1968 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 59-71
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Kaoru Betto (59-71)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1968 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1968 season with a record of 59 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.

The Whales scored 493 runs and conceded 558 runs. Makoto Matsubara led Taiyo with 28 home runs, and Dick Stuart walloped 15 or more, too. Makoto Matsubara accounted for 86 RBI. Kazuhiko Kondo paced batters with significant playing time with a .290 average. Gentaro Shimada topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.91 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

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

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	WP	BF
Gentaro Shimada	14	6	.700	2.90	41	22	13	5	1		167.7	163	57	54	15	42	2	90	10	2	697
Shigeyuki Takahashi	12	15	.444	3.70	49	30	9	8	3		226.3	207	98	93	25	56	4	143	11	3	927
Chikara Morinaka	8	11	.421	3.40	31	21	3	5	2		153.3	159	67	58	19	48	0	100	5	0	644
Shigeki Ikeda	5	5	.500	4.48	33	6	14	0	0		66.3	72	37	33	11	16	0	31	1	1	278
Masaji Hiramatsu	5	12	.294	4.26	51	13	15	2	1		120.3	119	71	57	14	54	0	77	7	4	531
Yoshiro Sasaki	4	1	.800	2.38	32	1	11	0	0		64.3	64	21	17	6	16	1	38	3	1	268
Ritsuo Yamashita	3	2	.600	3.34	30	4	10	0	0		72.7	80	30	27	9	14	3	43	4	1	303
Sumio Fuchigami	3	3	.500	3.97	25	7	7	0	0		56.7	62	32	25	5	23	1	35	1	1	245
NObushi Oikawa	2	5	.286	4.20	31	19	4	0	0		109.3	97	54	51	9	52	0	82	4	2	470
Ichiro Hiraoka	2	6	.250	3.19	66	5	7	1	1		73.3	60	28	26	6	21	1	63	3	0	302
Tadakatsu Kotani	1	0	1.000	3.38	5	1	2	1	0		13.3	10	6	5	4	7	0	8	0	0	56
Kazuyoshi Takemura	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0		2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7
Shinji Niihari	0	0		4.91	6	0	2	0	0		7.3	10	4	4	1	2	0	4	0	0	32
Hiroshi Kito	0	1	.000	2.25	4	2	0	0	0		4.0	9	6	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	27
Kuniyasu Mine	0	1	.000	5.79	10	0	3	0	0		18.7	21	16	12	5	11	0	15	0	0	84
Makoto Inagawa	0	1	.000	6.14	13	1	6	0	0		14.7	19	10	10	3	6	0	10	1	0	68
Yoshitaka Kihara	0	1	.000	6.43	7	0	4	0	0		7.0	8	6	5	2	0	0	4	2	0	31
Takashi Suzuki	0	1	.000	7.98	16	1	1	0	0		14.7	18	15	13	3	7	0	10	3	0	68
Totals	59	71	.454	3.71	451	133	111	22	8	0	1192.0	1178	558	491	137	380	12	756	56	15	5038

