1982 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Statistics

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 53-65
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Junzo Sekine (53-65)
Location: Yokohama-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Yokohama Stadium

1982 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Roster

The Yokohama Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1982 season with a record of 53 wins and 65 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.

The Whales scored 473 runs and yielded 555 runs, most in the circuit. Tomio Tashiro led Yokohama with 27 home runs, while Daisuke Yamashita and Mitsuo Motoi walloped 15 or more also. Tomio Tashiro drove in 83 runs. Keiji Nagasaki paced all regular hitters with a .351 average. Kazuhiko Endo topped the team with 14 wins, and Akio Saito recorded a 2.08 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Mark Budaska and Mike Lum both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Junzo Sekine 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
Kazuhiko Endo	14	17	.452	3.07	38	34	1	12	4	1	243.7	229	98	83	27	71	7	177	2	0	3	1018
Masaji Hiramatsu	9	10	.474	3.98	25	25	0	1	0	0	140.3	150	65	62	15	31	1	83	5	0	1	603
Fumiaki Kadota	8	9	.471	4.85	30	26	1	1	1	0	120.7	140	71	65	14	54	7	49	3	0	3	548
Yutaka Saotome	6	3	.667	3.57	58	1	14	0	0	0	90.7	87	38	36	2	37	7	44	1	0	3	375
Tsugio Kanazawa	5	4	.556	3.95	24	5	5	0	0	0	73.0	60	33	32	11	35	6	53	3	0	4	311
Akio Saito	5	6	.455	2.07	56	1	55	0	0	30	134.7	109	36	31	12	35	10	80	1	0	0	542
Osamu Nomura	5	9	.357	4.41	30	21	4	1	1	0	120.3	134	67	59	12	36	6	46	3	1	3	523
Masao Sato	1	3	.250	5.36	28	4	4	0	0	0	40.3	52	25	24	5	15	5	16	1	0	0	178
Kazuhiko Migita	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Tadayoshi Yamaguchi	0	0		2.08	17	0	3	0	0	0	21.7	17	7	5	2	11	2	17	0	0	0	92
Hiroshi Ikeda	0	0		4.01	24	0	6	0	0	0	33.7	35	15	15	4	9	2	18	0	0	0	144
Hiroshi Masumoto	0	0		4.50	11	1	1	0	0	0	16.0	20	9	8	1	4	2	10	2	0	0	73
Hiroaki Takeuchi	0	0		4.64	33	3	7	0	0	1	54.3	58	30	28	6	21	0	23	1	0	1	234
Fumio Kubo	0	0		14.09	5	0	1	0	0	0	7.7	12	12	12	2	7	2	8	0	0	0	41
Tsuneo Horii	0	1	.000	3.18	6	1	3	0	0	0	11.3	5	4	4	0	8	0	6	1	0	0	44
Masaaki Koga	0	1	.000	9.75	11	6	4	0	0	0	24.0	40	30	26	6	9	0	21	0	0	1	125
Hidemi Kato	0	2	.000	8.25	10	2	5	0	0	0	12.0	20	15	11	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	59
Totals	53	65	.449	3.94	407	130	115	15	6	32	1145.3	1169	555	501	120	385	57	654	23	1	19	4914

