1974 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 55-69
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Takeshi Miyazaki (55-69)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1974 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1974 season with a record of 55 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.

The Whales plated 528 runs and yielded 596 runs, most in the league. John Sipin paced Taiyo with 25 home runs, while Makoto Matsubara, Shinichi Eto and Clete Boyer each walloped 15 or more also. Makoto Matsubara accounted for 83 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time with a .317 average. Masaji Hiramatsu led the team with 15 wins, and Hideyuki Okue recorded a 3.23 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

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

Takeshi Miyazaki 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	15	16	.484	3.66	46	30	14	12	1	2	243.7	222	112	99	37	74	4	175	7	1	2	1004
Ritsuo Yamashita	9	14	.391	4.08	44	26	14	5	1	5	196.3	197	96	89	26	67	4	97	7	0	0	831
Katsuji Sakai	7	8	.467	4.96	34	23	5	3	1	0	118.0	130	74	65	16	46	3	36	8	0	2	521
Shigeyuki Takahashi	7	9	.438	4.97	35	19	7	3	0	2	125.0	144	77	69	17	32	2	68	11	1	0	541
Hideyuki Okue	6	5	.545	3.22	51	2	13	0	0	0	100.7	89	46	36	9	46	1	38	6	1	2	433
Shigekuni Mashiba	5	4	.556	3.12	46	9	10	3	0	0	95.3	76	35	33	10	42	3	61	8	0	1	402
Hiroaki Takeuchi	5	7	.417	5.53	41	13	8	2	0	1	127.0	138	83	78	20	65	1	77	7	1	5	578
Tatsuo Uzawa	1	1	.500	3.72	11	2	3	0	0	0	19.3	14	9	8	2	19	0	19	1	0	0	90
Satoshi Nagano	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Yasunobu Ohashi	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	11
Hideo Matsushima	0	0		5.40	5	0	4	0	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	25
Tomotaka Sugiyama	0	0		7.20	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	6	4	4	2	3	0	8	0	0	0	24
Yoshihiro Takagaki	0	0		7.27	7	0	6	0	0	0	8.7	9	9	7	2	6	0	6	0	0	0	41
Ichiro Hiraoka	0	0		15.00	8	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	14	10	10	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	36
Hiroshi Kito	0	1	.000	3.32	14	3	5	0	0	0	21.7	21	8	8	3	13	1	16	0	0	0	98
Tadakatsu Kotani	0	4	.000	4.64	33	1	10	0	0	0	54.3	51	30	28	9	20	0	37	3	0	0	232
Totals	55	69	.444	4.28	379	130	102	28	3	10	1129.3	1119	596	537	157	441	19	641	59	4	13	4868

