1966 Chunichi Dragons Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 76-54
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Michio Nishizawa (76-54)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Stadium

1966 Chunichi Dragons Roster

The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 1966 season with a record of 76 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Dragons scored 521 runs and allowed 400 runs. Shinichi Eto led Chunichi with 26 home runs, while Toshio Naka and Morimichi Takagi walloped 15 or more, too. Shinichi Eto drove in 91 runs. Toshio Naka paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .322. Kentaro Ogawa topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.19 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Jay Ward and Gene Stephens both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Michio Nishizawa 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
Kentaro Ogawa	17	11	.607	2.19	45	32	8	12	5		234.0	183	71	57	15	47	8	141	8	0	2	917
Tatsumi Yamanaka	14	12	.538	2.44	34	31	0	9	1		217.7	191	71	59	19	64	3	106	2	0	1	892
Eiji Bando	13	5	.722	2.57	60	1	40	0	0		133.0	103	44	38	14	30	7	91	1	0	5	520
Hisanobu Mizutani	10	7	.588	2.62	38	31	4	4	2		189.0	172	61	55	14	48	3	93	4	1	0	767
Yasuhiko Kawamura	10	7	.588	3.19	39	22	5	6	0		158.0	134	63	56	14	53	4	88	4	0	2	641
Fujio Kitakado	6	3	.667	1.16	22	1	12	0	0		54.3	34	9	7	1	22	4	32	4	0	1	220
Kimihiro Sato	3	4	.429	2.39	42	4	11	2	1		86.7	56	28	23	3	26	2	30	2	1	1	333
Mitsuro Kondo	2	2	.500	2.65	29	6	4	3	0		51.0	40	18	15	8	14	1	22	1	0	0	205
Nobuyuki Kadooka	1	2	.333	3.56	14	4	2	0	0		30.3	31	20	12	2	9	2	18	0	1	1	131
Shinobu Matsumoto	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0		0.7	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Masahiko Makita	0	0		0.00	4	0	2	0	0		3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12
Yozaburo Chihara	0	0		3.18	8	0	4	0	0		5.7	5	2	2	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	30
Eiji Takaoka	0	0		7.71	3	0	2	0	0		2.3	3	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	11
Takamori Toyonaga	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0		1.3	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8
Michio Mizutani	0	1	.000	3.07	7	0	2	0	0		14.7	13	9	5	3	3	0	6	1	0	0	62
Totals	76	54	.585	2.54	347	132	96	36	9	0	1181.7	971	400	333	94	327	35	639	27	3	13	4753

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
Toshio Naka	122	523	475	79	153	23	3	18	47	22	7	39	27	.322	.372	.497	.869	236	2	1	4	4	6
Morimichi Takagi	113	491	457	82	140	18	5	17	59	20	9	21	37	.306	.337	.479	.816	219	9	2	7	4	1
Shinichi Eto	102	413	364	51	117	16	1	26	91	1	1	43	30	.321	.397	.585	.982	213	9	4	0	2	15
Takao Katsuragi	123	411	391	43	107	21	1	8	54	2	3	13	24	.274	.299	.394	.693	154	7	2	3	2	2
Isao Hirono	100	395	365	45	101	18	3	13	57	3	1	25	75	.277	.327	.449	.777	164	2	3	1	1	3
Shuhei Ichieda	119	419	378	36	100	13	4	7	30	4	6	29	53	.265	.320	.376	.695	142	4	2	9	1	0
Tatsuhiko Kimata	126	424	387	29	96	19	1	9	41	1	2	26	52	.248	.301	.372	.674	144	8	4	6	1	6
Jay Ward	104	374	344	41	82	19	2	14	41	8	4	25	52	.238	.293	.427	.720	147	5	2	2	1	0
Gene Stephens	109	254	232	25	52	10	0	5	29	3	3	16	27	.224	.275	.332	.607	77	4	1	3	2	1
Hiroshi Gondo	54	198	179	17	32	7	1	1	7	2	5	12	28	.179	.237	.246	.483	44	0	2	4	1	0
Ikuo Shimano	104	141	126	16	30	2	1	1	10	7	4	7	13	.238	.287	.294	.580	37	0	2	5	1	0
Hideaki Homoto	81	109	97	4	25	1	0	0	7	0	0	9	6	.258	.318	.268	.586	26	4	0	2	1	1
Tatsuhiko Ito	84	149	138	11	21	2	0	2	6	0	1	5	13	.152	.179	.210	.389	29	3	0	4	2	0
Tatsumi Yamanaka	34	79	69	4	9	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	16	.130	.167	.159	.326	11	0	0	7	0	0
Eiji Bando	60	32	28	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.286	.333	.321	.655	9	0	0	2	0	0
Yozaburo Chihara	36	46	44	3	8	2	1	0	3	1	2	2	10	.182	.217	.273	.490	12	0	0	0	0	0
Hisanobu Mizutani	38	61	58	3	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	.138	.138	.172	.310	10	1	0	3	0	0
Hiroshi Shintaku	37	48	45	2	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	9	.156	.191	.156	.347	7	3	1	1	0	0
Kentaro Ogawa	45	86	78	3	7	1	0	0	4	0	1	3	32	.090	.122	.103	.225	8	1	0	4	1	0
Yasuhiko Kawamura	39	49	43	3	6	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	.140	.159	.233	.392	10	0	0	5	0	0
Susumu Aikawa	7	15	15	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	3	.200	.200	.400	.600	6	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshikazu Hamanaka	78	13	13	15	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	2	.154	.154	.154	.308	2	0	0	0	0	0
Fujio Kitakado	22	14	13	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.154	.154	.308	.462	4	0	0	1	0	0
Yukio Shimada	17	18	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.133	.176	.133	.310	2	0	1	1	1	0
Yoshimitsu Okano	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nobuyuki Kadooka	14	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Koji Sasaki	11	9	9	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.444	.556	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mitsuro Kondo	29	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	2	0	0
Jun Takenaka	35	14	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kimihiro Sato	42	19	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.056	.056	.056	.111	1	1	0	1	0	0
Michio Mizutani	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Hishikawa	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tokio Takagi	10	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Takeuchi	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takuro Sano	9	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1918	4847	4435	521	1124	177	26	123	497	80	55	283	567	.253	.301	.388	.689	1722	64	27	77	25	35

