1956 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 82-44
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (82-44)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1956 Yomiuri Giants Roster

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1956 season with a record of 82 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Giants paced the circuit with 568 runs, powered by 100 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 351 runs. Toshio Miyamoto powered the squad with 19 home runs and accounted for 69 RBI. Wally Yonamine topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .338. Takehiko Bessho recorded 27 wins on the mound for the team, while Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara added 15 or more victories as well Sho Horiuchi recorded a 1.47 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers. 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	27	15	.643	1.93	54	35	18	26	5		340.3	282	90	73	11	60	2	185	5	0	0	1327
Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	15	7	.682	2.71	45	26	10	8	1		216.0	179	87	65	14	47	1	89	2	0	2	870
Sho Horiuchi	14	4	.778	1.46	37	16	12	7	4		190.7	125	34	31	7	63	2	143	2	0	1	742
Takumi Otomo	12	7	.632	1.63	29	16	9	6	2		155.0	100	33	28	8	32	1	84	1	0	1	585
Taketoshi Yoshiwara	6	3	.667	2.13	34	12	8	1	1		97.0	81	36	23	2	50	2	66	2	2	1	408
Hiroshi Nakao	5	7	.417	2.02	29	16	4	3	2		93.7	92	29	21	4	28	2	41	3	0	1	400
Yoshinori Kido	3	1	.750	2.70	25	6	11	1	1		73.3	57	24	22	8	11	0	20	0	0	2	277
Tokito Soejima	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5
Masanori Iritani	0	0		3.00	7	3	3	0	0		18.0	23	7	6	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	76
Takao Aoki	0	0		5.62	5	0	3	0	0		8.0	10	6	5	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	36
Akira Kunimatsu	0	0		10.12	2	0	0	0	0		2.7	3	5	3	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	17
Totals	82	44	.651	2.09	268	130	78	52	16	0	1195.7	953	351	277	57	302	10	642	16	2	8	4743

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	128	542	490	54	160	23	4	5	67	16	13	46	36	.327	.387	.420	.807	206	10	3	2	1	22
Wally Yonamine	123	528	452	86	153	20	4	13	47	25	9	63	72	.338	.420	.487	.907	220	4	2	9	2	7
Shigeru Fujio	117	443	406	43	112	19	2	14	58	12	2	22	62	.276	.316	.436	.752	177	9	3	9	3	1
Toshio Miyamoto	113	438	392	55	103	12	5	19	69	8	6	34	70	.263	.324	.464	.788	182	11	3	6	3	0
Takashi Iwamoto	125	389	342	43	87	18	2	8	46	7	5	28	34	.254	.321	.389	.710	133	8	7	9	3	2
Tatsuro Hiroka	93	381	343	46	80	17	1	9	32	8	3	25	56	.233	.290	.367	.658	126	2	3	9	1	1
Masataka Tsuchiya	115	333	303	44	78	11	3	6	27	6	10	20	53	.257	.305	.373	.678	113	7	2	5	3	0
Hirofumi Naito	125	359	338	36	76	16	1	5	33	3	7	8	53	.225	.248	.322	.570	109	5	3	8	2	0
Minoru Kakurai	110	269	246	35	54	11	3	9	29	10	3	18	41	.220	.280	.398	.678	98	3	3	1	1	0
Saburo Hirai	93	278	232	30	51	8	2	3	29	5	5	26	20	.220	.300	.310	.610	72	6	1	18	1	0
Kazuhiko Sakazaki	86	170	162	15	35	8	2	1	24	4	1	5	29	.216	.247	.309	.556	50	1	2	0	1	1
Takehiko Bessho	54	124	115	12	28	3	0	1	10	0	0	2	20	.243	.252	.296	.548	34	3	0	5	2	0
Yuko Minamimura	63	112	94	8	22	6	1	0	13	2	2	12	10	.234	.327	.319	.646	30	2	1	5	0	0
Jun Hirota	30	72	69	6	20	1	1	2	15	1	0	3	11	.290	.319	.420	.740	29	1	0	0	0	0
Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	45	81	74	10	20	3	0	1	4	0	0	1	12	.270	.276	.351	.628	26	0	0	5	1	0
Keishi Totoki	32	50	45	6	12	1	1	1	5	1	3	3	11	.267	.340	.400	.740	18	0	2	0	0	0
Sho Horiuchi	37	66	64	5	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	.172	.185	.172	.356	11	0	0	1	0	0
Kazuo Higasa	61	53	49	8	9	0	0	2	7	0	1	4	14	.184	.245	.306	.551	15	1	0	0	0	0
Morimichi Iwashita	61	36	33	13	8	2	1	0	2	2	0	2	7	.242	.286	.364	.649	12	1	0	1	0	0
Takumi Otomo	29	58	50	2	6	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	12	.120	.135	.140	.275	7	0	1	6	1	0
Yoshinori Kido	25	22	20	3	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.400	.650	8	0	0	2	0	0
Hiroshi Nakao	29	30	24	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.167	.200	.208	.408	5	0	0	5	0	0
Shigeru Chiba	15	14	10	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	.300	.417	.400	.817	4	0	0	2	0	0
Taketoshi Yoshiwara	34	30	29	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	.103	.103	.172	.276	5	1	0	1	0	0
Bunji Kashiwaeda	22	32	22	0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	8	7	.091	.333	.227	.561	5	1	0	2	0	0
Masahiko Mori	13	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	0	1	0	0	0
Susumu Munesue	11	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Akira Kunimatsu	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masanori Iritani	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takao Aoki	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1803	4933	4426	568	1143	183	35	100	532	111	72	334	680	.258	.314	.383	.697	1696	76	37	111	25	34

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Tetsuharu Kawakami	1B	118					.000
Morimichi Iwashita	1B	34					.000
Hirofumi Naito	2B	125					.000
Saburo Hirai	2B	51					.000
Shigeru Chiba	2B	4					.000
Masataka Tsuchiya	3B	111					.000
Takashi Iwamoto	3B	52					.000
Bunji Kashiwaeda	3B	8					.000
Shigeru Chiba	3B	7					.000
Shigeru Fujio	C	116					.000
Jun Hirota	C	28					.000
Yoshinori Kido	C	25					.000
Masahiko Mori	C	7					.000
Susumu Munesue	C	2					.000
Wally Yonamine	OF	123					.000
Toshio Miyamoto	OF	110					.000
Minoru Kakurai	OF	100					.000
Takashi Iwamoto	OF	84					.000
Kazuhiko Sakazaki	OF	50					.000
Kazuo Higasa	OF	40					.000
Yuko Minamimura	OF	36					.000
Keishi Totoki	OF	17					.000
Takehiko Bessho	P	54					.000
Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	P	45					.000
Sho Horiuchi	P	37					.000
Taketoshi Yoshiwara	P	34					.000
Takumi Otomo	P	29					.000
Hiroshi Nakao	P	29					.000
Yoshinori Kido	P	25					.000
Masanori Iritani	P	7					.000
Takao Aoki	P	5					.000
Akira Kunimatsu	P	2					.000
Tokito Soejima	P	1					.000
Tatsuro Hiroka	SS	93					.000
Saburo Hirai	SS	39					.000
Hirofumi Naito	SS	1					.000
Totals		1649	0	0	0	0	.000

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