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	535	496	74	157	26	2	21	83	9	4	28	24	.317	.350	.504	.854	250	13	2	1	8	1
Masayuki Nakatsuka	129	542	481	76	140	24	3	5	37	28	14	53	38	.291	.360	.385	.745	185	10	0	6	2	2
John Sipin	115	470	408	65	125	12	2	25	73	6	5	59	55	.306	.394	.529	.923	216	19	1	0	2	6
Clete Boyer	118	458	432	44	122	16	1	19	65	0	0	22	48	.282	.317	.456	.773	197	13	1	1	2	0
Akira Ejiri	120	464	426	54	120	9	4	10	37	4	2	29	34	.282	.331	.392	.723	167	6	3	5	1	0
Shinichi Eto	111	403	378	34	110	11	0	16	67	3	0	24	30	.291	.333	.447	.780	169	13	0	0	1	1
Keiji Nagasaki	95	258	225	49	80	19	3	13	33	8	2	29	34	.356	.436	.640	1.076	144	4	3	1	0	3
Keisaburo Yoneda	109	290	260	25	56	5	0	2	12	3	3	18	40	.215	.270	.258	.528	67	8	2	9	1	1
Isao Ito	93	257	235	20	51	4	2	9	24	1	2	16	40	.217	.273	.366	.639	86	7	3	1	2	1
Yoshinori Tsuji	56	147	141	11	40	4	0	6	13	0	1	4	26	.284	.308	.440	.748	62	6	1	1	0	1
Daisuke Yamashita	92	186	166	15	30	1	1	4	9	1	1	13	37	.181	.265	.271	.536	45	3	6	1	0	0
Hisaaki Fukushima	65	133	128	10	27	1	0	4	11	1	1	4	18	.211	.235	.312	.547	40	4	0	1	0	0
Shozo Shigematsu	77	104	97	14	21	3	0	3	9	0	0	3	13	.216	.238	.340	.578	33	2	0	3	1	1
Masaji Hiramatsu	46	82	75	2	13	4	0	2	4	0	0	3	25	.173	.205	.307	.512	23	1	0	4	0	0
Ritsuo Yamashita	44	62	57	4	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	18	.175	.175	.193	.368	11	0	0	5	0	0
Yukio Osada	51	49	43	1	9	1	0	1	4	0	0	6	12	.209	.306	.302	.608	13	2	0	0	0	1
Kosuke Matsuoka	49	50	49	4	9	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	8	.184	.200	.204	.404	10	4	1	0	0	0
Toshikazu Yano	30	35	31	3	7	1	0	1	7	1	0	3	10	.226	.294	.355	.649	11	1	0	1	0	0
Masakatsu Kusaka	29	27	26	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	.192	.222	.269	.491	7	1	1	0	0	0
Hiroaki Takeuchi	41	32	30	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.133	.188	.133	.321	4	1	0	0	0	0
Shigeyuki Takahashi	35	37	30	1	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	8	.133	.212	.300	.512	9	2	0	4	0	0
Kiyoshi Tanioka	12	13	13	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.462	.692	6	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshio Noguchi	43	21	19	8	3	0	0	0	0	8	4	2	5	.158	.238	.158	.396	3	1	0	0	0	0
Tadashi Furuta	11	8	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	2	0	0	1	0	0
Hideyuki Okue	51	16	16	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.125	.125	.188	.312	3	0	0	0	0	0
Koji Kobayashi	48	22	20	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	.100	.182	.150	.332	3	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuji Sakai	34	34	28	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.071	.103	.071	.175	2	0	0	5	0	0
Mitsuru Koganemaru	5	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tadakatsu Kotani	33	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shigekuni Mashiba	46	22	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	3	0	0
Tatsuo Uzawa	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Kito	14	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryuichiro Sato	10	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshikazu Takagi	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshihiro Takagaki	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tomotaka Sugiyama	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1962	4778	4354	528	1155	149	18	143	501	76	44	327	578	.265	.319	.406	.725	1769	121	24	53	20	18

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Makoto Matsubara	1B	128					.000
Clete Boyer	1B	118					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	1B	11					.000
John Sipin	2B	112					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	2B	11					.000
Toshikazu Yano	2B	9					.000
Daisuke Yamashita	2B	8					.000
Yoshio Noguchi	2B	6					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	2B	2					.000
Makoto Matsubara	2B	2					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	3B	33					.000
Kiyoshi Tanioka	3B	10					.000
Daisuke Yamashita	3B	2					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	3B	1					.000
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	3B	1					.000
Yoshio Noguchi	3B	1					.000
Isao Ito	C	85					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	C	53					.000
Yoshinori Tsuji	C	46					.000
Mitsuru Koganemaru	C	1					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	OF	125					.000
Akira Ejiri	OF	111					.000
Shinichi Eto	OF	106					.000
Keiji Nagasaki	OF	75					.000
Shozo Shigematsu	OF	46					.000
Koji Kobayashi	OF	39					.000
Masakatsu Kusaka	OF	14					.000
Toshikazu Yano	OF	7					.000
Ryuichiro Sato	OF	4					.000
Tadashi Furuta	OF	3					.000
Yoshio Noguchi	OF	1					.000
Hideyuki Okue	P	51					.000
Shigekuni Mashiba	P	46					.000
Masaji Hiramatsu	P	46					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	P	44					.000
Hiroaki Takeuchi	P	41					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	P	35					.000
Katsuji Sakai	P	34					.000
Tadakatsu Kotani	P	33					.000
Hiroshi Kito	P	14					.000
Tatsuo Uzawa	P	11					.000
Ichiro Hiraoka	P	8					.000
Yoshihiro Takagaki	P	7					.000
Hideo Matsushima	P	5					.000
Tomotaka Sugiyama	P	2					.000
Yasunobu Ohashi	P	1					.000
Satoshi Nagano	P	1					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	SS	109					.000
Daisuke Yamashita	SS	82					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	SS	3					.000
Makoto Matsubara	SS	3					.000
Kiyoshi Tanioka	SS	2					.000
Totals		1749	0	0	0	0	.000

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