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
Makoto Matsubara	133	565	515	81	143	24	2	28	86	14	7	42	65	.278	.338	.495	.833	255	18	6	0	2	0
Kazuhiko Kondo	126	531	472	55	137	19	1	5	28	2	7	45	50	.290	.352	.367	.719	173	9	2	9	3	0
Akira Ejiri	127	463	435	56	108	20	7	14	44	10	10	19	52	.248	.284	.423	.707	184	3	3	6	0	0
Akihito Kondo	117	412	376	35	97	15	4	6	32	8	5	25	35	.258	.304	.367	.671	138	9	1	8	2	0
Shozo Shigematsu	121	345	323	42	90	9	4	10	31	9	6	9	42	.279	.301	.424	.725	137	3	2	9	2	0
Kosuke Matsuoka	116	344	314	24	69	12	3	2	20	3	5	17	69	.220	.263	.296	.560	93	6	2	10	1	2
Yukio Osada	97	292	266	28	67	16	1	14	42	0	0	20	33	.252	.309	.477	.787	127	9	3	1	2	1
Francis Agcaoili	104	285	255	32	66	10	0	10	36	1	1	27	55	.259	.330	.416	.746	106	4	1	0	2	1
Isao Ito	122	401	345	31	65	6	1	14	32	1	2	44	76	.188	.285	.333	.619	115	11	4	5	3	3
Dick Stuart	83	275	253	28	55	9	0	16	40	0	1	18	78	.217	.276	.443	.719	112	7	3	0	1	1
Kenzo Hayashi	60	89	82	11	22	4	0	1	11	1	0	6	16	.268	.318	.354	.672	29	5	0	1	0	0
Takeshi Kuwata	49	131	114	5	15	2	0	1	7	1	1	13	34	.132	.225	.175	.400	20	5	1	2	1	1
Masayuki Nakatsuka	25	55	50	8	13	1	0	2	6	5	0	4	7	.260	.327	.400	.727	20	0	1	0	0	0
Tadao Yamada	42	58	53	4	13	3	0	1	5	0	1	3	8	.245	.286	.358	.644	19	3	0	2	0	0
Keisaburo Yoneda	39	67	60	5	11	4	0	0	3	1	0	5	20	.183	.258	.250	.508	15	0	1	1	0	0
Hidenori Kanemitsu	54	55	47	3	10	1	0	3	6	0	0	8	9	.213	.327	.426	.753	20	4	0	0	0	0
Tomoo Sekine	22	27	26	7	8	2	0	2	5	2	0	0	2	.308	.308	.615	.923	16	2	0	1	0	0
Masakatsu Kusaka	60	39	37	7	7	2	0	0	1	2	2	1	7	.189	.231	.243	.474	9	0	1	0	0	0
Masaji Hiramatsu	51	32	28	4	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.214	.214	.321	.536	9	0	0	4	0	0
Chikara Morinaka	31	54	50	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	21	.120	.135	.120	.255	6	0	0	2	1	0
Shigeyuki Takahashi	49	79	74	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	43	.081	.093	.081	.174	6	1	0	4	0	0
Kiyoshi Doi	19	28	23	2	5	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	7	.217	.280	.348	.628	8	1	0	3	0	1
Tadashi Furuta	31	29	27	3	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	12	.185	.214	.222	.437	6	1	0	1	0	0
Shigeki Ikeda	33	11	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	4	0	0	1	0	0
Issei Sato	16	19	18	3	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	10	.167	.211	.389	.599	7	0	1	0	0	0
NObushi Oikawa	31	33	32	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	.094	.094	.125	.219	4	0	0	1	0	0
Yoshiro Sasaki	32	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.182	.364	2	0	0	0	0	0
Gentaro Shimada	41	61	53	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	21	.038	.121	.038	.158	2	1	0	3	0	0
Kuniyasu Mine	10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tsutomu Imai	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tadakatsu Kotani	5	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sumio Fuchigami	25	12	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nobuo Shibata	35	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	0	0	1	0	0
Ritsuo Yamashita	30	15	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.077	.143	.154	.297	2	0	0	1	0	0
Hisaaki Fukushima	4	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Takashi Suzuki	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Yoshitaka Kihara	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuhiko Oishi	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ichiro Hiraoka	66	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.000	.133	.000	.133	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2034	4868	4418	483	1044	166	23	131	455	63	48	321	834	.236	.292	.373	.665	1649	103	32	77	20	10

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dick Stuart	1B	72					.000
Francis Agcaoili	1B	57					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	1B	33					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	1B	9					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	1B	6					.000
Makoto Matsubara	1B	4					.000
Tadashi Furuta	1B	2					.000
Akihito Kondo	2B	117					.000
Francis Agcaoili	2B	31					.000
Tomoo Sekine	2B	11					.000
Tadashi Furuta	2B	4					.000
Nobuo Shibata	2B	3					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	2B	3					.000
Makoto Matsubara	2B	1					.000
Makoto Matsubara	3B	133					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	3B	5					.000
Nobuo Shibata	3B	2					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	3B	1					.000
Tomoo Sekine	3B	1					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	3B	1					.000
Francis Agcaoili	3B	1					.000
Isao Ito	C	120					.000
Tadao Yamada	C	37					.000
Kiyoshi Doi	C	14					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	C	2					.000
Akira Ejiri	OF	119					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	OF	112					.000
Shozo Shigematsu	OF	103					.000
Yukio Osada	OF	78					.000
Masakatsu Kusaka	OF	49					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	OF	28					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	OF	23					.000
Issei Sato	OF	7					.000
Francis Agcaoili	OF	7					.000
Nobuo Shibata	OF	5					.000
Katsuhiko Oishi	OF	3					.000
Hidenori Kanemitsu	OF	3					.000
Tadashi Furuta	OF	1					.000
Ichiro Hiraoka	P	66					.000
Masaji Hiramatsu	P	51					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	P	49					.000
Gentaro Shimada	P	41					.000
Shigeki Ikeda	P	33					.000
Yoshiro Sasaki	P	32					.000
NObushi Oikawa	P	31					.000
Chikara Morinaka	P	31					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	P	30					.000
Sumio Fuchigami	P	25					.000
Takashi Suzuki	P	16					.000
Makoto Inagawa	P	13					.000
Kuniyasu Mine	P	10					.000
Yoshitaka Kihara	P	7					.000
Shinji Niihari	P	6					.000
Tadakatsu Kotani	P	5					.000
Hiroshi Kito	P	4					.000
Kazuyoshi Takemura	P	1					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	SS	116					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	SS	38					.000
Nobuo Shibata	SS	20					.000
Tadashi Furuta	SS	10					.000
Makoto Matsubara	SS	5					.000
Tomoo Sekine	SS	3					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	SS	1					.000
Totals		1852	0	0	0	0	.000

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