1982 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 66-50
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Motoshi Fujita (66-50)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1982 Yomiuri Giants Roster

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1982 season with a record of 66 wins and 50 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Giants topped the circuit with just 439 runs allowed. Yomiuri scored 511 runs. Tatsunori Hara walloped 33 home runs for the squad, while Kiyoshi Nakahata swatted 15 or more also. Tatsunori Hara accounted for 92 RBI. Kazunori Shinozuka topped all regular batters by hitting .315. Suguru Egawa paced the team with 19 wins, and Shoji Sadaoka and Takashi Nishimoto also added 15 or more victories also Suguru Egawa recorded a 2.36 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Gary Thomasson and Roy White 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	19	12	.613	2.36	31	31	0	24	6	0	263.3	200	77	69	36	24	2	196	3	0	0	994
Shoji Sadaoka	15	6	.714	3.28	30	27	1	10	3	0	189.3	196	80	69	16	68	2	85	3	0	1	812
Takashi Nishimoto	15	10	.600	2.58	37	33	3	14	0	1	262.0	252	93	75	22	64	7	124	6	1	0	1093
Hisao Niura	6	6	.500	4.08	27	16	5	4	1	0	117.0	119	58	53	18	38	0	89	3	0	1	499
Hajime Kato	4	7	.364	3.11	24	17	3	3	0	0	121.7	105	52	42	9	41	3	97	3	1	3	502
Yoshitaka Katori	3	2	.600	4.53	21	5	2	0	0	0	57.7	57	30	29	10	12	0	36	5	0	0	243
Mitsuo Sumi	2	3	.400	2.00	40	0	35	0	0	9	63.0	36	14	14	4	24	2	71	5	0	1	250
Keishi Asano	2	4	.333	2.53	35	1	21	0	0	3	67.7	56	26	19	1	21	2	45	0	0	1	272
Masaru Yamaoka	0	0		3.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	13
Tsuneo Horiuchi	0	0		3.86	4	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	8	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	29
Hidenori Kosaka	0	0		5.40	3	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	11	3	3	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	27
Totals	66	50	.569	2.93	254	130	75	55	10	13	1156.7	1043	439	377	117	294	18	751	28	2	8	4734

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	124	523	467	64	147	26	6	7	67	5	0	35	32	.315	.361	.441	.802	206	10	3	11	7	3
Tatsunori Hara	130	542	494	81	136	19	1	33	92	11	6	42	82	.275	.332	.518	.850	256	6	2	0	4	4
Kiyoshi Nakahata	124	510	468	56	125	24	5	25	78	4	3	37	71	.267	.322	.500	.822	234	10	2	0	3	2
Tadashi Matsumoto	113	465	415	62	117	13	5	1	12	61	13	37	65	.282	.346	.345	.691	143	0	4	9	0	0
Kazumasa Kono	127	511	428	62	116	21	4	11	34	15	10	44	64	.271	.344	.416	.760	178	5	5	32	2	1
Roy White	107	373	338	38	100	11	0	12	42	3	3	29	56	.296	.353	.435	.788	147	3	2	2	2	1
Kenji Awaguchi	120	383	353	38	94	15	5	13	46	5	3	28	50	.266	.319	.448	.766	158	3	0	0	2	8
Kazuhiro Yamakura	129	445	398	27	78	14	1	7	39	2	1	35	55	.196	.264	.289	.553	115	11	4	2	6	10
Koji Yamamoto	107	284	254	29	56	5	2	13	33	5	1	21	44	.220	.286	.409	.695	104	6	3	4	2	3
Shoichi Shimanuki	60	84	76	8	20	4	0	3	10	0	1	8	17	.263	.333	.434	.768	33	2	0	0	0	1
Suguru Egawa	31	100	91	8	16	2	1	3	6	0	0	0	32	.176	.176	.319	.495	29	3	0	9	0	0
Takashi Nishimoto	37	98	91	4	16	2	0	2	3	0	0	1	27	.176	.185	.264	.449	24	3	0	6	0	0
Gary Thomasson	47	86	75	5	14	1	1	0	5	0	0	10	19	.187	.279	.227	.506	17	1	0	0	1	0
Shoji Sadaoka	30	74	63	2	13	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	9	.206	.203	.270	.473	17	2	0	10	1	0
Masahiro Yanagida	47	53	50	3	12	0	0	2	5	0	0	3	8	.240	.283	.360	.643	18	1	0	0	0	0
Yasutomo Suzuki	45	63	52	13	10	1	0	1	3	0	1	4	19	.192	.263	.269	.532	14	0	1	6	0	0
Hisao Niura	27	37	31	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	.161	.188	.161	.349	5	1	0	5	0	0
Kaoru Hirata	33	42	38	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	.132	.195	.132	.327	5	2	1	1	0	0
Shinji Sasamoto	22	23	20	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.200	.304	.200	.504	4	0	1	0	0	0
Keishi Asano	35	10	10	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.300	.300	.400	.700	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mitsuo Sumi	40	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.273	.273	.273	.545	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hajime Kato	24	33	28	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.071	.071	.071	.143	2	1	0	5	0	0
Tokuzo Nakatsukasa	9	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuyuki Nakai	53	16	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.071	.188	.071	.259	1	0	1	0	0	0
Yoshitaka Katori	21	15	15	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.067	.067	.133	.200	2	0	0	0	0	0
Takashi Yoshida	14	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Moritani	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Itaru Ninomiya	59	20	15	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	.000	.211	.000	.211	0	0	0	1	0	0
Sadaaki Yoshimura	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1721	4823	4316	511	1095	162	32	133	489	112	42	345	714	.254	.311	.399	.710	1720	70	29	103	30	33

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Kiyoshi Nakahata	1B	119					.000
Koji Yamamoto	1B	30					.000
Gary Thomasson	1B	1					.000
Kazunori Shinozuka	2B	123					.000
Kaoru Hirata	2B	10					.000
Yasutomo Suzuki	2B	7					.000
Tatsunori Hara	2B	3					.000
Akira Moritani	2B	2					.000
Tatsunori Hara	3B	127					.000
Kiyoshi Nakahata	3B	3					.000
Shinji Sasamoto	C	24					.000
Takashi Yoshida	C	10					.000
Kazuhiro Yamakura	OF	129					.000
Kenji Awaguchi	OF	110					.000
Tadashi Matsumoto	OF	109					.000
Roy White	OF	92					.000
Koji Yamamoto	OF	70					.000
Shoichi Shimanuki	OF	49					.000
Yasuyuki Nakai	OF	49					.000
Itaru Ninomiya	OF	44					.000
Gary Thomasson	OF	20					.000
Tokuzo Nakatsukasa	OF	7					.000
Masahiro Yanagida	OF	5					.000
Sadaaki Yoshimura	OF	1					.000
Mitsuo Sumi	P	40					.000
Takashi Nishimoto	P	37					.000
Keishi Asano	P	35					.000
Suguru Egawa	P	31					.000
Shoji Sadaoka	P	30					.000
Hisao Niura	P	27					.000
Hajime Kato	P	24					.000
Yoshitaka Katori	P	21					.000
Tsuneo Horiuchi	P	4					.000
Hidenori Kosaka	P	3					.000
Masaru Yamaoka	P	2					.000
Kazumasa Kono	SS	127					.000
Yasutomo Suzuki	SS	32					.000
Kazunori Shinozuka	SS	1					.000
Kaoru Okazaki	SS	1					.000
Totals		1559	0	0	0	0	.000

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