1972 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 74-52
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (74-52)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1972 Yomiuri Giants RosterTeam Record: 74-52
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (74-52)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Hankyu Braves 1
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1972 season with a record of 74 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants led the circuit with 587 runs, spearheaded by 158 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 492 runs. Sadaharu Oh walloped 48 home runs for the team, while Shigeo Nagashima, Toshimitsu Suetsugu and Shigeru Takada each added 15 or more also. Sadaharu Oh drove in 120 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .296. Tsuneo Horiuchi notched 26 wins on the mound for the team, and Katsuya Sugawara registered a 2.44 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | 26 | 9 | .743 | 2.91 | 48 | 34 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 312.0 | 292 | 110 | 101 | 34 | 95 | 5 | 203 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1282 | |
| Katsuya Sugawara | 13 | 2 | .867 | 2.43 | 33 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 103.7 | 79 | 33 | 28 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 439 | |
| Kazumi Takahashi | 12 | 11 | .522 | 2.98 | 43 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 214.3 | 172 | 81 | 71 | 22 | 113 | 6 | 170 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 895 | |
| Hidetake Watanabe | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.16 | 39 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 196.3 | 179 | 74 | 69 | 16 | 37 | 1 | 106 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 806 | |
| Toshihiko Kosaka | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.86 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 | 66 | 31 | 30 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 | |
| Makoto Kurata | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.73 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 104.7 | 94 | 60 | 55 | 13 | 66 | 2 | 71 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 465 | |
| Yusaku Akimoto | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.00 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | |
| Mitsuhiro Sekimoto | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.33 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 70.7 | 79 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 304 | |
| Tadao Yokoyama | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.77 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 34 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 135 | |
| Hiroaki Fukushi | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | ||
| Hisao Niura | 0 | 0 | 17.18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Shinichi Yamauchi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.17 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 31 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | |
| Totals | 74 | 52 | .587 | 3.44 | 295 | 130 | 78 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 1160.7 | 1077 | 492 | 443 | 120 | 447 | 16 | 741 | 30 | 4 | 20 | 4904 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shigeru Takada | 128 | 557 | 488 | 84 | 137 | 19 | 3 | 19 | 62 | 19 | 10 | 52 | 34 | .281 | .357 | .449 | .806 | 219 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Sadaharu Oh | 130 | 572 | 456 | 104 | 135 | 19 | 0 | 48 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 108 | 43 | .296 | .435 | .654 | 1.089 | 298 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Isao Shibata | 128 | 538 | 454 | 88 | 133 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 45 | 19 | 73 | 48 | .293 | .393 | .394 | .787 | 179 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Yukinobu Kuroe | 127 | 497 | 451 | 40 | 124 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 52 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 32 | .275 | .319 | .353 | .672 | 159 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| Shigeo Nagashima | 125 | 520 | 448 | 64 | 119 | 17 | 0 | 27 | 92 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 34 | .266 | .352 | .484 | .836 | 217 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| Toshimitsu Suetsugu | 115 | 426 | 400 | 52 | 113 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 63 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 39 | .282 | .312 | .482 | .795 | 193 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Shozo Doi | 123 | 456 | 393 | 50 | 106 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 24 | .270 | .341 | .366 | .707 | 144 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| Masahiko Mori | 120 | 372 | 338 | 20 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 27 | .210 | .274 | .275 | .549 | 93 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Masahiro Yanagida | 67 | 126 | 113 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .212 | .280 | .372 | .652 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Takashi Yoshida | 56 | 91 | 81 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .284 | .363 | .457 | .819 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Makoto Tsuchida | 51 | 72 | 70 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | .271 | .292 | .386 | .677 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasuharu Taki | 63 | 76 | 64 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .219 | .324 | .406 | .731 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | 48 | 120 | 112 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .116 | .124 | .143 | .267 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasuhiro Hagiwara | 45 | 58 | 46 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | .217 | .362 | .391 | .753 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Takeshi Ueda | 42 | 72 | 60 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | .167 | .296 | .233 | .529 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kazumi Takahashi | 43 | 77 | 68 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .147 | .171 | .147 | .318 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Hidetake Watanabe | 39 | 66 | 63 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .111 | .111 | .127 | .238 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Koji Ano | 17 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .240 | .296 | .360 | .656 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isao Hirono | 33 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .182 | .270 | .333 | .604 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenji Awaguchi | 18 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .227 | .292 | .455 | .746 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Makoto Kurata | 36 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Toshihiko Kosaka | 23 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .133 | .381 | .133 | .514 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yusaku Akimoto | 19 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tadao Yokoyama | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshihiro Aiba | 19 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .091 | .182 | .273 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitsuhiro Sekimoto | 23 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Katsuya Sugawara | 33 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .032 | .118 | .032 | .150 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuichi Yabe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsukasa Yamashita | 19 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shinichi Yamauchi | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroaki Fukushi | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenji Otake | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazumasa Kono | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1731 | 4931 | 4311 | 587 | 1097 | 138 | 17 | 158 | 562 | 102 | 48 | 470 | 494 | .254 | .332 | .404 | .736 | 1743 | 120 | 45 | 75 | 30 | 50 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadaharu Oh | 1B | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Kenji Otake | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Shozo Doi | 2B | 123 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuharu Taki | 2B | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Ueda | 2B | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Yukinobu Kuroe | 2B | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Tsukasa Yamashita | 2B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Kazumasa Kono | 2B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeo Nagashima | 3B | 124 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuharu Taki | 3B | 32 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Ueda | 3B | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Yuichi Yabe | 3B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Tsukasa Yamashita | 3B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Masahiko Mori | C | 119 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Yoshida | C | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Koji Ano | C | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Takada | OF | 127 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Shibata | OF | 127 | .000 | |||||
| Toshimitsu Suetsugu | OF | 109 | .000 | |||||
| Masahiro Yanagida | OF | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Makoto Tsuchida | OF | 31 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuhiro Hagiwara | OF | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Kenji Awaguchi | OF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshihiro Aiba | OF | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Hirono | OF | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | P | 48 | .000 | |||||
| Kazumi Takahashi | P | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Hidetake Watanabe | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
| Makoto Kurata | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Katsuya Sugawara | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuhiro Sekimoto | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Toshihiko Kosaka | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Yusaku Akimoto | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| Shinichi Yamauchi | P | 11 | .000 | |||||
| Tadao Yokoyama | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Hisao Niura | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroaki Fukushi | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Yukinobu Kuroe | SS | 126 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Ueda | SS | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuharu Taki | SS | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Kazumasa Kono | SS | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1553 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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