1979 Hankyu Braves Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 75-44
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Takao Kajimoto (75-44)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
1979 Hankyu Braves StatisticsTeam Record: 75-44
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Takao Kajimoto (75-44)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1979 season with a record of 75 wins and 44 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Braves scored 695 runs, most in the league. Hankyu yielded 546 runs. Hideji Kato walloped 35 home runs for the squad, while Yutaka Fukumoto, Robert Marcano, Yasuhiro Takai and Kinji Shimatani each added 15 or more also. Hideji Kato drove in 104 runs and topped all regular batters with a .364 average. Hisashi Yamada led the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.73 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Bernie Williams played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Hankyu Braves to do so.
Takao Kajimoto 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 |
| 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 |
| Mitsuo Inaba | R | R | October 2, 1948 | 5'8" | 147 | Shimizu, Shizuoka 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 |
| Shinya Kobayashi | L | L | October 28, 1952 | 5'7" | 165 | Yamasaki-cho, Hyogo 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 |
| Hiroyuki Miura | R | R | June 5, 1959 | 6'2" | 170 | Fukushima, Fukushima JP |
| Atsushi Nagaike | R | R | February 21, 1944 | 5'9" | 180 | Naruto, Tokushima JP |
| Hiroaki Nagamoto | R | R | November 5, 1952 | 5'10" | 167 | Fukuyama, Hiroshima 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 |
| Kazumitsu Okamoto | L | L | November 4, 1951 | 5'11" | 173 | , Osaka JP |
| Tadayoshi Okuma | R | R | September 8, 1943 | 5'7" | 162 | , Tokyo JP |
| Masato Osumi | L | L | February 17, 1948 | 6'0" | 176 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Norietsu Saegusa | R | R | July 21, 1952 | 5'9" | 147 | Tagata-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| Shinji Sasamoto | R | R | April 18, 1952 | 5'8" | 154 | Itano-gun, Tokushima JP |
| Yoshinori Sato | R | R | September 11, 1954 | 5'11" | 190 | Okushiri-gun, Hokkaido JP |
| Kinji Shimatani | R | R | January 23, 1945 | 6'0" | 195 | Takamatsu, Kagawa JP |
| Shizuo Shiraishi | L | L | May 22, 1944 | 5'10" | 184 | , Tokushima JP |
| Koki Suzuki | R | R | September 11, 1956 | 6'3" | 173 | Rikuzen Tawata, Iwate JP |
| Yasuhiro Takai | R | R | February 1, 1945 | 5'8" | 198 | Imabari, Aichi JP |
| Akira Tanaka | S | R | July 27, 1954 | 5'8" | 156 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Kiyoshi Tanioka | R | R | April 11, 1951 | 5'8" | 176 | Ipponmatsu-machi, Gunma JP |
| Teruyuki Uno | R | R | February 10, 1952 | 5'9" | 173 | , Chiba 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 |
| Toshiyuki Yoshizawa | R | R | July 23, 1954 | 5'10" | 156 | Kusaka, Saitama JP |
