1952 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Team Record: 83-37
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (83-37)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Nankai Hawks 2
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1952 season with a record of 83 wins and 37 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants scored 650 runs, best in the league. Yomiuri gave up 389 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Noboru Aota led the team with 18 home runs Tetsuharu Kawakami recorded 82 runs batted in. Wally Yonamine paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .344. Takehiko Bessho earned 33 wins for the squad, while Hideo Fujimoto and Takumi Otomo, too added 15 or more wins, too Takehiko Bessho registered a 1.94 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers. Shigeru Mizuhara 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takehiko Bessho | 33 | 13 | .717 | 1.94 | 52 | 41 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 371.3 | 299 | 107 | 80 | 13 | 93 | 153 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1473 | ||
| Takumi Otomo | 17 | 8 | .680 | 2.26 | 40 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 207.3 | 158 | 78 | 52 | 10 | 51 | 120 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 827 | ||
| Hideo Fujimoto | 16 | 6 | .727 | 2.36 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 213.7 | 169 | 68 | 56 | 11 | 38 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 830 | ||
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.19 | 37 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 138.3 | 130 | 58 | 49 | 4 | 47 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 578 | ||
| Bill Nishita | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.23 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.3 | 69 | 42 | 27 | 6 | 25 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 312 | ||
| Hiroshi Nakao | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.04 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 42.3 | 42 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 193 | ||
| Masanori Iritani | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89 | |||
| Masayoshi Miura | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |||
| Totals | 83 | 37 | .692 | 2.45 | 210 | 120 | 64 | 56 | 16 | 0 | 1076.3 | 891 | 389 | 293 | 47 | 285 | 0 | 498 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 4325 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Yonamine | 116 | 531 | 474 | 104 | 163 | 33 | 5 | 10 | 53 | 38 | 11 | 47 | 38 | .344 | .405 | .498 | .903 | 236 | 8 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | 118 | 522 | 478 | 62 | 153 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 82 | 15 | 5 | 42 | 21 | .320 | .377 | .421 | .798 | 201 | 11 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Shigeru Chiba | 120 | 556 | 455 | 87 | 142 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 62 | 11 | 5 | 76 | 43 | .312 | .412 | .444 | .856 | 202 | 12 | 1 | 24 | ||
| Yuko Minamimura | 115 | 487 | 441 | 72 | 139 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 76 | 18 | 8 | 40 | 20 | .315 | .375 | .431 | .806 | 190 | 7 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Saburo Hirai | 120 | 489 | 427 | 63 | 118 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 21 | 7 | 44 | 26 | .276 | .348 | .377 | .725 | 161 | 4 | 3 | 15 | ||
| Mitsuo Uno | 115 | 443 | 404 | 42 | 117 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 27 | .290 | .343 | .381 | .724 | 154 | 14 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Noboru Aota | 114 | 468 | 427 | 77 | 111 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 79 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 32 | .260 | .323 | .433 | .757 | 185 | 15 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jun Hirota | 91 | 261 | 235 | 28 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 18 | .277 | .341 | .391 | .733 | 92 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Yasuo Kusunoki | 73 | 221 | 185 | 27 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 20 | .292 | .396 | .432 | .829 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Takehiko Bessho | 58 | 163 | 147 | 15 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .272 | .327 | .408 | .735 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Hiroyoshi Komatsubara | 66 | 105 | 87 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 4 | .264 | .385 | .287 | .672 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Meiji Tezuka | 33 | 71 | 67 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .284 | .314 | .373 | .687 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Hideo Fujimoto | 38 | 98 | 86 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .209 | .284 | .267 | .552 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kazuo Higasa | 47 | 79 | 69 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .232 | .321 | .435 | .755 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Takumi Otomo | 40 | 82 | 73 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .205 | .247 | .274 | .521 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bill Nishita | 21 | 29 | 28 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .357 | .607 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | 37 | 50 | 46 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .130 | .149 | .217 | .366 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Masanori Iritani | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .400 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hirofumi Naito | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hiroshi Hagiwara | 33 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .571 | .946 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hiroshi Nakao | 14 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .143 | .294 | .214 | .508 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Masayoshi Miura | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toshiaki Takemiya | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fukuzo Tada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1408 | 4706 | 4175 | 650 | 1219 | 203 | 34 | 77 | 598 | 136 | 56 | 426 | 317 | .292 | .360 | .412 | .773 | 1721 | 104 | 21 | 84 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | 1B | 95 | .000 | |||||
| Meiji Tezuka | 1B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Yuko Minamimura | 1B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Chiba | 2B | 120 | .000 | |||||
| Hirofumi Naito | 2B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuo Uno | 3B | 115 | .000 | |||||
| Meiji Tezuka | 3B | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Jun Hirota | C | 79 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuo Kusunoki | C | 71 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiaki Takemiya | C | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Wally Yonamine | OF | 116 | .000 | |||||
| Yuko Minamimura | OF | 114 | .000 | |||||
| Noboru Aota | OF | 112 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroyoshi Komatsubara | OF | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Higasa | OF | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Hagiwara | OF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Takehiko Bessho | P | 52 | .000 | |||||
| Takumi Otomo | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Hideo Fujimoto | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Nishita | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nakao | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Masanori Iritani | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Masayoshi Miura | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Saburo Hirai | SS | 120 | .000 | |||||
| Hirofumi Naito | SS | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1278 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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