1955 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 92-37
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (92-37)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1955 Yomiuri Giants RosterTeam Record: 92-37
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (92-37)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Nankai Hawks 3
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1955 season with a record of 92 wins and 37 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants topped the circuit with 579 runs, ignited by 84 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 291 runs, least in the league. Wally Yonamine paced the team with 13 home runs Tetsuharu Kawakami recorded 79 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by hitting .338. Takumi Otomo recorded 30 wins on the mound for the squad, while Takehiko Bessho and Hiroshi Nakao added 15 or more wins, too Takehiko Bessho registered a 1.33 earned run average, leading 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takumi Otomo | 30 | 6 | .833 | 1.75 | 42 | 34 | 8 | 25 | 7 | 303.7 | 213 | 73 | 59 | 15 | 54 | 1 | 206 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1164 | |
| Takehiko Bessho | 23 | 8 | .742 | 1.33 | 50 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 312.0 | 241 | 65 | 46 | 12 | 45 | 1 | 152 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1197 | |
| Hiroshi Nakao | 16 | 9 | .640 | 2.11 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 183.0 | 149 | 54 | 43 | 11 | 44 | 1 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 722 | |
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | 12 | 8 | .600 | 1.75 | 37 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 195.3 | 144 | 48 | 38 | 11 | 64 | 1 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 777 | |
| Masanori Iritani | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.17 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 70.7 | 51 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 268 | |
| Takao Aoki | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.63 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | |
| Sho Horiuchi | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 44.3 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163 | |
| Hideo Fujimoto | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Bill Nishita | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.09 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 38.7 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | |
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Masayoshi Miura | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Akira Kunimatsu | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |
| Totals | 92 | 37 | .713 | 1.75 | 223 | 130 | 69 | 61 | 20 | 0 | 1193.0 | 885 | 291 | 232 | 59 | 251 | 4 | 635 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 4617 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | 120 | 515 | 435 | 55 | 147 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 79 | 17 | 10 | 69 | 33 | .338 | .425 | .460 | .885 | 200 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 34 |
| Wally Yonamine | 107 | 486 | 424 | 68 | 132 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 65 | 10 | 3 | 49 | 66 | .311 | .382 | .465 | .846 | 197 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| Tatsuro Hiroka | 125 | 511 | 447 | 76 | 115 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 49 | 70 | .257 | .339 | .407 | .746 | 182 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Takashi Iwamoto | 118 | 437 | 383 | 60 | 102 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 60 | 18 | 6 | 37 | 50 | .266 | .329 | .431 | .760 | 165 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Saburo Hirai | 111 | 409 | 353 | 47 | 99 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 27 | 35 | .280 | .332 | .371 | .704 | 131 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| Yuko Minamimura | 105 | 371 | 330 | 34 | 83 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 29 | .252 | .303 | .309 | .612 | 102 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| Shigeru Chiba | 96 | 393 | 321 | 37 | 76 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 36 | .237 | .348 | .305 | .654 | 98 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Bunji Kashiwaeda | 85 | 250 | 214 | 33 | 72 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 30 | 26 | .336 | .419 | .458 | .877 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun Hirota | 97 | 340 | 297 | 32 | 66 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 33 | .222 | .312 | .327 | .638 | 97 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Toshio Miyamoto | 51 | 201 | 183 | 23 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 40 | .262 | .320 | .388 | .708 | 71 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Shigeru Fujio | 60 | 171 | 154 | 22 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 25 | .286 | .357 | .435 | .792 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kazuo Higasa | 69 | 184 | 169 | 13 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 25 | .225 | .275 | .314 | .588 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hirofumi Naito | 104 | 152 | 138 | 23 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | .203 | .253 | .297 | .550 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | 37 | 75 | 72 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .347 | .347 | .431 | .778 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Takehiko Bessho | 50 | 122 | 113 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .221 | .233 | .283 | .516 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Takumi Otomo | 42 | 129 | 116 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | .207 | .233 | .241 | .475 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Morimichi Iwashita | 54 | 71 | 68 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | .206 | .229 | .221 | .449 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Minoru Kakurai | 72 | 84 | 76 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | .171 | .250 | .276 | .526 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Nakao | 31 | 69 | 57 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .175 | .226 | .175 | .401 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Nishita | 10 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Susumu Munesue | 11 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .235 | .235 | .294 | .529 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masataka Tsuchiya | 7 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .357 | .417 | .774 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masanori Iritani | 16 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .143 | .250 | .190 | .440 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sho Horiuchi | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Masayoshi Miura | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akira Kunimatsu | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masahiko Mori | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunio Watanabe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hideo Fujimoto | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takao Aoki | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1615 | 5068 | 4436 | 579 | 1179 | 156 | 38 | 84 | 540 | 133 | 57 | 449 | 625 | .266 | .335 | .375 | .710 | 1663 | 84 | 31 | 116 | 36 | 41 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | 1B | 129 | .000 | |||||
| Morimichi Iwashita | 1B | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Hirofumi Naito | 2B | 96 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Chiba | 2B | 95 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuro Hiroka | 2B | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuro Hiroka | 3B | 98 | .000 | |||||
| Bunji Kashiwaeda | 3B | 67 | .000 | |||||
| Masataka Tsuchiya | 3B | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Jun Hirota | C | 96 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Fujio | C | 51 | .000 | |||||
| Susumu Munesue | C | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Iwamoto | OF | 115 | .000 | |||||
| Wally Yonamine | OF | 107 | .000 | |||||
| Yuko Minamimura | OF | 91 | .000 | |||||
| Minoru Kakurai | OF | 61 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Higasa | OF | 58 | .000 | |||||
| Toshio Miyamoto | OF | 50 | .000 | |||||
| Kunio Watanabe | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Takehiko Bessho | P | 50 | .000 | |||||
| Takumi Otomo | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Nakao | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Masanori Iritani | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Sho Horiuchi | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Takao Aoki | P | 12 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Nishita | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Kunimatsu | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | P | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Masayoshi Miura | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Hideo Fujimoto | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Saburo Hirai | SS | 106 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuro Hiroka | SS | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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