1978 Yakult Swallows Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 68-46
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tatsuro Hiroka (68-46)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

1978 Yakult Swallows Roster

Japan Series - Yakult Swallows 4 games, Hankyu Braves 3

The Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 1978 season with a record of 68 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Swallows plated 648 runs and surrendered 633 runs. Charlie Manuel walloped 39 home runs for Yakult, while Dave Hilton, Toru Sugiura, Tsutomu Wakamatsu and Katsuo Osugi each added 15 or more, too. Charlie Manuel accounted for 103 RBI. Tsutomu Wakamatsu topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .341. Hiromu Matsuoka led the team with 16 wins, and Takeshi Yasuda also contributed 15 or more wins also Shinichiro Ihara registered a 3.38 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Charlie Manuel and Dave Hilton both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

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	16	11	.593	3.75	43	29	8	11	4	2	199.3	191	92	83	21	96	5	119	5	0	5	873
Takeshi Yasuda	15	10	.600	3.94	47	21	14	6	1	4	182.7	228	92	80	13	50	9	71	3	1	1	800
Yasujiro Suzuki	13	3	.812	4.11	37	32	4	7	2	1	186.0	203	95	85	34	51	4	70	10	0	2	792
Shinichiro Ihara	10	4	.714	3.38	58	2	20	0	0	4	133.0	123	57	50	10	46	2	95	1	1	3	544
Makoto Kurata	5	2	.714	4.24	43	1	20	0	0	4	70.0	61	37	33	15	37	3	49	3	0	1	306
Teruo Aida	3	6	.333	5.36	29	21	2	2	0	0	90.7	111	65	54	15	29	5	34	4	0	1	406
Kenichi Kajima	3	8	.273	5.36	47	9	9	1	0	2	90.7	103	63	54	12	42	7	83	3	1	0	416
Takao Obana	1	0	1.000	4.05	7	1	2	0	0	0	13.3	15	6	6	3	4	0	6	1	0	0	58
Tetsuo Nishii	1	0	1.000	6.11	30	8	6	0	0	1	66.3	78	49	45	12	21	3	38	2	0	0	292
Kunio Kobayashi	1	1	.500	4.09	46	3	8	0	0	1	50.7	49	27	23	7	21	2	31	3	0	1	216
Yukio Kurosaka	0	0		4.24	8	2	1	0	0	0	17.0	16	8	8	4	13	0	12	0	0	1	79
Noriaki Matsumura	0	0		9.53	4	0	3	0	0	1	5.7	5	6	6	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	24
Koji Torihara	0	0		11.25	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	6	6	5	2	3	0	3	1	0	0	22
Masaki Miura	0	1	.000	7.36	22	1	4	0	0	0	36.7	47	30	30	8	21	2	17	2	0	2	173
Totals	68	46	.596	4.41	424	130	103	27	7	20	1146.0	1236	633	562	158	436	42	631	38	3	17	5001

