1956 Hiroshima Carp Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 45-82
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Katsumi Shiraishi (45-82)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park

1956 Hiroshima Carp Roster

The Hiroshima Carp of the Japan Central League ended the 1956 season with a record of 45 wins and 82 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.

The Carp scored 344 runs and allowed 491 runs, most in the circuit. Sachio Himoto led Hiroshima with 15 home runs Satoshi Hirayama accounted for 46 RBI. Makoto Kozuru paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .259. Ryohei Hasegawa topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.15 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Katsumi Shiraishi 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
Ryohei Hasegawa	22	22	.500	2.15	58	32	22	25	8		351.0	283	106	84	14	86	2	194	10	0	4	1392
Yoshio Bizen	13	22	.371	3.13	48	30	13	9	3		247.0	219	110	86	18	61	7	112	5	1	4	1006
Takakane Hashimoto	3	5	.375	3.20	43	12	8	1	0		143.3	140	61	51	14	25	1	60	2	0	1	577
Kenji Katada	3	6	.333	2.18	14	13	1	4	1		74.3	55	21	18	3	18	2	18	2	0	1	291
Noboru Matsuyama	2	7	.222	4.14	23	15	5	0	0		71.7	86	46	33	9	25	2	16	1	0	2	324
Tokuzo Kawamoto	1	4	.200	3.10	18	6	6	2	1		52.3	53	23	18	3	15	0	13	0	0	1	216
Kiyoshi Yamada	1	9	.100	3.97	38	13	11	1	1		115.7	117	62	51	8	41	2	34	2	0	2	488
Moritaka Sakakibara	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
Chitomi Takahashi	0	1	.000	4.41	16	2	8	0	0		34.7	47	19	17	4	10	1	6	0	0	1	152
Etsuo Sakaeya	0	1	.000	9.35	4	1	3	0	0		8.7	14	11	9	2	8	0	5	1	0	1	48
Shuhei Munechika	0	5	.000	3.71	25	6	10	0	0		60.7	50	32	25	3	27	0	43	2	0	0	257
Totals	45	82	.354	3.04	288	130	88	42	14	0	1160.3	1064	491	392	78	318	17	501	25	1	17	4756

