2010 PL CS Final Stage: Lotte at Softbank – By the Numbers
by Gen on Oct.13, 2010 @ 4:05 am, under NPB, Postseason
| Softbank | Lotte | |
| 24 | G | 24 |
| 15 | W | 9 |
| 9 | L | 15 |
| 0 | T | 0 |
| 128 | RS | 95 |
| 95 | RA | 128 |
| 241 | H | 181 |
| 24 | HR | 17 |
| 158 | SO | 209 |
| 71 | BB | 107 |
| 9 | HBP | 7 |
| 18 | GIDP | 20 |
| 22 | SB | 14 |
| 18 | ERR | 17 |
| .288 | AVG | .230 |
| 3.30 | ERA | 4.70 |
Catcher
| Season | Versus | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | |
| Yamazaki, Katsuki | SOF | 205 | 12 | 43 | 2 | 58 | 18 | .210 | .539 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .105 | .233 |
| Tanoue, Hidenori | SOF | 232 | 19 | 47 | 7 | 79 | 25 | .203 | .578 | 44 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 5 | .227 | .563 |
| Satozaki, Tomoya | LOT | 247 | 40 | 65 | 10 | 105 | 29 | .263 | .801 | 36 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 5 | .194 | .855 |
| Matoba, Naoki | LOT | 188 | 14 | 30 | 1 | 40 | 19 | .160 | .425 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .148 | .419 |
First Base
| Season | Versus | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | |
| Kokubo, Hiroki | SOF | 427 | 60 | 119 | 15 | 186 | 68 | .279 | .771 | 81 | 16 | 30 | 4 | 46 | 14 | .370 | .990 |
| Kim, Tae-Kyun | LOT | 527 | 68 | 141 | 21 | 226 | 92 | .268 | .786 | 85 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 41 | 19 | .259 | .822 |
Second Base
| Season | Versus | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | |
| Honda, Yuichi | SOF | 564 | 88 | 167 | 3 | 217 | 39 | .296 | .719 | 98 | 20 | 33 | 1 | 44 | 12 | .337 | .818 |
| Iguchi, Tadahito | LOT | 531 | 88 | 156 | 17 | 253 | 103 | .294 | .889 | 81 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 46 | 19 | .284 | 1.016 |
Third Base
| Season | Versus | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | |
| Matsuda, Nobuhiro | SOF | 424 | 61 | 108 | 19 | 191 | 71 | .255 | .735 | 89 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 15 | .236 | .600 |
| Imae, Toshiaki | LOT | 531 | 74 | 176 | 10 | 245 | 77 | .331 | .825 | 84 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 43 | 10 | .381 | .942 |
Shortstop
| Season | Versus | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | |
| Kawasaki, Munenori | SOF | 602 | 74 | 190 | 4 | 239 | 53 | .316 | .765 | 107 | 15 | 37 | 0 | 49 | 11 | .346 | .838 |
| Nishioka, Tsuyoshi | LOT | 596 | 121 | 206 | 11 | 287 | 59 | .346 | .904 | 98 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 32 | 3 | .255 | .654 |
Leftfield
| Season | Versus | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | |
| Ortiz, Jose | SOF | 415 | 63 | 112 | 24 | 203 | 81 | .270 | .818 | 80 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 49 | 19 | .313 | .972 |
| Omatsu, Shoitsu | LOT | 534 | 63 | 139 | 16 | 215 | 68 | .260 | .741 | 92 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 28 | 10 | .217 | .589 |
Centerfield
| Season | Versus | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | |
| Hasegawa, Yuya | SOF | 443 | 48 | 113 | 3 | 139 | 32 | .255 | .660 | 77 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 18 | 4 | .195 | .578 |
| Kiyota, Ikuhiro | LOT | 186 | 34 | 54 | 2 | 71 | 18 | .290 | .754 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | .235 | .657 |
| Okada, Yoshifumi | LOT | 142 | 19 | 25 | 0 | 27 | 8 | .176 | .414 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .056 | .206 |
Rightfield
| Season | Versus | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | |
| Tamura, Hitoshi | SOF | 513 | 74 | 166 | 27 | 282 | 89 | .324 | .924 | 92 | 14 | 35 | 7 | 61 | 25 | .380 | 1.077 |
| Omura, Saburo | LOT | 452 | 58 | 118 | 19 | 194 | 71 | .261 | .774 | 74 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 6 | .162 | .493 |
Designated Hitter
| Season | Versus | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | AB | R | H | HR | TB | RBI | AVG | OPS | |
| Petagine, Roberto | SOF | 264 | 34 | 69 | 10 | 111 | 41 | .261 | .772 | 36 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 3 | .222 | .603 |
