2002 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 86-52
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tatsunori Hara (86-52)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Dome

2002 Yomiuri Giants Roster

Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Seibu Lions 0

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 2002 season with a record of 86 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Giants led the league with 691 runs, sparked by 186 home runs. Yomiuri yielded 485 runs, fewest in the league. Hideki Matsui crushed 50 homers for the team, while Shinnosuke Abe, Yoshinobu Takahashi, Akira Eto and Tomohiro Nioka each walloped 15 or more also. Hideki Matsui drove in 107 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .334. Koji Uehara paced the team with 17 wins, and Masumi Kuwata recorded a 2.22 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Hideki Okajima, Takashi Kashiwada, Masumi Kuwata, Koji Uehara, Héctor Almonte, Hisanori Takahashi, Felipe Crespo, Hideki Matsui and John Wasdin were all players from the 2002 Yomiuri Giants who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Tatsunori Hara 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
Koji Uehara	17	5	.773	2.60	26	26	0	8	3	0	204.0	173	65	59	18	23	3	182	6	0	2	808
Masumi Kuwata	12	6	.667	2.22	23	23	0	3	1	0	158.3	138	51	39	13	38	2	108	3	0	3	640
Hisanori Takahashi	10	4	.714	3.09	24	23	0	2	0	0	163.3	143	58	56	16	39	1	145	6	1	4	669
Kimiyasu Kudo	9	8	.529	2.91	24	24	0	1	1	0	170.3	157	61	55	21	26	3	151	2	0	5	681
Hideki Okajima	6	3	.667	3.40	52	0	13	0	0	0	55.7	42	21	21	8	22	3	58	3	0	4	231
Hiroki Sanada	6	3	.667	3.73	12	11	0	0	0	0	70.0	72	31	29	10	13	1	42	3	1	0	289
Junichi Kawahara	5	3	.625	2.70	49	0	45	0	0	28	50.0	44	16	15	8	6	2	61	0	0	1	196
Yusaku Iriki	5	4	.556	3.05	21	18	0	1	1	0	133.0	120	51	45	13	26	0	115	5	0	1	538
Yukinaga Maeda	4	4	.500	2.74	53	0	23	0	0	1	46.0	47	17	14	4	6	3	43	2	0	2	188
Yasuyuki Kawamoto	3	1	.750	4.70	25	0	4	0	0	0	23.0	22	13	12	0	14	3	21	0	0	1	105
Seong-Min Cho	2	0	1.000	2.31	6	1	1	0	0	0	11.7	12	3	3	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	49
Kazuhiro Takeda	2	1	.667	4.22	7	4	2	0	0	0	21.3	26	12	10	3	3	2	16	0	1	2	91
Tsuyoshi Jobe	2	3	.400	3.16	47	0	10	0	0	0	37.0	34	16	13	4	20	3	40	0	0	0	157
Takashi Kashiwada	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.7	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	13
Junya Sakai	1	2	.333	4.24	13	2	3	0	0	0	23.3	21	12	11	3	14	1	17	1	0	2	103
John Wasdin	1	4	.200	4.54	10	7	1	0	0	0	37.7	55	26	19	7	9	1	31	0	1	1	177
Hiroshi Sato	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5
Takashi Kamoshida	0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	0	1	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11
Shinichiro Minami	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Héctor Almonte	0	0		1.50	27	0	11	0	0	1	24.0	18	4	4	2	7	1	18	2	0	1	96
Taka Miura	0	0		6.75	3	1	0	0	0	0	2.7	4	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	13
Ryuji Kimura	0	0		9.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12
Masami Ishikawa	0	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	10
Kazutaka Nishiyama	0	0		9.82	7	0	2	0	0	0	7.3	14	8	8	0	1	0	9	0	1	0	35
Min Tae Chung	0	1	.000	6.41	17	0	4	0	0	0	19.7	24	14	14	4	7	1	14	1	1	0	89
Totals	86	52	.623	3.07	459	140	125	15	6	31	1270.3	1179	485	433	137	280	30	1087	35	6	29	5207

