1973 Hanshin Tigers Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-59
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Masayasu Kaneda (64-59)
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium

1973 Hanshin Tigers Roster

The Hanshin Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1973 season with a record of 64 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Tigers led the league with just 404 runs allowed. Hanshin scored 433 runs. Koichi Tabuchi walloped 37 home runs for the team, and Taira Fujita added 15 or more, too. Koichi Tabuchi accounted for 90 RBI. Goro Toi topped all regular hitters by hitting .296. Yutaka Enatsu notched 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Jiro Ueda contributed 15 or more victories as well Jiro Ueda earned a 2.23 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

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

Masayasu Kaneda 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
Yutaka Enatsu	24	13	.649	2.58	53	39	12	18	7		307.0	258	95	88	23	82	6	215	4	0	4	1228
Jiro Ueda	22	14	.611	2.22	46	35	8	20	5		287.3	229	80	71	24	76	8	169	13	1	1	1159
Kenji Furusawa	9	9	.500	3.40	43	9	17	2	1		132.3	107	55	50	15	40	3	71	4	0	1	530
Tomohiro Tanimura	7	12	.368	2.72	41	24	9	6	3		185.0	176	61	56	13	44	11	80	5	0	0	757
Kiyotake Suzuki	2	2	.500	3.20	27	4	6	0	0		50.7	33	22	18	3	23	3	40	1	0	0	206
Kazuhiko Ikejima	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0		1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
Shigemasa Yamamoto	0	0		2.43	24	0	6	0	0		37.0	35	10	10	2	12	1	18	1	0	0	154
Seiichi Ogawa	0	0		3.00	7	0	1	0	0		12.0	11	5	4	1	3	0	9	0	0	0	50
Shuichi Kira	0	0		3.29	10	0	6	0	0		13.7	18	6	5	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	64
Kazutomo Ueki	0	0		9.64	3	1	1	0	0		4.7	5	5	5	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	22
Hideo Hirayama	0	0		11.57	7	0	1	0	0		7.0	12	11	9	2	8	1	5	0	0	0	40
Masatoshi Gondo	0	1	.000	3.30	25	3	8	0	0		30.0	20	11	11	2	13	0	12	1	0	1	121
Kazuyuki Yamamoto	0	1	.000	4.07	18	8	3	0	0		42.0	38	20	19	4	12	0	21	0	0	0	174
Yutaka Saotome	0	2	.000	6.00	4	1	1	0	0		9.0	12	6	6	1	4	0	8	0	0	0	42
Tomoo Wako	0	5	.000	2.65	25	5	5	0	0		54.3	52	17	16	8	9	1	21	0	0	0	214
Totals	64	59	.520	2.82	334	130	84	46	16	0	1173.0	1008	404	368	100	336	34	679	29	1	7	4766

