1996 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 77-53
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima (77-53)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Dome

1996 Yomiuri Giants Roster

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1996 season with a record of 77 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Giants paced the circuit with just 478 runs allowed. Yomiuri scored 563 runs. Hideki Matsui walloped 38 home runs for the team, while Hiromitsu Ochiai and Shane Mack added 15 or more, too. Hideki Matsui drove in 99 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .314. Balvino Gálvez and Masaki Saito led the team with 16 wins each, and Masaki Saito recorded a 2.36 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Hideki Matsui, Masao Kida, Jeff Manto, Takashi Kashiwada, Balvino Gálvez, Hideki Okajima and Shane Mack were all players from the 1996 Yomiuri Giants who played in the Majors 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
Masaki Saito164.8002.3625250840187.0172524913443158500768
Balvino Gálvez166.7273.05282701230203.7186746918592112905838
Masao Kida79.4383.7833169322123.712153521534299504517
Hirofumi Kono61.8573.293901000352.0331919322539001203
Kazutaka Nishiyama65.5454.403451000161.3623230335137401276
Hiromi Makihara66.5004.1218180410122.311357561853392107519
Kazutomo Miyamoto53.6253.0523182220100.39735341138152212432
Hiroshi Ishige41.8003.51230600333.3321513424228004154
Mario Brito32.6003.3339031001948.7501818518143100207
Katsuhito Mizuno201.0003.14100200014.3955171700057
Hirokazu Okada21.6675.70270400130.0231919419326101130
Shigeyori Koharazawa24.3336.43220400028.0222120621225213127
Hideki Okajima101.0000.7151200012.71321090810160
Kazuhisa Kawaguchi14.2002.952911700376.3682825833562604331
Hideyuki Awano003.004020009.05330211300035
Tetsuhiro Monna006.145110007.3955150700234
Ryuji Kimura01.0002.257050008.0732031900033
Takashi Kashiwada01.0003.2780300011.01044161100147
Kiyoshi Hashimoto01.00012.008010006.01388420300333
Junichi Kawahara04.0004.5098110050.0532525619045201216
Totals7753.5923.473961301003012321185.0109847845712145334866392405017

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
Hideki Matsui130569487971533413899727198.314.401.6221.02330354071
Shane Mack1275344847114228022751214183.293.354.488.842236176031
Hiromitsu Ochiai106448376601131802186306753.301.408.516.924194113023
Toshihisa Nishi114453403701091527241753758.270.333.370.70314922920
Masahiro Kawai12654944050102140222514849.232.310.277.588122735620
Takayuki Shimizu10730728737841441138951341.293.337.484.82113926101
Daisuke Motoki913262883466141935322551.229.294.378.67210953640
Shinichi Murata993052651555142526002662.208.284.332.6168883925
Naoki Sugiyama6615714715375031200441.252.288.347.6355134110
Koji Goto59138123183590216121114.285.348.407.7545032021
Yoshikazu Komura661371192032410547921.269.341.319.6603804501
Akihito Fukuo569275112540313001213.333.433.507.9403802212
Katsuya Kishigawa55947971810514001428.228.351.430.7813411003
Katsumi Hirosawa381039191830413001129.198.282.363.6443340010
Yudai Deguchi738472616511953623.222.282.361.6432610600
Sadaaki Yoshimura536561215002110139.246.277.344.6212110010
Masaki Saito26726429200300129.141.154.172.3261100700
Kazushige Nagashima23605648203801319.143.200.339.5391921000
Balvino Gálvez29776468202300230.125.152.250.40216101100
Kosuke Yoshihara2524214710131015.333.391.524.9151101100
Masao Kida35413637001500017.194.194.278.4721000500
Takeshi Omori14453757202200810.189.333.405.7391500000
Shinji Inoue28454017200410412.175.250.225.475900100
Yuji Yoshioka29413835001410216.132.171.211.381810010
Hiromi Makihara20464615200400023.109.109.152.261700000
Jeff Manto1035271310010167.111.286.148.434411011
Kazutomo Miyamoto27373123100100110.097.125.129.254400500
Hiroshi Ishige23431200110000.667.6671.6672.333500100
Mario Brito39660200000002.333.333.333.667200000
Kazuhisa Kawaguchi3122221200000009.091.091.091.182200000
Masahiro Takami2220100000000.500.500.5001.000100000
Akiyoshi Sasaki8331100000000.333.333.333.667100000
Hirokazu Okada28441100000002.250.250.250.500100000
Kaoru Okazaki1213112100110021.091.231.364.594410001
Junichi Kawahara9181701000000112.059.111.059.170100000
Hirofumi Kono39771000000004.000.000.000.000000000
Hideyuki Awano4330000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Shigeyori Koharazawa22220000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Katsuhito Mizuno10311000000020.000.667.000.667000000
Kazutaka Nishiyama3614130000000019.000.071.000.071000000
Hideki Okajima5220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Koichi Ogata1001000000000000000
Totals1901498743535631100197121475386931432894.253.325.405.729176276461263020


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