1977 Nankai Hawks Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 63-55
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Yoshio Anabuki (0-0), Katsuya Nomura (0-0)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium

1977 Nankai Hawks Roster

The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1977 season with a record of 63 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.

The Hawks led the league with just 471 runs allowed. Nankai scored 502 runs. Hiromitsu Kadota paced the team with 25 home runs, while Junichi Kashiwabara, Gail Hopkins and Katsuya Nomura each walloped 15 or more, too. Hiromitsu Kadota accounted for 91 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .313 average. Manabu Fujita paced the squad with 16 wins, and Motoyasu Kaneshiro earned a 2.52 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Gail Hopkins and Jack Pierce both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Yoshio Anabuki and Katsuya Nomura 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
Manabu Fujita	16	13	.552	3.28	35	31	2	18	3	0	244.3	237	100	89	16	49	1	99	8	1	1	1004
Michiro Sato	12	10	.545	3.46	38	20	14	7	1	0	202.7	210	89	78	17	61	2	79	8	0	2	857
Shinichi Yamauchi	11	12	.478	3.20	26	26	0	11	0	0	191.3	189	80	68	15	47	3	47	7	0	1	796
Motoyasu Kaneshiro	10	11	.476	2.51	31	25	4	10	2	1	189.7	149	72	53	21	65	1	123	15	0	2	779
Yutaka Enatsu	4	2	.667	2.79	41	3	33	1	0	19	84.0	72	28	26	5	21	0	60	5	0	2	346
Koichiro Sasaki	4	2	.667	3.47	20	7	9	3	0	1	80.3	80	34	31	9	15	1	14	2	0	0	329
Hidetaka Hoshino	4	5	.444	2.36	13	9	3	5	0	0	91.3	84	32	24	8	22	0	44	0	0	3	378
Toru Ikenoue	1	0	1.000	2.81	3	2	1	1	1	0	16.0	10	5	5	1	4	1	5	2	0	0	62
Masumitsu Moriguchi	1	0	1.000	4.37	17	7	8	0	0	0	47.3	49	26	23	4	24	0	30	0	0	1	207
Etsuo Murakami	0	0		22.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	12
Totals	63	55	.534	3.15	225	130	74	56	7	21	1149.0	1085	471	402	98	309	9	501	47	1	12	4770

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
Hiromitsu Kadota	128	543	479	71	150	22	0	25	91	5	5	52	72	.313	.379	.516	.895	247	3	4	0	8	5
Mitsuru Fujiwara	102	441	406	46	122	12	2	4	39	15	11	28	19	.300	.347	.369	.716	150	14	3	0	4	4
Junichi Kashiwabara	129	507	462	65	118	19	3	18	54	12	4	38	58	.255	.315	.426	.741	197	12	3	2	2	0
Gail Hopkins	113	441	402	37	107	13	2	16	69	1	2	33	25	.266	.325	.428	.753	172	12	3	1	2	4
Katsuya Nomura	127	493	447	33	95	9	1	16	58	0	4	33	41	.213	.270	.345	.614	154	24	5	0	8	5
Hiromasa Arai	121	469	409	63	93	15	5	1	21	14	3	40	38	.227	.302	.296	.598	121	6	5	12	3	1
Takayuki Kono	110	364	330	39	88	14	2	0	19	10	4	11	30	.267	.291	.321	.612	106	9	1	20	2	0
Chiaki Sadaoka	101	334	309	32	67	12	0	8	32	3	3	23	69	.217	.269	.333	.603	103	4	0	0	2	1
Jack Pierce	95	328	291	30	66	9	1	13	39	1	1	23	61	.227	.302	.399	.700	116	7	10	0	4	1
Teruhide Sakurai	97	266	237	15	48	6	0	3	19	9	2	11	21	.203	.248	.266	.514	63	5	4	12	2	0
Yoshinori Hirose	50	125	119	13	29	6	1	0	11	1	0	3	9	.244	.258	.311	.569	37	1	0	1	2	0
Yoshiaki Toyama	31	76	73	6	22	6	1	1	4	0	0	3	12	.301	.329	.452	.781	33	1	0	0	0	0
Shinsaku Katahira	44	88	85	2	18	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	16	.212	.239	.247	.486	21	2	0	0	0	0
Nobuo Yonetani	19	55	50	6	13	1	0	1	8	0	0	2	3	.260	.296	.340	.636	17	1	1	1	1	0
Toshihiro Hayashi	38	44	40	1	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	11	.225	.295	.250	.545	10	1	1	0	0	0
Takashi Sakata	88	47	38	13	8	0	1	0	1	4	3	5	7	.211	.295	.263	.559	10	1	0	3	1	0
Kazuto Horii	49	29	24	19	6	0	0	0	4	3	1	3	5	.250	.333	.250	.583	6	0	0	2	0	0
Shigeki Tsurusaki	33	28	25	6	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	8	.200	.286	.360	.646	9	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto	38	19	18	3	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	.167	.211	.389	.599	7	0	0	0	0	0
Toru Wada	17	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.125	.176	.125	.301	2	1	0	0	0	0
Mitsuru Mochizuki	14	25	22	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.091	.200	.182	.382	4	1	1	0	0	0
Yuji Kubodera	11	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Masahiro Kuroda	8	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	1	0	0	0
Masao Yamamoto	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1566	4750	4292	502	1073	153	19	108	479	78	43	321	525	.250	.306	.370	.676	1588	105	42	54	41	21

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Jack Pierce	1B	77					.000
Junichi Kashiwabara	1B	54					.000
Toshihiro Hayashi	1B	16					.000
Mitsuru Fujiwara	1B	11					.000
Gail Hopkins	1B	1					.000
Teruhide Sakurai	2B	94					.000
Takayuki Kono	2B	57					.000
Shigeki Tsurusaki	2B	17					.000
Junichi Kashiwabara	2B	1					.000
Yoshinori Hirose	2B	1					.000
Mitsuru Fujiwara	3B	90					.000
Junichi Kashiwabara	3B	35					.000
Takayuki Kono	3B	15					.000
Shigeki Tsurusaki	3B	1					.000
Chiaki Sadaoka	3B	1					.000
Yuji Kubodera	3B	1					.000
Yoshinori Hirose	3B	1					.000
Katsuya Nomura	C	127					.000
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto	C	17					.000
Toru Wada	C	11					.000
Masahiro Kuroda	C	8					.000
Hiromitsu Kadota	OF	128					.000
Hiromasa Arai	OF	121					.000
Chiaki Sadaoka	OF	96					.000
Takashi Sakata	OF	73					.000
Junichi Kashiwabara	OF	61					.000
Kazuto Horii	OF	23					.000
Yoshinori Hirose	OF	22					.000
Yoshiaki Toyama	OF	21					.000
Shinsaku Katahira	OF	17					.000
Nobuo Yonetani	OF	16					.000
Jack Pierce	OF	9					.000
Mitsuru Mochizuki	OF	7					.000
Masao Yamamoto	OF	1					.000
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto	OF	1					.000
Yutaka Enatsu	P	41					.000
Michiro Sato	P	38					.000
Manabu Fujita	P	35					.000
Motoyasu Kaneshiro	P	31					.000
Shinichi Yamauchi	P	26					.000
Koichiro Sasaki	P	20					.000
Masumitsu Moriguchi	P	17					.000
Hidetaka Hoshino	P	13					.000
Toru Ikenoue	P	3					.000
Etsuo Murakami	P	1					.000
Takayuki Kono	SS	49					.000
Shigeki Tsurusaki	SS	7					.000
Totals		1513	0	0	0	0	.000

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