1974 Hankyu Braves Roster
Team Record: 69-51
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (69-51)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1974 season with a record of 69 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Braves led the circuit with 577 runs, ignited by 125 home runs. Hankyu surrendered 524 runs. Atsushi Nagaike paced the team with 27 home runs, while Hideji Kato and Kiyoshi Morimoto walloped 15 or more, too. Atsushi Nagaike accounted for 96 RBI. Yutaka Fukumoto topped hitters with significant playing time with a .327 average. Tetsuya Yoneda, Takashi Mizutani and Hisashi Yamada paced the squad with 11 wins each, and Takashi Mizutani registered a 2.91 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Rick Austin played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hankyu Braves to do so.
Toshiharu Ueda 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 |
| Gene Ammann | R | R | January 30, 1949 | 5'10" | 175 | New York, NY US |
| Yoshio Arai | R | R | July 17, 1950 | 5'10" | 193 | , Saitama JP |
| Rick Austin | R | L | October 27, 1946 | 6'4" | 190 | Seattle, WA US |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mitsuo Imazu | R | R | July 8, 1938 | 5'6" | 149 | Amagasaki, Hyogo JP |
| Osamu Inoue | R | R | July 20, 1946 | 5'8" | 176 | Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Makoto Ishida | R | R | May 30, 1954 | 5'11" | 190 | Aso-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Yoshio Ishida | R | R | February 23, 1955 | 5'10" | 158 | Gunma, 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 |
| Keiji Kunioka | L | L | March 8, 1952 | 6'0" | 156 | , Tokushima JP |
| Toru Maeda | R | R | December 16, 1950 | 5'10" | 190 | , Kumamoto 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 |
| Kazumitsu Okamoto | L | L | November 4, 1951 | 5'11" | 173 | , Osaka JP |
| Tadayoshi Okuma | R | R | September 8, 1943 | 5'7" | 162 | , Tokyo JP |
| Tadashi Onishi | R | R | December 15, 1952 | 5'9" | 160 | , Ibaraki JP |
| Ikumasa Oshima | R | R | June 24, 1950 | 6'1" | 158 | Ina, Nagano JP |
| Akio Sato | R | R | October 4, 1951 | 5'11" | 176 | , Hokkaido 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 |
| 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 |
| Sueichi Tanaka | R | R | April 23, 1951 | 5'10" | 162 | , Osaka 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 |
| Koji Yamashita | R | R | December 20, 1955 | 6'0" | 162 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Tetsuya Yoneda | R | R | March 3, 1938 | 5'11" | 191 | Sakai Minato, Tottori JP |
