1972 Hankyu Braves Roster
Team Record: 80-48
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (80-48)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1972 season with a record of 80 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Braves scored 594 runs and allowed 480 runs. Atsushi Nagaike walloped 41 home runs for Hankyu, while Billy Sorrell, Yutaka Ohashi, Kiyoshi Morimoto and Yasuhiro Takai each swatted 15 or more also. Atsushi Nagaike accounted for 95 RBI. Yutaka Fukumoto paced all regular batters with a .301 average. Hisashi Yamada topped the squad with 20 wins, and Mitsuhiro Adachi also added 15 or more victories also Mitsuhiro Adachi registered a 2.63 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Daryl Spencer and Billy Sorrell 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 |
| Yoshio Arai | R | R | July 17, 1950 | 5'10" | 193 | , Saitama JP |
| Yutaka Fukumoto | L | L | November 7, 1947 | 5'6" | 150 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Minoru Hatano | R | R | September 23, 1949 | 5'10" | 167 | Tokyo, Tokyo JP |
| Jiro Hirabayashi | S | R | January 5, 1949 | 5'10" | 156 | , Aichi JP |
| Yutaro Imai | R | R | August 4, 1949 | 5'10" | 176 | Nagaoka, Niigata JP |
| Osamu Inoue | R | R | July 20, 1946 | 5'8" | 176 | Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Shigeo Ishii | R | R | May 6, 1939 | 5'11" | 170 | , Okayama 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 |
| Kenichiro Kawamura | R | R | February 26, 1948 | 5'10" | 185 | Yanai, Yamaguchi JP |
| Takeshi Kiritoshi | L | L | April 21, 1944 | 5'7" | 171 | , Hyogo JP |
| Yoshihiro Kodama | R | R | February 13, 1946 | 5'10" | 165 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Kenji Komatsu | R | R | May 24, 1947 | 5'10" | 171 | Kochi, Kochi JP |
| Kenjiro Maki | R | R | July 8, 1947 | 5'10" | 198 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP |
| Katsutoshi Miwata | R | R | July 11, 1945 | 6'0" | 176 | , Aichi 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 |
| Toshiharu Nagare | R | R | July 7, 1948 | 5'9" | 150 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Shinji Nakazawa | R | R | June 18, 1946 | 5'9" | 180 | Kofu, Yamanashi JP |
| Yutaka Ohashi | R | R | May 29, 1946 | 5'9" | 171 | Himi, Toyama JP |
| Yukiyoshi Okada | R | R | November 5, 1942 | 5'9" | 185 | , Nagasaki JP |
| Tadayoshi Okuma | R | R | September 8, 1943 | 5'7" | 162 | , Tokyo JP |
| Hironori Shogaki | R | R | May 25, 1945 | 5'6" | 158 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Billy Sorrell | L | R | October 14, 1940 | 6'0" | 190 | Morehead, KY US |
| 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 |
| Yasuhiro Takai | R | R | February 1, 1945 | 5'8" | 198 | Imabari, Aichi JP |
| Masayuki Tanemo | R | R | February 13, 1938 | 5'9" | 160 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka 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 |
| Teruyuki Uno | R | R | February 10, 1952 | 5'9" | 173 | , Chiba JP |
| Hiroki Watanabe | L | L | October 26, 1947 | 5'9" | 171 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Tsutomu Watanabe | R | R | April 25, 1949 | 5'8" | 165 | , Miyagi JP |
| 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 |
| Tetsuya Yoneda | R | R | March 3, 1938 | 5'11" | 191 | Sakai Minato, Tottori JP |
