1997 Nippon Ham Fighters Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 63-71
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (63-71)
Location: Tokyo, Japan

1997 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster

The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1997 season with a record of 63 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.

The Ham Fighters scored 572 runs and allowed 600 runs. Nigel Wilson walloped 37 home runs for Nippon, while Atsushi Kataoka, Yukio Tanaka and Jerry Brooks each added 15 or more also. Nigel Wilson drove in 94 runs. Atsushi Kataoka paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .286 clip. Kip Gross topped the squad with 13 wins, and Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi recorded a 3.49 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1997 Nippon Ham Fighters who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Nigel Wilson, Kip Gross and Jerry Brooks.

Toshiharu Ueda 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
Kip Gross	13	11	.542	3.63	33	33	0	8	3	0	233.3	235	103	94	18	69	10	98	9	0	9	975
Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi	9	4	.692	3.49	65	1	12	0	0	0	147.0	140	61	57	13	62	10	136	6	0	7	630
Tsutomu Iwamoto	7	6	.538	4.74	27	19	6	2	0	3	114.0	125	60	60	19	47	2	75	5	0	5	501
Takeshi Shimazaki	6	7	.462	3.98	49	0	32	0	0	11	81.3	83	39	36	8	32	3	53	4	0	4	355
Junji Kuroki	5	5	.500	3.82	34	2	24	0	0	6	66.0	65	34	28	4	17	3	25	6	1	3	279
Hiroshi Numata	4	2	.667	4.01	9	8	0	0	0	0	42.7	41	19	19	3	17	0	18	2	1	1	181
Yukihiro Nishizaki	3	3	.500	3.12	8	8	0	0	0	0	40.3	36	18	14	3	23	0	23	1	0	2	173
Hiroyuki Sekine	3	6	.333	4.28	17	13	1	0	0	0	69.3	70	35	33	7	20	0	30	2	0	4	288
Hiroshi Shibakusa	3	9	.250	5.26	20	15	4	4	1	0	87.3	93	53	51	16	33	0	30	8	0	4	384
Hiroshi Nagatomi	2	0	1.000	2.26	56	0	5	0	0	0	55.7	46	15	14	2	16	0	39	1	0	1	223
Satoshi Yano	2	1	.667	4.35	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.7	23	10	10	4	11	0	10	1	0	2	95
Noriyuki Takahashi	2	2	.500	4.79	47	0	5	0	0	0	35.7	39	21	19	4	19	1	25	3	0	2	166
Yoshihiro Kojima	1	0	1.000	4.24	18	0	2	0	0	0	17.0	15	8	8	1	7	1	8	0	0	1	71
Keigo Imai	1	4	.200	3.47	15	12	0	1	1	0	62.3	73	26	24	7	36	0	22	5	0	1	294
Satoru Kanemura	1	4	.200	3.96	14	7	5	1	0	0	52.3	38	23	23	5	18	1	38	5	0	0	215
Masaru Imazeki	1	4	.200	8.69	13	10	2	0	0	0	38.3	46	40	37	7	37	0	27	6	0	2	199
Kazuyuki Atsuzawa	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	7
Shoji Hiramatsu	0	0		5.79	5	0	3	0	0	0	9.3	6	6	6	1	4	0	4	0	0	3	37
Masaki Ikoma	0	0		18.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	6	6	6	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	18
Kazutoshi Yamahara	0	1	.000	5.82	16	0	12	0	0	3	21.7	29	15	14	1	10	2	15	2	0	2	101
Yukihiro Sakurai	0	1	.000	6.75	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	2	4	0	1	0	0	1	20
Akihito Kaneishi	0	1	.000	9.64	6	1	3	0	0	0	4.7	9	5	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	22
Totals	63	71	.470	4.18	464	135	119	16	5	23	1207.7	1223	600	561	127	486	33	682	67	2	56	5234

