1965 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 68-70
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (68-70)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1965 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1965 season with a record of 68 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.

The Whales plated 518 runs and allowed 470 runs. Motoyasu Kuroki paced Taiyo with 25 home runs, while Takeshi Kuwata and Mike Krsnich walloped 15 or more, too. Takeshi Kuwata accounted for 75 RBI. Kazuhiko Kondo topped hitters with significant playing time with a .308 average. Shigeyuki Takahashi led the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.4 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Mike Krsnich played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Taiyo Whales to do so.

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
Shigeyuki Takahashi	21	17	.553	2.40	59	30	23	11	5		277.3	219	83	74	14	69	6	173	12	1	5	1099
Makoto Inagawa	11	14	.440	2.91	55	31	11	6	2		232.3	201	91	75	17	89	9	126	5	0	3	960
NObushi Oikawa	9	10	.474	3.16	39	27	3	3	1		165.3	137	74	58	16	60	2	97	8	0	14	689
Shoichi Ono	9	13	.409	3.32	37	21	6	5	1		146.3	135	65	54	12	53	0	84	3	0	4	613
Shinji Niihari	5	2	.714	3.14	40	3	16	1	0		77.3	64	36	27	6	23	1	40	2	0	0	317
Noboru Akiyama	5	5	.500	2.70	39	11	15	1	0		103.3	98	34	31	8	30	3	41	2	0	1	420
Takashi Suzuki	4	2	.667	2.44	38	1	10	0	0		48.0	43	13	13	4	20	1	32	2	0	0	196
Ichiro Hiraoka	3	3	.500	1.96	31	6	8	1	0		69.0	55	23	15	3	29	1	52	2	1	1	286
Gentaro Shimada	1	1	.500	3.60	10	4	3	1	0		30.0	27	14	12	2	9	1	18	0	1	0	123
Kuniyasu Mine	0	0		2.70	21	0	6	0	0		26.7	28	10	8	1	14	1	15	0	0	0	124
Isao Takayama	0	0		2.78	12	1	5	0	0		22.7	20	7	7	2	7	0	17	0	0	0	94
Akira Ejiri	0	1	.000	3.18	5	1	1	0	0		11.3	10	5	4	4	3	0	6	0	0	1	48
Yoshiro Sasaki	0	2	.000	2.82	21	4	4	0	0		44.7	29	15	14	0	20	1	28	0	0	0	177
Totals	68	70	.493	2.81	407	140	111	29	9	0	1254.3	1066	470	392	89	426	26	729	36	3	29	5146

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
Kazuhiko Kondo	134	561	493	75	152	24	0	9	33	15	13	54	51	.308	.375	.412	.787	203	7	1	9	4	7
Akihito Kondo	135	531	466	47	133	22	1	7	40	25	7	19	35	.285	.318	.382	.700	178	9	4	41	1	0
Takeshi Kuwata	132	520	480	65	128	21	3	24	75	5	3	36	84	.267	.315	.473	.788	227	11	0	0	4	1
Yukio Osada	131	467	424	49	122	19	1	9	48	4	11	37	49	.288	.345	.401	.746	170	12	1	3	2	2
Motoyasu Kuroki	119	385	360	47	102	6	2	25	61	4	6	20	54	.283	.326	.519	.846	187	6	3	2	0	0
Mike Krsnich	127	416	358	43	85	15	2	19	65	5	1	49	69	.237	.330	.450	.780	161	10	3	1	5	4
Makoto Matsubara	125	338	310	38	75	19	2	6	29	3	3	22	35	.242	.296	.374	.670	116	11	2	3	1	0
Shozo Shigematsu	107	300	276	32	62	16	1	6	29	6	7	17	28	.225	.274	.355	.629	98	2	2	4	1	1
Kenzo Hayashi	98	199	189	20	49	10	0	4	15	6	3	8	36	.259	.288	.376	.664	71	5	0	1	1	1
Hidenori Kanemitsu	96	173	156	19	46	6	3	8	26	1	0	13	25	.295	.345	.526	.871	82	6	0	2	2	1
Isao Ito	104	255	228	17	45	10	0	4	17	0	1	14	46	.197	.253	.294	.547	67	4	4	6	3	2
Toru Mori	87	168	162	18	31	4	0	13	28	3	0	3	19	.191	.216	.457	.672	74	6	2	1	0	0
Saneo Aso	58	68	66	6	15	3	1	0	6	2	0	1	8	.227	.235	.303	.538	20	1	0	0	1	1
Tomoo Sekine	65	84	75	11	12	1	0	1	3	2	2	6	11	.160	.232	.213	.445	16	3	1	2	0	0
Kiyoshi Doi	72	72	64	5	9	2	0	0	2	1	0	4	14	.141	.203	.172	.375	11	3	1	3	0	0
Akira Ejiri	27	27	25	5	7	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	5	.280	.333	.400	.733	10	0	0	0	0	0
Masanobu Shimano	49	50	49	2	6	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	9	.122	.140	.122	.262	6	1	1	0	0	0
Shigeyuki Takahashi	59	91	83	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	32	.072	.071	.084	.156	7	2	0	7	1	0
Tadao Yamada	44	44	38	1	5	2	0	0	2	1	0	5	6	.132	.233	.184	.417	7	0	0	1	0	0
Shoichi Ono	38	45	42	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.119	.140	.167	.306	7	0	0	2	0	0
NObushi Oikawa	39	53	51	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.098	.115	.098	.213	5	1	0	1	0	0
Makoto Inagawa	55	70	65	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	.062	.062	.062	.123	4	2	0	5	0	0
Masakatsu Kusaka	18	11	11	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	.273	.273	.455	.727	5	0	0	0	0	0
Ichiro Hiraoka	31	17	17	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.176	.176	.176	.353	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tsutomu Imai	15	20	19	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.158	.200	.158	.358	3	0	0	0	0	0
Yukio Shimada	35	35	31	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.097	.143	.097	.240	3	0	1	0	2	0
Takashi Suzuki	38	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	1	0	0
Gentaro Shimada	10	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tadashi Furuta	16	13	12	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	1	0	1	0	0
Noboru Akiyama	40	26	24	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.083	.120	.083	.203	2	0	0	1	0	0
Isao Takayama	12	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
Yoshiro Sasaki	23	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1	0	0	1	0	0
Shinji Niihari	40	13	10	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.100	.250	.300	.550	3	0	0	1	0	0
Katsuhiko Oishi	10	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	2189	5083	4612	518	1127	186	17	136	494	85	59	317	701	.244	.295	.381	.676	1755	103	26	100	28	20

