1980 Seibu Lions Statistics

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 62-64
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Rikuo Nemoto (62-64)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome

1980 Seibu Lions Roster

The Seibu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1980 season with a record of 62 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.

The Lions scored 651 runs and surrendered 634 runs. Koichi Tabuchi walloped 43 home runs for Seibu, while Steve Ontiveros, Jim Tyrone, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Yoshiie Tachibana and Masahiro Doi each swatted 15 or more, too. Koichi Tabuchi accounted for 97 RBI. Yoshiie Tachibana topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .301 average. Osamu Higashio led the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.79 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1980 Seibu Lions who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Tyrone, Steve Ontiveros and Taylor Duncan.

Rikuo Nemoto 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
Osamu Higashio	17	13	.567	3.79	33	33	0	18	1	0	235.3	258	117	99	28	41	1	84	12	1	0	988
Masayuki Matsunuma	12	7	.632	4.00	33	24	6	11	1	1	175.3	171	85	78	26	48	0	123	4	0	0	733
Shigekazu Mori	10	14	.417	4.71	40	18	18	4	1	7	156.7	160	97	82	31	53	6	73	2	1	0	676
Hirohisa Matsunuma	9	14	.391	3.95	33	29	3	13	0	1	202.7	188	97	89	36	58	3	139	11	0	1	852
Tamotsu Nagai	6	3	.667	4.44	56	11	9	2	0	1	123.7	123	67	61	18	38	1	94	4	0	0	520
Ritsuo Yamashita	4	2	.667	4.99	22	2	6	0	0	0	52.3	66	34	29	9	9	0	24	0	0	0	229
Kenji Furusawa	3	6	.333	5.74	34	4	18	0	0	5	80.0	82	55	51	10	45	1	78	4	0	7	362
Yasumitsu Shibata	1	3	.250	6.54	15	6	4	0	0	0	42.7	40	34	31	9	30	1	25	3	0	0	192
Hiroshi Kimura	0	0		3.86	6	0	3	0	0	0	11.7	10	6	5	2	5	0	9	1	0	0	48
Yutaka Saotome	0	0		5.54	7	0	2	0	0	0	13.0	20	10	8	4	6	0	6	0	0	0	61
Toru Hamaura	0	0		12.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	17
Hiroshi Okawa	0	1	.000	4.18	25	2	5	0	0	0	32.3	25	17	15	3	17	0	23	2	0	1	139
Takashi Nemoto	0	1	.000	6.59	9	1	7	0	0	0	13.7	16	11	10	5	6	0	9	0	0	0	60
Totals	62	64	.492	4.43	315	130	82	48	3	15	1142.3	1164	634	562	181	357	13	687	45	2	9	4877

