1975 Hankyu Braves Roster
Team Record: 64-59
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (64-59)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
Japan Series - Hankyu Braves 4 games, Hiroshima Toyo Carp 0
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1975 season with a record of 64 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Braves scored 541 runs, best in the league. Hankyu yielded 506 runs. Hideji Kato walloped 32 home runs for the squad, while Robert Marcano, Bernie Williams and Atsushi Nagaike each swatted 15 or more, too. Hideji Kato drove in 97 runs and topped all regular batters with a .309 average. Takashi Yamaguchi and Hisashi Yamada led the squad with 12 wins each, and Mitsuhiro Adachi registered a 2.73 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Bernie Williams 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Kenji Komatsu | R | R | May 24, 1947 | 5'10" | 171 | Kochi, Kochi JP |
| Robert Marcano | R | R | June 7, 1951 | 5'10" | 165 | |
| Yukio Miyoshi | R | R | September 24, 1945 | 5'9" | 165 | Tokushima, Tokushima 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 |
| Yataro Oishi | R | R | October 6, 1943 | 5'10" | 160 | Saeki, Oita 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 |
| Shizuo Shiraishi | L | L | May 22, 1944 | 5'10" | 184 | , Tokushima 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 |
| 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 |
| Bernie Williams | R | R | October 8, 1948 | 6'1" | 175 | Alameda, CA US |
| Hisashi Yamada | R | R | July 29, 1948 | 5'9" | 170 | Noshiro, Akira JP |
| Takashi Yamaguchi | R | R | May 15, 1950 | 5'7" | 171 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Tetsuya Yoneda | R | R | March 3, 1938 | 5'11" | 191 | Sakai Minato, Tottori JP |
