Shikoku Island League - 2005 Results & Post-Season Games

The first season of the Shikoku Island League ended on October 16th with the Kochi Fighting Dogs winning the league.

The league's games tended to be low scoring and pitching dominanted. There was an average of 6.27 runs scored per game (the NPB was at 8.86), and a league batting average of around .231 (NPB: .268).

Average attendance was just over one thousand (1,095). The Mandarin Pirates lead the league with an average attendance of 1,625, followed by the Olive Guyners with 1,143, the Indigo Socks with 862, and the Fighting Dogs with 733.

Standings

Rank	Team				G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS	RA	RS/G	RA/G	Attendance
1	Kochi Fighting Dogs	90	46	31	13	.597	 -.- 	296	252	3.29	2.80	31514
2	Tokushima Indigo Socks	90	38	36	16	.513	 6.5	304	299	3.38	3.32	37086
3	Kagawa Olive Guyners	89	36	41	12	.467	10.0	242	255	2.72	2.87	51433
4	Ehime Mandarin Pirates	89	32	44	13	.421	13.5	281	317	3.16	3.56	71506

Award Winners

MVP - Hiroshi Miyamoto (KFD)

Best Nine
P - Michitaka Nishiyama (EMP)
C - Hiroshi Miyamoto (KFD)
1B - Takeshi Yamamoto (KFD)
2B - Tsubasa Nakatani (EMP)
3B - Masaki Hayashi (EMP)
SS - Kouhei Kueda (KFD)
OF - Hiroaki Yagi (KOG)
OF - Ryouta Kanatani (TIS)
OF - Simon Graham - Yoshiki (TIS)

League Leaders
AVG - .322 - Masaki Hayashi (EMP)
AB - 335 - Masayoshi Miwa (KOG)
R - 46 - Hiroshi Miyamoto (KFD)
H - 107 - Masaki Hayashi (EMP)
2B - 20 - Kouhei Kueda (KFD)
3B - 6 - Six Players (n/a)
HR - 6 - Hiroshi Miyamoto (KFD)
RBI - 25 - Simon Graham-Yoshiki (TIS)
SB - 25 - Simon Graham-Yoshiki (TIS)
E - Hirofumi Yamaguchi (TIS)

AP - 44 - Terumasa Matsuo (KOG)
ERA - 1.30 - Terumasa Matsuo (KOG)
W - 12 - Hidenori Itou (KOG)
L - 12 - Masahiro Maeda (EMP)
SV - 19 - Shirou Akai (KFD)
IP - 210.3 - Hidenori Itou (KOG)
SO - 168 - Michitaka Nishiyama (EMP)
CG - 11 - Michitaka Nishiyama (EMP)/Hidenori Itou (KOG)
SHO - 6 - Michitaka Nishiyama (EMP)

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2006 Season Changes

The 2006 schedule will feature two halves of 90 games each (45 per team). The first half will last from May to June, the second from July to September. The winners of the two halves will meet in September for a championship series. In October there are plans to have a series versus a non-Shikoku League team.

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Nichi-Bei All-Star Series

An all-star team of players from the Shikoku Island League will be playing two games versus the Japan Samurai Bears of the California-based Golden Baseball League.

 Day  Start Time  Stadium
10/28   6:00 PM	  Kagawa Olive Stadium
10/29  12:00 PM   Naruto Kyujo

Shikoku Island League Roster

Position/Player            Team   10/28  10/29
Manager Fujishiro, Kazuaki  KFD     X      X
Coachs
    Ashizawa, Shinya        KOG     X
    Kato, Hiroto            KOG     X
    Mori, Hiroyuki          KOG     X
    Jozume, Masahiko        TIS            X
    Ono, Kazuyuki           TIS            X
    Yanagita, Shikato       TIS            X
Pitchers
    Itou, Hidenori          KOG     X      X
    Matsuo, Terumasa        KOG     X      X
    Nishiyama, Michitaka    EMP     X      X
    Arai, Toshihisa         KOG     X
    Fukasawa, Kazuho        KOG     X
    Hashimoto, Ryouma       KOG     X
    Nejikane, Takayuki      KOG     X
    Banba, Yoshiki          TIS            X
    Inoue, Yuuta            TIS            X
    Ishii, Dai              TIS            X
    Kobayashi, Noriyuki     TIS            X
    Nagae, Youichirou       TIS            X
    Satou, Hiroki           TIS            X
    Watanabe, Takahiro      TIS            X
Catchers
    Miyamoto, Hiroshi       KFD     X      X
    Sakai, Sadaharu         KOG     X
    Yoneda, Tsukasa         KOG     X
    Jounoshita, Ken         KOG     X
    Murata, Takafumi        TIS            X
Infielders
    Hayashi, Masaki         EMP     X      X
    Kueda, Kouhei           KFD     X      X
    Nakatani, Tsubasa       EMP     X      X
    Yamamoto, Takeshi       KFD     X      X
    Furuya, Takuya          KOG     X
    Hada, Tomohiro          KOG     X
    Kondou, Tomosugu        KOG     X
    Miwa, Masayoshi         KOG     X
    Yamakido, Hisashi       KOG     X
    Komatsuzaki, Taichi     TIS            X
    Machida, Katsuji        TIS            X
    Matsubara, Yuuki        TIS            X
    Yamada, Daijirou        TIS            X
    Yamaguchi, Hirofumi     TIS            X
Outfielders
    Kanatani, Ryouta        TIS     X      X
    Yagi, Hiroaki           KOG     X      X
    Graham-Yoshiki, Saimon  TIS     X      X
    Higashiyama, Kazuki     KOG     X
    Iyoshi, Shin'ya         KOG     X
    Noro, Shouhei           TIS            X

Japan Samurai Bears Roster

Staff
Takenori Emoto - Manager
Tsuneo Horii - Coach
Hideyuki Goto - Trainer
Ryouhei Ise - Liason
Hiroshi Shitamura?

Pitchers
Keisuke Ueno
Masanori Yajima
Rentaro Seki
Satoshi Morita
Shingo Mitsumori
Takaaki Igarashi
Takashi Iwamoto

Catchers
Satoshi Akimoto
Keiji Takakura

Infielders
Yuji Nerei
Kenichi Miura
Yasumichi Minami
Shinichiro Uchino
Naoki Komtasu

Outfielders
Tomoshi Aoki
Tatsuhiko Muranishi
Toshitaka Shimada
Sho Watanabe

Utility Players
Daisuke Ikenaga
Takahisa Motono