1981 Hankyu Braves Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 68-58
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (68-58)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
1981 Hankyu Braves StatisticsTeam Record: 68-58
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (68-58)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1981 season with a record of 68 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Braves tallied 579 runs and conceded 597 runs. Wayne Cage walloped 31 home runs for Hankyu, while Hideji Kato and Kinji Shimatani swatted 15 or more, too. Hideji Kato drove in 79 runs and topped all regular batters with a .314 average. Yutaro Imai paced the team with 19 wins, and Mitsuo Inaba recorded a 2.93 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Wayne Cage 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Cage | L | L | November 23, 1951 | 6'4" | 205 | Monroe, LA US |
| 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 |
| Kazuhiko Ishimine | R | R | January 10, 1961 | 5'8" | 165 | Naha, Okinawa JP |
| Shinnosuke Kataoka | R | R | November 5, 1947 | 5'9" | 180 | Kurashiki, Okayama 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 |
| Masanobu Kojima | R | R | June 10, 1954 | 5'10" | 171 | Konosu, Saitama JP |
| Hiroyoshi Kudo | R | R | July 23, 1954 | 5'11" | 185 | Onga-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Robert Marcano | R | R | June 7, 1951 | 5'10" | 165 | |
| 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 |
| Hiromi Matsunaga | S | R | September 27, 1960 | 5'11" | 171 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Koji Minoda | R | R | March 11, 1952 | 5'8" | 150 | Saeki-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Shiro Miyamoto | L | L | May 28, 1952 | 5'10" | 143 | Matsuzaka, Mie JP |
| Norikazu Miyata | R | R | September 27, 1954 | 5'10" | 158 | , Hyogo 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Tomohiro Tanimura | R | R | August 3, 1947 | 5'8" | 167 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Keijiro Yumioka | R | R | June 28, 1958 | 5'8" | 154 | Himeji, Hyogo JP |
