1956 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 82-44
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (82-44)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1956 Yomiuri Giants RosterTeam Record: 82-44
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (82-44)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1956 season with a record of 82 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants paced the circuit with 568 runs, powered by 100 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 351 runs. Toshio Miyamoto powered the squad with 19 home runs and accounted for 69 RBI. Wally Yonamine topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .338. Takehiko Bessho recorded 27 wins on the mound for the team, while Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara added 15 or more victories as well Sho Horiuchi recorded a 1.47 ERA, leading 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 | 27 | 15 | .643 | 1.93 | 54 | 35 | 18 | 26 | 5 | 340.3 | 282 | 90 | 73 | 11 | 60 | 2 | 185 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1327 | |
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.71 | 45 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 216.0 | 179 | 87 | 65 | 14 | 47 | 1 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 870 | |
| Sho Horiuchi | 14 | 4 | .778 | 1.46 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 190.7 | 125 | 34 | 31 | 7 | 63 | 2 | 143 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 742 | |
| Takumi Otomo | 12 | 7 | .632 | 1.63 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 155.0 | 100 | 33 | 28 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 585 | |
| Taketoshi Yoshiwara | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.13 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 97.0 | 81 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 408 | |
| Hiroshi Nakao | 5 | 7 | .417 | 2.02 | 29 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 93.7 | 92 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 400 | |
| Yoshinori Kido | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.70 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 73.3 | 57 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 277 | |
| Tokito Soejima | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Masanori Iritani | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | ||
| Takao Aoki | 0 | 0 | 5.62 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Akira Kunimatsu | 0 | 0 | 10.12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Totals | 82 | 44 | .651 | 2.09 | 268 | 130 | 78 | 52 | 16 | 0 | 1195.7 | 953 | 351 | 277 | 57 | 302 | 10 | 642 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 4743 |
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 | 128 | 542 | 490 | 54 | 160 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 67 | 16 | 13 | 46 | 36 | .327 | .387 | .420 | .807 | 206 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| Wally Yonamine | 123 | 528 | 452 | 86 | 153 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 47 | 25 | 9 | 63 | 72 | .338 | .420 | .487 | .907 | 220 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| Shigeru Fujio | 117 | 443 | 406 | 43 | 112 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 62 | .276 | .316 | .436 | .752 | 177 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Toshio Miyamoto | 113 | 438 | 392 | 55 | 103 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 69 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 70 | .263 | .324 | .464 | .788 | 182 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Takashi Iwamoto | 125 | 389 | 342 | 43 | 87 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 46 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 34 | .254 | .321 | .389 | .710 | 133 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| Tatsuro Hiroka | 93 | 381 | 343 | 46 | 80 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 56 | .233 | .290 | .367 | .658 | 126 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Masataka Tsuchiya | 115 | 333 | 303 | 44 | 78 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 53 | .257 | .305 | .373 | .678 | 113 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Hirofumi Naito | 125 | 359 | 338 | 36 | 76 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 53 | .225 | .248 | .322 | .570 | 109 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Minoru Kakurai | 110 | 269 | 246 | 35 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 41 | .220 | .280 | .398 | .678 | 98 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Saburo Hirai | 93 | 278 | 232 | 30 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 | .220 | .300 | .310 | .610 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| Kazuhiko Sakazaki | 86 | 170 | 162 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 29 | .216 | .247 | .309 | .556 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Takehiko Bessho | 54 | 124 | 115 | 12 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .243 | .252 | .296 | .548 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Yuko Minamimura | 63 | 112 | 94 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | .234 | .327 | .319 | .646 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun Hirota | 30 | 72 | 69 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .290 | .319 | .420 | .740 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | 45 | 81 | 74 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .270 | .276 | .351 | .628 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Keishi Totoki | 32 | 50 | 45 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | .267 | .340 | .400 | .740 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sho Horiuchi | 37 | 66 | 64 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .172 | .185 | .172 | .356 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuo Higasa | 61 | 53 | 49 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | .184 | .245 | .306 | .551 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morimichi Iwashita | 61 | 36 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .242 | .286 | .364 | .649 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Takumi Otomo | 29 | 58 | 50 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .120 | .135 | .140 | .275 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Yoshinori Kido | 25 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .400 | .650 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Nakao | 29 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .200 | .208 | .408 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Shigeru Chiba | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .300 | .417 | .400 | .817 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Taketoshi Yoshiwara | 34 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .103 | .103 | .172 | .276 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bunji Kashiwaeda | 22 | 32 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .091 | .333 | .227 | .561 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Masahiko Mori | 13 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Susumu Munesue | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akira Kunimatsu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masanori Iritani | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takao Aoki | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1803 | 4933 | 4426 | 568 | 1143 | 183 | 35 | 100 | 532 | 111 | 72 | 334 | 680 | .258 | .314 | .383 | .697 | 1696 | 76 | 37 | 111 | 25 | 34 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | 1B | 118 | .000 | |||||
| Morimichi Iwashita | 1B | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Hirofumi Naito | 2B | 125 | .000 | |||||
| Saburo Hirai | 2B | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Chiba | 2B | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Masataka Tsuchiya | 3B | 111 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Iwamoto | 3B | 52 | .000 | |||||
| Bunji Kashiwaeda | 3B | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Chiba | 3B | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Fujio | C | 116 | .000 | |||||
| Jun Hirota | C | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshinori Kido | C | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Masahiko Mori | C | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Susumu Munesue | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Wally Yonamine | OF | 123 | .000 | |||||
| Toshio Miyamoto | OF | 110 | .000 | |||||
| Minoru Kakurai | OF | 100 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Iwamoto | OF | 84 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhiko Sakazaki | OF | 50 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Higasa | OF | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Yuko Minamimura | OF | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Keishi Totoki | OF | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Takehiko Bessho | P | 54 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Sho Horiuchi | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Taketoshi Yoshiwara | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Takumi Otomo | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nakao | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshinori Kido | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Masanori Iritani | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Takao Aoki | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Kunimatsu | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Tokito Soejima | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuro Hiroka | SS | 93 | .000 | |||||
| Saburo Hirai | SS | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Hirofumi Naito | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1649 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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