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
Dave Hilton	128	568	501	76	159	37	1	19	76	6	6	48	75	.317	.381	.509	.890	255	9	7	6	6	2
Tsutomu Wakamatsu	120	529	460	100	157	30	5	17	71	12	7	49	24	.341	.408	.539	.948	248	3	8	5	7	4
Katsuo Osugi	125	516	462	73	151	17	0	30	97	0	2	47	51	.327	.391	.558	.950	258	27	4	0	3	4
Charlie Manuel	127	522	468	85	146	12	2	39	103	1	3	43	80	.312	.372	.596	.969	279	14	5	1	5	5
Toru Sugiura	125	446	388	55	113	17	2	17	67	7	10	45	61	.291	.366	.477	.842	185	9	4	3	6	3
Akihiko Oya	118	408	365	44	98	13	0	7	44	2	2	26	29	.268	.316	.362	.678	132	10	1	13	3	2
Fujio Sumi	87	370	322	41	88	20	0	7	29	2	3	21	48	.273	.322	.401	.722	129	4	2	25	0	0
Kazuhide Funada	95	270	236	38	64	12	3	8	25	1	2	22	24	.271	.336	.449	.785	106	3	2	8	2	0
Shintaro Mizutani	87	188	162	28	47	4	3	1	17	13	1	16	17	.290	.354	.370	.724	60	2	1	7	2	0
Yasunori Nagao	84	208	190	24	40	7	0	0	17	1	1	14	14	.211	.268	.247	.516	47	4	1	3	0	3
Kunio Fukutomi	60	110	99	12	23	5	1	2	15	0	0	11	12	.232	.309	.364	.673	36	3	0	0	0	0
Susumu Watanabe	61	130	114	14	22	4	1	4	17	1	1	10	24	.193	.266	.351	.617	40	5	2	2	2	0
Yoshinori Yamashita	49	97	88	11	21	2	0	3	8	1	3	7	17	.239	.309	.364	.673	32	2	2	0	0	0
Takao Ise	73	73	61	4	16	0	0	2	16	0	0	10	6	.262	.384	.361	.744	22	2	2	0	0	1
Yukio Yaegashi	22	69	60	4	11	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	15	.183	.279	.250	.529	15	2	2	1	0	0
Hiromu Matsuoka	43	73	61	4	10	3	0	0	6	0	0	2	24	.164	.185	.213	.398	13	0	0	8	2	0
Shinichiro Ihara	58	31	25	3	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.280	.321	.320	.641	8	0	1	3	1	0
Takeshi Yasuda	47	57	48	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	7	.146	.208	.146	.353	7	2	0	4	1	0
Yasujiro Suzuki	37	69	59	3	7	2	0	0	9	0	0	1	22	.119	.131	.153	.284	9	1	0	8	1	0
Minoru Aoki	91	28	26	17	5	0	0	0	0	15	3	1	5	.192	.222	.192	.415	5	0	0	1	0	0
Teruo Aida	29	26	22	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.182	.182	.182	.364	4	1	0	4	0	0
Tetsuo Nishii	30	15	14	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.214	.214	.286	.500	4	0	0	1	0	0
Takahiro Yanagihara	20	24	20	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	.150	.292	.200	.492	4	1	0	0	0	0
Shinya Ashizawa	17	27	25	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.120	.154	.160	.314	4	0	0	1	0	0
Takao Obana	7	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hajime Kugitani	8	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0
Makoto Kurata	43	9	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	3	0	0
Kenichi Kajima	47	24	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.053	.136	.053	.189	1	0	0	2	1	0
Keiichi Ikuta	5	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Takahashi	10	9	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kunio Kobayashi	46	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0
Shigeru Sugimura	3	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Yukio Kurosaka	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masaki Miura	22	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Keiichi Shibui	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Masanori Matsui	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1942	4928	4338	648	1211	190	18	157	628	62	44	392	609	.279	.342	.440	.782	1908	106	44	112	42	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Katsuo Osugi	1B	123					.000
Takao Ise	1B	20					.000
Kazuhide Funada	1B	6					.000
Susumu Watanabe	1B	5					.000
Toru Sugiura	1B	1					.000
Masanori Matsui	1B	1					.000
Dave Hilton	2B	103					.000
Yasunori Nagao	2B	29					.000
Shintaro Mizutani	2B	15					.000
Kazuhide Funada	2B	9					.000
Susumu Watanabe	2B	4					.000
Fujio Sumi	3B	86					.000
Kazuhide Funada	3B	43					.000
Susumu Watanabe	3B	15					.000
Keiichi Shibui	3B	1					.000
Takao Ise	3B	1					.000
Dave Hilton	3B	1					.000
Akihiko Oya	C	114					.000
Yukio Yaegashi	C	21					.000
Shinya Ashizawa	C	17					.000
Hiroshi Takahashi	C	7					.000
Charlie Manuel	OF	125					.000
Tsutomu Wakamatsu	OF	120					.000
Toru Sugiura	OF	113					.000
Minoru Aoki	OF	65					.000
Yoshinori Yamashita	OF	26					.000
Kunio Fukutomi	OF	21					.000
Takahiro Yanagihara	OF	10					.000
Masanori Matsui	OF	3					.000
Hajime Kugitani	OF	3					.000
Takao Ise	OF	3					.000
Keiichi Ikuta	OF	1					.000
Shinichiro Ihara	P	58					.000
Takeshi Yasuda	P	47					.000
Kenichi Kajima	P	47					.000
Kunio Kobayashi	P	46					.000
Hiromu Matsuoka	P	43					.000
Makoto Kurata	P	43					.000
Yasujiro Suzuki	P	37					.000
Tetsuo Nishii	P	30					.000
Teruo Aida	P	29					.000
Masaki Miura	P	22					.000
Yukio Kurosaka	P	8					.000
Takao Obana	P	7					.000
Noriaki Matsumura	P	4					.000
Koji Torihara	P	3					.000
Shintaro Mizutani	SS	62					.000
Yasunori Nagao	SS	47					.000
Susumu Watanabe	SS	28					.000
Dave Hilton	SS	25					.000
Kazuhide Funada	SS	18					.000
Shigeru Sugimura	SS	3					.000
Keiichi Shibui	SS	1					.000
Totals		1720	0	0	0	0	.000

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