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
Jim Tyrone	128	562	529	87	146	14	1	35	68	9	13	29	76	.276	.314	.505	.819	267	12	1	2	1	1
Yoshiie Tachibana	130	537	478	67	144	18	4	18	60	8	5	30	74	.301	.349	.469	.818	224	9	8	16	5	2
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	128	566	477	89	140	26	2	25	77	6	3	78	70	.294	.393	.514	.906	245	11	3	3	5	2
Koichi Tabuchi	123	507	440	75	117	9	1	43	97	3	3	49	79	.266	.353	.584	.937	257	13	13	0	5	3
Masahiro Doi	116	455	395	48	112	8	1	23	65	1	1	51	22	.284	.374	.484	.857	191	14	7	0	2	1
Steve Ontiveros	65	289	258	46	81	16	0	16	50	3	0	21	39	.314	.381	.562	.943	145	13	8	0	2	0
Takuji Ota	86	233	207	34	58	6	1	12	42	0	1	17	29	.280	.343	.493	.836	102	7	4	3	2	0
Taylor Duncan	64	247	230	28	54	8	0	14	36	2	2	13	27	.235	.271	.452	.723	104	4	0	0	4	0
Hiroshi Yoshimoto	76	207	192	24	51	11	0	8	22	1	1	11	34	.266	.304	.448	.752	86	5	0	3	1	0
Hisataka Yukizawa	81	192	181	24	49	10	0	3	18	3	5	6	15	.271	.293	.376	.668	68	4	0	4	1	0
Tetsuya Ohara	98	203	180	34	38	4	0	4	8	2	5	14	35	.211	.272	.300	.572	54	0	1	8	0	0
Haruhiko Suzuki	88	150	136	16	35	7	0	3	24	2	0	10	18	.257	.315	.375	.690	51	6	2	1	1	1
Tomoyoshi Oishi	77	180	156	16	32	4	1	0	8	2	2	9	17	.205	.273	.244	.517	38	5	6	8	1	0
Yoshinori Yamamura	59	138	129	12	27	1	0	5	13	0	2	4	20	.209	.237	.333	.570	43	3	1	3	1	0
Kazuo Hasegawa	58	106	99	8	25	5	0	3	13	0	0	7	16	.253	.302	.394	.696	39	3	0	0	0	0
Akihiko Horai	109	137	121	20	25	2	1	2	9	2	4	11	13	.207	.271	.289	.560	35	4	0	4	1	0
Katsuya Nomura	52	78	69	9	15	2	0	4	14	0	0	7	17	.217	.308	.420	.728	29	1	2	0	0	0
Osamu Hirose	49	52	48	6	10	1	0	1	4	0	1	4	5	.208	.269	.292	.561	14	2	0	0	0	0
Ryuzo Yamamoto	13	8	8	3	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	.375	.375	.500	.875	4	1	0	0	0	0
Toru Kusuki	12	21	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.111	.200	.111	.311	2	1	0	1	0	0
Toshihiro Okita	6	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	0	0	0	0	0
Takeshi Yamakawa	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haruki Ihara	21	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hideaki Keimoto	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Ogawa	7	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Toru Hamaura	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1660	4886	4369	651	1165	154	12	219	631	45	48	373	619	.267	.330	.458	.788	2000	118	56	56	32	10

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Masahiro Doi	1B	102					.000
Haruhiko Suzuki	1B	54					.000
Haruki Ihara	1B	15					.000
Osamu Hirose	1B	5					.000
Hiroshi Yoshimoto	1B	1					.000
Hiroyuki Yamazaki	2B	127					.000
Tetsuya Ohara	2B	11					.000
Ryuzo Yamamoto	2B	1					.000
Steve Ontiveros	3B	65					.000
Taylor Duncan	3B	64					.000
Osamu Hirose	3B	12					.000
Haruki Ihara	3B	4					.000
Tetsuya Ohara	3B	1					.000
Hiroshi Yoshimoto	C	75					.000
Tomoyoshi Oishi	C	75					.000
Katsuya Nomura	C	41					.000
Takeshi Yamakawa	C	6					.000
Yoshiie Tachibana	OF	130					.000
Jim Tyrone	OF	128					.000
Akihiko Horai	OF	100					.000
Takuji Ota	OF	56					.000
Yoshinori Yamamura	OF	46					.000
Kazuo Hasegawa	OF	23					.000
Toru Kusuki	OF	8					.000
Hideaki Keimoto	OF	3					.000
Osamu Hirose	OF	1					.000
Tamotsu Nagai	P	56					.000
Shigekazu Mori	P	40					.000
Kenji Furusawa	P	34					.000
Hirohisa Matsunuma	P	33					.000
Masayuki Matsunuma	P	33					.000
Osamu Higashio	P	33					.000
Hiroshi Okawa	P	25					.000
Ritsuo Yamashita	P	22					.000
Yasumitsu Shibata	P	15					.000
Takashi Nemoto	P	9					.000
Yutaka Saotome	P	7					.000
Hiroshi Kimura	P	6					.000
Toru Hamaura	P	2					.000
Tetsuya Ohara	SS	80					.000
Hisataka Yukizawa	SS	74					.000
Osamu Hirose	SS	28					.000
Ryuzo Yamamoto	SS	5					.000
Hiroshi Ogawa	SS	5					.000
Toshihiro Okita	SS	3					.000
Haruki Ihara	SS	1					.000
Totals		1665	0	0	0	0	.000

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