1976 Yakult Swallows Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 52-68
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Hiroshi Arakawa (0-0), Tatsuro Hiroka (0-0)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

1976 Yakult Swallows Roster

The Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 1976 season with a record of 52 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.

The Swallows scored 504 runs and yielded 555 runs. Roger Repoz walloped 36 home runs for Yakult, while Tsutomu Wakamatsu and Katsuo Osugi added 15 or more also. Katsuo Osugi drove in 93 runs. Tsutomu Wakamatsu topped all regular hitters by hitting .344. Hiromu Matsuoka led the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.32 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Roger Repoz and Charlie Manuel both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Hiroshi Arakawa and Tatsuro Hiroka 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
Hiromu Matsuoka	17	13	.567	3.32	42	30	10	16	3	4	222.0	208	91	82	18	85	6	170	5	0	0	935
Takeshi Yasuda	14	13	.519	3.92	38	32	5	12	0	2	229.3	242	113	100	38	32	9	79	2	1	0	954
Teruo Aida	10	9	.526	3.60	41	22	5	6	2	1	177.3	161	80	71	25	42	0	95	6	0	1	723
Keishi Asano	3	6	.333	3.51	23	5	9	2	1	1	59.0	62	28	23	6	15	1	33	1	0	0	253
Takahiro Watanabe	2	2	.500	4.95	23	11	4	1	1	0	76.3	100	46	42	16	10	0	35	4	0	1	329
Yasujiro Suzuki	2	5	.286	3.61	43	1	14	0	0	1	94.7	93	43	38	9	34	1	52	1	0	0	397
Shinichiro Ihara	2	9	.182	4.50	22	14	3	2	1	0	82.0	87	45	41	11	37	0	36	2	0	1	358
Naoki Enomoto	1	1	.500	4.65	22	2	6	0	0	0	31.0	31	21	16	6	12	1	9	0	0	0	134
Kozo Ishioka	1	1	.500	4.76	17	0	12	0	0	0	22.7	30	14	12	6	5	0	10	0	0	0	99
Noriaki Matsumura	0	0		3.50	11	0	4	0	0	0	18.0	12	7	7	2	3	0	17	1	0	1	68
Kunio Kobayashi	0	1	.000	3.21	30	1	7	0	0	1	33.7	37	13	12	3	14	0	19	1	0	0	151
Hiroshi Kamizuru	0	1	.000	5.40	3	1	2	0	0	0	5.0	4	6	3	2	3	0	5	1	0	0	23
Tetsuo Nishii	0	7	.000	4.86	32	11	10	0	0	0	79.7	89	48	43	14	23	1	47	4	0	0	346
Totals	52	68	.433	3.90	347	130	91	39	8	10	1130.7	1156	555	490	156	315	19	607	28	1	4	4770

