1967 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 59-71
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (0-0), Kaoru Betto (0-0)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1967 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1967 season with a record of 59 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.

The Whales plated 477 runs and allowed 511 runs. Dick Stuart walloped 33 home runs for Taiyo, while Takeshi Kuwata and Yukio Osada swatted 15 or more, too. Dick Stuart drove in 79 runs. Kazuhiko Kondo paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .327 average. Chikara Morinaka topped the team with 18 wins, and Shigeyuki Takahashi earned a 2.74 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Dick Stuart played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Taiyo Whales to do so.

Osamu Mihara and Kaoru Betto 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
Chikara Morinaka	18	14	.562	2.96	47	27	13	14	1		255.0	231	94	84	26	72	14	182	9	0	0	1052
Shigeyuki Takahashi	12	9	.571	2.74	56	22	20	4	2		207.0	172	72	63	15	58	3	117	4	0	5	836
Mitsuo Nishi	4	3	.571	3.42	23	2	13	0	0		55.3	50	24	21	4	15	0	39	1	0	0	229
Ichiro Hiraoka	4	5	.444	3.69	57	3	9	0	0		75.7	79	37	31	5	33	0	54	2	0	0	335
Yoshiro Sasaki	4	6	.400	3.18	33	6	10	0	0		76.3	80	32	27	4	19	5	29	5	2	1	324
Masaji Hiramatsu	3	4	.429	3.58	16	10	4	2	2		70.3	66	31	28	13	14	1	42	3	1	2	291
Makoto Inagawa	3	7	.300	3.92	29	8	7	1	1		80.3	92	44	35	12	17	0	39	0	0	0	345
NObushi Oikawa	3	10	.231	4.61	28	18	4	0	0		91.7	99	55	47	10	36	2	44	7	0	6	414
Gentaro Shimada	2	0	1.000	1.23	14	3	5	2	2		44.0	30	8	6	2	11	1	26	2	0	1	167
Shoichi Ono	2	7	.222	4.13	24	9	6	0	0		56.7	60	39	26	7	15	0	48	1	0	1	242
Noboru Akiyama	1	0	1.000	4.26	2	1	1	0	0		6.3	6	3	3	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	27
Yoshihiro Takagaki	1	1	.500	2.79	13	9	2	0	0		42.0	35	14	13	6	13	0	17	0	0	0	168
Hiroshi Kito	1	4	.200	3.53	15	11	2	0	0		43.3	51	18	17	2	13	0	38	4	0	2	194
Shinji Niihari	0	0		0.00	5	0	5	0	0		7.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	21
Kuniyasu Mine	0	0		3.62	23	0	7	0	0		32.3	29	16	13	2	13	2	20	2	0	1	137
Sumio Fuchigami	0	0		7.71	2	0	0	0	0		2.3	5	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	11
Ritsuo Yamashita	0	1	.000	3.68	19	5	3	0	0		44.0	43	22	18	3	12	1	24	1	0	0	181
Totals	58	71	.450	3.28	406	134	111	23	8	0	1189.7	1131	511	434	114	346	29	725	41	3	19	4974

