1966 Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 52-78
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Takeshi Miyazaki (0-0), Osamu Mihara (0-0)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium

1966 Taiyo Whales Roster

The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1966 season with a record of 52 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.

The Whales plated 428 runs and conceded 557 runs, most in the league. Takeshi Kuwata paced Taiyo with 25 home runs and accounted for 64 RBI. Kazuhiko Kondo topped all regular batters with a .301 average. Makoto Inagawa led the squad with 10 wins, while Yoshiro Sasaki registered a 3.04 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Ken Aspromonte and Joe Stanka both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Takeshi Miyazaki and 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
Makoto Inagawa	10	11	.476	3.12	43	25	8	6	2		184.3	165	80	64	20	50	4	110	8	0	1	764
Yoshiro Sasaki	8	8	.500	3.04	38	16	8	4	3		139.0	134	54	47	10	23	2	58	5	1	1	564
Noboru Akiyama	6	8	.429	4.01	34	22	5	3	0		130.3	134	67	58	18	37	2	35	3	0	1	557
Joe Stanka	6	13	.316	4.17	32	23	4	4	0		144.7	153	75	67	14	44	4	69	6	0	1	616
Mitsuo Nishi	5	2	.714	3.81	23	4	9	1	0		54.3	44	25	23	5	15	1	23	1	0	1	222
Shoichi Ono	5	7	.417	3.46	41	9	12	3	0		119.7	109	53	46	15	56	8	85	3	0	1	508
Shinji Niihari	4	4	.500	3.62	37	0	20	0	0		64.7	67	33	26	6	17	2	35	2	0	0	271
Shigeyuki Takahashi	4	11	.267	4.39	34	17	6	3	1		125.0	122	71	61	17	34	4	54	8	0	0	526
NObushi Oikawa	3	7	.300	3.99	36	12	8	1	0		94.7	97	47	42	9	46	5	67	6	1	7	416
Ichiro Hiraoka	1	5	.167	3.94	37	1	12	0	0		61.7	55	31	27	6	25	3	33	3	1	1	259
Akira Ejiri	0	0		4.26	5	0	2	0	0		6.3	9	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	30
Yoshiyuki Tsuji	0	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	0		2.0	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
Gentaro Shimada	0	1	.000	3.68	5	1	2	0	0		7.3	9	3	3	2	2	0	4	1	0	0	31
Kuniyasu Mine	0	1	.000	5.09	12	0	8	0	0		17.7	15	11	10	3	6	0	9	2	1	0	76
Totals	52	78	.400	3.74	379	130	105	25	6	0	1151.7	1118	557	479	127	356	35	583	48	4	14	4850

