1957 Osaka Tigers Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 73-54
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Fumio Fujimura (73-54)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium

1957 Osaka Tigers Roster

The Osaka Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1957 season with a record of 73 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Tigers scored 462 runs and yielded 375 runs. Kenjiro Tamiya led Osaka with 12 home runs Atsushi Otsu and Kenjiro Tamiya each drove in 56 runs. Kenjiro Tamiya paced hitters with significant playing time with a .308 average. Mitsuo Osaki topped the squad with 20 wins, while Shozo Watanabe and Masaaki Koyama, too added 15 or more wins, too Shozo Watanabe registered a 1.88 earned run average, best among regular hurlers. Fumio Fujimura 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	WP	BF
Mitsuo Osaki	20	13	.606	2.09	48	35	10	14	5		279.7	220	80	65	20	28	1	116	4	2	1072
Shozo Watanabe	17	9	.654	1.88	43	29	7	11	4		230.0	217	67	48	8	46	2	66	4	1	920
Masaaki Koyama	15	17	.469	2.38	52	26	25	14	5		250.0	192	76	66	9	37	4	201	7	0	968
Yoshiteru Ishikawa	13	7	.650	2.38	53	20	16	6	3		219.7	193	69	58	15	40	3	130	6	2	875
Masayuki Umemoto	4	4	.500	2.65	9	8	0	2	1		51.0	39	17	15	6	13	0	28	2	2	206
Kazuomi Nakamura	3	1	.750	2.41	18	5	8	1	1		41.0	23	14	11	0	12	0	41	0	2	155
Shigetaka Nishio	1	2	.333	4.70	15	3	6	1	0		38.3	45	24	20	4	10	0	19	0	0	167
Kazunori Nishimura	0	0		3.00	5	1	2	0	0		18.0	17	9	6	0	6	0	12	0	0	73
Michio Matsuura	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0		2.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	9
Kinya Maeoka	0	1	.000	4.54	14	3	7	0	0		35.7	25	18	18	5	21	0	23	0	2	150
Totals	73	54	.575	2.38	258	130	81	49	19	0	1165.3	975	375	308	68	214	10	636	23	11	4595

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
Yoshio Yoshida	111	465	421	60	125	13	5	8	32	25	13	36	19	.297	.355	.409	.764	172	5	3	3	2	6
Hideshi Miyake	130	517	460	56	123	31	4	7	51	23	8	45	62	.267	.333	.398	.731	183	6	1	9	2	0
Kenjiro Tamiya	110	442	390	62	120	23	8	12	56	37	5	40	40	.308	.380	.500	.880	195	2	8	0	4	6
Atsushi Otsu	128	485	451	60	118	13	5	8	56	7	9	22	19	.262	.295	.366	.661	165	12	2	4	6	1
Hiroyuki Watanabe	104	351	316	34	81	9	0	1	30	9	5	27	27	.256	.316	.294	.610	93	10	2	3	3	0
Choei Shirasaka	128	452	394	35	80	4	2	6	32	6	6	28	38	.203	.258	.269	.527	106	10	2	25	3	0
Teruo Namiki	98	327	300	34	75	11	4	8	32	12	2	17	33	.250	.307	.393	.700	118	4	8	1	1	2
Tetsuya Yamamoto	93	265	248	22	56	9	3	3	21	6	2	9	27	.226	.255	.323	.577	80	9	1	6	1	1
Mitsutsugu Yokoyama	71	184	171	21	40	11	3	4	11	4	5	10	28	.234	.275	.404	.678	69	1	0	2	1	0
Kazuo Ishigaki	72	178	165	12	38	7	2	1	14	4	2	8	22	.230	.271	.315	.586	52	7	2	1	2	0
Katsumi Fujimoto	61	146	140	13	35	3	1	8	24	1	1	5	32	.250	.274	.457	.731	64	4	0	0	1	0
Tsuguo Goto	84	151	138	8	32	2	0	1	21	3	2	9	17	.232	.278	.268	.546	37	7	1	0	3	0
Kazuyoshi Nishiyama	74	109	103	16	17	2	0	1	5	4	2	4	15	.165	.193	.214	.406	22	2	0	0	2	0
Masaaki Koyama	52	79	74	3	14	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	25	.189	.189	.216	.405	16	2	0	5	0	0
Minoru Kamata	45	92	85	4	11	1	0	0	5	1	0	1	13	.129	.169	.141	.310	12	2	3	3	0	0
Mitsuo Osaki	48	94	84	0	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	21	.119	.149	.119	.268	10	1	0	7	0	0
Shigeru Tokuami	15	22	20	1	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.400	.381	.400	.781	8	1	0	1	1	0
Yoshiteru Ishikawa	53	66	63	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	25	.127	.154	.127	.281	8	0	0	1	0	0
Shozo Watanabe	43	70	67	2	8	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	8	.119	.132	.134	.267	9	2	1	2	0	0
Masayasu Kaneda	17	23	20	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	5	.250	.318	.350	.668	7	0	0	1	0	0
Kenichi Kawazu	28	36	33	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.152	.222	.152	.374	5	0	1	0	0	0
Masayuki Umemoto	9	17	16	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.312	.562	5	0	0	1	0	0
Masahiro Naiji	24	30	28	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.143	.200	.179	.379	5	0	1	0	0	0
Keiichi Asagoe	36	40	40	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.100	.100	.125	.225	5	3	0	0	0	0
Shigetaka Nishio	15	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	1	0	0
Shuji Nishioka	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kunisuke Tatsuichi	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazuomi Nakamura	18	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kinya Maeoka	16	10	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tadamichi Kawachi	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazunori Nishimura	5	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kiminaga Kawahara	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1699	4678	4261	462	1022	147	37	68	411	143	64	271	527	.240	.289	.340	.629	1447	90	36	78	32	16

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Hiroyuki Watanabe	1B	84					.000
Katsumi Fujimoto	1B	47					.000
Tsuguo Goto	1B	35					.000
Choei Shirasaka	2B	128					.000
Hideshi Miyake	2B	22					.000
Kenichi Kawazu	2B	14					.000
Minoru Kamata	2B	13					.000
Hideshi Miyake	3B	129					.000
Minoru Kamata	3B	32					.000
Keiichi Asagoe	3B	27					.000
Kenichi Kawazu	3B	1					.000
Tetsuya Yamamoto	C	91					.000
Kazuo Ishigaki	C	71					.000
Shigeru Tokuami	C	11					.000
Masayuki Umemoto	C	9					.000
Yoshio Ranjo	C	1					.000
Atsushi Otsu	OF	124					.000
Kenjiro Tamiya	OF	109					.000
Teruo Namiki	OF	85					.000
Mitsutsugu Yokoyama	OF	53					.000
Kazuyoshi Nishiyama	OF	42					.000
Hiroyuki Watanabe	OF	22					.000
Masahiro Naiji	OF	11					.000
Masayasu Kaneda	OF	4					.000
Kiminaga Kawahara	OF	1					.000
Yoshiteru Ishikawa	P	53					.000
Masaaki Koyama	P	52					.000
Mitsuo Osaki	P	48					.000
Shozo Watanabe	P	43					.000
Kazuomi Nakamura	P	18					.000
Shigetaka Nishio	P	15					.000
Kinya Maeoka	P	14					.000
Masayuki Umemoto	P	9					.000
Kazunori Nishimura	P	5					.000
Michio Matsuura	P	1					.000
Yoshio Yoshida	SS	108					.000
Hideshi Miyake	SS	5					.000
Totals		1537	0	0	0	0	.000

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