1997 Yakult Swallows Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 83-52
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Katsuya Nomura (83-52)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

1997 Yakult Swallows Roster

Japan Series - Yakult Swallows 4 games, Seibu Lions 1

The Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 1997 season with a record of 83 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Swallows paced the league with 672 runs. Yakult surrendered 503 runs, least in the league. Dwayne Hosey walloped 38 home runs for the team, while Takahiro Ikeyama and Atsunori Inaba added 15 or more also. Dwayne Hosey drove in 100 runs. Atsuya Furuta led all regular batters by hitting .322. Kazuya Tabata topped the team with 15 wins, and Kazuhisa Ishii registered a 1.92 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Jim Tatum, Masato Yoshii, Kazuhisa Ishii, Luis Ortiz, Shingo Takatsu, Dwayne Hosey and Terry Bross were all players from the 1997 Yakult Swallows who played in the Majors during their careers.

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
Kazuya Tabata155.7502.9626250530170.316058561543183401696
Masato Yoshii136.6842.9928261620174.3149615815486104604702
Kazuhisa Ishii104.7141.9118170220117.77328255502120416466
Tomohito Ito72.7781.5134028001947.72388310353100172
Shingo Takatsu74.6362.045132100779.3552018920468500313
Kenjiro Kawasaki75.5834.1922190410116.011861542046248308496
Terry Bross78.4674.9923210000115.312973641656089015524
Hiroto Kato51.8331.996001300645.3311310121539300188
Akimitsu Ito31.7504.3197000039.743191957015200165
Tatsuki Yamamoto36.3333.6746107101105.39650431331281303435
Yoshihiro Yamauchi201.0005.16160600022.7231413411319201102
Tetsuhiro Nonaka23.4002.284401100055.3421614625547312230
Hiroaki Hirota101.0002.715901400363.0581919327137313267
Yoichi Okabayashi11.5004.88124100031.341191766214210143
Takeshi Sato003.383000002.7311010200012
Daigo Matsuoka005.009010009.01465130200142
Tsutomu Yamada007.044020007.71566260700042
Hirotoshi Ishii009.001010002.0222160200013
Tetsuya Kitagawa009.002020002.0422100110011
Hisanori Iwasaki01.0003.687050007.3853220700033
Fuminobu Kinoshita01.0005.06120200010.71266291610053
Futoshi Yamabe02.0003.51145300225.7181110113024000106
Masayuki Masuda02.00010.384010004.3755310210022
Totals8352.6153.29504137119188381254.7112450345813444237870445345233

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 Furuta13759850974164322986946964.322.413.446.8592271113344
Dwayne Hosey1375764981011443233810020961107.289.371.594.96529677464
Tetsuya Iida1084644216212915733726102343.306.349.397.745167461131
Takahiro Ikeyama1245054396512126318791114976.276.350.472.821207216297
Atsunori Inaba130494439711172442165963767.267.333.483.816212671014
Shinya Miyamoto115432387441091531331653137.282.340.344.6841331156310
Katsuyuki Dobashi10140535545107220861432539.301.346.431.777153821850
Mitsuru Manaka872502284077113319821532.338.384.452.83510322500
Takehiko Kobayakawa11635930937771301233024572.249.351.408.75912684012
Hatsuhiko Tsuji853082793373101218621737.262.315.326.64191125611
Jim Tatum511591392743701325411628.309.390.6401.0308923013
Toshifumi Baba57160140163871318211225.271.327.400.7275631430
Shinji Hata7173639172121110718.270.361.429.7902702101
Masato Yoshii356756410100700017.179.179.196.37511301100
Shinichi Sato6145408910273039.225.273.400.6731610110
Susumu Aoyagi28282748300500110.296.321.407.7291110000
Katsunori Nomura26333118101100210.258.303.387.6901230000
Yuji Ono35393828200402111.211.231.263.4941020000
Tomohiro Jo3028222710002252.318.444.364.808800100
Terry Bross25434117000400123.171.190.171.361700100
Kazuya Tabata34665137000400118.137.154.137.2917001400
Luis Ortiz2031293511070027.172.226.276.502800000
Kazuhisa Ishii23433945001100217.128.171.205.376800200
Toshihiro Noguchi16993320022003.333.333.556.889500000
Kota Soejima1018160301010014.188.278.312.590501000
Kenjiro Kawasaki30383223100400118.094.121.125.246400500
Hiroki Nobayashi1717133210010035.154.312.231.543310100
Tatsuki Yamamoto48252102000000013.095.095.095.190200400
Kosei Ono4322100120011.500.6672.0002.667400000
Yasutaka Hironaga5550100010003.200.200.200.400100000
Futoshi Yamabe16550100020004.200.200.200.400100000
Shuichiro Matsumoto11992100000003.111.111.111.222100000
Akimitsu Ito1013101100010014.100.182.100.282100200
Shingo Takatsu5211110100000004.091.091.091.182100000
Yoshihiro Yamauchi16220000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Tomohito Ito34440000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Daigo Matsuoka9110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Yoichi Okabayashi13650000000013.000.167.000.167000000
Hajime Miki19773000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Hiroaki Hirota59320000000000.000.000.000.000000100
Hiroto Kato60330000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Tetsuhiro Nonaka44330000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Chikara Tsugawa1220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Totals21105390474267213092303013863912350433844.276.342.425.7672013106641133837


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