1956 Nishitetsu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 96-51
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (96-51)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1956 Nishitetsu Lions Roster

Japan Series - Nishitetsu Lions 4 games, Yomiuri Giants 2

The Nishitetsu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1956 season with a record of 96 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Lions paced the league with just 372 runs allowed. Nishitetsu scored 611 runs. Futoshi Nakanishi led the team with 29 home runs and recorded 95 runs batted in. Yasumitsu Toyoda and Futoshi Nakanishi topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .325. Yukio Shimabara notched 25 wins on the mound for the squad, while Kazuhisa Inao, Sadao Nishimura and Hisafumi Kawamura each added 15 or more wins, too Kazuhisa Inao recorded a 1.06 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers. Osamu Mihara 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
Yukio Shimabara2511.6941.35744021153373.72257656711472537071443
Kazuhisa Inao216.7781.0661222563262.315347312734182812981
Sadao Nishimura217.7501.7262292284246.316260476616163303935
Hisafumi Kawamura1812.6002.5446251252201.715170577673123703824
Takayuki Hata74.6361.69201715490.7552417339062001362
Kei Kitahara201.0003.4615341139.0371815215021001166
Tokuji Kawasaki23.4002.33287142185.0812622427132200350
Kusuo Tanaka00110000.010001000002
Morikazu Sagawa003.4216330023.720109012119000103
Michio Ukari0013.50100000.721100000003
Mamoru Nagasaka01.0002.617210010.31133030400143
Hiromasa Ariyoshi01.00036.00211001.034402000008
Tadao Wako02.0002.8620150034.7301711122037002151
Mamoru Otsu02.0007.075220014.0181311140600163
Kyoji Nishihara02.00027.00211001.043300000007
Totals9651.6531.87360154112421801384.09533722873344022902271215441

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
Yasumitsu Toyoda148629529901722812127031137659.325.407.491.8992601721575
Futoshi Nakanishi13752346274150275299515125470.325.393.593.986274811517
Akinobu Kono1535694976513423323814134365.270.330.340.670169922700
Seiji Sekiguchi1505044665511925131373362464.255.293.448.741209102931
Yoji Tamatsukuri1364433905511617713318164458.297.368.385.75315001621
Teruyuki Takakura148471433601121559583593155.259.310.379.68916442411
Akira Ogi1244383885294191103323103075.242.299.374.673145321710
Hiroshi Oshita1153823473190142452342131.259.297.346.64312071585
Takeshi Hibino124285253185960127341830.233.282.269.55168801220
Junji Nakatani93215194153860316421322.196.243.273.5165360531
Etsuro Tsukamoto1031711591429701644723.182.220.245.4663911310
Yasuo Takiuchi8814713419244311259843.179.236.276.5123722300
Sadao Nishimura64867411216021000933.284.353.446.7993320120
Kazuhisa Inao619589620220801321.225.250.292.5422610300
Yukio Shimabara75134121616100501227.132.146.140.28717001100
Makoto Kuboyama5989841115314920326.179.216.381.5973201100
Yoshizo Tanabe739894512300600325.128.163.160.3231521000
Sunao Imakurusu56595101010030169.196.281.216.4961110201
Tokuji Kawasaki4246412900041044.220.289.220.508900100
Takayuki Hata2031292810000023.276.323.310.633900000
Kusuo Tanaka3643384801130039.211.302.342.6441302000
Hisafumi Kawamura46676068111400021.133.133.233.3671400700
Hiromi Wada44433727001100513.189.286.270.5561010100
Toru Misao23222006000000210.300.364.300.664600000
Akira Owada2122213520000317.238.273.333.606700000
Tadao Wako20770210000002.286.286.429.714300000
Takara Hiratsuka4124244200013206.083.083.083.167210000
Morikazu Sagawa17330100000001.333.333.333.667100000
Haruo Tamaki1513111110001024.091.231.182.413200000
Mamoru Otsu6650000000012.000.167.000.167000000
Mamoru Nagasaka7210000000011.000.500.000.500000000
Kei Kitahara1512120000000004.000.000.000.000000000
Junjiro Goto4110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Totals22645680507561112882135695567165110416824.254.311.374.685189883201343532


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