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	119	483	422	62	138	18	0	7	33	6	8	37	54	.327	.385	.419	.805	177	4	5	16	3	0
Dick Stuart	125	474	432	62	121	18	0	33	79	1	1	37	100	.280	.342	.551	.893	238	15	4	0	1	4
Takeshi Kuwata	118	444	400	62	106	14	1	27	63	5	2	35	73	.265	.333	.507	.840	203	9	6	2	1	2
Makoto Matsubara	126	451	409	41	101	28	0	14	58	5	6	36	65	.247	.312	.418	.730	171	15	3	2	1	0
Akihito Kondo	128	438	398	38	99	19	1	7	27	8	9	19	52	.249	.282	.354	.637	141	8	0	20	1	1
Kosuke Matsuoka	123	447	406	36	99	19	2	0	20	11	13	30	70	.244	.302	.300	.603	122	5	5	4	2	1
Yukio Osada	109	340	316	37	85	18	0	16	49	0	2	20	45	.269	.314	.478	.791	151	10	1	2	1	1
Akira Ejiri	117	316	297	36	73	11	4	7	21	4	5	10	22	.246	.283	.380	.664	113	7	6	2	1	0
Isao Ito	106	321	289	23	68	16	0	5	22	1	2	25	46	.235	.305	.343	.648	99	7	4	3	0	4
Shozo Shigematsu	107	218	204	21	40	8	0	4	13	4	1	8	37	.196	.228	.294	.522	60	3	1	3	2	0
Francis Agcaoili	75	148	132	13	34	5	0	4	13	0	0	14	22	.258	.331	.386	.717	51	5	1	0	1	0
Kiyoshi Doi	71	123	105	4	26	3	0	2	9	0	2	8	18	.248	.301	.333	.634	35	2	0	10	0	1
Hidenori Kanemitsu	71	85	78	4	12	2	0	1	10	0	0	5	10	.154	.212	.218	.430	17	1	1	0	1	1
Kimitaka Sugimoto	50	54	50	2	11	3	1	1	7	0	0	3	13	.220	.259	.380	.639	19	1	0	0	1	0
Tadashi Furuta	49	45	40	9	9	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	6	.225	.244	.250	.494	10	1	1	4	0	0
Masakatsu Kusaka	78	52	49	7	9	2	0	0	3	0	3	2	12	.184	.231	.224	.455	11	1	1	0	0	0
Chikara Morinaka	47	91	85	6	8	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	37	.094	.115	.141	.256	12	0	0	4	0	0
Shigeyuki Takahashi	57	62	57	1	7	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	26	.123	.167	.158	.325	9	1	0	2	0	0
Kenzo Hayashi	40	56	52	2	5	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	16	.096	.130	.135	.264	7	1	0	2	0	0
Tomoo Sekine	23	30	26	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.154	.267	.192	.459	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ritsuo Yamashita	23	11	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.333	.400	.333	.733	3	0	0	1	0	0
Shoichi Ono	24	12	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mitsuo Nishi	25	15	13	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.231	.231	.385	.615	5	1	0	2	0	0
Yoshihiro Takagaki	14	13	13	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.231	.231	.231	.462	3	1	0	0	0	0
Makoto Inagawa	29	16	16	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	8	.188	.188	.312	.500	5	0	0	0	0	0
NObushi Oikawa	30	23	18	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.167	.211	.167	.377	3	0	0	4	0	0
Issei Sato	2	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	1.000	1.400	5	1	0	0	0	0
Gentaro Shimada	15	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	1	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Kito	15	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	0	0	0
Masaji Hiramatsu	16	20	18	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.111	.111	.167	.278	3	0	0	2	0	0
Noboru Akiyama	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuhiko Oishi	9	6	5	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	.200	.333	.600	.933	3	0	0	0	0	0
Toshiaki Ogawa	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nobuo Shibata	11	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tadao Yamada	18	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Hisaaki Fukushima	5	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ichiro Hiraoka	57	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	2	0	0
Tsutomu Imai	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiro Sasaki	34	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kuniyasu Mine	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2099	4879	4429	477	1085	194	11	130	445	51	58	305	791	.245	.299	.382	.680	1691	101	40	89	16	15

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dick Stuart	1B	123					.000
Makoto Matsubara	1B	60					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	1B	17					.000
Francis Agcaoili	1B	10					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	1B	1					.000
Akihito Kondo	2B	125					.000
Kimitaka Sugimoto	2B	17					.000
Makoto Matsubara	2B	17					.000
Tadashi Furuta	2B	11					.000
Tomoo Sekine	2B	8					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	2B	7					.000
Francis Agcaoili	2B	5					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	2B	1					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	3B	85					.000
Makoto Matsubara	3B	77					.000
Kimitaka Sugimoto	3B	14					.000
Nobuo Shibata	3B	4					.000
Tadashi Furuta	3B	3					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	3B	2					.000
Francis Agcaoili	3B	1					.000
Isao Ito	C	104					.000
Kiyoshi Doi	C	71					.000
Tadao Yamada	C	17					.000
Toshiaki Ogawa	C	5					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	C	5					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	OF	116					.000
Akira Ejiri	OF	101					.000
Shozo Shigematsu	OF	96					.000
Yukio Osada	OF	89					.000
Masakatsu Kusaka	OF	61					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	OF	47					.000
Francis Agcaoili	OF	32					.000
Makoto Matsubara	OF	29					.000
Hidenori Kanemitsu	OF	14					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	OF	10					.000
Katsuhiko Oishi	OF	8					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	OF	4					.000
Tomoo Sekine	OF	3					.000
Narihiro Abe	OF	3					.000
NObushi Oikawa	OF	2					.000
Mitsuo Nishi	OF	2					.000
Katsuyuki Kishi	OF	2					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	OF	1					.000
Yoshihiro Takagaki	OF	1					.000
Gentaro Shimada	OF	1					.000
Nobuo Shibata	OF	1					.000
Issei Sato	OF	1					.000
Yoshiro Sasaki	OF	1					.000
Shinji Niihari	OF	1					.000
Ichiro Hiraoka	P	57					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	P	56					.000
Chikara Morinaka	P	47					.000
Yoshiro Sasaki	P	33					.000
Makoto Inagawa	P	29					.000
NObushi Oikawa	P	28					.000
Shoichi Ono	P	24					.000
Mitsuo Nishi	P	23					.000
Kuniyasu Mine	P	23					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	P	19					.000
Masaji Hiramatsu	P	16					.000
Hiroshi Kito	P	15					.000
Gentaro Shimada	P	14					.000
Yoshihiro Takagaki	P	13					.000
Shinji Niihari	P	5					.000
Sumio Fuchigami	P	2					.000
Noboru Akiyama	P	2					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	SS	122					.000
Tadashi Furuta	SS	22					.000
Kimitaka Sugimoto	SS	14					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	SS	10					.000
Nobuo Shibata	SS	2					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	SS	1					.000
Totals		1993	0	0	0	0	.000

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