1951 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Team Record: 79-29
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (79-29)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Nankai Hawks 2
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1951 season with a record of 79 wins and 29 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants paced the league with 702 runs, fueled by 92 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 381 runs, least in the league. Noboru Aota walloped 32 home runs for the squad, while Tetsuharu Kawakami swatted 15 or more as well. Noboru Aota drove in 105 runs. Tetsuharu Kawakami topped all regular hitters by hitting .377. Kiyoshi Matsuda recorded 23 wins on the mound for the squad, and Hideo Fujimoto and Takehiko Bessho also added 15 or more wins also Kiyoshi Matsuda registered a 2.02 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Shigeru Mizuhara 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | 23 | 3 | .885 | 2.02 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 227.7 | 186 | 61 | 51 | 5 | 64 | 93 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 896 | ||
| Takehiko Bessho | 21 | 9 | .700 | 2.45 | 47 | 30 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 301.3 | 252 | 112 | 82 | 15 | 88 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1222 | ||
| Hideo Fujimoto | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.14 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 206.3 | 189 | 89 | 72 | 7 | 41 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 822 | ||
| Takumi Otomo | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.42 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 137.7 | 114 | 44 | 37 | 11 | 43 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 556 | ||
| Hiroshi Nakao | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.04 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 130.3 | 124 | 56 | 44 | 8 | 37 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 541 | ||
| Hiroshi Kaneyoshi | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120 | |||
| Fukuzo Tada | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |||
| Totals | 79 | 29 | .731 | 2.62 | 185 | 114 | 51 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 1033.7 | 892 | 381 | 301 | 47 | 295 | 0 | 436 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4174 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noboru Aota | 114 | 521 | 471 | 101 | 147 | 27 | 2 | 32 | 105 | 22 | 8 | 47 | 39 | .312 | .378 | .582 | .960 | 274 | 9 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | 97 | 424 | 374 | 74 | 141 | 27 | 2 | 15 | 81 | 14 | 6 | 48 | 6 | .377 | .450 | .580 | 1.031 | 217 | 9 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Saburo Hirai | 112 | 511 | 471 | 80 | 132 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 63 | 27 | 10 | 31 | 28 | .280 | .326 | .397 | .723 | 187 | 10 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Shigeru Chiba | 114 | 541 | 451 | 86 | 124 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 22 | 7 | 76 | 48 | .275 | .380 | .361 | .741 | 163 | 6 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Mitsuo Uno | 111 | 439 | 390 | 66 | 118 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 59 | 23 | 8 | 38 | 15 | .303 | .369 | .390 | .759 | 152 | 14 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Yuko Minamimura | 113 | 456 | 407 | 59 | 115 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 23 | 7 | 45 | 27 | .283 | .357 | .369 | .725 | 150 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Yasuo Kusunoki | 84 | 286 | 243 | 38 | 71 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 28 | .292 | .386 | .444 | .830 | 108 | 11 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Hiroyoshi Komatsubara | 91 | 287 | 243 | 38 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 34 | 25 | .276 | .367 | .370 | .737 | 90 | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Wally Yonamine | 54 | 213 | 181 | 47 | 64 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 28 | 18 | .354 | .443 | .519 | .962 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Takehiko Bessho | 54 | 134 | 127 | 18 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .244 | .278 | .417 | .696 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Meiji Tezuka | 55 | 113 | 98 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | .306 | .398 | .408 | .806 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hideo Fujimoto | 55 | 104 | 88 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .284 | .382 | .341 | .723 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tetsunosuke Fujiwara | 49 | 109 | 93 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .204 | .288 | .258 | .547 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Kazuo Higasa | 31 | 55 | 46 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | .370 | .463 | .630 | 1.093 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | 34 | 96 | 80 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | .162 | .239 | .225 | .464 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Hiroshi Nakao | 29 | 56 | 45 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .267 | .353 | .422 | .775 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Takumi Otomo | 29 | 52 | 51 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .176 | .192 | .294 | .486 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fukuzo Tada | 13 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toshiaki Takemiya | 31 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .130 | .200 | .174 | .374 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hirofumi Naito | 25 | 29 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .125 | .250 | .125 | .375 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Hiroshi Kaneyoshi | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .833 | 1.262 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hiroshi Hagiwara | 23 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shigemasa Masu | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Susumu Nagashima | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tamotsu Uchibori | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Takenori Yamakawa | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mamoru Nakajima | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tetsuharu Teramoto | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1352 | 4499 | 3950 | 702 | 1151 | 191 | 34 | 92 | 632 | 192 | 70 | 457 | 320 | .291 | .368 | .427 | .794 | 1686 | 90 | 19 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | 1B | 138 | .000 | |||||
| Meiji Tezuka | 1B | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Yuko Minamimura | 1B | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Chiba | 2B | 114 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuo Uno | 3B | 111 | .000 | |||||
| Meiji Tezuka | 3B | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuo Kusunoki | C | 83 | .000 | |||||
| Tetsunosuke Fujiwara | C | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiaki Takemiya | C | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Fukuzo Tada | C | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Susumu Nagashima | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Tamotsu Uchibori | C | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Noboru Aota | OF | 113 | .000 | |||||
| Yuko Minamimura | OF | 109 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroyoshi Komatsubara | OF | 79 | .000 | |||||
| Wally Yonamine | OF | 50 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Higasa | OF | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Hagiwara | OF | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Hirofumi Naito | OF | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Mamoru Nakajima | OF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Fukuzo Tada | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Takehiko Bessho | P | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | P | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Hideo Fujimoto | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Takumi Otomo | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nakao | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Kaneyoshi | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Fukuzo Tada | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Saburo Hirai | SS | 112 | .000 | |||||
| Hirofumi Naito | SS | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Shigemasa Masu | SS | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1296 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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