1969 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 61-61
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Kaoru Betto (61-61)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1969 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1969 season with a record of 61 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.

The Whales scored 444 runs and allowed 470 runs. Isao Ito led Taiyo with 23 home runs, while Makoto Matsubara and Akira Ejiri walloped 15 or more, too. Makoto Matsubara accounted for 67 RBI. Akira Ejiri paced batters with significant playing time with a .283 average. Ritsuo Yamashita topped the team with 15 wins, and Shigeki Ikeda recorded a 2.48 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Andre Rodgers and Stan Johnson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

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
Ritsuo Yamashita	15	11	.577	2.54	43	21	13	7	2		202.3	149	64	57	16	64	3	149	9	0	0	813
Masaji Hiramatsu	14	12	.538	2.56	57	25	26	8	5		245.7	215	78	70	24	56	4	157	14	1	3	991
Chikara Morinaka	9	9	.500	3.40	28	24	2	3	1		145.7	130	59	55	17	46	4	102	4	0	0	605
Gentaro Shimada	5	6	.455	3.81	30	12	9	1	0		80.3	75	40	34	11	31	5	65	6	0	2	344
Shigeyuki Takahashi	5	7	.417	4.33	28	16	6	5	1		124.7	113	62	60	20	37	5	90	5	0	2	506
Shigeki Ikeda	4	3	.571	2.48	46	4	13	0	0		109.0	84	38	30	10	33	1	73	1	0	3	441
Ichiro Hiraoka	4	6	.400	3.80	44	11	4	2	1		92.3	74	41	39	10	31	1	66	4	1	2	375
Tadakatsu Kotani	2	1	.667	3.54	10	3	2	0	0		20.3	20	11	8	1	14	0	18	2	0	0	93
NObushi Oikawa	2	4	.333	4.36	22	10	4	1	1		53.7	62	29	26	9	24	1	32	2	0	3	245
Hiroshi Kito	1	1	.500	1.77	9	4	3	1	0		40.7	22	8	8	2	10	1	44	1	1	1	153
Osamu Nomura	0	0		1.80	1	0	0	0	0		5.0	5	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	20
Yoshitaka Kihara	0	0		2.77	8	0	3	0	0		13.0	18	13	4	3	2	0	10	1	0	2	62
Yoshihiro Takagaki	0	0		3.97	9	0	3	0	0		11.3	10	6	5	0	2	0	6	1	0	1	47
Katsuyuki Kishi	0	0		4.15	3	0	2	0	0		4.3	4	2	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	18
Yoshiro Sasaki	0	0		5.19	6	0	4	0	0		8.7	9	6	5	2	2	0	8	0	0	0	36
Kazuyoshi Takemura	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5
Narihiro Abe	0	0		33.75	2	0	1	0	0		1.3	5	5	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	10
Sumio Fuchigami	0	1	.000	3.72	6	0	6	0	0		9.7	11	4	4	2	6	0	3	0	0	0	42
Totals	61	61	.500	3.19	353	130	102	28	11	0	1169.0	1008	470	414	130	365	25	827	50	3	20	4806

