1970 Yakult Atoms Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 33-92
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Takehiko Bessho (0-0), Yoshiharu Ogawa (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

1970 Yakult Atoms Roster

The Yakult Atoms of the Japan Central League ended the 1970 season with a record of 33 wins and 92 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.

The Atoms plated 336 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 552 runs, most in the circuit. Dave Roberts paced Yakult with 19 home runs and drove in 52 runs. Shiro Takegami topped all regular batters with a .265 average. Kozo Ishioka and Keishi Asano led the team with 6 wins each, while Kozo Ishioka recorded a 3.25 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Dave Roberts and Bob Chance both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Takehiko Bessho and Yoshiharu Ogawa 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
Keishi Asano	6	12	.333	3.88	28	14	11	5	1		123.0	125	61	53	17	48	5	78	5	0	3	537
Kozo Ishioka	6	14	.300	3.25	36	21	10	3	1		155.0	138	69	56	17	48	1	104	4	0	4	636
Shoji Yasuki	4	7	.364	4.11	45	6	14	0	0		92.0	95	51	42	4	37	3	63	6	0	2	396
Yoshiaki Toyama	4	10	.286	3.39	43	18	13	2	2		154.0	134	65	58	11	66	3	87	6	0	0	655
Hiromu Matsuoka	4	12	.250	4.21	45	19	17	2	2		145.3	159	77	68	13	52	3	62	3	1	3	625
Shiroku Ishido	3	15	.167	4.60	30	25	2	2	0		129.0	144	75	66	12	42	1	47	13	0	2	559
Masao Sunouchi	2	2	.500	4.13	38	0	12	0	0		76.3	73	40	35	6	37	3	56	2	0	0	324
Yasuhiko Kawamura	2	5	.286	4.52	29	6	12	0	0		63.7	67	32	32	7	28	2	34	1	0	1	269
Tetsuo Nishii	1	3	.250	2.78	20	7	6	1	1		64.7	57	23	20	6	14	0	27	2	0	0	259
Makoto Fujiwara	1	10	.091	3.30	27	12	6	1	0		106.3	102	42	39	10	32	4	32	3	0	1	445
Masaru Ogata	0	0		3.55	21	0	7	0	0		25.3	34	11	10	5	2	0	11	1	0	0	109
Hajimu Tatsumi	0	1	.000	0.96	5	1	1	0	0		9.3	10	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	39
Shinichiro Ihara	0	1	.000	4.50	5	1	3	0	0		10.0	9	5	5	0	4	0	9	0	0	1	41
Totals	33	92	.264	3.78	372	130	114	16	7	0	1154.0	1147	552	485	108	412	25	614	46	1	17	4894

