	496	431	104	408	20	690	44	2	14	5288

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	140	596	539	75	161	30	1	27	96	5	6	49	81	.299	.357	.508	.866	274	13	3	0	5	2
Shozo Shigematsu	136	532	504	67	149	26	1	15	50	8	9	18	54	.296	.322	.440	.762	222	9	3	4	3	0
Kazuhiko Kondo	138	586	510	66	139	25	2	7	35	7	7	63	41	.273	.355	.371	.726	189	8	3	9	1	9
Mike Krsnich	139	563	511	83	136	18	0	36	89	1	3	40	73	.266	.325	.513	.838	262	16	6	3	3	4
Yukio Osada	125	428	391	48	116	23	2	6	45	5	6	31	41	.297	.355	.412	.767	161	9	5	0	1	2
Akihito Kondo	134	401	353	41	94	9	2	4	28	20	4	15	23	.266	.295	.337	.633	119	8	0	32	1	0
Toru Mori	130	383	357	39	91	15	2	15	54	4	4	18	31	.255	.292	.434	.726	155	13	2	3	3	4
Isao Ito	125	412	374	36	81	11	0	13	51	1	6	26	100	.217	.277	.350	.627	131	18	6	4	2	2
Motoyasu Kuroki	96	206	185	28	50	12	1	2	19	4	3	16	21	.270	.327	.378	.705	70	5	0	4	1	0
Makoto Matsubara	78	114	102	12	27	6	2	1	7	1	1	10	14	.265	.330	.392	.723	40	7	0	2	0	0
Yukio Shimada	78	136	123	12	27	6	0	3	8	3	1	8	10	.220	.281	.341	.623	42	6	3	1	1	0
Francis Agcaoili	72	146	134	13	27	1	1	3	14	0	1	9	22	.201	.252	.291	.543	39	5	0	3	0	0
Jun Hakota	58	98	90	6	17	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	15	.189	.232	.222	.454	20	4	0	3	0	0
Makoto Inagawa	55	107	89	2	16	2	0	0	8	0	0	6	23	.180	.229	.202	.431	18	0	0	11	1	0
Kiyoshi Doi	60	69	60	3	12	2	0	2	5	0	0	4	6	.200	.258	.333	.591	20	0	1	3	1	0
Hidenori Kanemitsu	47	49	45	0	11	3	0	0	10	0	0	4	5	.244	.306	.311	.617	14	2	0	0	0	0
Shigeyuki Takahashi	38	80	71	1	9	0	2	0	4	0	0	2	31	.127	.151	.183	.334	13	1	0	7	0	0
Noboru Akiyama	63	87	81	1	9	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	22	.111	.111	.136	.247	11	0	0	6	0	0
Gentaro Shimada	30	11	11	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.455	.455	.545	1.000	6	0	0	0	0	0
Kuniyasu Mine	45	21	19	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.263	.263	.263	.526	5	0	0	2	0	0
Saneo Aso	33	32	32	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.156	.156	.188	.344	6	1	0	0	0	0
Takashi Suzuki	70	43	39	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.128	.128	.128	.256	5	0	0	4	0	0
Yoshikazu Hamanaka	90	44	32	13	4	1	0	0	1	11	6	8	3	.125	.300	.156	.456	5	1	0	4	0	1
Masanobu Shimano	27	23	19	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.158	.261	.158	.419	3	0	0	0	1	0
Tomoo Sekine	4	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiro Sasaki	39	32	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.069	.069	.069	.138	2	0	0	3	0	0
Takao Osaki	9	7	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.333	.600	.333	.933	1	0	0	2	0	0
Mitsuru Matsukubo	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenzo Hayashi	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sohei Shinoda	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dean Stone	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuaki Hirano	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masao Kasazaki	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2092	5222	4718	556	1204	197	16	134	535	71	58	337	661	.255	.308	.389	.697	1835	126	32	111	24	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Kazuhiko Kondo	1B	112					.000
Makoto Matsubara	1B	65					.000
Yukio Shimada	1B	43					.000
Mike Krsnich	1B	11					.000
Yutaka Yamada	1B	3					.000
Noboru Akiyama	1B	2					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	1B	1					.000
Akihito Kondo	2B	134					.000
Yoshikazu Hamanaka	2B	34					.000
Francis Agcaoili	2B	32					.000
Jun Hakota	2B	25					.000
Mitsuru Matsukubo	2B	5					.000
Mike Krsnich	2B	2					.000
Jiro Hayama	2B	2					.000
Tomoo Sekine	2B	1					.000
Mike Krsnich	3B	138					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	3B	47					.000
Mitsuru Matsukubo	3B	3					.000
Makoto Matsubara	3B	2					.000
Jun Hakota	3B	1					.000
Isao Ito	C	125					.000
Kiyoshi Doi	C	59					.000
Masanobu Shimano	C	25					.000
Tadao Yamada	C	2					.000
Makoto Matsubara	C	1					.000
Shozo Shigematsu	OF	135					.000
Toru Mori	OF	122					.000
Yukio Osada	OF	114					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	OF	96					.000
Motoyasu Kuroki	OF	75					.000
Francis Agcaoili	OF	25					.000
Jiro Hayama	OF	7					.000
Yutaka Yamada	OF	3					.000
Yoshihiro Hirayama	OF	3					.000
Hidenori Kanemitsu	OF	2					.000
Saneo Aso	OF	2					.000
Isao Takayama	OF	1					.000
Sohei Shinoda	OF	1					.000
Mike Krsnich	OF	1					.000
Noboru Akiyama	OF	1					.000
Takashi Suzuki	P	70					.000
Noboru Akiyama	P	63					.000
Makoto Inagawa	P	55					.000
Kuniyasu Mine	P	45					.000
Yoshiro Sasaki	P	39					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	P	38					.000
Gentaro Shimada	P	30					.000
Sohei Shinoda	P	9					.000
Takao Osaki	P	9					.000
Dean Stone	P	6					.000
Masao Kasazaki	P	4					.000
Yoshihiro Hirayama	P	3					.000
Katsuaki Hirano	P	2					.000
Jiro Hayama	P	1					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	SS	137					.000
Yoshikazu Hamanaka	SS	50					.000
Mitsuru Matsukubo	SS	2					.000
Tomoo Sekine	SS	1					.000
Totals		2027	0	0	0	0	.000

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