1957 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 74-53
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (74-53)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1957 Yomiuri Giants Roster

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1957 season with a record of 74 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Giants led the league with 471 runs, fueled by 93 home runs. Yomiuri surrendered 393 runs. Toshio Miyamoto paced the squad with 21 home runs, while Tatsuro Hiroka walloped 15 or more also. Toshio Miyamoto accounted for 78 RBI. Wally Yonamine topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .343. Motoshi Fujita and Yoshinori Kido paced the team with 17 wins each, and Taketoshi Yoshiwara earned a 1.47 ERA, best among regular hurlers. 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
Yoshinori Kido	17	7	.708	2.36	44	22	14	5	0		202.0	155	71	53	16	50	3	134	6	0	3	808
Motoshi Fujita	17	13	.567	2.48	60	18	35	4	0		235.7	190	86	65	10	80	2	156	5	0	7	964
Takehiko Bessho	14	11	.560	2.50	40	31	5	13	4		219.7	205	81	61	9	45	0	100	8	0	5	885
Sho Horiuchi	12	10	.545	1.71	41	23	10	8	3		215.7	139	51	41	13	72	2	165	0	1	6	836
Taketoshi Yoshiwara	7	3	.700	1.47	26	15	5	3	1		110.3	75	21	18	7	25	1	59	2	0	1	423
Takumi Otomo	5	4	.556	3.89	21	10	6	3	2		81.0	78	39	35	10	13	1	46	3	0	0	327
Osamu Goto	2	3	.400	3.02	26	8	10	1	0		80.3	67	29	27	12	27	2	61	2	1	0	329
Hiroshi Nakao	0	0		2.84	3	1	1	0	0		6.3	7	2	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	26
Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	0	0		5.87	5	0	2	0	0		7.7	11	5	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	36
Tokito Soejima	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0		1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6
Minoru Nakamura	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6
Shohei Baba	0	1	.000	1.29	3	1	2	0	0		7.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	26
Masakatsu Takahashi	0	1	.000	1.50	3	1	2	0	0		6.0	3	4	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	26
Totals	74	53	.583	2.39	274	130	93	37	10	0	1173.7	939	393	312	78	318	11	735	27	2	23	4698

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	126	513	467	55	160	20	7	12	48	10	7	35	62	.343	.386	.493	.879	230	9	2	3	6	3
Tetsuharu Kawakami	128	518	465	54	132	26	3	5	52	6	5	40	37	.284	.344	.385	.729	179	10	4	6	3	13
Toshio Miyamoto	129	520	459	65	119	20	6	21	78	6	6	49	109	.259	.334	.466	.800	214	10	4	5	3	4
Hirofumi Naito	124	453	403	34	101	17	4	6	48	6	9	28	72	.251	.306	.357	.663	144	10	4	18	0	0
Masataka Tsuchiya	129	475	438	47	97	17	4	7	42	28	8	29	66	.221	.271	.326	.597	143	9	1	6	1	1
Shigeru Fujio	105	389	348	45	89	19	6	8	30	7	3	28	52	.256	.314	.414	.728	144	5	3	7	3	1
Tatsuro Hiroka	92	389	344	54	84	13	3	18	33	5	5	29	72	.244	.304	.456	.761	157	3	2	11	3	1
Takashi Iwamoto	121	420	391	42	78	19	1	8	27	2	3	20	60	.199	.238	.315	.552	123	3	0	8	1	1
Kazuhiko Sakazaki	86	223	202	20	36	10	4	0	11	0	3	16	45	.178	.244	.267	.512	54	1	2	2	1	0
Masahiko Mori	42	105	97	5	21	3	0	1	12	1	0	7	20	.216	.269	.278	.548	27	1	0	1	0	0
Takehiko Bessho	41	85	77	9	17	4	0	1	5	0	0	3	20	.221	.250	.312	.562	24	1	0	5	0	0
Yoshinori Kido	44	72	66	3	15	2	1	0	3	0	0	2	14	.227	.250	.288	.538	19	0	0	4	0	0
Shin Fujimoto	48	110	99	10	15	1	1	0	13	3	0	6	28	.152	.222	.182	.404	18	2	3	2	0	0
Sho Horiuchi	41	77	72	7	10	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	13	.139	.162	.208	.370	15	2	0	3	0	0
Motoshi Fujita	60	81	77	4	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	40	.130	.141	.130	.271	10	0	0	3	0	0
Yuko Minamimura	34	45	42	1	8	1	0	1	11	1	0	1	5	.190	.227	.286	.513	12	2	1	1	0	1
Keishi Totoki	39	41	39	3	7	1	0	1	4	1	0	2	15	.179	.220	.282	.502	11	0	0	0	0	0
Morimichi Iwashita	67	29	27	4	6	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	2	.222	.241	.222	.464	6	1	0	0	1	0
Taketoshi Yoshiwara	26	36	34	2	6	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	7	.176	.176	.324	.500	11	0	0	2	0	0
Takumi Otomo	21	25	24	1	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	.208	.208	.333	.542	8	2	0	1	0	0
Kazuo Higasa	19	28	25	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	.160	.222	.200	.422	5	1	0	1	0	0
Saburo Hirai	28	41	35	5	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	7	.114	.184	.171	.356	6	1	0	3	0	0
Osamu Goto	26	23	19	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	.158	.158	.263	.421	5	0	0	4	0	0
Minoru Kakurai	13	23	21	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.143	.217	.238	.455	5	0	0	0	0	0
Katsumi Kato	10	12	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	.222	.364	.222	.586	2	0	0	1	0	0
Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	17	15	15	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	5	.133	.133	.333	.467	5	0	0	0	0	0
Masakatsu Takahashi	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Nakao	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shohei Baba	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1625	4752	4299	471	1034	180	42	93	442	82	51	308	772	.241	.294	.367	.661	1577	73	26	97	22	25

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Tetsuharu Kawakami	1B	128					.000
Morimichi Iwashita	1B	49					.000
Hirofumi Naito	2B	124					.000
Saburo Hirai	2B	19					.000
Shin Fujimoto	2B	11					.000
Masataka Tsuchiya	2B	4					.000
Masataka Tsuchiya	3B	113					.000
Takashi Iwamoto	3B	24					.000
Shin Fujimoto	3B	10					.000
Shigeru Fujio	C	104					.000
Yoshinori Kido	C	44					.000
Masahiko Mori	C	40					.000
Katsumi Kato	C	10					.000
Susumu Munesue	C	1					.000
Toshio Miyamoto	OF	128					.000
Wally Yonamine	OF	124					.000
Takashi Iwamoto	OF	96					.000
Kazuhiko Sakazaki	OF	73					.000
Kazuo Higasa	OF	13					.000
Keishi Totoki	OF	11					.000
Minoru Kakurai	OF	9					.000
Yuko Minamimura	OF	6					.000
Motoshi Fujita	P	60					.000
Yoshinori Kido	P	44					.000
Sho Horiuchi	P	41					.000
Takehiko Bessho	P	40					.000
Taketoshi Yoshiwara	P	26					.000
Osamu Goto	P	26					.000
Takumi Otomo	P	21					.000
Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	P	5					.000
Masakatsu Takahashi	P	3					.000
Hiroshi Nakao	P	3					.000
Shohei Baba	P	3					.000
Tokito Soejima	P	1					.000
Minoru Nakamura	P	1					.000
Tatsuro Hiroka	SS	92					.000
Shin Fujimoto	SS	24					.000
Masataka Tsuchiya	SS	19					.000
Totals		1550	0	0	0	0	.000

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