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
Fumihiro Tojo	130	526	473	48	118	18	3	2	23	28	15	27	55	.249	.294	.313	.607	148	4	4	20	2	1
Shiro Takegami	121	480	431	51	114	11	1	9	39	8	7	40	52	.265	.332	.357	.689	154	7	4	4	1	0
Kunio Fukutomi	126	465	443	39	106	14	5	8	37	12	7	15	74	.239	.263	.348	.611	154	6	0	5	2	0
Dave Roberts	124	474	420	43	100	22	0	19	52	1	2	44	71	.238	.319	.426	.745	179	9	7	1	2	8
Bob Chance	88	264	253	15	59	10	0	6	26	3	1	7	56	.233	.254	.344	.598	87	6	1	0	3	1
Akihiko Oya	93	281	255	17	52	10	1	6	27	1	2	16	43	.204	.254	.322	.575	82	7	1	9	0	4
Teruyuki Takakura	68	165	138	9	43	5	0	1	17	2	0	19	17	.312	.393	.370	.762	51	1	2	2	4	2
Kanji Maruyama	89	198	179	18	40	9	0	4	14	0	4	12	30	.223	.280	.341	.621	61	7	2	5	0	0
Toru Otsuka	71	153	140	9	31	2	2	0	8	1	1	8	26	.221	.264	.264	.528	37	3	0	5	0	0
Norifumi Kido	84	190	178	9	29	2	1	1	9	0	1	5	34	.163	.186	.202	.388	36	1	0	7	0	0
Yoshiaki Kushiro	67	131	119	9	24	4	1	3	7	2	2	11	27	.202	.275	.328	.603	39	0	1	0	0	3
Hideaki Miyahara	44	91	86	4	22	2	0	2	8	0	1	4	7	.256	.286	.349	.635	30	3	0	0	1	0
Toshitaka Tameike	60	147	132	13	22	3	0	3	7	2	2	8	35	.167	.213	.258	.470	34	2	0	6	1	0
Toshio Kato	32	83	70	10	18	1	2	3	11	0	1	8	14	.257	.373	.457	.831	32	3	5	0	0	2
Yoichi Inoue	49	64	57	6	16	0	2	0	1	0	1	5	16	.281	.339	.351	.690	20	3	0	2	0	0
Akio Saionji	47	105	90	3	16	2	1	1	6	0	1	13	17	.178	.276	.256	.532	23	5	0	0	2	0
Yoshiaki Shinohara	34	75	66	6	15	3	0	0	3	1	1	6	18	.227	.311	.273	.584	18	1	2	1	0	0
Junzo Uchida	67	145	131	7	15	3	0	0	3	0	2	8	30	.115	.165	.137	.303	18	2	0	6	0	0
Kuniaki Nakamura	32	76	71	3	11	1	1	0	6	0	1	3	19	.155	.200	.197	.397	14	2	1	1	0	0
Takayuki Nakano	49	60	55	7	9	3	0	1	4	0	1	4	21	.164	.220	.273	.493	15	0	0	1	0	1
Tadakatsu Takayama	61	65	61	1	8	0	1	0	2	0	2	2	14	.131	.156	.164	.320	10	3	0	1	1	0
Keishi Asano	28	40	37	2	6	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	17	.162	.184	.216	.400	8	0	0	2	0	0
Motomi Kanai	16	20	17	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.235	.278	.235	.513	4	0	0	2	0	0
Kozo Ishioka	37	43	38	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	.105	.150	.132	.282	5	0	0	3	0	0
Yoshiaki Toyama	43	46	44	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	.091	.091	.114	.205	5	0	0	2	0	0
Sachio Okugaki	46	51	49	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	14	.082	.118	.122	.240	6	3	1	0	0	0
Tetsuo Nishii	20	17	15	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	0	0	2	0	0
Shiroku Ishido	30	37	32	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	10	.094	.147	.156	.303	5	0	1	3	0	0
Hiromu Matsuoka	45	40	34	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	.088	.139	.088	.227	3	0	0	4	0	0
Masao Sunouchi	40	11	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.222	.300	.333	.633	3	0	0	1	0	0
Yasuhiko Kawamura	29	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	1	0	0	0	0
Taneo Okumiya	9	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	1	0	0	0	0
Shigeo Nagai	13	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.077	.200	.077	.277	1	0	1	0	0	0
Shoji Yasuki	47	18	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.056	.056	.056	.111	1	0	0	0	0	0
Makoto Fujiwara	27	30	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	.038	.107	.038	.146	1	1	0	2	0	0
Masaru Ogata	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shinichiro Ihara	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hajimu Tatsumi	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minoru Murakoshi	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takeshi Kuwata	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2005	4641	4214	336	907	130	23	69	319	62	55	278	832	.215	.268	.306	.574	1290	81	33	97	19	22

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dave Roberts	1B	71					.000
Bob Chance	1B	71					.000
Sachio Okugaki	1B	27					.000
Norifumi Kido	1B	11					.000
Toshio Kato	1B	5					.000
Minoru Murakoshi	1B	2					.000
Shoji Yasuki	1B	1					.000
Masao Sunouchi	1B	1					.000
Akihiko Oya	1B	1					.000
Shiro Takegami	2B	118					.000
Takayuki Nakano	2B	18					.000
Yoshiaki Shinohara	2B	10					.000
Norifumi Kido	2B	3					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	2B	1					.000
Shigeo Nagai	2B	1					.000
Yoichi Inoue	2B	1					.000
Norifumi Kido	3B	62					.000
Toshitaka Tameike	3B	55					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	3B	26					.000
Yoshiaki Shinohara	3B	19					.000
Takayuki Nakano	3B	9					.000
Yoichi Inoue	3B	9					.000
Shigeo Nagai	3B	7					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	3B	1					.000
Akihiko Oya	C	88					.000
Yoshiaki Kushiro	C	52					.000
Toshio Kato	C	26					.000
Taneo Okumiya	C	6					.000
Kunio Fukutomi	OF	124					.000
Kanji Maruyama	OF	74					.000
Dave Roberts	OF	73					.000
Junzo Uchida	OF	49					.000
Tadakatsu Takayama	OF	45					.000
Toru Otsuka	OF	44					.000
Teruyuki Takakura	OF	41					.000
Akio Saionji	OF	27					.000
Yoichi Inoue	OF	24					.000
Hideaki Miyahara	OF	23					.000
Motomi Kanai	OF	11					.000
Shoji Yasuki	OF	1					.000
Masao Sunouchi	OF	1					.000
Kozo Ishioka	OF	1					.000
Shoji Yasuki	P	45					.000
Hiromu Matsuoka	P	45					.000
Yoshiaki Toyama	P	43					.000
Masao Sunouchi	P	38					.000
Kozo Ishioka	P	36					.000
Shiroku Ishido	P	30					.000
Yasuhiko Kawamura	P	29					.000
Keishi Asano	P	28					.000
Makoto Fujiwara	P	27					.000
Masaru Ogata	P	21					.000
Tetsuo Nishii	P	20					.000
Hajimu Tatsumi	P	5					.000
Shinichiro Ihara	P	5					.000
Fumihiro Tojo	SS	130					.000
Takayuki Nakano	SS	5					.000
Norifumi Kido	SS	3					.000
Yoshiaki Shinohara	SS	2					.000
Totals		1752	0	0	0	0	.000

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