1997 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 63-72
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima (63-72)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Dome

1997 Yomiuri Giants Roster

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1997 season with a record of 63 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.

The Giants scored 550 runs and yielded 536 runs. Hideki Matsui walloped 37 home runs for Yomiuri, while Katsumi Hirosawa and Kazuhiro Kiyohara added 15 or more as well. Hideki Matsui drove in 103 runs. Takayuki Shimizu paced all regular batters by hitting .304. Balvino Gálvez and Hiromi Makihara topped the squad with 12 wins each, and Balvino Gálvez registered a 3.32 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Eric Hillman, Hideki Matsui, Masao Kida, Balvino Gálvez, Masumi Kuwata, Dave Pavlas, Pedro Castellano, Hideki Okajima and Luis de los Santos were all players from the 1997 Yomiuri Giants who played in the Major Leagues 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
Hiromi Makihara	12	9	.571	3.46	25	24	0	4	1	0	150.7	140	62	58	23	36	3	115	2	2	2	614
Balvino Gálvez	12	12	.500	3.32	27	27	0	8	2	0	192.7	165	77	71	16	48	2	118	5	0	3	771
Masumi Kuwata	10	7	.588	3.77	26	26	0	0	0	0	141.0	127	68	59	15	37	1	104	5	0	1	580
Masaki Saito	6	8	.429	4.11	19	19	0	2	0	0	118.3	126	58	54	15	34	3	61	1	0	0	493
Kazutomo Miyamoto	4	4	.500	3.92	20	11	4	1	1	0	59.7	66	28	26	7	19	0	28	1	0	0	257
Hideki Okajima	4	9	.308	3.46	25	21	2	2	1	0	109.3	92	47	42	7	59	1	102	4	0	3	477
Kazuhisa Kawaguchi	3	3	.500	9.92	22	0	3	0	0	1	16.3	23	20	18	3	7	0	17	1	0	1	81
Koishi Misawa	3	4	.429	4.55	35	0	9	0	0	2	57.3	53	31	29	7	32	0	46	3	0	2	253
Junichi Kawahara	2	1	.667	2.60	25	1	8	0	0	1	45.0	37	14	13	1	25	4	35	2	0	7	197
Masao Kida	2	2	.500	1.99	39	0	15	0	0	7	49.7	47	13	11	3	22	4	53	2	0	5	216
Kazutaka Nishiyama	2	3	.400	4.96	32	2	11	0	0	0	52.7	58	30	29	4	21	0	38	4	2	4	231
Hitoshi Ono	1	0	1.000	6.75	11	1	7	0	0	0	17.3	21	16	13	3	7	0	13	0	0	0	81
Seong-Min Cho	1	2	.333	2.89	22	0	20	0	0	11	28.0	16	10	9	1	13	0	30	1	0	2	111
Yusaku Iriki	1	6	.143	3.10	57	1	13	0	0	2	90.0	64	31	31	9	37	3	94	5	0	2	368
Hideyuki Awano	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Katsuhiro Mino	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
Satoshi Kobayashi	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3
Makoto Sato	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Hirokazu Okada	0	0		3.09	24	0	13	0	0	0	32.0	23	11	11	3	13	0	17	2	1	0	127
Dave Pavlas	0	0		6.00	7	0	6	0	0	4	6.0	10	4	4	0	4	2	4	1	0	1	32
Kiyoshi Hashimoto	0	0		6.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	13
Shigeyori Koharazawa	0	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	2	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	11
Eric Hillman	0	1	.000	3.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	28
Hirofumi Kono	0	1	.000	3.80	22	0	3	0	0	0	21.3	19	10	9	2	10	2	15	1	0	0	91
Totals	63	72	.467	3.69	448	135	118	17	5	28	1201.3	1100	536	493	121	434	25	899	41	5	33	5041

