1963 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 83-55
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (83-55)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1963 Yomiuri Giants RosterTeam Record: 83-55
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (83-55)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Nishitetsu Lions 3
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1963 season with a record of 83 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants led the league with 611 runs, fueled by 143 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 432 runs, least in the league. Sadaharu Oh walloped 40 home runs for the squad, while Shigeo Nagashima swatted 15 or more also. Shigeo Nagashima accounted for 112 RBI and topped all regular hitters by hitting .341. Yoshiaki Ito paced the team with 19 wins, and Kunio Jonouchi added 15 or more wins also Yoshiaki Ito recorded a 1.91 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshiaki Ito | 19 | 8 | .704 | 1.90 | 39 | 32 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 236.3 | 153 | 56 | 50 | 12 | 78 | 1 | 166 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 917 | |
| Kunio Jonouchi | 17 | 14 | .548 | 2.69 | 45 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 247.7 | 219 | 97 | 74 | 15 | 53 | 4 | 112 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 994 | |
| Akira Takahashi | 14 | 13 | .519 | 2.80 | 42 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 208.7 | 186 | 71 | 65 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 826 | |
| Yoshio Kitagawa | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.45 | 35 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 172.3 | 151 | 56 | 47 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 682 | |
| Motoshi Fujita | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.49 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 119.3 | 99 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 38 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 485 | |
| Yukinori Miyata | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1.88 | 47 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 110.0 | 73 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 44 | 5 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 431 | |
| Minoru Nakamura | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.12 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 101.0 | 82 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 400 | |
| Akio Masuda | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.99 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30.7 | 36 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 138 | |
| Sho Horiuchi | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.56 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 113 | |
| Hiromoto Murase | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Nobuyuki Okuma | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 83 | 55 | .601 | 2.57 | 294 | 140 | 88 | 52 | 19 | 0 | 1252.7 | 1034 | 432 | 358 | 80 | 315 | 19 | 614 | 23 | 4 | 19 | 4998 |
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 | 577 | 478 | 99 | 163 | 28 | 6 | 37 | 112 | 16 | 3 | 86 | 30 | .341 | .437 | .657 | 1.094 | 314 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 |
| Sadaharu Oh | 140 | 609 | 478 | 111 | 146 | 30 | 5 | 40 | 106 | 9 | 5 | 123 | 64 | .305 | .452 | .640 | 1.092 | 306 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Akira Kunimatsu | 108 | 459 | 400 | 72 | 107 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 36 | 8 | 41 | 23 | .268 | .336 | .392 | .729 | 157 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Isao Shibata | 126 | 466 | 415 | 72 | 107 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 43 | 14 | 44 | 71 | .258 | .333 | .345 | .678 | 143 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kazuhide Funada | 125 | 395 | 367 | 30 | 91 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 46 | .248 | .286 | .349 | .635 | 128 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Masahiko Mori | 132 | 452 | 419 | 26 | 83 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 30 | .198 | .244 | .260 | .505 | 109 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Kazuhiko Sakazaki | 118 | 331 | 293 | 26 | 80 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 42 | .273 | .344 | .410 | .753 | 120 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Tatsuro Hiroka | 104 | 379 | 328 | 39 | 79 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 53 | .241 | .324 | .326 | .650 | 107 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Yoshiyuki Ikezawa | 113 | 225 | 197 | 18 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 31 | .249 | .300 | .406 | .707 | 80 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| Akira Shiobara | 82 | 191 | 174 | 12 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .207 | .238 | .310 | .548 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoji Tokai | 89 | 173 | 153 | 27 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 39 | .196 | .273 | .307 | .580 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Masahisa Fukuda | 73 | 75 | 74 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 | .284 | .293 | .432 | .726 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masayuki Yamazaki | 55 | 103 | 84 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 21 | .238 | .379 | .452 | .831 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toshio Yanagida | 75 | 119 | 106 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 28 | .179 | .269 | .217 | .486 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yutaka Sudo | 73 | 120 | 113 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | .159 | .208 | .195 | .403 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshiaki Ito | 39 | 92 | 84 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .179 | .225 | .214 | .439 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shigeru Fujio | 25 | 49 | 47 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .277 | .306 | .298 | .604 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshio Kitagawa | 35 | 61 | 57 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .211 | .237 | .333 | .571 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunio Jonouchi | 45 | 94 | 84 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | .143 | .163 | .167 | .329 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Shin Fujimoto | 50 | 58 | 53 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .170 | .228 | .245 | .473 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Akira Takahashi | 42 | 71 | 59 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .136 | .203 | .169 | .373 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Motoshi Fujita | 30 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .171 | .256 | .200 | .456 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Ogo | 12 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .308 | .357 | .308 | .665 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yukinori Miyata | 47 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hide Koga | 15 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tadaomi Nishino | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshihiro Aiba | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sho Horiuchi | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akio Masuda | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isao Ohashi | 18 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Minoru Nakamura | 30 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .038 | .138 | .038 | .176 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keisuke Senda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Makoto Kato | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1983 | 5264 | 4616 | 611 | 1140 | 161 | 31 | 143 | 568 | 153 | 63 | 511 | 712 | .247 | .324 | .388 | .712 | 1792 | 91 | 30 | 70 | 37 | 41 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadaharu Oh | 1B | 140 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhide Funada | 2B | 88 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Sudo | 2B | 65 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Shiobara | 2B | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Shin Fujimoto | 2B | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Toshio Yanagida | 2B | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Tadaomi Nishino | 2B | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeo Nagashima | 3B | 132 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhide Funada | 3B | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Shiobara | 3B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Masahiko Mori | C | 132 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Fujio | C | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Ohashi | C | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Ogo | C | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Shibata | OF | 115 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Kunimatsu | OF | 107 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhiko Sakazaki | OF | 100 | .000 | |||||
| Shoji Tokai | OF | 68 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshiyuki Ikezawa | OF | 67 | .000 | |||||
| Masahisa Fukuda | OF | 53 | .000 | |||||
| Toshio Yanagida | OF | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Masayuki Yamazaki | OF | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Hide Koga | OF | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Ohashi | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshihiro Aiba | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Yukinori Miyata | P | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Kunio Jonouchi | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Takahashi | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshiaki Ito | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshio Kitagawa | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Minoru Nakamura | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Motoshi Fujita | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Sho Horiuchi | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Akio Masuda | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Nobuyuki Okuma | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Hiromoto Murase | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuro Hiroka | SS | 104 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhide Funada | SS | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Shin Fujimoto | SS | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Keisuke Senda | SS | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Shiobara | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1764 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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