Noboru Akiyama

Noboru Akiyama
Born: February 3, 1934
Okayama, Okayama JP
Deceased: August 12, 2000
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 3B, OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 160
Career: 1956-1967

Noboru Akiyama compiled a career record of 193 wins and 171 losses and a 2.60 ERA in his 639-game pitching career with the Taiyo Whales. He began playing during the 1956 season and last took the field during the 1967 campaign.

Taiyo Whales

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1956	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	25	25	.500	2.39	58	35	21	26	7		379.7	290	120	101	24	136	7	266	19	1	3	1552
1957	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	24	27	.471	2.50	65	40	20	27	3		406.0	319	138	113	21	116	13	312	9	1	2	1631
1958	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	17	23	.425	2.51	62	36	24	20	3		359.0	287	112	100	30	89	11	243	5	0	2	1418
1959	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	14	22	.389	3.30	56	33	21	17	3		300.3	267	131	110	26	87	5	212	8	0	4	1238
1960	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	21	10	.677	1.75	59	26	20	8	4		262.3	189	65	51	11	86	10	183	12	0	2	1055
1961	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	20	15	.571	2.63	69	17	38	6	1		280.7	239	97	82	16	70	4	179	7	1	2	1117
1962	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	26	12	.684	1.92	72	17	32	8	5		290.7	213	73	62	16	79	7	199	7	0	1	1139
1963	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	13	14	.481	3.10	60	17	24	8	1		214.7	212	88	74	23	52	3	99	2	1	1	876
1964	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	21	10	.677	2.74	63	23	32	8	2		259.7	214	96	79	20	68	4	126	9	0	1	1053
1965	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	5	5	.500	2.70	39	11	15	1	0		103.3	98	34	31	8	30	3	41	2	0	1	420
1966	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	6	8	.429	4.01	34	22	5	3	0		130.3	134	67	58	18	37	2	35	3	0	1	557
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1	0	1.000	4.26	2	1	1	0	0		6.3	6	3	3	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	27
Totals				193	171	.530	2.60	639	278	253	132	29	0	2993.0	2468	1024	864	215	854	69	1896	83	4	20	12083

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	SF
1956	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	58	137	129	9	15	4	0	3	9	0	3	45	.116	.135	.217	.352	28	6	4	1
1957	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	65	143	124	2	14	1	1	0	9	0	4	47	.113	.141	.137	.278	17	0	15	0
1958	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	62	124	113	4	20	3	1	1	5	0	4	33	.177	.205	.248	.453	28	2	7	0
1959	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	56	104	97	3	13	3	1	0	5	1	0	37	.134	.133	.186	.318	18	1	6	1
1960	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	61	87	80	3	10	3	0	0	4	1	0	26	.125	.123	.162	.286	13	1	6	1
1961	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	71	95	83	2	13	4	0	0	9	0	1	24	.157	.163	.205	.368	17	0	9	2
1962	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	72	96	85	6	12	3	0	0	6	0	0	34	.141	.141	.176	.318	15	4	11	0
1963	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	61	71	59	6	8	2	0	2	7	0	4	16	.136	.188	.271	.459	16	2	7	1
1964	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	63	87	81	1	9	2	0	0	6	0	0	22	.111	.111	.136	.247	11	0	6	0
1965	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	40	26	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.083	.120	.083	.203	2	0	1	0
1966	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	34	39	36	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	.056	.081	.056	.137	2	0	2	0
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0
Totals				645	1011	913	38	119	25	3	6	62	2	18	298	.130	.146	.184	.330	168	16	74	6

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1956	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	58					.000
1957	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	65					.000
1958	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	62					.000
1959	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	56					.000
1959	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	1					.000
1960	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	59					.000
1960	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	OF	2					.000
1961	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	69					.000
1961	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	2					.000
1962	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	72					.000
1962	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	1					.000
1962	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	OF	1					.000
1963	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	60					.000
1963	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	OF	3					.000
1964	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	63					.000
1964	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	2					.000
1964	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	OF	1					.000
1965	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	39					.000
1966	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	34					.000
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	2					.000
Totals					652	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1956	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1957	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1958	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1959	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1960	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1961	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1962	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1963	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1964	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1965	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1966	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1967	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales

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