1980 Hankyu Braves Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 58-67
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Takao Kajimoto (58-67)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
1980 Hankyu Braves StatisticsTeam Record: 58-67
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Takao Kajimoto (58-67)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1980 season with a record of 58 wins and 67 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Braves plated 647 runs and allowed 731 runs. Koji Minoda walloped 31 home runs for Hankyu, while Hideji Kato, Yutaka Fukumoto, Robert Marcano, Kinji Shimatani and Bernie Williams each swatted 15 or more, too. Hideji Kato drove in 97 runs. Yutaka Fukumoto paced all regular hitters with a .321 average. Hisashi Yamada topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.97 earned run average, leading 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masaharu Fujimoto | R | R | January 18, 1953 | 5'9" | 176 | Himeji, Hyogo 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 |
| Makoto Ishida | R | R | May 30, 1954 | 5'11" | 190 | Aso-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Seikichi Kanamoto | R | R | May 22, 1956 | 5'11" | 150 | Seto, Aichi JP |
| Yuji Kasama | R | R | March 22, 1953 | 6'0" | 191 | Kanazawa, Ishikawa 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 |
| Tomohiro Kinoshita | L | L | July 31, 1957 | 5'10" | 178 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Shinya Kobayashi | L | L | October 28, 1952 | 5'7" | 165 | Yamasaki-cho, Hyogo JP |
| Hiroyoshi Kudo | R | R | July 23, 1954 | 5'11" | 185 | Onga-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Toru Maeda | R | R | December 16, 1950 | 5'10" | 190 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Robert Marcano | R | R | June 7, 1951 | 5'10" | 165 | |
| Mitsuru Matsui | R | R | May 21, 1956 | 5'9" | 178 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Shoji Matsumoto | L | L | April 2, 1959 | 5'10" | 176 | Ako-gun, Hyogo JP |
| Yukitsura Matsumoto | L | L | June 5, 1947 | 6'0" | 176 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Shinji Sasamoto | R | R | April 18, 1952 | 5'8" | 154 | Itano-gun, Tokushima JP |
| Shigetaka Sato | L | L | October 30, 1955 | 5'11" | 18 | , BR |
| Yoshinori Sato | R | R | September 11, 1954 | 5'11" | 190 | Okushiri-gun, Hokkaido JP |
| Tomoyuki Sekiguchi | R | R | October 5, 1960 | 6'1" | 165 | Minami Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi 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 |
| 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 |
| Tomohiro Tanimura | R | R | August 3, 1947 | 5'8" | 167 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo 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 |
| Shigeru Yagi | R | R | November 28, 1953 | 5'9" | 171 | , Osaka JP |
| 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 |
| Masafumi Yamamori | R | R | November 26, 1960 | 5'10" | 165 | Shimomashiki-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Koji Yamashita | R | R | December 20, 1955 | 6'0" | 162 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Masahiro Yanagida | L | L | May 21, 1948 | 5'9" | 176 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Masuo Yata | R | R | July 27, 1961 | 5'10" | 162 | Kurayoshi, Tottori JP |
| Osamu Yonemura | R | R | April 3, 1959 | 6'1" | 178 | Sakurai, Nara JP |
| Toshiyuki Yoshizawa | R | R | July 23, 1954 | 5'10" | 156 | Kusaka, Saitama JP |
