1974 Yomiuri Giants Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 71-50
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (71-50)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1974 Yomiuri Giants RosterTeam Record: 71-50
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (71-50)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1974 season with a record of 71 wins and 50 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.
The Giants topped the circuit with 589 runs, spearheaded by 159 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 460 runs. Sadaharu Oh walloped 49 home runs for the team, while Masahiro Yanagida and Shigeo Nagashima added 15 or more as well. Sadaharu Oh drove in 107 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .332. Tsuneo Horiuchi paced the team with 19 wins, and Mitsuhiro Sekimoto earned a 2.28 ERA, leading 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | 19 | 11 | .633 | 2.67 | 46 | 37 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 276.7 | 217 | 101 | 82 | 31 | 80 | 6 | 127 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1106 |
| Kunikazu Ogawa | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.78 | 42 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 102.3 | 86 | 44 | 43 | 15 | 38 | 3 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 417 |
| Mitsuhiro Sekimoto | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.28 | 37 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 162.0 | 136 | 45 | 41 | 9 | 39 | 3 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 652 |
| Shigeru Kobayashi | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.42 | 44 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 130.3 | 125 | 48 | 35 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 538 |
| Hisao Niura | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.63 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 119.7 | 96 | 42 | 35 | 14 | 52 | 9 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 492 |
| Nobuhiro Tamai | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.63 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 84.3 | 92 | 45 | 34 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 367 |
| Makoto Kurata | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.15 | 38 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 74.3 | 65 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 307 |
| Yoshimasa Takahashi | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.29 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59.0 | 53 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 240 |
| Kazumi Takahashi | 2 | 11 | .154 | 5.12 | 37 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 121.3 | 136 | 74 | 69 | 13 | 51 | 10 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 547 |
| Osamu Shimano | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tadao Yokoyama | 0 | 0 | 5.25 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |
| Totals | 71 | 50 | .587 | 3.05 | 324 | 130 | 89 | 41 | 11 | 12 | 1143.0 | 1019 | 460 | 387 | 116 | 356 | 43 | 624 | 42 | 0 | 12 | 4721 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toshimitsu Suetsugu | 129 | 489 | 440 | 54 | 139 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 77 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 36 | .316 | .366 | .480 | .846 | 211 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Sadaharu Oh | 130 | 553 | 385 | 105 | 128 | 18 | 0 | 49 | 107 | 1 | 5 | 158 | 44 | .332 | .532 | .761 | 1.293 | 293 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 45 |
| Isao Shibata | 128 | 500 | 448 | 67 | 123 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 50 | 13 | 9 | 44 | 64 | .275 | .339 | .395 | .734 | 177 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Shigeo Nagashima | 128 | 476 | 442 | 56 | 108 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 33 | .244 | .288 | .387 | .675 | 171 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Masahiro Yanagida | 102 | 287 | 251 | 37 | 84 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 52 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 27 | .335 | .406 | .566 | .971 | 142 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Shigeru Takada | 121 | 374 | 333 | 53 | 84 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 33 | .252 | .325 | .402 | .728 | 134 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Masaru Tomita | 122 | 267 | 226 | 42 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 41 | .265 | .343 | .407 | .750 | 92 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Kazumasa Kono | 119 | 323 | 293 | 38 | 57 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 82 | .195 | .255 | .386 | .640 | 113 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Takeshi Ueda | 93 | 217 | 184 | 29 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 23 | .266 | .330 | .408 | .738 | 75 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Takashi Yoshida | 106 | 258 | 234 | 15 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 40 | .205 | .255 | .329 | .584 | 77 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Yukinobu Kuroe | 84 | 188 | 165 | 19 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .212 | .290 | .279 | .569 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Masahiko Mori | 56 | 118 | 111 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | .243 | .271 | .315 | .587 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Shozo Doi | 94 | 162 | 145 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .186 | .232 | .228 | .460 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Tadashi Yazawa | 45 | 107 | 99 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .212 | .264 | .354 | .618 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenji Awaguchi | 63 | 79 | 68 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .235 | .342 | .426 | .768 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | 46 | 108 | 97 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | .155 | .178 | .278 | .457 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Makoto Tsuchida | 38 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | .276 | .364 | .379 | .743 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hisao Niura | 26 | 42 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .216 | .275 | .216 | .491 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Haruaki Harada | 28 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .250 | .323 | .250 | .573 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazumi Takahashi | 37 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .147 | .171 | .176 | .348 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitsuhiro Sekimoto | 37 | 53 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .114 | .152 | .114 | .266 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunikazu Ogawa | 42 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .200 | .273 | .250 | .523 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Koji Ano | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .762 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Makoto Kurata | 38 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nobuhiro Tamai | 23 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .087 | .160 | .174 | .334 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shigeru Kobayashi | 44 | 33 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .074 | .188 | .074 | .262 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tsukasa Yamashita | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuo Yamamoto | 22 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoshimasa Takahashi | 24 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .083 | .214 | .167 | .381 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yasuhiro Hagiwara | 18 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .077 | .200 | .154 | .354 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomohisa Shoji | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tadao Yokoyama | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1967 | 4854 | 4222 | 589 | 1070 | 157 | 22 | 159 | 570 | 64 | 40 | 460 | 635 | .253 | .332 | .414 | .746 | 1748 | 105 | 57 | 80 | 35 | 56 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadaharu Oh | 1B | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Yamamoto | 1B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Shozo Doi | 2B | 83 | .000 | |||||
| Yukinobu Kuroe | 2B | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Masaru Tomita | 2B | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Ueda | 2B | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Yamamoto | 2B | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Tsukasa Yamashita | 2B | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeo Nagashima | 3B | 125 | .000 | |||||
| Masaru Tomita | 3B | 92 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Yamamoto | 3B | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Ueda | 3B | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Takashi Yoshida | C | 104 | .000 | |||||
| Masahiko Mori | C | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Tadashi Yazawa | C | 43 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Sugiyama | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Koji Ano | C | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Toshimitsu Suetsugu | OF | 126 | .000 | |||||
| Isao Shibata | OF | 122 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Takada | OF | 112 | .000 | |||||
| Masahiro Yanagida | OF | 80 | .000 | |||||
| Makoto Tsuchida | OF | 21 | .000 | |||||
| Kenji Awaguchi | OF | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuhiro Hagiwara | OF | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Yamamoto | OF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Haruaki Harada | OF | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | P | 46 | .000 | |||||
| Shigeru Kobayashi | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| Kunikazu Ogawa | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
| Makoto Kurata | P | 38 | .000 | |||||
| Kazumi Takahashi | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuhiro Sekimoto | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Hisao Niura | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshimasa Takahashi | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Nobuhiro Tamai | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Tadao Yokoyama | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Osamu Shimano | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Kazumasa Kono | SS | 119 | .000 | |||||
| Takeshi Ueda | SS | 55 | .000 | |||||
| Yukinobu Kuroe | SS | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Yamamoto | SS | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Shozo Doi | SS | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Masaru Tomita | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Tomohisa Shoji | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1774 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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