1953 Hankyu Braves Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-52
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Shinji Hamasaki (67-52)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

1953 Hankyu Braves Roster

The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1953 season with a record of 67 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Braves plated 488 runs and surrendered 403 runs. John Britton drove in 60 runs. Larry Raines led all regular batters with a .286 average. Eiji Shibata topped the team with 17 wins, while Hachiro Abe recorded a 1.88 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

John Britton and Larry Raines both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Shinji Hamasaki 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
Eiji Shibata	17	13	.567	3.05	43	27	12	8	2		209.7	214	86	71	12	40		98	3	0	1	865
Hachiro Abe	11	4	.733	1.88	23	15	7	8	2		148.3	121	38	31	6	41		90	2	0	3	594
Yoshio Tenbo	11	8	.579	2.19	37	17	10	10	2		177.0	154	57	43	6	35		50	4	0	2	698
Heishichi Sato	4	4	.500	2.40	22	6	8	3	0		75.0	74	29	20	1	25		28	2	0	2	321
Zenzo Ikeda	4	9	.308	3.02	33	14	8	1	0		125.0	113	50	42	5	40		42	0	1	4	521
Koichi Harada	3	0	1.000	1.87	18	3	7	1	0		53.0	56	16	11	1	19		20	1	0	2	223
Kiichiro Miyazawa	2	0	1.000	1.52	5	0	3	0	0		23.7	17	6	4	1	7		8	0	0	1	93
Sachio Suzuki	1	2	.333	6.51	17	7	5	0	0		37.3	32	27	27	3	25		22	5	0	2	168
Kazuhiro Nagata	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.0	2	3	3	0	1		0	2	0	0	8
Makizo Ito	0	1	.000	5.40	3	1	2	0	0		10.0	11	7	6	1	1		9	0	0	0	43
Rentaro Imanishi	0	2	.000	3.60	7	1	6	0	0		20.0	19	8	8	2	9		4	1	0	1	85
Totals	67	52	.563	2.68	245	120	75	45	10	0	1100.7	997	403	328	47	337	0	513	20	2	23	4523

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
Larry Raines	120	549	503	92	144	21	16	8	49	61	18	41	53	.286	.342	.439	.782	221	8	2	3
Seizo Furukawa	120	495	460	67	131	20	7	6	56	33	9	20	42	.285	.320	.398	.718	183	13	4	11
John Britton	116	448	438	34	121	20	4	3	60	6	5	3	13	.276	.286	.361	.647	158	7	3	4
Kozo Kawai	116	454	416	55	112	18	5	4	36	32	7	28	16	.269	.318	.365	.684	152	2	2	8
Katsuki Tokura	113	437	409	52	110	21	7	8	54	13	1	21	38	.269	.311	.413	.724	169	13	4	3
Michio Fujii	114	367	339	35	95	12	3	3	35	16	6	21	22	.280	.322	.360	.682	122	10	0	7
Junji Nakatani	97	376	326	43	86	17	3	5	45	13	8	45	40	.264	.357	.380	.737	124	6	2	3
Masumi Isekawa	118	388	360	27	82	8	3	2	39	2	0	23	46	.228	.274	.283	.557	102	6	0	5
Natsuki Higashidani	97	213	192	18	45	6	2	1	13	2	3	20	28	.234	.310	.302	.612	58	6	1	0
Nariharu Sakazawa	83	185	158	13	41	2	0	0	17	3	5	21	10	.259	.346	.272	.619	43	6	0	6
Kuniyoshi Niidome	67	133	126	8	26	5	0	1	15	3	0	5	14	.206	.242	.270	.512	34	7	1	1
Hachiro Abe	23	54	51	4	17	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	.333	.346	.412	.758	21	1	1	2
Takeshi Yamashita	41	58	47	7	13	0	0	2	5	0	1	10	14	.277	.414	.404	.818	19	0	1	0
Eiji Shibata	43	74	66	7	8	2	1	0	5	0	0	3	9	.121	.159	.182	.341	12	1	0	5
Yoshio Tenbo	39	62	54	4	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	4	13	.130	.203	.185	.389	10	2	1	3
Zenzo Ikeda	33	40	35	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.171	.216	.200	.416	7	0	0	3
Heishichi Sato	22	25	21	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.238	.273	.333	.606	7	0	0	3
Koichi Harada	18	16	15	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.267	.312	.267	.579	4	1	0	0
Isamu Uchio	17	28	25	3	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.160	.250	.240	.490	6	2	0	0
Rentaro Imanishi	8	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0
Shigeru Yabe	15	16	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.143	.250	.143	.393	2	0	0	0
Kazuhito Arai	7	8	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.333	.708	2	0	0	0
Jiro Noguchi	8	7	7	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0
Kiichiro Miyazawa	7	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0
Sachio Suzuki	17	12	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	1	0	3
Hiroshi Nonomura	11	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
Makizo Ito	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals	1509	4547	4166	488	1074	163	51	44	441	184	63	282	414	.258	.308	.353	.661	1471	95	22	77	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Kozo Kawai	1B	109					.000
Kuniyoshi Niidome	1B	18					.000
Natsuki Higashidani	1B	3					.000
Jiro Noguchi	1B	2					.000
Junji Nakatani	1B	2					.000
Shigeru Yabe	1B	1					.000
Junji Nakatani	2B	84					.000
Nariharu Sakazawa	2B	69					.000
Isamu Uchio	2B	4					.000
Hiroshi Nonomura	2B	2					.000
John Britton	3B	111					.000
Junji Nakatani	3B	14					.000
Isamu Uchio	3B	11					.000
Hiroshi Nonomura	3B	1					.000
Masumi Isekawa	C	118					.000
Takeshi Yamashita	C	41					.000
Kazuhito Arai	C	6					.000
Seizo Furukawa	OF	120					.000
Katsuki Tokura	OF	113					.000
Michio Fujii	OF	106					.000
Natsuki Higashidani	OF	75					.000
Kuniyoshi Niidome	OF	18					.000
Shigeru Yabe	OF	2					.000
Eiji Shibata	P	43					.000
Yoshio Tenbo	P	37					.000
Zenzo Ikeda	P	33					.000
Hachiro Abe	P	23					.000
Heishichi Sato	P	22					.000
Koichi Harada	P	18					.000
Sachio Suzuki	P	17					.000
Rentaro Imanishi	P	7					.000
Kiichiro Miyazawa	P	5					.000
Makizo Ito	P	3					.000
Kazuhiro Nagata	P	1					.000
Larry Raines	SS	120					.000
Hiroshi Nonomura	SS	3					.000
Totals		1398	0	0	0	0	.000

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