2000 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 78-57
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima (78-57)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Dome

2000 Yomiuri Giants Roster

Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 2

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 2000 season with a record of 78 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Giants plated 689 runs, tops in the circuit. Yomiuri conceded 497 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Hideki Matsui walloped 42 home runs for the squad, while Domingo Martínez, Kazuhiro Kiyohara, Akira Eto, Yoshinobu Takahashi and Toshihisa Nishi each swatted 15 or more as well. Hideki Matsui drove in 108 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .316. Darrell May and Kimiyasu Kudo led the squad with 12 wins each, and Darrell May recorded a 2.96 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Members of the 2000 Yomiuri Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Balvino Gálvez, Takashi Kashiwada, Hideki Okajima, Masumi Kuwata, Domingo Martínez, Koji Uehara, Takahito Nomura, Hisanori Takahashi, Darrell May and Hideki Matsui.

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
Kimiyasu Kudo	12	5	.706	3.11	21	21	0	1	1	0	136.0	127	53	47	14	16	0	148	1	0	5	545
Darrell May	12	7	.632	2.95	24	24	0	3	3	0	155.3	123	52	51	19	40	0	165	3	0	7	621
Hisanori Takahashi	9	6	.600	3.18	24	23	0	3	2	0	135.7	133	59	48	10	36	3	102	2	0	1	563
Koji Uehara	9	7	.562	3.57	20	20	0	6	1	0	131.0	112	53	52	20	22	1	126	1	0	1	519
Hideki Okajima	5	4	.556	3.11	56	0	26	0	0	7	72.3	53	26	25	4	31	1	102	2	0	5	300
Masumi Kuwata	5	8	.385	4.50	30	10	16	0	0	5	86.0	103	43	43	6	28	5	49	3	1	0	385
Junichi Kawahara	4	0	1.000	1.42	7	6	0	3	3	0	44.3	29	7	7	4	9	0	30	1	0	1	166
Ryuji Kimura	4	1	.800	2.83	54	0	10	0	0	0	47.7	45	19	15	8	16	2	38	1	0	4	206
Kazuhiro Hiramatsu	4	1	.800	2.89	14	4	4	0	0	0	28.0	35	11	9	0	9	2	18	2	0	0	129
Masaki Saito	3	1	.750	2.10	5	5	0	0	0	0	34.3	20	8	8	4	4	0	20	1	0	0	125
Shinichiro Minami	2	0	1.000	2.08	26	0	5	0	0	2	26.0	24	6	6	2	5	0	17	0	0	0	107
Takashi Kashiwada	2	0	1.000	2.89	50	0	10	0	0	0	53.0	40	19	17	0	15	0	36	2	0	2	213
Min Chul Jeong	2	0	1.000	4.82	4	4	0	1	1	0	18.7	21	10	10	4	3	0	16	1	0	0	80
Kazutaka Nishiyama	2	2	.500	4.30	14	5	4	0	0	0	37.7	46	20	18	3	12	0	24	3	0	3	169
Koishi Misawa	1	1	.500	2.33	41	2	9	0	0	1	65.7	64	17	17	6	14	3	38	3	0	3	268
Takahito Nomura	1	1	.500	6.75	24	0	7	0	0	1	20.0	18	18	15	5	8	0	21	1	1	2	89
Seong-Min Cho	1	2	.333	3.86	10	1	2	0	0	0	14.0	20	9	6	2	5	1	9	0	0	0	64
Hitoshi Ono	0	0		5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.3	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	17
Naoki Uchizono	0	0		11.25	4	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	6	5	5	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	19
Makoto Sato	0	0		37.80	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	5	7	7	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	13
Hiromi Makihara	0	1	.000	4.12	21	0	14	0	0	9	19.7	15	9	9	1	6	1	20	1	0	3	81
Yasuyuki Kawamoto	0	1	.000	4.18	21	0	8	0	0	2	23.7	21	14	11	5	11	0	20	1	0	1	105
Tsuyoshi Jobe	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	16
Yusaku Iriki	0	2	.000	3.86	7	2	1	0	0	0	16.3	20	8	7	3	7	1	10	0	0	2	75
Balvino Gálvez	0	6	.000	3.26	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.3	34	19	11	3	6	1	22	2	0	1	133
Totals	78	57	.578	3.35	487	135	118	17	11	27	1207.7	1125	497	449	126	311	21	1039	31	2	41	5008

