1984 Yakult Swallows Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 51-71
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Masayuki Dobashi (0-0), Futoshi Nakanishi (0-0), Shiro Takegami (0-0)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

1984 Yakult Swallows Roster

The Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 1984 season with a record of 51 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.

The Swallows scored 530 runs and surrendered 653 runs, most in the circuit. Yukio Yaegashi led Yakult with 18 home runs, and Robert Marcano walloped 15 or more also. Robert Marcano accounted for 77 RBI. Tsutomu Wakamatsu topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .325. Takao Obana paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.45 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Chris Smith played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Yakult Swallows to do so.

Masayuki Dobashi, Futoshi Nakanishi and Shiro Takegami 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
Takao Obana	14	8	.636	3.45	45	20	16	8	1	7	175.0	172	70	67	27	47	9	106	3	0	6	723
Kenichi Kajima	12	11	.522	3.75	35	28	6	6	1	2	180.0	184	84	75	21	64	3	87	11	0	2	774
Hikaru Takano	10	12	.455	4.83	38	23	7	3	1	2	162.0	151	95	87	19	82	3	128	5	0	4	702
Akira Okawa	5	3	.625	3.89	65	8	15	0	0	4	106.3	99	51	46	11	42	1	61	1	0	2	436
Kenji Miyamoto	4	10	.286	6.52	30	12	3	1	0	0	88.3	110	68	64	22	44	5	37	4	0	1	407
Shigeki Nakamoto	2	5	.286	5.46	38	0	25	0	0	6	64.3	71	43	39	10	33	5	41	1	0	0	291
Masayuki Suzuki	1	0	1.000	4.50	9	0	3	0	0	0	18.0	14	10	9	3	12	2	10	0	0	0	77
Keiichi Sakai	1	2	.333	5.06	42	0	11	0	0	0	64.0	71	37	36	10	10	1	26	3	0	2	269
Takashi Imoto	1	4	.200	4.93	27	14	4	1	1	1	76.7	93	45	42	16	24	1	36	3	0	2	336
Hiromu Matsuoka	1	5	.167	6.56	24	13	3	1	0	0	72.7	101	54	53	12	34	3	29	3	0	3	343
Kenji Arisawa	0	0		2.60	22	0	4	0	0	0	17.3	11	6	5	0	7	0	10	0	0	1	67
Shinichiro Ihara	0	0		10.57	5	1	1	0	0	0	7.7	14	12	9	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	44
Koji Torihara	0	1	.000	4.50	17	0	3	0	0	0	24.0	29	12	12	3	8	2	8	1	0	1	103
Yukio Takemoto	0	1	.000	6.75	5	1	1	0	0	0	5.3	4	4	4	1	4	1	4	0	0	0	23
Shinji Kuroda	0	1	.000	7.94	7	1	2	0	0	0	11.3	19	11	10	5	2	0	3	1	0	0	53
Hiroaki Miyagi	0	3	.000	7.88	3	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	9	8	7	3	4	0	5	0	0	0	36
Daisuke Araki	0	5	.000	7.18	22	7	6	0	0	0	52.7	64	43	42	14	22	2	27	4	1	3	245
Totals	51	71	.418	4.82	434	130	110	20	4	22	1133.7	1216	653	607	177	445	38	619	41	1	27	4929