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	130	546	493	53	125	23	1	18	67	2	6	48	46	.254	.319	.414	.732	204	11	1	0	4	2
Masayuki Nakatsuka	123	471	433	55	119	20	1	11	43	7	9	26	70	.275	.318	.402	.720	174	8	3	6	3	0
Isao Ito	126	469	429	49	114	15	1	23	60	1	3	28	75	.266	.315	.466	.781	200	10	4	5	3	4
Akihito Kondo	130	489	432	51	109	15	4	7	32	9	11	40	55	.252	.313	.354	.667	153	5	0	13	4	1
Akira Ejiri	113	411	382	53	108	17	2	18	43	5	6	16	60	.283	.323	.479	.802	183	5	7	5	1	3
Kazuhiko Kondo	122	503	444	44	106	12	0	9	29	5	2	48	66	.239	.316	.327	.642	145	9	3	6	2	1
Shozo Shigematsu	121	325	299	39	72	15	1	11	29	6	3	16	31	.241	.282	.408	.690	122	8	2	6	2	2
Stan Johnson	96	298	281	25	68	13	3	5	29	1	2	8	27	.242	.270	.363	.633	102	6	3	5	1	1
Kosuke Matsuoka	92	212	188	12	45	16	1	0	8	1	1	19	41	.239	.305	.335	.640	63	4	0	2	3	1
Tomoo Sekine	80	156	145	11	28	8	0	2	9	0	2	10	30	.193	.245	.290	.535	42	2	0	1	0	0
Andre Rodgers	49	110	100	8	21	4	0	4	12	1	2	7	21	.210	.275	.370	.645	37	3	2	1	0	0
Yukio Osada	55	92	86	5	20	4	0	2	14	0	0	4	11	.233	.272	.349	.621	30	4	1	0	1	0
Kenzo Hayashi	72	111	98	8	19	7	0	5	13	0	0	11	28	.194	.273	.418	.691	41	2	0	1	1	0
Isao Ohashi	44	85	77	5	17	1	0	2	12	0	0	7	14	.221	.286	.312	.597	24	3	0	1	0	0
Keisaburo Yoneda	64	94	83	9	15	2	1	4	7	0	0	9	19	.181	.269	.373	.642	31	1	1	1	0	0
Masaji Hiramatsu	57	79	72	5	12	1	0	3	8	0	0	4	30	.167	.211	.306	.516	22	2	0	3	0	0
Ritsuo Yamashita	43	70	64	2	10	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	19	.156	.169	.219	.388	14	0	0	5	0	0
Shigeyuki Takahashi	29	40	37	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	14	.162	.205	.189	.394	7	0	0	1	0	0
Masakatsu Kusaka	58	41	38	1	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	13	.158	.220	.158	.377	6	1	2	0	0	0
Shigeki Ikeda	46	21	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.211	.211	.211	.421	4	0	0	2	0	0
Chikara Morinaka	28	48	43	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	.070	.091	.070	.161	3	0	0	4	0	0
Hiroshi Kito	10	14	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	1	0	0	0	0
Ichiro Hiraoka	44	27	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.091	.167	.091	.258	2	0	1	3	0	0
Yoshihiro Takagaki	14	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	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
NObushi Oikawa	26	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.091	.231	.091	.322	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tadao Yamada	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Yoshitaka Kihara	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gentaro Shimada	30	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tadakatsu Kotani	11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osamu Nomura	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hisaaki Fukushima	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tadashi Furuta	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1841	4766	4331	444	1034	175	15	125	424	39	47	309	741	.239	.292	.373	.665	1614	87	30	71	25	15

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Masayuki Nakatsuka	1B	119					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	1B	24					.000
Andre Rodgers	1B	13					.000
Isao Ito	1B	9					.000
NObushi Oikawa	1B	3					.000
Makoto Matsubara	1B	2					.000
Yoshitaka Kihara	1B	2					.000
Tsutomu Imai	1B	2					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	1B	1					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	1B	1					.000
Tomoo Sekine	1B	1					.000
Hiroshi Kito	1B	1					.000
Stan Johnson	1B	1					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	1B	1					.000
Sumio Fuchigami	1B	1					.000
Narihiro Abe	1B	1					.000
Akihito Kondo	2B	130					.000
Tomoo Sekine	2B	21					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	2B	3					.000
Andre Rodgers	2B	1					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	2B	1					.000
Makoto Matsubara	3B	130					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	3B	1					.000
Tomoo Sekine	3B	1					.000
Isao Ito	C	120					.000
Isao Ohashi	C	31					.000
Tadao Yamada	C	3					.000
Akira Ejiri	OF	105					.000
Shozo Shigematsu	OF	104					.000
Stan Johnson	OF	79					.000
Masakatsu Kusaka	OF	42					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	OF	32					.000
Yukio Osada	OF	22					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	OF	13					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	OF	11					.000
Yoshihiro Takagaki	OF	5					.000
Sumio Fuchigami	OF	3					.000
Tadao Yamada	OF	2					.000
Hiroshi Tsuji	OF	2					.000
Nobuo Shibata	OF	2					.000
NObushi Oikawa	OF	1					.000
Tadakatsu Kotani	OF	1					.000
Yukinobu Inoue	OF	1					.000
Tadashi Furuta	OF	1					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	OF	1					.000
Masaji Hiramatsu	P	57					.000
Shigeki Ikeda	P	46					.000
Ichiro Hiraoka	P	44					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	P	43					.000
Gentaro Shimada	P	30					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	P	28					.000
Chikara Morinaka	P	28					.000
NObushi Oikawa	P	22					.000
Tadakatsu Kotani	P	10					.000
Yoshihiro Takagaki	P	9					.000
Hiroshi Kito	P	9					.000
Yoshitaka Kihara	P	8					.000
Yoshiro Sasaki	P	6					.000
Sumio Fuchigami	P	6					.000
Katsuyuki Kishi	P	3					.000
Narihiro Abe	P	2					.000
Kazuyoshi Takemura	P	1					.000
Osamu Nomura	P	1					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	SS	84					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	SS	55					.000
Tomoo Sekine	SS	37					.000
Andre Rodgers	SS	24					.000
Nobuo Shibata	SS	1					.000
Totals		1605	0	0	0	0	.000

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