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
Toshihisa Nishi	135	611	560	81	167	30	1	20	58	11	19	41	89	.298	.348	.462	.810	259	6	3	4	3	2
Hideki Matsui	135	589	474	116	150	32	1	42	108	5	2	106	108	.316	.438	.654	1.092	310	1	2	0	7	5
Yoshinobu Takahashi	135	577	519	89	150	29	1	27	74	5	3	46	87	.289	.352	.505	.857	262	11	6	3	3	2
Akira Eto	127	528	457	84	117	17	1	32	91	7	1	58	92	.256	.340	.508	.847	232	4	3	4	6	0
Takayuki Shimizu	115	431	388	65	105	25	1	11	46	11	10	21	52	.271	.310	.425	.735	165	0	2	18	2	0
Domingo Martínez	111	348	320	42	92	16	1	17	64	0	0	21	65	.288	.333	.503	.836	161	12	3	0	4	3
Daisuke Motoki	114	353	310	40	85	17	0	5	29	0	2	34	47	.274	.347	.377	.724	117	7	1	7	1	1
Tomohiro Nioka	119	335	298	35	79	10	0	10	32	9	5	23	57	.265	.325	.399	.724	119	5	4	9	1	2
Kazuhiro Kiyohara	75	252	216	41	64	10	0	16	54	0	0	25	51	.296	.385	.565	.950	122	6	8	0	3	0
Shinichi Murata	101	252	225	17	46	7	0	7	34	0	0	15	65	.204	.259	.329	.588	74	5	2	9	1	2
Yoshinori Murata	76	169	153	14	41	6	0	3	13	0	0	7	27	.268	.317	.366	.683	56	4	4	5	0	4
Koji Goto	94	127	108	20	29	3	0	6	17	0	1	12	25	.269	.344	.463	.807	50	3	1	5	1	2
Masahiro Kawai	54	74	58	8	11	1	0	0	4	0	1	8	9	.190	.294	.207	.501	12	0	1	6	1	0
Takayuki Saito	55	46	43	6	10	1	0	1	3	1	0	3	7	.233	.283	.326	.608	14	0	0	0	0	0
Koji Uehara	21	49	43	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	19	.163	.200	.163	.363	7	0	0	4	0	0
Naoki Sugiyama	38	60	52	2	7	0	0	1	7	0	0	5	12	.135	.203	.192	.396	10	1	0	1	2	1
Darrell May	24	59	53	3	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	32	.132	.145	.132	.278	7	1	0	4	1	0
Masumi Kuwata	32	22	19	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.316	.350	.316	.666	6	1	0	2	0	0
Ichiro Horita	13	10	9	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	.333	.400	.667	1.067	6	0	0	0	0	0
Masaki Saito	5	13	13	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	7	.231	.231	.462	.692	6	0	0	0	0	0
Shinobu Takano	13	15	15	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.467	.667	7	0	0	0	0	0
Hisanori Takahashi	25	52	45	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	21	.067	.125	.067	.192	3	0	0	4	0	0
Yasuo Nagaike	11	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	5	0	0	0	0	0
Koishi Misawa	41	8	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	2	0	0
Junichi Kawahara	8	15	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.143	.143	.143	.286	2	0	0	1	0	0
Kazuaki Miyazaki	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuyuki Kawamoto	21	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Seong-Min Cho	10	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rin Ono	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.800	1.000	4	0	0	0	0	0
Norio Tanabe	7	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
Akiyoshi Sasaki	23	10	8	5	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	2	.125	.300	.500	.800	4	0	1	0	0	0
Balvino Gálvez	6	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.182	.273	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kimiyasu Kudo	21	49	44	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	30	.023	.044	.023	.067	1	1	0	4	0	0
