1972 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 57-69
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Takeshi Miyazaki (0-0), Noboru Aota (0-0), Kaoru Betto (0-0)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1972 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1972 season with a record of 57 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.

The Whales scored 481 runs and surrendered 523 runs. Makoto Matsubara led Taiyo with 25 home runs, while Shinichi Eto, John Sipin and Clete Boyer each walloped 15 or more, too. John Sipin drove in 76 runs. Clete Boyer paced all regular hitters with a .285 average. Katsuji Sakai topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.03 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Clete Boyer and John Sipin both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Takeshi Miyazaki, Noboru Aota 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
Katsuji Sakai	15	11	.577	3.02	38	31	3	10	3		214.7	201	78	72	22	52	8	99	13	0	3	876
Masaji Hiramatsu	13	15	.464	3.44	41	26	13	10	0		243.7	211	111	93	32	84	8	118	11	0	4	998
Ritsuo Yamashita	8	7	.533	3.69	36	15	11	3	0		129.3	137	57	53	11	39	7	60	5	0	0	556
Tatsuo Uzawa	5	4	.556	4.19	32	5	6	0	0		58.0	46	33	27	5	50	0	47	1	0	2	262
Hiroaki Takeuchi	5	4	.556	4.31	20	9	8	2	1		77.3	83	39	37	12	31	3	42	7	1	0	340
Ichiro Hiraoka	3	1	.750	2.26	29	6	7	0	0		55.7	51	18	14	2	30	4	39	3	0	0	239
Gentaro Shimada	3	3	.500	3.91	17	3	5	1	0		53.0	43	26	23	5	25	5	35	7	0	3	229
Hiroshi Kito	3	8	.273	3.41	34	16	10	1	0		111.0	103	46	42	14	23	1	75	8	1	3	448
Yoshihiro Takagaki	2	1	.667	3.02	23	2	9	0	0		53.7	41	20	18	6	20	1	26	1	0	0	221
Hiroshi Kurahashi	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0		3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	11
Nobuhiro Ishihata	0	1	.000	3.00	12	2	6	0	0		15.0	16	5	5	1	9	0	6	0	0	0	67
Tadakatsu Kotani	0	1	.000	5.00	18	2	7	0	0		27.0	30	15	15	7	8	1	22	0	0	0	111
NObushi Oikawa	0	1	.000	6.00	1	1	0	0	0		3.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	14
Hideo Matsushima	0	2	.000	3.70	16	2	5	0	0		24.3	21	10	10	4	12	0	11	0	0	0	103
Kazuyoshi Takemura	0	2	.000	7.67	15	4	4	0	0		27.0	35	25	23	2	17	2	15	2	0	0	131
Motohiko Sato	0	2	.000	7.88	12	1	3	0	0		16.0	23	15	14	4	4	2	7	0	2	0	71
Shigekuni Mashiba	0	6	.000	4.87	23	5	6	0	0		40.7	33	23	22	1	16	0	25	2	0	0	165
Totals	57	69	.452	3.67	368	130	103	27	4	0	1152.3	1078	523	470	128	424	42	632	60	4	15	4842

