1952 Hiroshima Carp Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 37-80
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Shuichi Ishimoto (37-80)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park
1952 Hiroshima Carp StatisticsTeam Record: 37-80
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Shuichi Ishimoto (37-80)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park
The Hiroshima Carp of the Japan Central League ended the 1952 season with a record of 37 wins and 80 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.
The Carp scored 365 runs and surrendered 573 runs, most in the circuit. Nobuo Osawa drove in 43 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .279. Ryohei Hasegawa led the squad with 11 wins, while Ryutaro Sugiura registered a 2.94 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers. Shuichi Ishimoto served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshio Bizen | R | R | October 9, 1933 | 5'7" | 140 | Onomichi, Hiroshima JP |
| Tetsunosuke Fujiwara | R | R | October 7, 1924 | 5'4" | 140 | Tsukishima, Tokyo JP |
| Tamotsu Hagimoto | R | R | July 4, 1928 | 5'10" | 150 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Minoru Hasebe | R | R | October 15, 1931 | 5'9" | 151 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Ryohei Hasegawa | R | R | March 25, 1930 | 5'6" | 123 | Handa, Aichi JP |
| Tomio Hiroka | R | R | February 20, 1928 | 5'9" | 149 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
| Tadashi Ishiguro | R | R | July 10, 1930 | 5'6" | 132 | Iyo Mishima, Ehime JP |
| Kenichi Isoda | R | R | June 10, 1924 | 5'2" | 132 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Akira Iwamoto | R | R | January 14, 1921 | 5'7" | 143 | Kochi, Kochi JP |
| Minoru Kasamatsu | R | R | April 13, 1916 | 5'7" | 140 | , Osaka JP |
| Tokuzo Kawamoto | L | L | October 24, 1934 | 5'8" | 145 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Shuzo Konda | R | R | March 24, 1932 | 5'5" | 140 | , Ehime JP |
| Noboru Matsuyama | R | R | July 20, 1932 | 5'7" | 150 | Fujiidera, Osaka JP |
| Masato Monzen | R | R | May 15, 1917 | 5'8" | 150 | Miyoshi, Hiroshima JP |
| Eikichi Nagamochi | R | R | January 1, 1918 | 5'7" | 165 | Shimada, Shizuoka JP |
| Seiji Noda | L | L | January 27, 1923 | 5'8" | 149 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Hirokazu Nozaki | R | R | July 2, 1923 | 5'7" | 132 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
| Nobuo Osawa | R | R | December 1, 1916 | 5'8" | 154 | Fujisawa, Kanagawa JP |
| Moritaka Sakakibara | R | R | June 30, 1933 | 6'0" | 162 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Katsumi Shiraishi | R | R | April 15, 1918 | 5'6" | 149 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Ryutaro Sugiura | R | R | October 10, 1923 | 5'7" | 140 | Mito, Ibaraki JP |
| Osamu Takechi | R | R | August 29, 1925 | 5'7" | 149 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Hiroyoshi Tsukamoto | R | R | October 14, 1918 | 5'4" | 132 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
| Yoshiaki Ueno | R | R | December 11, 1920 | 5'7" | 140 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Nobuyoshi Watanabe | R | R | August 23, 1929 | 5'7" | 136 | Futami-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Takenori Yamakawa | R | R | August 25, 1922 | 5'7" | 156 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