Hideki Okajima	56	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Min Chul Jeong	4	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ken Kato	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keiji Fukui	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazutaka Nishiyama	14	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.091	.000	.091	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryuji Kimura	54	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kazuhiro Hiramatsu	16	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kohei Oda	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsuyoshi Jobe	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takashi Kashiwada	50	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mototsugu Kawanaka	11	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Hitoshi Ono	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masahito Watanabe	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yusaku Iriki	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	3	0	0
Totals	1998	5163	4552	689	1199	208	7	203	659	50	46	438	971	.263	.331	.446	.777	2030	70	41	96	36	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Domingo Martínez	1B	75					.000
Kazuhiro Kiyohara	1B	59					.000
Akira Eto	1B	26					.000
Koji Goto	1B	21					.000
Daisuke Motoki	1B	6					.000
Takayuki Saito	1B	2					.000
Norio Tanabe	1B	1					.000
Rin Ono	1B	1					.000
Keiji Fukui	1B	1					.000
Toshihisa Nishi	2B	133					.000
Daisuke Motoki	2B	7					.000
Masahiro Kawai	2B	5					.000
Mototsugu Kawanaka	2B	2					.000
Norio Tanabe	2B	1					.000
Kazuaki Miyazaki	2B	1					.000
Koji Goto	2B	1					.000
Akira Eto	3B	123					.000
Daisuke Motoki	3B	34					.000
Akiyoshi Sasaki	3B	15					.000
Masahiro Kawai	3B	14					.000
Yasuo Nagaike	3B	6					.000
Koji Goto	3B	4					.000
Mototsugu Kawanaka	3B	3					.000
Keiji Fukui	3B	3					.000
Norio Tanabe	3B	1					.000
Shinichi Murata	C	98					.000
Yoshinori Murata	C	70					.000
Naoki Sugiyama	C	37					.000
Ken Kato	C	3					.000
Kohei Oda	C	2					.000
Yoshinobu Takahashi	OF	135					.000
Hideki Matsui	OF	135					.000
Takayuki Shimizu	OF	108					.000
Daisuke Motoki	OF	28					.000
Takayuki Saito	OF	24					.000
Koji Goto	OF	22					.000
Ichiro Horita	OF	6					.000
Domingo Martínez	OF	3					.000
Mototsugu Kawanaka	OF	3					.000
Kazuaki Miyazaki	OF	2					.000
Shinobu Takano	OF	1					.000
Rin Ono	OF	1					.000
Hideki Okajima	P	56					.000
Ryuji Kimura	P	54					.000
Takashi Kashiwada	P	50					.000
Koishi Misawa	P	41					.000
Masumi Kuwata	P	30					.000
Shinichiro Minami	P	26					.000
Hisanori Takahashi	P	24					.000
Takahito Nomura	P	24					.000
Darrell May	P	24					.000
Hiromi Makihara	P	21					.000
Kimiyasu Kudo	P	21					.000
Yasuyuki Kawamoto	P	21					.000
Koji Uehara	P	20					.000
Kazutaka Nishiyama	P	14					.000
Kazuhiro Hiramatsu	P	14					.000
Seong-Min Cho	P	10					.000
Junichi Kawahara	P	7					.000
Yusaku Iriki	P	7					.000
Balvino Gálvez	P	6					.000
Masaki Saito	P	5					.000
Naoki Uchizono	P	4					.000
Min Chul Jeong	P	4					.000
Makoto Sato	P	2					.000
Hitoshi Ono	P	1					.000
Tsuyoshi Jobe	P	1					.000
Tomohiro Nioka	SS	117					.000
Daisuke Motoki	SS	54					.000
Masahiro Kawai	SS	15					.000
Yasuo Nagaike	SS	4					.000
Mototsugu Kawanaka	SS	2					.000
Totals		1902	0	0	0	0	.000

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