1997 Hanshin Tigers Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 62-73
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Yoshio Yoshida (62-73)
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium

1997 Hanshin Tigers Roster

The Hanshin Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1997 season with a record of 62 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.

The Tigers scored 504 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 575 runs. Shinjiro Hiyama led Hanshin with 23 home runs, while Katsuhiro Hiratsuka and Tsuyoshi Shinjo walloped 15 or more as well. Shinjiro Hiyama accounted for 82 RBI. Yutaka Wada paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .300. Keiichi Yabu and Toshiro Yufune topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Masaya Takeuchi registered a 3.02 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1997 Hanshin Tigers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Darnell Coles, Mike Greenwell, Phil Hiatt, Bob Macdonald, Tsuyoshi Shinjo and Keiichi Yabu.

Yoshio Yoshida 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
Toshiro Yufune	10	6	.625	3.56	27	21	2	3	1	0	136.7	152	60	54	14	53	2	76	3	0	5	590
Keiichi Yabu	10	12	.455	3.59	29	26	0	4	1	0	183.0	172	79	73	23	62	6	111	10	0	9	768
Atsunori Ito	8	5	.615	2.67	60	0	16	0	0	8	77.7	50	24	23	5	32	7	51	3	2	2	308
Masaya Takeuchi	8	6	.571	3.01	38	19	6	2	0	0	140.3	126	60	47	9	60	5	75	8	0	6	600
Shin Nakagomi	7	7	.500	3.09	23	20	1	1	0	0	110.7	104	48	38	8	38	4	60	2	1	2	467
Minoru Kasai	6	3	.667	1.51	44	0	21	0	0	10	59.7	50	16	10	3	25	7	36	1	1	2	249
Tetsuro Kawajiri	5	14	.263	3.92	32	20	4	2	2	2	124.0	146	59	54	10	38	2	89	7	1	1	543
Tatsuhiro Yuminaga	4	0	1.000	4.37	59	0	11	0	0	0	55.7	67	32	27	7	28	7	40	1	0	4	257
Kazuharu Yamazaki	2	2	.500	4.79	45	3	12	0	0	1	73.3	75	45	39	9	37	6	39	3	0	3	326
Katsuyuki Furumizo	1	7	.125	4.84	35	10	6	1	0	1	74.3	87	42	40	6	33	5	51	0	1	0	332
Satoshi Funaki	1	8	.111	4.84	24	17	4	0	0	0	87.3	104	53	47	10	36	1	75	1	1	0	393
Takao Inoue	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7
Seiichi Murakami	0	0		3.07	10	0	5	0	0	0	14.7	13	5	5	2	4	0	16	0	0	1	60
Kiyotoshi Katase	0	0		3.46	13	0	3	0	0	0	13.0	18	10	5	1	9	2	11	2	0	2	66
Hiroki Yamamura	0	0		4.82	5	0	2	0	0	0	9.3	11	5	5	0	5	1	7	0	0	1	43
Tadahiro Hoshiyama	0	0		11.57	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.3	1	3	3	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	12
Masayuki Yano	0	0		14.73	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.7	9	6	6	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	23
Mitsujiro Sakai	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
Susumu Mikoshiba	0	0		20.25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	2	3	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7
Bob Macdonald	0	1	.000	7.36	9	0	1	0	0	0	7.3	7	6	6	2	4	0	9	0	0	0	32
Tsutomu Tamura	0	2	.000	2.86	50	0	18	0	0	9	34.7	33	13	11	3	12	4	33	0	0	0	147
Totals	62	73	.459	3.71	520	136	123	13	4	31	1216.7	1235	575	501	114	489	59	787	42	7	39	5259

