1986 Hankyu Braves Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 63-57
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (63-57)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
1986 Hankyu Braves StatisticsTeam Record: 63-57
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (63-57)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1986 season with a record of 63 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.
The Braves scored 631 runs and yielded 576 runs. Greg Wells walloped 42 home runs for Hankyu, while Hiromasa Fujita, Hiromi Matsunaga and Kazuhiko Ishimine each swatted 15 or more also. Greg Wells drove in 103 runs and topped all regular batters with a .350 average. Yoshinori Sato and Hisashi Yamada led the team with 14 wins each, and Yoshinori Sato registered a 2.83 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Greg Wells and Brad Lesley both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Toshiharu Ueda served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiromasa Fujita | R | R | October 3, 1961 | 5'9" | 180 | Susuno, Shizuoka 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 |
| Junichi Fukura | R | R | May 28, 1960 | 5'9" | 160 | Kitaura-cho, Miyazaki JP |
| Katsuyuki Furumizo | L | L | November 14, 1963 | 5'11" | 193 | Fukushima, Fukushima JP |
| Kenji Harada | R | R | July 5, 1963 | 6'0" | 190 | Shimoagata-gun, Nagasaki JP |
| Nobuyuki Hoshino | L | L | January 31, 1966 | 6'0" | 162 | Asahikawa, Hokkaido JP |
| Tomiji Iizuka | R | R | September 1, 1962 | 6'0" | 187 | Aso-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Yutaka Ikeuchi | R | R | April 7, 1952 | 5'10" | 178 | Okawa-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Yutaro Imai | R | R | August 4, 1949 | 5'10" | 176 | Nagaoka, Niigata JP |
| Hiroshi Ishii | R | R | October 17, 1963 | 5'11" | 176 | Obihiro, Hokkaido 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 |
| Seikichi Kanamoto | R | R | May 22, 1956 | 5'11" | 150 | Seto, Aichi JP |
| Shinnosuke Kataoka | R | R | November 5, 1947 | 5'9" | 180 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
| Atsumi Kobayashi | R | R | September 27, 1961 | 5'10" | 162 | Ube, Yamaguchi JP |
| Shinya Kobayashi | L | L | October 28, 1952 | 5'7" | 165 | Yamasaki-cho, Hyogo JP |
| Terumitsu Kumano | L | R | August 28, 1957 | 5'7" | 165 | Kida-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Brad Lesley | R | R | September 11, 1958 | 6'6" | 230 | Turlock, CA US |
| 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 |
| Shinichi Murakami | L | R | July 13, 1963 | 5'8" | 160 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
| Hiroyuki Nagamura | R | R | December 12, 1958 | 5'9" | 171 | Naruto, Tokushima JP |
| Toshiyuki Ota | R | R | March 12, 1961 | 5'10" | 160 | Shiogama, Miyagi 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 |
| Minoru Shibahara | L | L | August 6, 1960 | 5'9" | 176 | Bizen, Okayama JP |
| Takayuki Shirai | R | R | May 31, 1966 | 6'3" | 187 | Shinjo, Aichi JP |
| Ryoji Tani | R | R | April 11, 1958 | 6'0" | 167 | Tatebayashi, Gunma JP |
| Isamu Tomita | R | R | December 15, 1964 | 6'0" | 165 | , Ibaraki JP |
| Tsutomu Wakukawa | R | R | May 21, 1959 | 5'10" | 154 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Greg Wells | R | R | April 25, 1954 | 6'5" | 218 | McIntosh, AL US |
| Hisashi Yamada | R | R | July 29, 1948 | 5'9" | 170 | Noshiro, Akira JP |
| Masafumi Yamamori | R | R | November 26, 1960 | 5'10" | 165 | Shimomashiki-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Makoto Yamamoto | R | R | June 8, 1947 | 6'1" | 167 | Sukumo, Aichi JP |
| Yukihiko Yamaoki | R | R | July 26, 1959 | 6'3" | 198 | Hata-gun, Kochi JP |
| Osamu Yonemura | R | R | April 3, 1959 | 6'1" | 178 | Sakurai, Nara JP |
| Keijiro Yumioka | R | R | June 28, 1958 | 5'8" | 154 | Himeji, Hyogo JP |
