1958 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 77-52
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (77-52)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1958 Yomiuri Giants RosterTeam Record: 77-52
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (77-52)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1958 season with a record of 77 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants led the league with 521 runs, powered by 101 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 370 runs, least in the league. Shigeo Nagashima paced the squad with 29 home runs and accounted for 92 RBI, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .305. Motoshi Fujita earned 29 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 1.53 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motoshi Fujita | 29 | 13 | .690 | 1.53 | 58 | 36 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 359.0 | 251 | 75 | 61 | 11 | 114 | 5 | 199 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1380 | |
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | 14 | 10 | .583 | 2.70 | 39 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 189.7 | 151 | 65 | 57 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 743 | |
| Sho Horiuchi | 14 | 13 | .519 | 2.78 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 223.7 | 173 | 78 | 69 | 12 | 73 | 1 | 218 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 903 | |
| Takehiko Bessho | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.56 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 126.3 | 111 | 47 | 36 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 508 | |
| Taketoshi Yoshiwara | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.68 | 38 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 134.3 | 104 | 47 | 40 | 11 | 35 | 2 | 111 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 543 | |
| Takumi Otomo | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.94 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 160 | |
| Minoru Nakamura | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.35 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | |
| Yoshinori Kido | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.51 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 37 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 140 | |
| Toshihiro Komatsu | 0 | 0 | 1.99 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 140 | ||
| Kozo Yamada | 0 | 0 | 2.89 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | ||
| Michio Toki | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Osamu Goto | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Totals | 77 | 52 | .597 | 2.37 | 258 | 130 | 86 | 44 | 13 | 0 | 1166.0 | 901 | 370 | 307 | 64 | 340 | 16 | 730 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 4634 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shigeo Nagashima | 130 | 550 | 502 | 89 | 153 | 34 | 8 | 29 | 92 | 37 | 10 | 36 | 53 | .305 | .353 | .578 | .931 | 290 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| Wally Yonamine | 128 | 529 | 467 | 64 | 137 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 77 | .293 | .360 | .403 | .763 | 188 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Tatsuro Hiroka | 111 | 479 | 437 | 69 | 121 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 22 | 9 | 30 | 70 | .277 | .328 | .410 | .738 | 179 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Shigeru Fujio | 115 | 428 | 399 | 54 | 113 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 58 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 57 | .283 | .323 | .451 | .774 | 180 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | 124 | 480 | 435 | 34 | 107 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 66 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 39 | .246 | .290 | .361 | .651 | 157 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| Kazuhiko Sakazaki | 108 | 330 | 298 | 30 | 73 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 57 | .245 | .309 | .362 | .671 | 108 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Takashi Iwamoto | 114 | 363 | 320 | 39 | 72 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 78 | .225 | .288 | .322 | .610 | 103 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| Masataka Tsuchiya | 100 | 317 | 281 | 42 | 69 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 31 | 44 | .246 | .319 | .352 | .672 | 99 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Toshio Miyamoto | 107 | 323 | 302 | 23 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 58 | .219 | .253 | .305 | .558 | 92 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Hirofumi Naito | 60 | 157 | 139 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 36 | .201 | .270 | .338 | .608 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Masahiko Mori | 30 | 66 | 64 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | .297 | .318 | .469 | .787 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shin Fujimoto | 53 | 105 | 96 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | .188 | .225 | .208 | .434 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Sho Horiuchi | 43 | 83 | 69 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .246 | .288 | .348 | .635 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | 39 | 68 | 63 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .238 | .234 | .397 | .631 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Motoshi Fujita | 58 | 131 | 110 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 48 | .127 | .165 | .173 | .338 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Shojiro Namba | 40 | 47 | 47 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .255 | .255 | .489 | .745 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takehiko Bessho | 26 | 46 | 41 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .268 | .268 | .341 | .610 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Minoru Kakurai | 35 | 77 | 67 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | .149 | .247 | .164 | .411 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Morimichi Iwashita | 39 | 36 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .235 | .278 | .324 | .601 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taketoshi Yoshiwara | 38 | 41 | 37 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .216 | .256 | .351 | .608 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshinori Kido | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .300 | .300 | .400 | .700 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitsuo Takeshita | 9 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .286 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toshihiro Komatsu | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keishi Totoki | 29 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .083 | .120 | .125 | .245 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takumi Otomo | 12 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Minoru Nakamura | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kozo Yamada | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akira Kunimatsu | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osamu Goto | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tadashi Kawano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1598 | 4737 | 4285 | 521 | 1082 | 190 | 36 | 101 | 483 | 130 | 58 | 299 | 760 | .253 | .304 | .384 | .688 | 1647 | 69 | 30 | 89 | 34 | 26 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | 1B | 124 | .000 | |||||
| Morimichi Iwashita | 1B | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Wally Yonamine | 1B | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Masataka Tsuchiya | 2B | 98 | .000 | |||||
| Hirofumi Naito | 2B | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Shin Fujimoto | 2B | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeo Nagashima | 3B | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Fujio | C | 113 | .000 | |||||
| Masahiko Mori | C | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshinori Kido | C | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuo Takeshita | C | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Wally Yonamine | OF | 126 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Iwamoto | OF | 112 | .000 | |||||
| Toshio Miyamoto | OF | 98 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhiko Sakazaki | OF | 97 | .000 | |||||
| Minoru Kakurai | OF | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Keishi Totoki | OF | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Shojiro Namba | OF | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Motoshi Fujita | P | 58 | .000 | |||||
| Sho Horiuchi | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Taketoshi Yoshiwara | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Takehiko Bessho | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Toshihiro Komatsu | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshinori Kido | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Takumi Otomo | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Minoru Nakamura | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Kozo Yamada | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Michio Toki | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Osamu Goto | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuro Hiroka | SS | 111 | .000 | |||||
| Shin Fujimoto | SS | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Masataka Tsuchiya | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1498 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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