1978 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 65-49
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima (65-49)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1978 Yomiuri Giants Roster

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1978 season with a record of 65 wins and 49 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Giants conceded 508 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Yomiuri plated 606 runs. Sadaharu Oh walloped 39 home runs for the team, while John Sipin and Isao Harimoto added 15 or more as well. Sadaharu Oh drove in 118 runs. John Sipin led batters with significant playing time by hitting .315. Hisao Niura topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.81 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

John Sipin and Clyde Wright both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Shigeo Nagashima 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
Hisao Niura	15	7	.682	2.81	63	9	34	5	0	15	189.0	160	66	59	21	75	6	152	5	1	3	777
Shigeru Kobayashi	13	12	.520	4.09	43	31	6	5	0	2	191.3	176	97	87	23	73	11	130	12	1	3	805
Tsuneo Horiuchi	12	9	.571	3.54	35	31	3	7	3	0	201.0	190	86	79	22	59	4	113	3	0	1	829
Hajime Kato	8	5	.615	3.61	34	24	5	4	0	3	157.0	146	70	63	17	64	1	114	8	1	5	661
Mitsuo Sumi	5	7	.417	2.88	60	6	19	0	0	7	112.7	76	38	36	6	77	3	89	6	0	1	477
Takashi Nishimoto	4	3	.571	3.76	56	12	13	2	0	2	129.3	136	58	54	9	42	10	64	2	0	8	553
Clyde Wright	3	2	.600	4.97	7	7	0	0	0	0	38.0	29	21	21	6	20	3	9	2	0	0	160
Susumu Omata	2	1	.667	4.24	29	2	10	0	0	0	57.3	60	27	27	3	29	1	28	0	1	1	249
Keishi Asano	2	3	.400	5.72	23	8	9	0	0	0	45.7	45	33	29	2	29	0	21	0	0	0	206
Isao Tamura	1	0	1.000	2.59	16	0	5	0	0	0	24.3	24	9	7	1	14	2	12	5	0	1	110
Katsuyoshi Shiotsuki	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15
Kazuaki Fujishiro	0	0		3.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	14
Shoji Sadaoka	0	0		4.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11
Totals	65	49	.570	3.62	372	130	107	23	3	29	1154.7	1052	508	464	112	486	41	734	43	4	23	4867

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
Isao Shibata	125	542	459	90	134	32	6	13	50	34	8	76	59	.292	.396	.473	.868	217	5	4	1	2	1
Sadaharu Oh	130	566	440	91	132	20	0	39	118	1	2	114	43	.300	.436	.611	1.048	269	7	1	0	11	17
Isao Harimoto	115	456	424	53	131	17	1	21	73	1	3	27	39	.309	.349	.502	.851	213	11	1	0	4	2
Kazumasa Kono	128	512	443	57	129	19	7	9	55	23	2	34	55	.291	.354	.427	.781	189	11	11	21	3	2
John Sipin	116	426	375	52	118	19	1	16	63	5	5	47	57	.315	.392	.499	.891	187	17	2	0	2	3
Shozo Doi	110	435	376	46	107	11	1	4	28	4	3	27	18	.285	.336	.351	.687	132	7	3	27	2	2
Shigeru Takada	100	411	349	48	97	15	2	5	31	11	3	38	25	.278	.350	.375	.726	131	4	3	17	4	1
Masahiro Yanagida	115	342	299	54	87	21	6	11	47	6	7	36	33	.291	.369	.512	.880	153	6	2	3	2	3
Kenji Awaguchi	80	119	110	17	33	6	0	4	9	6	1	5	21	.300	.325	.464	.788	51	0	0	2	2	1
Koji Yamamoto	87	116	102	11	30	2	2	3	24	0	0	8	12	.294	.348	.441	.789	45	1	2	1	3	1
Tomoharu Fukushima	82	138	124	15	28	2	0	2	8	1	0	8	16	.226	.273	.290	.563	36	2	0	6	0	1
Kazuhiro Yamakura	69	145	132	10	26	3	0	3	9	1	2	8	25	.197	.248	.288	.536	38	1	1	4	0	0
Tsuneo Horiuchi	36	76	65	8	14	1	0	1	5	0	1	5	12	.215	.271	.277	.548	18	1	0	6	0	0
Tadashi Matsumoto	67	70	66	13	14	1	0	0	5	12	1	1	18	.212	.217	.227	.445	15	1	0	1	2	0
Takashi Yoshida	54	100	92	8	14	4	0	1	8	0	0	3	8	.152	.177	.228	.405	21	3	0	4	1	0
Haruaki Harada	62	58	51	3	12	3	0	2	8	1	0	5	7	.235	.310	.412	.722	21	0	1	0	1	0
Shigeru Kobayashi	43	76	67	3	12	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	27	.179	.225	.209	.434	14	0	0	5	0	0
Takashi Nishimoto	56	35	32	3	7	3	0	1	4	0	0	0	9	.219	.219	.406	.625	13	0	0	3	0	0
Hisao Niura	63	69	51	3	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	7	17	.137	.237	.157	.394	8	0	0	10	1	0
Toshihiro Okita	33	34	26	5	6	1	0	1	4	1	2	5	5	.231	.394	.385	.779	10	0	2	1	0	0
Clyde Wright	7	14	14	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.286	.571	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hajime Kato	34	60	51	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	18	.078	.127	.078	.206	4	0	0	5	1	0
Mitsuo Sumi	60	28	27	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.111	.143	.111	.254	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kazunori Shinozuka	3	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yuji Kasama	26	25	23	1	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	6	.087	.160	.087	.247	2	1	0	0	0	0
Takeshi Ueda	49	36	24	4	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	3	4	.083	.281	.125	.406	3	1	4	4	1	0
Kiyoshi Nakahata	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Isao Tamura	16	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeru Sugiyama	6	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	1	0	0
Kosho Sakomaru	7	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.125	.111	.125	.236	1	0	0	0	1	0
Tomohisa Shoji	44	10	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	1	0	0
Keishi Asano	23	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	1	0	0	0	0
Itaru Ninomiya	55	14	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	2	0	0	0	0
Kazuo Yamamoto	23	19	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.062	.118	.062	.180	1	0	0	2	0	0
Kaoru Hirata	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Susumu Omata	29	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2061	4983	4307	606	1163	184	26	136	570	111	42	471	580	.270	.344	.420	.764	1807	82	37	125	43	34

