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1970 Taiyo Whales Statistics
Team Record: 69-57
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Kaoru Betto (69-57)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium
The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1970 season with a record of 69 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.
The Whales plated 436 runs and gave up 399 runs. Makoto Matsubara walloped 30 home runs for Taiyo and accounted for 85 RBI, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .281 average. Masaji Hiramatsu earned 25 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 1.95 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers. 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Masaji Hiramatsu | 25 | 19 | .568 | 1.95 | 51 | 38 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 332.7 | 226 | 80 | 72 | 18 | 68 | 6 | 182 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1279 | |
Ritsuo Yamashita | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.89 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 168.0 | 156 | 60 | 54 | 19 | 43 | 2 | 104 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 698 | |
Hiroshi Kito | 13 | 12 | .520 | 2.40 | 49 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 194.7 | 151 | 56 | 52 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 151 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 755 | |
Katsuji Sakai | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.47 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 109.0 | 99 | 46 | 42 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 447 | |
Tadakatsu Kotani | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.11 | 53 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 115.0 | 78 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 455 | |
NObushi Oikawa | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.02 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 131 | |
Shigeki Ikeda | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.59 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 48.7 | 40 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 198 | |
Osamu Nomura | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.37 | 28 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 64 | 45 | 37 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 272 | |
Nobuhiro Ishihata | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Chikara Morinaka | 0 | 0 | 5.56 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | ||
Yoshihiro Takagaki | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
Gentaro Shimada | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Shigeyuki Takahashi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.27 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 47.7 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 185 | |
Shigekuni Mashiba | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.71 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 126 | |
Totals | 69 | 57 | .548 | 2.76 | 334 | 130 | 94 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 1155.3 | 929 | 399 | 354 | 108 | 278 | 21 | 736 | 57 | 2 | 14 | 4628 |
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 | 128 | 515 | 455 | 73 | 128 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 85 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 71 | .281 | .358 | .510 | .868 | 232 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Masayuki Nakatsuka | 128 | 530 | 484 | 60 | 126 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 13 | 11 | 30 | 43 | .260 | .310 | .380 | .690 | 184 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
Akira Ejiri | 128 | 497 | 458 | 53 | 124 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 51 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 40 | .271 | .309 | .406 | .715 | 186 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
Shozo Shigematsu | 127 | 473 | 436 | 53 | 116 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 42 | .266 | .302 | .381 | .683 | 166 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
Akihito Kondo | 124 | 404 | 360 | 25 | 93 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 48 | .258 | .298 | .347 | .645 | 125 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2 |
Kazuhiko Kondo | 97 | 338 | 299 | 29 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 36 | .254 | .329 | .351 | .681 | 105 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Isao Ito | 102 | 284 | 254 | 16 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 47 | .209 | .277 | .327 | .604 | 83 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
Isao Ohashi | 93 | 262 | 244 | 21 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 42 | .213 | .250 | .287 | .537 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Yukio Osada | 86 | 170 | 156 | 12 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 28 | .282 | .341 | .397 | .739 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Keisaburo Yoneda | 98 | 176 | 160 | 14 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 50 | .206 | .260 | .375 | .635 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Kosuke Matsuoka | 80 | 122 | 109 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .239 | .270 | .321 | .591 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Hisaaki Fukushima | 66 | 105 | 99 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .202 | .238 | .283 | .521 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tomoo Sekine | 87 | 126 | 111 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 22 | .144 | .221 | .252 | .474 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
Masakatsu Kusaka | 30 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .405 | .436 | .432 | .868 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Self | 43 | 67 | 64 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .234 | .254 | .406 | .660 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Masaji Hiramatsu | 51 | 113 | 100 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | .140 | .162 | .260 | .422 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
Hiroshi Kito | 49 | 65 | 55 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .236 | .311 | .273 | .584 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Tadashi Furuta | 76 | 59 | 49 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .224 | .291 | .347 | .638 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Kenzo Hayashi | 49 | 66 | 62 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .177 | .227 | .274 | .501 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Issei Sato | 44 | 32 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .219 | .233 | .452 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ritsuo Yamashita | 38 | 54 | 48 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .125 | .160 | .229 | .389 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Katsuji Sakai | 28 | 40 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .156 | .250 | .156 | .406 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Yasukazu Yasuda | 27 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .118 | .205 | .235 | .440 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Shigeki Ikeda | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
NObushi Oikawa | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Shigeyuki Takahashi | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tadakatsu Kotani | 53 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .036 | .036 | .071 | .107 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Osamu Nomura | 28 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chikara Morinaka | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shigekuni Mashiba | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Masanori Arai | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1949 | 4645 | 4195 | 436 | 1011 | 155 | 17 | 106 | 408 | 54 | 47 | 279 | 711 | .241 | .293 | .362 | .654 | 1518 | 76 | 35 | 116 | 20 | 18 |
Fielding:
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