1961 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 71-53
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (71-53)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1961 Yomiuri Giants Roster

Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Nankai Hawks 2

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1961 season with a record of 71 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Giants paced the league with 435 runs, spearheaded by 89 home runs. Yomiuri surrendered 383 runs. Shigeo Nagashima powered the team with 28 home runs and accounted for 86 RBI, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .353. Minoru Nakamura topped the squad with 17 wins, and Yoshiaki Ito recorded a 2.12 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Tetsuharu Kawakami 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
Minoru Nakamura1710.6302.1363242653241.0202695713638142915975
Yoshiaki Ito136.6842.1151191511187.714649449830166312778
Ritsuo Horimoto1112.4783.1140251172179.315668621573793501751
Masayuki Yamazaki95.6432.1740131111149.010641361436377500585
Motoshi Fujita813.3812.7442191431141.01305443461664304589
Hiromoto Murase51.8332.129624351.0291212120013400196
Sho Horiuchi52.7143.07291070076.3642726519034111303
Hiroaki Aoki22.5002.0324682157.7421713317035000223
Taketoshi Yoshiwara12.3331.6021350045.035108017213000181
Takamasa Kondo00100000.023101000003
Seiji Saito000.00100002.000001020007
Eiichiro Takahashi002.5210230025.01697018016002106
Tsunetoshi Nakamura002.70410006.7632160410033
Nobuyuki Okuma004.50100002.0231110100011
Yoshinori Kido006.6110240016.32713122101400175
Akira Takahashi0015.00201003.0555010100015
Totals7153.5732.50348130107231201183.09683833296841826675313164831

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 Nagashima13054344884158329288614118834.353.456.6521.1082921411535
Sadaharu Oh1274713965010025613531056472.253.358.444.80217673443
Akira Kunimatsu12746340849911717301174354.223.297.321.61813131831
Kazuhiko Sakazaki1143743403087183947512357.256.303.406.70913832450
Tatsuro Hiroka12546642938871231041572954.203.255.315.57013582421
Masahiko Mori1133443231772151429041724.223.265.313.57810162113
Tsuneo Takabayashi1193703203470112122332343.219.279.275.55488842210
Toshio Miyamoto1123262902969122741642748.238.311.366.67610664410
Akira Shiobara481371271435402731411.276.303.354.6574501500
Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara8617315519345115311535.219.292.284.5764431200
Shigeru Fujio89190161153021319352530.186.293.267.5604320223
Shoji Tokai7614212317262049321723.211.307.325.6324010200
Shin Fujimoto107162152624300422923.158.205.178.3832750100
Hiroshi Masuda459387414110123321.161.207.195.4021712100
Yoshiaki Ito516560313100100011.217.217.233.4501400500
Minoru Nakamura637468410100200417.147.194.162.3561100200
Masayuki Yamazaki41474457100100116.159.178.182.360820200
Tadaomi Nishino4743416600014318.146.186.146.332611000
Ritsuo Horimoto43605414000100211.074.123.074.197411300
Fumio Kitsugi2827231310010027.130.222.174.396411010
Motoshi Fujita43443903000000118.077.100.077.177300400
Shosuke Doi3345432300002028.070.111.070.181300000
Shojiro Namba101080210010022.250.400.375.775300000
Sho Horiuchi3216131200000013.154.214.154.368200200
Hiromoto Murase918140210020004.143.143.214.357300400
Eiichiro Takahashi11660100000001.167.167.167.333100000
Tadashi Kawano20774100002100.143.143.143.286100000
Tsugio Kada8982100000003.125.222.125.347101000
Taketoshi Yoshiwara231090100010003.111.111.111.222100100
Isao Sasaki1312100100010013.100.250.100.350101000
Hiroaki Aoki2912110100000015.091.167.091.258100000
Genzo Noguchi3220000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Akira Takahashi4220000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Masami Nishiyama9440000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Shizuo Nasu2110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Yoshinori Kido10110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Hideo Yawata1110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Totals19514770422843595816530894067860405657.227.297.343.64014507228842546


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Sadaharu Oh1B122.000
Toshio Miyamoto1B19.000
Fumio Kitsugi1B12.000
Akira Kunimatsu1B3.000
Shigeru Fujio1B3.000
Masami Nishiyama1B2.000
Sho Horiuchi1B2.000
Taketoshi Yoshiwara1B1.000
Akira Takahashi1B1.000
Eiichiro Takahashi1B1.000
Genzo Noguchi1B1.000
Shojiro Namba1B1.000
Takayuki Iwao1B1.000
Ritsuo Horimoto1B1.000
Shin Fujimoto2B90.000
Akira Shiobara2B44.000
Hiroshi Masuda2B34.000
Tadaomi Nishino2B29.000
Shosuke Doi2B27.000
Shojiro Namba2B2.000
Tatsuro Hiroka2B2.000
Shigeo Nagashima3B129.000
Toshio Miyamoto3B8.000
Shojiro Namba3B1.000
Masahiko MoriC105.000
Shigeru FujioC59.000
Yoshinori KidoC10.000
Isao SasakiC5.000
Masami NishiyamaC1.000
Takamasa KondoC1.000
Katsumi KatoC1.000
Ritsuo HorimotoC1.000
Hiroaki AokiC1.000
Akira KunimatsuOF125.000
Kazuhiko SakazakiOF108.000
Tsuneo TakabayashiOF107.000
Toshio MiyamotoOF71.000
Shoji TokaiOF44.000
Tadashi KawanoOF14.000
Hiroaki AokiOF3.000
Tsugio KadaOF2.000
Shigeru FujioOF2.000
Taketoshi YoshiwaraOF1.000
Masayuki YamazakiOF1.000
Akira TakahashiOF1.000
Akira ShiobaraOF1.000
Isao SasakiOF1.000
Masami NishiyamaOF1.000
Shizuo NasuOF1.000
Fumio KitsugiOF1.000
Katsumi KatoOF1.000
Sho HoriuchiOF1.000
Motoshi FujitaOF1.000
Minoru NakamuraP63.000
Yoshiaki ItoP51.000
Motoshi FujitaP42.000
Masayuki YamazakiP40.000
Ritsuo HorimotoP40.000
Sho HoriuchiP29.000
Hiroaki AokiP24.000
Taketoshi YoshiwaraP21.000
Eiichiro TakahashiP10.000
Yoshinori KidoP10.000
Hiromoto MuraseP9.000
Tsunetoshi NakamuraP4.000
Akira TakahashiP2.000
Seiji SaitoP1.000
Nobuyuki OkumaP1.000
Takamasa KondoP1.000
Tatsuro HirokaSS122.000
Shin FujimotoSS28.000
Shigeo NagashimaSS8.000
Shosuke DoiSS3.000
Akira ShiobaraSS1.000
Totals17170000.000




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