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
Tsutomu Wakamatsu	127	542	485	80	167	20	4	17	70	9	5	43	25	.344	.399	.507	.906	246	7	5	3	6	5
Katsuo Osugi	121	466	423	62	127	21	1	29	93	0	3	35	43	.300	.358	.560	.919	237	19	5	0	3	2
Kazuhide Funada	124	450	411	34	124	10	1	2	23	8	9	28	29	.302	.348	.345	.693	142	18	3	4	4	0
Roger Repoz	120	503	434	79	119	21	0	36	81	3	8	63	85	.274	.374	.571	.945	248	7	6	0	0	10
Akihiko Oya	122	454	408	30	93	17	1	7	42	4	4	34	29	.228	.290	.326	.616	133	14	2	9	1	3
Yasunori Nagao	93	298	271	40	78	11	2	3	15	9	6	17	17	.288	.333	.376	.710	102	2	2	7	1	0
Yoshinori Yamashita	98	292	268	27	73	7	2	9	33	1	3	20	53	.272	.326	.414	.741	111	10	2	1	1	0
Charlie Manuel	84	296	263	28	64	5	0	11	32	1	0	27	54	.243	.324	.388	.712	102	7	5	0	1	4
Shintaro Mizutani	100	310	255	25	53	5	3	1	16	4	3	23	54	.208	.281	.263	.544	67	2	3	29	0	0
Susumu Watanabe	84	203	177	12	40	7	1	4	15	1	1	16	37	.226	.302	.345	.646	61	3	4	4	2	2
Kuniaki Nakamura	57	190	168	19	37	11	1	1	9	0	1	14	24	.220	.286	.315	.602	53	4	2	5	1	0
Toru Sugiura	69	117	106	8	26	6	0	1	10	0	1	9	21	.245	.302	.330	.632	35	6	0	1	1	1
Kunio Fukutomi	78	118	109	10	20	4	0	2	9	1	0	8	20	.183	.246	.275	.521	30	2	1	0	0	1
Takeshi Yasuda	38	86	74	9	19	5	0	0	12	0	1	8	17	.257	.329	.324	.654	24	2	0	4	0	0
Fujio Sumi	25	56	51	11	14	4	0	2	4	0	0	4	13	.275	.327	.471	.798	24	1	0	1	0	0
Yukio Yaegashi	36	61	54	7	10	2	0	1	1	0	1	6	21	.185	.279	.278	.556	15	1	1	0	0	0
Hiromu Matsuoka	42	80	70	2	10	4	1	0	5	0	0	3	29	.143	.176	.229	.404	16	1	0	6	1	0
Yasujiro Suzuki	45	21	20	5	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	.350	.381	.550	.931	11	0	0	0	0	0
Minoru Aoki	27	41	37	4	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	12	.189	.250	.270	.520	10	1	0	1	0	0
Takahiro Watanabe	24	21	19	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.211	.211	.263	.474	5	0	0	2	0	0
Shinichiro Ihara	22	27	22	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.182	.250	.182	.432	4	0	0	3	0	0
Yoichi Inoue	38	40	36	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	6	.083	.175	.167	.342	6	2	0	0	0	0
Teruo Aida	41	56	48	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	20	.042	.098	.042	.140	2	0	0	5	0	0
Noriaki Matsumura	11	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Masanori Matsui	10	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	0	0	0	0	0
Naoki Enomoto	23	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Taneo Okumiya	7	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	2	0	0	0	0
Keishi Asano	23	13	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	3	0	0
Mitsuyoshi Masukawa	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kozo Ishioka	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuji Date	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tetsuo Nishii	32	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.062	.000	.062	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenji Sera	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kunio Kobayashi	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	2	0	0
Totals	1776	4782	4256	504	1106	163	18	128	478	41	46	373	642	.260	.324	.397	.721	1689	111	41	90	22	28

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Katsuo Osugi	1B	113					.000
Toru Sugiura	1B	22					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	1B	5					.000
Susumu Watanabe	1B	1					.000
Taneo Okumiya	1B	1					.000
Masanori Matsui	1B	1					.000
Naoki Enomoto	1B	1					.000
Yasuji Date	1B	1					.000
Yasunori Nagao	2B	69					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	2B	50					.000
Kazuhide Funada	2B	28					.000
Shintaro Mizutani	2B	13					.000
Susumu Watanabe	2B	6					.000
Takahiro Watanabe	2B	1					.000
Kazuhide Funada	3B	100					.000
Yoshinori Yamashita	3B	18					.000
Fujio Sumi	3B	18					.000
Yoichi Inoue	3B	16					.000
Susumu Watanabe	3B	5					.000
Yukio Yaegashi	3B	1					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	3B	1					.000
Shintaro Mizutani	3B	1					.000
Akihiko Oya	C	121					.000
Yukio Yaegashi	C	16					.000
Taneo Okumiya	C	3					.000
Tsutomu Wakamatsu	OF	125					.000
Roger Repoz	OF	119					.000
Charlie Manuel	OF	75					.000
Yoshinori Yamashita	OF	62					.000
Kunio Fukutomi	OF	27					.000
Yoichi Inoue	OF	14					.000
Minoru Aoki	OF	14					.000
Masanori Matsui	OF	2					.000
Yasujiro Suzuki	P	43					.000
Hiromu Matsuoka	P	42					.000
Teruo Aida	P	41					.000
Takeshi Yasuda	P	38					.000
Tetsuo Nishii	P	32					.000
Kunio Kobayashi	P	30					.000
Takahiro Watanabe	P	23					.000
Keishi Asano	P	23					.000
Shinichiro Ihara	P	22					.000
Naoki Enomoto	P	22					.000
Kozo Ishioka	P	17					.000
Noriaki Matsumura	P	11					.000
Hiroshi Kamizuru	P	3					.000
Shintaro Mizutani	SS	83					.000
Susumu Watanabe	SS	71					.000
Yasunori Nagao	SS	13					.000
Yasujiro Suzuki	SS	1					.000
Mitsuyoshi Masukawa	SS	1					.000
Totals		1566	0	0	0	0	.000

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