1969 Hankyu Braves Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 76-50
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (76-50)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
1969 Hankyu Braves StatisticsTeam Record: 76-50
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (76-50)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1969 season with a record of 76 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Braves scored 543 runs and surrendered 463 runs. Atsushi Nagaike walloped 41 home runs for Hankyu, while Kiyoshi Yano, Koji Okamura and Kiyoshi Morimoto each swatted 15 or more also. Atsushi Nagaike accounted for 101 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .316 average. Takao Kajimoto led the team with 18 wins, and Yukinobu Miyamoto earned a 2.91 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Gordie Windhorn played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hankyu Braves to do so.
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 |
| Francis Agcaoili | L | R | March 29, 1939 | 6'1" | 187 | , HI US |
| Yutaka Fukumoto | L | L | November 7, 1947 | 5'6" | 150 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Masato Hamasaki | L | L | October 9, 1944 | 5'8" | 171 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Tadashi Hatta | L | R | October 5, 1936 | 5'7" | 156 | Itano-gun, Tokushima JP |
| Masayoshi Hayase | L | L | April 11, 1940 | 5'6" | 162 | , Aichi JP |
| Jiro Hirabayashi | S | R | January 5, 1949 | 5'10" | 156 | , 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 |
| Hideji Kato | L | L | May 24, 1948 | 5'9" | 165 | Haibara-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| Takeshi Kiritoshi | L | L | April 21, 1944 | 5'7" | 171 | , Hyogo JP |
| Teruo Matsumoto | R | R | March 23, 1943 | 5'10" | 180 | , Tochigi JP |
| Yukinobu Miyamoto | R | R | June 3, 1945 | 6'0" | 190 | , Hyogo JP |
| Takashi Mizutani | R | R | April 28, 1948 | 5'11" | 180 | , Aichi JP |
| Kiyoshi Morimoto | R | R | April 13, 1942 | 5'6" | 162 | Saijo, Ehime JP |
| Atsushi Nagaike | R | R | February 21, 1944 | 5'9" | 180 | Naruto, Tokushima JP |
| Shinji Nakazawa | R | R | June 18, 1946 | 5'9" | 180 | Kofu, Yamanashi JP |
| Yoshiaki Norose | R | R | August 3, 1944 | 5'8" | 173 | , Osaka JP |
| Kiyoshi Oishi | R | R | April 3, 1940 | 5'9" | 165 | Shimizu, Shizuoka JP |
| Yukiyoshi Okada | R | R | November 5, 1942 | 5'9" | 185 | , Nagasaki JP |
| Akira Okamura | R | R | July 18, 1943 | 5'10" | 160 | , Osaka 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 |
| Hiroyuki Osada | R | L | June 3, 1939 | 5'10" | 154 | , Miyazaki JP |
| Katsuo Saito | R | R | January 8, 1942 | 5'9" | 162 | , Tochigi JP |
| Toshizo Sakamoto | R | R | July 13, 1943 | 5'7" | 154 | Fushimi Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Seigo Sasaki | R | R | September 1, 1946 | 5'11" | 185 | , Shimane JP |
| Hironori Shogaki | R | R | May 25, 1945 | 5'6" | 158 | , Kumamoto JP |
| 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 |
| Hidetaka Togin | L | R | February 1, 1946 | 5'9" | 154 | , Hokkaido JP |
| Tsutomu Watanabe | R | R | April 25, 1949 | 5'8" | 165 | , Miyagi JP |
| Gordie Windhorn | R | R | December 19, 1933 | 6'1" | 185 | Watseka, IL US |
| Hisashi Yamada | R | R | July 29, 1948 | 5'9" | 170 | Noshiro, Akira JP |
| Fujio Yamaguchi | R | R | July 16, 1942 | 5'7" | 162 | , Kagawa JP |
| Koji Yamamoto | R | R | August 6, 1942 | 5'5" | 187 | , Kumamoto 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 |
