1976 Hiroshima Toyo Carp Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 61-58
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Takeshi Koba (61-58)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Municipal Stadium
1976 Hiroshima Toyo Carp StatisticsTeam Record: 61-58
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Takeshi Koba (61-58)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Municipal Stadium
The Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Japan Central League ended the 1976 season with a record of 61 wins and 58 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.
The Toyo Carp plated 586 runs and yielded 565 runs. Toshiyuki Mimura paced Hiroshima with 27 home runs, while Richie Scheinblum, Koji Yamamoto, Sachio Kinugasa, Jitsuo Mizutani and Gail Hopkins each walloped 15 or more, too. Jitsuo Mizutani accounted for 73 RBI. Gail Hopkins led all regular batters by connecting at a .329 clip. Kojiro Ikegaya topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 3.26 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Richie Scheinblum and Gail Hopkins both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Takeshi Koba served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shuichi Fukazawa | R | R | June 17, 1948 | 5'11" | 167 | Kita Koma-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Yasuhiro Hagiwara | L | L | November 17, 1947 | 5'9" | 171 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Ichiro Hiraoka | L | L | August 14, 1945 | 5'8" | 156 | Odawara, Kanagawa JP |
| Gail Hopkins | L | R | February 19, 1943 | 5'10" | 198 | Tulsa, OK US |
| Kojiro Ikegaya | R | R | June 28, 1952 | 5'10" | 171 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Motoyasu Kaneshiro | R | R | October 16, 1952 | 5'10" | 171 | , Osaka JP |
| Kazuto Kawabata | R | R | April 12, 1948 | 5'10" | 154 | Kawachi, Kagoshima JP |
| Takahiro Kenmotsu | R | R | May 16, 1953 | 5'9" | 160 | Kurashiki, Hiroshima JP |
| Tomio Kinoshita | R | R | May 7, 1951 | 6'0" | 180 | Kita Kurashiki-gun, Saitama JP |
| Sachio Kinugasa | R | R | January 18, 1947 | 5'9" | 160 | Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto JP |
| Manabu Kitabeppu | R | R | July 12, 1957 | 5'11" | 187 | Soo-gun, Kagoshima JP |
| Seiji Kobayashi | R | R | January 22, 1958 | 5'10" | 162 | Hiba-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Toshimi Kubo | R | R | June 27, 1950 | 5'10" | 171 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Hiroyuki Michihara | R | R | May 30, 1949 | 5'10" | 166 | Yanai, Yamaguchi JP |
| Toshiyuki Mimura | R | R | September 19, 1948 | 5'8" | 156 | Aki-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Satoru Miwa | R | R | September 18, 1945 | 5'10" | 145 | Niigata, Niigata JP |
| Yukinobu Miyamoto | R | R | June 3, 1945 | 6'0" | 190 | , Hyogo JP |
| Shiro Mizunuma | R | R | February 27, 1947 | 5'8" | 162 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP |
| Jitsuo Mizutani | R | R | November 19, 1947 | 5'11" | 187 | Miyazaki, Miyazaki JP |
| Shigeki Morioka | L | L | March 5, 1953 | 5'6" | 160 | Tamano, Okayama JP |
| Hiroaki Nagamoto | R | R | November 5, 1952 | 5'10" | 167 | Fukuyama, Hiroshima JP |
| Yoshiaki Oka | R | R | November 22, 1953 | 5'7" | 147 | Tamano, Okayama JP |
| Tsuyoshi Oshita | R | R | November 29, 1944 | 5'7" | 138 | Aki-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Kazushi Saeki | R | R | June 5, 1952 | 5'11" | 180 | Miwa, Yamaguchi JP |
| Yoshiyuki Sano | R | R | April 1, 1944 | 5'7" | 158 | Koma-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Richie Scheinblum | S | R | November 5, 1942 | 6'1" | 180 | New York, NY US |
| Kazunori Seto | R | R | August 17, 1950 | 5'11" | 176 | Kamaishi, Iwate JP |
| Takeshi Shibata | R | R | August 11, 1944 | 5'10" | 165 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Toshihiko Sonoda | R | R | February 23, 1945 | 5'8" | 160 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Yoshiro Sotokoba | R | R | May 29, 1945 | 5'9" | 171 | Izumi, Kagoshima JP |
| Satoshi Takahashi | R | R | May 17, 1948 | 5'10" | 167 | Tsuruga, Fukui JP |
| Yoshihiko Takahashi | S | R | March 13, 1957 | 5'9" | 173 | Ashibetsu, Hokkaido JP |
| Toshifumi Takatsuki | L | L | November 2, 1952 | 5'9" | 167 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Tomoo Wako | R | R | April 5, 1937 | 6'0" | 180 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Hiroki Watanabe | L | L | October 26, 1947 | 5'9" | 171 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Koji Yamamoto | R | R | October 25, 1946 | 6'0" | 180 | Saeki-gun, Hiroshima JP |
