1940 Hankyu Roster
Japanese Baseball League (JPBL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 61-38
Finished 3rd in the JPBL
Manager: Toshiharu Inokawa (0-0), Minoru Yamashita (0-0)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
1940 Hankyu StatisticsTeam Record: 61-38
Finished 3rd in the JPBL
Manager: Toshiharu Inokawa (0-0), Minoru Yamashita (0-0)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu of the Japanese Baseball League ended the 1940 season with a record of 61 wins and 38 losses, finishing third in the JPBL.
Toshiharu Inokawa and Minoru Yamashita served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katsusaburo Asano | L | L | October 1, 1915 | 5'6" | 140 | , Hyogo JP |
| Shozo Doi | R | R | 5'7" | 138 | , Nagano JP | |
| Shogo Hashimoto | R | L | August 21, 1916 | , Hiroshima JP | ||
| Takeshi Hibino | R | R | April 22, 1920 | 5'8" | 156 | , Aichi JP |
| Tokuyuki Hidaka | R | L | August 31, 1916 | , Kyoto JP | ||
| Hisayuki Ikeda | R | R | August 9, 1921 | 5'6" | 151 | , Nagasaki JP |
| Toshiharu Inokawa | R | R | March 30, 1908 | 5'8" | 149 | Tamano, Okayama JP |
| Mitsuhiko Ishida | R | R | October 25, 1915 | 5'8" | 132 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Takeo Ishii | R | R | May 13, 1920 | 5'8" | 142 | , Hyogo JP |
| Jinkichi Ito | R | R | March 30, 1920 | 5'8" | 140 | , Hyogo JP |
| Kengo Kuroda | R | R | October 28, 1907 | 5'6" | 132 | , Okayama JP |
| Hirotaro Mori | R | R | May 29, 1915 | 5'8" | 132 | Ichinomiya, Aichi JP |
| Sadao Morita | R | R | August 18, 1920 | 5'9" | 136 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Takashi Nakajima | R | R | September 23, 1914 | , Saga JP | ||
| Masao Nishimura | L | L | September 1, 1912 | 5'4" | 123 | Takamatsu, Kagawa JP |
| Michio Shigematsu | R | R | September 16, 1916 | 5'10" | 150 | , Ehime JP |
| Yutaka Shimomura | R | R | 5'9" | 140 | , TW | |
| Usaburo Shintomi | R | R | February 13, 1915 | , Fukuoka JP | ||
| Narihide Tanaka | R | R | September 19, 1919 | 5'7" | 132 | , Hyogo JP |
| Fujio Ueda | March 6, 1912 | |||||
| Den Yamada | February 5, 1914 | |||||
| Koichi Yamashita | R | R | April 17, 1912 | 5'9" | 156 | , Wakayama JP |
| Minoru Yamashita | L | L | March 20, 1907 | 5'8" | 173 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