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
Katsuhiro Hiratsuka	135	538	484	51	142	22	0	17	68	0	1	50	81	.293	.361	.444	.805	215	18	2	0	2	2
Yutaka Wada	96	423	390	51	117	17	5	2	26	2	0	25	44	.300	.346	.385	.731	150	4	4	1	3	1
Tsuyoshi Shinjo	136	539	482	62	112	17	3	20	68	8	4	44	120	.232	.306	.405	.711	195	7	9	0	4	0
Shinjiro Hiyama	136	544	466	68	106	13	5	23	82	2	2	68	150	.227	.333	.425	.758	198	4	7	0	3	4
Teruyoshi Kuji	126	479	393	55	101	11	2	3	20	8	7	44	42	.257	.341	.318	.659	125	8	7	33	2	1
Koichi Sekikawa	95	285	245	28	75	12	2	5	26	3	4	34	39	.306	.392	.433	.825	106	4	2	2	2	8
Osamu Hoshino	117	326	298	24	75	20	3	2	23	5	3	20	70	.252	.305	.359	.664	107	2	3	5	0	0
Makoto Imaoka	98	279	252	18	63	11	1	2	20	1	0	11	48	.250	.289	.325	.615	82	3	3	13	0	0
Katsuhiko Yamada	92	238	214	14	56	16	0	4	21	0	0	17	37	.262	.319	.393	.711	84	7	1	6	0	2
Darnell Coles	63	246	231	28	56	16	0	7	28	0	0	13	40	.242	.285	.403	.687	93	14	1	0	1	0
Hiroshi Yagi	94	220	189	26	52	8	2	4	30	0	1	30	45	.275	.373	.402	.775	76	5	0	0	1	1
Phil Hiatt	67	235	206	26	42	7	3	11	30	3	1	27	64	.204	.302	.427	.729	88	3	2	0	0	2
Hiroshi Yoshida	82	106	98	9	26	5	1	0	3	0	1	6	26	.265	.308	.337	.644	33	1	0	2	0	0
Atsuhiro Motonishi	37	75	68	5	15	2	1	1	6	0	0	4	13	.221	.274	.324	.598	22	3	1	2	0	0
Masahiko Jozume	62	90	81	4	14	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	24	.173	.212	.198	.409	16	3	0	5	0	1
Reed Secrist	25	62	52	4	10	4	0	0	4	0	0	8	18	.192	.306	.269	.576	14	0	1	0	1	0
Tetsuro Kawajiri	32	41	36	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	.222	.222	.222	.444	8	0	0	5	0	0
Masaya Takeuchi	38	40	36	1	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.194	.216	.222	.438	8	1	0	3	0	0
Keiichi Yabu	29	62	52	2	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	27	.135	.167	.173	.340	9	0	0	8	0	0
Mike Greenwell	7	29	26	2	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	3	0	.231	.310	.346	.656	9	4	0	0	0	0
Fumikazu Takanami	85	48	47	19	6	0	0	1	2	6	3	1	12	.128	.146	.191	.337	9	0	0	0	0	0
Toshiro Yufune	28	47	38	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	22	.105	.128	.105	.233	4	0	0	8	0	0
Osamu Hamanaka	6	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	1	0	0	0	0
Shin Nakagomi	24	35	30	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	.067	.152	.100	.252	3	2	0	2	0	0
Hiroshi Hirao	32	31	30	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	8	.067	.067	.167	.233	5	0	0	1	0	0
Minoru Kasai	44	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shunji Hatayama	3	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	0	0	0
Atsunori Ito	60	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	0	0	0
Satoshi Funaki	26	28	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.042	.080	.042	.122	1	0	0	3	0	0
Hiroki Yamamura	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuharu Yamazaki	45	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuyuki Furumizo	35	16	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	3	0	0
Tsutomu Tamura	50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuhiko Shiotani	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Makoto Hagiwara	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kiyoyuki Nagashima	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hirotoshi Kitagawa	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsutomu Kameyama	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tatsuhiro Yuminaga	59	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2090	5128	4546	504	1110	188	29	103	475	38	27	418	1000	.244	.313	.366	.679	1665	95	43	102	19	22

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Katsuhiro Hiratsuka	1B	67					.000
Hiroshi Yagi	1B	48					.000
Phil Hiatt	1B	22					.000
Darnell Coles	1B	14					.000
Osamu Hoshino	1B	10					.000
Makoto Imaoka	1B	1					.000
Yutaka Wada	2B	86					.000
Makoto Imaoka	2B	60					.000
Osamu Hoshino	2B	9					.000
Hiroshi Hirao	2B	4					.000
Osamu Hoshino	3B	68					.000
Phil Hiatt	3B	42					.000
Makoto Imaoka	3B	26					.000
Darnell Coles	3B	23					.000
Reed Secrist	3B	16					.000
Yutaka Wada	3B	10					.000
Atsuhiro Motonishi	3B	2					.000
Hiroshi Hirao	3B	1					.000
Katsuhiko Yamada	C	88					.000
Masahiko Jozume	C	62					.000
Koichi Sekikawa	C	60					.000
Kazuhiko Shiotani	C	3					.000
Tsuyoshi Shinjo	OF	135					.000
Shinjiro Hiyama	OF	134					.000
Katsuhiro Hiratsuka	OF	68					.000
Fumikazu Takanami	OF	61					.000
Koichi Sekikawa	OF	31					.000
Hiroshi Yoshida	OF	25					.000
Atsuhiro Motonishi	OF	25					.000
Darnell Coles	OF	20					.000
Mike Greenwell	OF	7					.000
Osamu Hamanaka	OF	4					.000
Phil Hiatt	OF	3					.000
Shunji Hatayama	OF	2					.000
Atsunori Ito	P	60					.000
Tatsuhiro Yuminaga	P	59					.000
Tsutomu Tamura	P	50					.000
Kazuharu Yamazaki	P	45					.000
Minoru Kasai	P	44					.000
Masaya Takeuchi	P	38					.000
Katsuyuki Furumizo	P	35					.000
Tetsuro Kawajiri	P	32					.000
Keiichi Yabu	P	29					.000
Toshiro Yufune	P	27					.000
Satoshi Funaki	P	24					.000
Shin Nakagomi	P	23					.000
Kiyotoshi Katase	P	13					.000
Seiichi Murakami	P	10					.000
Bob Macdonald	P	9					.000
Hiroki Yamamura	P	5					.000
Masayuki Yano	P	3					.000
Susumu Mikoshiba	P	3					.000
Tadahiro Hoshiyama	P	3					.000
Takao Inoue	P	2					.000
Mitsujiro Sakai	P	1					.000
Teruyoshi Kuji	SS	123					.000
Osamu Hoshino	SS	34					.000
Hiroshi Hirao	SS	11					.000
Makoto Imaoka	SS	5					.000
Totals		1930	0	0	0	0	.000

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