1998 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Team Record: 73-62
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima (73-62)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Dome
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1998 season with a record of 73 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.
The Giants scored 632 runs and allowed 551 runs. Hideki Matsui walloped 34 home runs for Yomiuri, while Yoshinobu Takahashi and Kazuhiro Kiyohara swatted 15 or more, too. Hideki Matsui drove in 100 runs. Takayuki Shimizu paced all regular batters by hitting .301. Masumi Kuwata topped the team with 16 wins, and Masaki Saito recorded a 3.08 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Hideki Matsui, Mariano Duncan, Masumi Kuwata, Hideki Okajima, Takashi Kashiwada, Balvino Gálvez and Takahito Nomura were all players from the 1998 Yomiuri Giants who played in the Majors during their careers.
Shigeo Nagashima 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 |
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Masumi Kuwata | 16 | 5 | .762 | 4.08 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 181.0 | 197 | 88 | 82 | 17 | 46 | 0 | 116 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 779 |
Masaki Saito | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.08 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 146.3 | 132 | 56 | 50 | 13 | 40 | 2 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 594 |
Balvino Gálvez | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.21 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 137.3 | 136 | 57 | 49 | 10 | 39 | 2 | 85 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 588 |
Yusaku Iriki | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.58 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 | 70 | 39 | 39 | 9 | 38 | 1 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 397 |
Seong-Min Cho | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.75 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 104.7 | 96 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 83 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 433 |
Hiromi Makihara | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.98 | 36 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 81.3 | 67 | 39 | 36 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 332 |
Kazutaka Nishiyama | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.48 | 49 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80.0 | 75 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 324 |
Hirofumi Kono | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.42 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.0 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
Koishi Misawa | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.84 | 43 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 82.0 | 87 | 43 | 35 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 358 |
Hideki Okajima | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.33 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.3 | 61 | 31 | 30 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 273 |
Hitoshi Ono | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.19 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 66 | 35 | 34 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 265 |
Yasuhiro Enoki | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 19.29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Hirokazu Okada | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.89 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 | 37 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 166 |
Takahito Nomura | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.03 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19.7 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 95 |
Takashi Kashiwada | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Kazuhisa Kawaguchi | 0 | 0 | 4.61 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | |
Shinichiro Minami | 0 | 0 | 5.23 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | |
Ryuji Kimura | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
Makoto Sato | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
Kazuhiro Hiramatsu | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.81 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 35 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 146 |
Akihito Kaneishi | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.68 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12.7 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 |
Totals | 73 | 62 | .541 | 3.74 | 435 | 135 | 109 | 26 | 6 | 32 | 1198.0 | 1158 | 551 | 498 | 111 | 426 | 20 | 902 | 46 | 16 | 26 | 5087 |
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 |
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Takayuki Shimizu | 129 | 535 | 492 | 79 | 148 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 52 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 64 | .301 | .338 | .423 | .761 | 208 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
Hideki Matsui | 135 | 603 | 487 | 103 | 142 | 24 | 3 | 34 | 100 | 3 | 5 | 104 | 101 | .292 | .421 | .563 | .984 | 274 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Yoshinobu Takahashi | 126 | 515 | 466 | 65 | 140 | 32 | 1 | 19 | 75 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 85 | .300 | .356 | .496 | .852 | 231 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Daisuke Motoki | 114 | 456 | 397 | 49 | 118 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 56 | .297 | .373 | .426 | .799 | 169 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
Toshihisa Nishi | 106 | 479 | 424 | 76 | 116 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 45 | 65 | .274 | .345 | .392 | .736 | 166 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Kazuhiro Kiyohara | 116 | 470 | 384 | 67 | 103 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 76 | .268 | .379 | .484 | .863 | 186 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Shinichi Murata | 107 | 339 | 298 | 26 | 80 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 60 | .268 | .332 | .376 | .708 | 112 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
Masahiro Kawai | 93 | 300 | 266 | 27 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 36 | .256 | .301 | .327 | .628 | 87 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
Katsumi Hirosawa | 73 | 192 | 163 | 25 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 48 | .301 | .393 | .521 | .914 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Mariano Duncan | 63 | 221 | 207 | 24 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 58 | .232 | .276 | .411 | .687 | 85 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Koji Goto | 104 | 204 | 178 | 28 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 33 | .247 | .322 | .331 | .653 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Hiro Ishii | 74 | 184 | 154 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | .253 | .353 | .377 | .730 | 58 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Sadaaki Yoshimura | 71 | 76 | 65 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .262 | .368 | .338 | .707 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Kosuke Yoshihara | 35 | 68 | 62 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .242 | .284 | .306 | .590 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Seong-Min Cho | 16 | 38 | 37 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .324 | .316 | .378 | .694 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Naoki Sugiyama | 37 | 93 | 84 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | .143 | .207 | .214 | .421 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Masumi Kuwata | 27 | 74 | 56 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .196 | .258 | .214 | .472 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
Masaki Saito | 25 | 57 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .184 | .231 | .286 | .516 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Yasuo Nagaike | 65 | 34 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .226 | .273 | .290 | .563 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Hideki Okajima | 14 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .250 | .286 | .250 | .536 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Akihito Fukuo | 32 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .172 | .333 | .276 | .609 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Balvino Gálvez | 19 | 54 | 49 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .102 | .102 | .163 | .265 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Yusaku Iriki | 30 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Ichiro Horita | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kazutaka Nishiyama | 49 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .222 | .364 | .222 | .586 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Yuichi Yanagisawa | 8 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Koishi Misawa | 43 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .118 | .167 | .176 | .343 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Hiromi Makihara | 36 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .053 | .100 | .053 | .153 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Takayuki Saito | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yudai Deguchi | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hitoshi Ono | 15 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .062 | .000 | .062 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Hirokazu Okada | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kohei Oda | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Takahito Nomura | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Yoshinori Murata | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kazuhiro Hiramatsu | 29 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Akihito Kaneishi | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mototsugu Kawanaka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1897 | 5193 | 4520 | 632 | 1206 | 181 | 16 | 148 | 605 | 54 | 33 | 488 | 885 | .267 | .342 | .412 | .754 | 1863 | 99 | 50 | 87 | 48 | 22 |
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