1978 Nippon Ham Fighters Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 55-63
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (55-63)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1978 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster

The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1978 season with a record of 55 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The Ham Fighters scored 534 runs and yielded 566 runs. Bobby Mitchell walloped 36 home runs for Nippon, and Junichi Kashiwabara added 15 or more as well. Bobby Mitchell accounted for 93 RBI. Masaru Tomita led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .307 clip. Kazushi Saeki topped the squad with 13 wins, while Naoki Takahashi registered a 2.88 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1978 Nippon Ham Fighters who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bobby Mitchell, Gene Locklear and Masanori Murakami.

Keiji Ozawa 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	WP	BF
Kazushi Saeki	13	13	.500	4.11	32	30	0	14	1	0	225.7	237	106	103	29	51	4	109	5	6	950
Masanori Murakami	12	11	.522	3.03	57	2	42	0	0	10	130.7	125	54	44	12	29	9	59	9	0	530
Tomotaka Sugiyama	9	6	.600	4.03	26	22	2	5	0	0	134.0	151	67	60	19	40	3	65	11	1	585
Naoki Takahashi	9	10	.474	2.88	34	31	3	11	4	2	234.0	230	90	75	16	28	4	107	8	1	946
Shigekuni Mashiba	7	11	.389	3.69	37	24	2	9	2	0	170.7	176	77	70	8	51	2	77	10	1	723
Kazumi Takahashi	2	2	.500	3.75	13	7	2	3	0	0	48.0	36	20	20	4	17	0	34	3	0	195
Toshoku Uda	2	3	.400	5.00	15	9	4	2	0	0	54.0	68	35	30	7	8	0	16	4	0	232
Yukinobu Miyamoto	1	2	.333	5.12	21	0	7	0	0	1	45.7	48	30	26	9	34	1	24	3	1	219
Yoshinobu Miyamoto	0	0		5.04	10	2	4	0	0	0	25.0	28	15	14	3	7	1	9	1	1	103
Takaaki Taniyama	0	0		15.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	9	5	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	17
Eiji Hosaka	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	7
Noriaki Okabe	0	1	.000	7.79	11	2	7	0	0	0	17.3	23	16	15	4	9	0	15	1	0	82
Kunihiko Ishii	0	1	.000	9.82	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.7	7	4	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	18
Koichi Eda	0	3	.000	6.44	29	0	11	0	0	1	57.3	77	44	41	8	21	0	14	2	0	259
Totals	55	63	.466	3.99	289	130	86	44	7	14	1150.0	1217	566	510	121	300	24	533	57	11	4866

