1969 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 73-51
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (73-51)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1969 Yomiuri Giants RosterTeam Record: 73-51
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (73-51)
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 1969 season with a record of 73 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants topped the circuit with 599 runs, sparked by 147 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 472 runs. Sadaharu Oh walloped 44 home runs for the team, while Shigeo Nagashima swatted 15 or more also. Shigeo Nagashima accounted for 115 RBI. Sadaharu Oh led batters with significant playing time by hitting .345. Kazumi Takahashi paced the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.21 earned run average, leading qualifying 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazumi Takahashi | 22 | 5 | .815 | 2.21 | 45 | 27 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 256.0 | 180 | 67 | 63 | 25 | 83 | 2 | 221 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1018 | |
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.12 | 41 | 29 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 236.7 | 211 | 94 | 82 | 21 | 107 | 5 | 160 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1004 | |
| Akira Takahashi | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.55 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 111.7 | 100 | 46 | 44 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 457 | |
| Hidetake Watanabe | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.35 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 134.3 | 123 | 56 | 50 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 541 | |
| Masaichi Kaneda | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.23 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 72.3 | 65 | 39 | 34 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 311 | |
| Kunio Jonouchi | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.11 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 120.3 | 106 | 56 | 55 | 20 | 29 | 3 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 492 | |
| Akira Tanaka | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.95 | 35 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 73.3 | 58 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 294 | |
| Tadao Wako | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.01 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 77.7 | 55 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 302 | |
| Norio Yoshimura | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | |
| Shinichi Yamauchi | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 | |
| Katsuya Sugawara | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Minoru Nakamura | 0 | 0 | 3.57 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||
| Makoto Kurata | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | |
| Yukinori Miyata | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.86 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 88 | |
| Totals | 73 | 51 | .589 | 3.31 | 290 | 130 | 82 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 1170.7 | 991 | 472 | 430 | 146 | 369 | 15 | 805 | 39 | 4 | 18 | 4801 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadaharu Oh | 130 | 576 | 452 | 112 | 156 | 24 | 0 | 44 | 103 | 5 | 2 | 111 | 61 | .345 | .472 | .690 | 1.162 | 312 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| Shigeo Nagashima | 126 | 546 | 502 | 71 | 156 | 23 | 2 | 32 | 115 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 58 | .311 | .359 | .556 | .915 | 279 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Yukinobu Kuroe | 130 | 530 | 481 | 64 | 141 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 63 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 56 | .293 | .340 | .378 | .719 | 182 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Shigeru Takada | 120 | 525 | 462 | 70 | 136 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 46 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 67 | .294 | .362 | .435 | .797 | 201 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Shozo Doi | 129 | 490 | 429 | 66 | 116 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 45 | .270 | .331 | .354 | .686 | 152 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| Masahiko Mori | 115 | 372 | 340 | 22 | 87 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 29 | .256 | .313 | .365 | .677 | 124 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Isao Shibata | 111 | 394 | 349 | 44 | 80 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 36 | 67 | .229 | .310 | .355 | .666 | 124 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Toshimitsu Suetsugu | 118 | 333 | 303 | 36 | 78 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 50 | .257 | .316 | .409 | .725 | 124 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Akira Kunimatsu | 113 | 310 | 269 | 29 | 61 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 21 | .227 | .312 | .335 | .646 | 90 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Takashi Yoshida | 56 | 119 | 103 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 26 | .233 | .322 | .340 | .662 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Makoto Tsuchida | 49 | 88 | 86 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24 | .267 | .284 | .395 | .679 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazumi Takahashi | 45 | 102 | 95 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | .189 | .206 | .200 | .406 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Katsuya Morinaga | 59 | 63 | 60 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .217 | .254 | .317 | .571 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshihiro Aiba | 53 | 70 | 62 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .194 | .275 | .258 | .533 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasuharu Taki | 47 | 83 | 74 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .162 | .235 | .243 | .478 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | 41 | 83 | 74 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .122 | .133 | .216 | .350 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Masaichi Kaneda | 20 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .219 | .265 | .219 | .483 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Akira Takahashi | 32 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .206 | .216 | .265 | .481 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Takeshi Ueda | 12 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .238 | .304 | .714 | 1.019 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chiyosaku Hayashi | 14 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masahiro Yanagida | 5 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .625 | .875 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keisuke Senda | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .294 | .438 | .732 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hidetake Watanabe | 30 | 50 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .085 | .085 | .149 | .234 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Akira Tanaka | 35 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tadao Wako | 23 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazutomi Kawauchi | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .222 | .500 | .722 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunio Jonouchi | 20 | 41 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .028 | .028 | .028 | .056 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Katsuya Sugawara | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shinichi Yamauchi | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Makoto Kurata | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takeshi Kuwata | 13 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .000 | .176 | .000 | .176 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yukinori Miyata | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minoru Nakamura | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masato Osumi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norio Yoshimura | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsukasa Yamashita | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1758 | 4995 | 4425 | 599 | 1163 | 181 | 15 | 147 | 570 | 89 | 45 | 414 | 686 | .263 | .330 | .410 | .741 | 1815 | 96 | 49 | 74 | 33 | 23 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadaharu Oh | 1B | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Shozo Doi | 2B | 128 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuharu Taki | 2B | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Ueda | 2B | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Tsukasa Yamashita | 2B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Keisuke Senda | 2B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeo Nagashima | 3B | 126 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuharu Taki | 3B | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Ueda | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Masahiko Mori | C | 113 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Yoshida | C | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Makoto Tsuchida | C | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Takada | OF | 120 | .000 | |||||
| Toshimitsu Suetsugu | OF | 113 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Shibata | OF | 106 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Kunimatsu | OF | 97 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshihiro Aiba | OF | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Makoto Tsuchida | OF | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuya Morinaga | OF | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Masahiro Yanagida | OF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Kazutomi Kawauchi | OF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Kuwata | OF | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Chiyosaku Hayashi | OF | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Keisuke Senda | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiro Saisho | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Kazumi Takahashi | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Tanaka | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Takahashi | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Hidetake Watanabe | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Tadao Wako | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Kunio Jonouchi | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Masaichi Kaneda | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Yukinori Miyata | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Minoru Nakamura | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Shinichi Yamauchi | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Norio Yoshimura | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuya Sugawara | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Makoto Kurata | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Yukinobu Kuroe | SS | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Keisuke Senda | SS | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuharu Taki | SS | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1561 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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