1971 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 61-59
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Kaoru Betto (61-59)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1971 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1971 season with a record of 61 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.

The Whales led the league with just 354 runs allowed. Taiyo scored 363 runs. Makoto Matsubara paced the squad with 23 home runs and accounted for 65 RBI. Akira Ejiri topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .280 average. Masaji Hiramatsu paced the team with 17 wins, while Katsuji Sakai recorded a 1.88 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Johnny Werhas 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	BK	WP	BF
Masaji Hiramatsu	17	13	.567	2.23	43	32	9	11	3		279.0	211	78	69	18	82	5	153	10	2	3	1112
Tadakatsu Kotani	11	9	.550	2.13	58	3	39	1	0		148.0	91	39	35	9	51	4	110	4	0	1	578
Katsuji Sakai	9	4	.692	1.87	25	21	3	4	2		134.7	104	35	28	12	41	1	57	6	0	2	535
Ritsuo Yamashita	7	9	.438	2.39	27	19	4	3	0		124.3	121	40	33	8	33	4	59	5	0	2	516
Hiroshi Kito	7	12	.368	2.42	33	20	6	1	1		137.3	124	42	37	11	20	2	102	3	0	3	552
Osamu Nomura	4	3	.571	2.24	35	13	9	2	1		124.7	100	37	31	9	29	2	54	9	0	3	499
Ichiro Hiraoka	3	1	.750	1.84	31	6	6	0	0		49.0	42	10	10	2	8	0	31	2	0	1	196
Kazuyoshi Takemura	2	5	.286	2.86	38	9	12	0	0		103.7	72	38	33	4	47	1	72	7	0	0	421
Chikara Morinaka	1	2	.333	4.66	13	1	7	0	0		19.3	18	11	10	3	6	1	13	0	0	0	79
Nobuhiro Ishihata	0	0		1.50	11	2	3	0	0		18.0	18	5	3	0	4	0	11	0	0	1	75
Yoshihiro Takagaki	0	0		1.84	5	2	1	0	0		14.7	8	3	3	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	54
Shigekuni Mashiba	0	0		7.71	2	0	0	0	0		2.3	4	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	12
Shigeyuki Takahashi	0	1	.000	3.47	15	2	9	0	0		23.3	20	14	9	4	11	0	11	1	0	0	102
Totals	61	59	.508	2.31	336	130	108	22	7	0	1178.3	933	354	303	82	339	20	682	47	2	16	4731

