1977 Hanshin Tigers Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 55-63
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Yoshio Yoshida (55-63)
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
1977 Hanshin Tigers StatisticsTeam Record: 55-63
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Yoshio Yoshida (55-63)
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
The Hanshin Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1977 season with a record of 55 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.
The Tigers plated 558 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 590 runs. Hal Breeden walloped 37 home runs for Hanshin, while Koichi Tabuchi and Masayuki Kakefu added 15 or more also. Hal Breeden drove in 90 runs. Masayuki Kakefu paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .331. Kenji Furusawa and Takenori Emoto topped the squad with 11 wins each, and Takenori Emoto registered a 3.71 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Hal Breeden and Mike Reinbach both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Yoshio Yoshida served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sohachi Aniya | R | R | August 17, 1944 | 5'10" | 165 | Naha, Okinawa JP |
| Yoshio Arai | R | R | July 17, 1950 | 5'10" | 193 | , Saitama JP |
| Hal Breeden | R | L | June 28, 1944 | 6'2" | 200 | Albany, GA US |
| Takenori Emoto | R | R | July 22, 1947 | 6'2" | 170 | Kochi, Kochi JP |
| Taira Fujita | L | R | October 19, 1947 | 5'9" | 178 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Yoshio Fukazawa | R | R | May 30, 1955 | 5'9" | 158 | Minami Koma-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Kenji Furusawa | R | R | March 31, 1948 | 5'11" | 160 | Niihama, Ehime JP |
| Tsutomu Hasegawa | R | R | September 8, 1950 | 5'10" | 170 | Futtsu, Chiba JP |
| Masayoshi Higashida | R | R | August 1, 1945 | 6'0" | 193 | , Nara JP |
| Takenori Ikebe | R | R | January 8, 1944 | 5'10" | 170 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Yutaka Ikeuchi | R | R | April 7, 1952 | 5'10" | 178 | Okawa-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Masayuki Kakefu | L | R | May 9, 1955 | 5'9" | 170 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Shigenori Kano | R | R | May 17, 1949 | 5'8" | 162 | , Hyogo JP |
| Shinnosuke Kataoka | R | R | November 5, 1947 | 5'9" | 180 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
| Hirokazu Kato | S | L | October 9, 1951 | 5'10" | 160 | Taku, Saga JP |
| Kozo Kawato | R | R | July 5, 1949 | 5'8" | 167 | Mikata-gun, Fukui JP |
| Takeshi Kiritoshi | L | L | April 21, 1944 | 5'7" | 171 | , Hyogo JP |
| Hakaru Kuwano | L | L | May 5, 1949 | 6'0" | 170 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Kimio Machida | R | R | March 5, 1951 | 5'9" | 176 | , Chiba JP |
| Seikyoku Masuyama | L | L | August 26, 1954 | 6'0" | 160 | Takarazuka, Hyogo JP |
| Norikazu Miyata | R | R | September 27, 1954 | 5'10" | 158 | , Hyogo JP |
| Katsuhiro Nakamura | R | R | June 6, 1949 | 5'10" | 143 | Yamatake-gun, Chiba JP |
| Tadakazu Oshima | R | R | August 15, 1949 | 5'11" | 185 | , Aichi JP |
| Mike Reinbach | L | R | August 6, 1949 | 6'2" | 195 | San Diego, CA US |
| Yoshiyuki Sakakibara | R | R | June 13, 1949 | 5'9" | 160 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka JP |
| Noriyoshi Sano | R | R | August 27, 1951 | 5'8" | 171 | Takasaki, Gunma JP |
| Ikuo Shimano | R | R | March 30, 1944 | 5'9" | 165 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi JP |
| Koichi Tabuchi | R | R | September 24, 1946 | 6'2" | 198 | Toyoshima Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Kazuyoshi Takemura | R | R | December 19, 1949 | 5'11" | 162 | Aki-gun, Kochi JP |
| Tomohiro Tanimura | R | R | August 3, 1947 | 5'8" | 167 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP |
| Goro Toi | L | L | December 4, 1939 | 5'11" | 187 | Kumage-gun, Yamaguchi JP |
| Jiro Ueda | R | R | July 6, 1947 | 5'9" | 176 | Tanabe, Wakayama JP |
| Takuzo Ueda | L | L | July 12, 1948 | 5'9" | 160 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Junshi Watanabe | L | R | August 17, 1952 | 5'10" | 158 | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi JP |
| Kazuyuki Yamamoto | L | L | June 30, 1949 | 5'8" | 176 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
