2021 Yakult Swallows Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 73-52
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shingo Takatsu (73-52)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

2021 Yakult Swallows Roster

Playoffs - Yakult Swallows 3 games, Yomiuri Giants 0
Japan Series - Yakult Swallows 4 games, Orix Buffaloes 2

The Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 2021 season with a record of 73 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Swallows paced the league with 625 runs, fueled by 142 home runs. Yakult allowed 531 runs. Munetaka Murakami walloped 39 home runs for the squad, while Domingo Santana and Tetsuto Yamada added 15 or more also. Munetaka Murakami recorded 112 runs batted in. Munetaka Murakami and Yasutaka Shiomi topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .278. Yasuhiro Ogawa and Yasunobu Okugawa paced the team with 9 wins each, and Yasuhiro Ogawa registered a 4.15 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Rick van den Hurk, Albert Suárez, Cy Sneed, Domingo Santana, José Osuna, Scott McGough and Nori Aoki were all players from the 2021 Yakult Swallows who played in the Majors during their careers.

Shingo Takatsu 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
Yasunobu Okugawa94.6923.2618000105.09938381110091213413
Yasuhiro Ogawa96.6004.1423210128.313264591530397102529
Ryuta Konno71.8752.766400062.0551919125063302268
Cy Sneed62.7503.411300068.7602926923069200279
Albert Suárez53.6253.622400177.0823231932070501339
Kazuto Taguchi59.3574.0233000100.712659451028381201449
Yuto Kanakubo41.8002.741000042.7391413316034200180
Keiji Takahashi41.8002.871400078.3592525925380614320
Hirotoshi Takanashi41.8003.631200062.06228251115156301264
Masanori Ishikawa45.4443.071710082.08131281016154301335
Hiroki Ohnishi301.0002.823300038.3361212412124203159
Juri Hara31.7502.30900047.0451412012225401198
Scott McGough32.6002.5266003164.3431918723276303259
Noboru Shimizu36.3332.397200167.75523181218574212272
Yuma Ohshita101.0003.723000038.734161658232201159
Hiroki Hasegawa101.00010.8040003.3454230300018
Daiki Yoshida11.5006.171600023.3311716512126003111
Koshiro Sakamoto12.3334.053600033.3291715417125302148
Yugo Umeno002.492900025.3227749029201106
Naruki Terashima004.5010002.0511000000010
Tomoya Hoshi004.812500124.3231413211028000108
Koki Sugiyama009.9540006.3977220410030
Taichi Yamano0047.2510001.3577020310012
Hiroki Kondoh01.0000.962200018.715221201700067
Rick van den Hurk01.00015.4320004.71188220410028
Taichi Ishiyama05.0003.6058001055.0542322610064011226
Totals7352.5843.486360031441260.31216531487144363251129504325287

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
Munetaka Murakami1436155008213927039112127106133.278.408.566.974283126036
Tetsuto Yamada13758149384134180341014376100.272.370.515.885254105070
Yasutaka Shiomi14053447480132217145921548156.278.357.441.798209110201
José Osuna120495469421212421360302280.258.293.401.694188182022
Nori Aoki12250144657115290956004344.258.335.383.7191711010021
Domingo Santana1164183723910823119622042103.290.366.511.877190123012
Yuhei Nakamura12344537747105240236034666.279.360.358.7181351041440
Naomichi Nishiura92276242275490524112460.223.298.322.6207883433
Hiyu Motoyama97235208205313317211742.255.322.332.6536974513
Kotaro Yamasaki1142452154153103112821953.247.311.335.64672011000
Shingo Kawabata9193868325111800716.372.419.488.9084220001
Yudai Koga541251161226200700416.224.256.241.4982811401
Takeshi Miyamoto6292709204018011210.286.395.386.7812702620
Kengo Ohta297972416500532518.222.269.292.5612130110
Yu Matsumoto27413481240021078.353.463.471.9341600001
Seiichi Uchikawa385653311100200212.208.250.226.4761231001
Takahiro Araki1006755101100052149.200.262.200.4621101610
Taisei Yoshida185240891012211110.225.392.325.7171310100
Tomotaka Sakaguchi25575078100003412.160.250.180.430902100
Daiki Watanabe94423519620035219.171.216.229.445811500
Yasuhiro Ogawa23413505000300319.143.211.143.353500300
Masanori Ishikawa1725181400010015.222.263.222.485400600
Kazuto Taguchi33272324000200010.174.174.174.348400400
Motohiro Shima1715102200000031.200.385.200.585210200
Juri Hara915130220030007.154.214.308.522401100
Akihisa Nishida1119181200000014.111.158.111.269200000
Yasunobu Okugawa18363032000000117.067.097.067.163200500
Rick van den Hurk21101000000001.0001.0001.0002.000100000
Yuhei Takai1220100000000.500.500.5001.000100000
Hidetaka Namiki27644110024001.250.400.500.900201100
Ryusei Takeoka1441100000000.250.250.250.500100000
Shota Nakayama914110100010003.091.286.091.377103000
Nobuyuki Okumura1621200100000015.050.095.050.145110000
Albert Suárez24222001000000010.050.050.050.100100200
Keiji Takahashi1425221100000017.045.087.045.132100200
Hirotoshi Takanashi12232211000000011.045.045.045.091110100
Cy Sneed13242211000000011.045.045.045.091110200
Hideki Nagaoka51090000000014.000.100.000.100000000
Souma Uchiyama6650000000011.000.167.000.167010000
Taichi Yamano1111000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Yuto Kanakubo1013110000000006.000.000.000.000010200
Totals20115399470862511962141714260370325131079.254.333.397.731187010561902722