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	130	538	482	59	145	14	2	7	34	14	6	49	50	.301	.369	.382	.751	184	4	3	4	0	6
Makoto Matsubara	129	516	477	49	140	32	2	10	56	3	3	27	54	.294	.329	.432	.761	206	6	2	3	7	4
Takeshi Kuwata	119	465	441	48	105	12	0	25	64	3	2	18	70	.238	.268	.435	.703	192	13	1	2	3	1
Ken Aspromonte	116	396	373	34	103	20	0	11	40	1	1	17	32	.276	.309	.418	.727	156	11	2	1	3	1
Akihito Kondo	127	416	381	38	96	20	4	6	27	16	7	14	38	.252	.278	.373	.651	142	9	1	17	3	0
Shozo Shigematsu	108	384	357	48	93	17	5	14	32	10	5	19	36	.261	.300	.454	.754	162	6	1	7	0	0
Yukio Osada	98	284	261	15	64	12	0	5	28	0	4	15	30	.245	.284	.349	.632	91	11	1	2	5	2
Akira Ejiri	71	209	201	24	61	18	2	4	16	0	1	4	22	.303	.327	.473	.800	95	2	3	1	0	1
Isao Ito	101	256	235	15	53	6	0	5	18	1	0	15	34	.226	.277	.315	.592	74	7	2	3	1	5
Motoyasu Kuroki	97	243	223	24	46	3	0	10	22	2	3	14	39	.206	.261	.354	.616	79	6	3	2	1	0
Hidenori Kanemitsu	73	142	128	5	36	6	1	1	14	0	1	9	18	.281	.338	.367	.705	47	5	3	0	2	3
Kenzo Hayashi	88	195	180	25	36	5	0	12	22	4	6	7	37	.200	.238	.428	.666	77	2	2	6	0	0
Kiyoshi Doi	61	100	95	7	18	3	0	0	4	0	1	4	13	.189	.222	.221	.443	21	1	0	1	0	1
Toshiaki Ogawa	46	65	60	3	13	2	1	1	8	1	0	2	8	.217	.242	.333	.575	20	0	0	3	0	0
Masakatsu Kusaka	38	63	59	9	11	4	0	1	4	1	1	4	10	.186	.238	.305	.543	18	1	0	0	0	0
Tomoo Sekine	54	60	53	4	10	1	0	1	5	1	0	5	11	.189	.254	.264	.518	14	2	0	1	1	0
Makoto Inagawa	43	52	50	3	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.180	.180	.200	.380	10	0	0	2	0	0
Kimitaka Sugimoto	35	46	41	2	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	11	.171	.209	.244	.453	10	0	0	3	0	0
Yoshiro Sasaki	38	43	40	1	5	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	8	.125	.125	.225	.350	9	0	0	3	0	0
Mitsuo Nishi	23	14	14	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.286	.571	4	0	0	0	0	0
Shoichi Ono	42	31	28	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	9	.143	.172	.143	.315	4	0	0	2	0	0
Joe Stanka	33	40	37	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.108	.154	.108	.262	4	1	1	1	0	0
NObushi Oikawa	36	24	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.091	.130	.091	.221	2	0	0	1	0	0
Noboru Akiyama	34	39	36	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.056	.081	.056	.137	2	0	0	2	0	0
Tadao Yamada	11	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shinji Niihari	37	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	0	1	0	0
Ichiro Hiraoka	37	11	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	1	0	0	1	0	0
Tsutomu Imai	16	15	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.067	.067	.067	.133	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shigeyuki Takahashi	34	35	29	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	11	.034	.033	.138	.171	4	3	0	5	1	0
Tadashi Furuta	28	4	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gentaro Shimada	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kuniyasu Mine	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Katsuhiko Oishi	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1929	4704	4347	428	1072	177	17	116	410	59	43	231	606	.247	.287	.375	.662	1631	90	25	74	27	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Makoto Matsubara	1B	113					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	1B	52					.000
Yoshiyuki Tsuji	1B	1					.000
Akihito Kondo	2B	124					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	2B	19					.000
Ken Aspromonte	2B	14					.000
Tomoo Sekine	2B	12					.000
Kimitaka Sugimoto	2B	6					.000
Tadashi Furuta	2B	2					.000
Isao Takayama	2B	1					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	3B	104					.000
Makoto Matsubara	3B	40					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	3B	10					.000
Kimitaka Sugimoto	3B	7					.000
Ken Aspromonte	3B	2					.000
Tomoo Sekine	3B	1					.000
Isao Ito	C	87					.000
Kiyoshi Doi	C	61					.000
Toshiaki Ogawa	C	43					.000
Tadao Yamada	C	10					.000
Makoto Matsubara	C	1					.000
Narihiro Abe	C	1					.000
Shozo Shigematsu	OF	105					.000
Kazuhiko Kondo	OF	103					.000
Yukio Osada	OF	82					.000
Motoyasu Kuroki	OF	75					.000
Akira Ejiri	OF	59					.000
Hidenori Kanemitsu	OF	35					.000
Masakatsu Kusaka	OF	30					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	OF	19					.000
Masayoshi Watanabe	OF	10					.000
Yuji Haba	OF	8					.000
Yoshiyuki Tsuji	OF	3					.000
Isao Takayama	OF	3					.000
Katsuhiko Oishi	OF	2					.000
Tadao Yamada	OF	1					.000
Joe Stanka	OF	1					.000
Shoichi Ono	OF	1					.000
Yoshihiro Hirayama	OF	1					.000
Tadashi Furuta	OF	1					.000
Makoto Inagawa	P	43					.000
Shoichi Ono	P	41					.000
Yoshiro Sasaki	P	38					.000
Shinji Niihari	P	37					.000
Ichiro Hiraoka	P	37					.000
NObushi Oikawa	P	36					.000
Shigeyuki Takahashi	P	34					.000
Noboru Akiyama	P	34					.000
Joe Stanka	P	32					.000
Mitsuo Nishi	P	23					.000
Kuniyasu Mine	P	12					.000
Gentaro Shimada	P	5					.000
Akira Ejiri	P	5					.000
Yoshiyuki Tsuji	P	2					.000
Ken Aspromonte	SS	89					.000
Takeshi Kuwata	SS	26					.000
Kenzo Hayashi	SS	26					.000
Tadashi Furuta	SS	10					.000
Kimitaka Sugimoto	SS	9					.000
Tomoo Sekine	SS	1					.000
Totals		1790	0	0	0	0	.000

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