1959 Chunichi Dragons Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-61
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Sugishita (64-61)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Stadium

1959 Chunichi Dragons Roster

The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 1959 season with a record of 64 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.

The Dragons plated 477 runs and conceded 428 runs. Toru Mori walloped 31 home runs for Chunichi, while Toshio Naka and Shinichi Eto swatted 15 or more as well. Toru Mori recorded 87 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .282. Yasushi Kodama led the squad with 20 wins, plus Tsutomu Ina, too added 15 or more wins, too Yasushi Kodama registered a 2.07 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers. Shigeru Sugishita 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
Yasushi Kodama	20	11	.645	2.07	45	35	8	15	8		256.7	190	70	59	19	106	4	189	1	0	4	1061
Tsutomu Ina	16	14	.533	2.53	57	23	26	8	2		267.0	220	96	75	19	97	4	158	9	0	6	1111
Toshitake Nakayama	9	20	.310	2.72	48	24	14	6	1		218.7	179	80	66	16	74	9	145	1	0	1	889
Hiroomi Oyane	5	1	.833	3.03	12	11	0	1	0		62.3	66	27	21	3	16	0	31	1	1	0	273
Mamoru Hiroshima	4	4	.500	3.12	33	10	6	1	0		86.7	92	34	30	5	24	2	36	2	0	1	367
Eiji Bando	4	4	.500	3.15	33	12	9	1	1		97.0	89	37	34	6	29	0	69	4	0	3	411
Yasuhiko Kawamura	4	7	.364	3.57	39	9	17	2	0		98.3	90	42	39	8	24	1	66	3	0	3	405
Katsuhiko Ishikawa	2	0	1.000	4.12	22	5	5	0	0		39.3	42	20	18	2	10	0	15	3	0	2	167
Hideaki Narita	0	0		2.75	10	1	5	0	0		19.7	15	6	6	3	4	0	7	1	0	0	76
Midori Ishikawa	0	0		3.72	6	0	2	0	0		9.7	14	8	4	0	4	0	6	0	0	1	47
Yoshiharu Uranishi	0	0		6.35	7	0	4	0	0		5.7	2	5	4	0	8	0	2	2	0	0	27
Totaro Tahara	0	0		7.71	1	0	0	0	0		2.3	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	11
Totals	64	61	.512	2.77	313	130	96	34	12	0	1163.3	1002	428	358	83	397	20	724	27	1	21	4845

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
Shinichi Eto	130	529	495	52	139	19	3	15	84	13	12	27	58	.281	.319	.422	.742	209	9	3	0	4	5
Toru Mori	130	536	486	66	137	27	5	31	87	9	6	37	77	.282	.332	.549	.881	267	12	4	0	9	5
Hiroharu Okajima	128	546	452	72	110	17	2	12	31	41	25	79	96	.243	.362	.369	.731	167	7	6	7	2	0
Itsuro Honda	121	443	416	44	108	18	7	1	37	19	10	21	21	.260	.296	.344	.640	143	5	1	4	1	1
Masuho Maeda	121	461	424	38	101	12	1	8	34	5	10	28	49	.238	.286	.328	.614	139	5	2	3	4	1
Noboru Inoue	113	464	418	49	95	13	0	8	40	16	4	35	47	.227	.289	.316	.605	132	12	2	7	2	1
Toshio Naka	75	308	267	54	71	12	1	15	38	10	9	29	23	.266	.341	.487	.828	130	1	2	9	1	1
Takeo Yoshizawa	114	331	304	23	52	7	0	4	26	1	5	17	50	.171	.218	.234	.452	71	7	2	6	2	1
Fumitaka Ota	81	226	206	24	47	9	2	6	25	6	5	18	40	.228	.293	.379	.672	78	2	1	1	0	0
Hideaki Homoto	67	105	101	9	27	1	2	2	9	0	2	3	15	.267	.286	.376	.662	38	1	0	0	1	0
Yoshimatsu Yokochi	64	121	115	9	23	8	1	0	4	3	0	4	30	.200	.227	.287	.514	33	3	0	2	0	0
Tsutomu Ina	57	98	92	7	21	7	1	1	7	0	0	4	33	.228	.260	.359	.619	33	1	0	2	0	0
Masahiro Yokoyama	51	87	81	4	18	2	0	1	3	3	0	3	10	.222	.259	.284	.543	23	4	1	2	0	0
Toshiaki Sakai	47	93	87	7	15	2	0	1	3	1	1	4	11	.172	.217	.230	.447	20	2	1	1	0	0
Yasushi Kodama	45	88	77	5	14	1	0	0	4	2	0	6	25	.182	.241	.195	.436	15	2	0	5	0	0
Toshitake Nakayama	48	64	56	4	10	1	0	0	2	1	0	5	13	.179	.246	.196	.442	11	0	0	3	0	0
Tatsuhiko Ito	12	16	16	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.312	.312	.375	.688	6	0	0	0	0	0
Eiji Bando	33	28	24	3	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	7	.208	.269	.333	.603	8	0	0	2	0	0
Mitsuo Imazu	32	34	34	4	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	8	.147	.147	.235	.382	8	0	0	0	0	0
Toshihiko Uchikoshi	17	18	17	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	5	.235	.278	.412	.690	7	0	0	0	0	0
Mamoru Hiroshima	34	21	19	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.211	.211	.316	.526	6	0	0	2	0	0
Hiroomi Oyane	12	23	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	2	1	0	3	0	0
Keinosuke Kawasaki	26	24	22	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.091	.167	.136	.303	3	0	1	0	0	0
Katsuhiko Ishikawa	22	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shinichi Shikita	8	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.100	.250	.100	.350	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuhiko Kawamura	41	22	19	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.053	.100	.105	.205	2	0	0	2	0	0
Midori Ishikawa	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroo Kataoka	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiharu Uranishi	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totaro Tahara	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeo Ogawa	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	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
Hideyuki Kobayashi	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeru Makino	19	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	0	0	1	0	0
Hideaki Narita	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshifumi Suzuki	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000			0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	1687	4733	4288	477	1018	163	27	106	443	131	90	330	664	.237	.294	.362	.656	1553	74	26	62	27	15

