1955 Kintetsu Pearls Statistics
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 60-80
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Takeo Akuta (60-80)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium, Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
1955 Kintetsu Pearls RosterTeam Record: 60-80
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Takeo Akuta (60-80)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium, Nippon Life Stadium, Fujiidera Stadium
The Kintetsu Pearls of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1955 season with a record of 60 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Pearls scored 510 runs and surrendered 584 runs. Akitoshi Kodama accounted for 68 RBI. Osamu Takechi led batters with significant playing time by hitting .300. Noboru Yamashita topped the team with 17 wins, while Fumio Takechi recorded a 2.57 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Takeo Akuta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noboru Yamashita | 17 | 15 | .531 | 3.07 | 55 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 293.3 | 242 | 114 | 100 | 18 | 86 | 1 | 175 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1190 | |
| Junzo Sekine | 14 | 16 | .467 | 3.54 | 40 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 226.0 | 228 | 105 | 89 | 17 | 54 | 2 | 106 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 944 | |
| Fumio Takechi | 10 | 16 | .385 | 2.56 | 40 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 210.7 | 190 | 82 | 60 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 837 | |
| Yasuo Nagai | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.14 | 51 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 203.7 | 179 | 83 | 71 | 12 | 74 | 0 | 127 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 848 | |
| Sadatoshi Tsujinaka | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.67 | 33 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 90.7 | 111 | 60 | 47 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 409 | |
| Ryoichi Sato | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.01 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 92.0 | 97 | 46 | 41 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 399 | |
| Mitsuro Sawafuji | 2 | 9 | .182 | 3.07 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 102.7 | 115 | 50 | 35 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 437 | |
| Kyohei Okamoto | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Teruaki Wakasugi | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Takeo Shigemura | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | ||
| Takeshi Hamaguchi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.00 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | |
| Shigeaki Kuroo | 0 | 4 | .000 | 10.72 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 41 | 30 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | |
| Totals | 60 | 80 | .429 | 3.45 | 295 | 142 | 95 | 47 | 13 | 0 | 1259.7 | 1222 | 584 | 483 | 88 | 337 | 4 | 634 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 5261 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akitoshi Kodama | 129 | 521 | 493 | 50 | 143 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 68 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 38 | .290 | .313 | .387 | .700 | 191 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Osamu Takechi | 115 | 475 | 433 | 69 | 130 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 24 | 10 | 37 | 34 | .300 | .353 | .360 | .713 | 156 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Tsutomu Kimura | 121 | 480 | 430 | 50 | 117 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 31 | 17 | .272 | .320 | .319 | .638 | 137 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| Takashi Kusaka | 124 | 453 | 389 | 54 | 114 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 54 | 27 | .293 | .379 | .350 | .729 | 136 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Masaaki Oishi | 124 | 454 | 426 | 62 | 112 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 51 | .263 | .290 | .357 | .647 | 152 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Takatsugu Toguchi | 129 | 456 | 409 | 42 | 98 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 30 | 79 | .240 | .291 | .289 | .580 | 118 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| Shizuo Yamamoto | 119 | 458 | 357 | 43 | 86 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 73 | 46 | .241 | .378 | .300 | .678 | 107 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| Katsuhiko Hara | 129 | 403 | 377 | 26 | 85 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 40 | .225 | .262 | .308 | .570 | 116 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Tamaichi Yasui | 81 | 207 | 196 | 13 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | .245 | .272 | .296 | .568 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Shigeyoshi Morishita | 82 | 172 | 160 | 15 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .244 | .273 | .381 | .655 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Pinckard | 43 | 140 | 130 | 12 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 36 | .231 | .271 | .446 | .718 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Junzo Sekine | 54 | 108 | 91 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .275 | .349 | .308 | .657 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Koji Shimada | 35 | 80 | 76 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | .276 | .304 | .303 | .606 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isao Imakurusu | 60 | 114 | 104 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 15 | .183 | .234 | .231 | .465 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Noboru Yamashita | 55 | 102 | 91 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .165 | .208 | .187 | .395 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Masakazu Kito | 19 | 53 | 41 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | .317 | .453 | .390 | .843 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fumio Takechi | 40 | 72 | 61 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .197 | .269 | .197 | .465 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tadashi Kagawa | 31 | 54 | 50 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .220 | .264 | .240 | .504 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Seisaburo Yamada | 34 | 52 | 47 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .213 | .260 | .234 | .494 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Masatoshi Kato | 30 | 61 | 56 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .179 | .246 | .232 | .478 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenichi Kimino | 34 | 44 | 43 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | .186 | .205 | .186 | .391 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasuo Nagai | 51 | 60 | 52 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | .115 | .193 | .135 | .328 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sadatoshi Tsujinaka | 33 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .238 | .238 | .524 | .762 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryoichi Sato | 26 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .217 | .250 | .304 | .554 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Takeshi Suzuki | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fukuzo Tada | 18 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .160 | .250 | .240 | .490 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Junsuke Shimada | 22 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Masaharu Sekimori | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .364 | .636 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoji Matsuoka | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .600 | .750 | 1.350 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katsumi Hayashi | 8 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitsuro Sawafuji | 30 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .045 | .222 | .045 | .268 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Teruaki Wakasugi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hisao Hosomizo | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shigeaki Kuroo | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takeshi Hamaguchi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1811 | 5210 | 4679 | 510 | 1181 | 152 | 32 | 35 | 459 | 149 | 97 | 375 | 579 | .252 | .307 | .321 | .628 | 1502 | 109 | 14 | 104 | 38 | 10 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osamu Takechi | 1B | 109 | .000 | |||||
| Kenichi Kimino | 1B | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Tamaichi Yasui | 1B | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Masakazu Kito | 1B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Masaaki Oishi | 1B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shizuo Yamamoto | 2B | 119 | .000 | |||||
| Koji Shimada | 2B | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Imakurusu | 2B | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Akitoshi Kodama | 3B | 129 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Imakurusu | 3B | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Koji Shimada | 3B | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Junsuke Shimada | 3B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuhiko Hara | C | 123 | .000 | |||||
| Seisaburo Yamada | C | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Masatoshi Kato | C | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Fukuzo Tada | C | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Kusaka | OF | 121 | .000 | |||||
| Masaaki Oishi | OF | 119 | .000 | |||||
| Tsutomu Kimura | OF | 117 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeyoshi Morishita | OF | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Pinckard | OF | 41 | .000 | |||||
| Tamaichi Yasui | OF | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Tadashi Kagawa | OF | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Masakazu Kito | OF | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Katsumi Hayashi | OF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Masaharu Sekimori | OF | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Yoji Matsuoka | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Noboru Yamashita | P | 55 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuo Nagai | P | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Fumio Takechi | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Junzo Sekine | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Sadatoshi Tsujinaka | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuro Sawafuji | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Ryoichi Sato | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeaki Kuroo | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Hamaguchi | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Teruaki Wakasugi | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Takeo Shigemura | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Kyohei Okamoto | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Takatsugu Toguchi | SS | 127 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Imakurusu | SS | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Junsuke Shimada | SS | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Suzuki | SS | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1627 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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