1960 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 66-61
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (66-61)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1960 Yomiuri Giants Roster

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1960 season with a record of 66 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Giants scored 444 runs, most in the league. Yomiuri gave up 459 runs. Sadaharu Oh led the team with 17 home runs, while Shigeo Nagashima and Shigeru Fujio walloped 15 or more also. Sadaharu Oh drove in 71 runs. Shigeo Nagashima paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .334. Ritsuo Horimoto earned 29 wins on the mound for the squad and a team-best 2 earned run average, tops 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
Ritsuo Horimoto	29	18	.617	2.00	69	35	31	26	3		364.7	278	92	81	22	89	3	210	8	1	3	1416
Yoshiaki Ito	10	9	.526	3.21	53	26	5	5	1		187.7	150	76	67	20	58	5	157	1	0	4	747
Takehiko Bessho	9	4	.692	3.06	35	16	10	3	1		129.3	117	52	44	11	37	0	72	7	0	1	536
Motoshi Fujita	7	12	.368	3.06	36	17	9	4	2		141.0	128	60	48	12	53	2	70	1	0	4	592
Hiroaki Aoki	6	2	.750	3.76	23	10	0	1	0		64.7	62	32	27	4	19	0	33	4	0	0	277
Minoru Nakamura	2	4	.333	5.16	35	5	9	0	0		61.0	69	36	35	5	16	0	38	1	0	1	264
Taketoshi Yoshiwara	2	6	.250	2.39	27	8	5	2	0		75.3	69	23	20	4	16	2	34	3	0	0	298
Tsunetoshi Nakamura	1	1	.500	3.86	7	2	1	0	0		14.0	8	6	6	1	8	0	9	0	0	0	58
Yoshihiro Kuroda	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0		2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
Kensaku Fujimoto	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0		2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8
Yoshinori Kido	0	0		6.00	8	3	0	0	0		18.0	18	12	12	5	6	0	10	0	1	0	76
Takamasa Kondo	0	0		13.50	3	1	0	0	0		4.0	8	6	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	22
Tokito Soejima	0	1	.000	3.00	10	1	4	0	0		21.0	20	9	7	1	6	0	12	1	0	1	89
Toshihiro Komatsu	0	1	.000	4.50	10	1	2	0	0		18.0	14	11	9	1	10	0	14	0	0	0	76
Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	0	1	.000	8.37	12	1	5	0	0		23.7	35	28	22	8	8	0	10	3	0	0	114
Sho Horiuchi	0	2	.000	3.44	16	4	8	0	0		34.0	30	15	13	4	11	0	20	0	0	1	139
Totals	66	61	.520	3.09	346	130	89	41	7	0	1160.3	1008	459	398	99	340	12	693	29	2	15	4718

