1979 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 59-54
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Kaoru Betto (59-54)
Location: Yokohama-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Yokohama Stadium

1979 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Roster

The Yokohama Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1979 season with a record of 59 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Whales scored 595 runs and allowed 562 runs. Gene Martin paced Yokohama with 28 home runs, while Mitsuo Motoi and Tomio Tashiro walloped 15 or more, too. Gene Martin drove in 83 runs. Félix Millán topped hitters with significant playing time with a .346 average. Masaji Hiramatsu led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.39 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Gene Martin and Félix Millán 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
Masaji Hiramatsu	13	7	.650	2.39	30	25	4	11	3	1	196.0	155	58	52	20	50	4	138	6	0	4	784
Kazuhiko Endo	12	12	.500	3.81	47	24	18	8	1	8	203.3	198	89	86	29	54	3	165	1	0	2	840
Akio Saito	11	6	.647	4.03	37	27	4	10	2	0	196.3	198	94	88	25	56	5	138	3	1	1	826
Shigeyuki Takahashi	7	4	.636	4.09	33	17	5	1	0	0	92.3	99	47	42	8	54	1	52	6	0	3	426
Osamu Nomura	7	9	.438	5.62	35	18	6	1	1	0	121.7	141	84	76	25	31	0	76	5	0	2	533
Yoshio Tanaka	5	6	.455	4.20	45	13	6	0	0	1	141.3	125	73	66	18	80	5	95	1	0	1	621
Hiroaki Takeuchi	2	3	.400	4.75	30	3	14	0	0	3	60.7	59	35	32	12	25	0	20	1	0	0	256
Michiro Sato	2	5	.286	4.48	43	0	24	0	0	4	64.3	72	35	32	8	28	3	38	4	0	0	288
Fumiaki Kadota	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
Michio Miura	0	0		6.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	11
Hidemi Kato	0	0		7.45	10	0	3	0	0	0	9.7	14	9	8	2	7	0	4	0	0	1	48
Hiroshi Okawa	0	0		7.88	19	1	2	0	0	0	16.0	15	14	14	3	15	2	11	2	0	1	79
Hiroshi Masumoto	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Shiro Miyamoto	0	2	.000	3.83	40	1	11	0	0	3	42.3	41	20	18	5	11	0	33	0	0	0	176
Totals	59	54	.522	4.05	373	130	99	31	7	20	1148.3	1121	562	517	156	415	23	770	29	1	15	4896

