1968 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 77-53
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (77-53)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1968 Yomiuri Giants RosterTeam Record: 77-53
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (77-53)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Hankyu Braves 2
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1968 season with a record of 77 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants scored 652 runs, best in the league. Yomiuri yielded 496 runs. Sadaharu Oh walloped 49 home runs for the team, while Shigeo Nagashima and Isao Shibata added 15 or more, too. Shigeo Nagashima accounted for 125 RBI. Sadaharu Oh led all regular batters by hitting .326. Tsuneo Horiuchi topped the team with 17 wins, and Kazumi Takahashi registered a 2.5 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | 17 | 10 | .630 | 3.31 | 40 | 29 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 206.7 | 153 | 81 | 76 | 31 | 105 | 4 | 142 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 845 | |
| Kunio Jonouchi | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.06 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 162.0 | 147 | 63 | 55 | 19 | 40 | 3 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 654 | |
| Masaichi Kaneda | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.45 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 138.3 | 122 | 57 | 53 | 21 | 71 | 3 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 585 | |
| Akira Takahashi | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.90 | 37 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 155.0 | 131 | 55 | 50 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 616 | |
| Kazumi Takahashi | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.49 | 48 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 126.3 | 107 | 48 | 35 | 14 | 44 | 4 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 520 | |
| Makoto Kurata | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.35 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 96.7 | 68 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 43 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 389 | |
| Minoru Nakamura | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.38 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 69.3 | 68 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 287 | |
| Katsuya Sugawara | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.25 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 72.0 | 67 | 36 | 34 | 11 | 36 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 312 | |
| Yukinori Miyata | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.38 | 30 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 45 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 221 | |
| Kenshiro Saga | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.29 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 42.0 | 38 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 180 | |
| Yoshiyasu Tanebe | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | |
| Hidetake Watanabe | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.44 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | 59 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 214 | |
| Hidekazu Yoshizawa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Yoshio Inoue | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 53 | .592 | 3.35 | 334 | 134 | 95 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 1197.7 | 1035 | 496 | 446 | 161 | 428 | 18 | 728 | 27 | 2 | 23 | 4921 |
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 | 131 | 569 | 494 | 80 | 157 | 21 | 4 | 39 | 125 | 8 | 3 | 66 | 74 | .318 | .398 | .613 | 1.011 | 303 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Sadaharu Oh | 131 | 580 | 442 | 107 | 144 | 28 | 0 | 49 | 119 | 5 | 1 | 121 | 72 | .326 | .475 | .722 | 1.197 | 319 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| Shozo Doi | 124 | 516 | 464 | 68 | 136 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 4 | 29 | 43 | .293 | .335 | .373 | .708 | 173 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| Isao Shibata | 130 | 523 | 473 | 79 | 122 | 28 | 6 | 26 | 86 | 37 | 10 | 40 | 106 | .258 | .313 | .507 | .820 | 240 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Yukinobu Kuroe | 129 | 475 | 423 | 66 | 120 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 35 | 45 | .284 | .348 | .392 | .740 | 166 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Shigeru Takada | 120 | 404 | 346 | 75 | 104 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 35 | 60 | .301 | .383 | .486 | .869 | 168 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Masahiko Mori | 127 | 468 | 439 | 35 | 100 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 31 | .228 | .267 | .330 | .597 | 145 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Akira Kunimatsu | 117 | 383 | 348 | 41 | 89 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 58 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 39 | .256 | .315 | .417 | .732 | 145 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Toshimitsu Suetsugu | 111 | 275 | 247 | 28 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 24 | .247 | .315 | .360 | .675 | 89 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Teruyuki Takakura | 56 | 130 | 113 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 25 | .212 | .315 | .327 | .643 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Masaichi Kaneda | 52 | 78 | 76 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .250 | .256 | .289 | .546 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yasuharu Taki | 46 | 85 | 78 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .218 | .253 | .372 | .625 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Makoto Tsuchida | 37 | 58 | 50 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .320 | .414 | .580 | .994 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | 40 | 86 | 77 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .195 | .235 | .286 | .520 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Keisuke Senda | 59 | 53 | 52 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .308 | .558 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Katsuya Morinaga | 63 | 71 | 58 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | .190 | .310 | .397 | .706 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kusuo Tanaka | 38 | 56 | 53 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .170 | .214 | .245 | .460 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunio Jonouchi | 30 | 64 | 59 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | .119 | .133 | .169 | .303 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Akira Takahashi | 37 | 52 | 49 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .122 | .140 | .122 | .262 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazumi Takahashi | 48 | 35 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .091 | .091 | .121 | .212 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Makoto Kurata | 21 | 39 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .088 | .139 | .118 | .257 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshihiro Aiba | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .222 | .222 | .556 | .778 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yukinori Miyata | 30 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isao Ohashi | 19 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .111 | .150 | .111 | .261 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chiyosaku Hayashi | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunimitsu Yanoura | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenshiro Saga | 14 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Katsuya Sugawara | 22 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .042 | .042 | .042 | .083 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Toshiro Saisho | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshiyasu Tanebe | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minoru Nakamura | 25 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .000 | .048 | .000 | .048 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Takeshi Ueda | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hidetake Watanabe | 21 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shozo Eto | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takashi Yoshida | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1819 | 5131 | 4529 | 652 | 1186 | 189 | 36 | 177 | 628 | 133 | 48 | 446 | 742 | .262 | .332 | .437 | .769 | 1978 | 92 | 50 | 70 | 36 | 37 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadaharu Oh | 1B | 131 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Kunimatsu | 1B | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Shozo Doi | 2B | 123 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuharu Taki | 2B | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Kunimitsu Yanoura | 2B | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Sudo | 2B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeo Nagashima | 3B | 131 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuharu Taki | 3B | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Ueda | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Masahiko Mori | C | 127 | .000 | |||||
| Makoto Tsuchida | C | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Ohashi | C | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Yoshida | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Shibata | OF | 127 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Takada | OF | 118 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Kunimatsu | OF | 107 | .000 | |||||
| Toshimitsu Suetsugu | OF | 102 | .000 | |||||
| Teruyuki Takakura | OF | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Kusuo Tanaka | OF | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuya Morinaga | OF | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshihiro Aiba | OF | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiro Saisho | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Kazumi Takahashi | P | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Takahashi | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Masaichi Kaneda | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Yukinori Miyata | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Kunio Jonouchi | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Minoru Nakamura | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuya Sugawara | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Hidetake Watanabe | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Makoto Kurata | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Kenshiro Saga | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshiyasu Tanebe | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshio Inoue | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Hidekazu Yoshizawa | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Yukinobu Kuroe | SS | 128 | .000 | |||||
| Keisuke Senda | SS | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuharu Taki | SS | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Ueda | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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