1954 Hiroshima Carp Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 56-69
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Katsumi Shiraishi (56-69)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park
1954 Hiroshima Carp StatisticsTeam Record: 56-69
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Katsumi Shiraishi (56-69)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park
The Hiroshima Carp of the Japan Central League ended the 1954 season with a record of 56 wins and 69 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.
The Carp tallied 419 runs and allowed 581 runs. Makoto Kozuru paced Hiroshima with 15 home runs and drove in 72 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .297. Noboru Matsuyama and Ryohei Hasegawa topped the team with 18 wins each, and Ryohei Hasegawa registered a 1.83 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. Katsumi Shiraishi 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 |
| Shinkichi Harada | R | R | August 15, 1934 | 5'9" | 160 | Onomichi, Hiroshima JP |
| Takashi Harada | R | R | July 21, 1932 | 5'6" | 154 | , 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 |
| Kenichi Isoda | R | R | June 10, 1924 | 5'2" | 132 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Jiro Kanayama | R | R | July 19, 1922 | 5'6" | 136 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Yasutaka Kanzaki | R | R | August 24, 1932 | 5'7" | 140 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Hiroshi Katayama | L | L | November 12, 1923 | 5'6" | 140 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Tokuzo Kawamoto | L | L | October 24, 1934 | 5'8" | 145 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Makoto Kozuru | R | R | December 17, 1922 | 5'9" | 156 | Iizuka, Fukuoka JP |
| Noboru Matsuyama | R | R | July 20, 1932 | 5'7" | 150 | Fujiidera, Osaka JP |
| Isao Mimura | R | R | March 8, 1924 | 5'4" | 136 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Ben Mitsuyoshi | May 21, 1928 | |||||
| Jiro Miyazaki | R | R | February 8, 1920 | 5'6" | 118 | Nagano, Nagano JP |
| Shigekatsu Mochizuki | R | R | May 9, 1934 | 5'8" | 150 | Miyoshi, Hiroshima JP |
| Masato Monzen | R | R | May 15, 1917 | 5'8" | 150 | Miyoshi, Hiroshima JP |
| Katsumi Moriuchi | L | L | September 4, 1935 | 5'6" | 136 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Eikichi Nagamochi | R | R | January 1, 1918 | 5'7" | 165 | Shimada, Shizuoka 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 |
| Chitomi Takahashi | R | R | July 5, 1932 | 5'7" | 132 | Kodama-gun, Saitama JP |
| Akio Tanaka | L | L | July 23, 1935 | 5'8" | 150 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Nobuyoshi Watanabe | R | R | August 23, 1929 | 5'7" | 136 | Futami-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Kiyoshi Yamada | R | R | August 10, 1935 | 5'8" | 140 | , Tokyo JP |
| Takenori Yamakawa | R | R | August 25, 1922 | 5'7" | 156 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Mitsuo Yoneyama | R | R | January 5, 1933 | 5'7" | 136 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Kenshi Zenimura | December 1, 1928 |
