1973 Lotte Orions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 70-49
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Masaichi Kaneda (70-49)
Location: Tokyo, Japan

1973 Lotte Orions Roster

The Lotte Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1973 season with a record of 70 wins and 49 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Orions allowed 491 runs, least in the league. Lotte plated 548 runs. Jim Lefebvre paced the team with 29 home runs, while Michiyo Arito and George Altman walloped 15 or more, too. George Altman drove in 80 runs and topped all regular batters with a .307 average. Fumio Narita led the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.64 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

George Altman and Jim Lefebvre both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Masaichi 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
Fumio Narita	21	10	.677	2.63	52	32	13	16	7		273.7	203	89	80	27	89	7	178	10	4	2	1097
Masaaki Kitaru	14	7	.667	2.83	44	15	21	4	2		165.3	141	55	52	9	37	6	88	7	3	2	656
Choji Murata	8	11	.421	3.21	40	24	9	6	1		157.0	134	69	56	6	79	3	104	4	2	6	672
Soroku Yagisawa	7	1	.875	2.76	55	9	15	1	1		130.3	112	47	40	14	25	2	68	3	0	1	513
Shigeo Kondo	6	4	.600	3.54	41	3	13	0	0		81.3	73	35	32	9	18	0	26	6	0	1	332
Osamu Nomura	6	10	.375	4.33	39	26	6	2	1		141.3	152	68	68	29	38	3	81	6	1	3	607
Hiroshi Kito	4	2	.667	4.30	36	10	5	3	0		75.3	76	40	36	6	39	1	30	3	1	0	332
Norihiro Mizutani	3	1	.750	3.56	19	2	4	0	0		55.7	45	22	22	7	17	0	32	4	0	2	221
Kazuya Wako	1	0	1.000	7.94	11	1	4	0	0		17.0	27	16	15	5	2	0	9	1	0	1	79
Masao Sato	0	0			1	0	0	0	0		0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Naoya Okuda	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0		1.3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	6
Keiichi Inoue	0	0		0.00	4	1	1	0	0		4.7	3	4	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	21
Shigeki Ikeda	0	0		3.92	13	0	4	0	0		20.7	24	11	9	2	9	0	17	0	0	0	94
Yozo Ueda	0	0		5.06	3	2	0	0	0		5.3	4	4	3	2	4	0	2	2	0	0	27
Yoshiaki Toyama	0	0		5.40	4	0	1	0	0		5.0	5	3	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	21
Satoshi Miyawaki	0	0		6.75	1	0	1	0	0		4.0	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
Kosuke Maeda	0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0		0.3	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Haruo Narishige	0	1	.000	5.11	8	3	0	0	0		12.3	11	7	7	1	9	0	5	1	0	0	56
Akira Kuramochi	0	1	.000	9.00	2	1	0	0	0		4.0	5	4	4	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	21
Mitsuyasu Matsuda	0	1	.000	14.21	4	1	0	0	0		6.3	7	11	10	5	6	0	1	0	0	0	32
Totals	70	49	.588	3.43	380	130	98	32	12	0	1161.0	1032	491	443	124	386	22	645	48	11	18	4809

