1973 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Team Record: 66-60
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (66-60)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Nankai Hawks 1
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1973 season with a record of 66 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants paced the league with 565 runs, spearheaded by 149 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 470 runs. Sadaharu Oh crushed 51 homers for the team, while Shigeo Nagashima walloped 15 or more also. Sadaharu Oh drove in 114 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .355. Kazumi Takahashi recorded 23 wins on the mound for the squad, and Makoto Kurata added 15 or more wins, too Kazumi Takahashi registered a 2.21 earned run average, 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 |
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Kazumi Takahashi | 23 | 13 | .639 | 2.20 | 45 | 37 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 306.3 | 215 | 82 | 75 | 32 | 139 | 12 | 238 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1247 | |
Makoto Kurata | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2.74 | 49 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 187.3 | 156 | 66 | 57 | 13 | 63 | 6 | 142 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 780 | |
Tsuneo Horiuchi | 12 | 17 | .414 | 4.52 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 221.0 | 238 | 117 | 111 | 28 | 70 | 6 | 113 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 953 | |
Mitsuhiro Sekimoto | 4 | 10 | .286 | 3.41 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 140.0 | 143 | 63 | 53 | 17 | 46 | 4 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 593 | |
Kunikazu Ogawa | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.28 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 57.7 | 50 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 231 | |
Hisao Niura | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.44 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 83.7 | 61 | 36 | 32 | 7 | 53 | 3 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 356 | |
Tadao Yokoyama | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.00 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 101 | |
Yoshimasa Takahashi | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.45 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 70.3 | 74 | 31 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 291 | |
Shigeru Kobayashi | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | ||
Teruyoshi Matsuo | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||
Yusaku Akimoto | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||
Katsuya Sugawara | 0 | 0 | 6.97 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | ||
Osamu Shimano | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.81 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71 | |
Nobuhiro Tamai | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.02 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | |
Totals | 66 | 60 | .524 | 3.27 | 295 | 130 | 77 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 1150.7 | 1018 | 470 | 418 | 137 | 437 | 36 | 768 | 26 | 2 | 17 | 4822 |
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 |
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Sadaharu Oh | 130 | 560 | 428 | 111 | 152 | 18 | 0 | 51 | 114 | 2 | 1 | 124 | 41 | .355 | .500 | .755 | 1.255 | 323 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 38 |
Isao Shibata | 125 | 552 | 495 | 81 | 137 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 11 | 51 | 68 | .277 | .344 | .372 | .715 | 184 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Shigeo Nagashima | 127 | 530 | 483 | 60 | 130 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 76 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 35 | .269 | .318 | .422 | .740 | 204 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
Toshimitsu Suetsugu | 126 | 461 | 424 | 47 | 111 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 51 | .262 | .307 | .408 | .715 | 173 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Shigeru Takada | 121 | 428 | 375 | 67 | 94 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 42 | 18 | 1 | 30 | 34 | .251 | .309 | .416 | .725 | 156 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
Yukinobu Kuroe | 111 | 390 | 353 | 35 | 87 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 28 | .246 | .298 | .368 | .667 | 130 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
Shozo Doi | 105 | 355 | 305 | 34 | 80 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 36 | .262 | .331 | .354 | .685 | 108 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
Takashi Yoshida | 85 | 221 | 191 | 15 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 25 | .267 | .349 | .366 | .715 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
Masahiko Mori | 97 | 241 | 223 | 11 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | .220 | .268 | .283 | .550 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Takeshi Ueda | 93 | 224 | 202 | 21 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 33 | .228 | .283 | .297 | .580 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Masahiro Yanagida | 73 | 178 | 150 | 23 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 33 | .293 | .404 | .533 | .938 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Kazumi Takahashi | 45 | 121 | 111 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .189 | .195 | .225 | .420 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Haruaki Harada | 49 | 78 | 70 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .271 | .346 | .343 | .689 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tsuneo Horiuchi | 39 | 78 | 70 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .229 | .270 | .414 | .685 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Masaru Tomita | 44 | 73 | 64 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | .188 | .235 | .391 | .626 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Yasuhiro Hagiwara | 38 | 41 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .194 | .275 | .361 | .636 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Makoto Tsuchida | 50 | 63 | 57 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | .123 | .177 | .211 | .388 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Kenji Awaguchi | 24 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .222 | .276 | .370 | .646 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Makoto Kurata | 49 | 67 | 62 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .097 | .097 | .113 | .210 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Tadashi Yazawa | 16 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .217 | .333 | .261 | .594 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Isao Hirono | 24 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .125 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hisao Niura | 21 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .115 | .207 | .115 | .322 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kazumasa Kono | 24 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .087 | .160 | .217 | .377 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Osamu Shimano | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Koji Ano | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kunikazu Ogawa | 32 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Yasuharu Taki | 43 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Yoshimasa Takahashi | 25 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mitsuhiro Sekimoto | 38 | 46 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .024 | .070 | .024 | .094 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Kenji Otake | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nobuhiro Tamai | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kazuo Yamamoto | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tsukasa Yamashita | 19 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teruyoshi Matsuo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shigeru Kobayashi | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tadao Yokoyama | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shigeru Sugiyama | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1817 | 4912 | 4318 | 565 | 1094 | 150 | 17 | 149 | 540 | 77 | 33 | 442 | 598 | .253 | .325 | .399 | .724 | 1725 | 91 | 29 | 91 | 32 | 54 |
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