1962 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-63
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (67-63)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1962 Yomiuri Giants Roster

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1962 season with a record of 67 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.

The Giants scored 452 runs and yielded 395 runs. Sadaharu Oh walloped 38 home runs for Yomiuri, and Shigeo Nagashima added 15 or more also. Sadaharu Oh drove in 85 runs. Shigeo Nagashima paced all regular batters by hitting .288. Kunio Jonouchi earned 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Sho Horiuchi recorded a 1.68 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers. Tetsuharu Kawakami 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
Kunio Jonouchi	24	12	.667	2.21	56	31	13	14	5		280.7	207	78	69	11	62	5	173	8	0	3	1091
Motoshi Fujita	13	11	.542	2.03	42	25	13	6	2		199.7	165	55	45	9	58	1	103	4	0	5	805
Minoru Nakamura	9	12	.429	2.29	52	16	21	6	2		212.3	150	59	54	14	54	4	133	7	0	0	819
Ritsuo Horimoto	7	6	.538	2.81	26	19	3	2	2		109.0	102	40	34	11	34	0	58	0	0	0	452
Sho Horiuchi	6	8	.429	1.68	35	6	20	1	0		112.7	74	29	21	5	27	1	83	1	0	2	430
Yoshiaki Ito	4	5	.444	2.71	39	16	2	3	1		123.0	108	44	37	9	55	4	96	2	1	5	520
Hiromoto Murase	2	2	.500	2.72	19	9	4	1	1		56.3	40	21	17	5	10	0	23	6	0	0	218
Yukinori Miyata	2	3	.400	2.53	28	4	7	1	0		74.7	65	26	21	6	11	0	46	0	0	1	295
Akio Masuda	0	0		0.00	3	1	2	0	0		6.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	25
Masayuki Yamazaki	0	0		3.06	11	0	4	0	0		17.7	18	6	6	1	6	0	7	0	0	0	73
Eiichiro Takahashi	0	0		8.00	7	3	3	0	0		9.0	14	8	8	3	8	0	8	1	0	0	50
Akira Takahashi	0	2	.000	5.70	11	1	5	0	0		23.7	28	17	15	1	4	0	12	1	0	1	102
Isao Shibata	0	2	.000	9.82	6	3	3	0	0		11.0	16	12	12	5	4	0	9	1	0	0	53
Totals	67	63	.515	2.47	335	134	100	34	13	0	1235.7	993	395	339	80	335	15	754	31	1	17	4933

