1982 Hankyu Braves Roster
Team Record: 62-60
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (62-60)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1982 season with a record of 62 wins and 60 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Braves topped the league with 596 runs, powered by 150 home runs. Hankyu allowed 522 runs. Wayne Cage walloped 31 home runs for the squad, while Hideji Kato, Yutaka Fukumoto, Robert Marcano and Koji Minoda each swatted 15 or more, too. Hideji Kato drove in 84 runs. Yutaka Fukumoto paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .303 average. Hisashi Yamada led the team with 16 wins, and Hiroaki Nagamoto added 15 or more victories also Hisashi Yamada registered a 3.1 earned run average, tops among 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshihiro Ariga | R | R | October 15, 1957 | 5'8" | Chofu, Tokyo JP | |
| 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 |
| Kazuaki Fujishiro | R | R | April 5, 1956 | 5'11" | 180 | Himeji, Hyogo JP |
| Mineo Fukuhara | R | R | September 20, 1957 | 5'10" | 176 | Sumida Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Yutaka Fukumoto | L | L | November 7, 1947 | 5'6" | 150 | Osaka, Osaka 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 |
| Yoshihiro Iwamoto | R | R | July 23, 1959 | 5'9" | 162 | Handa, Aichi 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 |
| 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 |
| Robert Marcano | R | R | June 7, 1951 | 5'10" | 165 | |
| Shoji Matsumoto | L | L | April 2, 1959 | 5'10" | 176 | Ako-gun, Hyogo JP |
| Hiromi Matsunaga | S | R | September 27, 1960 | 5'11" | 171 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Toyozo Minamimure | R | R | December 9, 1960 | 5'10" | 162 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki 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 |
| Koji Mori | L | L | January 1, 1962 | 5'10" | 160 | Nakamura, Kochi 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Katsuhiko Tajima | R | R | September 28, 1959 | 5'10" | 167 | , Fukuoka 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 |
| Yukihiko Yamaoki | R | R | July 26, 1959 | 6'3" | 198 | Hata-gun, Kochi 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 |
