1983 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 72-50
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Motoshi Fujita (72-50)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1983 Yomiuri Giants RosterTeam Record: 72-50
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Motoshi Fujita (72-50)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1983 season with a record of 72 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants paced the league with 622 runs. Yomiuri allowed 542 runs. Tatsunori Hara walloped 32 home runs for the team, while Kiyoshi Nakahata and Reggie Smith swatted 15 or more, too. Tatsunori Hara accounted for 103 RBI. Kazunori Shinozuka topped all regular batters by hitting .307. Suguru Egawa led the team with 16 wins, and Takashi Nishimoto added 15 or more victories also Suguru Egawa recorded a 3.27 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Héctor Cruz and Reggie Smith both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Motoshi Fujita 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 | 9 | .640 | 3.27 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 217.7 | 187 | 83 | 79 | 27 | 59 | 5 | 131 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 883 |
| Takashi Nishimoto | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.84 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 239.3 | 265 | 116 | 102 | 29 | 45 | 7 | 122 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1013 |
| Hiromi Makihara | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.67 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 184.0 | 165 | 83 | 75 | 19 | 66 | 2 | 124 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 764 |
| Hajime Kato | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.66 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 81.3 | 70 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 330 |
| Shoji Sadaoka | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5.00 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 117.0 | 145 | 82 | 65 | 18 | 47 | 3 | 59 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 549 |
| Yoshitaka Katori | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.64 | 38 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94.0 | 101 | 41 | 38 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 396 |
| Hisao Niura | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.21 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.3 | 71 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 292 |
| Mitsuo Sumi | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.38 | 37 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 56.0 | 53 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 252 |
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.12 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.7 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Hidenori Kosaka | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.06 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Keiji Hashimoto | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.55 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| Yoshinobu Nakajo | 0 | 0 | 4.24 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 31 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 147 | |
| Keishi Asano | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.50 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| Totals | 72 | 50 | .590 | 3.77 | 309 | 130 | 93 | 37 | 8 | 25 | 1159.0 | 1159 | 542 | 485 | 139 | 369 | 29 | 721 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 4923 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatsunori Hara | 130 | 571 | 500 | 94 | 151 | 32 | 4 | 32 | 103 | 9 | 4 | 60 | 56 | .302 | .375 | .574 | .949 | 287 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Tadashi Matsumoto | 125 | 568 | 510 | 75 | 150 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 76 | 16 | 49 | 80 | .294 | .360 | .375 | .734 | 191 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Kazunori Shinozuka | 115 | 473 | 424 | 79 | 130 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 38 | 42 | .307 | .362 | .458 | .819 | 194 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Kiyoshi Nakahata | 114 | 446 | 416 | 53 | 125 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 39 | .300 | .333 | .466 | .800 | 194 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Kenji Awaguchi | 119 | 437 | 381 | 61 | 115 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 50 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 38 | .302 | .368 | .449 | .817 | 171 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Kazuhiro Yamakura | 115 | 433 | 397 | 30 | 101 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 43 | .254 | .309 | .355 | .664 | 141 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Reggie Smith | 102 | 323 | 263 | 48 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 61 | .285 | .409 | .627 | 1.036 | 165 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Kazumasa Kono | 95 | 370 | 310 | 44 | 75 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 49 | .242 | .333 | .335 | .669 | 104 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| Norihiro Komada | 86 | 199 | 182 | 27 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 31 | .286 | .337 | .533 | .870 | 97 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasutomo Suzuki | 77 | 170 | 149 | 15 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 29 | .275 | .339 | .396 | .735 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Koji Yamamoto | 78 | 131 | 117 | 15 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .282 | .336 | .462 | .797 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Sadaaki Yoshimura | 84 | 104 | 95 | 26 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .326 | .379 | .579 | .958 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Héctor Cruz | 58 | 141 | 129 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 36 | .240 | .286 | .364 | .650 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Suguru Egawa | 33 | 85 | 77 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .286 | .312 | .442 | .754 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Takashi Nishimoto | 32 | 95 | 81 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .185 | .202 | .259 | .462 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Shinji Sasamoto | 30 | 57 | 48 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .250 | .339 | .333 | .673 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Shigeru Ishiwata | 52 | 77 | 68 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .162 | .227 | .235 | .462 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Shoji Sadaoka | 29 | 40 | 36 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .194 | .216 | .194 | .411 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Takashi Yoshida | 12 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .353 | .368 | .529 | .898 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shoichi Shimanuki | 24 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .227 | .227 | .364 | .591 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hajime Kato | 18 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .172 | .200 | .207 | .407 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasuyuki Nakai | 72 | 35 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .161 | .188 | .258 | .446 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiromi Makihara | 31 | 70 | 58 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | .086 | .117 | .103 | .220 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Nobuyoshi Suzuki | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .364 | .417 | .636 | 1.053 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaoru Hirata | 30 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .143 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mitsuo Sumi | 37 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .231 | .231 | .462 | .692 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .667 | .667 | 1.667 | 2.333 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hisao Niura | 31 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .167 | .286 | .417 | .702 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshitaka Katori | 38 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .050 | .136 | .100 | .236 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomoharu Fukushima | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yoshinobu Nakajo | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keiji Hashimoto | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaoru Okazaki | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1830 | 5008 | 4438 | 622 | 1219 | 187 | 24 | 156 | 591 | 134 | 37 | 415 | 684 | .275 | .338 | .433 | .771 | 1922 | 81 | 27 | 89 | 39 | 32 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiyoshi Nakahata | 1B | 102 | .000 | |||||
| Koji Yamamoto | 1B | 35 | .000 | |||||
| Norihiro Komada | 1B | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Kaoru Hirata | 1B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Kazunori Shinozuka | 2B | 111 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Ishiwata | 2B | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Yasutomo Suzuki | 2B | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsunori Hara | 2B | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Kaoru Hirata | 2B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsunori Hara | 3B | 124 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyoshi Nakahata | 3B | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Shinji Sasamoto | C | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Yoshida | C | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Tomoharu Fukushima | C | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Tadashi Matsumoto | OF | 125 | .000 | |||||
| Kenji Awaguchi | OF | 117 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhiro Yamakura | OF | 115 | .000 | |||||
| Reggie Smith | OF | 79 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuyuki Nakai | OF | 59 | .000 | |||||
| Sadaaki Yoshimura | OF | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Héctor Cruz | OF | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Norihiro Komada | OF | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Koji Yamamoto | OF | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Shoichi Shimanuki | OF | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Nobuyoshi Suzuki | OF | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshitaka Katori | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuo Sumi | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Suguru Egawa | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Nishimoto | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Hisao Niura | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Hiromi Makihara | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Shoji Sadaoka | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshinobu Nakajo | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Hajime Kato | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Keishi Asano | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Keiji Hashimoto | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Hidenori Kosaka | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Kazumasa Kono | SS | 95 | .000 | |||||
| Yasutomo Suzuki | SS | 55 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Ishiwata | SS | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Moritani | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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