1976 Hankyu Braves Roster
Team Record: 79-45
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (79-45)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
Japan Series - Hankyu Braves 4 games, Yomiuri Giants 3
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1976 season with a record of 79 wins and 45 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Braves scored 546 runs, most in the league. Hankyu conceded 477 runs. Hideji Kato paced the team with 28 home runs, while Robert Marcano, Kiyoshi Morimoto, Yasuhiro Takai and Bernie Williams each walloped 15 or more as well. Hideji Kato drove in 82 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .300 average. Hisashi Yamada recorded 26 wins on the mound for the squad, and Mitsuhiro Adachi also added 15 or more victories also Hisashi Yamada registered a 2.4 earned run average, tops 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 |
| 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 |
| Hideji Kato | L | L | May 24, 1948 | 5'9" | 165 | Haibara-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| Yasuo Kato | R | R | April 6, 1950 | 5'8" | 190 | Soja, Okayama JP |
| Kenichiro Kawamura | R | R | February 26, 1948 | 5'10" | 185 | Yanai, Yamaguchi JP |
| Kenji Komatsu | R | R | May 24, 1947 | 5'10" | 171 | Kochi, Kochi JP |
| Robert Marcano | R | R | June 7, 1951 | 5'10" | 165 | |
| Koji Minoda | R | R | March 11, 1952 | 5'8" | 150 | Saeki-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| 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 |
| Hiroaki Nakanishi | R | R | September 10, 1953 | 5'8" | 165 | , Hyogo 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 |
| 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 |
| Shizuo Shiraishi | L | L | May 22, 1944 | 5'10" | 184 | , Tokushima JP |
| Hironori Shogaki | R | R | May 25, 1945 | 5'6" | 158 | , Kumamoto 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 |
