1954 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 82-47
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (82-47)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1954 Yomiuri Giants Roster

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1954 season with a record of 82 wins and 47 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Giants topped the league with 613 runs, spearheaded by 88 home runs. Yomiuri yielded 385 runs. Tatsuro Hiroka led the team with 15 home runs Tetsuharu Kawakami recorded 87 runs batted in. Wally Yonamine paced all regular batters by hitting .361. Takehiko Bessho notched 26 wins on the mound for the squad, while Hiroshi Nakao and Takumi Otomo added 15 or more wins, too Takumi Otomo recorded a 1.68 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Shigeru Mizuhara 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
Takehiko Bessho	26	12	.684	1.80	50	34	14	23	6		330.0	269	84	66	13	50		158	6	0	0	1279
Takumi Otomo	21	15	.583	1.68	48	30	15	17	5		278.7	202	63	52	13	62		199	9	0	0	1081
Hiroshi Nakao	15	5	.750	2.59	37	24	7	8	4		187.7	161	63	54	12	44		76	5	0	2	743
Masayuki Kasahara	9	4	.692	3.60	30	14	8	3	2		115.0	128	60	46	7	41		28	5	1	3	503
Masanori Iritani	7	6	.538	2.35	23	12	8	5	2		115.0	105	41	30	7	18		45	1	0	0	458
Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	3	2	.600	3.11	27	6	15	0	0		81.0	84	35	28	7	32		43	3	0	4	353
Hideo Fujimoto	1	2	.333	5.95	5	5	0	0	0		19.7	21	15	13	3	4		4	1	0	0	83
Yoshinobu Kawakami	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0		1.0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	5
Kiyoshi Matsuda	0	0		2.57	6	2	3	0	0		14.0	14	6	4	2	2		5	0	0	0	59
Masayoshi Miura	0	0		9.64	1	0	1	0	0		4.7	5	5	5	3	2		4	0	0	0	20
Mitsuo Matsuoka	0	1	.000	4.30	7	3	2	0	0		23.0	22	13	11	1	9		8	0	1	0	98
Totals	82	47	.636	2.38	235	130	74	56	19	0	1169.7	1012	385	309	68	264	0	570	31	2	9	4682

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
Wally Yonamine	125	561	477	93	172	40	6	10	69	20	9	69	56	.361	.441	.532	.974	254	5	2	10	3
Tetsuharu Kawakami	129	561	510	64	164	27	8	8	87	26	8	41	25	.322	.370	.453	.823	231	14	2	1	7
Yuko Minamimura	125	520	466	57	133	16	2	7	61	18	8	34	32	.285	.335	.373	.708	174	10	4	9	7
Shigeru Chiba	120	515	433	68	109	13	3	7	48	7	4	53	51	.252	.331	.344	.675	149	14	0	26	3
Tatsuro Hiroka	112	405	341	58	107	19	2	15	67	9	4	54	49	.314	.409	.513	.923	175	5	4	2	4
Jun Hirota	106	379	344	49	90	3	4	9	37	3	1	22	44	.262	.311	.372	.683	128	10	4	6	3
Meiji Tezuka	110	289	266	25	67	15	2	3	35	3	2	17	28	.252	.295	.357	.652	95	3	0	4	2
Takashi Iwamoto	100	279	249	33	56	13	2	2	24	8	3	20	22	.225	.289	.317	.606	79	5	4	2	4
Kazuo Higasa	92	296	254	33	54	7	0	11	32	4	2	38	44	.213	.315	.370	.685	94	10	1	1	2
Saburo Hirai	79	226	206	21	52	9	4	0	21	8	1	15	20	.252	.305	.335	.640	69	4	1	3	1
Bunji Kashiwaeda	88	226	206	32	50	6	1	7	34	5	2	18	23	.243	.302	.383	.686	79	5	0	1	1
Takehiko Bessho	50	129	123	11	28	3	0	3	10	0	0	3	10	.228	.246	.325	.571	40	4	0	3	0
Hiroyoshi Komatsubara	61	102	89	6	24	2	0	1	11	1	1	9	17	.270	.340	.326	.666	29	0	1	2	1
Shigeru Fujio	54	122	115	10	22	4	1	3	15	1	2	5	14	.191	.221	.322	.543	37	3	0	0	2
Takumi Otomo	48	108	95	14	20	3	1	0	6	1	0	3	23	.211	.257	.263	.521	25	0	3	7	0
Hirofumi Naito	52	78	64	16	15	3	0	1	5	7	1	6	7	.234	.300	.328	.628	21	2	0	8	0
Masanori Iritani	23	47	42	7	14	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	6	.333	.378	.429	.806	18	2	0	2	0
Hiroshi Nakao	37	75	65	10	9	0	1	1	5	1	0	4	16	.138	.200	.215	.415	14	0	1	5	0
Masayuki Kasahara	30	40	32	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	6	.125	.176	.125	.301	4	0	0	6	0
Minoru Kakurai	5	11	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.273	.545	3	0	0	0	0
Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	27	25	23	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.130	.130	.130	.261	3	0	0	2	0
Morimichi Iwashita	7	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0	0
Masayoshi Miura	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0
Mitsuo Matsuoka	12	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0
Hideo Fujimoto	5	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	1	0	0	0	0
Yasuo Kusunoki	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
Kiyoshi Matsuda	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Tetsuharu Teramoto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Mamoru Nakajima	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1610	5022	4438	613	1201	187	37	88	579	124	50	417	505	.271	.334	.389	.723	1726	96	27	100	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Tetsuharu Kawakami	1B	121					.000
Meiji Tezuka	1B	8					.000
Morimichi Iwashita	1B	4					.000
Yasuo Kusunoki	1B	2					.000
Shigeru Chiba	2B	120					.000
Hirofumi Naito	2B	30					.000
Tatsuro Hiroka	2B	7					.000
Meiji Tezuka	3B	99					.000
Bunji Kashiwaeda	3B	77					.000
Tatsuro Hiroka	3B	12					.000
Saburo Hirai	3B	7					.000
Hirofumi Naito	3B	3					.000
Jun Hirota	C	106					.000
Shigeru Fujio	C	48					.000
Yasuo Kusunoki	C	2					.000
Wally Yonamine	OF	124					.000
Yuko Minamimura	OF	124					.000
Takashi Iwamoto	OF	96					.000
Kazuo Higasa	OF	85					.000
Hiroyoshi Komatsubara	OF	30					.000
Minoru Kakurai	OF	3					.000
Hirofumi Naito	OF	1					.000
Takehiko Bessho	P	50					.000
Takumi Otomo	P	48					.000
Hiroshi Nakao	P	37					.000
Masayuki Kasahara	P	30					.000
Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	P	27					.000
Masanori Iritani	P	23					.000
Mitsuo Matsuoka	P	7					.000
Kiyoshi Matsuda	P	6					.000
Hideo Fujimoto	P	5					.000
Masayoshi Miura	P	1					.000
Yoshinobu Kawakami	P	1					.000
Tatsuro Hiroka	SS	95					.000
Saburo Hirai	SS	60					.000
Hirofumi Naito	SS	1					.000
Totals		1500	0	0	0	0	.000

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