Akira Takahashi
Akira Takahashi
Born: May 29, 1942
, Yamaguchi JP
Deceased: July 31, 2006
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 162
Career: 1961-1972
Akira Takahashi compiled a career record of 71 wins and 72 losses and a 3.43 ERA in his 311-game pitching career with the Yomiuri Giants and Nishitetsu Lions. He began playing during the 1961 season and last took the field during the 1972 campaign.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||
| 1962 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.70 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 102 | |
| 1963 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 14 | 13 | .519 | 2.80 | 42 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 208.7 | 186 | 71 | 65 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 826 | |
| 1964 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 12 | 14 | .462 | 3.03 | 35 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 181.0 | 190 | 71 | 61 | 17 | 27 | 3 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 742 | |
| 1965 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.11 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 136.0 | 140 | 49 | 47 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 564 | |
| 1966 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.44 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 | 33 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173 | |
| 1967 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.04 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 55.7 | 48 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 221 | |
| 1968 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.90 | 37 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 155.0 | 131 | 55 | 50 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 616 | |
| 1969 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.55 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 111.7 | 100 | 46 | 44 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 457 | |
| 1970 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.14 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 140 | |
| 1971 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Nishitetsu Lions | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.74 | 43 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 204.7 | 209 | 94 | 85 | 22 | 45 | 4 | 74 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 851 | |
| 1972 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Nishitetsu Lions | 1 | 8 | .111 | 6.68 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 67.3 | 97 | 58 | 50 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 310 | |
| Totals | 71 | 72 | .497 | 3.43 | 311 | 141 | 83 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1224.7 | 1199 | 516 | 467 | 129 | 242 | 22 | 543 | 32 | 3 | 11 | 5017 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 42 | 71 | 59 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .136 | .203 | .169 | .373 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 37 | 65 | 57 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .088 | .148 | .088 | .235 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 32 | 38 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .061 | .088 | .061 | .149 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 15 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 24 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 37 | 52 | 49 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .122 | .140 | .122 | .262 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 32 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .206 | .216 | .265 | .481 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1970 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Nishitetsu Lions | 44 | 67 | 63 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .111 | .123 | .143 | .266 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Nishitetsu Lions | 20 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 317 | 386 | 345 | 8 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 124 | .122 | .159 | .139 | .298 | 48 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| 1961 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| 1961 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| 1962 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| 1963 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| 1964 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 35 | .000 | |||||
| 1964 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | OF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| 1965 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| 1966 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| 1966 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| 1967 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| 1968 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| 1969 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 32 | .000 | |||||
| 1970 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| 1971 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Nishitetsu Lions | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| 1971 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Nishitetsu Lions | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| 1972 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Nishitetsu Lions | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 317 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 1962 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 1963 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 1964 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 1965 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 1966 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 1967 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 1968 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 1969 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 1970 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 1971 | Foreign Major | Japan Pacific League | Nishitetsu Lions | |||
| 1972 | Foreign Major | Japan Pacific League | Nishitetsu Lions |
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