Masaji Hiramatsu

Masaji Hiramatsu
Born: September 19, 1947
Takahashi, Okayama JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: 3B
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 162
Career: 1967-1984

Masaji Hiramatsu compiled a career record of 201 wins and 196 losses, with 16 saves, and a 3.31 ERA in his 635-game pitching career with the Taiyo Whales and Yokohama Taiyo Whales. He began playing during the 1967 season and last took the field during the 1984 campaign.

Taiyo Whales

Yokohama 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
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3	4	.429	3.58	16	10	4	2	2		70.3	66	31	28	13	14	1	42	3	1	2	291
1968	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	5	12	.294	4.26	51	13	15	2	1		120.3	119	71	57	14	54	0	77	7	0	4	531
1969	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	14	12	.538	2.56	57	25	26	8	5		245.7	215	78	70	24	56	4	157	14	1	3	991
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	25	19	.568	1.95	51	38	10	23	6		332.7	226	80	72	18	68	6	182	13	2	1	1279
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	17	13	.567	2.23	43	32	9	11	3		279.0	211	78	69	18	82	5	153	10	2	3	1112
1972	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	13	15	.464	3.44	41	26	13	10	0		243.7	211	111	93	32	84	8	118	11	0	4	998
1973	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	17	11	.607	3.03	49	19	23	9	1		207.7	180	78	70	15	56	8	110	4	0	0	842
1974	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	15	16	.484	3.66	46	30	14	12	1	2	243.7	222	112	99	37	74	4	175	7	1	2	1004
1975	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	12	10	.545	3.24	28	22	4	9	1	2	172.3	145	71	62	25	50	1	134	6	0	1	696
1976	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	13	17	.433	3.80	41	35	4	16	2	2	260.3	227	121	110	40	95	7	170	9	0	0	1089
1977	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	10	9	.526	3.96	32	21	6	10	2	1	166.0	182	75	73	25	50	3	105	6	0	2	723
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	10	5	.667	3.93	36	15	11	4	0	7	146.7	142	73	64	18	49	3	83	7	0	1	622
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	13	7	.650	2.39	30	25	4	11	3	1	196.0	155	58	52	20	50	4	138	6	0	4	784
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	10	11	.476	4.29	30	29	1	9	0	0	199.3	227	108	95	26	57	4	107	6	1	1	855
1981	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	6	7	.462	3.50	17	16	1	4	0	1	110.7	109	45	43	9	31	2	70	3	0	1	464
1982	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	9	10	.474	3.98	25	25	0	1	0	0	140.3	150	65	62	15	31	1	83	5	0	1	603
1983	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	8	8	.500	3.92	23	22	0	4	1	0	131.0	136	67	57	14	53	4	83	1	0	2	577
1984	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	1	10	.091	5.68	19	18	1	0	0	0	95.0	114	63	60	11	36	2	58	2	1	0	430
Totals				201	196	.506	3.31	635	421	146	145	28	16	3360.7	3037	1385	1236	374	990	67	2045	120	9	32	13891

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	16	20	18	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	7	.111	.111	.167	.278	3	0	0	2	0
1968	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	51	32	28	4	6	3	0	0	0	0	15	.214	.214	.321	.536	9	0	0	4	0
1969	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	57	79	72	5	12	1	3	8	0	4	30	.167	.211	.306	.516	22	2	0	3	0
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	51	113	100	8	14	0	4	8	0	3	49	.140	.162	.260	.422	26	0	0	8	2
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	43	102	92	10	12	3	5	8	0	5	33	.130	.184	.326	.510	30	2	1	4	0
1972	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	41	90	77	5	17	1	1	4	1	6	20	.221	.277	.273	.550	21	1	0	7	0
1973	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	49	68	62	4	11	0	0	6	0	1	18	.177	.215	.177	.393	11	0	2	3	0
1974	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	46	82	75	2	13	4	2	4	0	3	25	.173	.205	.307	.512	23	1	0	4	0
1975	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	28	69	65	5	16	2	3	12	0	1	22	.246	.254	.415	.669	27	2	0	2	1
1976	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	41	98	81	7	15	1	4	7	1	4	30	.185	.224	.346	.569	28	0	0	13	0
1977	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	34	64	53	6	5	0	2	5	0	6	24	.094	.180	.208	.388	11	0	0	3	2
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	36	55	48	3	5	0	0	2	1	3	19	.104	.157	.104	.261	5	1	0	4	0
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	30	75	68	1	7	2	0	3	0	0	22	.103	.103	.132	.235	9	1	0	7	0
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	32	78	67	8	10	0	1	4	0	5	21	.149	.205	.194	.400	13	1	0	5	1
1981	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	17	43	38	0	5	3	0	3	0	2	18	.132	.175	.211	.386	8	0	0	3	0
1982	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	25	50	48	1	7	0	0	1	0	0	20	.146	.146	.146	.292	7	0	0	2	0
1983	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	23	49	42	1	6	1	0	3	0	5	14	.143	.234	.167	.401	7	0	0	2	0
1984	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	19	32	28	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	12	.107	.138	.107	.245	3	0	0	3	0
Totals				639	1199	1062	72	166	22	25	78	3	49	399	.156	.195	.248	.442	263	11	3	79	6

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1967	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	16					.000
1968	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	51					.000
1969	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	57					.000
1970	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	51					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	43					.000
1971	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	3B	1					.000
1972	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	41					.000
1973	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	49					.000
1974	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	46					.000
1975	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	28					.000
1976	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	41					.000
1977	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	P	32					.000
1978	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	36					.000
1979	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	30					.000
1980	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	30					.000
1981	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	17					.000
1982	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	25					.000
1983	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	23					.000
1984	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	P	19					.000
Totals					636	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1967	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1968	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1969	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1970	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1971	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1972	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1973	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1974	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1975	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1976	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1977	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1978	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1979	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1980	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1981	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1982	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1983	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1984	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales

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