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	134	584	525	69	151	38	5	25	80	18	7	51	61	.288	.354	.522	.876	274	14	5	0	3	7
Sadaharu Oh	134	586	497	79	135	28	2	38	85	6	4	72	99	.272	.376	.565	.941	281	6	12	3	2	9
Masahiko Mori	134	508	469	43	116	24	1	6	44	4	6	32	35	.247	.297	.341	.638	160	15	2	3	2	4
Kazuhiko Sakazaki	126	465	413	40	114	20	4	6	44	7	2	47	80	.276	.352	.387	.739	160	8	2	2	1	2
Akira Kunimatsu	122	452	413	47	104	21	3	7	35	17	6	27	47	.252	.303	.368	.671	152	5	4	7	1	1
Toshio Miyamoto	115	388	350	24	83	14	2	4	24	4	3	30	61	.237	.301	.323	.624	113	9	3	3	2	1
Tatsuro Hiroka	116	412	378	36	81	11	3	4	33	8	7	22	83	.214	.262	.291	.553	110	9	3	7	2	0
Shin Fujimoto	86	227	203	16	48	4	2	3	20	0	2	14	24	.236	.292	.320	.612	65	3	2	8	0	0
Yutaka Sudo	92	217	203	17	41	10	3	0	6	5	2	8	32	.202	.236	.281	.517	57	6	1	5	0	0
Yoshiyuki Ikezawa	76	158	148	7	37	4	0	2	15	1	2	7	30	.250	.288	.318	.606	47	5	1	2	0	0
Akira Shiobara	75	189	176	18	32	6	1	3	11	2	1	6	23	.182	.213	.278	.492	49	3	1	6	0	0
Shoji Tokai	62	99	92	9	20	2	0	0	8	3	2	3	22	.217	.240	.239	.479	22	1	0	3	1	0
Tsuneo Takabayashi	80	117	105	8	16	0	0	2	4	0	1	11	20	.152	.233	.210	.442	22	2	0	1	0	0
Kunio Jonouchi	56	99	88	8	12	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	50	.136	.174	.193	.367	17	0	1	7	0	0
Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	56	83	74	5	11	0	1	0	2	2	0	6	13	.149	.222	.176	.398	13	0	1	2	0	0
Shigeru Fujio	35	58	55	3	9	0	0	1	3	3	0	2	8	.164	.207	.218	.425	12	1	1	0	0	0
Sho Horiuchi	35	36	33	5	7	1	1	0	4	1	0	2	6	.212	.257	.303	.560	10	0	0	1	0	0
Masami Nishiyama	18	19	19	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.316	.316	.368	.684	7	1	0	0	0	0
Yoshiaki Ito	39	39	36	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.167	.189	.194	.384	7	2	0	2	0	0
Motoshi Fujita	42	67	58	4	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	24	.086	.115	.138	.253	8	0	0	6	1	0
Yoshihiro Aiba	16	25	24	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	.167	.200	.250	.450	6	0	0	0	0	0
Ritsuo Horimoto	26	37	36	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.111	.111	.111	.222	4	1	0	1	0	0
Minoru Nakamura	52	72	62	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	31	.048	.092	.048	.141	3	0	0	7	0	0
Hiromoto Murase	19	16	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.133	.188	.133	.321	2	1	0	0	0	0
Masayuki Yamazaki	12	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Isao Shibata	8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuhiro Iwago	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tsugio Kada	6	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eiichiro Takahashi	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Takahashi	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yukinori Miyata	29	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.000	.062	.000	.062	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kazuhide Funada	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keisuke Senda	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Genzo Noguchi	12	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akio Masuda	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tadaomi Nishino	22	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Susumu Iwamoto	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1870	5005	4521	452	1050	188	30	102	428	85	47	354	805	.232	.293	.355	.648	1604	93	39	76	15	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Sadaharu Oh	1B	134					.000
Yutaka Sudo	2B	84					.000
Akira Shiobara	2B	54					.000
Shin Fujimoto	2B	52					.000
Tadaomi Nishino	2B	2					.000
Kazuhide Funada	2B	2					.000
Keisuke Senda	2B	1					.000
Shigeo Nagashima	3B	134					.000
Kazuhide Funada	3B	1					.000
Masahiko Mori	C	133					.000
Shigeru Fujio	C	13					.000
Masami Nishiyama	C	3					.000
Genzo Noguchi	C	1					.000
Akira Kunimatsu	OF	119					.000
Kazuhiko Sakazaki	OF	113					.000
Toshio Miyamoto	OF	109					.000
Tsuneo Takabayashi	OF	65					.000
Shoji Tokai	OF	46					.000
Yoshiyuki Ikezawa	OF	41					.000
Yoshihiro Aiba	OF	10					.000
Masahiro Saito	OF	8					.000
Genzo Noguchi	OF	6					.000
Tsugio Kada	OF	5					.000
Shigeru Fujio	OF	5					.000
Kingo Kondo	OF	4					.000
Hide Koga	OF	4					.000
Hideo Yawata	OF	2					.000
Eiichiro Takahashi	OF	2					.000
Masayuki Yamazaki	OF	1					.000
Shigeo Nagashima	OF	1					.000
Kunio Jonouchi	P	56					.000
Minoru Nakamura	P	52					.000
Motoshi Fujita	P	42					.000
Yoshiaki Ito	P	39					.000
Sho Horiuchi	P	35					.000
Yukinori Miyata	P	28					.000
Ritsuo Horimoto	P	26					.000
Hiromoto Murase	P	19					.000
Masayuki Yamazaki	P	11					.000
Akira Takahashi	P	11					.000
Eiichiro Takahashi	P	7					.000
Isao Shibata	P	6					.000
Akio Masuda	P	3					.000
Tatsuro Hiroka	SS	115					.000
Shin Fujimoto	SS	42					.000
Akira Shiobara	SS	7					.000
Keisuke Senda	SS	1					.000
Susumu Iwamoto	SS	1					.000
Totals		1656	0	0	0	0	.000

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