1955 Daiei Stars Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 53-87
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Sadayoshi Fujimoto (53-87)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
1955 Daiei Stars StatisticsTeam Record: 53-87
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Sadayoshi Fujimoto (53-87)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The Daiei Stars of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1955 season with a record of 53 wins and 87 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.
The Stars scored 410 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 524 runs. Bunjiro Sakamoto led Daiei with 11 home runs and accounted for 59 RBI, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .295 average. Giichi Hayashi topped the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.36 earned run average, best among regular hurlers. Sadayoshi Fujimoto served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takeshi Akiyama | L | L | September 29, 1935 | 5'9" | 150 | , Saitama JP |
| Shigeru Arai | L | L | September 29, 1935 | 5'8" | 151 | Fujioka, Gunma JP |
| Takao Dodo | L | L | May 15, 1932 | 5'7" | 150 | , Hyogo JP |
| Tsutomu Edamura | R | R | February 28, 1933 | 5'9" | 165 | Kamakura, Kangawa JP |
| Kiyoshi Hataya | R | R | July 26, 1934 | 5'9" | 147 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Tadashi Hatta | L | R | October 5, 1936 | 5'7" | 156 | Itano-gun, Tokushima JP |
| Giichi Hayashi | R | R | February 1, 1920 | 5'8" | 156 | , Tokushima JP |
| Hideki Hayashi | R | R | March 11, 1933 | 5'8" | 132 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Yoshiteru Hayashi | R | R | May 14, 1935 | 5'8" | 150 | , Chiba JP |
| Yoshiharu Himeno | R | R | June 18, 1924 | 5'8" | 145 | , Oita JP |
| Kenji Hirano | R | R | September 16, 1927 | 5'7" | 150 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Takao Iio | R | R | October 15, 1933 | 5'9" | 150 | Niihama, Ehime JP |
| Akio Kamiichi | R | R | January 12, 1933 | 5'8" | 150 | , Kyoto JP |
| Koji Kawamoto | R | R | December 1, 1932 | 5'9" | 150 | , Kyoto JP |
| Hirokazu Kawanishi | R | R | December 9, 1936 | 5'7" | 138 | , Tokyo JP |
| Fumio Kiyoshi | R | R | December 2, 1936 | 5'6" | 132 | , Hyogo JP |
| Nobusuke Kobayashi | R | R | November 3, 1931 | 6'1" | 170 | , Osaka JP |
| Mutsuo Manda | R | R | July 14, 1932 | 5'8" | 150 | , Osaka JP |
| Masami Maruyama | R | R | August 28, 1936 | 5'11" | 165 | , Saitama JP |
| Takashi Masuda | R | R | August 16, 1921 | 5'9" | 156 | , Tokushima JP |
| Tetsuo Moriguchi | R | R | May 3, 1935 | 5'8" | 136 | Fukushima, Fukushima JP |
| Masaaki Ninomiya | R | R | September 8, 1934 | Nishi Uwa-gun, Ehime JP | ||
| Yoshiharu Ogawa | R | R | June 2, 1924 | 5'9" | 140 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Masao Ota | R | R | August 9, 1933 | 5'9" | 154 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Yasunori Otsuka | R | R | May 8, 1934 | 5'9" | 154 | Mitoyo-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Atsushi Sakagami | R | R | October 22, 1934 | 5'11" | 156 | Tamana-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Bunjiro Sakamoto | R | R | March 15, 1926 | 5'8" | 151 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Yosuke Sano | R | R | January 1, 1935 | 5'7" | 140 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Yuzo Shimada | R | R | February 19, 1930 | 5'7" | 138 | , Osaka JP |
| Michihiro Sugawara | R | R | January 25, 1930 | 6'0" | 165 | , Chiba JP |
| Kazuo Sugitani | R | R | April 20, 1933 | 5'8" | 156 | , Hyogo JP |
| Shinjiro Sugiyama | L | R | December 9, 1930 | 5'7" | 138 | , Kyoto JP |
| Toshio Takamatsu | R | R | August 15, 1919 | 5'7" | 151 | , Tokyo JP |
| Kaishi Takano | L | L | January 1, 1935 | 5'8" | 151 | , Gunma JP |
| Kazuo Takeuchi | L | L | November 29, 1931 | 5'7" | 143 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Masaharu Takita | L | L | October 16, 1926 | 5'8" | 143 | , Akita JP |
| Minoru Tanimoto | R | R | February 1, 1937 | 5'8" | 171 | Yawatahama, Ehime JP |
| Kazuo Yabumoto | R | R | May 7, 1931 | 5'6" | 136 | Onomichi, Hiroshima JP |
| Kiyoshi Yamada | R | R | January 16, 1921 | 5'5" | 127 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
