1989 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 47-80
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Takeshi Koba (47-80)
Location: Yokohama-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Yokohama Stadium

1989 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Roster

The Yokohama Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1989 season with a record of 47 wins and 80 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.

The Whales scored 474 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 594 runs, most in the circuit. Carlos Ponce led Yokohama with 24 home runs and drove in 81 runs. Jim Paciorek paced all regular hitters with a .333 average. Mitsunori Kakehata topped the team with 9 wins, while Akio Saito recorded a 3.23 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Carlos Ponce and Jim Paciorek both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Takeshi Koba 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
Mitsunori Kakehata	9	10	.474	3.31	31	14	7	2	1	1	130.3	147	62	48	10	32	4	88	1	0	2	556
Akio Saito	8	6	.571	3.22	18	18	0	5	2	0	117.3	127	44	42	12	34	7	49	2	0	1	496
Hisao Niura	8	13	.381	3.39	28	28	0	6	2	0	175.0	176	79	66	20	75	8	130	5	1	3	763
Kazuhiko Daimon	8	13	.381	3.88	34	25	4	4	1	1	183.3	189	92	79	20	62	5	117	5	0	3	787
Toru Okamoto	3	1	.750	3.04	37	5	5	0	0	0	74.0	80	34	25	8	31	3	57	2	0	0	328
Hiroki Nomura	3	11	.214	5.89	33	13	9	1	0	0	94.7	111	65	62	14	35	2	62	1	1	1	411
Kazuhiko Endo	2	8	.200	6.17	19	16	1	1	0	0	89.0	113	61	61	22	14	1	69	2	0	2	384
Manabu Tanabe	1	0	1.000	3.69	25	3	8	0	0	0	39.0	32	19	16	4	35	0	37	1	0	2	178
Fumiki Ishida	1	0	1.000	6.75	4	0	3	0	0	0	6.7	5	5	5	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	26
Takuro Ishii	1	1	.500	3.56	17	2	6	0	0	0	30.3	34	14	12	2	19	1	19	0	0	0	142
Isamu Kida	1	1	.500	9.00	4	1	3	0	0	0	4.0	5	4	4	3	4	0	2	1	0	0	22
Yutaka Matsumoto	1	5	.167	3.98	48	4	15	0	0	5	97.3	101	47	43	8	38	1	66	5	0	4	425
Hiroaki Nakayama	1	10	.091	4.10	45	1	38	0	0	17	79.0	81	39	36	17	32	6	68	3	0	2	346
Kazuhiko Takahashi	0	0		2.84	6	0	4	0	0	0	12.7	12	4	4	2	7	0	4	0	0	0	56
Hideaki Aikawa	0	0		6.10	8	0	5	0	0	0	10.3	7	8	7	2	9	0	9	0	0	0	44
Katsunori Kitano	0	0		22.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	14
Masaru Ishikawa	0	1	.000	5.52	10	0	3	0	0	0	14.7	19	12	9	4	6	0	7	0	0	0	65
Totals	47	80	.370	4.07	368	130	111	19	6	24	1159.7	1244	594	524	149	438	38	789	29	2	20	5043

