1973 Hankyu Braves Roster
Team Record: 77-48
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Yukio Nishimoto (77-48)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1973 season with a record of 77 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Braves scored 645 runs, most in the league. Hankyu gave up 499 runs. Atsushi Nagaike walloped 43 home runs for the squad, while Hideji Kato and Yutaka Ohashi swatted 15 or more as well. Atsushi Nagaike accounted for 109 RBI. Hideji Kato led hitters with significant playing time with a .337 average. Tetsuya Yoneda and Hisashi Yamada topped the team with 15 wins each, and Tetsuya Yoneda registered a 2.47 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Billy Sorrell 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 |
| 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 |
| Jiro Hirabayashi | S | R | January 5, 1949 | 5'10" | 156 | , Aichi JP |
| Yasuo Hosokawa | R | R | August 2, 1952 | 5'11" | 154 | , Ehime 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 |
| 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 |
| Yukinobu Miyamoto | R | R | June 3, 1945 | 6'0" | 190 | , Hyogo JP |
| Yukio Miyoshi | R | R | September 24, 1945 | 5'9" | 165 | Tokushima, Tokushima 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Kazuyoshi Takemura | R | R | December 19, 1949 | 5'11" | 162 | Aki-gun, Kochi 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 |
| 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 |
