1980 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 61-60
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima (61-60)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1980 Yomiuri Giants RosterTeam Record: 61-60
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima (61-60)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1980 season with a record of 61 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.
The Giants allowed 450 runs, least in the league. Yomiuri plated 507 runs. Sadaharu Oh walloped 30 home runs for the squad, while Kazuhiro Yamakura, Kiyoshi Nakahata and Roy White each swatted 15 or more as well. Sadaharu Oh drove in 84 runs. Kenji Awaguchi paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .294. Suguru Egawa topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.48 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Roy White and John Sipin both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Shigeo Nagashima 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suguru Egawa | 16 | 12 | .571 | 2.48 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 261.3 | 226 | 88 | 72 | 34 | 60 | 5 | 219 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1055 |
| Takashi Nishimoto | 14 | 14 | .500 | 2.59 | 36 | 30 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 222.0 | 223 | 74 | 64 | 20 | 40 | 6 | 118 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 906 |
| Shoji Sadaoka | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.53 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 149.3 | 126 | 55 | 42 | 17 | 50 | 5 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 600 |
| Masaaki Koga | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.99 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 79.0 | 64 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 325 |
| Yoshitaka Katori | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.78 | 51 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 86.0 | 59 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 30 | 8 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 336 |
| Kazuaki Fujishiro | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.97 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54.3 | 51 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 227 |
| Hisao Niura | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.78 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 69.0 | 64 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 297 |
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.32 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75.0 | 78 | 43 | 36 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 319 |
| Hajime Kato | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.67 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| Mitsuo Sumi | 1 | 5 | .167 | 2.28 | 56 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 79.0 | 48 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 110 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 315 |
| Hidenori Kosaka | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Keishi Asano | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | |
| Hiroaki Nagamoto | 0 | 0 | 3.91 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 35 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 117 | |
| Haruo Narishige | 0 | 0 | 4.72 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | |
| Totals | 61 | 60 | .504 | 2.95 | 320 | 130 | 86 | 44 | 10 | 20 | 1149.7 | 1023 | 450 | 377 | 134 | 345 | 34 | 865 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 4710 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy White | 128 | 541 | 469 | 71 | 133 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 75 | 13 | 7 | 58 | 64 | .284 | .365 | .514 | .879 | 241 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Kiyoshi Nakahata | 124 | 503 | 459 | 61 | 123 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 57 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 53 | .268 | .315 | .453 | .768 | 208 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Sadaharu Oh | 129 | 527 | 444 | 59 | 105 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 47 | .236 | .342 | .462 | .803 | 205 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Kenji Awaguchi | 114 | 370 | 344 | 48 | 101 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 41 | .294 | .332 | .485 | .818 | 167 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Kazuhiro Yamakura | 127 | 436 | 399 | 44 | 98 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 79 | .246 | .297 | .441 | .738 | 176 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Kazunori Shinozuka | 115 | 351 | 315 | 38 | 82 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 31 | .260 | .309 | .378 | .687 | 119 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Kazumasa Kono | 125 | 398 | 352 | 37 | 81 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 69 | .230 | .298 | .335 | .633 | 118 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| Tadashi Matsumoto | 71 | 225 | 198 | 28 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 20 | 50 | .278 | .356 | .318 | .674 | 63 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Isao Shibata | 86 | 247 | 213 | 28 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 27 | .249 | .348 | .390 | .738 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Sipin | 75 | 237 | 219 | 26 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 47 | .224 | .266 | .388 | .654 | 85 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Shigeru Takada | 81 | 209 | 164 | 20 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | .189 | .278 | .274 | .552 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| Koji Yamamoto | 106 | 137 | 124 | 6 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .234 | .287 | .331 | .617 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kaoru Hirata | 56 | 84 | 73 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .219 | .230 | .315 | .545 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Takashi Nishimoto | 36 | 80 | 73 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .164 | .176 | .205 | .381 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Suguru Egawa | 34 | 93 | 83 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | .133 | .161 | .253 | .414 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Tomoharu Fukushima | 18 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .281 | .324 | .344 | .667 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masaaki Koga | 23 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .318 | .348 | .318 | .666 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Haruaki Harada | 41 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .200 | .256 | .371 | .628 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hisao Niura | 18 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .294 | .333 | .294 | .627 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasuyuki Nakai | 80 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .179 | .258 | .250 | .508 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoji Sadaoka | 30 | 56 | 47 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .064 | .102 | .064 | .166 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitsuo Sumi | 56 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .182 | .167 | .182 | .348 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Takashi Yoshida | 10 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasutomo Suzuki | 39 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .100 | .182 | .400 | .582 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroaki Nagamoto | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshitaka Katori | 52 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuaki Fujishiro | 19 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | 19 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hajime Kato | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Haruo Narishige | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shigeru Sugiyama | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keishi Asano | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akira Moritani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1853 | 4760 | 4207 | 507 | 1024 | 154 | 17 | 153 | 482 | 83 | 47 | 362 | 705 | .243 | .307 | .397 | .704 | 1671 | 94 | 42 | 113 | 36 | 21 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadaharu Oh | 1B | 129 | .000 | |||||
| Koji Yamamoto | 1B | 44 | .000 | |||||
| John Sipin | 1B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Kazunori Shinozuka | 2B | 90 | .000 | |||||
| John Sipin | 2B | 55 | .000 | |||||
| Kaoru Hirata | 2B | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Yasutomo Suzuki | 2B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyoshi Nakahata | 3B | 124 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Takada | 3B | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Yasutomo Suzuki | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Kazunori Shinozuka | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Kaoru Hirata | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Tomoharu Fukushima | C | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Yoshida | C | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Sugiyama | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Roy White | OF | 127 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhiro Yamakura | OF | 125 | .000 | |||||
| Kenji Awaguchi | OF | 102 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Takada | OF | 62 | .000 | |||||
| Tadashi Matsumoto | OF | 61 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Shibata | OF | 54 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuyuki Nakai | OF | 54 | .000 | |||||
| Koji Yamamoto | OF | 26 | .000 | |||||
| John Sipin | OF | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Haruaki Harada | OF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuo Sumi | P | 56 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshitaka Katori | P | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Nishimoto | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Suguru Egawa | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Shoji Sadaoka | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Masaaki Koga | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Hisao Niura | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuaki Fujishiro | P | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroaki Nagamoto | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Hajime Kato | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Haruo Narishige | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Keishi Asano | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Hidenori Kosaka | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Kazumasa Kono | SS | 125 | .000 | |||||
| Yasutomo Suzuki | SS | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Kazunori Shinozuka | SS | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Kaoru Hirata | SS | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1655 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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