1991 Yakult Swallows Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-63
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Katsuya Nomura (67-63)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

1991 Yakult Swallows Roster

The Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 1991 season with a record of 67 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.

The Swallows scored 544 runs and allowed 551 runs. Takahiro Ikeyama walloped 32 home runs for Yakult, while Katsumi Hirosawa and Shinji Hata swatted 15 or more, too. Katsumi Hirosawa accounted for 99 RBI. Atsuya Furuta led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .340. Tatsuji Nishimura topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.8 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1991 Yakult Swallows who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Shingo Takatsu, Tim Birtsas and Johnny Ray.

Katsuya Nomura 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	WP	BF
Tatsuji Nishimura	15	8	.652	2.80	30	29	0	15	6	0	228.3	202	74	71	17	73	4	134	7	8	934
Kenjiro Kawasaki	14	9	.609	2.91	28	25	2	15	3	1	191.7	159	69	62	22	65	2	148	6	4	772
Yoichi Okabayashi	12	6	.667	3.97	45	3	34	1	0	12	106.7	110	50	47	8	19	6	93	6	2	449
Hiroto Kato	7	11	.389	3.96	28	21	2	3	0	0	141.0	136	67	62	16	63	8	92	4	1	609
Takao Obana	5	8	.385	4.35	21	14	4	3	0	0	97.3	109	55	47	10	19	2	40	3	4	416
Kenji Miyamoto	4	4	.500	4.88	12	7	2	1	0	0	48.0	59	28	26	7	9	0	22	0	0	208
Tim Birtsas	3	5	.375	5.61	18	16	2	1	1	0	85.0	98	56	53	7	41	1	72	2	4	381
Naoyuki Naito	3	6	.333	5.57	18	11	3	1	0	1	76.0	75	49	47	12	45	1	57	1	2	339
Shigeki Nakamoto	1	0	1.000	1.85	22	2	9	0	0	1	39.0	38	10	8	1	11	1	19	1	2	160
Shingo Takatsu	1	1	.500	4.23	13	2	5	1	0	0	27.7	34	15	13	4	6	0	25	2	1	120
Shintaro Hirose	1	2	.333	6.44	29	1	2	0	0	0	43.3	50	31	31	4	23	1	19	2	2	191
Taira Suzuki	1	2	.333	6.61	13	0	6	0	0	0	16.3	20	12	12	3	11	2	17	3	2	78
Katsuhito Osaka	0	0		1.89	10	0	4	0	0	0	19.0	15	4	4	1	10	0	16	1	1	81
Kenichi Uchiyama	0	0		3.66	11	0	7	0	0	1	19.7	20	8	8	2	9	1	19	1	2	88
Yukihito Ranbashi	0	0		5.25	11	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	11	7	7	1	9	1	6	2	0	58
Tsugio Kanazawa	0	0		6.75	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.3	8	4	4	1	0	0	6	0	0	24
Kazuaki Kawamura	0	0		7.71	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	11
Kensei Kaku	0	0		9.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	8	5	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	24
Tsutomu Yamada	0	1	.000	5.19	5	1	3	0	0	0	8.7	8	5	5	0	10	0	8	0	1	42
Totals	67	63	.515	3.95	324	132	91	41	10	16	1172.3	1163	551	514	116	425	30	795	41	36	4985

