1955 Nankai Hawks Statistics
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 99-41
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (99-41)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1955 Nankai Hawks RosterTeam Record: 99-41
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (99-41)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1955 season with a record of 99 wins and 41 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Hawks yielded 445 runs, fewest in the league. Nankai plated 606 runs. Isami Okamoto paced the team with 18 home runs, while Kohei Sugiyama and Hiroshi Minohara walloped 15 or more also. Kohei Sugiyama accounted for 90 RBI. Tokuji Iida led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .310 average. Motoji Takuwa earned 24 wins on the mound for the squad, and Taisei Nakamura also added 15 or more victories also Taisei Nakamura registered a 2.14 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Kazuto Tsuruoka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motoji Takuwa | 24 | 11 | .686 | 2.43 | 58 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 244.3 | 176 | 74 | 66 | 23 | 80 | 5 | 205 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 961 | |
| Taisei Nakamura | 23 | 4 | .852 | 2.14 | 51 | 33 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 269.7 | 201 | 74 | 64 | 9 | 80 | 2 | 160 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1073 | |
| Masaharu Obata | 13 | 4 | .765 | 2.69 | 48 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 190.7 | 184 | 72 | 57 | 7 | 55 | 2 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 787 | |
| Hiroshi Maruko | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.35 | 48 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 168.3 | 137 | 50 | 44 | 5 | 48 | 4 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 663 | |
| Ichiro Togawa | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.38 | 44 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 132.3 | 117 | 42 | 35 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 540 | |
| Takumi Nomo | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.68 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 73.3 | 72 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 311 | |
| Taketoshi Ogami | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.98 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 54.3 | 63 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 240 | |
| Susumu Yuki | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.15 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 71.0 | 60 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 275 | |
| Sadao Kuroki | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.44 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 138 | |
| Nobuo Nakatani | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Shinichi Kobukata | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.10 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | |
| Yoshio Tazawa | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Mutsuo Minagawa | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| Hiroshi Nakahara | 0 | 0 | 4.35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | ||
| Takeshi Ota | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Yoshiji Yamamoto | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | |
| Totals | 99 | 41 | .707 | 2.61 | 353 | 143 | 114 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 1303.3 | 1095 | 445 | 378 | 63 | 400 | 19 | 736 | 29 | 1 | 16 | 5267 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokuji Iida | 143 | 610 | 525 | 79 | 163 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 75 | 42 | 18 | 72 | 47 | .310 | .390 | .450 | .840 | 236 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Kohei Sugiyama | 140 | 554 | 521 | 70 | 145 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 90 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 33 | .278 | .310 | .432 | .742 | 225 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Kazuo Horii | 143 | 590 | 549 | 65 | 143 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 85 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 40 | .260 | .306 | .366 | .672 | 201 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Isami Okamoto | 136 | 582 | 521 | 92 | 132 | 30 | 2 | 18 | 65 | 37 | 5 | 43 | 71 | .253 | .310 | .422 | .732 | 220 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| Nobushige Morishita | 133 | 480 | 422 | 67 | 101 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 59 | 16 | 47 | 59 | .239 | .320 | .346 | .666 | 146 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Chusuke Kizuka | 122 | 421 | 386 | 53 | 96 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 22 | 39 | .249 | .292 | .301 | .592 | 116 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Minohara | 135 | 472 | 409 | 36 | 93 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 59 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 65 | .227 | .309 | .384 | .693 | 157 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Kazuo Kageyama | 111 | 389 | 317 | 49 | 73 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 63 | 57 | .230 | .359 | .328 | .687 | 104 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Yasuhiro Fukami | 111 | 282 | 263 | 25 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 39 | .274 | .318 | .373 | .690 | 98 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun Matsui | 109 | 290 | 278 | 21 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 38 | .245 | .271 | .313 | .584 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Teruo Shimabara | 95 | 176 | 164 | 7 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .305 | .335 | .354 | .689 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Keizo Tsutsui | 86 | 210 | 188 | 16 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 29 | .239 | .308 | .372 | .680 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Shigeya Iijima | 73 | 168 | 133 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 32 | .180 | .345 | .241 | .586 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ichiro Togawa | 44 | 40 | 38 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .395 | .410 | .474 | .884 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuki Oto | 111 | 78 | 75 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 26 | .200 | .231 | .347 | .577 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masaharu Obata | 48 | 63 | 57 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .228 | .290 | .281 | .571 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Motoji Takuwa | 58 | 83 | 70 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33 | .129 | .215 | .143 | .358 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Taisei Nakamura | 51 | 91 | 80 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | .100 | .122 | .100 | .222 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Ichiro Tanaka | 28 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takumi Nomo | 21 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .182 | .217 | .182 | .399 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shigeo Sato | 30 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Susumu Yuki | 19 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .105 | .100 | .105 | .205 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Taketoshi Ogami | 20 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .071 | .235 | .071 | .307 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshiji Yamamoto | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hisami Haijima | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shinichi Kobukata | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shinji Tsutsui | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hideo Kotsuji | 22 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sadao Kuroki | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Maruko | 48 | 47 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .000 | .098 | .000 | .098 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Mutsuo Minagawa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Nakahara | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nobuo Nakatani | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2082 | 5777 | 5172 | 642 | 1280 | 192 | 28 | 105 | 608 | 250 | 92 | 463 | 736 | .247 | .311 | .356 | .667 | 1843 | 105 | 26 | 86 | 30 | 8 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isami Okamoto | 1B | 136 | .000 | |||||
| Kohei Sugiyama | 1B | 123 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeya Iijima | 1B | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeo Sato | 1B | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Nobushige Morishita | 2B | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Kageyama | 3B | 99 | .000 | |||||
| Nobushige Morishita | 3B | 68 | .000 | |||||
| Shinji Tsutsui | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Jun Matsui | C | 109 | .000 | |||||
| Keizo Tsutsui | C | 85 | .000 | |||||
| Hideo Kotsuji | C | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Ichiro Tanaka | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Hisami Haijima | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Tokuji Iida | OF | 143 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Horii | OF | 143 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Minohara | OF | 122 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuhiro Fukami | OF | 95 | .000 | |||||
| Yuki Oto | OF | 90 | .000 | |||||
| Teruo Shimabara | OF | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Kohei Sugiyama | OF | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Motoji Takuwa | P | 58 | .000 | |||||
| Taisei Nakamura | P | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Masaharu Obata | P | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Maruko | P | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Ichiro Togawa | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Takumi Nomo | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Taketoshi Ogami | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Susumu Yuki | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Shinichi Kobukata | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Sadao Kuroki | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshiji Yamamoto | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nakahara | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Mutsuo Minagawa | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Ota | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Nobuo Nakatani | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshio Tazawa | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Chusuke Kizuka | SS | 106 | .000 | |||||
| Nobushige Morishita | SS | 65 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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