1978 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-57
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Kaoru Betto (64-57)
Location: Yokohama-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Yokohama Stadium

1978 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Roster

The Yokohama Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1978 season with a record of 64 wins and 57 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.

The Whales plated 596 runs and surrendered 554 runs. Tomio Tashiro paced Yokohama with 27 home runs, while Keiji Nagasaki, Yoshikazu Takagi, Makoto Matsubara and Hisaaki Fukushima each walloped 15 or more, too. Tomio Tashiro drove in 104 runs. Makoto Matsubara topped batters with significant playing time with a .329 average. Osamu Nomura led the team with 17 wins, plus Akio Saito, too added 15 or more wins, too Akio Saito and Osamu Nomura earned a 3.14 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Félix Millán and Danny Walton both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Kaoru Betto 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
Osamu Nomura	17	11	.607	3.14	44	28	8	12	2	4	238.0	215	90	83	21	64	8	123	10	0	4	973
Akio Saito	16	15	.516	3.14	47	26	18	12	2	4	241.0	234	90	84	24	67	9	162	6	0	0	1001
Masaji Hiramatsu	10	5	.667	3.93	36	15	11	4	0	7	146.7	142	73	64	18	49	3	83	7	0	1	622
Shigeyuki Takahashi	8	5	.615	3.39	35	16	5	1	0	1	130.0	129	59	49	9	53	7	57	4	0	1	559
Fumiaki Kadota	5	11	.312	5.43	39	17	11	0	0	1	109.3	114	69	66	19	54	5	94	8	1	0	489
Masao Tamura	3	3	.500	3.77	40	11	8	1	1	2	86.0	73	40	36	14	36	2	43	5	0	1	367
Shiro Miyamoto	2	3	.400	4.18	41	8	7	0	0	0	64.7	66	35	30	9	27	4	51	1	0	0	278
Hiroaki Takeuchi	1	0	1.000	2.08	15	0	8	0	0	0	17.3	15	6	4	2	10	0	9	3	0	0	74
Kazuhiko Endo	1	0	1.000	4.56	11	2	5	1	0	0	23.7	20	13	12	2	6	1	18	1	0	0	96
Takashi Nemoto	1	2	.333	7.64	18	5	5	1	0	0	33.0	41	29	28	5	19	0	19	2	0	0	156
Yoshio Tanaka	0	0		4.32	13	0	6	0	0	0	16.7	19	16	8	6	13	2	12	2	0	1	83
Mitsuhiro Sekimoto	0	0		10.12	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.3	10	9	6	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	30
Hiroshi Okawa	0	2	.000	7.34	40	2	3	0	0	0	30.7	28	25	25	4	19	2	19	0	0	0	133
Totals	64	57	.529	3.90	383	130	98	32	5	19	1142.3	1106	554	495	136	419	43	691	50	1	9	4861

