1972 Yakult Atoms Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 60-67
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (60-67)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

1972 Yakult Atoms Roster

The Yakult Atoms of the Japan Central League ended the 1972 season with a record of 60 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.

The Atoms scored 530 runs and surrendered 543 runs, most in the circuit. Dave Roberts led Yakult with 22 home runs, while Takashi Arakawa walloped 15 or more also. Dave Roberts drove in 63 runs. Tsutomu Wakamatsu topped hitters with significant playing time with a .329 average. Hiromu Matsuoka paced the team with 17 wins, and Takeshi Yasuda registered a 2.09 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Art López and Dave Roberts 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	17	18	.486	3.09	46	36	5	18	3		300.0	271	120	103	28	97	9	140	4	0	3	1231
Tetsuo Nishii	9	5	.643	3.63	32	21	5	5	1		131.3	117	61	53	14	54	3	61	5	0	1	560
Kozo Ishioka	8	3	.727	3.81	29	4	15	1	0		78.0	64	34	33	7	32	3	54	1	0	3	331
Takeshi Yasuda	7	5	.583	2.08	50	12	19	3	2		168.7	136	51	39	6	31	4	81	2	0	0	668
Takahiro Watanabe	7	14	.333	4.86	37	18	8	2	2		127.7	119	70	69	21	36	5	68	7	0	0	532
Keishi Asano	6	14	.300	3.96	37	20	8	5	1		168.3	146	86	74	18	65	7	98	5	0	0	691
Mitsugu Tanaka	2	0	1.000	5.22	18	4	3	0	0		29.3	35	17	17	6	11	1	9	0	0	0	128
Katsutoshi Oki	1	0	1.000	4.87	15	1	6	0	0		20.3	21	11	11	3	11	0	9	1	0	0	92
Naoki Enomoto	1	1	.500	3.60	4	1	3	0	0		10.0	8	4	4	1	4	0	14	0	0	0	41
Shinichiro Ihara	1	2	.333	2.63	17	1	11	0	0		41.0	33	16	12	4	18	0	32	3	0	2	169
Shigeo Sugiyama	1	2	.333	7.31	22	4	6	0	0		28.3	41	25	23	4	17	3	22	0	1	0	144
Shoji Yasuki	0	0		4.50	2	0	0	0	0		2.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	9
Masao Sunouchi	0	0		6.12	11	4	1	0	0		25.0	22	17	17	4	17	0	15	1	0	0	109
Noriaki Matsumura	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0		3.0	3	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	14
Teruo Aida	0	3	.000	7.71	16	4	5	0	0		30.3	34	27	26	9	12	0	13	4	0	0	133
Totals	60	67	.472	3.75	337	130	96	34	9	0	1163.3	1051	543	485	126	409	35	618	34	1	9	4852

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
Art López	126	508	462	61	132	25	3	14	61	5	4	33	40	.286	.335	.444	.779	205	8	5	1	7	4
Tsutomu Wakamatsu	115	408	365	54	120	17	4	14	49	20	6	25	32	.329	.380	.512	.893	187	4	6	11	1	1
Dave Roberts	120	455	383	55	106	21	1	22	63	2	4	63	64	.277	.385	.509	.894	195	11	6	0	3	16
Akihiko Oya	120	416	361	44	97	24	2	5	40	6	2	36	33	.269	.332	.388	.719	140	9	0	15	4	12
Takashi Arakawa	83	340	298	57	84	8	0	18	42	3	3	29	57	.282	.350	.490	.840	146	3	4	6	3	0
Fumihiro Tojo	112	385	346	37	84	15	3	1	25	15	8	21	49	.243	.284	.312	.596	108	3	1	12	5	0
Shiro Takegami	101	335	294	31	82	19	2	5	38	8	6	27	30	.279	.342	.408	.750	120	1	2	10	2	1
Kazuhide Funada	100	287	254	35	63	9	3	8	31	9	3	23	45	.248	.314	.402	.716	102	4	2	7	1	1
Yoshinori Yamashita	102	233	209	25	49	12	1	8	19	11	9	17	43	.234	.298	.416	.715	87	3	2	5	0	2
Junzo Uchida	84	215	184	22	41	9	0	4	27	9	7	14	27	.223	.292	.337	.629	62	7	4	13	0	1
Kuniaki Nakamura	63	178	148	22	39	7	1	4	23	5	5	21	36	.264	.347	.405	.752	60	4	0	5	4	0
Kunio Fukutomi	88	194	172	22	39	7	1	3	15	2	5	18	21	.227	.300	.331	.631	57	4	0	4	0	4
Norifumi Kido	71	117	105	6	22	4	0	3	14	0	0	8	18	.210	.261	.333	.594	35	3	0	2	2	0
Taneo Okumiya	45	89	77	11	18	1	0	2	9	4	0	9	18	.234	.330	.325	.654	25	0	2	1	0	2
Shigeo Nagai	47	61	58	5	14	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	11	.241	.267	.293	.560	17	1	0	1	0	0
Hiromu Matsuoka	46	115	109	4	14	5	1	0	7	0	0	0	41	.128	.127	.193	.320	21	0	0	5	1	0
Toru Sugiura	23	55	46	4	11	3	0	0	3	3	2	8	11	.239	.352	.304	.656	14	0	0	1	0	0
Takeshi Yasuda	50	56	50	3	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	12	.220	.278	.260	.538	13	0	0	2	0	0
Yukio Yaegashi	38	58	46	4	9	2	1	1	7	0	0	8	16	.196	.339	.348	.687	16	2	2	2	0	0
Katsukuni Yamada	31	53	46	4	9	1	1	0	2	0	3	5	14	.196	.269	.261	.530	12	1	0	1	1	0
Keishi Asano	37	58	51	4	9	0	0	1	5	0	0	3	16	.176	.222	.235	.458	12	0	0	4	0	0
Yoichi Inoue	52	51	47	5	8	0	0	1	4	0	2	3	9	.170	.220	.234	.454	11	2	0	1	0	0
Takahiro Watanabe	38	41	37	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.189	.211	.189	.400	7	0	0	3	0	0
Susumu Watanabe	8	18	16	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	6	.250	.294	.438	.732	7	1	0	1	0	0
Takayuki Nakano	21	35	33	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.121	.147	.152	.299	5	1	0	1	0	0
Tetsuo Nishii	34	43	40	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	17	.100	.122	.100	.222	4	2	0	2	0	0
Shigeo Sugiyama	23	7	6	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.667	1.167	4	0	0	1	0	0
Shinichiro Ihara	17	15	15	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.333	.533	5	1	0	0	0	0
Kozo Ishioka	32	18	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.167	.167	.167	.333	3	0	0	0	0	0
Teruo Aida	17	8	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.500	.833	3	0	0	2	0	0
Minoru Murakoshi	9	10	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.222	.300	.556	.856	5	0	0	0	0	0
Masao Sunouchi	13	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	1	1	0	0
Mitsugu Tanaka	20	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kameshige Ozaki	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Noriaki Matsumura	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Yoshiaki Kushiro	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Naoki Enomoto	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsutoshi Oki	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1926	4887	4313	530	1094	196	27	115	499	102	72	383	702	.254	.318	.392	.709	1689	76	37	120	34	44