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Makoto Matsubara	1B	104					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	1B	71					.000
Mike Krsnich	1B	23					.000
Yukio Shimada	1B	5					.000
Tsutomu Imai	1B	2					.000
Yoshiyuki Tsuji	1B	1					.000
Yoshihiro Hirayama	1B	1					.000
Akira Ejiri	1B	1					.000
Akihito Kondo	2B	132					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	2B	15					.000
Tomoo Sekine	2B	12					.000
Tadashi Furuta	2B	5					.000
Katsuhiko Oishi	2B	4					.000
Saneo Aso	2B	1					.000
Mike Krsnich	3B	100					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	3B	42					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	3B	34					.000
Saneo Aso	3B	14					.000
Makoto Matsubara	3B	9					.000
Isao Ito	C	102					.000
Kiyoshi Doi	C	72					.000
Masanobu Shimano	C	48					.000
Tadao Yamada	C	41					.000
Makoto Matsubara	C	3					.000
Yukio Osada	OF	128					.000
Motoyasu Kuroki	OF	112					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	OF	107					.000
Shozo Shigematsu	OF	103					.000
Toru Mori	OF	60					.000
Hidenori Kanemitsu	OF	53					.000
Masakatsu Kusaka	OF	10					.000
Akira Ejiri	OF	8					.000
Yoshiyuki Tsuji	OF	6					.000
Yoshihiro Hirayama	OF	5					.000
Tadao Yamada	OF	3					.000
Mike Krsnich	OF	3					.000
Saneo Aso	OF	3					.000
Yutaka Yamada	OF	2					.000
Yoshiro Sasaki	OF	2					.000
Nobutsugu Takamatsu	OF	1					.000
Yukio Shimada	OF	1					.000
Shoichi Ono	OF	1					.000
Tsutomu Imai	OF	1					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	OF	1					.000
Yuji Haba	OF	1					.000
Narihiro Abe	OF	1					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	P	59					.000
Makoto Inagawa	P	55					.000
Shinji Niihari	P	40					.000
NObushi Oikawa	P	39					.000
Noboru Akiyama	P	39					.000
Takashi Suzuki	P	38					.000
Shoichi Ono	P	37					.000
Ichiro Hiraoka	P	31					.000
Yoshiro Sasaki	P	21					.000
Kuniyasu Mine	P	21					.000
Isao Takayama	P	12					.000
Gentaro Shimada	P	10					.000
Akira Ejiri	P	5					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	SS	116					.000
Tomoo Sekine	SS	32					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	SS	27					.000
Tadashi Furuta	SS	9					.000
Katsuhiko Oishi	SS	3					.000
Akihito Kondo	SS	1					.000
Totals		2049	0	0	0	0	.000

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