1983 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Statistics
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 61-61
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Junzo Sekine (61-61)
Location: Yokohama-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Yokohama Stadium
1983 Yokohama Taiyo Whales RosterTeam Record: 61-61
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Junzo Sekine (61-61)
Location: Yokohama-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Yokohama Stadium
The Yokohama Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1983 season with a record of 61 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.
The Whales scored 561 runs and allowed 631 runs, most in the circuit. Leon Lee walloped 30 home runs for Yokohama, while Tomio Tashiro and Jim Tracy swatted 15 or more also. Leon Lee recorded 98 runs batted in. Yutaka Takagi led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .314 average. Kazuhiko Endo topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.87 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Jim Tracy played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Yokohama Taiyo Whales to do so.
Junzo Sekine served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
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 | 18 | 9 | .667 | 2.87 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 238.3 | 219 | 81 | 76 | 31 | 42 | 7 | 186 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 959 |
| Akio Saito | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.57 | 54 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 116.0 | 113 | 52 | 46 | 14 | 45 | 14 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 496 |
| Tsugio Kanazawa | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.94 | 37 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 182.3 | 188 | 108 | 100 | 33 | 85 | 6 | 118 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 805 |
| Masaji Hiramatsu | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.92 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 131.0 | 136 | 67 | 57 | 14 | 53 | 4 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 577 |
| Fumiaki Kadota | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.43 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 121.0 | 130 | 79 | 73 | 20 | 48 | 5 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 530 |
| Yutaka Saotome | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.71 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 53 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 190 |
| Masaaki Koga | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.88 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97.7 | 93 | 60 | 53 | 18 | 38 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 419 |
| Masao Sato | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.62 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 | 46 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177 |
| Tadayoshi Yamaguchi | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.05 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| Shintaro Hirose | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.90 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 40 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 153 |
| Toru Ohata | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Hiroshi Masumoto | 0 | 0 | 5.11 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | |
| Masaki Miura | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Hirofumi Sekine | 0 | 0 | 8.53 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
| Tsuneo Horii | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.80 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 104 |
| Fumio Kubo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.55 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 107 |
| Kazuhiko Migita | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.80 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.7 | 38 | 35 | 30 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 147 |
| Totals | 61 | 61 | .500 | 4.52 | 371 | 130 | 105 | 25 | 6 | 27 | 1146.0 | 1188 | 631 | 576 | 167 | 451 | 59 | 693 | 28 | 7 | 19 | 4986 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yutaka Takagi | 125 | 548 | 465 | 73 | 146 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 27 | 22 | 56 | 72 | .314 | .390 | .460 | .850 | 214 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 4 |
| Jim Tracy | 125 | 508 | 469 | 61 | 142 | 29 | 2 | 19 | 66 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 74 | .303 | .348 | .495 | .842 | 232 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Leon Lee | 128 | 543 | 472 | 83 | 136 | 27 | 1 | 30 | 98 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 68 | .288 | .372 | .540 | .912 | 255 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Daisuke Yamashita | 130 | 575 | 495 | 73 | 133 | 33 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 66 | 42 | .269 | .357 | .410 | .767 | 203 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| Keiji Nagasaki | 112 | 421 | 364 | 40 | 111 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 29 | .305 | .370 | .420 | .790 | 153 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| Tomio Tashiro | 119 | 486 | 442 | 60 | 111 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 88 | .251 | .307 | .502 | .809 | 222 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Kaname Yashiki | 119 | 404 | 373 | 50 | 107 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 67 | .287 | .332 | .375 | .708 | 140 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Yoshikazu Takagi | 78 | 221 | 195 | 25 | 72 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 21 | .369 | .434 | .528 | .963 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mitsuo Motoi | 58 | 131 | 114 | 11 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | .307 | .369 | .395 | .764 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Toshio Kato | 67 | 163 | 139 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 25 | .216 | .317 | .353 | .669 | 49 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Yasuhiko Tsuji | 72 | 147 | 132 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .205 | .239 | .311 | .550 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Yoshiharu Wakana | 28 | 71 | 60 | 5 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .350 | .435 | .483 | .918 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Misao Takaura | 47 | 101 | 85 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .247 | .333 | .376 | .710 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Hiromi Nishimura | 50 | 64 | 61 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .295 | .328 | .443 | .771 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hisaaki Fukushima | 54 | 68 | 64 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .281 | .299 | .438 | .736 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hirokazu Kato | 80 | 80 | 72 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .139 | .205 | .250 | .455 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuhiko Endo | 37 | 87 | 73 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .110 | .156 | .110 | .265 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Okubo | 48 | 40 | 34 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .206 | .289 | .294 | .584 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsugio Kanazawa | 37 | 67 | 55 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .127 | .155 | .164 | .319 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Masaji Hiramatsu | 23 | 49 | 42 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .143 | .234 | .167 | .401 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Masaaki Koga | 30 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .208 | .269 | .208 | .478 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Akio Saito | 54 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .167 | .192 | .167 | .359 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Yutaka Saotome | 26 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .600 | .600 | 1.200 | 1.800 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumio Kubo | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shintaro Hirose | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tadayoshi Yamaguchi | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuhiko Migita | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Yoshimoto | 14 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumiaki Kadota | 31 | 39 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .027 | .027 | .027 | .054 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitsugu Ishibashi | 23 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazumasa Ichikawa | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tsuneo Horii | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hirofumi Sekine | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masao Sato | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hiroshi Masumoto | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Koichi Muraoka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1860 | 4944 | 4354 | 561 | 1186 | 215 | 18 | 137 | 539 | 78 | 51 | 427 | 679 | .272 | .338 | .424 | .763 | 1848 | 97 | 26 | 102 | 35 | 40 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Lee | 1B | 125 | .000 | |||||
| Hisaaki Fukushima | 1B | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Takagi | 2B | 109 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsuo Motoi | 2B | 27 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Okubo | 2B | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsugu Ishibashi | 2B | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Hirokazu Kato | 2B | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Tomio Tashiro | 3B | 116 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Takagi | 3B | 18 | .000 | |||||
| Yasuhiko Tsuji | C | 72 | .000 | |||||
| Toshio Kato | C | 58 | .000 | |||||
| Misao Takaura | C | 47 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshiharu Wakana | C | 25 | .000 | |||||
| Kazumasa Ichikawa | C | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Tracy | OF | 124 | .000 | |||||
| Kaname Yashiki | OF | 113 | .000 | |||||
| Keiji Nagasaki | OF | 99 | .000 | |||||
| Yoshikazu Takagi | OF | 58 | .000 | |||||
| Hirokazu Kato | OF | 49 | .000 | |||||
| Hiromi Nishimura | OF | 34 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Yoshimoto | OF | 8 | .000 | |||||
| Leon Lee | OF | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Takagi | OF | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Akio Saito | P | 54 | .000 | |||||
| Tsugio Kanazawa | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhiko Endo | P | 36 | .000 | |||||
| Masaaki Koga | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| Fumiaki Kadota | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Saotome | P | 26 | .000 | |||||
| Hiroshi Masumoto | P | 24 | .000 | |||||
| Fumio Kubo | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Masaji Hiramatsu | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| Masao Sato | P | 20 | .000 | |||||
| Shintaro Hirose | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| Tadayoshi Yamaguchi | P | 14 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuhiko Migita | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Tsuneo Horii | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Hirofumi Sekine | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Masaki Miura | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Toru Ohata | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Daisuke Yamashita | SS | 130 | .000 | |||||
| Yutaka Takagi | SS | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Mitsugu Ishibashi | SS | 2 | .000 | |||||
| Koichi Muraoka | SS | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1634 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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