2008 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 84-57
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tatsunori Hara (84-57)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Dome

2008 Yomiuri Giants Roster

Playoffs - Yomiuri Giants 3 games, Chunichi Dragons 1

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 2008 season with a record of 84 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Giants led the league with 631 runs, sparked by 177 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 532 runs. Alex Ramírez walloped 45 home runs for the team, while Michihiro Ogasawara, Shinnosuke Abe and Yoshinobu Takahashi each added 15 or more as well. Alex Ramírez drove in 125 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .319. Seth Greisinger paced the team with 17 wins, and Tetsuya Utsumi registered a 2.74 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 2008 Yomiuri Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Koji Uehara, Hisanori Takahashi, Alex Ramírez, Seth Greisinger, Luis González and Marc Kroon.

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
Seth Greisinger179.6543.063131000206.0201757020310167903842
Tetsuya Utsumi128.6002.732929210184.316671567683154703772
Tetsuya Yamaguchi112.8462.3267000273.7612019312169304293
Hisanori Takahashi85.6154.132322000122.012763561630094502518
Kentaro Nishimura62.7503.0043000045.0411615016126314193
Koji Uehara65.5453.81261220189.79043381116172000370
Hiroshi Kisanuki65.5454.14141410074.08736341519053103318
Adrian Burnside53.6253.48151500075.0673329718047952312
Kiyoshi Toyoda32.6003.3050000046.345171745149102186
Daisuke Ochi33.5002.4068000071.354191942921015015297
Yuya Kubo201.0002.046200017.717540401400274
Shun Tono201.0002.8328210054.0351717716153303213
Takahiko Nomaguchi23.4004.9617900052.7583029811039401226
Marc Kroon14.2002.21610004161.03418151270913013248
Yushi Aida001.80300005.0621000110021
Soichi Fujita003.1039000029.030131028021100123
Masanori Hayashi006.7511000010.71512831201410262
Satoshi Fukuda007.71200002.3322010300012
Masafumi Togano01.0004.6413300021.32111113801100191
Shintaro Yoshitake01.00011.57300002.3433020200013
Ken Kadokura02.0003.5511000012.713552601600056
Norihito Kaneto02.0007.998500023.7352121212018001117
Totals8457.5963.37568144061441279.71210532479115351101115566615357

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
Alex Ramírez1446005488417528045125103990.319.373.617.9903382010039
Michihiro Ogasawara1445895209316127136960256105.310.381.573.954298147158
Hayato Sakamoto144567521591342418431052898.257.297.353.650184221513
Shinnosuke Abe125484428601162702467114466.271.350.502.852215178405
Takuya Kimura12443237246109210731132761.293.347.406.753151352621
Yoshitomo Tani120373349331031701045511743.295.330.430.75915061600
Takahiro Suzuki1052702475675943173051743.304.354.409.76310103210
Yoshiyuki Kamei962982764174213523751443.268.311.420.73111653500
Yoshinobu Takahashi9131127538651101741103076.236.322.462.78312735013
Seung Yuop Lee45170153213840827101137.248.324.431.7556636000
Luis González3212811415357021700719.307.357.421.7784823220
Shigeyuki Furuki8318215916348031665832.214.270.321.5915135821
Ryota Wakiya561301201525521842732.208.252.308.5603700300
Tomohiro Nioka319886724301702924.279.351.349.6993001110
Takayuki Terauchi6280731822310364418.301.346.370.7162701200
Tomoya Inzen366362418200421119.290.302.323.6242010000
Noriyoshi Omichi606962217702160048.274.324.484.8073031110
Manabu Iwadate1736313830050037.258.343.355.6981111100
Ryuichi Kajimae35393538102211212.229.270.429.6991500200
Kazunari Tsuruoka31564848202600612.167.259.333.5931620200
Ken Kato2838362710130019.194.216.306.5221110100
Takayuki Shimizu41514236000200710.143.260.143.403610112
Seth Greisinger32696206000100033.097.097.097.194610700
Hisanori Takahashi23443535200200116.143.167.200.367700800
Tetsuya Utsumi29616015000100030.083.083.083.167500100
Koji Uehara2627230300000005.130.130.130.261330400
Takahiko Nomaguchi18662200010004.333.333.333.667200000
Yuya Kubo6661210000002.333.333.500.833300000
Kazunari Sanematsu7650100000003.200.200.200.400100100
Tetsuya Yamaguchi67650100000004.200.200.200.400100100
Adrian Burnside1521170100010007.059.059.059.118100400
Hiroshi Kisanuki14262601000000011.038.038.038.077100000
Hidetoshi Tsuburaya6220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Shun Tono281090000000005.000.000.000.000000100
Masakuni Odajima4550000000001.000.000.000.000010000
Masafumi Togano13330000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Norihito Kaneto8660000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Daijiro Tanaka1110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Yoshinori Murata4740000000011.000.200.000.200000201
Makoto Kosaka13771000001002.000.000.000.000000000
Tetsuya Matsumoto3110000001000.000.000.000.000000000
Kentaro Nishimura43330000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Daisuke Ochi68220000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Kenji Yano3850000000120.000.286.000.286010100
Totals2081539148506311289234121776107838346996.266.322.428.750207893621132033


