1955 Hankyu Braves Statistics
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Masao Nishimura (80-60)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
1955 Hankyu Braves RosterTeam Record: 80-60
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Masao Nishimura (80-60)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1955 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Braves tallied 589 runs and allowed 462 runs. Katsuki Tokura accounted for 64 RBI and topped all regular batters with a .321 average. Takao Kajimoto led the team with 18 wins, while Hachiro Abe and Eiji Shibata added 15 or more victories as well Hiroshi Taneda registered a 2.19 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers. Masao Nishimura 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takao Kajimoto | 18 | 14 | .562 | 2.86 | 49 | 34 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 273.3 | 232 | 104 | 87 | 10 | 84 | 3 | 222 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1112 | |
| Eiji Shibata | 17 | 8 | .680 | 2.56 | 50 | 18 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 235.7 | 219 | 78 | 67 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 111 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 946 | |
| Hachiro Abe | 15 | 11 | .577 | 2.20 | 46 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 212.7 | 172 | 74 | 52 | 10 | 85 | 6 | 124 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 874 | |
| Alvin Spearman | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.54 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 138.0 | 115 | 46 | 39 | 3 | 54 | 3 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 567 | |
| Hiroshi Taneda | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.18 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 123.7 | 90 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 474 | |
| Koichi Harada | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.41 | 44 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 145.3 | 130 | 64 | 55 | 6 | 62 | 5 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 612 | |
| Yosuke Kanagu | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.93 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.3 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| Sachio Suzuki | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.31 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 42 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 199 | |
| Fumio Kura | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.48 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 121 | |
| Yoshio Tenbo | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.80 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 101 | |
| Kansuke Yamamoto | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Kosaku Takada | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Yasuyuki Tahara | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tokio Takato | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Yoshio Matsui | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Totals | 80 | 60 | .571 | 2.70 | 314 | 142 | 104 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 1282.0 | 1089 | 462 | 385 | 50 | 427 | 23 | 744 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 5236 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Barbon | 141 | 656 | 583 | 105 | 163 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 48 | 49 | 14 | 56 | 70 | .280 | .342 | .389 | .731 | 227 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| Katsuki Tokura | 139 | 531 | 480 | 62 | 154 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 21 | 8 | 37 | 51 | .321 | .364 | .452 | .816 | 217 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Kozo Kawai | 133 | 558 | 498 | 52 | 133 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 40 | 16 | 46 | 18 | .267 | .331 | .317 | .648 | 158 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Kiyoshi Watanabe | 132 | 473 | 413 | 63 | 125 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 54 | 33 | 18 | 33 | 60 | .303 | .356 | .424 | .780 | 175 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 |
| Akiteru Kono | 124 | 480 | 434 | 54 | 123 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 60 | 20 | 8 | 27 | 65 | .283 | .321 | .435 | .756 | 189 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| Michio Fujii | 130 | 508 | 437 | 58 | 122 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 20 | 6 | 51 | 31 | .279 | .356 | .343 | .699 | 150 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| Kenichiro Okamoto | 127 | 446 | 403 | 46 | 108 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 50 | .268 | .324 | .375 | .698 | 151 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Seizo Furukawa | 120 | 346 | 297 | 35 | 82 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 18 | 10 | 27 | 32 | .276 | .340 | .364 | .704 | 108 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| Takeyoshi Kiori | 79 | 186 | 174 | 18 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | .293 | .321 | .379 | .700 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Takeshi Yamashita | 94 | 250 | 220 | 21 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 45 | .209 | .283 | .327 | .610 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Masumi Isekawa | 53 | 138 | 121 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 19 | .240 | .295 | .372 | .667 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Takao Kajimoto | 57 | 114 | 102 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .216 | .298 | .265 | .563 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Nonomura | 77 | 126 | 117 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 26 | .179 | .218 | .239 | .457 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hachiro Abe | 46 | 79 | 74 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .243 | .250 | .284 | .534 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Eiji Shibata | 50 | 86 | 72 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .181 | .181 | .208 | .389 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Mamoru Tanaka | 63 | 41 | 39 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | .282 | .317 | .359 | .676 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuniyoshi Niidome | 50 | 64 | 61 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .180 | .190 | .230 | .420 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Koichi Harada | 44 | 48 | 45 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .222 | .239 | .333 | .572 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fujiya Nara | 38 | 43 | 42 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .214 | .214 | .286 | .500 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alvin Spearman | 31 | 49 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .182 | .217 | .182 | .399 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshimi Katayama | 21 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .212 | .270 | .242 | .513 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Taneda | 36 | 37 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .156 | .182 | .156 | .338 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yosuke Kanagu | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .556 | .889 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumio Kura | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .444 | .778 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sachio Suzuki | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noboru Sakamoto | 22 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .083 | .143 | .083 | .226 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kosaku Takada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ichiro Tanaka | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshio Tenbo | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kameji Kawagoe | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuji Kobayashi | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansuke Yamamoto | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasuyuki Tahara | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1882 | 5371 | 4782 | 589 | 1279 | 208 | 66 | 39 | 539 | 213 | 96 | 382 | 615 | .267 | .321 | .363 | .684 | 1736 | 68 | 20 | 141 | 46 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kozo Kawai | 1B | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Kenichiro Okamoto | 1B | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Fujiya Nara | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Roberto Barbon | 2B | 141 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nonomura | 2B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshimi Katayama | 2B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Michio Fujii | 3B | 128 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nonomura | 3B | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshimi Katayama | 3B | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Yuji Kobayashi | 3B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Ichiro Tanaka | 3B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Akiteru Kono | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Yamashita | C | 89 | .000 | |||||
| Takeyoshi Kiori | C | 53 | .000 | |||||
| Masumi Isekawa | C | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Kameji Kawagoe | C | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuki Tokura | OF | 133 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyoshi Watanabe | OF | 127 | .000 | |||||
| Seizo Furukawa | OF | 107 | .000 | |||||
| Kenichiro Okamoto | OF | 104 | .000 | |||||
| Mamoru Tanaka | OF | 52 | .000 | |||||
| Fujiya Nara | OF | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Noboru Sakamoto | OF | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Kuniyoshi Niidome | OF | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Eiji Shibata | P | 50 | .000 | |||||
| Takao Kajimoto | P | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Hachiro Abe | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Koichi Harada | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Taneda | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Alvin Spearman | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Sachio Suzuki | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Yosuke Kanagu | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshio Tenbo | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Fumio Kura | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Kosaku Takada | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Kansuke Yamamoto | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Tokio Takato | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuyuki Tahara | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshio Matsui | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Akiteru Kono | SS | 123 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nonomura | SS | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Ichiro Tanaka | SS | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Mamoru Tanaka | SS | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Yuji Kobayashi | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1703 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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