1959 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 49-77
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Mori (49-77)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1959 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1959 season with a record of 49 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.

The Whales scored 352 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 514 runs, most in the circuit. Takeshi Kuwata walloped 31 home runs for Taiyo and accounted for 84 RBI. Kazuhiko Kondo paced all regular hitters with a .279 average. Noboru Akiyama topped the team with 14 wins, while Masaru Koda recorded a 2.88 ERA, best among regular hurlers. Shigeo Mori 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
Noboru Akiyama1422.3893.30563321173300.3267131110268752128041238
Takashi Suzuki1216.4293.2249318103260.322810293249001576051075
Masaru Koda710.4122.8837181284153.3115584916532136404620
Kazuyoshi Miyamoto69.4003.4542151661161.715870621647276512669
Masahiko Oishi616.2734.0040241250171.019292761547084211735
Gentaro Shimada43.5713.1624883191.0743432625166401370
Takeo Matsui004.50202002.021100000008
Ichiro Sekiguchi0013.50100002.7354250500017
Kuniyasu Mine0014.73300003.7886230200020
Masatoshi Gondo01.00010.643120011.0161313360410057
Totals4977.3893.4725713081491201157.0106351444611036310742302174809

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
Takeshi Kuwata1254994356411720331842585899.269.359.543.9012361340221
Kazuhiko Kondo11044740945114174822663137.279.333.399.73216373311
Takashi Iwamoto118474431359713342815113770.225.287.297.58412841410
Saneo Aso1033903643684163423461848.231.269.324.59411872420
Yukio Shimada1073403112875105524632146.241.290.354.64411021611
Mamoru Nakajima101271246176074121221535.244.291.317.6087842622
Kiyoshi Doi102344305235853218442655.190.260.246.50675103910
Toshiyuki Nakamura892922752251140514431248.185.225.291.5168022300
Nobuyuki Hikiji81182161123780310321620.230.303.335.6395441403
Hidenori Kanemitsu711671607334131820326.206.226.300.5264831300
Terutoshi Okiyama84200179143070212641423.168.226.240.4664310520
Yasuhiro Iwaoka4912611272881014211017.250.306.339.6463810220
Tsutomu Edamura61111101620201800915.198.264.248.5112520100
Hiroshige Kuroki537673014100800113.192.203.205.4081500200
Noboru Akiyama5610497313310501037.134.133.186.3181810610
Kazuyoshi Miyamoto435042212100500314.286.326.310.6361310410
Haruhiko Kondo5564581012101210312.207.246.276.5221610300
Masanobu Shimano498176211001102225.145.167.184.3511410300
Takashi Suzuki49817327000002429.096.143.096.239700400
Morio Okada2739373500040018.135.158.135.293520100
Tadao Shibano35675855101300923.086.209.155.364910000
Gentaro Shimada2424210400010128.190.261.190.451400100
Moriaki Sakamoto1626251400010018.160.192.160.352400000
Kiichiro Imaizumi91092300010113.333.400.333.733300000
Heitaro Kobayashi2018160320000028.188.278.312.590520000
Mitsugu Masuda23504613000000318.065.122.065.188300100
Masahiko Oishi41494222000210317.048.111.048.159200400
Masatoshi Gondo3331100110000.333.3331.3331.667400000
Yasuo Ozaki7770100000004.143.143.143.286100000
Noboru Ishii10970100000013.143.250.143.393100100
Masaru Koda38444001000000422.025.114.025.139110000
Ichiro Sekiguchi1110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Katsuma Hashimoto1330000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Kuniyasu Mine4220000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Nobutsugu Takamatsu2220000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Akira Tanino10662000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Totals17774659423335290614028733308157310799.214.270.312.58213217020801628


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