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Michihiro Ogasawara1B10080754653.9938.610
Seung Yuop Lee1B42339260271.0008.690
Takuya Kimura1B2047514.9812.600
Luis González1B16481001.0003.062
Noriyoshi Omichi1B4241011.0006.250
Manabu Iwadate1B451011.0001.500
Shigeyuki Furuki1B320001.000.667
Masakuni Odajima1B260011.0003.000
Tomoya Inzen1B140001.0004.000
Takuya Kimura2B103166213540.9873.680
Luis González2B316381116.9934.645
Takayuki Terauchi2B3027380121.0002.167
Ryota Wakiya2B212542091.0003.190
Shigeyuki Furuki2B17242214.9792.706
Manabu Iwadate2B9161021.9292.889
Makoto Kosaka2B712001.000.429
Hidetoshi Tsuburaya2B311001.000.667
Hayato Sakamoto2B121001.0003.000
Shigeyuki Furuki3B57207062.9381.579
Michihiro Ogasawara3B41275335.9641.951
Ryota Wakiya3B32134436.9501.781
Tomohiro Nioka3B25125262.9142.560
Takayuki Terauchi3B2251533.870.909
Takuya Kimura3B1882222.9381.667
Manabu Iwadate3B765011.0001.571
Makoto Kosaka3B512001.000.600
Hidetoshi Tsuburaya3B40000.000
Shinnosuke AbeC12291482415.9968.1644
Kazunari TsuruokaC291167011.0004.2411
Ken KatoC2187620.9794.4290
Kazunari SanematsuC6192001.0003.5000
Yoshinori MurataC261001.0003.5001
Alex RamírezOF134171240.9771.291
Yoshitomo TaniOF109154621.9881.468
Takahiro SuzukiOF95121312.9921.305
Yoshiyuki KameiOF85119120.9841.412
Yoshinobu TakahashiOF80120221.9841.525
Ryuichi KajimaeOF2719120.909.741
Tomoya InzenOF2619010.950.731
Takayuki ShimizuOF84010.800.500
Kenji YanoOF220001.0001.000
Tetsuya MatsumotoOF220001.0001.000
Takuya KimuraOF220001.0001.000
Daisuke OchiP6856001.000.162
Tetsuya YamaguchiP67516011.000.313
Marc KroonP612511.875.115
Kiyoshi ToyodaP50115021.000.320
Kentaro NishimuraP43110011.000.256
Soichi FujitaP390720.778.179
Seth GreisingerP31103131.9321.323
Tetsuya UtsumiP29122913.9761.414
Shun TonoP2825001.000.250
Koji UeharaP26315001.000.692
Hisanori TakahashiP23821011.0001.261
Takahiko NomaguchiP1741311.9441.000
Adrian BurnsideP15111001.000.800
Hiroshi KisanukiP14215011.0001.214
Masafumi ToganoP1313001.000.308
Ken KadokuraP1102001.000.182
Masanori HayashiP110000.000
Norihito KanetoP817011.0001.000
Yuya KuboP620001.000.333
Shintaro YoshitakeP30000.000
Yushi AidaP321011.0001.000
Satoshi FukudaP201001.000.500
Hayato SakamotoSS1441994221566.9764.312
Takayuki TerauchiSS618011.0001.500
Shigeyuki FurukiSS513011.000.800
Tomohiro NiokaSS122011.0004.000
Manabu IwadateSS10000.000
Totals21003839152283293.9852.553600




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