1975 Hankyu Braves Roster

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-59
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (64-59)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

1975 Hankyu Braves Statistics

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 Bernie Williams, Robert Marcano and Atsushi Nagaike each swatted 15 or more, too. Hideji Kato drove in 97 runs and topped all regular batters with a .309 average. Hisashi Yamada and Takashi Yamaguchi 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.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Mitsuhiro AdachiRRMarch 10, 19405'8"162, Osaka JP
Yoshio AraiRRJuly 17, 19505'10"193, Saitama JP
Yutaka FukumotoLLNovember 7, 19475'6"150Osaka, Osaka JP
Jiro HirabayashiSRJanuary 5, 19495'10"156, Aichi JP
Yutaro ImaiRRAugust 4, 19495'10"176Nagaoka, Niigata JP
Mitsuo ImazuRRJuly 8, 19385'6"149Amagasaki, Hyogo JP
Osamu InoueRRJuly 20, 19465'8"176Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka JP
Hideji KatoLLMay 24, 19485'9"165Haibara-gun, Shizuoka JP
Kenichiro KawamuraRRFebruary 26, 19485'10"185Yanai, Yamaguchi JP
Takeshi KiritoshiLLApril 21, 19445'7"171, Hyogo JP
Kenji KomatsuRRMay 24, 19475'10"171Kochi, Kochi JP
Robert MarcanoRRJune 7, 19515'10"165
Yukio MiyoshiRRSeptember 24, 19455'9"165Tokushima, Tokushima JP
Kiyoshi MorimotoRRApril 13, 19425'6"162Saijo, Ehime JP
Atsushi NagaikeRRFebruary 21, 19445'9"180Naruto, Tokushima JP
Shinji NakazawaRRJune 18, 19465'9"180Kofu, Yamanashi JP
Yutaka OhashiRRMay 29, 19465'9"171Himi, Toyama JP
Yataro OishiRROctober 6, 19435'10"160Saeki, Oita JP
Kazumitsu OkamotoLLNovember 4, 19515'11"173, Osaka JP
Tadayoshi OkumaRRSeptember 8, 19435'7"162, Tokyo JP
Shizuo ShiraishiLLMay 22, 19445'10"184, Tokushima JP
Hironori ShogakiRRMay 25, 19455'6"158, Kumamoto JP
Taira SumitomoRRAugust 17, 19435'7"158, Osaka JP
Yasuhiro TakaiRRFebruary 1, 19455'8"198Imabari, Aichi JP
Kazuyoshi TakemuraRRDecember 19, 19495'11"162Aki-gun, Kochi JP
Yoshinori TodaRRJuly 27, 19455'8"176, Osaka JP
Hidetaka ToginLRFebruary 1, 19465'9"154, Hokkaido JP
Teruyuki UnoRRFebruary 10, 19525'9"173, Chiba JP
Tsutomu WatanabeRRApril 25, 19495'8"165, Miyagi JP
Bernie WilliamsRROctober 8, 19486'1"175Alameda, CA US
Hisashi YamadaRRJuly 29, 19485'9"170Noshiro, Akira JP
Takashi YamaguchiRRMay 15, 19505'7"171Kobe, Hyogo JP
Tetsuya YonedaRRMarch 3, 19385'11"191Sakai Minato, Tottori JP



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