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
Daisuke Yamashita	130	592	519	79	144	23	2	18	42	3	4	54	50	.277	.350	.434	.784	225	3	5	12	2	5
Keiji Nagasaki	114	462	396	57	139	21	1	11	40	3	1	43	37	.351	.419	.492	.911	195	9	4	18	1	0
Mike Lum	117	486	450	48	121	25	1	12	46	2	2	31	70	.269	.313	.409	.722	184	16	0	1	4	0
Tomio Tashiro	124	525	469	66	119	21	2	27	83	1	1	49	102	.254	.324	.480	.804	225	10	2	1	4	4
Mitsuo Motoi	105	417	372	41	100	19	1	18	63	2	0	36	53	.269	.339	.470	.809	175	10	4	4	1	4
Yoshikazu Takagi	92	326	289	33	82	12	6	10	35	0	4	30	45	.284	.354	.471	.825	136	4	2	4	1	1
Yutaka Takagi	104	315	277	36	72	12	4	7	33	6	2	31	62	.260	.335	.408	.743	113	4	1	5	1	0
Kaname Yashiki	95	291	265	33	68	9	3	6	21	17	3	16	64	.257	.300	.381	.681	101	1	1	8	1	2
Mark Budaska	86	236	212	18	44	5	0	3	17	1	2	21	59	.208	.281	.274	.554	58	0	1	1	1	3
Masayuki Nakatsuka	86	150	141	9	33	4	2	0	14	0	0	5	15	.234	.257	.291	.548	41	3	0	2	2	1
Hisaaki Fukushima	75	153	142	8	28	3	1	6	23	0	0	6	21	.197	.229	.359	.588	51	9	1	0	4	0
Misao Takaura	91	167	151	7	26	6	0	0	6	0	0	9	35	.172	.227	.212	.439	32	4	2	4	1	2
Yasuhiko Tsuji	75	128	118	7	23	4	1	3	7	1	0	8	15	.195	.246	.322	.568	38	5	0	2	0	1
Kazuhiko Endo	38	84	80	4	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	26	.150	.150	.162	.312	13	0	0	4	0	0
Toshio Kato	42	59	52	1	11	0	0	0	3	1	0	6	15	.212	.293	.212	.505	11	2	0	1	0	0
Toru Takenouchi	26	63	60	3	11	1	0	1	3	1	1	3	18	.183	.222	.250	.472	15	1	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Okubo	59	55	41	5	9	2	0	0	4	1	0	4	8	.220	.365	.268	.634	11	1	6	3	1	0
Masaji Hiramatsu	25	50	48	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20	.146	.146	.146	.292	7	0	0	2	0	0
Akio Saito	56	32	30	2	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	10	.200	.226	.300	.526	9	0	0	1	0	0
Osamu Nomura	30	41	35	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	11	.171	.216	.171	.388	6	2	0	4	0	0
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	40	38	32	1	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	5	8	.156	.270	.281	.552	9	0	0	1	0	0
Mitsugu Ishibashi	10	12	8	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.375	.583	.375	.958	3	0	1	0	0	0
Kyoichi Kikuchi	22	22	22	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.136	.136	.182	.318	4	0	0	0	0	0
Fumiaki Kadota	30	45	39	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	.077	.122	.128	.250	5	1	0	4	0	0
Hiroshi Ikeda	24	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tsugio Kanazawa	25	18	16	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.188	.312	3	1	0	2	0	0
James Peters	14	20	19	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	.105	.150	.263	.413	5	0	0	0	0	0
Masaaki Koga	11	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0
Hiroaki Takeuchi	33	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ko Saito	15	19	19	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.053	.053	.105	.158	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tadayoshi Yamaguchi	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yasuhiko Kawano	6	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fumio Kubo	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hiroshi Masumoto	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tsuneo Horii	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Masao Sato	28	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Yutaka Saotome	58	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
Hidemi Kato	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1936	4845	4335	473	1084	174	24	125	451	39	22	368	801	.250	.312	.388	.699	1681	86	30	88	24	23

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Mike Lum	1B	115					.000
Mark Budaska	1B	13					.000
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	1B	8					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	1B	8					.000
Tomio Tashiro	1B	1					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	1B	1					.000
Mitsuo Motoi	2B	103					.000
Yutaka Takagi	2B	29					.000
Hiroshi Okubo	2B	14					.000
Ko Saito	2B	2					.000
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	2B	1					.000
Mitsugu Ishibashi	2B	1					.000
Tomio Tashiro	3B	123					.000
Mitsugu Ishibashi	3B	5					.000
Yutaka Takagi	3B	2					.000
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	3B	2					.000
Ko Saito	3B	1					.000
Misao Takaura	C	88					.000
Yasuhiko Tsuji	C	74					.000
Hisaaki Fukushima	C	50					.000
Toshio Kato	C	25					.000
Keiji Nagasaki	OF	110					.000
Kaname Yashiki	OF	92					.000
Yoshikazu Takagi	OF	84					.000
Mark Budaska	OF	73					.000
Yutaka Takagi	OF	43					.000
Masayuki Nakatsuka	OF	37					.000
Toru Takenouchi	OF	18					.000
Kyoichi Kikuchi	OF	11					.000
James Peters	OF	9					.000
Yasuhiko Kawano	OF	2					.000
Yutaka Saotome	P	58					.000
Akio Saito	P	56					.000
Kazuhiko Endo	P	38					.000
Hiroaki Takeuchi	P	33					.000
Osamu Nomura	P	30					.000
Fumiaki Kadota	P	30					.000
Masao Sato	P	28					.000
Masaji Hiramatsu	P	25					.000
Tsugio Kanazawa	P	24					.000
Hiroshi Ikeda	P	24					.000
Tadayoshi Yamaguchi	P	17					.000
Hiroshi Masumoto	P	11					.000
Masaaki Koga	P	11					.000
Hidemi Kato	P	10					.000
Tsuneo Horii	P	6					.000
Fumio Kubo	P	5					.000
Kazuhiko Migita	P	1					.000
Daisuke Yamashita	SS	130					.000
Totals		1682	0	0	0	0	.000

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