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
Tatsuya Ide	135	590	521	75	148	27	5	8	45	27	10	59	101	.284	.357	.401	.758	209	12	2	5	3	1
Atsushi Kataoka	135	600	514	67	147	28	2	17	67	3	3	81	77	.286	.383	.447	.831	230	9	2	0	3	2
Makoto Kaneko	134	604	513	80	142	18	2	12	53	13	9	46	91	.277	.338	.390	.728	200	10	4	36	5	0
Yukio Tanaka	133	599	539	72	137	29	3	19	63	1	1	51	96	.254	.321	.425	.745	229	17	4	0	5	1
Jerry Brooks	134	542	488	61	135	27	2	16	63	3	2	39	66	.277	.341	.439	.780	214	21	11	0	4	2
Nigel Wilson	134	550	478	67	131	24	0	37	94	1	2	53	130	.274	.360	.556	.916	266	9	14	0	5	5
Yoshinori Ueda	130	423	360	41	108	23	0	6	39	7	2	48	83	.300	.383	.414	.797	149	9	3	8	4	2
Hiromitsu Ochiai	113	466	397	35	104	14	0	3	43	3	0	61	60	.262	.361	.320	.680	127	16	3	0	5	1
Masanori Taguchi	81	212	188	8	37	5	0	4	20	0	1	12	52	.197	.251	.287	.538	54	4	2	9	1	0
Kazuhiko Yamashita	81	143	125	9	27	2	0	1	7	0	0	9	20	.216	.279	.256	.535	32	3	2	7	0	0
Michihiro Ogasawara	44	98	94	7	21	10	2	0	7	1	0	3	10	.223	.245	.372	.617	35	2	0	0	1	0
Tetsuro Hirose	46	72	67	4	19	4	0	0	6	0	0	3	6	.284	.306	.343	.649	23	4	0	0	2	0
Katsuhiro Nishiura	17	55	53	7	12	3	0	4	9	0	0	2	12	.226	.255	.509	.764	27	1	0	0	0	0
Hideyuki Yasuda	70	45	43	4	10	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	15	.233	.267	.326	.592	14	1	1	0	0	0
Koichi Ogawa	31	46	41	3	9	0	0	0	5	0	1	4	11	.220	.283	.220	.502	9	0	0	0	1	0
Hideki Hashigami	40	53	45	1	9	1	0	0	8	0	1	8	12	.200	.321	.222	.543	10	0	0	0	0	0
Nobuaki Arai	27	18	18	6	5	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	4	.278	.278	.333	.611	6	1	0	0	0	0
Seigo Fujishima	73	22	20	16	3	1	0	1	2	4	0	0	10	.150	.190	.350	.540	7	0	1	1	0	0
Hiroshi Watanabe	20	22	21	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.143	.182	.143	.325	3	1	0	0	0	0
Yutaka Nakamura	19	26	23	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.130	.167	.130	.297	3	0	0	2	0	0
Kazuteru Shimada	1	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.500	.750	.500	1.250	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shogo Arai	14	6	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shunji Nishi	4	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	0	0	0
Noriyuki Shiroishi	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yuichi Komaki	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryuki Nemoto	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yasufumi Ogai	15	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1640	5214	4574	572	1213	221	16	128	539	63	34	484	872	.265	.339	.404	.744	1850	120	49	68	39	14

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hiromitsu Ochiai	1B	111					.000
Hideyuki Yasuda	1B	42					.000
Koichi Ogawa	1B	15					.000
Katsuhiro Nishiura	1B	13					.000
Atsushi Kataoka	1B	7					.000
Hiroshi Watanabe	1B	4					.000
Shunji Nishi	1B	4					.000
Nigel Wilson	1B	1					.000
Makoto Kaneko	2B	132					.000
Tetsuro Hirose	2B	11					.000
Hiroshi Watanabe	2B	3					.000
Shogo Arai	2B	2					.000
Seigo Fujishima	2B	1					.000
Atsushi Kataoka	3B	133					.000
Tetsuro Hirose	3B	9					.000
Seigo Fujishima	3B	3					.000
Shogo Arai	3B	2					.000
Koichi Ogawa	3B	1					.000
Kazuhiko Yamashita	C	80					.000
Masanori Taguchi	C	80					.000
Michihiro Ogasawara	C	38					.000
Nobuaki Arai	C	14					.000
Yuichi Komaki	C	2					.000
Tatsuya Ide	OF	135					.000
Jerry Brooks	OF	134					.000
Yoshinori Ueda	OF	128					.000
Seigo Fujishima	OF	60					.000
Hideki Hashigami	OF	35					.000
Yutaka Nakamura	OF	14					.000
Yasufumi Ogai	OF	11					.000
Koichi Ogawa	OF	9					.000
Hideyuki Yasuda	OF	1					.000
Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi	P	65					.000
Hiroshi Nagatomi	P	56					.000
Takeshi Shimazaki	P	49					.000
Noriyuki Takahashi	P	47					.000
Junji Kuroki	P	34					.000
Kip Gross	P	33					.000
Tsutomu Iwamoto	P	27					.000
Hiroshi Shibakusa	P	20					.000
Yoshihiro Kojima	P	18					.000
Hiroyuki Sekine	P	17					.000
Kazutoshi Yamahara	P	16					.000
Keigo Imai	P	15					.000
Satoru Kanemura	P	14					.000
Masaru Imazeki	P	13					.000
Hiroshi Numata	P	9					.000
Yukihiro Nishizaki	P	8					.000
Akihito Kaneishi	P	6					.000
Satoshi Yano	P	5					.000
Shoji Hiramatsu	P	5					.000
Kazuyuki Atsuzawa	P	3					.000
Yukihiro Sakurai	P	2					.000
Masaki Ikoma	P	2					.000
Yukio Tanaka	SS	132					.000
Shogo Arai	SS	4					.000
Noriyuki Shiroishi	SS	3					.000
Makoto Kaneko	SS	3					.000
Kazuteru Shimada	SS	1					.000
Totals		1842	0	0	0	0	.000

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