1978 Hankyu Braves Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 82-39
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (0-0), Masao Nishimura (0-0)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

1978 Hankyu Braves Roster

The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1978 season with a record of 82 wins and 39 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Braves led the league with 700 runs, sparked by 176 home runs. Hankyu allowed 482 runs. Robert Marcano paced the team with 27 home runs, while Yasuhiro Takai, Kinji Shimatani, Koji Minoda, Hideji Kato and Bernie Williams each walloped 15 or more also. Robert Marcano accounted for 94 RBI. Yutaka Fukumoto topped all regular batters with a .325 average. Hisashi Yamada paced the squad with 18 wins, and Yutaro Imai recorded a 2.39 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Bernie Williams played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hankyu Braves to do so.

Toshiharu Ueda and 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	WP	BF
Hisashi Yamada	18	4	.818	2.66	35	25	9	20	1	4	219.7	188	79	65	23	40	1	117	11	1	889
Yutaro Imai	13	4	.765	2.39	34	19	7	12	2	1	188.7	165	67	50	15	49	0	122	6	0	766
Takashi Yamaguchi	13	4	.765	2.79	42	2	35	1	0	14	122.7	90	43	38	11	60	1	95	7	6	519
Yoshinori Sato	13	8	.619	3.62	33	26	5	12	3	1	194.0	176	88	78	22	73	1	114	6	3	814
Mitsuo Inaba	10	5	.667	2.91	25	23	0	7	3	0	164.0	159	62	53	17	51	2	74	3	2	679
Hiroyuki Miura	4	1	.800	3.48	8	5	1	0	0	0	33.7	32	20	13	5	12	0	21	1	0	145
Norietsu Saegusa	4	2	.667	3.32	24	2	10	1	0	0	78.7	81	32	29	8	15	1	26	3	1	322
Mitsuhiro Adachi	4	6	.400	4.20	15	14	1	3	0	1	85.7	101	47	40	13	12	3	23	6	0	371
Shizuo Shiraishi	3	5	.375	5.01	14	13	0	2	0	0	59.3	70	38	33	9	30	0	29	1	0	275
Koji Yamashita	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Shoji Matsumoto	0	0		4.15	6	1	3	0	0	0	13.0	13	6	6	1	8	0	5	0	0	59
Totals	82	39	.678	3.14	237	130	72	58	9	21	1160.3	1075	482	405	124	350	9	626	44	13	4842

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
Yutaka Fukumoto	130	595	526	107	171	35	10	8	34	70	21	60	65	.325	.399	.475	.874	250	4	5	3	1	4
Robert Marcano	126	517	488	78	157	28	7	27	94	9	6	14	38	.322	.346	.574	.920	280	9	7	3	5	0
Koji Minoda	125	488	423	85	130	19	6	17	65	61	19	37	37	.307	.371	.501	.872	212	2	8	16	4	0
Kinji Shimatani	123	490	436	66	130	16	1	22	76	5	2	37	44	.298	.363	.491	.854	214	17	10	2	5	2
Bernie Williams	117	448	403	64	119	16	2	18	66	11	10	31	69	.295	.351	.479	.830	193	2	7	1	6	4
Yasuhiro Takai	116	424	377	47	114	13	1	22	77	1	1	33	45	.302	.356	.517	.873	195	10	2	5	7	4
Hideji Kato	120	500	427	65	109	16	4	24	86	7	3	55	80	.255	.344	.480	.824	205	6	8	0	10	6
Shinji Nakazawa	118	353	306	33	73	11	0	7	40	1	6	33	48	.239	.314	.343	.657	105	7	2	9	3	0
Yutaka Ohashi	106	254	220	31	48	10	0	6	23	12	3	14	44	.218	.276	.345	.622	76	2	4	15	1	2
Tadayoshi Okuma	76	205	182	15	42	6	0	1	15	2	0	9	18	.231	.276	.280	.556	51	5	3	9	2	0
Kenichiro Kawamura	70	156	145	19	41	6	2	9	32	0	0	9	14	.283	.321	.538	.858	78	4	0	0	2	1
Osamu Inoue	76	116	101	31	29	8	0	5	11	6	5	11	20	.287	.363	.515	.878	52	3	1	3	0	0
Atsushi Nagaike	55	120	104	10	27	1	0	5	21	0	0	14	13	.260	.342	.413	.755	43	3	0	0	2	0
Toshiyuki Yoshizawa	91	103	98	21	26	2	0	4	17	10	5	3	15	.265	.301	.408	.709	40	1	2	0	0	0
Eiji Fujii	35	48	45	1	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	2	.178	.191	.222	.414	10	0	0	1	1	1
Tsutomu Watanabe	2	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jiro Hirabayashi	48	18	15	10	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	3	2	0	0	0	0
Teruyuki Uno	25	24	21	2	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	3	.143	.250	.381	.631	8	0	0	0	0	0
Masato Osumi	87	28	26	5	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	.115	.179	.192	.371	5	0	0	0	0	0
Shinya Kobayashi	19	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shinji Sasamoto	37	21	19	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	.053	.143	.053	.195	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hisashi Yamada	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1737	4921	4375	700	1239	192	34	176	667	199	85	371	563	.283	.344	.463	.807	2027	77	59	67	49	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hideji Kato	1B	106					.000
Masato Osumi	1B	81					.000
Yasuhiro Takai	1B	27					.000
Tadayoshi Okuma	1B	3					.000
Robert Marcano	2B	125					.000
Osamu Inoue	2B	13					.000
Jiro Hirabayashi	2B	6					.000
Tsutomu Watanabe	2B	1					.000
Kinji Shimatani	3B	119					.000
Toshiyuki Yoshizawa	3B	18					.000
Jiro Hirabayashi	3B	18					.000
Osamu Inoue	3B	13					.000
Tadayoshi Okuma	3B	3					.000
Koji Minoda	3B	3					.000
Shinji Nakazawa	C	117					.000
Kenichiro Kawamura	C	29					.000
Teruyuki Uno	C	25					.000
Shinji Sasamoto	C	24					.000
Yutaka Fukumoto	OF	129					.000
Koji Minoda	OF	119					.000
Bernie Williams	OF	117					.000
Tadayoshi Okuma	OF	51					.000
Shinya Kobayashi	OF	10					.000
Masato Osumi	OF	3					.000
Eiji Fujii	OF	3					.000
Shinji Sasamoto	OF	1					.000
Takashi Yamaguchi	P	42					.000
Hisashi Yamada	P	35					.000
Yutaro Imai	P	34					.000
Yoshinori Sato	P	33					.000
Mitsuo Inaba	P	25					.000
Norietsu Saegusa	P	24					.000
Mitsuhiro Adachi	P	15					.000
Shizuo Shiraishi	P	14					.000
Hiroyuki Miura	P	8					.000
Shoji Matsumoto	P	6					.000
Koji Yamashita	P	1					.000
Yutaka Ohashi	SS	105					.000
Toshiyuki Yoshizawa	SS	59					.000
Osamu Inoue	SS	31					.000
Jiro Hirabayashi	SS	7					.000
Masaharu Fujimoto	SS	5					.000
Koji Minoda	SS	1					.000
Totals		1609	0	0	0	0	.000

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