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	126	524	452	71	151	22	12	16	64	31	12	70	28	.334	.422	.542	.964	245	8	0	0	2	32
Sadaharu Oh	130	502	426	49	115	19	3	17	71	5	4	67	101	.270	.375	.448	.823	191	7	5	3	1	5
Wally Yonamine	126	454	399	48	91	19	3	5	26	6	2	43	55	.228	.307	.328	.635	131	5	3	8	1	4
Akira Kunimatsu	125	404	357	41	85	13	1	11	46	7	2	35	60	.238	.307	.373	.679	133	3	2	6	4	5
Tatsuro Hiroka	98	393	363	47	81	12	6	12	26	3	4	21	53	.223	.266	.388	.655	141	9	1	6	2	1
Masataka Tsuchiya	120	428	379	39	78	18	2	6	27	18	6	38	73	.206	.280	.311	.592	118	5	2	7	2	2
Shigeru Fujio	104	350	314	39	77	5	4	15	54	13	0	24	50	.245	.300	.430	.730	135	7	2	7	3	0
Masahiko Mori	115	384	355	18	70	14	0	2	18	5	2	20	46	.197	.238	.254	.492	90	11	0	6	3	6
Toshio Miyamoto	112	333	290	32	66	11	2	8	25	2	5	29	41	.228	.311	.362	.673	105	11	7	5	2	2
Kazuhiko Sakazaki	104	232	213	18	43	6	0	11	31	2	1	14	56	.202	.257	.385	.641	82	5	2	2	1	2
Shin Fujimoto	85	196	177	15	36	3	1	0	9	2	2	12	36	.203	.258	.232	.490	41	3	1	6	0	0
Ritsuo Horimoto	69	131	114	8	25	3	0	2	6	1	1	9	41	.219	.276	.298	.575	34	2	0	8	0	0
Shojiro Namba	48	76	63	3	10	1	0	0	2	1	1	8	22	.159	.264	.175	.438	11	1	1	4	0	0
Takehiko Bessho	37	45	39	4	7	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	.179	.200	.308	.508	12	0	0	5	0	0
Yoshiaki Ito	54	61	57	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	.123	.180	.123	.303	7	1	0	0	0	0
Katsumi Kato	17	18	17	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.294	.333	.294	.627	5	0	0	0	0	0
Tadashi Kawano	68	32	29	5	5	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	9	.172	.226	.172	.398	5	1	0	1	0	0
Minoru Nakamura	35	15	15	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.267	.267	.333	.600	5	0	0	0	0	0
Motoshi Fujita	38	46	43	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	15	.070	.111	.070	.181	3	0	0	1	0	0
Yoshinori Kido	8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0	0	0	0
Fumio Kitsugi	23	23	23	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.087	.087	.174	.261	4	1	0	0	0	0
Sho Horiuchi	16	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Isao Sasaki	15	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	2	1	0	0	0	0
Masakatsu Takahashi	7	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroaki Aoki	23	22	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.048	.048	.048	.095	1	0	0	1	0	0
Tadaomi Nishino	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsunetoshi Nakamura	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Shiobara	11	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tokito Soejima	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takamasa Kondo	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	13	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toshihiro Komatsu	13	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taketoshi Yoshiwara	28	19	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	1	0	1	0	0
Totals	1790	4745	4218	444	967	153	34	106	416	99	43	403	776	.229	.299	.357	.656	1506	82	26	77	21	59

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Sadaharu Oh	1B	129					.000
Shojiro Namba	1B	8					.000
Fumio Kitsugi	1B	8					.000
Wally Yonamine	1B	1					.000
Isao Sasaki	1B	1					.000
Masataka Tsuchiya	2B	117					.000
Shin Fujimoto	2B	34					.000
Akira Shiobara	2B	3					.000
Shojiro Namba	2B	2					.000
Tadaomi Nishino	2B	1					.000
Shigeo Nagashima	3B	123					.000
Shojiro Namba	3B	15					.000
Masataka Tsuchiya	3B	4					.000
Masahiko Mori	C	114					.000
Shigeru Fujio	C	19					.000
Katsumi Kato	C	16					.000
Isao Sasaki	C	9					.000
Yoshinori Kido	C	8					.000
Wally Yonamine	OF	114					.000
Akira Kunimatsu	OF	109					.000
Toshio Miyamoto	OF	92					.000
Shigeru Fujio	OF	82					.000
Kazuhiko Sakazaki	OF	64					.000
Tadashi Kawano	OF	51					.000
Isao Sasaki	OF	6					.000
Toshihiro Komatsu	OF	2					.000
Taketoshi Yoshiwara	OF	1					.000
Takamasa Kondo	OF	1					.000
Yoshiaki Ito	OF	1					.000
Motoshi Fujita	OF	1					.000
Takehiko Bessho	OF	1					.000
Ritsuo Horimoto	P	69					.000
Yoshiaki Ito	P	53					.000
Motoshi Fujita	P	36					.000
Minoru Nakamura	P	35					.000
Takehiko Bessho	P	35					.000
Taketoshi Yoshiwara	P	27					.000
Hiroaki Aoki	P	23					.000
Sho Horiuchi	P	16					.000
Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	P	12					.000
Tokito Soejima	P	10					.000
Toshihiro Komatsu	P	10					.000
Yoshinori Kido	P	8					.000
Tsunetoshi Nakamura	P	7					.000
Takamasa Kondo	P	3					.000
Yoshihiro Kuroda	P	1					.000
Kensaku Fujimoto	P	1					.000
Tatsuro Hiroka	SS	94					.000
Shin Fujimoto	SS	42					.000
Shigeo Nagashima	SS	10					.000
Akira Shiobara	SS	3					.000
Totals		1632	0	0	0	0	.000

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