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	495	69	134	27	0	25	74	3	2	42	41	.271	.330	.477	.806	236	16	4	0	5	0
John Sipin	120	486	448	55	125	20	4	22	76	3	3	35	75	.279	.329	.489	.818	219	16	0	0	3	2
Akira Ejiri	127	468	423	57	112	18	4	12	39	11	8	38	47	.265	.328	.411	.739	174	7	3	1	3	6
Clete Boyer	99	372	347	38	99	12	0	18	51	0	3	22	38	.285	.332	.476	.807	165	10	2	1	0	1
Masayuki Nakatsuka	123	426	381	58	99	17	3	8	28	9	5	36	39	.260	.328	.383	.711	146	11	3	5	1	2
Isao Ito	123	410	378	28	80	11	1	12	40	1	0	22	47	.212	.257	.341	.598	129	20	2	5	3	0
Shinichi Eto	103	309	276	37	69	9	0	18	51	0	0	29	35	.250	.324	.478	.802	132	8	2	0	2	3
Shozo Shigematsu	119	307	274	37	66	13	3	7	32	2	4	22	32	.241	.300	.387	.687	106	8	2	7	2	0
Keisaburo Yoneda	113	277	255	18	65	10	0	5	16	3	0	15	36	.255	.300	.353	.653	90	4	2	4	1	3
Akihito Kondo	81	211	175	19	41	4	0	2	16	2	1	26	24	.234	.332	.291	.623	51	4	0	9	1	0
Kosuke Matsuoka	88	186	160	10	33	0	0	0	6	0	1	14	22	.206	.274	.206	.481	33	2	1	11	0	0
Yukio Osada	66	108	98	5	27	1	0	1	9	0	0	10	23	.276	.343	.316	.659	31	6	0	0	0	1
Masaji Hiramatsu	41	90	77	5	17	1	0	1	4	1	0	6	20	.221	.277	.273	.550	21	1	0	7	0	0
Isao Ohashi	39	78	72	5	12	1	0	2	8	0	0	5	8	.167	.221	.264	.485	19	1	0	1	0	0
Masakatsu Kusaka	42	48	44	4	9	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	8	.205	.271	.205	.475	9	2	1	0	0	0
Tadashi Furuta	58	38	35	6	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.229	.250	.229	.479	8	2	0	2	0	0
Katsuji Sakai	38	72	64	5	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	39	.109	.186	.125	.311	8	1	0	2	0	0
Hiroshi Kito	34	30	28	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.214	.214	.250	.464	7	1	0	2	0	0
Kazuhiko Kondo	46	56	51	6	5	2	0	1	5	0	0	4	10	.098	.161	.196	.357	10	6	0	0	1	0
Hisaaki Fukushima	27	29	27	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	11	.148	.207	.259	.466	7	2	1	0	0	0
Hiroaki Takeuchi	20	23	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.143	.182	.143	.325	3	0	0	1	0	0
Yoshio Noguchi	46	26	22	8	3	0	0	0	0	8	3	3	9	.136	.269	.136	.406	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ritsuo Yamashita	36	41	35	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.086	.111	.086	.197	3	1	0	5	0	0
Yasukazu Yasuda	11	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.200	.273	.200	.473	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshihiro Takagaki	24	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shigekuni Mashiba	24	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ichiro Hiraoka	29	11	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	2	0	0
Tatsuo Uzawa	33	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gentaro Shimada	17	12	11	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.091	.167	.182	.348	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshikazu Takagi	7	13	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.077	.077	.154	.231	2	0	0	0	0	0
Koji Kobayashi	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuyoshi Takemura	15	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Motohiko Sato	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Issei Sato	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tadakatsu Kotani	18	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshihiro Iizuka	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Hideo Matsushima	17	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1934	4731	4274	481	1036	150	15	135	466	44	31	346	629	.242	.301	.379	.681	1621	131	24	65	22	18

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Makoto Matsubara	1B	130					.000
Clete Boyer	1B	99					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	1B	5					.000
John Sipin	2B	117					.000
Akihito Kondo	2B	24					.000
Yoshio Noguchi	2B	1					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	2B	1					.000
Akihito Kondo	3B	19					.000
Yoshio Noguchi	3B	18					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	3B	10					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	3B	9					.000
Makoto Matsubara	3B	4					.000
Yoshihiro Iizuka	3B	1					.000
Tadashi Furuta	3B	1					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	3B	1					.000
Isao Ito	C	121					.000
Isao Ohashi	C	33					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	C	9					.000
Akira Ejiri	OF	122					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	OF	120					.000
Shozo Shigematsu	OF	108					.000
Shinichi Eto	OF	81					.000
Tadashi Furuta	OF	36					.000
Masakatsu Kusaka	OF	27					.000
Yukio Osada	OF	22					.000
Akihito Kondo	OF	16					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	OF	5					.000
John Sipin	OF	3					.000
Yasukazu Yasuda	OF	2					.000
Yoshikazu Takagi	OF	2					.000
Koji Kobayashi	OF	2					.000
Yoshihiro Takagaki	OF	1					.000
Motohiko Sato	OF	1					.000
Hideo Matsushima	OF	1					.000
Shigekuni Mashiba	OF	1					.000
Nobuhiro Ishihata	OF	1					.000
Masaji Hiramatsu	P	41					.000
Katsuji Sakai	P	38					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	P	36					.000
Hiroshi Kito	P	34					.000
Tatsuo Uzawa	P	32					.000
Ichiro Hiraoka	P	29					.000
Yoshihiro Takagaki	P	23					.000
Shigekuni Mashiba	P	23					.000
Hiroaki Takeuchi	P	20					.000
Tadakatsu Kotani	P	18					.000
Gentaro Shimada	P	17					.000
Hideo Matsushima	P	16					.000
Kazuyoshi Takemura	P	15					.000
Motohiko Sato	P	12					.000
Nobuhiro Ishihata	P	12					.000
NObushi Oikawa	P	1					.000
Hiroshi Kurahashi	P	1					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	SS	106					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	SS	73					.000
John Sipin	SS	6					.000
Yoshio Noguchi	SS	3					.000
Kiyoshi Tanioka	SS	1					.000
Akihito Kondo	SS	1					.000
Totals		1712	0	0	0	0	.000

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