1992 Yakult Swallows Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 69-61
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Katsuya Nomura (69-61)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

1992 Yakult Swallows Roster

The Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 1992 season with a record of 69 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Swallows plated 599 runs, tops in the circuit. Yakult yielded 566 runs, most in the league. Jack Howell walloped 38 home runs for the squad, while Shinji Hata, Atsuya Furuta, Katsumi Hirosawa and Takahiro Ikeyama each added 15 or more also. Jack Howell drove in 87 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .331. Yoichi Okabayashi led the team with 15 wins, and Akimitsu Ito recorded a 2.77 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1992 Yakult Swallows who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Shingo Takatsu, Johnny Ray, Jack Howell, Johnny Paredes and Kazuhisa Ishii.

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	BK	WP	BF
Yoichi Okabayashi	15	10	.600	2.97	34	23	10	12	3	0	197.0	190	70	65	20	41	7	131	4	0	4	811
Tatsuji Nishimura	14	13	.519	3.95	31	27	1	9	2	0	200.7	199	94	88	17	77	3	124	6	0	12	867
Akimitsu Ito	7	5	.583	2.77	29	20	6	5	1	1	146.0	130	52	45	15	44	2	85	4	0	0	594
Hikaru Takano	7	5	.583	4.75	18	18	0	1	0	0	91.0	104	68	48	16	47	4	62	4	0	9	421
Shingo Takatsu	5	3	.625	4.68	23	11	2	3	0	0	82.7	84	48	43	10	36	2	63	3	1	1	362
Naoyuki Naito	5	6	.455	3.55	35	3	20	1	0	10	71.0	64	32	28	9	33	3	53	0	0	2	304
Yukihito Ranbashi	3	1	.750	2.35	28	1	5	0	0	0	38.3	22	10	10	4	12	0	24	0	0	1	143
Tsugio Kanazawa	3	2	.600	3.42	40	6	6	0	0	0	73.7	65	37	28	6	31	0	74	9	1	4	322
Hiroto Kato	3	4	.429	5.08	14	5	2	0	0	0	39.0	45	23	22	3	29	1	30	2	0	0	187
Daisuke Araki	2	0	1.000	0.69	4	2	1	0	0	0	13.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	9	0	0	0	47
Shigeki Nakamoto	2	1	.667	3.83	32	0	9	0	0	3	44.7	52	24	19	8	15	2	23	1	0	2	195
Mitsuo Sumi	2	4	.333	3.20	46	0	15	0	0	5	39.3	29	15	14	4	24	7	37	2	0	3	171
Hisao Niura	1	3	.250	7.46	14	4	4	0	0	0	25.3	33	22	21	6	9	0	24	1	1	1	116
Tsutomu Yamada	0	0		3.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	13
Katsuhito Osaka	0	0		3.60	28	1	6	0	0	1	50.0	46	24	20	6	19	1	44	4	0	4	214
Kazuhisa Ishii	0	0		4.18	12	5	6	0	0	0	28.0	23	13	13	4	17	0	22	2	0	2	123
Masayuki Masuda	0	1	.000	5.49	9	3	2	0	0	0	19.7	19	13	12	1	14	2	16	0	0	2	92
Taira Suzuki	0	1	.000	6.75	4	1	2	0	0	0	4.0	2	3	3	0	7	1	4	1	0	0	21
Hiroshi Nishioka	0	2	.000	10.05	7	1	2	0	0	0	14.3	14	16	16	4	12	0	8	1	0	0	69
Totals	69	61	.531	3.79	410	131	100	31	6	20	1180.7	1131	566	497	133	473	35	835	44	3	47	5072