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
Sumio Hirota	127	546	499	87	147	18	6	13	50	22	9	27	35	.295	.340	.433	.773	216	6	9	8	3	1
Michiyo Arito	122	509	453	83	136	22	4	20	71	17	6	47	82	.300	.370	.499	.869	226	14	4	4	1	0
George Altman	120	433	365	54	112	17	1	27	80	4	5	62	30	.307	.407	.581	.988	212	7	2	1	3	12
Jim Lefebvre	111	442	400	50	106	12	2	29	63	1	2	27	60	.265	.318	.522	.840	209	5	5	8	2	0
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	123	429	377	45	90	13	2	9	27	11	6	39	65	.239	.316	.355	.671	134	6	4	8	1	1
Kimiyasu Murakami	110	295	270	22	75	10	1	5	28	1	5	14	26	.278	.322	.378	.700	102	3	4	6	1	0
Takenori Ikebe	93	318	279	34	60	4	0	12	36	6	4	29	38	.215	.299	.358	.658	100	6	5	4	1	0
Kazuo Hasegawa	93	238	210	19	58	12	2	4	18	2	3	19	17	.276	.341	.410	.750	86	3	2	6	1	0
Takahiro Tokutsu	106	229	213	11	57	6	1	4	33	1	9	11	14	.268	.301	.362	.662	77	4	0	3	2	2
Shinichi Sakaki	80	163	147	12	40	1	1	3	12	0	1	12	8	.272	.331	.354	.685	52	6	1	3	0	0
Yoshihiro Iizuka	101	182	156	23	36	3	2	3	12	14	11	14	19	.231	.305	.333	.638	52	1	3	8	1	1
Masuho Maeda	90	162	136	16	33	4	1	2	11	1	2	19	6	.243	.340	.331	.671	45	3	1	6	0	1
Tadayoshi Iwasaki	83	111	105	13	31	7	0	1	12	8	4	2	6	.295	.308	.390	.699	41	6	0	4	0	0
Fumio Narita	52	95	80	6	23	3	0	1	7	0	1	4	19	.288	.321	.362	.684	29	0	0	11	0	0
Keisuke Senda	43	107	95	12	22	7	1	0	6	4	2	11	13	.232	.308	.326	.635	31	5	0	0	1	1
Kenji Doi	78	91	78	4	21	5	0	2	17	0	0	11	6	.269	.367	.410	.777	32	2	1	1	0	0
Kazuo Kai	66	98	89	16	21	3	0	0	5	5	1	7	14	.236	.289	.270	.558	24	1	0	1	1	0
Masanori Arai	13	33	29	7	8	1	0	0	1	4	0	2	4	.276	.344	.310	.654	9	0	1	1	0	0
Osamu Nomura	39	43	38	4	8	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	8	.211	.231	.263	.494	10	1	0	4	0	0
Takeo Daigo	45	40	40	1	8	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	7	.200	.200	.275	.475	11	1	0	0	0	0
Takumi Ejima	92	51	41	5	8	1	0	0	3	6	3	5	5	.195	.312	.220	.532	9	3	2	3	0	0
Masaaki Kitaru	44	55	48	4	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	11	.167	.231	.167	.397	8	0	0	3	0	0
Hiroshi Kito	36	23	19	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	4	.368	.455	.421	.876	8	0	0	1	0	0
Choji Murata	41	46	42	1	6	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	7	.143	.143	.143	.286	6	0	0	4	0	0
Shigeo Kondo	41	15	14	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.429	.714	6	0	0	1	0	0
Satoru Yoshioka	45	23	20	6	4	0	0	1	1	2	5	2	6	.200	.304	.350	.654	7	0	1	0	0	0
Soroku Yagisawa	55	29	22	2	4	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	8	.182	.240	.409	.649	9	0	0	4	1	0
Yasukazu Yasuda	5	7	7	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.857	1.286	6	1	0	0	0	0
Keiichi Inoue	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Norihiro Mizutani	19	13	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154	1	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuji Date	12	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masao Yamada	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuya Wako	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Yozo Ueda	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiaki Toyama	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mitsuru Koganemaru	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Kuramochi	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Satoshi Miyawaki	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haruo Narishige	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenichi Abe	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2129	4847	4305	548	1138	154	25	139	518	112	81	374	528	.264	.328	.409	.737	1759	84	45	104	19	19

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jim Lefebvre	1B	98					.000
Masuho Maeda	1B	36					.000
Kazuo Hasegawa	1B	31					.000
George Altman	1B	6					.000
Masao Yamada	1B	1					.000
Takeo Daigo	1B	1					.000
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	2B	122					.000
Satoru Yoshioka	2B	12					.000
Masuho Maeda	2B	12					.000
Jim Lefebvre	2B	10					.000
Masanori Arai	2B	7					.000
Keisuke Senda	2B	1					.000
Kazuo Kai	2B	1					.000
Yoshihiro Iizuka	2B	1					.000
Michiyo Arito	3B	120					.000
Masuho Maeda	3B	13					.000
Masanori Arai	3B	6					.000
Keisuke Senda	3B	2					.000
Satoru Yoshioka	3B	1					.000
Jim Lefebvre	3B	1					.000
Kimiyasu Murakami	C	106					.000
Shinichi Sakaki	C	70					.000
Takeo Daigo	C	41					.000
Kazuya Wako	C	11					.000
Mitsuru Koganemaru	C	2					.000
Sumio Hirota	OF	124					.000
George Altman	OF	106					.000
Takenori Ikebe	OF	87					.000
Takumi Ejima	OF	79					.000
Takahiro Tokutsu	OF	56					.000
Tadayoshi Iwasaki	OF	51					.000
Kazuo Hasegawa	OF	32					.000
Kenji Doi	OF	8					.000
Yasukazu Yasuda	OF	3					.000
Kenichi Abe	OF	2					.000
Yasuji Date	OF	2					.000
Kazuya Wako	OF	1					.000
Choji Murata	OF	1					.000
Kimiyasu Murakami	OF	1					.000
Satoshi Miyawaki	OF	1					.000
Mitsuyasu Matsuda	OF	1					.000
Jim Lefebvre	OF	1					.000
Soroku Yagisawa	P	55					.000
Fumio Narita	P	52					.000
Masaaki Kitaru	P	44					.000
Shigeo Kondo	P	41					.000
Choji Murata	P	40					.000
Osamu Nomura	P	39					.000
Hiroshi Kito	P	36					.000
Norihiro Mizutani	P	19					.000
Shigeki Ikeda	P	13					.000
Kazuya Wako	P	11					.000
Haruo Narishige	P	8					.000
Yoshiaki Toyama	P	4					.000
Mitsuyasu Matsuda	P	4					.000
Keiichi Inoue	P	4					.000
Yozo Ueda	P	3					.000
Naoya Okuda	P	2					.000
Akira Kuramochi	P	2					.000
Masao Sato	P	1					.000
Satoshi Miyawaki	P	1					.000
Kosuke Maeda	P	1					.000
Yoshihiro Iizuka	SS	89					.000
Kazuo Kai	SS	59					.000
Keisuke Senda	SS	42					.000
Masuho Maeda	SS	26					.000
Sumio Hirota	SS	2					.000
Michiyo Arito	SS	2					.000
Yukihiro Ikeda	SS	1					.000
Totals		1869	0	0	0	0	.000

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