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
Takayuki Shimizu	139	646	609	92	191	26	5	14	58	12	6	31	69	.314	.346	.442	.788	269	3	1	2	3	6
Hideki Matsui	140	623	500	112	167	27	1	50	107	3	4	114	104	.334	.461	.692	1.153	346	4	6	0	3	17
Shinnosuke Abe	127	511	446	62	133	26	0	18	73	4	1	46	81	.298	.377	.478	.854	213	10	12	4	3	12
Yoshinobu Takahashi	105	454	409	63	125	18	0	17	53	1	3	27	70	.306	.365	.474	.839	194	7	13	2	3	0
Tomohiro Nioka	112	444	398	64	112	21	1	24	67	3	2	27	79	.281	.329	.520	.850	207	7	2	16	1	0
Akira Eto	125	471	414	53	100	12	1	18	56	5	3	49	63	.242	.322	.406	.728	168	12	1	5	2	0
Toshihisa Nishi	103	399	369	47	90	19	2	8	42	22	0	20	60	.244	.285	.371	.656	137	8	2	6	2	4
Daisuke Motoki	121	379	343	39	88	12	1	6	52	1	0	23	58	.257	.299	.350	.649	120	19	0	8	5	2
Takayuki Saito	109	252	239	37	74	13	1	5	37	5	6	10	26	.310	.339	.435	.774	104	6	1	1	1	0
Kazuhiro Kiyohara	55	174	148	24	47	1	0	12	33	0	0	18	36	.318	.414	.568	.981	84	1	7	0	1	2
Mototsugu Kawanaka	74	119	112	22	31	4	1	1	7	6	5	2	25	.277	.302	.357	.659	40	0	2	3	0	1
Koji Goto	86	132	120	12	28	3	0	1	8	1	1	8	18	.233	.292	.283	.576	34	3	2	2	0	0
Masahiro Kawai	88	132	114	11	25	5	0	1	8	0	0	3	25	.219	.246	.289	.535	33	4	1	14	0	0
Masumi Kuwata	24	61	51	4	15	5	1	1	9	0	0	1	18	.294	.308	.490	.798	25	1	0	9	0	0
Yoshinori Murata	36	63	57	6	13	0	1	1	6	0	1	3	12	.228	.279	.316	.594	18	0	1	2	0	0
Keiji Fukui	61	66	59	9	13	2	0	4	11	1	0	5	23	.220	.292	.458	.750	27	1	1	1	0	0
Koji Uehara	26	80	69	2	13	6	0	0	8	0	0	1	19	.188	.197	.275	.473	19	2	0	9	1	0
Kazuaki Miyazaki	23	26	23	5	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	4	.261	.346	.261	.607	6	0	0	0	0	0
Koichiro Yoshinaga	26	26	24	2	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	7	.208	.269	.458	.728	11	1	1	0	0	0
Yusaku Iriki	21	43	39	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	22	.128	.150	.128	.278	5	1	0	3	0	0
Felipe Crespo	24	47	41	4	5	1	0	2	7	0	0	6	17	.122	.234	.293	.527	12	0	0	0	0	0
Kimiyasu Kudo	26	59	54	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	28	.093	.109	.093	.202	5	1	0	4	0	0
Hisanori Takahashi	26	63	55	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	21	.091	.107	.091	.198	5	1	0	7	0	0
Satoshi Kuroda	9	12	12	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500	.750	6	1	0	0	0	0
Shinsuke Yamada	13	21	16	2	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	3	5	.188	.381	.375	.756	6	0	2	0	0	0
Kohei Oda	7	7	5	1	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	.400	.500	1.000	1.500	5	0	1	1	0	0
Takahiro Suzuki	30	8	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Nagaike	11	15	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.154	.267	.154	.421	2	1	0	0	0	0
Ichiro Horita	16	17	17	3	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.118	.118	.235	.353	4	1	0	0	0	0
Junya Sakai	13	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	2	0	0
Seong-Min Cho	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroki Sanada	12	25	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.048	.048	.048	.095	1	0	0	4	0	0
Yukinaga Maeda	53	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Wasdin	10	12	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	1	2	0	0
Yasuyuki Kawamoto	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuhiro Takeda	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Kato	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hideki Okajima	52	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Makoto Osuga	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takatomi Sogawa	13	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shinobu Takano	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1960	5421	4826	691	1313	207	17	186	660	69	39	406	933	.272	.334	.438	.772	2112	95	57	107	25	44