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
Junichi Kashiwabara	130	555	500	72	147	18	4	24	84	15	10	49	64	.294	.357	.490	.847	245	12	2	0	4	3
Bobby Mitchell	128	511	470	71	129	16	1	36	93	3	0	33	122	.274	.323	.543	.865	255	8	3	0	5	1
Masaru Tomita	108	433	375	49	115	19	2	9	34	12	5	50	46	.307	.387	.440	.827	165	7	0	7	1	1
Makoto Shimada	115	379	337	44	99	14	2	1	15	19	9	20	28	.294	.340	.356	.696	120	3	5	14	3	0
Toshio Kato	126	444	392	40	98	17	0	12	37	12	5	32	54	.250	.322	.385	.707	151	14	11	6	3	0
Mikio Sendo	103	330	295	29	90	10	3	4	35	1	3	27	18	.305	.364	.400	.764	118	8	2	3	3	1
Gene Locklear	108	374	354	40	85	24	2	8	38	4	4	15	54	.240	.275	.387	.662	137	6	3	0	2	1
Hideo Furuya	108	368	330	37	72	14	0	7	32	3	3	15	50	.218	.278	.324	.602	107	9	13	8	2	0
Kazuhiko Okaji	79	182	160	25	48	7	1	3	17	3	3	13	18	.300	.367	.412	.780	66	3	4	5	0	0
Mitsuo Sugano	92	221	188	24	48	6	2	3	15	5	3	18	31	.255	.327	.356	.683	67	4	3	10	2	0
Yozo Nagabuchi	86	217	197	16	46	3	0	9	24	0	4	13	29	.234	.290	.386	.676	76	6	4	0	3	1
Toshikazu Hattori	79	128	114	16	28	6	0	2	8	3	2	7	14	.246	.295	.351	.646	40	5	1	6	0	0
Hideshi Murai	61	124	103	17	27	1	0	9	27	0	3	15	25	.262	.364	.534	.898	55	4	2	3	1	0
Kuniaki Nakamura	66	175	155	16	27	5	0	2	12	3	0	14	35	.174	.246	.245	.491	38	1	1	4	1	0
Hisataka Yukizawa	85	141	126	12	26	6	1	1	12	2	1	5	14	.206	.239	.294	.532	37	3	1	7	2	0
Katsutoshi Nakahara	76	87	78	7	22	1	2	0	7	1	2	5	15	.282	.325	.346	.671	27	0	0	4	0	0
Tatsuo Omiya	51	89	84	5	22	2	1	1	12	4	0	4	12	.262	.295	.345	.641	29	5	0	1	0	0
Koji Kagitani	21	49	42	4	11	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	.262	.262	.286	.548	12	0	0	7	0	0
Toshimi Kubo	40	36	34	6	5	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	8	.147	.194	.147	.342	5	0	0	0	0	0
Toru Shibuya	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yukio Kakizaki	18	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Shinya	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1692	4854	4345	534	1145	170	21	131	504	92	61	337	649	.264	.322	.403	.725	1750	98	55	85	32	8

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Junichi Kashiwabara	1B	129					.000
Toru Shibuya	1B	3					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	1B	2					.000
Toshimi Kubo	1B	2					.000
Masaru Tomita	2B	85					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	2B	39					.000
Katsutoshi Nakahara	2B	32					.000
Toshimi Kubo	2B	11					.000
Mitsuo Sugano	2B	8					.000
Koji Kagitani	2B	1					.000
Hideo Furuya	3B	107					.000
Katsutoshi Nakahara	3B	30					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	3B	13					.000
Toshimi Kubo	3B	7					.000
Mitsuo Sugano	3B	4					.000
Hisataka Yukizawa	3B	3					.000
Junichi Kashiwabara	3B	3					.000
Toshio Kato	C	119					.000
Tatsuo Omiya	C	42					.000
Hideshi Murai	C	2					.000
Makoto Shimada	OF	109					.000
Bobby Mitchell	OF	92					.000
Mikio Sendo	OF	82					.000
Toshikazu Hattori	OF	75					.000
Kazuhiko Okaji	OF	56					.000
Yozo Nagabuchi	OF	32					.000
Gene Locklear	OF	28					.000
Hideshi Murai	OF	27					.000
Yukio Kakizaki	OF	13					.000
Masaru Tomita	OF	12					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	OF	1					.000
Toshimi Kubo	OF	1					.000
Masanori Murakami	P	57					.000
Shigekuni Mashiba	P	37					.000
Naoki Takahashi	P	34					.000
Kazushi Saeki	P	32					.000
Koichi Eda	P	29					.000
Tomotaka Sugiyama	P	26					.000
Yukinobu Miyamoto	P	21					.000
Toshoku Uda	P	15					.000
Kazumi Takahashi	P	13					.000
Noriaki Okabe	P	11					.000
Yoshinobu Miyamoto	P	10					.000
Takaaki Taniyama	P	2					.000
Kunihiko Ishii	P	1					.000
Eiji Hosaka	P	1					.000
Mitsuo Sugano	SS	83					.000
Hisataka Yukizawa	SS	82					.000
Koji Kagitani	SS	21					.000
Katsutoshi Nakahara	SS	17					.000
Kuniaki Nakamura	SS	1					.000
Totals		1663	0	0	0	0	.000

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