1966 Hankyu Braves Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 57-73
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (57-73)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
1966 Hankyu Braves StatisticsTeam Record: 57-73
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (57-73)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1966 season with a record of 57 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Braves plated 447 runs and allowed 491 runs. Daryl Spencer paced Hankyu with 20 home runs and drove in 63 runs, while leading all regular batters with a .278 average. Tetsuya Yoneda earned 25 wins on the mound for the team, and Mitsuhiro Adachi also added 15 or more victories also Mitsuhiro Adachi registered a 2.63 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Daryl Spencer and Gordie Windhorn both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Yukio Nishimoto served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsuhiro Adachi | R | R | March 10, 1940 | 5'8" | 162 | , Osaka JP |
| Yusaku Akimoto | R | R | June 30, 1935 | 5'7" | 154 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Yoshifumi Fukashiro | R | R | May 13, 1946 | 5'11" | 162 | , Gunma JP |
| Katsuya Fukutsuka | R | R | January 5, 1939 | 5'8" | 154 | , Wakayama JP |
| Masato Hamasaki | L | L | October 9, 1944 | 5'8" | 171 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Masayoshi Hayase | L | L | April 11, 1940 | 5'6" | 162 | , Aichi JP |
| Akira Ishii | R | R | November 21, 1939 | 5'10" | 182 | Adachi Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Shigeo Ishii | R | R | May 6, 1939 | 5'11" | 170 | , Okayama JP |
| Susumu Ishikawa | L | L | April 28, 1932 | 5'9" | 140 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
| Takao Kajimoto | L | L | April 8, 1935 | 6'1" | 165 | Kofu, Yamanashi JP |
| Minoru Kakimoto | R | R | October 5, 1935 | 5'9" | 182 | Kyoto-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Hideo Kanemoto | R | R | May 1, 1942 | 6'0" | 173 | |
| Akiteru Kono | R | R | January 1, 1935 | 5'8" | 140 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Teruo Matsumoto | R | R | March 23, 1943 | 5'10" | 180 | , Tochigi JP |
| Kiyoshi Morimoto | R | R | April 13, 1942 | 5'6" | 162 | Saijo, Ehime JP |
| Motohiro Moroki | R | R | April 19, 1934 | 5'8" | 154 | Fujisawa, Kanagawa JP |
| Susumu Nagai | R | R | May 2, 1939 | 5'11" | 178 | , Hyogo JP |
| Atsushi Nagaike | R | R | February 21, 1944 | 5'9" | 180 | Naruto, Tokushima JP |
| Masahiro Nakata | R | R | February 22, 1935 | 5'10" | 171 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP |
| Shinji Nakazawa | R | R | June 18, 1946 | 5'9" | 180 | Kofu, Yamanashi JP |
| Mitsuhiro Narita | R | R | October 7, 1942 | 5'9" | 176 | , Akita JP |
| Yoshiaki Norose | R | R | August 3, 1944 | 5'8" | 173 | , Osaka JP |
| Yataro Oishi | R | R | October 6, 1943 | 5'10" | 160 | Saeki, Oita JP |
| Yukiyoshi Okada | R | R | November 5, 1942 | 5'9" | 185 | , Nagasaki JP |
| Koji Okamura | R | R | November 10, 1940 | 5'9" | 176 | Tientsin, CN |
| Tadayoshi Okuma | R | R | September 8, 1943 | 5'7" | 162 | , Tokyo JP |
| Katsuo Saito | R | R | January 8, 1942 | 5'9" | 162 | , Tochigi JP |
| Yoshi Saito | R | R | January 29, 1948 | 5'10" | 165 | , Chiba JP |
| Seigo Sasaki | R | R | September 1, 1946 | 5'11" | 185 | , Shimane JP |
| Daryl Spencer | R | R | July 13, 1928 | 6'2" | 185 | Wichita, KS US |
| Taira Sumitomo | R | R | August 17, 1943 | 5'7" | 158 | , Osaka JP |
| Shigenobu Sumiyoshi | R | R | March 8, 1941 | 5'8" | 171 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Yasuhiro Takai | R | R | February 1, 1945 | 5'8" | 198 | Imabari, Aichi JP |
| Yoshinori Toda | R | R | July 27, 1945 | 5'8" | 176 | , Osaka JP |
| Takatsugu Toguchi | L | R | October 29, 1931 | 5'9" | 187 | Nara, Nara JP |
| Gordie Windhorn | R | R | December 19, 1933 | 6'1" | 185 | Watseka, IL US |
| Fujio Yamaguchi | R | R | July 16, 1942 | 5'7" | 162 | , Kagawa JP |
| Koji Yamamoto | R | R | August 6, 1942 | 5'5" | 187 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Ikuo Yanagawa | R | R | January 10, 1941 | 5'10" | 154 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Kiyoshi Yano | R | R | July 3, 1940 | 5'11" | 176 | Ozu, Ehime JP |
| Tetsuya Yoneda | R | R | March 3, 1938 | 5'11" | 191 | Sakai Minato, Tottori JP |
| Yasunori Yoshimoto | R | R | June 11, 1938 | 5'9" | 143 | , Kumamoto JP |
