1975 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 51-69
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Noboru Akiyama (51-69)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1975 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1975 season with a record of 51 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.

The Whales scored 484 runs and conceded 548 runs, most in the circuit. John Sipin walloped 34 home runs for Taiyo, while Clete Boyer and Makoto Matsubara swatted 15 or more, too. Makoto Matsubara accounted for 83 RBI. John Sipin led all regular batters with a .295 average. Masaji Hiramatsu topped the squad with 12 wins, and Shigeyuki Takahashi earned a 3.2 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

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

Noboru Akiyama 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	12	10	.545	3.24	28	22	4	9	1	2	172.3	145	71	62	25	50	1	134	6	0	1	696
Ritsuo Yamashita	7	8	.467	4.30	32	19	4	1	1	1	138.0	154	67	66	14	52	5	66	4	0	0	595
Shigekuni Mashiba	6	7	.462	4.19	44	17	6	5	3	0	137.3	142	67	64	13	70	3	76	4	0	0	611
Katsuji Sakai	6	12	.333	3.86	26	25	2	3	1	0	142.3	151	76	61	22	58	6	60	10	0	0	623
Hideyuki Okue	5	3	.625	4.82	41	2	16	0	0	3	84.0	81	47	45	13	43	1	47	8	0	0	368
Shigeyuki Takahashi	5	12	.294	3.19	30	20	5	1	0	1	135.3	135	52	48	13	43	4	54	5	1	2	566
Tadakatsu Kotani	3	4	.429	2.87	36	0	22	0	0	2	59.7	49	21	19	8	26	5	44	0	1	3	244
Akira Kawahara	2	2	.500	3.53	27	4	14	0	0	0	58.7	50	23	23	7	15	1	45	2	0	0	234
Tomotaka Sugiyama	2	4	.333	4.16	28	7	10	0	0	1	67.0	63	33	31	6	41	4	68	3	0	4	294
Hiroaki Takeuchi	2	5	.286	5.78	27	12	8	1	0	0	81.0	95	53	52	7	49	2	29	4	0	5	369
Chikara Morinaka	1	1	.500	5.61	17	1	13	0	0	1	25.7	29	18	16	3	11	0	18	2	0	1	114
Shiro Miyamoto	0	0		0.00	7	0	0	0	0	0	7.3	8	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	33
Takashi Nemoto	0	0		3.86	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.7	4	2	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	21
Yoshihiro Takagaki	0	0		4.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	16
Tatsuo Uzawa	0	1	.000	4.50	12	1	5	0	0	1	30.0	31	15	15	5	15	0	25	1	0	0	131
Totals	51	69	.425	3.97	361	130	110	20	6	12	1147.3	1140	548	506	138	480	32	672	50	2	16	4915