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
Atsuya Furuta	128	485	412	58	140	23	5	11	50	4	5	62	59	.340	.428	.500	.928	206	10	4	4	3	7
Katsumi Hirosawa	132	550	492	71	137	24	2	27	99	8	3	53	129	.278	.351	.500	.851	246	11	3	0	2	5
Takahiro Ikeyama	132	557	498	74	134	28	1	32	80	13	5	48	124	.269	.338	.522	.860	260	12	6	1	4	1
Johnny Ray	110	464	415	62	124	36	3	11	51	0	1	39	50	.299	.363	.480	.842	199	11	5	1	4	0
Shinji Hata	117	419	383	51	112	20	4	16	47	5	2	26	70	.292	.345	.491	.836	188	4	5	5	0	1
Kenji Tomashino	112	337	301	40	75	10	6	4	21	16	5	13	46	.249	.289	.362	.651	109	2	4	19	0	0
Tetsuya Iida	107	338	298	39	72	8	3	4	26	15	8	27	51	.242	.301	.329	.630	98	2	0	9	4	0
Fujio Sumi	106	325	285	21	67	10	1	7	34	0	1	27	37	.235	.299	.351	.650	100	16	1	7	5	2
Hideki Hashigami	59	215	195	29	56	9	2	5	17	5	0	15	45	.287	.347	.431	.778	84	4	3	2	0	0
Yukio Arai	65	197	162	18	36	2	1	4	14	1	4	25	15	.222	.324	.321	.645	52	4	0	9	1	1
Kazushige Nagashima	67	172	149	12	33	8	2	4	18	1	0	21	44	.221	.320	.383	.702	57	6	1	0	1	2
Masao Yanada	98	183	160	26	33	4	2	4	8	6	3	12	33	.206	.270	.331	.601	53	3	2	9	0	0
Toru Sugiura	51	105	91	10	28	7	1	6	18	1	0	11	11	.308	.381	.604	.985	55	2	1	0	2	2
Katsuyuki Dobashi	39	77	64	8	15	2	0	3	9	0	0	10	22	.234	.355	.406	.762	26	0	2	1	0	0
Takayoshi Kiminami	47	60	59	4	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	9	.186	.200	.220	.420	13	1	0	0	0	0
Kenjiro Kawasaki	48	71	61	2	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	24	.164	.203	.164	.367	10	1	0	7	0	0
Yukio Yaegashi	38	38	33	0	9	1	0	0	7	0	0	5	5	.273	.368	.303	.671	10	3	0	0	0	0
Hiroto Kato	42	48	40	4	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	20	.200	.214	.225	.439	9	0	0	6	1	0
Junji Ogawa	49	57	52	6	8	0	0	2	5	0	0	3	15	.154	.200	.269	.469	14	0	0	2	0	1
Tim Birtsas	18	29	26	0	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	10	.192	.222	.269	.491	7	0	0	2	0	0
Chikashi Nakanishi	13	27	20	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	5	.200	.370	.200	.570	4	0	0	0	1	2
Takao Obana	21	33	20	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	9	.200	.385	.200	.585	4	0	0	7	0	0
Tatsuji Nishimura	35	85	73	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	38	.055	.080	.068	.148	5	1	1	10	0	0
Kenji Miyamoto	17	15	12	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.250	.357	.250	.607	3	0	0	1	0	0
Yoichi Okabayashi	45	28	26	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.115	.115	.115	.231	3	0	0	2	0	0
Keiichi Shibui	14	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shintaro Hirose	29	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0
Shigeki Nakamoto	22	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0
Hideharu Takani	7	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Naoyuki Naito	26	25	21	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	.048	.091	.095	.186	2	1	0	3	0	0
Shinichi Sakurai	8	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shingo Takatsu	13	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kenichi Uchiyama	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuhito Osaka	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taira Suzuki	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1851	4983	4389	544	1137	199	33	140	526	75	38	419	910	.259	.327	.415	.742	1822	95	38	109	28	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Katsumi Hirosawa	1B	116					.000
Toru Sugiura	1B	26					.000
Hideharu Takani	1B	4					.000
Fujio Sumi	1B	1					.000
Katsuyuki Dobashi	1B	1					.000
Johnny Ray	2B	106					.000
Kenji Tomashino	2B	62					.000
Keiichi Shibui	2B	11					.000
Shinichi Sakurai	2B	2					.000
Katsuyuki Dobashi	2B	1					.000
Fujio Sumi	3B	103					.000
Kazushige Nagashima	3B	59					.000
Katsuyuki Dobashi	3B	5					.000
Shinichi Sakurai	3B	3					.000
Takayoshi Kiminami	3B	3					.000
Kenji Tomashino	3B	1					.000
Katsumi Hirosawa	3B	1					.000
Atsuya Furuta	C	127					.000
Chikashi Nakanishi	C	13					.000
Takayoshi Kiminami	C	2					.000
Toshihiro Noguchi	C	1					.000
Shinji Hata	OF	111					.000
Tetsuya Iida	OF	99					.000
Masao Yanada	OF	83					.000
Hideki Hashigami	OF	58					.000
Yukio Arai	OF	52					.000
Kenji Tomashino	OF	51					.000
Junji Ogawa	OF	48					.000
Katsumi Hirosawa	OF	20					.000
Katsuyuki Dobashi	OF	18					.000
Takayoshi Kiminami	OF	9					.000
Hideharu Takani	OF	2					.000
Mitsugu Ishibashi	OF	1					.000
Yoichi Okabayashi	P	45					.000
Tatsuji Nishimura	P	30					.000
Shintaro Hirose	P	29					.000
Kenjiro Kawasaki	P	28					.000
Hiroto Kato	P	28					.000
Shigeki Nakamoto	P	22					.000
Takao Obana	P	21					.000
Naoyuki Naito	P	18					.000
Tim Birtsas	P	18					.000
Shingo Takatsu	P	13					.000
Taira Suzuki	P	13					.000
Kenji Miyamoto	P	12					.000
Kenichi Uchiyama	P	11					.000
Yukihito Ranbashi	P	11					.000
Katsuhito Osaka	P	10					.000
Tsutomu Yamada	P	5					.000
Tsugio Kanazawa	P	4					.000
Kensei Kaku	P	4					.000
Kazuaki Kawamura	P	2					.000
Takahiro Ikeyama	SS	132					.000
Shinichi Sakurai	SS	1					.000
Tetsuya Iida	SS	1					.000
Totals		1658	0	0	0	0	.000

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