Bill Nishita

William Toru Nishita
Born: July 1, 1930
Deceased: May 9, 2003
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 175
Career: 1952-1963
TSN Contract Card

Bill Nishita compiled a career record of 45 wins and 48 losses and a 3.16 ERA in his 240-game pitching career with the Yomiuri Giants, Montreal Royals, Fort Worth Cats, St. Paul Saints, Toei Flyers, Daimai Orions, Hawaii Islanders and Kokutetsu Swallows. He began playing during the 1952 season and last took the field during the 1963 campaign.

Yomiuri Giants	Fort Worth Cats	Montreal Royals	Fort Worth Cats	St. Paul Saints	Toei Flyers
Daimai Orions	Hawaii Islanders	Kokutetsu Swallows

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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
1952	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3	1	.750	3.23	21	9	6	2	0		75.3	69	42	27	6	25		30	3	0	1	312
1955	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1	2	.333	2.09	10	3	4	1	1		38.7	26	9	9	2	8	0	21	0	0	0	149
1956	AAA	IL	Montreal Royals	4	6	.400	4.65	27	10		4	1		89.0	109	55	46	7	31		27	1	0	1
1956	AA	TL	Fort Worth Cats	4	3	.571	3.13	10	5		3	0		46.0	49	20	16	4	10	2	27	3	0	0
1957	AA	TL	Fort Worth Cats	6	4	.600	3.69	43	2		2	0		105.0	116	47	43	8	27	4	50	0	0	1
1957	AAA	AA2	St. Paul Saints	0	0			3						0.0									0
1958	Foreign Major	JPPL	Toei Flyers	16	19	.457	2.31	48	36	8	16	5		288.7	226	91	74	12	68	2	184	4	1	4	1132
1960	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	1	0	1.000	3.03	9	7	1	1	0		29.7	31	13	10	1	5	0	5	1	0	0	121
1961	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	9	6	.600	3.36	32	15	6	2	0		112.7	113	50	42	11	31	2	54	7	0	0	475
1962	AAA	PCL	Hawaii Islanders	0	1	.000	10.69	7	3		0	0		16.0	23	19	19	2	7	0	13	1	0	1
1963	Foreign Major	JPCL	Kokutetsu Swallows	1	6	.143	2.58	30	6	8	0	0		76.7	64	26	22	4	27	0	47	5	0	1	319
Totals				45	48	.484	3.16	240	96	33	31	7	0	877.7	826	372	308	57	239	10	458	25	1	9	2508

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	21	29	28	4	7	1	1	2	0	0	3	.250	.250	.357	.607	10	1	1
1955	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	10	13	12	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	4	1	1	0	0
1956	AAA	IL	Montreal Royals	27	27	23	1	5	3	0	3		0	6	.217	.208	.348	.556	8		3	1
1956	AA	TL	Fort Worth Cats	10	15	13	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	.077	.143	.077	.220	1		1	0
1957	AA	TL	Fort Worth Cats	43	31	26	7	9	1	0	1	0	2	2	.346	.393	.385	.777	10		3	0
1958	Foreign Major	JPPL	Toei Flyers	48	99	95	4	9	2	0	5	0	1	13	.095	.104	.116	.220	11	2	3	0	0
1960	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	9	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	0	0
1961	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	33	31	26	1	4	2	0	2	0	0	4	.154	.148	.231	.379	6	0	4	1	0
1962	AAA	PCL	Hawaii Islanders	7	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0
1963	Foreign Major	JPCL	Kokutetsu Swallows	30	15	14	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	.071	.133	.143	.276	2	0	0	0	0
Totals				238	273	249	20	41	10	1	16	0	6	37	.165	.183	.213	.396	53	4	16	2	0

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1952	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	21						.000
1955	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	10						.000
1956	AAA	IL	Montreal Royals	P	27	4	18	2	3	.917	.815
1956	AA	TL	Fort Worth Cats	P	10	1	3	2	1	.667	.400
1957	AA	TL	Fort Worth Cats	P	43	8	32	0	3	1.000	.930
1957	AAA	AA2	St. Paul Saints	P	3						.000
1958	Foreign Major	JPPL	Toei Flyers	P	48						.000
1960	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	P	9						.000
1961	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	P	32						.000
1961	Foreign Major	JPPL	Daimai Orions	OF	1						.000
1962	AAA	PCL	Hawaii Islanders	P	7						.000
1963	Foreign Major	JPCL	Kokutetsu Swallows	P	30						.000
Totals					241	13	53	4	7	.943	.274

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation
1952	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1955	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1956	AAA	International League	Montreal Royals	BRO
1956	AA	Texas League	Fort Worth Cats	BRO
1957	AA	Texas League	Fort Worth Cats	CHN
1957	AAA	American Association 2	St. Paul Saints	BRO
1958	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Toei Flyers
1960	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Daimai Orions
1961	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Daimai Orions
1962	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Hawaii Islanders	LAA
1963	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Kokutetsu Swallows

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