1976 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 45-78
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Noboru Akiyama (45-78)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1976 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1976 season with a record of 45 wins and 78 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.

The Whales scored 482 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 619 runs, most in the circuit. Makoto Matsubara walloped 33 home runs for Taiyo, while Hisaaki Fukushima, John Sipin and Garry Jestadt each swatted 15 or more also. Makoto Matsubara accounted for 85 RBI. John Sipin led all regular batters with a .307 average. Masaji Hiramatsu topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.81 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Garry Jestadt and John Sipin 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	WP	BF
Masaji Hiramatsu	13	17	.433	3.80	41	35	4	16	2	2	260.3	227	121	110	40	95	7	170	9	0	1089
Hideyuki Okue	11	17	.393	4.08	52	30	14	10	2	3	220.3	225	111	100	26	87	8	121	12	1	952
Shigeyuki Takahashi	5	11	.312	3.82	34	26	1	4	0	0	153.3	153	79	65	17	55	5	97	6	0	660
Tomotaka Sugiyama	4	4	.500	5.43	40	0	9	0	0	0	58.0	62	35	35	13	34	2	51	2	2	256
Takashi Nemoto	3	7	.300	3.96	34	17	7	2	0	1	116.0	110	57	51	14	69	6	69	4	4	506
Hidetake Watanabe	3	7	.300	4.40	41	10	11	1	0	1	102.3	107	54	50	14	27	4	40	8	0	435
Tadakatsu Kotani	2	0	1.000	5.04	17	0	10	0	0	2	25.0	28	17	14	5	17	1	10	0	0	118
Ritsuo Yamashita	2	5	.286	5.74	34	1	21	0	0	3	58.0	70	37	37	9	21	2	31	1	0	256
Michio Miura	1	2	.333	3.28	26	0	1	0	0	0	24.7	26	10	9	2	21	1	21	3	0	122
Masao Tamura	1	3	.250	6.25	12	4	2	0	0	0	31.7	36	23	22	7	19	0	19	4	0	142
Tatsuo Uzawa	0	0		4.96	13	0	6	0	0	0	16.3	10	11	9	1	17	0	12	1	1	75
Yoshihiro Takagaki	0	0		5.40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	10
Hiroaki Takeuchi	0	0		7.20	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	4	4	4	0	6	0	2	0	0	23
Akira Tanaka	0	0		7.56	11	0	4	0	0	0	16.7	19	16	14	9	4	0	8	0	0	72
Shiro Miyamoto	0	1	.000	19.50	9	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	12	13	13	4	5	0	6	0	0	35
Shigekuni Mashiba	0	4	.000	6.75	15	7	2	0	0	0	36.0	40	30	27	5	23	0	14	3	1	165
Totals	45	78	.366	4.46	384	130	97	33	4	12	1131.3	1132	619	561	166	502	36	671	53	9	4916