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Sadaharu Oh	1B	130					.000
Koji Yamamoto	1B	13					.000
Takeshi Ueda	1B	10					.000
Masahiro Yanagida	1B	2					.000
Shozo Doi	2B	108					.000
John Sipin	2B	19					.000
Tadashi Matsumoto	2B	15					.000
Toshihiro Okita	2B	9					.000
Kazuo Yamamoto	2B	5					.000
Takeshi Ueda	2B	4					.000
Kaoru Hirata	2B	2					.000
Shigeru Takada	3B	94					.000
John Sipin	3B	30					.000
Takeshi Ueda	3B	19					.000
Tadashi Matsumoto	3B	16					.000
Kazuo Yamamoto	3B	14					.000
Toshihiro Okita	3B	5					.000
Kazunori Shinozuka	3B	3					.000
Kiyoshi Nakahata	3B	1					.000
Tomoharu Fukushima	C	82					.000
Takashi Yoshida	C	53					.000
Yuji Kasama	C	24					.000
Shigeru Sugiyama	C	4					.000
Isao Shibata	OF	125					.000
Isao Harimoto	OF	112					.000
Masahiro Yanagida	OF	98					.000
Kazuhiro Yamakura	OF	69					.000
John Sipin	OF	69					.000
Itaru Ninomiya	OF	48					.000
Tomohisa Shoji	OF	41					.000
Kenji Awaguchi	OF	39					.000
Koji Yamamoto	OF	22					.000
Shigeru Takada	OF	12					.000
Tadashi Matsumoto	OF	6					.000
Haruaki Harada	OF	5					.000
Kosho Sakomaru	OF	4					.000
Shigeru Kobayashi	OF	2					.000
Hisao Niura	P	63					.000
Mitsuo Sumi	P	60					.000
Takashi Nishimoto	P	56					.000
Shigeru Kobayashi	P	43					.000
Tsuneo Horiuchi	P	35					.000
Hajime Kato	P	34					.000
Susumu Omata	P	29					.000
Keishi Asano	P	23					.000
Isao Tamura	P	16					.000
Clyde Wright	P	7					.000
Katsuyoshi Shiotsuki	P	2					.000
Shoji Sadaoka	P	2					.000
Kazuaki Fujishiro	P	2					.000
Kazumasa Kono	SS	127					.000
Toshihiro Okita	SS	12					.000
Takeshi Ueda	SS	4					.000
Kazuo Yamamoto	SS	1					.000
Totals		1830	0	0	0	0	.000

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