1970 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 79-47
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (79-47)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1970 Yomiuri Giants RosterTeam Record: 79-47
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (79-47)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Lotte Orions 1
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1970 season with a record of 79 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants topped the circuit with 499 runs, powered by 131 home runs. Yomiuri yielded 365 runs. Sadaharu Oh walloped 47 home runs for the squad, and Shigeo Nagashima added 15 or more also. Shigeo Nagashima accounted for 105 RBI. Sadaharu Oh led all regular batters by hitting .325. Hidetake Watanabe notched 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while Tsuneo Horiuchi contributed 15 or more victories also Shinichi Yamauchi earned a 1.78 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. Tetsuharu Kawakami served as manager.
Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidetake Watanabe | 23 | 8 | .742 | 2.52 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 260.3 | 200 | 75 | 73 | 20 | 39 | 9 | 183 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1011 | |
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | 18 | 10 | .643 | 2.07 | 42 | 34 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 282.7 | 202 | 82 | 65 | 22 | 103 | 4 | 228 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1130 | |
| Kazumi Takahashi | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.97 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 215.0 | 167 | 77 | 71 | 23 | 89 | 3 | 180 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 890 | |
| Shinichi Yamauchi | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1.78 | 41 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 111.3 | 85 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 430 | |
| Kunio Jonouchi | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.97 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 118.0 | 111 | 42 | 39 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 475 | |
| Makoto Kurata | 5 | 2 | .714 | 0.97 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 46.3 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 177 | |
| Akira Takahashi | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.14 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 140 | |
| Akira Tanaka | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.68 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 144 | |
| Toshihiko Kosaka | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | |
| Ryunosuke Kawato | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.40 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | |
| Tadao Wako | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Katsuya Sugawara | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | ||
| Hiroaki Fukushi | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.7 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177 | |
| Totals | 79 | 47 | .627 | 2.46 | 266 | 130 | 78 | 52 | 14 | 0 | 1173.7 | 923 | 365 | 321 | 99 | 327 | 25 | 839 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 4695 |
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 | 129 | 553 | 425 | 97 | 138 | 24 | 0 | 47 | 93 | 1 | 4 | 119 | 48 | .325 | .476 | .713 | 1.189 | 303 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Shigeru Takada | 130 | 569 | 519 | 85 | 136 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 41 | 45 | .262 | .323 | .366 | .689 | 190 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Shigeo Nagashima | 127 | 525 | 476 | 56 | 128 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 105 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 52 | .269 | .320 | .462 | .782 | 220 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Yukinobu Kuroe | 123 | 444 | 405 | 50 | 103 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 40 | .254 | .291 | .395 | .686 | 160 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| Shozo Doi | 113 | 418 | 375 | 50 | 94 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 39 | .251 | .293 | .325 | .618 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 |
| Toshimitsu Suetsugu | 124 | 403 | 374 | 40 | 93 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 39 | .249 | .288 | .396 | .684 | 148 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Isao Shibata | 128 | 387 | 355 | 34 | 91 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 40 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 60 | .256 | .303 | .375 | .678 | 133 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Masahiko Mori | 97 | 272 | 243 | 11 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 21 | .210 | .277 | .251 | .528 | 61 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Yasuharu Taki | 99 | 233 | 207 | 22 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 35 | .217 | .276 | .333 | .610 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Akira Kunimatsu | 77 | 165 | 149 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | .201 | .274 | .275 | .550 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Takashi Yoshida | 79 | 194 | 169 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 41 | .178 | .267 | .290 | .557 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Yoshihiro Aiba | 50 | 70 | 64 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .219 | .275 | .344 | .619 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | 42 | 103 | 99 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .131 | .140 | .172 | .312 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hidetake Watanabe | 42 | 90 | 83 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .145 | .193 | .181 | .374 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasuhiro Hagiwara | 42 | 56 | 52 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .212 | .255 | .308 | .562 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kazumi Takahashi | 35 | 76 | 73 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | .137 | .149 | .137 | .286 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shinichi Yamauchi | 41 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .194 | .233 | .427 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunio Jonouchi | 21 | 43 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .122 | .122 | .146 | .268 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Makoto Tsuchida | 12 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .214 | .267 | .429 | .695 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masahiro Yanagida | 19 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .120 | .120 | .240 | .360 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koji Ano | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .182 | .455 | .636 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katsuya Morinaga | 19 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .143 | .294 | .143 | .437 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takeshi Ueda | 37 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Akira Tanaka | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .750 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akira Takahashi | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tadashi Yazawa | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunizo Umeda | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toshiro Saisho | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryunosuke Kawato | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroaki Fukushi | 11 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katsuya Sugawara | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masato Osumi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Makoto Kurata | 18 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsukasa Yamashita | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1708 | 4760 | 4261 | 499 | 1023 | 164 | 17 | 131 | 474 | 77 | 54 | 382 | 584 | .240 | .304 | .379 | .683 | 1614 | 77 | 21 | 65 | 31 | 42 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadaharu Oh | 1B | 129 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Kunimatsu | 1B | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Shozo Doi | 2B | 112 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuharu Taki | 2B | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Ueda | 2B | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeo Nagashima | 3B | 127 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuharu Taki | 3B | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Ueda | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Masahiko Mori | C | 90 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Yoshida | C | 75 | .000 | |||||
| Koji Ano | C | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Tadashi Yazawa | C | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Takada | OF | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Shibata | OF | 125 | .000 | |||||
| Toshimitsu Suetsugu | OF | 117 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Kunimatsu | OF | 58 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuhiro Hagiwara | OF | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiro Saisho | OF | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshihiro Aiba | OF | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Masahiro Yanagida | OF | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Makoto Tsuchida | OF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Hidetake Watanabe | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Shinichi Yamauchi | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Kazumi Takahashi | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Kunio Jonouchi | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Tanaka | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Takahashi | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Makoto Kurata | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroaki Fukushi | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Toshihiko Kosaka | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Ryunosuke Kawato | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuya Sugawara | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Tadao Wako | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Yukinobu Kuroe | SS | 119 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuharu Taki | SS | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Ueda | SS | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Kunizo Umeda | SS | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1537 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
