1971 Yakult Atoms Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 52-72
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (52-72)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

1971 Yakult Atoms Roster

The Yakult Atoms of the Japan Central League ended the 1971 season with a record of 52 wins and 72 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.

The Atoms plated 427 runs and allowed 451 runs, most in the league. Dave Roberts walloped 33 home runs for Yakult, while Shiro Takegami swatted 15 or more also. Dave Roberts drove in 76 runs. Shiro Takegami paced batters with significant playing time with a .272 average. Hiromu Matsuoka topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.53 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Dave Roberts and Jarvis Tatum both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Osamu Mihara 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
Hiromu Matsuoka	14	15	.483	2.52	48	37	8	14	4		281.7	240	95	79	23	84	13	122	8	1	1	1143
Kozo Ishioka	8	11	.421	2.93	45	12	17	5	0		153.7	125	57	50	16	52	3	98	4	0	0	619
Keishi Asano	7	14	.333	3.20	38	23	9	5	1		163.3	147	64	58	16	67	9	96	6	0	0	678
Teruo Aida	6	5	.545	3.76	35	20	8	3	1		138.7	116	62	58	18	43	4	67	11	0	1	578
Masao Sunouchi	5	2	.714	2.60	31	2	15	0	0		72.7	50	21	21	8	44	2	54	2	0	3	297
Tetsuo Nishii	5	7	.417	2.60	26	12	8	6	2		107.3	82	38	31	7	36	6	53	2	1	1	432
Yoshiaki Toyama	5	11	.312	3.24	33	15	9	4	2		119.3	95	51	43	10	75	1	56	3	0	1	504
Makoto Fujiwara	1	2	.333	4.50	17	4	2	0	0		36.0	32	21	18	5	22	0	16	1	0	0	157
Shoji Yasuki	1	5	.167	3.22	42	4	10	0	0		67.0	55	27	24	5	23	1	46	4	1	0	276
Yasuhiko Kawamura	0	0			1	0	1	0	0		0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Toyoo Mitsuhashi	0	0			1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Katsutoshi Oki	0	0		1.69	5	1	1	0	0		5.3	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	21
Masaru Ogata	0	0		5.40	2	0	2	0	0		3.3	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	14
Shinichiro Ihara	0	0		5.56	8	0	3	0	0		11.3	12	9	7	3	4	2	7	0	0	0	50
Totals	52	72	.419	3.05	332	130	93	37	10	0	1159.7	962	451	393	112	452	41	618	41	3	7	4772

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
Shiro Takegami	126	521	478	64	130	19	1	15	51	14	8	27	36	.272	.314	.410	.724	196	12	4	9	3	0
Dave Roberts	128	518	452	63	121	20	1	33	76	8	2	49	65	.268	.347	.535	.882	242	6	9	2	6	12
Kunio Fukutomi	126	456	409	55	100	20	3	8	48	10	6	37	75	.244	.309	.367	.676	150	5	3	3	4	1
Fumihiro Tojo	126	446	394	35	88	14	2	1	15	16	10	23	33	.223	.276	.277	.553	109	7	6	22	1	0
Akihiko Oya	127	432	377	29	87	16	3	10	40	2	3	28	39	.231	.287	.369	.656	139	9	4	18	5	7
Tsutomu Wakamatsu	112	305	274	40	83	18	1	3	15	6	8	15	28	.303	.354	.409	.762	112	1	7	8	1	0
Junzo Uchida	102	285	251	28	77	12	2	3	21	7	7	25	36	.307	.377	.406	.784	102	1	4	4	1	0
Toru Otsuka	103	260	245	16	56	7	1	1	14	3	7	10	34	.229	.259	.278	.536	68	6	0	5	0	0
Takashi Arakawa	66	235	219	21	53	8	2	6	28	6	3	12	40	.242	.286	.379	.665	83	5	2	1	1	0
Norifumi Kido	106	205	189	13	45	5	3	3	20	4	0	10	23	.238	.274	.344	.618	65	5	0	4	2	4
Kuniaki Nakamura	49	97	87	8	23	4	0	3	14	0	0	6	22	.264	.312	.414	.726	36	2	0	4	0	0
Toshitaka Tameike	78	165	149	9	23	4	0	2	8	4	0	13	30	.154	.222	.221	.444	33	4	0	3	0	0
Yoshiaki Toyama	74	107	95	14	20	5	1	3	11	0	0	9	28	.211	.283	.379	.662	36	3	1	1	1	0
Yoichi Inoue	80	89	76	7	16	2	1	1	9	0	2	9	25	.211	.295	.303	.598	23	0	1	1	2	1
Jarvis Tatum	31	83	78	6	15	4	0	1	9	1	0	4	13	.192	.229	.282	.511	22	4	0	0	1	0
Hideaki Miyahara	25	38	35	0	10	3	0	0	7	0	0	2	4	.286	.316	.371	.687	13	1	0	0	1	1
Hiromu Matsuoka	53	95	88	3	9	2	1	0	6	0	0	4	45	.102	.141	.148	.289	13	0	0	3	0	0
Teruo Aida	39	46	41	5	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	16	.171	.209	.268	.478	11	0	0	3	0	0
Taneo Okumiya	25	36	30	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	7	.167	.265	.167	.431	5	0	0	2	0	0
Takayuki Nakano	25	22	22	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.182	.182	.182	.364	4	0	0	0	0	0
Keishi Asano	40	52	45	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	29	.089	.163	.111	.274	5	0	0	3	0	0
Tetsuo Nishii	38	32	28	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.107	.167	.143	.310	4	0	1	2	0	0
Kanji Maruyama	22	31	30	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.100	.129	.100	.229	3	0	0	0	0	1
Yukio Yaegashi	7	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	.182	.250	.182	.432	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiaki Kushiro	20	19	18	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.111	.158	.111	.269	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiaki Shinohara	29	27	26	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.077	.077	.077	.154	2	1	0	1	0	0
Kozo Ishioka	47	43	36	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	17	.056	.190	.056	.246	2	0	0	1	0	0
Shinichiro Ihara	11	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Masao Sunouchi	37	14	13	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.077	.077	.154	.231	2	0	0	1	0	0
Yoshinori Yamashita	18	19	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	.059	.111	.059	.170	1	0	1	1	0	0
Shuhei Uehara	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsutoshi Oki	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeo Nagai	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minoru Murakoshi	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Makoto Fujiwara	20	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shoji Yasuki	42	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1948	4720	4241	427	993	168	22	94	403	81	58	305	713	.234	.290	.351	.641	1487	72	43	102	29	27

