1979 Nankai Hawks Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 46-73
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Yoshinori Hirose (46-73)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium

1979 Nankai Hawks Roster

The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1979 season with a record of 46 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.

The Hawks plated 558 runs and gave up 689 runs, most in the league. Carlos May paced Nankai with 26 home runs, while Frank Ortenzio and Shinsaku Katahira walloped 15 or more also. Carlos May drove in 75 runs. Hiromasa Arai led all regular batters with a .358 average. Shinichi Yamauchi topped the squad with 12 wins, and Motoyasu Kaneshiro earned a 3.3 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Carlos May and Frank Ortenzio both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Yoshinori Hirose 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
Shinichi Yamauchi	12	7	.632	4.14	30	30	0	7	1	0	193.7	219	104	89	20	56	6	64	8	0	0	846
Masumitsu Moriguchi	9	14	.391	4.17	32	26	3	11	3	0	179.0	188	102	83	20	77	0	102	4	0	1	790
Hisao Sugita	7	14	.333	5.62	36	22	5	0	0	0	147.3	185	101	92	27	55	1	28	6	0	1	655
Yukihiro Murakami	5	6	.455	5.18	34	7	13	1	0	2	90.3	94	57	52	13	54	1	52	7	0	6	417
Motoyasu Kaneshiro	4	5	.444	3.29	53	0	50	0	0	16	98.3	66	36	36	14	35	5	69	5	0	1	384
Koichiro Sasaki	3	7	.300	3.48	38	15	3	2	0	1	139.7	144	66	54	16	27	7	37	8	0	0	589
Masao Tamura	2	4	.333	8.09	24	12	7	0	0	0	69.0	99	64	62	16	34	2	30	1	1	1	330
Manabu Fujita	2	5	.286	8.67	8	5	1	0	0	0	27.0	39	27	26	10	10	0	9	0	0	0	126
Takayoshi Hirasawa	2	11	.154	7.06	33	13	6	2	0	0	94.3	113	79	74	20	41	1	37	3	0	0	427
Tetsuya Fujisawa	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5
Yataro Oishi	0	0		3.95	36	0	9	0	0	0	57.0	67	30	25	7	10	0	35	3	0	0	250
Tadashi Matsuura	0	0		4.23	11	0	8	0	0	0	27.7	34	15	13	6	6	0	5	2	0	0	120
Hidetaka Hoshino	0	0		6.48	11	0	1	0	0	0	8.3	3	8	6	1	15	1	2	0	0	0	40
Totals	46	73	.387	4.86	347	130	107	23	4	19	1132.7	1251	689	612	170	422	24	471	47	1	10	4979

