1980 Hanshin Tigers Roster
Team Record: 54-66
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Futoshi Nakanishi (0-0), Don Blasingame (0-0)
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
The Hanshin Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1980 season with a record of 54 wins and 66 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.
The Tigers scored 521 runs and gave up 549 runs. Akinobu Mayumi led Hanshin with 29 home runs, while Noriyoshi Sano, Mike Reinbach and Akinobu Okada each walloped 15 or more also. Akinobu Mayumi accounted for 74 RBI. Hirokazu Kato paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .314. Kazuyuki Yamamoto and Shigeru Kobayashi topped the team with 15 wins each, and Shigeru Kobayashi earned a 3.02 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1980 Hanshin Tigers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Reinbach, Bruce Boisclair and Dave Hilton.
Futoshi Nakanishi and Don Blasingame served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Boisclair | L | L | December 9, 1952 | 6'2" | 185 | Putnam, CT US |
| Takenori Emoto | R | R | July 22, 1947 | 6'2" | 170 | Kochi, Kochi JP |
| Kazumasa Fujikura | R | R | August 31, 1957 | 5'7" | 150 | Ashikaga, Tochigi JP |
| Taira Fujita | L | R | October 19, 1947 | 5'9" | 178 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Masashi Fujiwara | L | L | March 2, 1956 | 5'9" | 156 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Yoshio Fukazawa | R | R | May 30, 1955 | 5'9" | 158 | Minami Koma-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Tsutomu Hasegawa | R | R | September 8, 1950 | 5'10" | 170 | Futtsu, Chiba JP |
| Dave Hilton | R | R | September 15, 1950 | 5'11" | 191 | Uvalde, TX US |
| Yutaka Ikeuchi | R | R | April 7, 1952 | 5'10" | 178 | Okawa-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Fumitaka Ito | R | R | May 11, 1954 | 6'0" | 182 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Masayuki Kakefu | L | R | May 9, 1955 | 5'9" | 170 | Chiba, Chiba 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 |
| Terufumi Kitamura | R | R | January 7, 1957 | 5'9" | 167 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Shigeru Kobayashi | R | R | November 14, 1952 | 5'10" | 150 | Tohaku-gun, Tottori JP |
| Kazuhiko Kudo | R | R | May 29, 1956 | 6'1" | 198 | , Aomori JP |
| Hakaru Kuwano | L | L | May 5, 1949 | 6'0" | 170 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Seikyoku Masuyama | L | L | August 26, 1954 | 6'0" | 160 | Takarazuka, Hyogo JP |
| Akinobu Mayumi | R | R | July 12, 1953 | 5'10" | 155 | Tamana-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Tatsuo Minemoto | R | R | June 12, 1953 | 5'10" | 173 | Higashi Muro-gun, Wakayama 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 |
| Koichi Nakayama | R | R | August 12, 1948 | 5'11" | 162 | , Chiba JP |
| Akinobu Okada | R | R | November 25, 1957 | 5'9" | 170 | Kita Ward, Osaka JP |
| Sadao Omachi | R | R | April 21, 1953 | 6'0" | 165 | , Yamaguchi 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 |
| Koki Suzuki | R | R | September 11, 1956 | 6'3" | 173 | Rikuzen Tawata, Iwate JP |
| Masashi Takenouchi | R | R | March 15, 1945 | 5'9" | 198 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa JP |
| Seiichi Uematsu | L | R | October 10, 1955 | 5'8" | 154 | Fuji, Shizuoka JP |
| Yoshiharu Wakana | R | R | December 5, 1953 | 6'0" | 170 | Chikugo, 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 |