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Shinichi Eto	1B	125					.000
Noboru Inoue	1B	20					.000
Itsuro Honda	1B	10					.000
Toshihiko Uchikoshi	1B	2					.000
Keinosuke Kawasaki	1B	2					.000
Toshiaki Sakai	1B	1					.000
Noboru Inoue	2B	105					.000
Yoshimatsu Yokochi	2B	42					.000
Shigeru Makino	2B	10					.000
Mitsuo Imazu	2B	4					.000
Hiroharu Okajima	3B	126					.000
Yoshimatsu Yokochi	3B	8					.000
Masuho Maeda	3B	5					.000
Tatsuhiko Ito	3B	2					.000
Shigeru Makino	3B	1					.000
Mitsuo Imazu	3B	1					.000
Takeo Yoshizawa	C	113					.000
Toshiaki Sakai	C	33					.000
Shinichi Eto	C	18					.000
Shinichi Shikita	C	8					.000
Hiroo Kataoka	C	3					.000
Mitsuo Imazu	C	1					.000
Toru Mori	OF	130					.000
Itsuro Honda	OF	112					.000
Toshio Naka	OF	75					.000
Fumitaka Ota	OF	74					.000
Masahiro Yokoyama	OF	27					.000
Hideaki Homoto	OF	26					.000
Noboru Inoue	OF	3					.000
Toshihiko Uchikoshi	OF	2					.000
Hisanobu Mizutani	OF	2					.000
Yasuhiko Kawamura	OF	2					.000
Shigeru Makino	OF	1					.000
Masuho Maeda	OF	1					.000
Mamoru Hiroshima	OF	1					.000
Tsutomu Ina	P	57					.000
Toshitake Nakayama	P	48					.000
Yasushi Kodama	P	45					.000
Yasuhiko Kawamura	P	39					.000
Mamoru Hiroshima	P	33					.000
Eiji Bando	P	33					.000
Katsuhiko Ishikawa	P	22					.000
Hiroomi Oyane	P	12					.000
Hideaki Narita	P	10					.000
Yoshiharu Uranishi	P	7					.000
Midori Ishikawa	P	6					.000
Totaro Tahara	P	1					.000
Masuho Maeda	SS	120					.000
Mitsuo Imazu	SS	24					.000
Shigeo Ogawa	SS	5					.000
Tatsuhiko Ito	SS	3					.000
Hiroharu Okajima	SS	2					.000
Shigeru Makino	SS	2					.000
Yoshimatsu Yokochi	SS	1					.000
Totals		1566	0	0	0	0	.000

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