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
Akira Ejiri	127	504	464	49	130	14	3	6	31	17	3	32	38	.280	.332	.362	.694	168	9	5	1	2	1
Masayuki Nakatsuka	128	515	474	45	116	18	4	7	37	14	12	21	43	.245	.277	.344	.621	163	8	1	17	2	1
Makoto Matsubara	129	520	465	58	114	19	1	23	65	5	4	49	41	.245	.319	.439	.758	204	12	3	0	3	5
Shozo Shigematsu	120	407	367	41	90	13	0	8	29	10	7	29	38	.245	.305	.346	.651	127	3	3	7	1	1
Akihito Kondo	123	421	363	28	79	6	1	7	22	6	8	33	46	.218	.284	.298	.582	108	10	2	20	3	2
Johnny Werhas	100	331	295	19	63	6	2	8	26	2	0	26	58	.214	.288	.329	.617	97	8	5	5	0	2
Isao Ito	110	324	293	21	57	13	1	4	28	1	0	22	56	.195	.257	.287	.544	84	8	4	1	4	2
Kosuke Matsuoka	80	154	133	5	38	4	0	0	7	1	0	10	17	.286	.338	.316	.654	42	2	1	9	1	1
Yukio Osada	91	156	137	12	36	5	0	2	14	0	1	16	24	.263	.340	.343	.683	47	7	1	0	2	1
Yoshihiro Iizuka	83	139	125	6	25	3	0	0	6	4	9	7	14	.200	.248	.224	.472	28	0	1	6	0	1
Isao Ohashi	66	149	142	1	24	4	0	0	9	0	0	5	15	.169	.197	.197	.394	28	7	0	2	0	0
Keisaburo Yoneda	101	168	146	14	20	3	0	2	15	1	0	13	30	.137	.218	.199	.417	29	3	3	3	3	1
Kazuhiko Kondo	67	158	137	9	19	2	0	3	12	0	0	17	15	.139	.237	.219	.456	30	3	1	2	1	1
Masakatsu Kusaka	57	70	67	6	13	1	0	1	6	0	0	1	8	.194	.206	.254	.460	17	1	0	2	0	0
Masaji Hiramatsu	43	102	92	10	12	3	0	5	8	0	0	5	33	.130	.184	.326	.510	30	2	1	4	0	0
Yoshio Noguchi	81	102	92	20	11	2	1	2	7	14	5	7	20	.120	.182	.228	.410	21	0	0	3	0	0
Yasukazu Yasuda	32	57	54	1	10	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	5	.185	.228	.278	.506	15	4	1	0	0	1
Kenzo Hayashi	36	45	42	2	9	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	9	.214	.250	.262	.512	11	0	1	1	0	0
Hisaaki Fukushima	50	55	52	3	9	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	25	.173	.204	.288	.492	15	1	0	1	0	0
Katsuji Sakai	25	43	39	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	15	.154	.175	.154	.329	6	1	0	3	0	0
Ritsuo Yamashita	28	41	36	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	14	.139	.184	.222	.406	8	0	0	3	0	0
Hiroshi Kito	33	42	39	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	.103	.103	.103	.205	4	1	0	3	0	0
Kazuyoshi Takemura	39	23	19	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.105	.190	.158	.348	3	0	0	2	0	0
Osamu Nomura	35	32	27	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	.074	.074	.074	.148	2	0	0	5	0	0
Shigeyuki Takahashi	15	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nobuhiro Ishihata	11	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tadashi Furuta	43	17	15	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	.067	.176	.067	.243	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tadakatsu Kotani	58	35	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	.033	.033	.033	.067	1	0	0	5	0	0
Yoshihiro Takagaki	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Issei Sato	12	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ichiro Hiraoka	33	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	1	0	2	0	0
Julio Linares	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1962	4635	4166	363	898	121	13	82	338	78	49	307	629	.216	.273	.310	.583	1291	92	33	107	22	20

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Makoto Matsubara	1B	108					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	1B	29					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	1B	26					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	1B	3					.000
Ichiro Hiraoka	1B	2					.000
Johnny Werhas	1B	1					.000
Kiyoshi Tanioka	1B	1					.000
Akihito Kondo	2B	120					.000
Yoshio Noguchi	2B	31					.000
Yoshihiro Iizuka	2B	8					.000
Makoto Matsubara	2B	4					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	2B	3					.000
Johnny Werhas	3B	95					.000
Makoto Matsubara	3B	45					.000
Yoshio Noguchi	3B	24					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	3B	16					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	3B	2					.000
Ichiro Hiraoka	3B	1					.000
Masaji Hiramatsu	3B	1					.000
Tadashi Furuta	3B	1					.000
Isao Ito	C	101					.000
Isao Ohashi	C	59					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	C	18					.000
Akira Ejiri	OF	126					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	OF	118					.000
Shozo Shigematsu	OF	117					.000
Yukio Osada	OF	42					.000
Masakatsu Kusaka	OF	32					.000
Tadashi Furuta	OF	26					.000
Yasukazu Yasuda	OF	16					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	OF	16					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	OF	11					.000
Issei Sato	OF	7					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	OF	2					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	OF	1					.000
Johnny Werhas	OF	1					.000
Manabu Nemoto	OF	1					.000
Tadakatsu Kotani	P	58					.000
Masaji Hiramatsu	P	43					.000
Kazuyoshi Takemura	P	38					.000
Osamu Nomura	P	35					.000
Hiroshi Kito	P	33					.000
Ichiro Hiraoka	P	31					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	P	27					.000
Katsuji Sakai	P	25					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	P	15					.000
Chikara Morinaka	P	13					.000
Nobuhiro Ishihata	P	11					.000
Yoshihiro Takagaki	P	5					.000
Shigekuni Mashiba	P	2					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	SS	90					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	SS	73					.000
Yoshihiro Iizuka	SS	64					.000
Yoshio Noguchi	SS	8					.000
Makoto Matsubara	SS	2					.000
Totals		1788	0	0	0	0	.000

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