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
Makoto Kozuru	122	482	428	48	111	12	0	11	43	16	4	48	60	.259	.334	.364	.699	156	4	1	3	2	5
Satoshi Hirayama	126	517	462	52	111	18	4	10	46	34	19	46	70	.240	.313	.361	.675	167	6	3	6	0	0
Sachio Himoto	105	385	352	44	85	13	4	15	43	7	5	21	99	.241	.291	.429	.720	151	3	4	7	1	0
Jiro Kanayama	108	436	402	24	82	8	2	0	15	18	17	20	47	.204	.242	.234	.476	94	4	2	7	5	0
Kyozo Kinoshita	111	363	325	29	79	10	4	2	16	9	6	28	35	.243	.309	.317	.626	103	1	3	7	0	0
Tomio Hiroka	95	309	271	20	58	11	1	5	15	5	4	19	46	.214	.277	.317	.594	86	5	5	13	1	1
Masakazu Kawahara	69	216	198	13	46	6	1	1	17	1	4	8	37	.232	.258	.288	.546	57	5	0	7	3	0
Masato Monzen	72	217	194	13	43	8	1	4	27	1	0	14	34	.222	.270	.335	.605	65	5	0	6	3	0
Eikichi Nagamochi	91	138	126	6	29	8	0	1	20	1	0	8	12	.230	.274	.317	.592	40	6	0	3	1	2
Kenshi Zenimura	77	175	163	11	29	1	1	1	8	5	2	9	11	.178	.221	.215	.436	35	3	0	3	0	0
Shinkichi Harada	73	186	177	11	29	9	3	4	14	1	2	4	43	.164	.180	.316	.497	56	3	0	3	2	0
Mitsuo Yoneyama	100	226	194	10	28	3	2	0	7	1	2	21	21	.144	.230	.180	.411	35	2	1	9	1	0
Kenichi Isoda	36	96	84	6	22	4	0	0	8	1	2	4	2	.262	.300	.310	.610	26	5	1	6	1	0
Ryohei Hasegawa	58	125	120	7	22	2	0	1	9	0	1	0	11	.183	.183	.225	.408	27	3	0	5	0	0
Kotaro Egawa	57	119	105	7	20	4	1	0	6	0	2	10	13	.190	.267	.248	.515	26	5	1	3	0	0
Masataka Tsuchiya	76	91	79	11	18	2	0	0	2	1	1	10	8	.228	.330	.253	.583	20	2	2	0	0	0
Junro Anan	34	90	87	6	17	4	1	1	5	0	1	2	11	.195	.222	.299	.521	26	2	1	0	0	0
Hiromu Fujii	23	83	71	8	16	1	1	4	10	0	0	7	18	.225	.309	.437	.745	31	3	2	2	1	0
Yoshio Bizen	48	82	77	4	12	2	1	0	3	0	0	3	25	.156	.188	.208	.395	16	2	0	2	0	0
Nobuo Kotani	30	46	45	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	.200	.200	.222	.422	10	1	0	1	0	0
Takakane Hashimoto	43	41	35	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	13	.143	.211	.143	.353	5	1	0	3	0	0
Tadashi Higaki	32	39	34	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	13	.118	.167	.118	.284	4	0	0	3	0	0
Noboru Matsuyama	24	25	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.125	.160	.125	.285	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kiyoshi Yamada	38	31	29	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.103	.103	.103	.207	3	1	0	2	0	0
Minoru Hasebe	4	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hirosato Nogami	16	13	11	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.182	.308	.182	.490	2	0	0	0	0	0
Katsumi Shiraishi	9	25	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.087	.160	.087	.247	2	1	0	0	0	1
Kenji Katada	14	25	25	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.080	.080	.120	.200	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chitomi Takahashi	16	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tokuzo Kawamoto	18	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	1	0	0
Etsuo Sakaeya	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shuhei Munechika	25	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1754	4625	4184	344	891	128	27	60	319	101	77	292	675	.213	.267	.299	.567	1253	73	26	102	21	9

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Makoto Kozuru	1B	102					.000
Hiromu Fujii	1B	22					.000
Tadashi Higaki	1B	10					.000
Katsumi Shiraishi	1B	7					.000
Jiro Kanayama	2B	104					.000
Tomio Hiroka	2B	29					.000
Kenichi Isoda	2B	4					.000
Mitsuo Yoneyama	2B	1					.000
Shinkichi Harada	3B	71					.000
Tomio Hiroka	3B	66					.000
Kenichi Isoda	3B	19					.000
Kotaro Egawa	3B	4					.000
Mitsuo Yoneyama	3B	2					.000
Satoshi Hirayama	3B	1					.000
Masakazu Kawahara	C	68					.000
Masato Monzen	C	60					.000
Nobuo Kotani	C	28					.000
Hirosato Nogami	C	9					.000
Minoru Hasebe	C	4					.000
Satoshi Hirayama	OF	124					.000
Sachio Himoto	OF	104					.000
Kyozo Kinoshita	OF	102					.000
Kenshi Zenimura	OF	62					.000
Eikichi Nagamochi	OF	22					.000
Makoto Kozuru	OF	19					.000
Masataka Tsuchiya	OF	12					.000
Tadashi Higaki	OF	3					.000
Ryohei Hasegawa	P	58					.000
Yoshio Bizen	P	48					.000
Takakane Hashimoto	P	43					.000
Kiyoshi Yamada	P	38					.000
Shuhei Munechika	P	25					.000
Noboru Matsuyama	P	23					.000
Tokuzo Kawamoto	P	18					.000
Chitomi Takahashi	P	16					.000
Kenji Katada	P	14					.000
Etsuo Sakaeya	P	4					.000
Moritaka Sakakibara	P	1					.000
Mitsuo Yoneyama	SS	97					.000
Kotaro Egawa	SS	51					.000
Junro Anan	SS	34					.000
Totals		1529	0	0	0	0	.000

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