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Akira Eto	1B	79					.000
Kazuhiro Kiyohara	1B	42					.000
Koji Goto	1B	32					.000
Daisuke Motoki	1B	19					.000
Takayuki Saito	1B	13					.000
Keiji Fukui	1B	12					.000
Takatomi Sogawa	1B	2					.000
Felipe Crespo	1B	2					.000
Koichiro Yoshinaga	1B	1					.000
Mototsugu Kawanaka	1B	1					.000
Toshihisa Nishi	2B	103					.000
Daisuke Motoki	2B	27					.000
Masahiro Kawai	2B	19					.000
Kazuaki Miyazaki	2B	11					.000
Mototsugu Kawanaka	2B	8					.000
Yasuo Nagaike	2B	7					.000
Satoshi Kuroda	2B	6					.000
Takatomi Sogawa	2B	3					.000
Keiji Fukui	2B	3					.000
Felipe Crespo	2B	3					.000
Takahiro Suzuki	2B	1					.000
Akira Eto	3B	73					.000
Daisuke Motoki	3B	60					.000
Masahiro Kawai	3B	37					.000
Mototsugu Kawanaka	3B	35					.000
Keiji Fukui	3B	32					.000
Koji Goto	3B	19					.000
Felipe Crespo	3B	13					.000
Takatomi Sogawa	3B	3					.000
Yasuo Nagaike	3B	3					.000
Kazuaki Miyazaki	3B	2					.000
Takayuki Saito	3B	1					.000
Makoto Osuga	3B	1					.000
Shinnosuke Abe	C	126					.000
Yoshinori Murata	C	33					.000
Kohei Oda	C	6					.000
Ken Kato	C	1					.000
Hideki Matsui	OF	140					.000
Takayuki Shimizu	OF	138					.000
Yoshinobu Takahashi	OF	105					.000
Takayuki Saito	OF	43					.000
Shinsuke Yamada	OF	12					.000
Mototsugu Kawanaka	OF	12					.000
Koji Goto	OF	11					.000
Takahiro Suzuki	OF	10					.000
Ichiro Horita	OF	10					.000
Tomohiro Nioka	OF	2					.000
Kazuaki Miyazaki	OF	1					.000
Keiji Fukui	OF	1					.000
Yukinaga Maeda	P	53					.000
Hideki Okajima	P	52					.000
Junichi Kawahara	P	49					.000
Tsuyoshi Jobe	P	47					.000
Héctor Almonte	P	27					.000
Koji Uehara	P	26					.000
Yasuyuki Kawamoto	P	25					.000
Hisanori Takahashi	P	24					.000
Kimiyasu Kudo	P	24					.000
Masumi Kuwata	P	23					.000
Yusaku Iriki	P	21					.000
Min Tae Chung	P	17					.000
Junya Sakai	P	13					.000
Hiroki Sanada	P	12					.000
John Wasdin	P	10					.000
Kazuhiro Takeda	P	7					.000
Kazutaka Nishiyama	P	7					.000
Seong-Min Cho	P	6					.000
Taka Miura	P	3					.000
Ryuji Kimura	P	3					.000
Takashi Kashiwada	P	3					.000
Takashi Kamoshida	P	3					.000
Masami Ishikawa	P	2					.000
Hiroshi Sato	P	1					.000
Shinichiro Minami	P	1					.000
Tomohiro Nioka	SS	105					.000
Daisuke Motoki	SS	30					.000
Masahiro Kawai	SS	28					.000
Mototsugu Kawanaka	SS	11					.000
Keiji Fukui	SS	8					.000
Satoshi Kuroda	SS	2					.000
Totals		1967	0	0	0	0	.000

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