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 Matsui	135	596	484	93	144	18	0	37	103	9	3	100	84	.298	.419	.564	.984	273	5	6	0	6	10
Masahiro Kawai	124	507	416	68	120	21	2	6	25	2	3	39	40	.288	.355	.392	.747	163	6	5	45	2	0
Katsumi Hirosawa	126	477	428	56	120	13	1	22	67	2	1	43	115	.280	.349	.470	.818	201	19	3	1	2	2
Takayuki Shimizu	118	422	381	50	116	12	3	12	36	7	5	28	48	.304	.360	.446	.806	170	2	7	2	4	2
Kazuhiro Kiyohara	130	550	462	65	115	24	0	32	95	0	0	69	152	.249	.356	.509	.865	235	7	12	0	7	3
Toshihisa Nishi	119	461	414	52	100	19	0	10	39	10	6	34	62	.242	.301	.360	.661	149	17	2	9	2	1
Daisuke Motoki	101	337	312	33	88	10	1	9	32	1	1	14	46	.282	.315	.407	.722	127	6	2	7	2	0
Koji Goto	80	203	180	23	49	14	1	3	13	1	5	19	31	.272	.347	.411	.758	74	3	2	1	1	2
Hiro Ishii	25	100	87	8	29	5	0	1	14	0	0	10	14	.333	.400	.425	.825	37	2	1	0	2	0
Luis de los Santos	39	124	114	7	27	6	1	0	14	0	0	8	15	.237	.282	.307	.589	35	3	0	0	2	0
Yuichi Yanagisawa	57	135	121	3	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	18	.215	.269	.223	.492	27	4	0	5	0	4
Pedro Castellano	64	141	122	8	24	8	1	4	23	0	0	16	31	.197	.298	.377	.675	46	4	2	0	1	1
Shinichi Murata	75	148	128	9	21	5	0	1	6	0	0	17	32	.164	.272	.227	.499	29	4	2	1	0	4
Naoki Sugiyama	54	101	84	7	20	5	0	4	11	0	0	11	23	.238	.337	.440	.777	37	4	2	3	1	1
Koichi Ogata	73	98	86	15	18	3	0	1	4	5	1	8	10	.209	.284	.279	.563	24	0	1	3	0	0
Sadaaki Yoshimura	69	69	62	2	16	6	0	1	14	0	0	4	11	.258	.290	.403	.693	25	3	0	0	3	1
Balvino Gálvez	29	70	65	8	15	3	0	3	11	0	0	1	27	.231	.242	.415	.658	27	2	0	4	0	0
Akihito Fukuo	67	76	68	7	12	0	0	3	3	0	0	7	20	.176	.253	.309	.562	21	0	0	1	0	0
Masaki Saito	24	50	41	2	7	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	14	.171	.244	.220	.464	9	0	1	5	0	0
Kosuke Yoshihara	26	49	43	5	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.163	.234	.209	.443	9	2	1	2	0	0
Yoshinori Murata	16	50	46	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.152	.220	.152	.372	7	1	1	0	0	0
Hiromi Makihara	28	60	58	4	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	29	.103	.119	.103	.222	6	2	0	1	0	0
Masumi Kuwata	31	55	43	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	.116	.208	.116	.325	5	0	0	7	0	0
Ichiro Horita	29	26	24	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.167	.200	.167	.367	4	0	0	1	0	0
Takeshi Omori	25	31	26	2	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	3	.154	.226	.269	.495	7	0	0	0	2	0
Takayuki Saito	32	39	39	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	8	.103	.103	.128	.231	5	3	0	0	0	0
Masahito Watanabe	9	15	15	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.267	.467	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hideki Okajima	27	37	33	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	14	.091	.167	.091	.258	3	0	0	1	0	0
Junichi Kawahara	25	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0
Koishi Misawa	35	11	8	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.375	.625	3	0	0	3	0	0
Kazutomo Miyamoto	23	23	19	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	6	.105	.182	.158	.340	3	0	0	1	1	0
Seong-Min Cho	22	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.333	.500	.833	1	0	0	0	1	0
Akiyoshi Sasaki	16	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0
Rin Ono	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yudai Deguchi	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masao Kida	39	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Hitoshi Ono	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hirokazu Okada	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Hillman	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazutaka Nishiyama	32	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	1	0	1	0	0
Shinji Inoue	10	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Yusaku Iriki	57	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
Kazuhisa Kawaguchi	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hirofumi Kono	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuya Ono	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2086	5118	4458	550	1119	181	10	150	532	37	27	462	927	.251	.326	.397	.723	1770	100	50	109	39	31

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Kazuhiro Kiyohara	1B	130					.000
Hiro Ishii	1B	3					.000
Katsumi Hirosawa	1B	3					.000
Takeshi Omori	1B	2					.000
Koji Goto	1B	1					.000
Toshihisa Nishi	2B	107					.000
Daisuke Motoki	2B	35					.000
Akihito Fukuo	2B	12					.000
Akiyoshi Sasaki	2B	6					.000
Pedro Castellano	2B	1					.000
Koji Goto	3B	47					.000
Pedro Castellano	3B	44					.000
Daisuke Motoki	3B	42					.000
Luis de los Santos	3B	30					.000
Hiro Ishii	3B	22					.000
Akihito Fukuo	3B	3					.000
Toshihisa Nishi	3B	2					.000
Shinichi Murata	C	73					.000
Yuichi Yanagisawa	C	53					.000
Naoki Sugiyama	C	50					.000
Kosuke Yoshihara	C	24					.000
Yoshinori Murata	C	16					.000
Hideki Matsui	OF	135					.000
Katsumi Hirosawa	OF	118					.000
Takayuki Shimizu	OF	109					.000
Koichi Ogata	OF	57					.000
Koji Goto	OF	26					.000
Ichiro Horita	OF	22					.000
Takayuki Saito	OF	21					.000
Shinji Inoue	OF	6					.000
Sadaaki Yoshimura	OF	4					.000
Takeshi Omori	OF	4					.000
Yudai Deguchi	OF	4					.000
Masahito Watanabe	OF	3					.000
Rin Ono	OF	1					.000
Toshihisa Nishi	OF	1					.000
Yusaku Iriki	P	57					.000
Masao Kida	P	39					.000
Koishi Misawa	P	35					.000
Kazutaka Nishiyama	P	32					.000
Balvino Gálvez	P	27					.000
Masumi Kuwata	P	26					.000
Hideki Okajima	P	25					.000
Hiromi Makihara	P	25					.000
Junichi Kawahara	P	25					.000
Hirokazu Okada	P	24					.000
Hirofumi Kono	P	22					.000
Kazuhisa Kawaguchi	P	22					.000
Seong-Min Cho	P	22					.000
Kazutomo Miyamoto	P	20					.000
Masaki Saito	P	19					.000
Hitoshi Ono	P	11					.000
Dave Pavlas	P	7					.000
Shigeyori Koharazawa	P	2					.000
Eric Hillman	P	2					.000
Kiyoshi Hashimoto	P	2					.000
Makoto Sato	P	1					.000
Katsuhiro Mino	P	1					.000
Satoshi Kobayashi	P	1					.000
Hideyuki Awano	P	1					.000
Masahiro Kawai	SS	123					.000
Daisuke Motoki	SS	28					.000
Pedro Castellano	SS	5					.000
Akihito Fukuo	SS	2					.000
Totals		1823	0	0	0	0	.000

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