1981 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 73-48
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Motoshi Fujita (73-48)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1981 Yomiuri Giants Roster

Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Nippon Ham Fighters 2

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1981 season with a record of 73 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Giants conceded 418 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Yomiuri plated 517 runs. Tatsunori Hara paced the team with 22 home runs, while Gary Thomasson, Kazumasa Kono and Kiyoshi Nakahata each walloped 15 or more, too. Tatsunori Hara accounted for 67 RBI. Kazunori Shinozuka topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .357. Suguru Egawa led the squad with 20 wins, and Takashi Nishimoto also added 15 or more victories also Mitsuo Sumi recorded a 1.47 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Roy White and Gary Thomasson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Motoshi Fujita 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
Suguru Egawa	20	6	.769	2.28	31	30	0	20	7	0	240.3	187	68	61	27	38	2	221	4	1	0	931
Takashi Nishimoto	18	12	.600	2.58	34	34	0	14	3	0	257.7	232	84	74	23	55	7	126	3	0	0	1020
Hajime Kato	12	6	.667	2.91	30	18	5	6	0	2	158.0	133	54	51	20	63	7	97	3	1	2	652
Shoji Sadaoka	11	7	.611	3.71	31	30	0	5	3	0	196.7	185	85	81	25	59	5	122	5	0	1	817
Mitsuo Sumi	8	5	.615	1.47	51	0	49	0	0	20	104.3	55	19	17	9	33	1	121	2	0	1	397
Yoshitaka Katori	1	0	1.000	2.39	22	0	8	0	0	0	37.7	25	12	10	3	11	2	22	3	0	0	148
Keishi Asano	1	2	.333	3.95	25	1	9	0	0	0	43.3	39	20	19	2	22	1	33	2	0	0	188
Kazuaki Fujishiro	1	2	.333	5.63	12	5	2	0	0	0	38.3	40	26	24	5	15	1	34	0	0	2	170
Tsuneo Horiuchi	1	3	.250	4.50	9	4	4	0	0	0	22.0	27	16	11	3	1	0	11	0	0	1	92
Kenyu Akamine	0	0		3.60	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	23
Hisao Niura	0	5	.000	3.39	14	8	5	2	0	0	58.3	55	32	22	8	19	3	44	1	0	1	248
Totals	73	48	.603	2.88	262	130	83	47	13	22	1161.7	983	418	372	125	319	29	833	23	2	8	4686

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
Kazunori Shinozuka	116	457	412	51	147	21	2	7	45	2	5	29	39	.357	.400	.468	.868	193	9	1	14	1	6
Kiyoshi Nakahata	109	440	416	55	134	17	7	16	66	10	2	19	37	.322	.352	.512	.864	213	7	2	0	3	3
Kazumasa Kono	130	579	503	73	133	16	1	16	42	27	7	45	65	.264	.333	.396	.729	199	3	8	21	2	1
Tatsunori Hara	125	507	470	64	126	23	6	22	67	6	6	27	78	.268	.308	.483	.791	227	9	3	0	7	0
Roy White	127	499	422	58	115	20	2	13	55	18	3	61	68	.273	.374	.422	.796	178	4	10	2	4	5
Kenji Awaguchi	116	371	336	50	105	17	3	13	35	11	6	31	45	.312	.369	.497	.866	167	2	0	2	2	6
Gary Thomasson	120	435	402	39	105	23	0	20	50	5	7	32	132	.261	.317	.468	.785	188	9	1	0	0	2
Tadashi Matsumoto	115	284	261	33	79	9	1	3	21	33	13	14	44	.303	.339	.379	.719	99	1	1	7	1	0
Kazuhiro Yamakura	124	417	371	31	76	9	2	11	40	3	1	34	59	.205	.271	.329	.600	122	9	1	8	3	11
Koji Yamamoto	95	197	179	16	43	8	0	4	17	0	2	14	16	.240	.299	.352	.651	63	6	2	0	2	5
Takashi Nishimoto	34	97	85	6	18	2	1	1	5	0	0	5	25	.212	.261	.294	.555	25	1	1	5	1	0
Makoto Matsubara	36	67	60	3	14	0	0	1	8	0	0	4	3	.233	.299	.283	.582	17	5	2	0	1	0
Suguru Egawa	31	91	80	3	14	3	0	1	8	0	0	1	37	.175	.179	.250	.429	20	2	0	7	3	0
Shoji Sadaoka	31	72	65	6	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	15	.154	.191	.169	.360	11	1	0	4	0	0
Kaoru Hirata	29	41	38	5	9	0	0	3	5	0	0	1	8	.237	.256	.474	.730	18	1	0	2	0	1
Yasuyuki Nakai	84	31	29	4	8	1	0	1	4	3	2	1	6	.276	.290	.414	.704	12	1	0	0	1	0
Isao Shibata	40	47	43	3	8	1	0	1	4	1	1	3	8	.186	.234	.279	.513	12	1	0	0	1	0
Masahiro Yanagida	42	53	46	6	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	7	10	.130	.245	.217	.463	10	1	0	0	0	1
Hajime Kato	30	56	49	4	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	.122	.120	.143	.263	7	0	0	6	1	0
Takashi Yoshida	40	35	31	1	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	3	5	.161	.229	.258	.487	8	1	0	0	1	0
Tsuneo Horiuchi	10	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshitaka Katori	22	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuaki Fujishiro	13	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mitsuo Sumi	51	27	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.087	.087	.087	.174	2	0	0	4	0	0
Yasutomo Suzuki	11	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tomoharu Fukushima	7	10	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.143	.400	.143	.543	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hisao Niura	14	15	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	0
Akira Moritani	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tokuzo Nakatsukasa	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Itaru Ninomiya	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keishi Asano	26	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1737	4861	4370	517	1171	174	25	135	492	119	55	338	751	.268	.323	.412	.735	1800	73	32	87	34	41

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Koji Yamamoto	1B	75					.000
Kiyoshi Nakahata	1B	75					.000
Makoto Matsubara	1B	27					.000
Kaoru Hirata	1B	1					.000
Kazunori Shinozuka	2B	108					.000
Tatsunori Hara	2B	29					.000
Kaoru Hirata	2B	8					.000
Tatsunori Hara	3B	101					.000
Kiyoshi Nakahata	3B	39					.000
Yasutomo Suzuki	3B	1					.000
Takashi Yoshida	C	36					.000
Tomoharu Fukushima	C	7					.000
Kazuhiro Yamakura	OF	124					.000
Roy White	OF	122					.000
Kenji Awaguchi	OF	111					.000
Gary Thomasson	OF	109					.000
Tadashi Matsumoto	OF	99					.000
Yasuyuki Nakai	OF	66					.000
Masahiro Yanagida	OF	14					.000
Isao Shibata	OF	9					.000
Koji Yamamoto	OF	3					.000
Itaru Ninomiya	OF	2					.000
Tokuzo Nakatsukasa	OF	1					.000
Mitsuo Sumi	P	51					.000
Takashi Nishimoto	P	34					.000
Shoji Sadaoka	P	31					.000
Suguru Egawa	P	31					.000
Hajime Kato	P	30					.000
Keishi Asano	P	25					.000
Yoshitaka Katori	P	22					.000
Hisao Niura	P	14					.000
Kazuaki Fujishiro	P	12					.000
Tsuneo Horiuchi	P	9					.000
Kenyu Akamine	P	3					.000
Kazumasa Kono	SS	130					.000
Yasutomo Suzuki	SS	6					.000
Kazunori Shinozuka	SS	2					.000
Totals		1567	0	0	0	0	.000

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