1953 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Team Record: 87-37
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (87-37)
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 1953 season with a record of 87 wins and 37 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants led the circuit with 667 runs, powered by 80 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 392 runs, least in the league. Shigeru Chiba and Kazuo Higasa paced the squad with 12 home runs apiece. Shigeru Chiba drove in 80 runs. Tetsuharu Kawakami topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .347. Takumi Otomo notched 27 wins on the mound for the team, while Takehiko Bessho and Hideo Fujimoto also added 15 or more wins also Takumi Otomo recorded a 1.86 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takumi Otomo | 27 | 6 | .818 | 1.86 | 43 | 29 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 281.3 | 199 | 65 | 58 | 13 | 63 | 173 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1076 | ||
| Hideo Fujimoto | 17 | 6 | .739 | 2.08 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 198.7 | 166 | 60 | 46 | 9 | 30 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 777 | ||
| Takehiko Bessho | 16 | 8 | .667 | 2.63 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 191.3 | 179 | 70 | 56 | 10 | 43 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 781 | ||
| Hiroshi Nakao | 14 | 8 | .636 | 2.72 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 181.7 | 157 | 76 | 55 | 5 | 40 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 734 | ||
| Masanori Iritani | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.37 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 174.3 | 159 | 61 | 46 | 14 | 44 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 716 | ||
| Minoru Suzuki | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.89 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 167 | ||
| Masayuki Kasahara | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.31 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16.3 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | ||
| Yasuo Inoue | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | |||
| Masayoshi Miura | 0 | 0 | 8.22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |||
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.32 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 138 | ||
| Fukuzo Tada | 0 | 1 | .000 | 19.29 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Totals | 87 | 37 | .702 | 2.48 | 216 | 125 | 57 | 68 | 14 | 0 | 1133.0 | 971 | 392 | 312 | 60 | 267 | 0 | 488 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 4552 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | 121 | 518 | 467 | 74 | 162 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 77 | 22 | 8 | 44 | 14 | .347 | .411 | .467 | .878 | 218 | 10 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Shigeru Chiba | 120 | 537 | 462 | 87 | 148 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 80 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 46 | .320 | .394 | .470 | .864 | 217 | 15 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Saburo Hirai | 120 | 533 | 471 | 97 | 137 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 65 | 21 | 12 | 55 | 27 | .291 | .367 | .427 | .794 | 201 | 9 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Yuko Minamimura | 123 | 507 | 459 | 64 | 127 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 19 | 7 | 27 | 24 | .277 | .321 | .359 | .681 | 165 | 8 | 3 | 18 | ||
| Wally Yonamine | 104 | 435 | 365 | 58 | 112 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 54 | 13 | 5 | 57 | 33 | .307 | .405 | .433 | .838 | 158 | 9 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Jun Hirota | 115 | 434 | 385 | 52 | 93 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 36 | .242 | .311 | .325 | .636 | 125 | 5 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Mitsuo Uno | 97 | 347 | 318 | 32 | 86 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 29 | .270 | .324 | .377 | .701 | 120 | 11 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bunji Kashiwaeda | 89 | 242 | 220 | 42 | 75 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 57 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 20 | .341 | .396 | .555 | .950 | 122 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Takashi Iwamoto | 109 | 319 | 284 | 35 | 72 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 34 | .254 | .314 | .398 | .712 | 113 | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Kazuo Higasa | 96 | 311 | 270 | 45 | 69 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 39 | .256 | .354 | .433 | .787 | 117 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Takumi Otomo | 43 | 117 | 102 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .255 | .262 | .314 | .576 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Hideo Fujimoto | 29 | 83 | 74 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .284 | .312 | .378 | .690 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Takehiko Bessho | 33 | 78 | 75 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .240 | .260 | .360 | .620 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Masanori Iritani | 29 | 76 | 70 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .229 | .270 | .300 | .570 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Meiji Tezuka | 55 | 68 | 62 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .194 | .242 | .210 | .452 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Hiroshi Nakao | 34 | 72 | 59 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .186 | .284 | .186 | .470 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Hirofumi Naito | 38 | 45 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .200 | .256 | .225 | .481 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Yasuo Kusunoki | 26 | 55 | 50 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .160 | .222 | .180 | .402 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | 11 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .533 | .867 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Hiroyoshi Komatsubara | 20 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .133 | .235 | .167 | .402 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Masayuki Kasahara | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .600 | .600 | .800 | 1.400 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Minoru Suzuki | 16 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .273 | .600 | .873 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mamoru Nakajima | 19 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shigeru Fujio | 16 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .167 | .412 | .167 | .578 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yasuo Inoue | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Masayoshi Miura | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fukuzo Tada | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .600 | .333 | .933 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1488 | 4884 | 4324 | 667 | 1222 | 221 | 27 | 80 | 616 | 114 | 59 | 419 | 392 | .283 | .350 | .402 | .751 | 1737 | 100 | 27 | 114 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | 1B | 117 | .000 | |||||
| Meiji Tezuka | 1B | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Chiba | 2B | 120 | .000 | |||||
| Bunji Kashiwaeda | 2B | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Hirofumi Naito | 2B | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Meiji Tezuka | 2B | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Onpei Minami | 2B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuo Uno | 3B | 95 | .000 | |||||
| Bunji Kashiwaeda | 3B | 57 | .000 | |||||
| Meiji Tezuka | 3B | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Jun Hirota | C | 114 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuo Kusunoki | C | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Fujio | C | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Yuko Minamimura | OF | 123 | .000 | |||||
| Wally Yonamine | OF | 104 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Iwamoto | OF | 104 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Higasa | OF | 93 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroyoshi Komatsubara | OF | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Mamoru Nakajima | OF | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Hirofumi Naito | OF | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Fukuzo Tada | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Takumi Otomo | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nakao | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Takehiko Bessho | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Masanori Iritani | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Hideo Fujimoto | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Minoru Suzuki | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Masayuki Kasahara | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Masayoshi Miura | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuo Inoue | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Fukuzo Tada | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Saburo Hirai | SS | 120 | .000 | |||||
| Hirofumi Naito | SS | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1401 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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