1968 Hanshin Tigers Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 72-58
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Sadayoshi Fujimoto (72-58)
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium

1968 Hanshin Tigers Roster

The Hanshin Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1968 season with a record of 72 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Tigers gave up 419 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Hanshin plated 447 runs. Willie Kirkland walloped 37 home runs for the team and accounted for 89 RBI. Eiji Fujii led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .268. Yutaka Enatsu earned 25 wins on the mound for the squad, while Minoru Murayama added 15 or more victories also Yutaka Enatsu recorded a 2.13 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Willie Kirkland played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hanshin Tigers to do so.

Sadayoshi Fujimoto 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
Yutaka Enatsu	25	12	.676	2.13	49	37	12	26	8		329.0	200	83	78	29	97	2	401	4	2	1259
Minoru Murayama	15	8	.652	2.73	32	24	5	14	1		198.0	169	66	60	13	39	3	152	7	2	784
Gene Bacque	13	14	.481	2.19	34	31	2	19	3		255.3	205	87	62	18	49	3	142	8	6	1006
Minoru Kakimoto	8	7	.533	3.21	34	15	9	1	1		134.7	126	55	48	12	36	4	78	6	0	551
Masatoshi Gondo	5	4	.556	2.77	34	10	7	3	1		104.0	97	44	32	11	28	3	79	3	4	437
Tomoo Wako	3	7	.300	3.34	30	10	3	1	0		91.7	69	39	34	14	29	1	68	3	2	366
Kazuharu Abe	2	3	.400	2.93	20	3	11	0	0		43.0	40	15	14	3	10	0	23	1	0	176
Goji Hisano	1	2	.333	7.13	11	1	4	0	0		17.7	24	14	14	2	8	1	15	1	1	82
Mikio Ishitoko	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0		5.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	20
Toshiki Okuda	0	0		4.09	7	0	7	0	0		11.0	13	5	5	2	1	0	10	0	0	46
Kenji Furusawa	0	0		4.91	7	0	4	0	0		11.0	14	6	6	2	7	0	11	0	0	51
Yukio Ito	0	1	.000	5.00	8	1	5	0	0		9.0	6	5	5	0	4	0	4	0	0	37
Totals	72	58	.554	2.66	267	133	69	64	14	0	1209.3	968	419	358	106	308	17	987	33	17	4815

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
Goro Toi	133	549	507	47	133	26	2	13	68	1	2	34	86	.262	.309	.398	.707	202	11	2	2	4	2
Willie Kirkland	133	567	518	71	128	16	0	37	89	3	4	45	104	.247	.309	.492	.801	255	6	2	0	2	7
Taira Fujita	129	560	516	66	124	30	4	11	32	7	7	28	61	.240	.287	.378	.665	195	8	7	6	3	1
Eiji Fujii	113	417	377	29	101	24	4	4	40	3	3	27	20	.268	.315	.385	.699	145	10	2	4	7	3
Yoshio Yoshida	114	357	318	36	73	13	2	2	21	3	1	20	21	.230	.283	.302	.585	96	9	4	14	1	1
Akitoshi Kodama	108	339	306	34	65	8	1	5	25	5	0	26	43	.212	.275	.294	.570	90	11	1	5	1	2
Yasuhiko Tsuji	86	278	248	17	63	10	0	7	29	0	1	22	41	.254	.324	.379	.703	94	5	4	3	1	2
Junichi Ikeda	94	239	214	27	51	6	3	10	19	2	1	21	59	.238	.318	.435	.753	93	2	4	0	0	0
Toru Wada	88	236	218	19	48	3	1	8	18	2	1	10	57	.220	.265	.353	.618	77	8	4	2	2	0
Akio Saionji	95	246	200	27	47	5	1	5	19	2	3	38	39	.235	.360	.345	.705	69	5	2	4	2	1
Kingo Motoyashiki	111	268	246	20	47	7	1	3	12	2	1	19	37	.191	.249	.264	.513	65	9	0	3	0	2
Yoshinori Tsuji	78	236	208	21	41	9	1	10	29	1	3	24	43	.197	.286	.394	.681	82	3	2	2	0	5
Motoo Ando	39	104	93	12	19	5	0	2	6	1	0	6	12	.204	.267	.323	.590	30	3	2	3	0	0
Yutaka Enatsu	49	117	110	1	18	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	36	.164	.170	.173	.342	19	2	0	5	1	0
Minoru Murayama	32	74	65	3	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	5	23	.231	.286	.262	.547	17	1	0	4	0	0
Gene Bacque	34	94	90	4	15	2	2	0	8	0	0	1	34	.167	.176	.233	.409	21	1	0	3	0	0
Minoru Kakimoto	34	39	36	2	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	11	.222	.263	.278	.541	10	1	0	1	0	0
Takao Yamao	25	23	20	2	7	2	0	0	2	1	0	3	5	.350	.435	.450	.885	9	0	0	0	0	0
Masashi Eda	9	15	14	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.714	6	0	0	1	0	0
Koichi Nishimura	16	18	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.111	.111	.111	.222	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hakaru Kuwano	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuharu Abe	20	8	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.143	.250	.286	.536	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kozo Kawato	3	11	11	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.364	.455	4	0	0	0	0	0
Masanori Noda	39	23	22	5	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	11	.045	.045	.182	.227	4	1	0	1	0	0
Masatoshi Gondo	34	26	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.043	.083	.043	.127	1	1	0	2	0	0
Hidetaka Okura	8	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mikio Ishitoko	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goji Hisano	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tomoo Wako	30	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1669	4878	4419	447	1014	174	22	119	432	34	27	334	779	.229	.288	.360	.647	1589	98	36	65	24	26

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Goro Toi	1B	133					.000
Koichi Nishimura	1B	5					.000
Yoshinori Tsuji	1B	1					.000
Willie Kirkland	1B	1					.000
Kingo Motoyashiki	2B	102					.000
Yoshio Yoshida	2B	69					.000
Motoo Ando	2B	9					.000
Masashi Eda	2B	6					.000
Hidetaka Okura	2B	3					.000
Masanori Noda	2B	2					.000
Akitoshi Kodama	3B	88					.000
Taira Fujita	3B	78					.000
Hidetaka Okura	3B	2					.000
Masashi Eda	3B	2					.000
Akio Saionji	3B	1					.000
Yasuhiko Tsuji	C	81					.000
Yoshinori Tsuji	C	69					.000
Willie Kirkland	OF	133					.000
Eiji Fujii	OF	101					.000
Junichi Ikeda	OF	78					.000
Akio Saionji	OF	67					.000
Takao Yamao	OF	13					.000
Masanori Noda	OF	13					.000
Toru Wada	OF	2					.000
Koichi Nishimura	OF	2					.000
Hakaru Kuwano	OF	1					.000
Hideo Hirayama	OF	1					.000
Yutaka Enatsu	P	49					.000
Minoru Kakimoto	P	34					.000
Masatoshi Gondo	P	34					.000
Gene Bacque	P	34					.000
Minoru Murayama	P	32					.000
Tomoo Wako	P	30					.000
Kazuharu Abe	P	20					.000
Goji Hisano	P	11					.000
Yukio Ito	P	8					.000
Toshiki Okuda	P	7					.000
Kenji Furusawa	P	7					.000
Mikio Ishitoko	P	1					.000
Taira Fujita	SS	81					.000
Yoshio Yoshida	SS	65					.000
Motoo Ando	SS	24					.000
Kozo Kawato	SS	3					.000
Masanori Noda	SS	1					.000
Kingo Motoyashiki	SS	1					.000
Totals		1505	0	0	0	0	.000

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