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Dave Roberts	1B	118					.000
Kazuhide Funada	1B	26					.000
Toru Sugiura	1B	17					.000
Norifumi Kido	1B	16					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	1B	9					.000
Minoru Murakoshi	1B	6					.000
Katsutoshi Oki	1B	1					.000
Shigeo Nagai	1B	1					.000
Art López	1B	1					.000
Shiro Takegami	2B	89					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	2B	51					.000
Kazuhide Funada	2B	14					.000
Shigeo Nagai	2B	9					.000
Takayuki Nakano	2B	4					.000
Fumihiro Tojo	2B	1					.000
Takashi Arakawa	3B	81					.000
Norifumi Kido	3B	49					.000
Kazuhide Funada	3B	24					.000
Takayuki Nakano	3B	13					.000
Yukio Yaegashi	3B	3					.000
Susumu Watanabe	3B	3					.000
Shigeo Nagai	3B	2					.000
Shiro Takegami	3B	1					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	3B	1					.000
Akihiko Oya	C	119					.000
Taneo Okumiya	C	39					.000
Yoshiaki Kushiro	C	1					.000
Art López	OF	126					.000
Tsutomu Wakamatsu	OF	109					.000
Yoshinori Yamashita	OF	95					.000
Kunio Fukutomi	OF	73					.000
Junzo Uchida	OF	62					.000
Yoichi Inoue	OF	47					.000
Katsukuni Yamada	OF	27					.000
Yukio Yaegashi	OF	14					.000
Yoshiaki Kushiro	OF	12					.000
Taneo Okumiya	OF	4					.000
Katsutoshi Oki	OF	3					.000
Kozo Ishioka	OF	3					.000
Mitsugu Tanaka	OF	2					.000
Masao Sunouchi	OF	2					.000
Tetsuo Nishii	OF	2					.000
Osamu Katsumata	OF	2					.000
Kazuhide Funada	OF	2					.000
Shigeo Sugiyama	OF	1					.000
Dave Roberts	OF	1					.000
Takayuki Nakano	OF	1					.000
Shigeo Nagai	OF	1					.000
Keishi Asano	OF	1					.000
Teruo Aida	OF	1					.000
Takeshi Yasuda	P	50					.000
Hiromu Matsuoka	P	46					.000
Takahiro Watanabe	P	37					.000
Keishi Asano	P	37					.000
Tetsuo Nishii	P	32					.000
Kozo Ishioka	P	29					.000
Shigeo Sugiyama	P	22					.000
Mitsugu Tanaka	P	18					.000
Shinichiro Ihara	P	17					.000
Teruo Aida	P	16					.000
Katsutoshi Oki	P	15					.000
Masao Sunouchi	P	11					.000
Naoki Enomoto	P	4					.000
Shoji Yasuki	P	2					.000
Noriaki Matsumura	P	1					.000
Fumihiro Tojo	SS	109					.000
Kazuhide Funada	SS	51					.000
Susumu Watanabe	SS	5					.000
Takashi Arakawa	SS	3					.000
Takayuki Nakano	SS	2					.000
Shiro Takegami	SS	1					.000
Norifumi Kido	SS	1					.000
Totals		1799	0	0	0	0	.000

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