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
Robert Marcano	123	502	466	57	140	18	2	15	77	4	2	28	69	.300	.343	.444	.788	207	13	4	1	3	4
Tsutomu Wakamatsu	114	449	397	49	129	22	2	9	50	6	1	38	26	.325	.383	.458	.842	182	6	2	8	4	4
Shintaro Mizutani	125	488	429	48	125	15	4	4	33	10	8	33	69	.291	.343	.373	.716	160	1	3	18	5	4
Fujio Sumi	130	538	445	58	119	15	1	11	38	1	3	59	58	.267	.351	.380	.731	169	13	0	31	3	4
Susumu Watanabe	121	429	391	53	110	19	0	9	53	3	2	26	73	.281	.335	.399	.734	156	12	6	5	1	1
Yukio Yaegashi	124	447	398	50	100	19	2	18	58	1	1	39	76	.251	.318	.445	.763	177	11	2	4	4	2
Toru Sugiura	109	420	352	46	99	17	0	8	49	4	4	59	25	.281	.385	.398	.783	140	3	1	7	1	7
Junji Ogawa	115	303	278	34	70	11	2	11	35	0	2	17	49	.252	.294	.424	.719	118	3	1	4	3	4
Masamichi Genoka	81	189	164	23	48	8	0	4	15	6	1	10	23	.293	.348	.415	.763	68	1	4	11	0	4
Masaaki Iwashita	106	226	194	28	46	9	3	3	24	4	1	16	26	.237	.314	.361	.674	70	0	7	6	3	0
Chris Smith	52	152	140	9	30	1	0	5	15	0	2	11	17	.214	.276	.329	.605	46	2	1	0	0	0
Keiichi Shibui	74	128	107	19	25	7	1	1	11	3	2	12	18	.234	.320	.346	.665	37	1	2	6	1	0
Akihiko Oya	50	89	77	10	23	1	1	2	9	1	0	7	6	.299	.365	.416	.780	32	1	1	4	0	0
Shigeru Sugimura	60	91	81	8	22	3	0	1	11	0	0	7	21	.272	.337	.346	.683	28	4	1	2	0	1
Hajime Kugitani	63	51	44	6	11	1	0	0	4	1	0	5	11	.250	.333	.273	.606	12	4	1	0	1	0
Hikaru Takano	38	58	49	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	20	.163	.208	.184	.391	9	0	0	5	1	0
Kenichi Kajima	35	65	54	5	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	23	.148	.220	.148	.368	8	0	0	6	0	0
Takao Obana	46	61	53	3	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	22	.132	.179	.132	.311	7	0	0	5	0	0
Shinya Ashizawa	37	41	38	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.158	.220	.211	.430	8	1	2	0	0	0
Akira Okawa	65	25	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.222	.333	.222	.556	4	0	0	4	0	0
Kenji Miyamoto	33	27	24	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.125	.160	.167	.327	4	1	0	2	0	0
Hiromu Matsuoka	25	19	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	2	0	0	1	0	0
Keiichi Sakai	44	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeki Nakamoto	38	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	2	0	0
Shinji Ramoto	49	13	12	9	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	3	.083	.154	.083	.237	1	0	0	0	0	0
Takashi Imoto	28	24	22	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.045	.087	.045	.132	1	0	0	1	0	0
Daisuke Araki	24	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Takaaki Kato	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Koji Torihara	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Takayoshi Kiminami	10	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hideharu Takani	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hideki Kuriyama	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shinji Kuroda	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takahiro Ikeyama	10	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroaki Miyagi	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masahiko Goseki	7	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minoru Aoki	26	12	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	2	0	0
Totals	2002	4907	4313	530	1139	170	18	101	498	49	38	390	695	.264	.328	.382	.711	1648	78	38	136	30	35

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Susumu Watanabe	1B	115					.000
Toru Sugiura	1B	35					.000
Junji Ogawa	1B	8					.000
Yukio Yaegashi	1B	3					.000
Robert Marcano	2B	123					.000
Shigeru Sugimura	2B	14					.000
Keiichi Shibui	2B	9					.000
Shinji Ramoto	2B	2					.000
Fujio Sumi	3B	129					.000
Keiichi Shibui	3B	8					.000
Shigeru Sugimura	3B	7					.000
Takahiro Ikeyama	3B	2					.000
Shinji Ramoto	3B	1					.000
Yukio Yaegashi	C	114					.000
Akihiko Oya	C	47					.000
Shinya Ashizawa	C	16					.000
Tsutomu Wakamatsu	OF	107					.000
Junji Ogawa	OF	105					.000
Toru Sugiura	OF	87					.000
Masaaki Iwashita	OF	85					.000
Masamichi Genoka	OF	58					.000
Hajime Kugitani	OF	51					.000
Chris Smith	OF	43					.000
Minoru Aoki	OF	18					.000
Shinji Ramoto	OF	7					.000
Keiichi Shibui	OF	4					.000
Akira Okawa	P	65					.000
Takao Obana	P	45					.000
Keiichi Sakai	P	42					.000
Hikaru Takano	P	38					.000
Shigeki Nakamoto	P	38					.000
Kenichi Kajima	P	35					.000
Kenji Miyamoto	P	30					.000
Takashi Imoto	P	27					.000
Hiromu Matsuoka	P	24					.000
Kenji Arisawa	P	22					.000
Daisuke Araki	P	22					.000
Koji Torihara	P	17					.000
Masayuki Suzuki	P	9					.000
Shinji Kuroda	P	7					.000
Yukio Takemoto	P	5					.000
Shinichiro Ihara	P	5					.000
Hiroaki Miyagi	P	3					.000
Shintaro Mizutani	SS	122					.000
Keiichi Shibui	SS	41					.000
Shigeru Sugimura	SS	6					.000
Hideki Kuriyama	SS	2					.000
Shinji Ramoto	SS	1					.000
Takahiro Ikeyama	SS	1					.000
Totals		1805	0	0	0	0	.000

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