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
Makoto Matsubara	129	551	499	70	164	45	0	16	91	4	2	39	36	.329	.376	.515	.891	257	14	4	0	9	5
Yoshikazu Takagi	126	518	451	78	147	30	2	23	80	2	4	56	58	.326	.401	.554	.955	250	10	3	4	4	1
Tomio Tashiro	129	527	472	66	136	28	2	27	104	1	5	48	94	.288	.351	.528	.879	249	3	1	0	6	2
Félix Millán	120	485	443	63	127	17	3	2	31	1	0	25	20	.287	.329	.352	.681	156	13	3	14	0	1
Masayuki Nakatsuka	124	439	398	44	126	18	3	1	30	8	4	35	35	.317	.372	.384	.757	153	7	1	4	1	4
Keiji Nagasaki	128	530	438	84	126	30	8	21	72	27	9	70	67	.288	.390	.537	.927	235	6	8	7	7	3
Daisuke Yamashita	129	546	466	55	118	22	8	9	41	8	2	61	77	.253	.342	.393	.735	183	12	3	14	2	4
Hisaaki Fukushima	118	418	373	41	93	18	3	15	46	1	1	34	53	.249	.318	.434	.752	162	12	4	6	1	8
Danny Walton	75	164	144	17	31	4	0	9	22	1	0	19	44	.215	.311	.431	.742	62	6	1	0	0	1
Takayuki Iwai	69	60	56	13	18	2	0	1	6	0	0	3	14	.321	.356	.411	.767	23	2	0	1	0	0
Akira Ejiri	59	69	61	4	16	2	0	2	13	0	0	7	11	.262	.333	.393	.727	24	0	0	0	1	1
Yasuhiko Tsuji	37	85	69	7	14	0	0	3	7	0	0	12	18	.203	.337	.333	.671	23	0	2	2	0	4
Akio Saito	47	90	82	6	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	34	.146	.157	.159	.315	13	1	0	7	0	0
Osamu Nomura	44	88	84	7	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	34	.131	.141	.143	.284	12	2	0	3	0	0
Keisaburo Yoneda	46	37	36	7	10	2	0	3	10	1	0	0	9	.278	.297	.583	.881	21	0	1	0	0	0
Isao Ito	46	52	47	1	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	18	.191	.250	.234	.484	11	2	0	0	1	0
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	50	47	40	7	8	2	0	0	4	0	1	3	10	.200	.304	.250	.554	10	1	3	1	0	0
Masaji Hiramatsu	36	55	48	3	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	19	.104	.157	.104	.261	5	1	0	4	0	0
Kenichi Wakabayashi	42	19	17	5	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	4	.235	.316	.235	.551	4	1	0	0	0	0
Yoshio Noguchi	65	31	25	12	4	2	0	0	1	7	5	3	7	.160	.250	.240	.490	6	1	0	3	0	0
Shigeyuki Takahashi	35	44	36	2	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	17	.111	.167	.111	.278	4	0	0	2	3	0
Masao Tamura	40	21	16	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.188	.278	.188	.465	3	1	0	3	0	0
Fumiaki Kadota	39	35	34	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.088	.114	.088	.203	3	0	1	0	0	0
Kazuhiko Endo	12	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0	0	0
Takashi Nemoto	18	10	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.111	.200	.222	.422	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shiro Miyamoto	42	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Okawa	40	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kaname Yashiki	9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshio Tanaka	13	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1867	4946	4368	596	1192	227	29	132	575	64	34	433	713	.273	.341	.429	.770	1873	95	35	75	35	34

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Makoto Matsubara	1B	127					.000
Danny Walton	1B	6					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	1B	3					.000
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	1B	3					.000
Félix Millán	2B	117					.000
Takayuki Iwai	2B	40					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	2B	32					.000
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	2B	4					.000
Makoto Matsubara	2B	3					.000
Yoshio Noguchi	2B	1					.000
Tomio Tashiro	3B	128					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	3B	6					.000
Danny Walton	3B	2					.000
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	3B	2					.000
Takayuki Iwai	3B	1					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	C	117					.000
Yasuhiko Tsuji	C	37					.000
Isao Ito	C	3					.000
Keiji Nagasaki	OF	128					.000
Yoshikazu Takagi	OF	124					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	OF	121					.000
Yoshio Noguchi	OF	42					.000
Danny Walton	OF	36					.000
Kenichi Wakabayashi	OF	31					.000
Akira Ejiri	OF	17					.000
Isao Ito	OF	6					.000
Kaname Yashiki	OF	5					.000
Takayuki Iwai	OF	2					.000
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	OF	1					.000
Akio Saito	P	47					.000
Osamu Nomura	P	44					.000
Shiro Miyamoto	P	41					.000
Masao Tamura	P	40					.000
Hiroshi Okawa	P	40					.000
Fumiaki Kadota	P	39					.000
Masaji Hiramatsu	P	36					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	P	35					.000
Takashi Nemoto	P	18					.000
Hiroaki Takeuchi	P	15					.000
Yoshio Tanaka	P	13					.000
Kazuhiko Endo	P	11					.000
Mitsuhiro Sekimoto	P	4					.000
Daisuke Yamashita	SS	129					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	SS	6					.000
Takayuki Iwai	SS	3					.000
Totals		1666	0	0	0	0	.000

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