1979 Lotte Orions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 55-63
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuhiro Yamauchi (55-63)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1979 Lotte Orions Roster

The Lotte Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1979 season with a record of 55 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.

The Orions plated 576 runs and conceded 597 runs. Leon Lee walloped 35 home runs for Lotte, while Michiyo Arito, In-cheon Paek and Leron Lee each added 15 or more, too. Leron Lee recorded 95 runs batted in. In-cheon Paek led hitters with significant playing time with a .340 average. Choji Murata topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.96 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Leron Lee played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lotte Orions to do so.

Kazuhiro Yamauchi 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
Choji Murata	17	12	.586	2.96	37	32	4	21	3	2	255.0	224	99	84	26	55	2	230	5	0	10	1035
Hideyuki Okue	9	4	.692	4.92	27	16	6	6	1	1	133.7	138	75	73	11	74	2	82	9	0	2	602
Tokunari Nishina	9	11	.450	4.01	30	25	4	10	1	0	179.7	170	89	80	18	57	2	87	19	0	0	763
Norihiro Mizutani	7	11	.389	5.12	33	23	2	3	2	0	137.0	166	83	78	16	73	1	76	10	0	4	631
Masaaki Koga	4	3	.571	2.84	20	3	11	2	0	2	57.0	48	21	18	5	18	1	33	3	0	0	232
Soroku Yagisawa	4	8	.333	4.84	28	6	13	0	0	1	74.3	95	43	40	6	19	1	32	4	0	0	326
Shoji Yasuki	2	7	.222	4.68	32	12	7	1	0	0	98.0	123	57	51	12	35	2	47	1	0	1	443
Takuya Mochizuki	1	1	.500	5.72	27	2	8	0	0	1	56.7	68	36	36	10	15	0	19	9	1	0	254
Masaharu Mitsui	1	2	.333	8.35	6	4	1	0	0	0	18.3	23	17	17	4	11	0	7	0	0	0	86
Akira Kuramochi	1	3	.250	4.30	33	5	20	0	0	6	75.3	81	41	36	17	17	1	38	4	0	0	322
Seiichi Ogawa	0	0		4.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	18
Yoshikatsu Umezawa	0	0		4.91	4	0	2	0	0	0	7.3	8	4	4	1	6	0	8	1	0	0	36
Hideyuki Hirata	0	0		12.00	4	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	12	10	8	3	5	0	3	0	0	0	34
Osamu Fukuma	0	1	.000	4.14	19	2	6	0	0	0	37.0	44	19	17	8	13	0	15	0	0	0	159
Totals	55	63	.466	4.30	302	130	87	43	7	13	1139.3	1205	597	544	138	400	12	677	65	1	17	4941