| Matsunaka, Nobuhiko | SOF | 238 | 28 | 56 | 11 | 96 | 35 | .235 | .714 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 2 | .233 | .694 |
| Fukuura, Kazuya | LOT | 322 | 42 | 95 | 13 | 153 | 61 | .295 | .829 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 6 | .241 | .768 |
| Imaoka, Makoto | LOT | 44 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 6 | .227 | .517 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .176 | .412 |
Potential Starters
| Season | Versus | |||||||||||||||||||
| G | Tm | G | GS | W | L | IP | H | SO | ERA | WHIP | G | GS | W | L | IP | H | SO | ERA | WHIP | |
| 1 | Sugiuchi, Toshiya | SOF | 27 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 182.2 | 169 | 218 | 3.55 | 1.25 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 33.1 | 27 | 45 | 5.13 | 1.23 |
| Naruse, Yoshihisa | LOT | 28 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 203.2 | 173 | 192 | 3.31 | 1.02 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 37.1 | 38 | 33 | 4.82 | 1.23 | |
| 2 | Wada, Tsuyoshi | SOF | 26 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 169.1 | 145 | 169 | 3.14 | 1.18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 32.0 | 19 | 41 | 1.13 | 0.91 |
| Penn, Hayden | LOT | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 46.1 | 45 | 27 | 3.69 | 1.32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 18.00 | 9.00 | |
| 3 | Houlton, Dennis | SOF | 16 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 79.0 | 97 | 69 | 5.70 | 1.54 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.2 | 5 | 5 | 2.70 | 1.05 |
| Murphy, Bill | LOT | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 114.0 | 127 | 125 | 3.75 | 1.47 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 29.0 | 24 | 23 | 3.41 | 1.38 | |
| 4 | Yang, Yao-Hsun | SOF | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 32.2 | 33 | 28 | 2.20 | 1.56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 5 | 4 | 0.00 | 1.71 |
| Watanabe, Shunsuke | LOT | 26 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 148.1 | 171 | 63 | 4.49 | 1.46 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11.0 | 13 | 7 | 4.91 | 1.55 | |
| 5 | Otonari, Kenji | SOF | 20 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 110.2 | 116 | 91 | 4.31 | 1.44 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18.0 | 18 | 13 | 3.50 | 1.61 |
| Omine, Yuta | LOT | 13 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 71.1 | 78 | 52 | 5.17 | 1.57 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26.0 | 27 | 23 | 4.15 | 1.27 | |
Other Possible Starters
| Season | Versus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tm | G | GS | W | L | IP | H | SO | ERA | WHIP | G | GS | W | L | IP | H | SO | ERA | WHIP | |
| Ogura, Shinsuke | SOF | 24 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 102.0 | 98 | 113 | 5.29 | 1.62 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17.2 | 19 | 12 | 7.13 | 1.98 |
| Yoshimi, Yuji | LOT | 21 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 88.2 | 111 | 76 | 5.18 | 1.59 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15.0 | 23 | 11 | 10.20 | 1.87 |
| Karakawa, Yuki | LOT | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 73.0 | 69 | 51 | 2.71 | 1.22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.2 | 9 | 1 | 4.76 | 1.94 |
October 13th, 2010 on 4:11 am
While SoftBank didn’t dominate Lotte in the regular season, they do seem to have the advantage. However, when saying that I also must channel the 2005 Climax Series Second Stage, which is a scenario I believe is identical to this one.
Lotte beat Seibu in the First Stage, and handily, and in the Second Stage SoftBank almost came all the way back from a 2-0 deficit before losing in the deciding game.
In short, stats are all well and good, but as Chris Berman says, “that’s why they play the game.”
October 13th, 2010 on 1:56 pm
Jim, I think head to head record of 15-9-0 (with 128-95 RS, .288 vs .230 AVG, 3.30 vs. 4.70 ERA) is quite dominant.
But yeah, “Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.” Let’s see how they play for the vital.