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
Tetsuya Iida	125	574	521	69	153	24	8	7	42	33	4	39	83	.294	.345	.411	.756	214	5	3	9	2	3
Atsuya Furuta	131	568	474	87	150	27	3	30	86	3	2	78	87	.316	.422	.576	.997	273	12	11	1	4	10
Katsumi Hirosawa	131	577	503	84	139	18	0	25	85	3	0	70	130	.276	.365	.461	.826	232	16	1	1	2	0
Takahiro Ikeyama	127	536	477	74	133	29	2	30	79	13	5	52	148	.279	.350	.537	.886	256	9	2	1	4	3
Jack Howell	113	435	387	67	128	21	1	38	87	3	3	41	86	.331	.402	.685	1.087	265	10	6	0	1	2
Shinji Hata	112	392	342	42	86	19	0	15	51	5	0	40	63	.251	.342	.439	.780	150	1	8	0	2	2
Yukio Arai	93	273	230	32	58	6	2	5	25	4	0	37	27	.252	.356	.361	.717	83	6	0	6	0	1
Tomohiro Jo	83	229	188	30	42	8	0	0	2	10	3	15	37	.223	.301	.266	.567	50	4	6	20	0	0
Hideki Hashigami	107	205	176	24	40	5	2	6	18	5	3	27	37	.227	.328	.381	.709	67	6	0	1	1	0
Johnny Paredes	53	175	157	22	38	6	1	3	12	1	1	14	30	.242	.306	.350	.657	55	3	1	2	1	3
Kenji Tomashino	73	164	144	15	37	3	1	1	7	8	5	10	24	.257	.310	.312	.622	45	3	1	9	0	1
Katsuyuki Dobashi	59	120	108	14	31	10	0	6	16	2	0	8	25	.287	.333	.546	.880	59	2	0	3	1	2
Johnny Ray	49	169	153	13	29	5	1	2	13	0	0	13	16	.190	.249	.275	.523	42	8	0	0	3	1
Shinichi Sakurai	51	129	117	6	26	5	0	0	10	0	0	9	19	.222	.276	.265	.541	31	3	0	2	1	5
Fujio Sumi	79	76	66	5	13	1	0	2	8	0	1	8	14	.197	.280	.303	.583	20	1	0	1	1	2
Yukio Yaegashi	36	38	33	1	8	2	0	1	9	0	0	2	6	.242	.263	.394	.657	13	2	0	0	3	0
Hikaru Takano	43	35	34	1	8	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	8	.235	.235	.265	.500	9	0	0	1	0	0
Akimitsu Ito	36	54	44	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	.159	.196	.182	.377	8	0	0	8	0	0
Yoichi Okabayashi	40	70	57	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	20	.123	.167	.123	.289	7	0	0	10	0	0
Masakazu Seike	13	21	20	1	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	8	.300	.333	.300	.633	6	0	0	0	0	0
Tatsuji Nishimura	36	74	61	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	30	.098	.141	.098	.239	6	1	0	10	0	0
Takayoshi Kiminami	29	29	26	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	7	.154	.241	.308	.549	8	3	0	0	0	0
Toru Sugiura	18	16	11	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	3	.182	.438	.455	.892	5	0	0	0	0	0
Naoyuki Naito	35	18	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.133	.188	.133	.321	2	1	0	2	0	0
Daisuke Araki	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Masao Yanada	15	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Masahiro Koda	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hisao Niura	14	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuhisa Ishii	14	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	1	0	0	0	0
Chikashi Nakanishi	9	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuhito Osaka	29	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroto Kato	14	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shingo Takatsu	27	27	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.048	.091	.048	.139	1	0	0	5	0	0
Mitsuo Sumi	46	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsugio Kanazawa	41	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yukihito Ranbashi	28	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0
Hiroshi Nishioka	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeki Nakamoto	33	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Masayuki Masuda	10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenji Yamanaka	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1970	5097	4452	599	1162	192	21	173	576	92	29	486	971	.261	.337	.430	.767	1915	98	39	94	26	35

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Katsumi Hirosawa	1B	131					.000
Yukio Yaegashi	1B	2					.000
Fujio Sumi	1B	1					.000
Kenji Tomashino	2B	52					.000
Johnny Paredes	2B	52					.000
Johnny Ray	2B	39					.000
Shinichi Sakurai	2B	30					.000
Katsuyuki Dobashi	2B	6					.000
Masakazu Seike	2B	1					.000
Jack Howell	3B	103					.000
Fujio Sumi	3B	58					.000
Shinichi Sakurai	3B	19					.000
Masakazu Seike	3B	8					.000
Kenji Tomashino	3B	2					.000
Takayoshi Kiminami	3B	1					.000
Atsuya Furuta	C	130					.000
Chikashi Nakanishi	C	8					.000
Tetsuya Iida	OF	122					.000
Shinji Hata	OF	105					.000
Hideki Hashigami	OF	101					.000
Yukio Arai	OF	77					.000
Tomohiro Jo	OF	66					.000
Katsuyuki Dobashi	OF	47					.000
Masao Yanada	OF	9					.000
Kenji Tomashino	OF	6					.000
Katsumi Hirosawa	OF	1					.000
Mitsuo Sumi	P	46					.000
Tsugio Kanazawa	P	40					.000
Naoyuki Naito	P	35					.000
Yoichi Okabayashi	P	34					.000
Shigeki Nakamoto	P	32					.000
Tatsuji Nishimura	P	31					.000
Akimitsu Ito	P	29					.000
Yukihito Ranbashi	P	28					.000
Katsuhito Osaka	P	28					.000
Shingo Takatsu	P	23					.000
Hikaru Takano	P	18					.000
Hisao Niura	P	14					.000
Hiroto Kato	P	14					.000
Kazuhisa Ishii	P	12					.000
Masayuki Masuda	P	9					.000
Hiroshi Nishioka	P	7					.000
Taira Suzuki	P	4					.000
Daisuke Araki	P	4					.000
Tsutomu Yamada	P	2					.000
Takahiro Ikeyama	SS	126					.000
Kenji Tomashino	SS	7					.000
Masahiro Koda	SS	3					.000
Fujio Sumi	SS	1					.000
Totals		1724	0	0	0	0	.000

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