1957 Chunichi Dragons Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 70-57
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Shunichi Amachi (70-57)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Stadium
1957 Chunichi Dragons RosterTeam Record: 70-57
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Shunichi Amachi (70-57)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Stadium
The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 1957 season with a record of 70 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.
The Dragons led the circuit with just 347 runs allowed. Chunichi scored 404 runs. Noboru Inoue paced the squad with 17 home runs, and Hiroharu Okajima walloped 15 or more also. Noboru Inoue drove in 61 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .249. Toshitake Nakayama paced the squad with 20 wins, while Shigeru Sugishita earned a 1.76 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Shunichi Amachi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toshitake Nakayama | 20 | 15 | .571 | 1.82 | 53 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 326.0 | 238 | 78 | 66 | 16 | 84 | 0 | 274 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1292 | |
| Hiroomi Oyane | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.29 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 161.0 | 123 | 42 | 41 | 6 | 42 | 3 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 639 | |
| Tsutomu Ina | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2.67 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 175.0 | 158 | 56 | 52 | 7 | 61 | 3 | 109 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 732 | |
| Shigeru Sugishita | 10 | 7 | .588 | 1.75 | 41 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 169.3 | 108 | 43 | 33 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 639 | |
| Yasushi Kodama | 10 | 12 | .455 | 2.84 | 38 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 200.0 | 155 | 74 | 63 | 8 | 83 | 3 | 143 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 823 | |
| Totaro Tahara | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.30 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 110 | |
| Midori Ishikawa | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.54 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 119 | |
| Kikuo Tokunaga | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.66 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | |
| Shunichi Sakaguchi | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.72 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | |
| Katsuhiko Ishikawa | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.95 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27.7 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 115 | |
| Kiyomitsu Hamashima | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.55 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |
| Hideaki Homoto | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.09 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |
| Totals | 70 | 57 | .551 | 2.26 | 261 | 130 | 76 | 54 | 18 | 0 | 1188.7 | 900 | 347 | 299 | 60 | 352 | 10 | 807 | 24 | 1 | 20 | 4756 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noboru Inoue | 130 | 535 | 478 | 60 | 119 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 61 | 16 | 10 | 36 | 41 | .249 | .307 | .408 | .715 | 195 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 |
| Hiroharu Okajima | 129 | 553 | 458 | 71 | 111 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 52 | 15 | 21 | 69 | 70 | .242 | .346 | .408 | .754 | 187 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| Itsuro Honda | 112 | 457 | 420 | 48 | 94 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 25 | 34 | .224 | .269 | .283 | .552 | 119 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Michio Nishizawa | 87 | 331 | 307 | 29 | 86 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 26 | .280 | .323 | .388 | .711 | 119 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Shigeru Makino | 127 | 438 | 391 | 29 | 85 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 49 | .217 | .281 | .246 | .527 | 96 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Tokuzo Harada | 113 | 387 | 335 | 26 | 80 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 30 | .239 | .316 | .307 | .624 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
| Satoru Sugiyama | 122 | 463 | 427 | 34 | 79 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 91 | .185 | .241 | .323 | .564 | 138 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Toshio Naka | 87 | 252 | 233 | 24 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 14 | .236 | .267 | .292 | .559 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Keinosuke Kawasaki | 80 | 204 | 194 | 12 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 27 | .232 | .265 | .320 | .584 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Takeo Yoshizawa | 82 | 201 | 190 | 9 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 28 | .195 | .211 | .237 | .448 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasuhiko Kawai | 79 | 149 | 123 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 38 | .211 | .317 | .333 | .650 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Toshitake Nakayama | 53 | 119 | 105 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .238 | .259 | .286 | .545 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Toshiaki Sakai | 62 | 123 | 112 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .170 | .223 | .214 | .437 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Shigeru Sugishita | 41 | 59 | 51 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .157 | .200 | .196 | .396 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Hideaki Homoto | 17 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .467 | .467 | .533 | 1.000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsutomu Ina | 37 | 59 | 54 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .130 | .130 | .148 | .278 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumitaka Ota | 32 | 58 | 56 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .107 | .123 | .196 | .319 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuyuki Niwa | 21 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .217 | .250 | .261 | .511 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shinji Hayakawa | 19 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | .192 | .323 | .192 | .515 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasushi Kodama | 38 | 66 | 56 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | .089 | .177 | .107 | .285 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kikuo Tokunaga | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .400 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshizumi Hino | 10 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .176 | .211 | .176 | .387 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tadao Toda | 17 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .120 | .120 | .240 | .360 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroomi Oyane | 29 | 55 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .060 | .130 | .080 | .210 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroo Kawaguchi | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zenpei Yamazaki | 19 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .133 | .235 | .133 | .369 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiyomitsu Hamashima | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midori Ishikawa | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsuguhiro Hattori | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totaro Tahara | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitsuru Shimazu | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takamasa Shinbo | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shunichi Sakaguchi | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Katsuhiko Ishikawa | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Susumu Kato | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1624 | 4707 | 4219 | 404 | 925 | 148 | 23 | 63 | 373 | 106 | 87 | 328 | 636 | .219 | .277 | .310 | .588 | 1308 | 56 | 21 | 116 | 23 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michio Nishizawa | 1B | 84 | .000 | |||||
| Keinosuke Kawasaki | 1B | 54 | .000 | |||||
| Shinji Hayakawa | 1B | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Itsuro Honda | 1B | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Takamasa Shinbo | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Tsuguhiro Hattori | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Noboru Inoue | 2B | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshizumi Hino | 2B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroharu Okajima | 3B | 125 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuyuki Niwa | 3B | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshizumi Hino | 3B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shinji Hayakawa | 3B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Takeo Yoshizawa | C | 82 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuhiko Kawai | C | 74 | .000 | |||||
| Toshiaki Sakai | C | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Satoru Sugiyama | OF | 119 | .000 | |||||
| Itsuro Honda | OF | 107 | .000 | |||||
| Tokuzo Harada | OF | 104 | .000 | |||||
| Toshio Naka | OF | 77 | .000 | |||||
| Fumitaka Ota | OF | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Tadao Toda | OF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Shinji Hayakawa | OF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Zenpei Yamazaki | OF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Takamasa Shinbo | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Toshitake Nakayama | P | 53 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Sugishita | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Yasushi Kodama | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Tsutomu Ina | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroomi Oyane | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| Midori Ishikawa | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Kikuo Tokunaga | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Totaro Tahara | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuhiko Ishikawa | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Shunichi Sakaguchi | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Hideaki Homoto | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyomitsu Hamashima | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Makino | SS | 126 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroharu Okajima | SS | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroo Kawaguchi | SS | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshizumi Hino | SS | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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