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
John Sipin	130	537	501	73	148	17	1	34	82	1	4	34	69	.295	.341	.537	.878	269	16	1	0	1	6
Makoto Matsubara	126	526	486	68	136	23	0	23	83	9	2	36	40	.280	.329	.469	.798	228	14	1	0	3	0
Masayuki Nakatsuka	128	568	507	60	131	13	4	6	29	33	12	55	42	.258	.332	.335	.667	170	3	1	5	0	2
Akira Ejiri	123	474	430	48	119	12	2	7	36	6	4	22	30	.277	.317	.363	.680	156	8	5	14	3	3
Keiji Nagasaki	122	468	406	48	107	17	3	12	42	11	9	51	91	.264	.351	.409	.760	166	5	4	7	0	3
Clete Boyer	116	426	401	38	92	10	1	20	63	1	1	21	52	.229	.269	.409	.678	164	16	1	2	1	0
Isao Ito	116	345	321	24	84	12	3	10	36	2	2	18	52	.262	.300	.411	.711	132	14	0	5	1	4
Hisaaki Fukushima	101	264	251	23	67	7	0	10	29	1	2	3	22	.267	.293	.414	.707	104	5	7	1	2	1
Daisuke Yamashita	103	257	222	28	55	12	2	3	10	6	4	21	37	.248	.324	.360	.684	80	4	5	7	2	2
Keisaburo Yoneda	83	193	178	19	33	5	1	3	12	2	2	9	43	.185	.228	.275	.503	49	3	1	4	1	1
Yukio Osada	70	90	84	3	22	3	0	2	16	0	0	4	13	.262	.300	.369	.669	31	2	1	0	1	0
Shozo Shigematsu	56	86	77	6	20	4	1	2	6	0	2	6	8	.260	.321	.416	.737	32	4	1	2	0	0
Masaji Hiramatsu	28	69	65	5	16	2	0	3	12	0	0	1	22	.246	.254	.415	.669	27	2	0	2	1	0
Kosuke Matsuoka	60	58	54	6	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	6	.222	.263	.278	.541	15	0	0	1	0	0
Yoshikazu Takagi	12	25	22	1	6	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	.273	.360	.455	.815	10	0	1	0	0	0
Ritsuo Yamashita	32	44	41	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.146	.167	.171	.337	7	0	0	2	0	0
Yasuhiko Tsuji	31	34	31	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	6	.161	.235	.258	.493	8	0	0	0	0	0
Toshikazu Yano	57	39	34	10	5	1	0	1	2	3	1	2	8	.147	.194	.265	.459	9	0	0	3	0	0
Hideyuki Okue	41	22	18	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	4	0	0	4	0	0
Kiyoshi Tanioka	46	32	31	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.129	.156	.161	.318	5	0	0	0	0	0
Shigekuni Mashiba	44	44	37	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	14	.108	.128	.108	.236	4	0	0	5	1	0
Shigeyuki Takahashi	31	40	34	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.088	.088	.088	.176	3	0	0	6	0	0
Katsuji Sakai	26	52	48	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	30	.062	.082	.083	.165	4	0	0	3	0	0
Mitsuru Koganemaru	17	16	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.062	.062	.062	.125	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroaki Takeuchi	28	24	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.053	.100	.053	.153	1	0	0	4	0	0
Akira Kawahara	27	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tadakatsu Kotani	36	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tatsuo Uzawa	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshio Noguchi	41	8	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tomotaka Sugiyama	28	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chikara Morinaka	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1888	4774	4350	484	1084	146	19	137	467	78	48	298	655	.249	.301	.386	.687	1679	96	29	80	17	22

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Makoto Matsubara	1B	125					.000
Clete Boyer	1B	114					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	1B	6					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	1B	5					.000
Isao Ito	1B	2					.000
Katsuji Sakai	1B	1					.000
John Sipin	2B	128					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	2B	11					.000
Makoto Matsubara	2B	1					.000
Kiyoshi Tanioka	3B	41					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	3B	31					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	3B	7					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	3B	2					.000
Hideyuki Okue	3B	1					.000
Makoto Matsubara	3B	1					.000
Isao Ito	3B	1					.000
Isao Ito	C	84					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	C	68					.000
Yasuhiko Tsuji	C	25					.000
Mitsuru Koganemaru	C	2					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	OF	126					.000
Keiji Nagasaki	OF	120					.000
Akira Ejiri	OF	116					.000
Toshikazu Yano	OF	37					.000
Shozo Shigematsu	OF	23					.000
Isao Ito	OF	16					.000
Yukio Osada	OF	11					.000
Yoshio Noguchi	OF	9					.000
Yoshikazu Takagi	OF	5					.000
Hiroaki Takeuchi	OF	1					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	OF	1					.000
Shigekuni Mashiba	P	44					.000
Hideyuki Okue	P	41					.000
Tadakatsu Kotani	P	36					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	P	32					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	P	30					.000
Tomotaka Sugiyama	P	28					.000
Masaji Hiramatsu	P	28					.000
Hiroaki Takeuchi	P	27					.000
Akira Kawahara	P	27					.000
Katsuji Sakai	P	26					.000
Chikara Morinaka	P	17					.000
Tatsuo Uzawa	P	12					.000
Shiro Miyamoto	P	7					.000
Takashi Nemoto	P	4					.000
Yoshihiro Takagaki	P	2					.000
Daisuke Yamashita	SS	98					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	SS	81					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	SS	5					.000
Kiyoshi Tanioka	SS	3					.000
Totals		1669	0	0	0	0	.000

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