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
Leron Lee	126	516	471	79	157	28	3	28	95	2	1	38	61	.333	.388	.584	.971	275	8	5	0	2	8
Leon Lee	128	530	484	77	147	21	1	35	93	4	1	39	66	.304	.358	.568	.927	275	21	4	0	3	5
In-cheon Paek	124	443	415	47	141	25	4	18	71	3	5	21	25	.340	.378	.549	.927	228	20	5	1	1	2
Michiyo Arito	123	521	471	90	135	22	3	29	75	14	3	45	66	.287	.351	.531	.882	250	15	3	0	2	3
Sumio Hirota	101	421	397	54	113	28	0	4	31	13	11	12	16	.285	.310	.385	.695	153	2	3	8	1	1
Takahiro Tokutsu	103	295	269	30	83	11	2	3	27	2	1	21	6	.309	.359	.398	.757	107	5	2	0	3	2
Yoshio Mizukami	126	375	341	30	68	11	1	3	26	11	4	7	60	.199	.222	.264	.486	90	7	3	24	0	0
Yoshihiro Iizuka	104	289	258	38	60	7	0	1	12	10	10	20	14	.233	.294	.271	.566	70	1	3	7	1	1
Kenji Doi	58	192	181	19	51	10	0	5	18	0	0	7	21	.282	.309	.420	.729	76	6	1	1	2	0
Toshiaki Yoshioka	77	186	178	16	45	6	0	8	22	3	5	4	32	.253	.274	.421	.696	75	7	2	0	2	0
Masanori Arai	62	144	139	9	43	6	0	0	8	0	1	2	12	.309	.317	.353	.669	49	0	0	2	1	0
Takumi Ejima	82	152	140	17	41	11	0	6	22	1	1	5	19	.293	.327	.500	.827	70	5	3	2	2	0
Yoichi Inoue	90	179	154	20	34	6	1	2	14	1	1	17	28	.221	.302	.312	.614	48	3	1	7	0	0
Hiroshi Takahashi	67	155	124	10	20	3	0	3	11	1	0	20	20	.161	.286	.258	.544	32	4	2	8	1	2
Hiromitsu Ochiai	36	69	64	7	15	3	1	2	7	1	0	4	12	.234	.290	.406	.696	26	2	1	0	0	0
Shinichi Sakaki	32	62	54	2	14	0	1	0	2	0	0	6	6	.259	.344	.296	.641	16	0	1	1	0	0
Yoshitaka Shinya	43	70	67	8	13	1	1	0	4	0	0	3	12	.194	.229	.239	.467	16	0	0	0	0	0
Toshikazu Yano	57	62	55	9	11	0	0	0	3	4	3	3	11	.200	.241	.200	.441	11	1	0	4	0	0
Nobuyuki Sasaki	26	30	29	3	6	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	2	.207	.207	.310	.517	9	1	0	1	0	0
Takahiro Kenmotsu	32	26	22	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	.182	.280	.182	.462	4	0	0	1	0	0
Tadayoshi Iwasaki	44	34	30	6	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	3	.133	.212	.233	.445	7	1	0	1	0	0
Hidetoshi Hakamada	26	45	40	4	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	18	.075	.140	.150	.290	6	1	0	2	0	0
Kenichi Sato	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiyuki Suenaga	11	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.154	.000	.154	0	1	0	0	0	0
Masayoshi Moriyama	9	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	1688	4824	4407	576	1208	199	18	150	547	72	52	286	518	.274	.323	.430	.752	1893	111	39	71	21	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Leon Lee	1B	127					.000
Hiromitsu Ochiai	1B	3					.000
Yoshitaka Shinya	1B	2					.000
Masanori Arai	1B	2					.000
Toshikazu Yano	1B	1					.000
Yoichi Inoue	2B	84					.000
Yoshihiro Iizuka	2B	64					.000
Masanori Arai	2B	35					.000
Hiromitsu Ochiai	2B	8					.000
Yoshiyuki Suenaga	2B	3					.000
Michiyo Arito	3B	122					.000
Hiromitsu Ochiai	3B	20					.000
Masanori Arai	3B	8					.000
Yoichi Inoue	3B	1					.000
Yoshihiro Iizuka	3B	1					.000
Hiroshi Takahashi	C	66					.000
Kenji Doi	C	50					.000
Shinichi Sakaki	C	30					.000
Hidetoshi Hakamada	C	25					.000
Nobuyuki Sasaki	C	22					.000
In-cheon Paek	OF	101					.000
Sumio Hirota	OF	96					.000
Takahiro Tokutsu	OF	76					.000
Toshiaki Yoshioka	OF	74					.000
Takumi Ejima	OF	70					.000
Toshikazu Yano	OF	48					.000
Tadayoshi Iwasaki	OF	40					.000
Yoshitaka Shinya	OF	32					.000
Takahiro Kenmotsu	OF	30					.000
Leron Lee	OF	16					.000
Masayoshi Moriyama	OF	9					.000
Leon Lee	OF	3					.000
Choji Murata	P	37					.000
Norihiro Mizutani	P	33					.000
Akira Kuramochi	P	33					.000
Shoji Yasuki	P	32					.000
Tokunari Nishina	P	30					.000
Soroku Yagisawa	P	28					.000
Hideyuki Okue	P	27					.000
Takuya Mochizuki	P	27					.000
Masaaki Koga	P	20					.000
Osamu Fukuma	P	19					.000
Masaharu Mitsui	P	6					.000
Yoshikatsu Umezawa	P	4					.000
Hideyuki Hirata	P	4					.000
Seiichi Ogawa	P	2					.000
Yoshio Mizukami	SS	126					.000
Yoshihiro Iizuka	SS	40					.000
Masanori Arai	SS	5					.000
Kenichi Sato	SS	1					.000
Totals		1743	0	0	0	0	.000

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