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
Kenichi Yamazaki	129	534	476	64	147	24	5	7	56	17	7	38	59	.309	.360	.424	.784	202	6	4	9	7	3
Jim Paciorek	118	473	435	48	145	32	3	12	62	2	3	33	45	.333	.380	.503	.883	219	9	1	2	2	4
Yutaka Takagi	127	567	497	71	138	29	2	5	31	32	17	61	72	.278	.360	.374	.734	186	6	3	6	0	6
Carlos Ponce	130	562	512	69	135	33	7	24	81	12	6	33	91	.264	.313	.496	.809	254	11	8	0	9	2
Toshio Choshi	114	453	402	43	113	30	0	2	26	8	4	18	53	.281	.318	.371	.688	149	10	4	28	1	0
Kazumasa Ichikawa	103	294	267	19	62	12	0	5	19	0	1	12	30	.232	.267	.333	.600	89	8	1	13	1	3
Masahiro Takahashi	86	305	268	25	60	14	0	2	27	5	4	30	47	.224	.304	.299	.602	80	4	2	2	3	6
Yuji Ono	51	124	119	7	33	9	0	1	15	0	0	3	32	.277	.295	.378	.673	45	2	0	2	0	0
Futoshi Miyazato	46	117	109	9	32	7	1	0	11	3	2	2	13	.294	.304	.376	.680	41	2	1	2	3	0
Kaname Yashiki	68	171	155	22	32	5	1	2	10	11	3	13	23	.206	.272	.290	.563	45	4	1	2	0	0
Motonobu Tanishige	80	171	154	9	27	2	2	3	10	0	0	13	43	.175	.247	.273	.520	42	4	2	1	1	3
Tomio Tashiro	55	115	106	7	25	4	0	0	5	1	0	6	21	.236	.274	.274	.548	29	4	0	2	1	2
Yasuhiko Kawano	36	92	87	9	23	3	1	3	15	1	0	3	18	.264	.286	.425	.711	37	2	0	1	1	0
Hirokazu Kato	76	90	76	6	20	6	0	1	21	3	1	10	16	.263	.344	.382	.726	29	3	1	0	3	2
Koichi Muraoka	51	98	82	10	20	4	0	1	4	4	4	9	10	.244	.319	.329	.648	27	1	0	7	0	0
Tatsuya Shindo	56	90	83	8	20	4	2	2	9	0	0	4	24	.241	.276	.410	.686	34	0	0	3	0	0
Yoshiaki Hino	48	98	85	8	20	5	0	2	8	0	0	10	19	.235	.320	.365	.684	31	1	1	1	1	1
Mitsugu Ishibashi	68	76	63	14	17	3	1	1	4	7	0	11	17	.270	.378	.397	.775	25	0	0	2	0	2
Yoshiyuki Shimizu	28	63	56	5	13	2	0	1	3	0	1	2	17	.232	.267	.321	.588	18	1	1	3	1	0
Shinsaku Katahira	38	41	40	5	10	4	0	1	6	0	0	1	7	.250	.268	.425	.693	17	2	0	0	0	0
Hisao Niura	30	64	59	4	8	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	19	.136	.150	.153	.303	9	1	0	4	0	0
Akimasa Yokotani	13	23	23	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.261	.261	.261	.522	6	2	0	0	0	0
Mitsunori Kakehata	36	42	36	1	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.167	.189	.222	.411	8	2	1	5	0	0
Akio Saito	18	43	43	0	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	13	.140	.140	.163	.302	7	1	0	0	0	0
Hiroki Nomura	34	25	22	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.227	.261	.273	.534	6	0	0	2	0	0
Kazuhiko Endo	21	29	26	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.192	.192	.231	.423	6	0	0	3	0	0
Kazuhiko Daimon	38	65	53	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	20	.094	.111	.170	.281	9	0	0	11	0	0
Takuro Ishii	17	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0
Manabu Tanabe	25	7	6	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.500	.833	3	0	0	1	0	0
Tetsushi Okamoto	6	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroaki Nakayama	45	17	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.133	.133	.133	.267	2	0	0	2	0	0
Hidetaka Horiba	6	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
Toru Okamoto	37	15	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	0	0	1	0	0
Yutaka Matsumoto	49	17	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.062	.118	.062	.180	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuhiko Takahashi	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1889	4900	4403	474	1144	241	25	76	440	106	53	317	756	.260	.312	.378	.690	1663	86	31	115	34	34

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jim Paciorek	1B	101					.000
Yuji Ono	1B	33					.000
Tomio Tashiro	1B	25					.000
Shinsaku Katahira	1B	10					.000
Yasuhiko Kawano	1B	6					.000
Yoshiaki Hino	1B	4					.000
Yutaka Takagi	2B	123					.000
Tatsuya Shindo	2B	7					.000
Yoshiaki Hino	2B	7					.000
Koichi Muraoka	2B	5					.000
Yoshiyuki Shimizu	2B	2					.000
Toshio Choshi	2B	1					.000
Toshio Choshi	3B	114					.000
Koichi Muraoka	3B	25					.000
Yoshiyuki Shimizu	3B	19					.000
Yoshiaki Hino	3B	7					.000
Kaname Yashiki	3B	6					.000
Tomio Tashiro	3B	2					.000
Tatsuya Shindo	3B	2					.000
Yuji Ono	3B	2					.000
Kazumasa Ichikawa	C	101					.000
Motonobu Tanishige	C	75					.000
Tetsushi Okamoto	C	6					.000
Carlos Ponce	OF	130					.000
Kenichi Yamazaki	OF	129					.000
Mitsugu Ishibashi	OF	54					.000
Kaname Yashiki	OF	53					.000
Jim Paciorek	OF	40					.000
Futoshi Miyazato	OF	28					.000
Yasuhiko Kawano	OF	17					.000
Hirokazu Kato	OF	8					.000
Yutaka Takagi	OF	5					.000
Akimasa Yokotani	OF	4					.000
Yutaka Matsumoto	P	48					.000
Hiroaki Nakayama	P	45					.000
Toru Okamoto	P	37					.000
Kazuhiko Daimon	P	34					.000
Hiroki Nomura	P	33					.000
Mitsunori Kakehata	P	31					.000
Hisao Niura	P	28					.000
Manabu Tanabe	P	25					.000
Kazuhiko Endo	P	19					.000
Akio Saito	P	18					.000
Takuro Ishii	P	17					.000
Masaru Ishikawa	P	10					.000
Hideaki Aikawa	P	8					.000
Kazuhiko Takahashi	P	6					.000
Isamu Kida	P	4					.000
Fumiki Ishida	P	4					.000
Katsunori Kitano	P	1					.000
Masahiro Takahashi	SS	83					.000
Tatsuya Shindo	SS	45					.000
Yoshiaki Hino	SS	25					.000
Koichi Muraoka	SS	16					.000
Yoshiyuki Shimizu	SS	5					.000
Toshio Choshi	SS	2					.000
Totals		1695	0	0	0	0	.000

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