1956 Hankyu Braves Statistics
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 88-64
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Masao Nishimura (88-64)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
1956 Hankyu Braves RosterTeam Record: 88-64
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Masao Nishimura (88-64)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1956 season with a record of 88 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.
The Braves scored 581 runs and gave up 459 runs. Kenichiro Okamoto recorded 75 runs batted in. Katsuki Tokura paced batters with significant playing time with a .293 average. Takao Kajimoto earned 28 wins on the mound for the team, while Hiroshi Taneda added 15 or more wins also Hiroshi Taneda registered a 1.56 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. 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 | 28 | 17 | .622 | 2.25 | 68 | 33 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 364.3 | 284 | 110 | 91 | 13 | 118 | 8 | 327 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1478 | |
| Hiroshi Taneda | 17 | 8 | .680 | 1.56 | 41 | 34 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 242.7 | 178 | 60 | 42 | 7 | 35 | 7 | 95 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 941 | |
| Hachiro Abe | 14 | 12 | .538 | 2.49 | 44 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 191.7 | 172 | 60 | 53 | 8 | 51 | 8 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 775 | |
| Eiji Shibata | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.52 | 44 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 192.7 | 177 | 67 | 54 | 8 | 31 | 6 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 768 | |
| Tetsuya Yoneda | 9 | 15 | .375 | 2.38 | 51 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 204.0 | 156 | 70 | 54 | 3 | 68 | 4 | 167 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 832 | |
| Koichi Harada | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.32 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 86.7 | 88 | 41 | 32 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 375 | |
| Yosuke Kanagu | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.66 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 136 | |
| Fumio Kura | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.23 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 152 | |
| Tadashi Arasuna | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | ||
| Kansuke Yamamoto | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | ||
| Yusaku Akimoto | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Sachio Suzuki | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.65 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 68 | |
| Totals | 88 | 64 | .579 | 2.38 | 324 | 154 | 108 | 46 | 17 | 0 | 1389.7 | 1152 | 459 | 367 | 42 | 367 | 37 | 872 | 25 | 4 | 12 | 5614 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katsuki Tokura | 143 | 552 | 499 | 69 | 146 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 72 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 56 | .293 | .337 | .417 | .754 | 208 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| Roberto Barbon | 152 | 671 | 590 | 94 | 141 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 55 | 23 | 61 | 77 | .239 | .314 | .341 | .655 | 201 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| Akiteru Kono | 144 | 581 | 508 | 68 | 137 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 70 | 85 | 29 | 48 | 70 | .270 | .336 | .360 | .697 | 183 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| Michio Fujii | 144 | 550 | 476 | 61 | 126 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 23 | 15 | 57 | 25 | .265 | .343 | .309 | .652 | 147 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| Kenichiro Okamoto | 150 | 596 | 526 | 62 | 126 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 75 | 10 | 7 | 59 | 52 | .240 | .312 | .337 | .649 | 177 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| Seizo Furukawa | 126 | 481 | 426 | 49 | 107 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 31 | 18 | 37 | 51 | .251 | .311 | .324 | .635 | 138 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| Kiyoshi Watanabe | 136 | 485 | 427 | 50 | 106 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 56 | 34 | 12 | 36 | 73 | .248 | .305 | .344 | .649 | 147 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 0 |
| Takeshi Yamashita | 125 | 367 | 304 | 29 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 44 | 90 | .191 | .293 | .276 | .569 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| Noboru Tsunemi | 115 | 273 | 239 | 24 | 52 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 49 | .218 | .296 | .293 | .589 | 70 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Takao Kajimoto | 72 | 153 | 139 | 8 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .245 | .274 | .266 | .540 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Takeyoshi Kiori | 84 | 180 | 167 | 12 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 23 | .186 | .226 | .240 | .466 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Takeshi Doigaki | 78 | 129 | 118 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .186 | .244 | .246 | .490 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Hiroshi Masuda | 108 | 118 | 104 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 18 | .192 | .257 | .231 | .487 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mamoru Tanaka | 90 | 75 | 69 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 | .232 | .284 | .275 | .559 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Taneda | 41 | 86 | 77 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .208 | .208 | .234 | .442 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Eiji Shibata | 44 | 65 | 56 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .161 | .190 | .196 | .386 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Tetsuya Yoneda | 51 | 61 | 56 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .161 | .230 | .304 | .533 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kozo Kawai | 24 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .229 | .250 | .314 | .564 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Masumi Isekawa | 46 | 53 | 46 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .174 | .200 | .283 | .483 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Hachiro Abe | 44 | 65 | 62 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .129 | .141 | .194 | .334 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Nonomura | 40 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .259 | .280 | .539 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Koichi Harada | 27 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .179 | .207 | .214 | .421 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Noboru Sakamoto | 43 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yutaka Okada | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yusaku Akimoto | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansuke Yamamoto | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tadashi Arasuna | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshihiko Hayami | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sachio Suzuki | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yosuke Kanagu | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshimi Katayama | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumio Kura | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .000 | .300 | .000 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koji Hamada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 2095 | 5689 | 5022 | 581 | 1194 | 170 | 55 | 43 | 518 | 277 | 127 | 456 | 727 | .238 | .302 | .319 | .621 | 1603 | 73 | 25 | 140 | 46 | 18 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenichiro Okamoto | 1B | 145 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Doigaki | 1B | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Kozo Kawai | 1B | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Mamoru Tanaka | 1B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Michio Fujii | 1B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Roberto Barbon | 2B | 145 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Masuda | 2B | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nonomura | 2B | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Ichiro Tanaka | 2B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshimi Katayama | 2B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroyoshi Kigoro | 2B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Michio Fujii | 3B | 142 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Masuda | 3B | 97 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nonomura | 3B | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Yamashita | C | 124 | .000 | |||||
| Takeyoshi Kiori | C | 72 | .000 | |||||
| Masumi Isekawa | C | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Okada | C | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuki Tokura | OF | 140 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyoshi Watanabe | OF | 133 | .000 | |||||
| Seizo Furukawa | OF | 122 | .000 | |||||
| Noboru Tsunemi | OF | 94 | .000 | |||||
| Mamoru Tanaka | OF | 79 | .000 | |||||
| Kenichiro Okamoto | OF | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Noboru Sakamoto | OF | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Kozo Kawai | OF | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshihiko Hayami | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Takao Kajimoto | P | 68 | .000 | |||||
| Tetsuya Yoneda | P | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Eiji Shibata | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Hachiro Abe | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Taneda | P | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Koichi Harada | P | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Fumio Kura | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Yosuke Kanagu | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Sachio Suzuki | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Yusaku Akimoto | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Kansuke Yamamoto | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Tadashi Arasuna | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Akiteru Kono | SS | 143 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nonomura | SS | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Roberto Barbon | SS | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroyoshi Kigoro | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1904 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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