1976 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 76-45
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima (76-45)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1976 Yomiuri Giants Roster

The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1976 season with a record of 76 wins and 45 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Giants led the league with 661 runs. Yomiuri yielded 505 runs. Sadaharu Oh walloped 49 home runs for the team, while Isao Harimoto and Davey Johnson added 15 or more, too. Sadaharu Oh drove in 123 runs. Isao Harimoto paced all regular hitters by hitting .355. Shigeru Kobayashi topped the team with 18 wins, plus Hajime Kato, too contributed 15 or more wins, too Shigeru Kobayashi earned a 2.98 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Clyde Wright and Davey Johnson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Shigeo Nagashima 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
Shigeru Kobayashi	18	8	.692	2.98	43	29	6	7	1	2	217.3	192	77	72	30	47	5	129	9	0	0	868
Hajime Kato	15	4	.789	3.70	46	14	23	4	1	8	168.0	141	72	69	21	63	2	161	2	0	8	696
Tsuneo Horiuchi	14	6	.700	3.96	34	27	4	11	2	0	177.3	173	84	78	23	71	1	82	4	0	2	763
Hisao Niura	11	11	.500	3.10	50	25	14	10	3	5	197.3	156	82	68	20	81	2	162	2	0	2	818
Clyde Wright	8	7	.533	3.32	21	21	0	5	2	0	130.0	123	54	48	6	44	3	51	4	1	2	541
Yoshimasa Takahashi	3	1	.750	3.45	25	6	4	0	0	1	62.7	62	27	24	12	12	5	39	3	0	0	252
Kunikazu Ogawa	3	2	.600	3.28	36	1	13	0	0	1	68.7	71	28	25	13	13	1	32	3	0	0	282
Toshiyuki Nakayama	1	0	1.000	5.11	11	0	7	0	0	0	12.3	15	10	7	1	10	1	12	0	0	1	61
Takashi Mizutani	1	0	1.000	6.05	13	1	5	0	0	0	19.3	23	13	13	3	8	0	6	1	0	0	85
Makoto Kurata	1	2	.333	3.14	30	0	13	0	0	1	48.7	38	18	17	9	18	2	43	1	0	0	196
Tadao Yokoyama	1	4	.200	7.04	14	6	2	0	0	0	38.3	51	35	30	4	27	1	21	3	0	2	187
Isao Tamura	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Katsuyoshi Shiotsuki	0	0		6.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	2	2	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	15
Takashi Nishimoto	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Totals	76	45	.628	3.58	328	130	93	37	9	18	1145.0	1051	505	456	144	401	23	741	32	1	17	4776