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	126	522	478	67	138	25	2	33	85	6	5	36	41	.289	.333	.556	.890	266	10	0	0	8	3
John Sipin	111	457	424	61	130	17	2	30	74	2	1	29	76	.307	.352	.568	.921	241	12	2	0	2	2
Daisuke Yamashita	113	428	380	47	105	19	2	7	21	14	9	41	43	.276	.349	.392	.741	149	5	2	4	1	1
Garry Jestadt	126	484	437	41	103	22	0	18	37	1	4	38	46	.236	.300	.410	.710	179	7	3	4	2	4
Masayuki Nakatsuka	101	386	341	46	101	21	2	5	30	11	8	36	37	.296	.363	.413	.776	141	8	2	3	4	0
Hisaaki Fukushima	112	400	376	33	100	15	0	18	45	0	1	15	49	.266	.296	.449	.746	169	10	3	2	4	1
Akira Ejiri	114	381	360	38	90	13	1	8	33	3	1	18	31	.250	.289	.358	.647	129	11	2	0	1	0
Isao Ito	107	294	267	27	75	12	0	13	36	2	1	16	46	.281	.334	.472	.806	126	9	6	4	1	1
Keiji Nagasaki	101	325	276	41	65	10	1	12	25	5	3	32	47	.236	.327	.409	.736	113	2	6	10	1	2
Tomio Tashiro	89	247	235	18	60	8	1	8	21	0	0	9	56	.255	.286	.400	.686	94	5	1	2	0	1
Yoshikazu Takagi	94	215	201	25	56	13	0	7	24	3	1	11	40	.279	.318	.448	.766	90	6	1	1	1	1
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	38	87	77	9	16	2	0	3	5	1	1	3	13	.208	.247	.351	.598	27	2	1	6	0	0
Masaji Hiramatsu	41	98	81	7	15	1	0	4	7	1	0	4	30	.185	.224	.346	.569	28	0	0	13	0	0
Keisaburo Yoneda	61	75	68	4	10	2	0	3	9	0	1	2	25	.147	.171	.309	.480	21	4	0	5	0	0
Kosuke Matsuoka	42	39	37	2	9	0	2	1	4	0	0	1	10	.243	.282	.432	.714	16	1	1	0	0	0
Toshikazu Yano	47	47	43	6	8	2	0	2	6	1	0	2	6	.186	.239	.372	.611	16	1	1	1	0	1
Shigeyuki Takahashi	34	47	44	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.114	.114	.159	.273	7	1	0	3	0	0
Hideyuki Okue	54	66	58	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	23	.086	.117	.086	.203	5	0	0	6	0	0
Hidetake Watanabe	42	21	19	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.211	.250	.263	.513	5	0	0	1	0	0
Takayuki Iwai	12	9	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	3	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshio Noguchi	38	20	19	6	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8	.158	.200	.158	.358	3	1	1	0	0	0
Yasuhiko Tsuji	12	19	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.125	.263	.125	.388	2	2	0	0	0	0
Takashi Nemoto	34	30	24	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.083	.120	.125	.245	3	0	0	5	0	0
Ritsuo Yamashita	35	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shigekuni Mashiba	15	11	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	2	0	0
Yukio Osada	16	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.067	.067	.067	.133	1	1	0	0	0	0
Michio Miura	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tadakatsu Kotani	17	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tomotaka Sugiyama	40	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mitsuru Koganemaru	9	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Akira Tanaka	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masao Tamura	13	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
Hiroaki Takeuchi	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1838	4757	4326	482	1108	186	13	172	467	51	36	300	689	.256	.307	.424	.732	1836	99	32	74	25	17

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Makoto Matsubara	1B	125					.000
Yoshikazu Takagi	1B	8					.000
John Sipin	1B	5					.000
Isao Ito	1B	5					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	1B	1					.000
Garry Jestadt	2B	66					.000
John Sipin	2B	65					.000
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	2B	14					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	2B	12					.000
Makoto Matsubara	2B	4					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	2B	1					.000
Tomio Tashiro	3B	76					.000
Garry Jestadt	3B	66					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	3B	25					.000
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	3B	9					.000
Kosuke Matsuoka	3B	5					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	3B	1					.000
John Sipin	3B	1					.000
Makoto Matsubara	3B	1					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	C	109					.000
Isao Ito	C	34					.000
Yasuhiko Tsuji	C	8					.000
Akira Ejiri	OF	104					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	OF	89					.000
Keiji Nagasaki	OF	85					.000
Yoshikazu Takagi	OF	51					.000
John Sipin	OF	47					.000
Isao Ito	OF	41					.000
Toshikazu Yano	OF	37					.000
Yoshio Noguchi	OF	16					.000
Garry Jestadt	OF	7					.000
Akira Tanaka	OF	3					.000
Hideyuki Okue	OF	2					.000
Hidetake Watanabe	OF	1					.000
Masao Tamura	OF	1					.000
Makoto Matsubara	OF	1					.000
Hideyuki Okue	P	52					.000
Hidetake Watanabe	P	41					.000
Masaji Hiramatsu	P	41					.000
Tomotaka Sugiyama	P	40					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	P	34					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	P	34					.000
Takashi Nemoto	P	34					.000
Michio Miura	P	26					.000
Tadakatsu Kotani	P	17					.000
Shigekuni Mashiba	P	15					.000
Tatsuo Uzawa	P	13					.000
Masao Tamura	P	12					.000
Akira Tanaka	P	11					.000
Shiro Miyamoto	P	9					.000
Hiroaki Takeuchi	P	4					.000
Yoshihiro Takagaki	P	1					.000
Daisuke Yamashita	SS	110					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	SS	18					.000
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	SS	10					.000
Takayuki Iwai	SS	5					.000
Garry Jestadt	SS	3					.000
Tomio Tashiro	SS	2					.000
Totals		1658	0	0	0	0	.000

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