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
Taira Fujita	130	569	519	73	146	27	2	17	59	8	2	36	53	.281	.329	.439	.768	228	6	2	10	2	5
Junichi Ikeda	120	475	441	43	114	23	1	11	52	3	3	30	76	.259	.307	.390	.697	172	8	1	2	1	4
Goro Toi	113	387	351	29	104	18	0	5	42	0	4	29	53	.296	.351	.390	.741	137	8	2	2	3	2
Koichi Tabuchi	119	499	398	77	102	6	0	37	90	0	2	85	69	.256	.393	.550	.943	219	16	9	0	7	24
Kazuaki Goto	117	416	378	22	92	7	1	9	33	0	4	23	55	.243	.291	.339	.629	128	5	3	10	2	1
Masanori Noda	109	371	325	29	72	13	0	3	13	4	3	20	51	.222	.277	.289	.566	94	8	5	21	0	0
Mitsuru Mochizuki	95	331	294	27	63	8	2	7	25	3	3	22	48	.214	.284	.327	.610	96	5	7	7	1	1
Willie Kirkland	98	280	252	23	61	5	0	14	38	0	0	24	55	.242	.309	.429	.738	108	7	1	2	1	4
Toru Wada	90	178	166	17	41	7	0	1	13	1	0	5	30	.247	.280	.307	.587	51	8	3	3	1	0
Eiji Fujii	44	162	133	21	39	3	0	5	10	1	1	27	21	.293	.410	.429	.839	57	1	0	1	1	3
Katsuhiro Nakamura	74	200	162	18	33	7	1	2	9	3	3	30	39	.204	.332	.296	.628	48	3	1	7	0	0
Kozo Kawato	77	164	151	14	32	3	2	0	7	9	2	6	20	.212	.245	.258	.504	39	5	1	5	1	0
Masaharu Sato	87	177	155	11	28	2	1	1	7	5	2	17	20	.181	.269	.226	.494	35	1	2	2	1	1
Yutaka Enatsu	53	108	98	5	13	2	0	2	6	0	0	5	31	.133	.175	.214	.389	21	1	0	5	0	0
Yasuhiko Tsuji	24	63	57	2	12	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	10	.211	.262	.281	.543	16	3	0	2	0	0
Jiro Ueda	46	108	91	1	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	35	.121	.129	.143	.272	13	0	0	15	1	0
Hidetaka Okura	34	67	55	3	8	0	0	0	3	1	3	6	11	.145	.266	.145	.411	8	4	3	3	0	1
Hakaru Kuwano	28	33	30	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.233	.303	.267	.570	8	2	0	0	0	0
Motoo Ando	36	54	50	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	4	18	.120	.185	.120	.305	6	1	0	0	0	2
Tomohiro Tanimura	41	58	54	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	.093	.109	.093	.202	5	1	0	3	0	0
Kenji Furusawa	43	37	33	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.091	.118	.091	.209	3	0	0	3	0	0
Kiyotake Suzuki	30	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kunihiro Fujita	15	17	16	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.125	.176	.250	.426	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tomoo Wako	25	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	0	0	0
Masaaki Suenaga	48	15	15	12	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	.067	.067	.067	.133	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuyuki Yamamoto	18	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masatoshi Gondo	25	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yutaka Saotome	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shigemasa Yamamoto	24	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1767	4809	4263	433	998	135	11	115	417	41	33	381	753	.234	.302	.352	.653	1500	93	40	103	22	48

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Goro Toi	1B	102					.000
Toru Wada	1B	59					.000
Motoo Ando	1B	7					.000
Koichi Tabuchi	1B	6					.000
Kiyotake Suzuki	1B	2					.000
Shuichi Kira	1B	1					.000
Kazuaki Goto	1B	1					.000
Masanori Noda	2B	102					.000
Katsuhiro Nakamura	2B	60					.000
Motoo Ando	2B	8					.000
Kazuaki Goto	3B	115					.000
Hidetaka Okura	3B	28					.000
Masanori Noda	3B	7					.000
Koichi Tabuchi	C	114					.000
Yasuhiko Tsuji	C	21					.000
Kunihiro Fujita	C	4					.000
Junichi Ikeda	OF	120					.000
Mitsuru Mochizuki	OF	92					.000
Masaharu Sato	OF	83					.000
Willie Kirkland	OF	80					.000
Kozo Kawato	OF	74					.000
Eiji Fujii	OF	39					.000
Hakaru Kuwano	OF	6					.000
Toru Wada	OF	5					.000
Koichi Tabuchi	OF	5					.000
Masaaki Suenaga	OF	5					.000
Masanori Noda	OF	1					.000
Yutaka Enatsu	P	53					.000
Jiro Ueda	P	46					.000
Kenji Furusawa	P	43					.000
Tomohiro Tanimura	P	41					.000
Kiyotake Suzuki	P	27					.000
Tomoo Wako	P	25					.000
Masatoshi Gondo	P	25					.000
Shigemasa Yamamoto	P	24					.000
Kazuyuki Yamamoto	P	18					.000
Shuichi Kira	P	10					.000
Seiichi Ogawa	P	7					.000
Hideo Hirayama	P	7					.000
Yutaka Saotome	P	4					.000
Kazutomo Ueki	P	3					.000
Kazuhiko Ikejima	P	1					.000
Taira Fujita	SS	130					.000
Totals		1611	0	0	0	0	.000

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