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Isao Hirono	1B	91					.000
Shinichi Eto	1B	31					.000
Yozaburo Chihara	1B	18					.000
Tatsuhiko Ito	1B	10					.000
Jun Takenaka	1B	2					.000
Yukio Shimada	1B	2					.000
Katsuharu Noguchi	1B	2					.000
Kazumi Takagi	1B	1					.000
Morimichi Takagi	2B	113					.000
Shuhei Ichieda	2B	12					.000
Yoshikazu Hamanaka	2B	8					.000
Jay Ward	2B	7					.000
Susumu Aikawa	2B	5					.000
Jay Ward	3B	94					.000
Tatsuhiko Ito	3B	42					.000
Hiroshi Gondo	3B	21					.000
Shuhei Ichieda	3B	13					.000
Masahiko Makita	3B	1					.000
Tatsuhiko Kimata	C	126					.000
Hiroshi Shintaku	C	36					.000
Tokio Takagi	C	2					.000
Yoshimitsu Okano	C	1					.000
Toshio Naka	OF	120					.000
Takao Katsuragi	OF	108					.000
Ikuo Shimano	OF	91					.000
Gene Stephens	OF	83					.000
Shinichi Eto	OF	76					.000
Hideaki Homoto	OF	17					.000
Nobuyuki Kadooka	OF	14					.000
Tatsuhiko Ito	OF	11					.000
Koji Sasaki	OF	6					.000
Kazumi Takagi	OF	2					.000
Akira Hishikawa	OF	2					.000
Katsuharu Noguchi	OF	1					.000
Michio Mizutani	OF	1					.000
Eiji Bando	P	60					.000
Kentaro Ogawa	P	45					.000
Kimihiro Sato	P	42					.000
Yasuhiko Kawamura	P	39					.000
Hisanobu Mizutani	P	38					.000
Tatsumi Yamanaka	P	34					.000
Mitsuro Kondo	P	29					.000
Fujio Kitakado	P	22					.000
Nobuyuki Kadooka	P	14					.000
Yozaburo Chihara	P	8					.000
Michio Mizutani	P	7					.000
Masahiko Makita	P	4					.000
Eiji Takaoka	P	3					.000
Takamori Toyonaga	P	1					.000
Shinobu Matsumoto	P	1					.000
Shuhei Ichieda	SS	97					.000
Hiroshi Gondo	SS	44					.000
Yoshikazu Hamanaka	SS	35					.000
Jun Takenaka	SS	22					.000
Jay Ward	SS	1					.000
Tatsuhiko Ito	SS	1					.000
Totals		1717	0	0	0	0	.000

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