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
Takayuki Kono	125	540	496	72	149	25	5	13	55	25	6	23	46	.300	.331	.450	.781	223	11	2	15	4	0
Shinsaku Katahira	123	486	444	56	146	20	4	16	68	2	4	35	46	.329	.381	.500	.881	222	11	4	0	3	1
Mitsuru Fujiwara	124	533	491	65	145	24	2	7	62	20	6	27	26	.295	.337	.395	.732	194	10	7	2	6	1
Hiromasa Arai	114	439	388	52	139	19	1	2	34	17	6	28	17	.358	.402	.428	.830	166	7	3	16	4	1
Carlos May	117	460	398	59	122	15	1	26	75	3	3	46	63	.307	.380	.545	.926	217	10	7	0	9	3
Frank Ortenzio	113	425	387	39	96	9	0	23	56	2	1	32	93	.248	.308	.450	.758	174	4	3	0	3	3
Chiaki Sadaoka	115	385	360	46	89	13	3	11	41	2	2	17	83	.247	.280	.392	.672	141	7	0	7	1	0
Isao Ito	81	242	223	30	56	18	1	10	27	0	1	15	51	.251	.307	.475	.782	106	12	3	1	0	0
Yuji Kubodera	81	223	208	25	50	6	1	1	15	4	5	10	26	.240	.273	.293	.566	61	1	0	3	2	0
Toshizo Sakamoto	61	150	135	22	42	7	0	0	12	5	2	13	10	.311	.369	.363	.732	49	3	0	1	1	0
Teruhide Sakurai	58	147	132	15	39	6	0	1	12	5	1	8	10	.295	.345	.364	.709	48	5	2	5	0	0
Yoshinori Yamashita	93	210	190	12	37	5	0	2	11	0	2	12	35	.195	.263	.253	.516	48	4	6	1	1	0
Masahiro Kuroda	63	164	142	9	27	4	0	3	12	1	2	6	20	.190	.261	.282	.543	40	2	8	7	1	0
Keisuke Okamoto	55	103	94	9	23	2	1	4	15	0	1	8	26	.245	.311	.415	.726	39	2	1	0	0	0
Yoshihito Oda	63	128	118	11	20	2	0	3	9	0	0	7	12	.169	.220	.263	.483	31	3	1	1	1	1
Hideki Takayanagi	42	103	89	12	17	5	0	0	5	3	0	11	19	.191	.287	.247	.534	22	1	1	2	0	0
Hiromitsu Kadota	19	63	54	5	15	2	0	2	17	0	0	8	15	.278	.365	.426	.791	23	0	0	0	1	0
Kenji Nakade	42	33	31	2	5	1	0	1	6	0	1	1	6	.161	.188	.290	.478	9	2	0	1	0	0
Kazuto Horii	57	15	11	15	3	0	0	0	1	10	3	2	2	.273	.429	.273	.701	3	0	1	1	0	0
Satoshi Iwaki	13	22	19	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.105	.143	.105	.248	2	0	1	1	1	0
Takashi Sakata	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masao Yamamoto	9	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroyuki Yoshida	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1589	4881	4420	558	1222	183	19	125	534	100	46	309	613	.276	.328	.411	.740	1818	95	50	64	38	10

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Shinsaku Katahira	1B	121					.000
Yoshihito Oda	1B	29					.000
Mitsuru Fujiwara	1B	1					.000
Takayuki Kono	2B	104					.000
Teruhide Sakurai	2B	37					.000
Toshizo Sakamoto	2B	1					.000
Mitsuru Fujiwara	3B	108					.000
Takayuki Kono	3B	25					.000
Chiaki Sadaoka	3B	4					.000
Toshizo Sakamoto	3B	1					.000
Yuji Kubodera	3B	1					.000
Isao Ito	C	72					.000
Masahiro Kuroda	C	63					.000
Kenji Nakade	C	38					.000
Satoshi Iwaki	C	11					.000
Hiroyuki Yoshida	C	2					.000
Hiromasa Arai	OF	113					.000
Chiaki Sadaoka	OF	112					.000
Carlos May	OF	102					.000
Yoshinori Yamashita	OF	89					.000
Yuji Kubodera	OF	51					.000
Frank Ortenzio	OF	50					.000
Hideki Takayanagi	OF	41					.000
Keisuke Okamoto	OF	30					.000
Kazuto Horii	OF	26					.000
Takashi Sakata	OF	17					.000
Masao Yamamoto	OF	5					.000
Shinsaku Katahira	OF	2					.000
Isao Ito	OF	2					.000
Motoyasu Kaneshiro	P	53					.000
Koichiro Sasaki	P	38					.000
Hisao Sugita	P	36					.000
Yataro Oishi	P	36					.000
Yukihiro Murakami	P	34					.000
Takayoshi Hirasawa	P	33					.000
Masumitsu Moriguchi	P	32					.000
Shinichi Yamauchi	P	30					.000
Masao Tamura	P	24					.000
Tadashi Matsuura	P	11					.000
Hidetaka Hoshino	P	11					.000
Manabu Fujita	P	8					.000
Tetsuya Fujisawa	P	1					.000
Yuji Kubodera	SS	31					.000
Totals		1636	0	0	0	0	.000

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