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
Daisuke Yamashita	129	530	458	59	129	24	3	12	53	6	4	53	63	.282	.355	.426	.780	195	7	2	11	6	4
Félix Millán	98	407	364	61	126	23	2	6	41	2	2	24	20	.346	.389	.470	.859	171	6	3	14	2	1
Makoto Matsubara	122	470	428	55	114	22	0	13	62	4	2	35	26	.266	.326	.409	.734	175	9	4	0	3	6
Masayuki Nakatsuka	122	409	369	49	113	18	1	2	27	10	8	32	37	.306	.360	.377	.736	139	6	0	6	2	1
Mitsuo Motoi	112	444	373	64	110	22	2	15	65	16	3	55	84	.295	.389	.485	.874	181	7	4	9	3	2
Gene Martin	125	459	417	47	106	17	0	28	83	0	1	34	86	.254	.312	.496	.808	207	8	3	0	5	2
Keiji Nagasaki	117	419	351	71	102	18	5	11	50	18	9	53	77	.291	.393	.464	.858	163	6	7	7	1	0
Tomio Tashiro	124	391	357	41	84	12	2	19	54	0	4	30	86	.235	.297	.440	.737	157	14	2	1	1	2
Yoshikazu Takagi	89	308	274	32	77	12	2	6	40	1	1	30	56	.281	.353	.405	.758	111	5	1	2	1	1
Hisaaki Fukushima	110	350	314	33	77	17	0	13	44	1	1	29	50	.245	.307	.424	.731	133	6	1	2	4	9
Yasuhiko Tsuji	55	112	88	13	18	3	1	3	6	0	1	18	27	.205	.352	.364	.715	32	2	2	4	0	3
Yukio Iida	63	78	69	10	15	3	0	4	10	0	0	9	20	.217	.308	.435	.742	30	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	45	48	41	5	12	2	0	1	8	2	0	3	11	.293	.348	.415	.762	17	1	1	2	1	0
Akira Ejiri	42	45	42	1	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	5	.262	.311	.286	.597	12	2	0	0	0	0
Kazuhiko Endo	47	69	68	7	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	15	.162	.174	.191	.365	13	0	0	0	0	0
Akio Saito	37	73	61	9	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	30	.164	.227	.180	.408	11	1	0	7	0	0
Kaname Yashiki	82	41	36	12	9	2	0	0	1	5	2	3	15	.250	.300	.306	.606	11	1	0	1	1	0
Osamu Nomura	35	41	37	5	7	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	15	.189	.231	.189	.420	7	0	0	2	0	0
Masaji Hiramatsu	30	75	68	1	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	22	.103	.103	.132	.235	9	1	0	7	0	0
Masayuki Miura	35	32	28	3	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	10	.214	.312	.286	.598	8	1	0	0	0	0
Yoshio Tanaka	45	48	40	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	19	.125	.146	.125	.271	5	1	0	7	0	0
Shigeyuki Takahashi	33	28	23	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.174	.240	.217	.457	5	0	0	3	0	0
Hiroaki Takeuchi	30	13	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.231	.231	.308	.538	4	1	0	0	0	0
Takayuki Iwai	4	6	6	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.833	1.167	5	0	0	0	0	0
Hidemi Kato	10	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shiro Miyamoto	40	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshio Noguchi	25	8	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	1	0	0
Keisaburo Yoneda	30	14	12	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	.083	.154	.333	.487	4	1	0	1	0	0
Kenichi Wakabayashi	55	8	6	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	1	0	0
Michiro Sato	43	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ko Saito	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Okawa	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1956	4942	4365	595	1162	206	18	135	569	69	39	429	792	.266	.334	.414	.748	1809	86	30	88	30	31

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Makoto Matsubara	1B	118					.000
Tomio Tashiro	1B	21					.000
Gene Martin	1B	17					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	1B	1					.000
Masayuki Miura	1B	1					.000
Félix Millán	2B	94					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	2B	46					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	2B	8					.000
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	2B	8					.000
Makoto Matsubara	2B	3					.000
Tomio Tashiro	3B	84					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	3B	70					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	3B	15					.000
Takayuki Iwai	3B	3					.000
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	3B	2					.000
Ko Saito	3B	1					.000
Makoto Matsubara	3B	1					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	C	107					.000
Yasuhiko Tsuji	C	55					.000
Masayuki Miura	C	23					.000
Gene Martin	OF	113					.000
Keiji Nagasaki	OF	112					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	OF	109					.000
Yoshikazu Takagi	OF	84					.000
Kaname Yashiki	OF	68					.000
Kenichi Wakabayashi	OF	43					.000
Tomio Tashiro	OF	26					.000
Yoshio Noguchi	OF	19					.000
Yukio Iida	OF	15					.000
Akira Ejiri	OF	4					.000
Kazuhiko Endo	P	47					.000
Yoshio Tanaka	P	45					.000
Michiro Sato	P	43					.000
Shiro Miyamoto	P	40					.000
Akio Saito	P	37					.000
Osamu Nomura	P	35					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	P	33					.000
Hiroaki Takeuchi	P	30					.000
Masaji Hiramatsu	P	30					.000
Hiroshi Okawa	P	19					.000
Hidemi Kato	P	10					.000
Michio Miura	P	2					.000
Hiroshi Masumoto	P	1					.000
Fumiaki Kadota	P	1					.000
Daisuke Yamashita	SS	129					.000
Keisaburo Yoneda	SS	5					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	SS	4					.000
Totals		1782	0	0	0	0	.000

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