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
José Osuna1B115878531090.9898.096
Takahiro Araki1B6412010091.0002.031
Munetaka Murakami1B19758071.0004.368
Yu Matsumoto1B8381021.0004.875
Shingo Kawabata1B79111.9091.429
Seiichi Uchikawa1B532213.9716.800
Kengo Ohta1B318212.9526.667
Akihisa Nishida1B2111031.0006.000
Taisei Yoshida1B170001.0007.000
Tetsuto Yamada2B136221373583.9924.368
Hiyu Motoyama2B1428011.000.714
Takeshi Miyamoto2B11815051.0002.091
Taisei Yoshida2B73912.9231.714
Nobuyuki Okumura2B326011.0002.667
Takahiro Araki2B214001.0002.500
Ryusei Takeoka2B145031.0009.000
Hideki Nagaoka2B101001.0001.000
Munetaka Murakami3B137961961317.9572.131
Nobuyuki Okumura3B1323011.000.385
Naomichi Nishiura3B601001.000.167
José Osuna3B50820.8001.600
Hiyu Motoyama3B510001.000.200
Takeshi Miyamoto3B110001.0001.000
Yuhei NakamuraC1178437629.9987.8552
Yudai KogaC442663315.9976.7952
Motohiro ShimaC11202001.0002.0000
Akihisa NishidaC260001.0003.0000
Yasutaka ShiomiOF137263451.9821.949
Nori AokiOF119194951.9761.706
Kotaro YamasakiOF108132211.9931.241
Domingo SantanaOF107139523.9861.346
Daiki WatanabeOF8545220.959.553
Takahiro ArakiOF236010.857.261
Hidetaka NamikiOF2190001.000.429
Kengo OhtaOF18120001.000.667
Tomotaka SakaguchiOF14160001.0001.143
Takeshi MiyamotoOF860001.000.750
Shota NakayamaOF350001.0001.667
Yu MatsumotoOF330001.0001.000
Yuhei TakaiOF10000.000
Noboru ShimizuP72311001.000.194
Scott McGoughP667410.917.167
Ryuta KonnoP6431110.933.219
Taichi IshiyamaP5835001.000.138
Koshiro SakamotoP3614001.000.139
Kazuto TaguchiP3341311.944.515
Hiroki OhnishiP33112001.000.394
Yuma OhshitaP3017001.000.267
Yugo UmenoP2903011.000.103
Tomoya HoshiP2515011.000.240
Albert SuárezP24516031.000.875
Yasuhiro OgawaP2362220.9331.217
Hiroki KondohP2221001.000.136
Yasunobu OkugawaP181014031.0001.333
Masanori IshikawaP17511011.000.941
Daiki YoshidaP162511.875.438
Keiji TakahashiP14318001.0001.500
Cy SneedP132421.750.462
Hirotoshi TakanashiP122310.833.417
Yuto KanakuboP106311.900.900
Juri HaraP978011.0001.667
Koki SugiyamaP411001.000.500
Hiroki HasegawaP40010.000.000
Rick van den HurkP212001.0001.500
Taichi YamanoP10000.000
Naruki TerashimaP10000.000
Naomichi NishiuraSS821001991053.9683.646
Hiyu MotoyamaSS7793136435.9832.974
Taisei YoshidaSS13141813.9702.462
Hideki NagaokaSS242011.0003.000
Totals21973781137879356.9852.348400




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