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
Isao Harimoto	130	572	513	89	182	35	5	22	93	8	5	51	44	.355	.415	.571	.986	293	9	4	1	3	0
Shigeru Takada	118	492	430	84	131	22	3	13	58	17	2	28	24	.305	.353	.460	.814	198	7	6	25	3	1
Sadaharu Oh	122	536	400	99	130	11	1	49	123	3	1	125	45	.325	.479	.725	1.204	290	8	2	0	9	27
Isao Shibata	121	454	395	69	112	24	1	10	36	20	6	47	45	.284	.366	.425	.791	168	1	6	3	3	3
Davey Johnson	108	431	371	48	102	16	2	26	74	1	1	46	62	.275	.365	.539	.904	200	6	9	1	4	0
Takashi Yoshida	124	423	377	36	98	16	3	5	37	0	1	33	49	.260	.325	.358	.683	135	11	5	4	4	3
Toshimitsu Suetsugu	119	332	303	27	85	10	0	9	47	1	0	22	24	.281	.323	.403	.726	122	11	0	1	6	2
Kazumasa Kono	124	359	320	45	78	12	2	5	24	10	1	24	50	.244	.314	.341	.654	109	8	9	5	1	7
Kenji Awaguchi	108	287	258	44	77	14	1	10	39	10	4	20	41	.298	.367	.477	.844	123	2	8	1	0	0
Shozo Doi	89	255	231	25	58	9	4	2	20	4	1	10	22	.251	.287	.351	.638	81	5	3	8	3	0
Masahiro Yanagida	99	208	191	32	57	8	5	9	36	2	4	15	19	.298	.346	.534	.880	102	2	0	0	2	1
Koji Yamamoto	67	68	66	5	18	1	0	1	7	0	0	1	13	.273	.294	.333	.627	22	0	1	0	0	0
Kazuo Yamamoto	77	52	48	6	15	4	0	2	5	1	0	4	5	.312	.365	.521	.886	25	0	0	0	0	0
Tadashi Yazawa	56	74	67	7	15	1	0	2	8	0	0	2	10	.224	.274	.328	.602	22	2	3	1	1	0
Hajime Kato	46	59	48	6	13	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	19	.271	.314	.292	.605	14	0	0	8	0	0
Tsuneo Horiuchi	34	71	59	8	12	3	0	0	5	0	0	1	13	.203	.213	.254	.467	15	0	0	10	1	0
Hisao Niura	50	70	66	2	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	.182	.182	.197	.379	13	0	0	4	0	0
Haruaki Harada	61	61	54	2	11	4	0	0	6	0	1	6	12	.204	.295	.278	.573	15	0	1	0	0	1
Shigeru Kobayashi	43	86	78	5	10	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	30	.128	.150	.128	.278	10	0	0	6	0	0
Clyde Wright	22	50	44	2	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	16	.159	.178	.295	.473	13	3	1	5	0	0
Makoto Tsuchida	85	19	19	12	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	4	.158	.158	.158	.316	3	1	0	0	0	0
Yoshimasa Takahashi	25	19	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.143	.200	.143	.343	2	0	0	4	0	0
Makoto Kurata	30	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tadao Yokoyama	14	9	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.125	.222	.250	.472	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kunikazu Ogawa	36	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	0	0	2	0	0
Takeshi Ueda	61	26	21	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	7	.048	.231	.048	.278	1	0	0	0	0	0
Toshiyuki Nakayama	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Takashi Mizutani	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haruki Ihara	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Koji Ano	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2004	5036	4402	661	1232	193	27	167	632	79	30	447	590	.280	.351	.450	.801	1980	76	58	89	40	45

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Sadaharu Oh	1B	121					.000
Koji Yamamoto	1B	22					.000
Masahiro Yanagida	1B	2					.000
Davey Johnson	1B	2					.000
Davey Johnson	2B	97					.000
Shozo Doi	2B	50					.000
Takeshi Ueda	2B	3					.000
Kazuo Yamamoto	2B	2					.000
Shigeru Takada	3B	115					.000
Kazuo Yamamoto	3B	54					.000
Davey Johnson	3B	14					.000
Takeshi Ueda	3B	13					.000
Haruki Ihara	3B	3					.000
Takashi Yoshida	C	124					.000
Tadashi Yazawa	C	53					.000
Shigeru Sugiyama	C	1					.000
Koji Ano	C	1					.000
Isao Harimoto	OF	130					.000
Toshimitsu Suetsugu	OF	106					.000
Isao Shibata	OF	106					.000
Kenji Awaguchi	OF	74					.000
Makoto Tsuchida	OF	69					.000
Masahiro Yanagida	OF	59					.000
Shigeru Takada	OF	5					.000
Haruaki Harada	OF	4					.000
Koji Yamamoto	OF	2					.000
Clyde Wright	OF	1					.000
Susumu Omata	OF	1					.000
Hisao Niura	P	50					.000
Hajime Kato	P	46					.000
Shigeru Kobayashi	P	43					.000
Kunikazu Ogawa	P	36					.000
Tsuneo Horiuchi	P	34					.000
Makoto Kurata	P	30					.000
Yoshimasa Takahashi	P	25					.000
Clyde Wright	P	21					.000
Tadao Yokoyama	P	14					.000
Takashi Mizutani	P	13					.000
Toshiyuki Nakayama	P	11					.000
Katsuyoshi Shiotsuki	P	3					.000
Isao Tamura	P	1					.000
Takashi Nishimoto	P	1					.000
Kazumasa Kono	SS	123					.000
Takeshi Ueda	SS	36					.000
Shozo Doi	SS	27					.000
Kazuo Yamamoto	SS	12					.000
Haruki Ihara	SS	2					.000
Totals		1762	0	0	0	0	.000

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