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dave Roberts	1B	128					.000
Norifumi Kido	1B	20					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	1B	4					.000
Yukio Yaegashi	1B	3					.000
Minoru Murakoshi	1B	2					.000
Toshitaka Tameike	1B	1					.000
Hiromu Matsuoka	1B	1					.000
Kunio Fukutomi	1B	1					.000
Shiro Takegami	2B	125					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	2B	19					.000
Takayuki Nakano	2B	5					.000
Yoshiaki Shinohara	2B	3					.000
Fumihiro Tojo	2B	1					.000
Norifumi Kido	2B	1					.000
Norifumi Kido	3B	74					.000
Takashi Arakawa	3B	65					.000
Toshitaka Tameike	3B	42					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	3B	6					.000
Yoshiaki Shinohara	3B	2					.000
Takayuki Nakano	3B	2					.000
Akihiko Oya	C	126					.000
Taneo Okumiya	C	18					.000
Yoshiaki Kushiro	C	13					.000
Yukio Yaegashi	C	1					.000
Kunio Fukutomi	OF	123					.000
Tsutomu Wakamatsu	OF	104					.000
Junzo Uchida	OF	90					.000
Toru Otsuka	OF	89					.000
Yoichi Inoue	OF	73					.000
Jarvis Tatum	OF	27					.000
Yoshiaki Toyama	OF	21					.000
Kanji Maruyama	OF	19					.000
Toshitaka Tameike	OF	15					.000
Yoshinori Yamashita	OF	14					.000
Masaru Ogata	OF	13					.000
Tetsuo Nishii	OF	12					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	OF	11					.000
Hideaki Miyahara	OF	10					.000
Hiromu Matsuoka	OF	7					.000
Masao Sunouchi	OF	6					.000
Mitsuaki Akasaka	OF	6					.000
Teruo Aida	OF	4					.000
Katsutoshi Oki	OF	3					.000
Takayuki Nakano	OF	3					.000
Shinichiro Ihara	OF	3					.000
Makoto Fujiwara	OF	3					.000
Shuhei Uehara	OF	2					.000
Yoshiaki Shinohara	OF	2					.000
Yoshiaki Kushiro	OF	2					.000
Kozo Ishioka	OF	2					.000
Keishi Asano	OF	2					.000
Takashi Arakawa	OF	2					.000
Yukio Yaegashi	OF	1					.000
Dave Roberts	OF	1					.000
Taneo Okumiya	OF	1					.000
Toyoo Mitsuhashi	OF	1					.000
Yasuhiko Kawamura	OF	1					.000
Eisuke Fukunaga	OF	1					.000
Hiromu Matsuoka	P	48					.000
Kozo Ishioka	P	45					.000
Shoji Yasuki	P	42					.000
Keishi Asano	P	38					.000
Teruo Aida	P	35					.000
Yoshiaki Toyama	P	33					.000
Masao Sunouchi	P	31					.000
Tetsuo Nishii	P	26					.000
Makoto Fujiwara	P	17					.000
Shinichiro Ihara	P	8					.000
Katsutoshi Oki	P	5					.000
Masaru Ogata	P	2					.000
Toyoo Mitsuhashi	P	1					.000
Yasuhiko Kawamura	P	1					.000
Fumihiro Tojo	SS	125					.000
Toshitaka Tameike	SS	18					.000
Yoshiaki Shinohara	SS	16					.000
Shiro Takegami	SS	11					.000
Norifumi Kido	SS	3					.000
Takayuki Nakano	SS	1					.000
Totals		1843	0	0	0	0	.000

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