1959 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 77-48
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (77-48)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1959 Yomiuri Giants RosterTeam Record: 77-48
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (77-48)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1959 season with a record of 77 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants led the league with 551 runs, sparked by 117 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 382 runs. Shigeo Nagashima paced the team with 27 home runs, and Kazuhiko Sakazaki walloped 15 or more also. Shigeo Nagashima accounted for 82 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .334. Motoshi Fujita notched 27 wins on the mound for the squad and a team-best 1.83 earned run average, best among 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motoshi Fujita | 27 | 11 | .711 | 1.83 | 55 | 35 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 330.0 | 250 | 76 | 67 | 14 | 93 | 2 | 181 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1288 | |
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.69 | 44 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 214.0 | 175 | 74 | 64 | 17 | 48 | 0 | 116 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 856 | |
| Taketoshi Yoshiwara | 10 | 4 | .714 | 1.84 | 39 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 117.7 | 86 | 31 | 24 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 470 | |
| Sho Horiuchi | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.96 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 96.7 | 64 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 376 | |
| Takehiko Bessho | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.86 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 110.0 | 98 | 41 | 35 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 449 | |
| Yoshiaki Ito | 7 | 9 | .438 | 2.98 | 36 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 154.0 | 115 | 58 | 51 | 16 | 64 | 0 | 131 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 627 | |
| Yoshinori Kido | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.92 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 72 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 350 | |
| Toshihiro Komatsu | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.34 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 126 | |
| Minoru Nakamura | 0 | 0 | 2.60 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Tokito Soejima | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Tsunetoshi Nakamura | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.46 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 68 | |
| Totals | 77 | 48 | .616 | 2.54 | 268 | 130 | 81 | 49 | 14 | 0 | 1170.0 | 916 | 382 | 330 | 75 | 350 | 3 | 723 | 32 | 2 | 23 | 4689 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shigeo Nagashima | 124 | 526 | 449 | 88 | 150 | 32 | 6 | 27 | 82 | 21 | 6 | 70 | 40 | .334 | .426 | .612 | 1.038 | 275 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Wally Yonamine | 117 | 489 | 432 | 67 | 124 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 49 | 52 | .287 | .363 | .382 | .745 | 165 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Kazuhiko Sakazaki | 122 | 506 | 433 | 66 | 123 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 64 | 4 | 3 | 63 | 76 | .284 | .376 | .462 | .838 | 200 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Shigeru Fujio | 115 | 448 | 402 | 52 | 106 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 70 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 81 | .264 | .321 | .413 | .734 | 166 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Tatsuro Hiroka | 120 | 510 | 448 | 81 | 106 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 17 | 6 | 45 | 88 | .237 | .314 | .391 | .705 | 175 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Masataka Tsuchiya | 121 | 444 | 398 | 44 | 101 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 35 | 13 | 37 | 68 | .254 | .319 | .352 | .671 | 140 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Masahiko Mori | 105 | 363 | 329 | 17 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 52 | .228 | .289 | .283 | .572 | 93 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Toshio Miyamoto | 78 | 214 | 197 | 18 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 34 | .284 | .335 | .426 | .761 | 84 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Akira Kunimatsu | 76 | 236 | 211 | 24 | 50 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 34 | .237 | .306 | .436 | .742 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sadaharu Oh | 94 | 222 | 193 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 72 | .161 | .262 | .316 | .579 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Shojiro Namba | 66 | 139 | 124 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 39 | .226 | .299 | .379 | .678 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shin Fujimoto | 69 | 109 | 103 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 20 | .214 | .231 | .282 | .513 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Minoru Kakurai | 81 | 135 | 115 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 38 | .174 | .263 | .226 | .489 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Tadashi Kawano | 76 | 89 | 81 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 19 | .160 | .227 | .235 | .462 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | 46 | 77 | 71 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .141 | .164 | .254 | .418 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Motoshi Fujita | 55 | 123 | 108 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 45 | .093 | .123 | .139 | .262 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Sho Horiuchi | 16 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .242 | .306 | .242 | .548 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshinori Kido | 31 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .269 | .269 | .269 | .538 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taketoshi Yoshiwara | 39 | 40 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .114 | .184 | .171 | .356 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshiaki Ito | 36 | 48 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .091 | .130 | .091 | .221 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Takehiko Bessho | 22 | 44 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .075 | .073 | .075 | .148 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Minoru Nakamura | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .800 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katsumi Kato | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Toshihiro Komatsu | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keishi Totoki | 15 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiromi Yamazaki | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitsuo Takeshita | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masaaki Kudo | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsunetoshi Nakamura | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1671 | 4867 | 4310 | 551 | 1055 | 137 | 49 | 117 | 509 | 119 | 49 | 438 | 838 | .245 | .317 | .381 | .697 | 1641 | 94 | 28 | 62 | 29 | 23 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadaharu Oh | 1B | 84 | .000 | |||||
| Wally Yonamine | 1B | 78 | .000 | |||||
| Shojiro Namba | 1B | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Toshio Miyamoto | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Masataka Tsuchiya | 2B | 112 | .000 | |||||
| Shin Fujimoto | 2B | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Shojiro Namba | 2B | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuro Hiroka | 2B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeo Nagashima | 3B | 123 | .000 | |||||
| Masataka Tsuchiya | 3B | 9 | .000 | |||||
| Masaaki Kudo | 3B | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Shojiro Namba | 3B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Masahiko Mori | C | 105 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Fujio | C | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshinori Kido | C | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Katsumi Kato | C | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuo Takeshita | C | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhiko Sakazaki | OF | 120 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Fujio | OF | 86 | .000 | |||||
| Minoru Kakurai | OF | 67 | .000 | |||||
| Akira Kunimatsu | OF | 63 | .000 | |||||
| Wally Yonamine | OF | 59 | .000 | |||||
| Tadashi Kawano | OF | 58 | .000 | |||||
| Toshio Miyamoto | OF | 57 | .000 | |||||
| Keishi Totoki | OF | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Masataka Tsuchiya | OF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Shojiro Namba | OF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Motoshi Fujita | P | 55 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Taketoshi Yoshiwara | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshiaki Ito | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshinori Kido | P | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Takehiko Bessho | P | 22 | .000 | |||||
| Sho Horiuchi | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Toshihiro Komatsu | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Minoru Nakamura | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| Tsunetoshi Nakamura | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Tokito Soejima | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Tatsuro Hiroka | SS | 118 | .000 | |||||
| Shin Fujimoto | SS | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Masataka Tsuchiya | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1597 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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